Pembroke's heart beats to the sound of fiddles and dancing feet

Pembroke's heart beats to the sound of fiddles and dancing feet

Pembroke is a city with many claims to fame. Once the heart of the Ottawa Valley’s lumbering boom and the first community in Canada to flip the switch on electric streetlights, it has also long worn the badge of “Hockey Town Canada.” But for those who know the community best, Pembroke’s truest hometown specialty is not found in the rink or in the logging camps of history — it’s found on stage, where fiddles sing and step dancers drive their heel…