The Fire Waltz

Welcome to The Fire Waltz, a five episode miniseries presented by Little Miss Higgins. Created with an amazing team of artists, this audio drama is filled with music and a riveting story inspired by a somewhat true tale about Eva Bersay, a potato farmer's daughter. Eva also happens to be great-grandmother to Little Miss Higgins. This is an introduction and land acknowledgement. 

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Eva is alone in Montana, François wanders back to the Bersay farm, and Henry struggles to find the words to express what he wants to say to Eva and what he needs to do.

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A flashback introduces Genevieve Tetrault as Eva and François reconnect in a room at The Hawk & Smith Hotel back in Alberta.  Tensions grow as François reveals the aftershocks of The Great War.

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Henry takes a chance as Eva contemplates her new life on the Milk River Ridge. Meanwhile, François finds himself on the floor of a Blind Pig in the middle of a snowstorm.

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Eva and the girls make their destination. A tall, striking rancher, Henry Champney, offers his mules and sleigh to transport them to her parent's farm. François writes a letter in the trenches of the Great War. Will the words ever reach Eva? Will she find solace in the unsuspecting Whiskey Gap of Southern Alberta?

Created by Little Miss Higgins, Kris Demeanor, Eric Rose & Matt Foster
Performed by Little Miss Higgins, Kris Demeanor & Matt Foster
Directed by Eric Rose

Music performed by:
Little Miss Higgins- guitar and vocals
Kris Demeanor- guitar and vocals
Matt Foster- Vocals
Eric Lemoine- guitar, banjo, Dobro, pedal steel, bass
Gilles Fournier- bass
Joanna Miller- drums
Raine Hamilton- violin
Darwin Baker- harmonica
Jeremy Hamm- mandolin

Produced by Little Miss Higgins
Recorded and Engineered by Jamie Sitar
Mixed and Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Outta Town Sound in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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On an island in the English Channel, Eva Bersay, a potato farmer's daughter, meets a man who offers to wash  the mud off her hands. Le Tchian du Bouôlay, a mythical black dog that roams the island, appears in the darkness one night as François Miloux stumbles home from the Black Dog Tavern.  Then, with the Great War on her side, Eva bucks the odds for a better life.

Created by Little Miss Higgins, Kris Demeanor, Eric Rose & Matt Foster.  
Produced by Little Miss Higgins. 
Engineered by Jamie Sitar of Outta Town Sound (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Performed by Little Miss Higgins, Kris Demeanor, Matt Foster, Adrienne Smook & Eric Lemoine
Music Performed by:
Little Miss Higgins
Kris Demeanor
Matt Foster
Adrienne Smook
Eric Lemoine
Gilles Fournier
Joanna Miller
Raine Hamilton
Keri Latimer

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The Fire Waltz is a narrative, miniseries podcast about Eva, a potato farmer's daughter. Created by Little Miss Higgins and an amazing team, The Fire Waltz is an exciting new audio experience with original music, captivating characters and a riveting story to carry listeners along.The Fire Waltz is a narrative, miniseries podcast about Eva, a potato farmer's daughter. Created by Little Miss Higgins and an amazing team, The Fire Waltz is an exciting new audio experience with original music, captivating characters and a riveting story to carry listeners along.

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A musical wander through a work of fiction, written by Jolene Higgins and Directed by Darla Biccum.

This episode contains some strong language.

“Little Miss Higgins has once again dazzled us with her talent and creativity. A western Canadian story with fabulous music! It’s a hit!!”

-Juanita Dawn (Puppet maker, manipulator and storyteller, Long Grass Studio)

"The imaginative braiding of sound, song and story. My Heart is Train took me on a (very welcome) trip. I was there. On the train. Jolene Higgins is uniquely positioned to deliver on the promise of a hugely pleasurable listening experience."

-Shelagh Rogers (The Next Chapter, CBC Radio)

“It’s a beauty! Very well paced, as they say. Very intimate and engaging and yet also somehow nicely light. And having all that music doesn’t hurt either.”

John Scoles (President/Janitor, Times Change(d): The High & Lonesome Club)

A romantic adventure in the form of a poetically-recited radio play, My Heart Is A Train takes listeners on a musical wander through a work of fiction. Jolene Higgins (a.k.a Little Miss Higgins) wrote the story which weaves an audio drama together with her 2013 JUNO nominated live-off-the-floor album Bison Ranch Recording Sessions. The main character, a small town Saskatchewan painter, untangles romantic memories through prose as she remembers making her way from honky tonk to dive bar. Once on the homebound train, she finds herself swept up in the dining car with two East-coast women who can read her emotions like a book and provide a remedy.

Thank you for subscribing to Dish Duty Dramas and Chicken Coop Comedies. We are proud to bring you unique Canadian stories by a variety of Canadian artists. This episode was created by:

Jolene Higgins

littlemisshiggins.com

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&

Darla Biccum

darlabiccum.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarlaBiccum

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbixie/

Thank you for adding Dish Duty Dramas and Chicken Coop Comedies to your podcast queue. You are in for some great stories!

Our first story will be released on this feed on March 28th, 2021.

My Heart is a Train

Written and performed by Little Miss Higgins

Directed by Darla Biccum

A train ride

A text

A dive bar

And the cold Canadian Prairies

Boots crushing snow, filling in words unsaid

What goes through one’s mind when the one you love, can’t be the one you love?