Dawn MacDonald-Gillis and Kyle Gillis

Dawn MacDonald-Gillis and Kyle Gillis are frequent performers at The Barn.

Dawn MacDonald Gillis is an an accomplished step-dancer and pianist. At the age of 8, she and her sister Helen, a fiddler, began to learn step dancing from Kaye Hanrahan in New Waterford. By their early teens the MacDonald sisters were performing throughout Cape Breton and beyond. They were featured in the DVD Buddy MacMaster in Concert and toured with Natalie MacMaster, and the Barra MacNeils. 

Kyle Gillis, from Scotsville, near Inverness, learned to play fiddle from his neighbour, renowned composer John MacDougall. He and his wife Dawn are frequently performers at The Barn.