Canadian Lumberjack Show to open at Epcot's Canada Pavilion in early October

[wdwmagic]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...-epcot's-canada-pavilion-in-early-october.htm

Thanks @PhotoDave219 for the tip

 

[TheRabbit]

They swapped bagpipe sound for chainsaw sound...could be cool, we shall see.

 

[lostpro9het]

They swapped bagpipe sound for chainsaw sound...could be cool, we shall see.

Yes, but will they be dressed as Royal Canadian Mounties while they hack away on wood? Now that would be some entertainment.

 

[gtaro]

Seriously? They replaced Off Kilter with this...

 

[DisneyGlennB]

They're not even Canadian. They usually use chainsaws in their performance. Should sound great across the lagoon.

 

[Rutt]

So the new show in the Canadian pavillion is a Florida based lumberjack show? Am I reading this right?

 

[TheRabbit]

Seriously? They replaced Off Kilter with this...

I guess it was that or Justin Bieber LOL. Not sure what other Canadian entertainment options are out there.

 

[TeriofTerror]

So the new show in the Canadian pavillion is a Florida based lumberjack show? Am I reading this right?

It adds a real air of authenticity to the production, doesn't it?

 

[sshindel]

So the new show in the Canadian pavillion is a Florida based lumberjack show? Am I reading this right?

Replacing a Florida based Celtic Rock band.

 

[TheRabbit]

They're not even Canadian. They usually use chainsaws in their performance. Should sound great across the lagoon.

Not to mention Paul Bunyan is from AMERICAN folklore...not Canadian. So there is no tie-in to Canada. I don't get it either but open to seeing it. We have to all realize we don't have a say in the matter.

 

[216bruce]

They're not even Canadian. They usually use chainsaws in their performance. Should sound great across the lagoon.

You're right. I never thought of that and I have to wonder if management did. The clip is just lame and reminds me of something you can see at a local fair- anywhere.

 

[DisneyGlennB]

There are Canadian music groups that would take the gig. Remember Barrage from back in the 90s?

 

[sshindel]

Not to mention Paul Bunyan is from AMERICAN folklore...not Canadian. So there is no tie-in to Canada. I don't get it either but open to seeing it. We have to all realize we don't have a say in the matter.

http://www.paulbunyanscenicbyway.org/The_True_Story_of_the_Paul_Bunyan_Legend

 

[FutureCEO]

I wonder how Disney did their target audience on this one?

 

[TheRabbit]

http://www.paulbunyanscenicbyway.org/The_True_Story_of_the_Paul_Bunyan_Legend

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84804/Paul-Bunyan

 

[Rutt]

http://www.paulbunyanscenicbyway.org/The_True_Story_of_the_Paul_Bunyan_Legend

Good find, but how many Canadians know this, or think of it as Canadian?

As far as Celtic music, very east coast and many Canadians would identify it as such. I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run. It's really hard to find entertainment that represents Canada.

Maybe move Cirque from Dtd to here

 

[TheRabbit]

http://www.paulbunyanscenicbyway.org/The_True_Story_of_the_Paul_Bunyan_Legend

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan

 

[PhilharMagician]

Replace Off Kilter with Ice Road Truckers Meet & Greet.

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

While I would prefer Off Kilter to this, at least they are replacing it with SOMETHING.

 

[sshindel]

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84804/Paul-Bunyan

I don't mean to suggest that it is 100% guaranteed that Paul Bunyan was a Canadian based folk tale. But, the origin of folk tales are not cut and dry. He was based in logging country. Many articles point to a potential source as French-Canada.

Was Paul Bunyan a real person? It is believed that he was based on a real person. The most likely person was Fabian Fournier who was also called Saginaw Joe (although there are others). He was a French-Canadian lumberjack from Canada. As a matter of fact many of the lumbermen were from Canada in the beginning.

The Bunyan mythology first appeared in print in columns of the Detroit News Tribune (1910), but a Canadian origin has often been claimed. It may have originated in the French Canadian folk tradition of Ti-Jean or Jean Bonhomme, or possibly from the woods of New Brunswick and Maine, where the legendary feats of the hero GLOOSCAP were well known.

Many point to Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, and any number of other places. There are no fewer than 6 places in the US where you can go see large statues of Paul in towns that claim his "birth".

http://mentalfloss.com/article/2978...nd-what-they-should-be-bragging-about-instead



All that aside, I doubt Disney put a second of thought into this fact when they booked the lumberjack act. They likely went "We want lumberjacks, oohhhh, look, there's an outfit local! I wonder how cheap they would work!"