Whether for corporate or commemorative events, the Services historiques Six-Associés can design a personalized activity on various themes or adapt the material of their tours in the form of a lively conference. We also offer the services of our tour guides to organizations that do not have the staff to present the activities we designed.

The Six-Associés value a presentation style that promotes informal communication between the public and the hosts, which allows a more effectively conveying of historical material. The preparation of the activity pays great emphasis on the learning of historical knowledge by the interpreters, so they can provide knowledgeable answers to the questions and inquiries from visitors.

The Services historiques Six-Associés are the only company in the Quebec City region that offers both services of historical entertainment and history consulting.

In addition of presentations and interpretations per se, our services also includes :

• Ideation and scripting of the activity;

• Research of appropriate historical and iconographic content;

• Creation of costumes and characters;

• Constitution of documentary records for the transmission of historical data and knowledge to our interpreters or any other interpreter participating in the event;

• Scripting of historical capsules to be presented by the event interpreters.

Our distinctive strengths

• Integrated approach of animation and research: we may carry all the steps of an interpretation project, from documentary research for the mise-en-scène, presentation and interpretation.

• Our guides have a university training in History, which enables them to answer satisfactorily to the inquiries of the visitors.

• Specialization in social and regional history.

• Possibility to constitute documentary records or scripting historical capsules for external animators.

Examples of recent work :

• Quebec City Librairies. Conception and presentation of a customized re-enactment for Halloween in St-Jean-Baptiste Librairy (October 2012).

• St-Augustin-de-Desmaures Historical Society. Re-enactment of an outcry market for the Sacré-Coeur monument inauguration (October 2012).

• Crane Rental Association of Canada /Association canadienne des locateurs de grue
  Conception and presentation of a customized re-enactment on New France (in English) during the annual meeting of the Association at the Château Frontenac (June 2011).

• City of Québec, Parc Linéaire de la Rivière Saint-Charles
  Adaptation of our tour Au fil du courant in the form of an interactive re-enactment, and animation during the event Le Sentier des Rencontres (October 2009)

• National battlefields commission (Plains of Abraham, Québec city)
  Participation in the État de siège event for the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (August 2009)

• City of Saint-Augustin de Desmaures
  Conception and presentation of a personalized re-enactment for the day of celebration for the  300th anniversary of the Domaine des Pauvres (July 2009)

• City of Québec, borough of Beauport
  Conception and presentation of a customized re-enactment for the inauguration of the Mémorial des familles souches and  the celebration of the 375th anniversary of the foundation of Beauport (June 2009)

• Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec
  Constitution of a documentary record, conception and presentation of a customized re-enactment for the inauguration of the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain (June 2008)

• Sépaq, Productions des Perséides
  Scripting of short historical scripts and conception of a customized re-enactment for an illumination night at the Montmorency falls (May 2008).

• Musée national des Beaux-arts du Québec (numerous dinners and corporate events from 2007 to 2009)
  Special animation on the old prison des Plaines and criminality in 19th century Quebec City

Lectures

Want to add a historical touch to your historic site schedule or event? We can offer oral presentations on various topics in Canadian history or the history of Quebec City, or share our expertise in communication and heritage interpretation.

Want to think outside the box? The Six-Associés offer an original concept of lecture hosted by a costumed character that will immerse you into the heart of the matter! Contact us for more information!

Recent theatrical lectures

• Quebec City Librairies. Theatrical lecture on the history of medecine - adaptation of our tour Doctors, Healers and Gravediggers (September 2012).

• Quebec Society of Clinical Biology
  Conception and presentation of an theatrical lecture on the history of medical research in Quebec – adaptation of our tour Doctors, Healers and Gravediggers (September 2011).

• L’Envol, mental health day center – Charlesbourg
  Theatrical lecture on the history of mental health treatments, 16th-19th century – adaptation of our tour Doctors, healers and gravediggers (September 2010)

• Limoilou Historical Society – Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site
  Theatrical lecture on the history of medicine 16th-19e century – adaptation of our tour Doctors, Healers and Gravediggers (July 2010)

• City of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
  Theatrical lecture on the history of medicine 17th-19th century – adaptation of our tour Docteurs, guérisseurs et fossoyeurs [Doctors, healers and gravediggers] (February 2010)

• Synagri – Hôtel Plaza Québec
  Theatrical lecture on alcoholism and prostitution in 19th century Quebec – adaptation of our tour Luxure et ivrognerie [Lust and drunkenness] (March 2008)

• Centre Jeunesse Québec – Théâtre de la Bordée
  « 400 ans de famille à Québec » [400 years of families in Quebec City]: theatrical lecture on the history of families and health in Quebec City – adaptation of our tour Docteurs, guérisseurs et fossoyeurs [Doctors, healers and gravediggers] (September 2007)

Selection of traditional lectures given

• « L’histoire publique » [Public History]. Lecture given for the course “L’histoire aujourd’hui” [History Today], Laval University – presented by Marie-Eve Ouellet, February 2010.

• « Les Services historiques Six-Associés Inc.: une entreprise historienne » [Les Services historiques Six-Associés Inc.: A Historians’ Company]. Lecture given at the Laboratoire de muséologie et d'ingénierie de la culture (LAMIC), Laval University – presented by Luc Nicole-Labrie, March 2009.

• « L’interprétation, le récit et l’anecdote » [Interpretation, narrative, anecdote]. Lecture given at the annual meeting of the Association québécoise en interprétation du patrimoine (AQIP) – presented by Luc Nicole-Labrie, April 2007.

Rates

The conference rates are fixed and vary according to the time of preparation and the length of the presentation. In the case of lectures or activities involving historical characters for which we have no costumes in stock, extra-costs are applied for the renting of costumes and accessories. Please get in touch for a personalized submission!