Originally from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, John Pellerin started step dancing at age four under the instruction of Margaret Dunn, the late Reverend Angus Alex MacDonnell, Ellen MacIntyre and Garry Fidler. At the age of ten he began violin lessons under the direction of Stan Chapman. His father Kenneth is a fiddle player who has played for dances and gatherings for many years in the Antigonish area. Dancing and fiddling have taken John throughout Canada, USA and Ireland. He has appeared on television and video. In 2000 John was invited to Dublin Ireland to perform in Abhann Productions “The Well,” a production dedicated to our Gaelic and Celtic relations, shared but scattered. John has played the fiddle and step danced alongside Buddy MacMaster, Winnie Chafe, the late John Morris Rankin, Natalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac, among many others.