NEWS for fall 2024
> Following the example of our chairs in residency at the Chambly library and the Maisonneuve library, we are happy to announce the arrival of two new singing chairs families spending the winter at the Saint-Amable library (starting November 14th) and the Sainte-Martine library (starting December 7th). A perfect way to keep warm and enchant the South Shore until March 2025!
> After Contes à dormir debout, we continue our collaboration with the Festilou Festival for Petites sagesses [Little Wisdoms], a series of 20 podcasts for kids from 4 to 8 years old. Co-hosted by Sylvette the owl and guest children, each episode features a storyteller from Quebec or French-speaking Ontario. To be discovered on OHdio Radio-Canada as of today!
> Mamie Remix is back this autumn, uniting the voices of teenagers from École internationale de Montréal (in partnership with the CJE Montréal Centre-Ville) to the poems of senior residents from CHSLD Paul-Émile-Léger, accompanied by mediator Cara Roy and mentor-artist Meryem Saci, as part of the New Horizons for Seniors program. A second cohort will take on the tender rap adventure next February. Stay tuned!
> Bercer le temps / Lulling Time has come a long way in 2024! After crossing the Atlantic to take part in the International Spoken Word festival Ahoz Aho in the Basque Country (with the support of the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications), our rocking chairs hit the road again for a second grand summer tour in New Brunswick and Gaspésie (with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts), with stops in Lévis, Blainville, Richmond, Verchères, Chambly, and in Montreal parks with the Festilou Festival. They are now preparing their next winter outings as part of the Parcours berçant du P'tit Beaubien in the local shops on Beaubien street. Check the news on our Facebook page for the exact locations, dates and times.
> Berceurs are looking for new teammates to help carry our evergrowing and stimulating projects. Would you like to work on web programming of our new online platform gathering all of the company's singing archives? Do you know someone who knows someone? Flexible conditions, competitive salary. To learn more and apply, please refer to the application form at forms.gle/3eeDHN9H18pWGLgP6.
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At the very beginning of the confinement, Berceurs du temps launched a series of weekly HEBDODOs to appease the minds and put worries to sleep. Each week, from March 25 to May 6, we shared 7 lullabies from our archives at https://berceursdutemps.ca/hebdodos and through SoundCloud's mobile app.
LULLING TIME now features a collection of more than 2500 lullabies in over 100 languages, and it keeps growing. Thank you to the golden voices of those who have sang their love in front of our mics since 2016. Until we meet again in the parks over the summer, feel free to share these bedtime delights around you!