Culture
Despite their numbers, Fransaskois celebrate their vibrant culture regularly. Folk arts, visual arts, fine arts and performance arts all feature prominently in their festivals.
The most famous Fransaskoise was Jeanne Sauvé, born in Prud'homme. She was a Liberal MP, Cabinet minister, Speaker of the House of Commons and ultimately Governor General of Canada. In the arts, notable Fransaskois include trad and roots band La Raquette à Claquette and children's entertainer Carmen Campagne ( from the town of Willow Bunch). New upcoming artistes such as Alexis Normand, Véronique Poulin and Shawn Jobin are becoming staples on the Fransaskois music scene joining more establihed artistes such as Annette Campagne, Chritianne Blondeau and Michel Lalonde.
In terms of theatre, there is a French language professional theatre company called La Troupe du Jour, based in Saskatoon and founded in 1987.
In sports, the most notable Fransaskois is New York Islanders forward Blake Comeau of Meadow Lake. Comeau was a member of the 2004 Memorial Cup champion Kelowna Rockets and a member of two Gold medal winning World Junior Hockey championship teams.
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Famous quotes containing the word culture:
“With respect to a true culture and manhood, we are essentially provincial still, not metropolitan,—mere Jonathans. We are provincial, because we do not find at home our standards; because we do not worship truth, but the reflection of truth; because we are warped and narrowed by an exclusive devotion to trade and commerce and manufacturers and agriculture and the like, which are but means, and not the end.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Our culture has become something that is completely and utterly in love with its parent. It’s become a notion of boredom that is bought and sold, where nothing will happen except that people will become more and more terrified of tomorrow, because the new continues to look old, and the old will always look cute.”
—Malcolm McLaren (b. 1946)
“When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.”
—Karl Kraus (1874–1936)