NOVA SCOTIA- Come and visit-Nova Scotia
music baby- this year Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Celtic Colours will be joined
by the Nordic brothers and sisters of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and
Shetland/NOVA SCOTIA- Mi’kmaq, Black Loyalists, Acadians, Scots, Irish,
Jamaica, Africa, China, India, German, Japan, Dutch – over 200 cultures and 2
official languages- French (Acadian)-English- come visit…CANADA PURE
(TracyBeck-died 2 soon now Composing with God) 2013
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www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/can1700.htm
A Brief History of Canada.
1700 to 1799. 1700. Louis Jolliet died. It is unknown exactly when or where.
1701-1713. The War of Spanish Succession began in Europe.
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- check out Bruce Guthro’s making amends with
his father in FALLING- this is the music of Nova Scotia darlins… come
visit….we’d love 2 have ya- NOVA SCOTIA PURE
THE
INCREDIBLE TALENT OF NOVA SCOTIA- come visit- CAPE BRETON
FALLING-Bruce Guthro- haunting and raw
lyrics- Amends between father and son-
pure Nova Scotia-Cape Breton
Falling
– Bruce Guthro
The song we adore
even if it breaks our hearts. It’s so … it’s too … there are no adequate words
to describe how it makes me feel. Enjoy this excellent song and video. Recorded
on a VHS tape a long time ago, so the quality will not be the best. Here’s a
bit about his work:
Bruce Guthro is an
honest storyteller with a striking voice. His music excites, inspires and stirs
in the tradition of great songwriters who can say what all have felt but few
can express.
A few years ago,
at the 1998 East Coast Music Awards, Bruce won five categories – Male Artist of
the Year, Album of the Year for Of Your Son, Pop/Rock Artist of the Year,
Songwriter of the Year and Single of the Year for “Falling.” That year, he also
took home three Canadian Radio Music Awards and a Juno Award nomination for
Best New Solo Artist. He hosted his own CBC television special and toured with
acts such as Jann Arden and The Rankins.
His EMI Music
Canada debut, 1998's Of Your Son, was certified GOLD and produced two hit
singles (“Walk This Road,” and “Falling”).
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BLOG: CANADIAN TREASURE- Maud Lewis- 1903-1970 -
come getcha Nova Scotia on and see some incredible art - making disabilities
into incredible abilities- KICKING THE 'STIGMA' OF DISABILITY'S ARSE CANADA
STYLE /the story of Maud and Everett- incredible Folk Art Nova Scotia is famous
for/Canada film board documentary 1965 photos links
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This
year, the award-winning event will explore musical and cultural connections
between Cape Breton and Nordic countries including Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Finland and Shetland.
NOVA
SCOTIA- CAPE BRETON- Celtic Colours
offers 46 concer ts in Cape Breton this October
THE
CHRONICLE HERALD
Favourites
like the Barra MacNeils and Ashley MacIsaac and newcomers like Scotland’s
Breabach and David Greely of the U.S. will be among the performers at the 17 th
Celtic Colours International Festival slated for Oct. 11 to 19 in Cape Breton.
On
Monday, festival organizers announced the lineup o f 46 concerts and more than
200 community cultural events that will take place in more than 50 communities.
This
year, the award-winning event will explore musical and cultural connections
between Cape Breton and Nordic countries including Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Finland and Shetland.
The
nine-day event opens Oct. 11 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre with North
Atlantic Neighbours, a concert featuring Cape Breton’s Barra MacNeils, the
Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band from Denmark, the Teetotallers from
Ireland, the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc from Norway, Cape Breton fiddler Kimberley
Fraser, Norway’s Hallgrim Hansegard and the Forrester Dancers of Sydney.
The
festival wraps up Oct. 19 at Sydney’s Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion with a show
titled Forty Years Strong: A Celebration of Strings & Song. Performers
include the Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association; the Cape Breton Chorale;
Manitoba’s Nathan Rogers; Kyle, Sheumas and Lucy MacNeil of the Barra MacNeils;
and dancer Shannon Forrester McMullen of Sydney.
Other
familiar names slated to perform at Celtic Colours are: Bruce Guthro, Tim Edey,
Nic Gareiss, Liz Carroll, Lennie Gallant, John Doyle, Rona Lightfoot, Dirk
Powell, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, J.P. Cormier, Sprag Session, the
Beaton Sisters Band, Dave MacIsaac, Winnie Chafe, Howie MacDonald, Troy
MacGillivray, Beolach, Goiridh Domhnallach, the Men of the Deeps, Buddy
MacDonald and Cyril MacPhee.
Newer
groups include Coig, Nuallan and the Snowflake Trio.
Performing
at Celtic Colours for the first time are The Modern Grass (N.S.), Dry Bones
(Manitoba), Peter Uhrbrand (Denmark), Darol Anger (USA), Hazelius Hedin
(Sweden), Antti Jarvela and Arto Jarvela (Finland), Vasen (Sweden), North
Atlantic Drift (Ontario), and Cape Breton’s own Company Road, John Campbelljohn
and Kyle Mischiek.
Kimberley
Fraser of Cape Breton and Harald Haugaard from Denmark are this year’s artists
in residence.
There
will be tributes to Cape Breton fiddlers Alex Francis Mac-Kay and Joe Peter
MacLean, the songs of the Rankins, and the Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association
and the Cape Breton Chorale, both celebrating 40 th anniversaries this year.
There
will also be new concerts celebrating dance traditions and night life in the 18
th century at Fortress Louisbourg.
Community
Cultural Experiences include dances, meals, sessions, workshops, lectures,
exhibits, outdo or activities, farmer’s markets and more.
Tickets
go on sale July 8.
For
information visit celtic- colours.com.
AND.
HALIFAX -N.S. ear
marks funds for struggling artists
The Nova Scotia
government says it will contribute $225,000 over the next three years to help
emerging artists from under-represented communities who may struggle to access
public funding .
The government
says the Arts Equity Fund Program will benefit aboriginal artists, as well as
those with disabilities or mental illness.
The program is a
partnership between Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Ar ts, which
will als o contribute $225,000 over the next three years.
It will help
artists create new work, develop professionally and travel.
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE
The Queen of the
Grand Banks Schooners -Stan Rogers
Rare footage of
the original Bluenose schooner, racing against her Gloucester rival, the
Gertrude L. Thibault, set to Stan Roger’s inspiring music and voice.
Hats off to two
great Canadian icons.
COMMENT:
Noone from
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver or any other “great” Canadian city can ever
understand the maritime pride this song and that ship bring to every Nova
Scotian!
AND…
PURE NOVA
SCOTIA- Come Visit us….
Canada Vignettes –
Bluenose II July 24 1963
Canada Vignettes –
Bluenose II July 24 1963
A vignette about
the building of the schooner Bluenose II, an exact replica of the famous
Bluenose I.
Production Agency:
National Film Board of Canada
Production Year:
1979 Canada Vignettes: Compilation Reel
3
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- CLASSIFIED- HIP HOP/RAP-
chiseling words in2 our hearts and souls
BULLYING
The Australian
Chief of Army Has A Badass Message For Sexist Bullies-GET OUT
TO CANADA’S
CLASSIFIED… 4 EVERY KID IN THE WORLD- whether ur 2 or 102- we’ve all been
there… talk about a video 4 kids to kick the arses of bullying- THIS IS IT… AND INNER NINJA- well even us
oldies and babies have inner ninja….
Classified – Inner
Ninja ft. David Myles
COMMENT:
Oh my goodness, is
it just me, or does is song an extremely good way to discourage bullying?
BEST COMMENT:
THIS SONG SHOULD
BE THE ANTIBULLY ANTHEM FOR 2013!!! FIND YOUR INNER STRENGTH N INNER NINJA N
KNOCK THOSE BULLIES OUTTA YUR WAY!! YU CAN DO IT!! BELIEVE IN YURSELF!! DONT
GIVE UP!!
COMMENT:
I first heard him
at the MMVA’s and now i can’t get enough of him! Lol…i heard ths and “Oh
Canada” and i just love his lyrics and the way he delivers? them! Plus the fact
that he’s cute doesn’t hurt!
AND…
LINKS ON BULLYING
AND CHILD ABUSE- (Mind Rape/Physical Torture/Sexual Assault)
FOR KIDS-
TWEENS-TEENS-YOUNGBLOODS- But perhaps most of all….. each and every Canadain
Adult- we must take more responsibility and be more vigilant:
To learn more
about bullying and if u r being abused- check out:
RespectED:
Violence & Abuse Prevention
If you are a
victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.
Aaron posted on facebook
The Girl you just
called fat? She has been starving herself & has lost over 30lbs.
The Boy you just
called stupid? He has a learning disability & studies over 4hrs a night.
The Girl you just
called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her.
The Boy you just
tripped? He’s abused enough at home. There’s a lot more to people than you
think.
Put this as your
status if you’re against bullying!
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IDLE NO MORE
CANADA -10,000 yrs young Kids Help Phone-OPEN letter 2 support Aboriginal
Youth-no more suicides pls
-
CHILD ABUSED
SURVIVORS- OUR HEROES
REACHING OUT
- CHILD ABUSE HEALING MONUMENT –
QUEEN’S PARK- TORONTO- Canada
Visitors – who
come here and have survived child abuse- can print their hand with a note and
insert the handprint into the monument- 4 healing and renewal….
it will make u cry
Participate with
Dr. Michael Irving in Creating the Child Abuse Healing Monument -TORONTO,CANADA
Uploaded on Dec
15, 2011
Psychotherapist
and sculptor Dr. Michael Irving collaborated with survivors and their
supporters to create the 300 sculpted quilt square of the “Reaching Out” Child
Abuse Monument. Dr. Irving asks you to participate in creating a collective
visualization of healing and prevention through creating a HandPrint for
placement inside the bronze Reaching Out” Monument figures. Draw an outline of
your hand on a piece of paper; write a message of healing or prevention; send
your HandPrint to Dr. Irving at 274 Rhodes Ave. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4L
3A3.
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE-
CANADA
and the good stuff
Canada-ART AUCTION KENTVILLE NOVA SCOTIA- 4 ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
Survivors of Abuse
Recovering
Adult Survivors of
Child Sexual Abuse in Nova Scotia
We are holding a
charity fundraising silent art auction at the Designer Café, 373 Main Street in
Kentville, now to June 29th. Come in and place your bid ! There is a wide
variety of styles and media, and a broad range of prices for any budget. Come
meet S.O.A.R. members on June 8th from 2-4.
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- THE TREWS– honouring our Captain
Nichola Goddard and all 158 warrior angels who bled and died 4 basic freedom of
the Malalas and their mommas of Afghanistan- LITTLE GIRLS WILL GO 2 SCHOOL – in
the year 2013- all little girls deserve
basic dignity and freedom (64% of our planet)
The Trews –
Highway of Heroes
“Highway of
Heroes”, was co-written and co-produced by The Trews and Gordie Johnson (Big
Sugar) and was inspired by the 2006 death of Captain Nichola Goddard from The
Trews’ hometown of Antigonish, NS. Canada’s Highway of Heroes, is the section
of the MacDonald-Cartier freeway named to honour those who have sacrificed all
in service of country.
You can purchase
“Highway of Heroes” world-wide exclusively via iTunes.
Net proceeds from
sales will benefit the Canadian Hero Fund (http://www.herofund.ca ), an organization that
assists the families of Canadian military personnel through academic
scholarships.
The video was
directed by Tim Martin.
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CANADA PURE- Our
Military, Military, Militia and Rangers of the North, Cadets, VETS mean the
world 2 Canadians
Dieppe Bell
Commercial - Grandson visitin where Grandpa fought in France
An old Bell
commercial about a kid who calls his grandfather to thank him for everything he
did in WW2. For a commercial, it is pretty moving.
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE
Kawliga, In
Mi’kmaq Joel Denny Eskasoni
This is song was
sung by Hank Williams Jr. This has my version of the music mastered in our
studio..This was fun to do all the mastering and the music done in my
computor.. The humor in our language is always a pleasure to listen too. When
you trancribe the words in Mi’kmaq Language shows more humor in the song. so
enjoy, poor ol kawlaga..LOL.. Joel
comment:
Hank Williams’s
Kawliga by Canada First Nations Mi’kmaq Joel Denny of Eskasoni… beautiful job;
I just love it.
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The Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
One of the most
fascinating histories of settlement in Nova Scotia is that of its original
inhabitants, the Mi’kmaq.
Many historians
have chronicled Mi’kmaw history only from written documentation left behind by
early European explorers. However, to better understand our past and our
homeland requires knowledge of the many different oral stories passed down by
generations of Mi’kmaq.
To begin this
amazing journey we must go back 13,000 years, to the end of the last Ice Age
that covered most of Eastern North America. Archaeological evidence in central
Nova Scotia shows that a hunting/gathering group of people followed the caribou
to that area at that time, and camped at the foot of the Cobequid Mountains.
Mi’kmaw Elders today maintain that these early settlers were our forefathers.
There are over 800
sites of early Mi’kmaw occupation scattered across Nova Scotia, including
primary locations at Blomidon, Debert, Kejimkujik, and the Mersey River system.
As well, stories of the mythical character Glooscap provide us with a series of
messages and lessons giving glimpses into the geological features and creatures
who inhabited the area in its earliest years.
The Mi’kmaq
occupied and enjoyed all of today’s Atlantic Provinces — Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland — as well as portions of the
Gaspé Peninsula, for thousands of years. This territory was known to them as
Mi’kma’ki.
The Mi’kmaw Nation
belonged to a much larger tribal grouping known as the ‘Wabanaki Confederacy,’
which included the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki
tribes of Eastern North America. These were all members of the larger Algonquin
family which occupied lands east of the St. Lawrence River, the Adirondacks and
the Appalachians.
Before the arrival
of the Europeans in the 1500s, Mi’kma’ki was divided into seven districts, each
named for the geographical characteristics of that area, and each led by a
District Chief. Together, they made up the Mi’kmaw Grand Council, which
governed by consensus over the entire territory and its people. The Mi’kmaq
Nation was orderly, well-governed, strong, knowledgeable and successful.
The Mi’kmaw
language is part of the Algonquin language group, indicating that tribal
connections extended far beyond Mi’kma’ki for trade and social relations. Many
Nova Scotia place-names used today have their roots in the Mi’kmaw language:
oShubenacadie –
Land of the wild turnip (Sipekne’katik)
oPictou –
Explosion of gas from the ground (Piktik)
oMusquodoboit –
flowing out square (Muskwitoqukwek)
oCanso – Opposite
loft cliffs (Qamso’q)
oBaddeck – A
portion of food set aside for someone or a place near an island (Abitakwik)
Mi’kmaq people
lived close to waterways, as their main source of travel was the birch-bark
canoe, carrying them great distances for trade and survival. The natural
environment provided everything they needed, and they depended on their
knowledge of the seasons, weather, animals, plants, and hunting and preparation
skills for survival.
They used their
resources sparingly and wisely, with great respect, and learning was passed
from generation to generation. Mi’kmaw education included teaching traditional
survival skills, as well as knowledge of other tribes within Eastern North
America.
Early colonists
relied on the knowledge and resourcefulness of the Mi’kmaq for their own
survival, but the rapid European settlement of Nova Scotia brought many changes
to the lives of the Mi’kmaq. Foreign governments soon became the law-makers,
followed by the creation of Canada and its provincial boundaries.
At one time the
entire population of Nova Scotia was Mi’kmaq. They now number 25,070 individuals — 2% of the total
population. Once travelling freely throughout the province, Mi’kmaq now occupy
only 26,000 acres, set aside for them as reserve land owned by the Government
of Canada.
There are
approximately 35 reserves scattered across Nova Scotia today, all allotted to
and administered by thirteen First Nation Mi’kmaw communities established since
1958-59. Each community has its own leadership known as the Band Council, with
an elected Chief and several Councilors. The traditional Grand Council
continues to exist, but its authority to govern has been largely transferred by
the Indian Act to the elected Chiefs and Councils.
With their undeniable
connection to the land dating back 13,000 years, today’s Mi’kmaq
continue to share their rich history and culture with their neighbors and are
an important component of the cultural
mosaic which makes up Nova Scotia as we know it today.
Just as other
cultures in the province have their traditions, music, food and stories, so too
do the Mi’kmaq. Traditional hunting is practiced for ceremonial purposes,
celebrations and community feasts. Beautiful crafts (Ash baskets, wooden
flowers, quillwork, etc.) are still produced, utilizing materials provided by
the natural environment.
The beat of the
drum permeates the air throughout the summer months as Mi’kmaw communities
celebrate powwows, opening doors for neighbors to enjoy music, songs and
dancing. A traditional meal of moose, venison, fish, blueberries and famous
Mi’kmaw bread (lu’sknikn) is often served.
Smudging
ceremonies cleanse hearts and thoughts, and open minds to accept and respect
diversity and change. The seven sacred prayers accompany a sweet grass ceremony
to give thanks for the gift of life and all that is provided. These practices
often open meetings and celebrations at both native and non-native venues
throughout the province.
On October 1st
every year, Mi’kmaq from around Nova Scotia join the provincial government in hosting
Treaty Day – a celebration commemorating the signing of the 1752 Treaty, and
including many public events.
In the last two
decades our people have reverted to the proper spelling of the word ‘Micmac’,
now written as Mi’kmaw or Mi’kmaq. Mi’kmaq is the plural form of the singular
Mi’kmaw. Because it is plural, Mi’kmaq always refers to more than one Mi’kmaw
person, or to the entire Nation.
All Mi’kmaq are
proud of their place in history as the earliest inhabitants of the province,
and work today toward better cross-cultural understanding among all Nova
Scotians.
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CHESTER BASIN…..
the best Antique Barn (5 massive floors) in Nova Scotia… and the beautiful
beaches and Yacht Club- come visit… come join us…
COME BY CHANCE-
Antique Barn- RR1 – Chester Basin- Nova Scotia – 275-3146
thx Susie 4 the
share
COME BY CHANCE
ANTIQUE BARN- CHESTER NOVA SCOTIA-
PICTURE ON BLOG
Part 2 – Bedside Breakthrough
It pays to be on
the look out – have a mental “must have” list for just such an occasion. It’s also worth having a bit of imagination
because sometimes those “must haves” cost too much to have and you’re left
having nothing. I had been searching for
a bed side table to work with my raised bed and nothing…everything was either
too low in height or too high in price, so I kept my eyes open for an
opportunity to once again do-over a deal.
Then one Saturday I popped into Come by Chance Antiques in Marriotts
Cove, NS. Yes, I was going for the
antique look at a tag sale price – and I found it. IncrediblyNightside Table –
Part 2 worn and weathered, with a top that had been replaced in a different
wood -icky to most maybe, but I knew
that with the proper prep and a little paint – this broken piece of the past
could be done over and so it was.
I have my mother
to thank for this love of antiques.
While I’ll never be able to negotiate a price like she can – I did
inherit her ability to spot a bargain, and so I did – at three area Chester, NS
area antique dealers. All of them carry
an incredible selection – and just browsing is fun, but nothing beats that
feeling of the find.
Come by Chance
Antiques, Marriotts Cove, NS – 902-275-3146
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- Folk and Fun
Damm… wish could
get the lyrics 2 this…. this is incredible lyrics
‘It’s a F**ked Up
World We Live in Baby….’
Tracy Beck – What
They Want
New original by
Zippy!
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- BUSINESS
BUSINESS- garden
of weedin- annapolis valley, Nova Scotia
She worships her
granddaddy- and has his superb hard hard work ethic of Nova Scotia pride in
doing a job right and making the customer the star- it’s called standards, quality, work ethic,
pride in accomplishment, integrity, honesty and respect- it just don’t get
better than this in Nova Scotia… and it’s run by a woman- ain’t that cool…Nova
Scotia
YOU’RE PROPERTY IS
OUR BUSINESS- Environment matters- since 2004
Did you know
Garden of Weedin has been in business for almost 10 years? And we are still
doing business with our very first customer.
PHOTO WITH
DRAGON’S DEN- QUEEN DRAGON
The Halifax
Entrepreneur Expo
This past Thursday
I was invited to be a mentor at a speed networking event put on by the Nova
Scotia Community College in Halifax.
They invited me to share my entrepreneurial story with students who want
to or have already started their own businesses.
As a alumni of the
NSCC I gladly agreed. I love telling
people about my story and helping and inspiring others to follow their
entrepreneurial dream.
In exchange for
attending I also was invited to attend the supper, ‘dine with a legend’ with
Arleen Dickinson from the hit CBC show, The Dragons Den.
It was a wonderful
evening. Arleen is an amazing and
inspiring speaker. I loved hearing her
story, and best of all I got to meet her, she signed my book and had my picture
taken with her!
AND..
GARDEN OF WEEDIN-
ANNAPOLIS VALLEY – Kentville Nova Scotia
Hello I am Emily
Fisher and I am the owner of Garden of Weedin Landscaping. Garden of Weedin is an environmentally
friendly landscape business that is locally owned and operated in the beautiful
Annaplolis Valley, Nova Scotia.
I have always had
a love for the outdoors and I’ve known since a very young age that I wanted to
own my own business. I attended and
completed the Landscape Horticulture program at the Nova Scotia Community
College in 2003. I worked for a local
landscaping company for 2 seasons,
working hard on evenings and weekends to build my own clientele. By the summer of 2003 I had two employees
working for me part time, while I continued to work my full time job. When that September came I went back to
school at the Dartmouth Nova Scotia Community College, Akerley campus, and
successfully completed the Entrepreneur and small business program. April 1, 2004 I opened Garden of Weedin, and
after 9 successful years I am still going strong. I work hard to solve my customers landscape
issues, maintain and improve their currents landscapes, and to design and
install landscapes that leave lasting impressions.
We can look after
all your garden and landscaping needs, starting with spring clean up and
planting, right through to fall clean up. We’ll even tuck in your bulbs to
bloom next spring.
We specialize in:
•Routine garden
maintenance including your lawn, shrubs and trees
•Planting and care
of your beds and borders
•Garden design to
give you healthy and attractive plantingsHardscaping, including paver and slate
patios and walkways
We go the extra
mile for you, one yard at a time. If you do not have the time or the desire to
tend to your garden and landscape, Garden of Weedin is here to help you.
A beautiful
landscape for your home or office is just a call away.
Phone (902)
670-8845 or email us for a free estimate.
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HILARIOUS- Nova
Scotia cutting edge humour
NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- comedy and talent- UNITED BREAKS GUITARS – laughed so hard i
cried- over 17 MILLION VIEWS….
United Breaks
Guitars
You saw the video
now GET THE BOOK:
http://www.UnitedBreaksGuitarsBook.com.
Looking for a unique speaker for your next event: http://www.UnitedBreaksGuitars.com
for case studies and highlights of Dave’s speaking tour. Have your own Customer
Service Gripe? Visit Dave’s new complaint resolution site at http://www.gripevine.com
to plant your Gripe & get results.
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Kinda cool…..old
folkie like the 70s
She Works Days- I
work the Nights- INCREDIBLE LYRICS-
Tracy Beck – Day
and Night
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- don’t miss out on the incredible
Black Loyalists history- they walked
with us in all wars and died and bled 4 our Canada- our nation- our flag
OLD-
HISTORICAL- black loyalist history- who we are- NOVA SCOTIA BLACK LOYALISTS
NOVA SCOTIA –
Black Loyalists Heritage Society
Shelburne, Nova
Scotia
AND…
NEW-
NOVA SCOTIA- The
New Black Cultural Centre
The newly
renovated Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. For more information visit
AND…
CELTIC- THE
RANKINS- The Rankin Family_Fare thee well love
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE
CAMADOAM William
Hall, V.C.: The Naval Veteran (2:44 min.)
William Hall, V.C.
was born in Summerville and was the first member of the Navy from British North
America to receive the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious of military medals.
William received the medal for a heroic rescue that he participated in during
the Indian Uprising of 1758. The rescue mission captured the imagination of the
Victorian public: the mission was known to every school boy in the Empire.
While initially buried without military honours in an unmarked grave, William
was later buried beneath a stone cairn on the lawn of the Baptist Church in
Hantsport, Hants Co..
The Black
Battalion- Canada
Juanita Pleasant
Wilbur of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
They came two
hundred to answer the call
But only to fall
Their way was not
paved
For a country they
wanted to save
The battle cry
went out
But these men were
ousted
Their colour was
wrong
Their courage
strong
From battle line
to battle line they went
But no one wanted
them
A checker-board
army they were called
Their courage
strong they still persisted
For the right to
fight for a country they loved
For the right to
live as all men
Free and strong
The march was on,
their will was strong
From place to
place they went
Rejected by all,
their cry was heard
Let us do our best
Don’t let us be
less
Give us a chance
to build a life for our children
Let us make our
mark
Give us a chance
to stand proud and free
Rejected and tired
of waiting
They finally saw
the light
You’re on a flight
Over-seas you’re
bound
At last you found
your place
A checker-board
army has been born
A remembrance to
my Grand-dad, Private Wallace James Pleasant and all the black men who fought
and became know as Canada’s best kept secret.
MY COMMENT:
We love you all so
much…. to my Fannie (Clement) Brothers and to my Debbie Pleasant-Joseph …..
love you all so much….
AND…
Canada’s
Black-Negro Soldiers
Introduction
Image: Black
soldiers have had a long history of defending Canada. The Volunteer Military
Company from Victoria, BC, active between 1860 and 1864, served during the
American Civil War (photograph by Charles Gentile, courtesy Library and
Archives Canada/C-022626).What are the forgotten stories of African-Canadian
history? There are several, and their absence has led to many misconceptions
about the role of Black people in the development of Canada.
One fact is that
the first African arrival took place over 400 years ago with interpreter
Mathieu da Costa. Since that time, Black people have been constantly coming
into Canada helping to build it. Another is the idea that Black people have not
“paid their dues,” have not served in any military defense of Canada, that
Black people are not pulling their weight or taking the level of responsibility
that they should as good citizens of Canada.
However, the
reality is that African-Canadians have volunteered in every case for active
duty, and persisted even when they were not wanted. In order to help defend
Canada, separate Black units were created, the first one, on the initiative of
African-Canadian Richard Pierpoint. Black people have consistently defended the
interests of Canada, or the British controlled territory of Canada from the
time of the American Revolutionary War through to the Mackenzie Rebellions and
the present.
Whether they were
born in Canada, or newcomers supporting the direction that Canada was taking,
African-Canadians have been ongoing defenders of this nation, allowing us all
to experience the freedoms that we have today.
Rosemary Sadlier
Image: Black
soldiers have had a long history of defending Canada. The Volunteer Military
Company from Victoria, BC, active between 1860 and 1864, served during the
American Civil War (photograph by Charles Gentile, courtesy Library and
Archives Canada/C-022626).
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Nova Scotia:
Where Britain meets France – in Canada
Paul Wade finds
Cornish pasties and Celtic music in the heart of Nova Scotia
Our first visit to
Nova Scotia starts in some style at the Halifax Saturday morning farmers’
market: slurping down oysters at 50p a time. All round us, Halifax chats over
local cheeses, heritage apples and maple syrup. They also stock up on Cornish
pasties, Scotch eggs, and steak and kidney pies, a reminder of the region’s
strong British ties.
High on the hill,
the brooding Citadel guards the vast harbour. Behind the ramparts,
tartan-togged soldiers change the guard and fire a cannon, nicknamed Kathleen.
In a 260-year-old tradition, the noon gun is still fired daily, sending echoes
across the old rooftops.
Another major draw
is Pier 21. Canadians are not known for wearing their hearts on their sleeves,
but we see visitors dabbing their cheeks as they tour Canada’s Immigration
Museum. Between 1928 and 1971, about 1.5 million men, women and children
checked through this quayside shed. Most were Europeans, but many were Canadian
troops leaving to fight in the Second World War. Dreams that came true were
balanced by tragedy and disappointment. Many Canadians come to find their
roots. In a small office, staff help them to sift through passenger lists. “We
get happy endings almost every day,” we are told.
Halifax is fun,
with 30,000 students from half a dozen colleges providing some edge. An old
school friend, who has lived in Canada for many years, is a professor here at
Dalhousie University. Over a pint, we chat about Nova Scotians. “They often
feel as if they live in the forgotten part of Canada,” he says. “Tourists know
all about the west, with its mountains, Mounties and moose, but little about
the east, with its rocky shorelines and great seafood.”
Recalling our
school history books, I realise that the Maritimes got short shrift: United
Empire Loyalists escaping the American Revolution; General Wolfe and the Plains
of Abraham; the ejection of the French Acadians. End of story. But, as my wife
and I are about to discover, no province celebrates its heritage better than
Nova Scotia.
About two-thirds
the size of Scotland, with most of the population in and around Halifax, Nova
Scotia is crisscrossed with near-empty roads. We drive past signs inviting one
and all to a “Saturday Nite Card Party” or a “Penny Auction”. At the back door
of wooden homes, logs are piled next to quad bikes. Quilts hang out to dry on
washing lines. It’s Forever Ambridge, Canadian style.
About three hours
north-east of Halifax is the tastefully preserved Sherbrooke Village. Women in
long dresses gossip in the lane and a blacksmith clangs away in the forge. With
no traffic noise, we are transported back into the 19th century. In this living
history museum, most of the 80 old houses are still private homes, but 25 are
busy with traditional skills such as quilting, candle-making and baking pies.
Nova Scotian
communities include Truro, Welshtown, Antrim and Arisaig, yet the first
European settlers were not from the British Isles, but from France. Still alive
and well, 250 years after Britain seized control of Canada, is an outpost of
Nouvelle France on Cape Breton Island. Once over the soaring mile-long Canso
Causeway, we pick up the Fleur-de-lis Trail, one of 11 “scenic travelways”
themed to help visitors understand more about the province and its
multicultural history. On this route, we drive through thick pine forest, past
signposts pointing to French-speaking fishing villages, such as Petit-de-Grat.
But nothing
prepares us for Louisbourg. As we crest a hill, the enormous fortress appears,
dominating the shore. Although remote now, this was once the key to French
Canada, one corner of the triangular trade between the French West Indies and
the mother country. Abandoned after the British breached its defences in 1758,
what we see today is the result of 50 years of restoration. On the ramparts, a
soldier patrols; below, farmers herd sheep and musicians persuade us that we
are in the 1740s.
Then, it is on to
the Cabot Trail, a roller coaster of a road that loops round one headland after
another, opening up glorious vistas of towering cliffs dropping into the
Atlantic. After the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, with its Great
Hall of the Clans, we make for the Ceilidh Trail, its theme confirmed by road
signs announcing Inverness and Dunvegan, and mailboxes labelled Cameron and
Chisholm.
At the Celtic
Music Interpretive Centre in Judique, director Kinnon Beaton explains why
everything seems more Scottish than Scotland. After the Highland Clearances,
some 25,000 Gaelic-speaking Scots arrived here. As well as the language, they
handed down their fiddle music, bannock and scones,” he says.
In the south-west
of the province, the Evangeline Trail is named for the heroine of Longfellow’s
poem about the Acadians, the French settlers expelled by the British in 1755.
The road runs along the Annapolis Valley, known for its soft landscape. Foodies
come for the wineries and the scallops in Digby; geologists detour to the
fossil cliffs at Joggins; we head for Port Royal. Rebuilt to the original
plans, this small wooden fort is where the French set up shop in 1605. Clad in
a smock and breeches, our bearded guide encourages us to try on wooden clogs
and stroke the silky smoothness of a real beaver pelt, the lure for French and
British colonisers.
Before we fly home
from Halifax, my old school friend drives us to Peggy’s Cove, with its lonely
lighthouse, the three churches at Mahone Bay, the brightly painted clapboard
houses in Lunenburg. Munching cranberry squares, we tell our host that he was
right about the landscapes, the seafood and the history. “But you didn’t
mention the people themselves. They welcome everyone as if they are family.”
“Not surprising,” mutters the Prof, “most likely they are.”
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Nova Scotia
Travel: glorious culture on display across the province
From Titanic
exhibits to Acadian history and Cape Breton music, there are endless cultural
attractions in Nova Scotia. And don’t forget Sidney Crosby.
The displays at
the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax include stories of the
ships that brought immigrants to Canada.
Josephine Matyas
The displays at
the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax include stories of the
ships that brought immigrants to Canada.
By: Josephine
Matyas Freelance Travel writer, Published on Wed Mar 20 2013
HALIFAX-My mother
first stepped onto Canadian soil in this city. It’s an experience shared by
more than a million immigrants who passed through the entrance point and a
story told so well at the dockside Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
War brides, home
children, British evacuees and a stripe of multiculturalism a mile wide; one in
five Canadians can trace a connection to Pier 21.
They keep boxes of
tissue next to the computers in the museum’s Scotiabank Family History Centre.
“Not a day goes by when we don’t have people cry,” says Cara MacDonald, the
centre’s reference services manager. “Our job is to collect and preserve living
memory. We encourage the side-by-side experience. It’s quite moving and
overwhelming for many people.”
Alan Melanson
leads historical and cultural tours in tiny Annapolis Royal on the shores of
the Bay of Fundy. Melanson is a 10th generation Acadian – his ancestors settled
in the area in 1657. zoom
Nova Scotia’s
superstar hockey player, Sidney Crosby, practiced his snapshots into the family
clothes dryer. The dings and marks prove it. zoom
One of the most
popular artifacts at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is an original
mahogany deck chair, salvaged from the Titanic wreck. More than 2,200 people
were on board but only 705 survived when the “unsinkable” ship struck an
iceberg in April 1912.
And, suddenly,
there it is on the screen: my mother’s boarding card on the ship that crossed
the ocean, the false papers that enabled her escape from behind the Iron
Curtain, her European passport. I knew these existed; I’d just never seen them
before. Thank goodness for boxes of tissue.
In addition to the
Family History Centre, the National Historic Site is filled with touchstones of
the immigration experience-photographs, a waiting area and immigration desk, an
actual Canadian Pacific passenger railcar that would have whisked new immigrants
to all corners of the country.
Halifax’s role as
a port stretches beyond the immigration experience. In the early 20th century
it was one of the top five busiest boatyards in the world – thanks to its
superb harbour and strategic North Atlantic location. It’s a story at the
centre of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, just a short stroll from Pier
21.
“The museum is a
gateway to exploring the marine history of Nova Scotia,” explains Matthew
Hughson, a heritage interpreter at the site. “Shipwrecks, Titanic, the Halifax
Explosion and Canada’s naval history.”
Visitors make a
beeline for touchy-feely blasts from the past: an original deck chair recovered
from Titanic; a small clock, found in the rubble of the Halifax Explosion, arms
stopped at 9:05, the moment of the massive blast that levelled more than 1,600
buildings and shattered windows 100 kilometres away; hero Vincent Coleman’s
telegraph key where he tapped out a warning that stopped incoming trains and
saved lives.
For many people, the
Halifax Wrecked display is their first exposure to the full story of the 1917
wall of smoke and flame created when ships collided in the harbour. “At the
time it was the largest manmade explosion until the dropping of the atomic
bomb.”
It’s Titanic that
has always drawn the crowds. Halifax was the nearest major port to the sinking
and in 1912 became the centre of world attention. Coffins were piled at the
Halifax wharf. Local cemeteries are the final resting place for about 150
bodies, many with no names. The grand ship was shy on lifeboat capacity and
despite the declaration that “women and children go first,” the survival rate
for men travelling first class was higher than for children in the ship’s third
class section.
Just up the hill
towards the Halifax Citadel is the small Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, home
to the Sidney Crosby Exhibit. The mementoes go waaay back – his baby bottle
emblazoned with a Montreal Canadiens logo, jerseys, sticks, skates and pucks
that all mark stops along the timeline of Crosby’s success. But it’s the banged
and dented clothes dryer that every parent can relate to – it’s the original
that sat in the Crosby home’s basement and was at the receiving end of the
young star’s blistering slapshot.
While Halifax is
the epicentre for the larger museums, galleries and musical venues, a lot more
of Nova Scotia’s cultural side is sprinkled across the province.
To the north, on
the shores of the Bay of Fundy, picture-perfect and squeaky-clean Annapolis
Royal is home to 481 people, a mix of descendants of the once-exiled Acadians,
artists and retirees living the good life in rural Nova Scotia.
“From my house I
can look down the river and see the exact spot my ancestors built their first
homes at Melanson Settlement National Historic Site,” says Alan Melanson, a
recently retired Parks Canada interpreter with Acadian family ties that stretch
back to 1657. “It’s a nice feeling. But there are a lot of other Acadians here
who can share that feeling. This is the cradle of Acadian settlements.”
Melanson’s
knowledge of the Deportation of the Acadians is encyclopedic. “I want people to
know this was the birthplace of the movement to preserve Acadian culture.”
Not one to sit
still in retirement, Melanson and his wife operate tours of Annapolis Royal –
from candlelight graveyard tours that tell the story of the village through the
people buried there, to walking tours of the village’s National Historic
District (where there are more registered heritage properties per capita than
anywhere else in Canada), to an Acadian heritage tour.
Follow scenic
Highway 1 (The Evangeline Trail) about an hour along the Fundy coast to another
touchstone of the Maritime Acadian culture, the Grand Pré National Historic
Site. In 1755, Grand Pré was a centre for the Deportation, a tragic event of
expulsion that marked Acadian history forever. The quiet fields, memorial
church and gardens are the Acadians’ most cherished historic site.
It would be impossible
to talk about cultural touchstones without stepping up to Cape Breton for a
taste of music (and a dram of single malt whisky).
“I’m a good ol’
Cape Bretoner,” laughs Lauchie MacLean, who owns The Glenora Inn &
DistilleryGlenora Inn & Distillery on the Ceilidh Trail. “My musical roots
go back to when I was born. My mother is related to the Barra MacNeils. My
grandfather was a well-respected violin player. I’m more of an amateur musician
compared to others in the family.
“Cape Breton has
mainstayed a lot of the Celtic culture. The clan system was able to survive,
the Gaelic language has survived, step dancing has survived and Celtic music –
including banjo, fiddle and Celtic harp – has flourished to a larger audience.”
According to
MacLean, Cape Breton musicians are as esteemed as any in the world. He throws
open his doors and practices that world-famous Maritime welcome: “I personally
know most of them and have encouraged their music at my home and at the
distillery.” Ceilidhs – Celtic gatherings of music, song and dance – are one
Nova Scotia cultural touchstone that shouldn’t be missed.
Josephine Matyas
is a Kingston Ont. based freelance writer whose trip was subsidized by Nova
Scotia Tourism. She can be found online at
www.writerwithoutborders.com
and on Twitter @writertravels.
JUST THE FACTS
DINING The Halifax
Seaport Farmers’ Market is a nosher’s delight. Vendors sell a mixture of fresh
foods, cheese, baked goods, meats and products like handicrafts. Live music
serenades the shoppers.
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visit NOVA SCOTIA- The working
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WORKERS OF NOVA
SCOTIA- GOD BLESS THE WORKING MAN/WOMAN
Working Man sung
by Rita MacNeil- 2 the miners, the
fishers, farmers, loggers, truckers etc.
Tribute page for
Coal Miners in Nova Scotia Canada ~ Working Man sung by Rita MacNeil
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JUST A LITTLE GOOD
NEWS-Canada’s Beautiful – Anne Murray-
THERE’S CANADA AND THERE’S CANADA’s ANNE MURRAY- 1983
A Little Good News
A desire for a
better world, maybe harkening back to a different era, I don’t know. But I
would love to wake up one morning and find there was no bad news to be
reported. We may never get there, but that won’t stop me from praying for
peace, and thanking God for those who are willing to serve our country and
believe peace is worth the price.
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PURE NOVA SCOTIA-
Hank Snow- God bless our fishers- LUNENBURG- blue rocks- nova scotia
Hank Snow – Squid
Jiggin Grounds
The Squid Jiggin’
Ground is a traditional song that describes a way of life of the local
fisherman. The song is unique in that it describes the method of jigging for
squid and the type of equipment and circumstance that revolve around the
activity.
Hank Snow was born
May 9, 1914 in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia.
Please visit our
website for more songs,
Oh… this is the
place where the fishermen gather
With oil-skins and
boots and Cape Anns battened down
All sizes of
figures with squid lines and jiggers
They congregate
here on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
Some are workin’
their jiggers while others are yarnin’
There’s some
standin’ up and there’s more lyin’ down
While all kinds of
fun, jokes and tricks are begun
As they wait for
the squid on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
There’s men of all
ages and boys in the bargain
There’s old Billy
Cave and there’s young Raymond Brown
There’s a red
rantin’ Tory out here in the dory
A-runnin’ down
squires on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
There’s men from
the Harbour and men from the Tickle
In all kinds of
motorboats… green, grey and brown
Right yonder is
Bobby and with him is Nobby
He’s chewin’ hard
tack on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
God bless my
sou’wester, there’s Skipper John Chaffey
He’s the best hand
at squid-jiggin’ here, I’ll be bound
Hello! What’s the
row? Why, he’s jiggin’ one now
The very first
squid on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
The man with the
whiskers is old Jacob Steele
He’s gettin’ well
up but he’s still pretty sound
While Uncle Bob
Hawkins wears six pairs of stockin’s
Whenever he’s out
on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
Holy smoke! What a
scuffle! All hands are excited
‘Tis a wonder to
me that there’s nobody drowned
There’s a bustle,
confusion, a wonderful hustle
They’re all
jiggin’ squid on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
Says Bobby, “The
squids are on top of the water,
I just got me
jigger ’bout one fathom down”
When a squid in
the boat squirted right down his throat
And he’s swearin’
like mad on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
There’s poor Uncle
Bille, his whiskers are spattered
With spots of the
squid juice thats’ flyin’ around;
One poor little
b’y got it right in the eye
But they don’t
give a damn on the squid-jiggin’ ground.
Now if ever you
feel inclined to go squiddin’
Leave your white
shirts and collars behind in the town
And if you get
cranky without yer silk hanky
You’d better steer
clear of the squid-jiggin’ ground
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- We used to listen 2 Dutch in the
70s…… now this is the Blues….pure blues….
Dutch Mason
Another important
Canadian bluesman who became notable during the 1970s was Norman “Dutch” Mason
(born February 19, 1938 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, died December 23, 2006 in
Truro, Nova Scotia). Mason was a Canadian singer, guitarist, and pianist who
was nicknamed the “Prime Minister of the Blues” in the 1970s for his prominent
role in the Canadian blues scene. His albums included Dutch Mason Trio at the
Candlelight from 1971 (Paragon ALS-263) and Janitor of the Blues from 1977
(Solar SAR-2020). In 1991 he released I’m Back (Stony Plain SPCD-1169). He was
inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame, and in 2005, he became
a Member of the Order of Canada. That same year, son Garrett Mason won a Juno
Award for Best Blues album.
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PURE NOVA
SCOTIA- COUNTRY BLUEGRASS- THE BEST OF THE BEST
If I Were Your
Brother by The Spinney Brothers at IBMA’S
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PURE NOVA
SCOTIA- JAZZ- BUCKEY ADAMS
Bucky at St.
Patricks.mp4
Bucky Adams, a
fine tenor sax player, and his Jazz Quartet perform at a fund raising concert
for St. Patrick’s Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nova
Scotia jazz giant Bucky Adams dead at 75
July 13, 2012 –
4:10pm By ELISSA BARNARD Arts Reporter
B.B. King sought
out Halifax jazz saxophonist Bucky Adams when he was playing his weekly gig at
the Middle Deck in the 1970s.
Charles (Bucky)
Adams, who died Friday in Halifax at the age of 75 after a four-month battle
with cancer of the esophagus, was a “living legend” and “my musical father,”
said trumpet player Mike Cowie.
He remembers the
night in the late 1970s that King, after a Halifax concert, walked into the
Middle Deck.
“People stood up
and gave him a standing ovation and he sat at a table and the band was swinging
so hard. I heard him say to his manager, ‘Go get Lucille.’”
With Lucille – his
guitar – in hand, King got up to play, “and it was just unbelievable,” said
Cowie.
“He offered Bucky
a job. He said, ‘Come with my band.’ Bucky said, ‘No, I’m happy here.’”
Adams is key to
the history of rhythm and blues in Nova Scotia and was “underappreciated,” said
Halifax harmonica player Andrew Gillis.
Adams gave Gillis
his first chance to play on stage and asked him to be on standby to fill in for
him, if necessary – most recently on his 75th birthday in May, which coinicided
with Adams’s regular Wednesday night shows at Northwood Centre.
The saxophonist
grew up in the Adams family home at the corner of Maynard and Cogswell Streets,
a home that had been in the family since the 1830s, said Gillis.
A self-taught sax
player, he could play all wind instruments and the piano.
“He got his
schooling, if you will, on the job,” said his son, Charles Adams.
His first job was
at the age of nine, playing trumpet for a parade of the Barnum and Bailey Circus
on the Halifax Commons. As he told a Chronicle Herald reporter in 1986, “the
band was old, old, black, real New Orleans jazz musicians, and the trumpet
player dropped dead on the way here.”
The band heard him
playing tunes by Louis Armstrong on his doorstep and recruited Adams to play on
top of a cage of lions.
“Bucky came from
the hippest kind of blues that’s ever been played,” said Gillis, “and he played
at the Gerrish Street Hall, which became Club Unusual (run by Adams and jazz
pianist Joe Sealy). That’s the first place the shuffle beat and honkin’ sax and
slapping upright bass were played in Nova Scotia.”
His bands included
Bucky Adams and Basin Street, at the Middle Deck in the 1970s, and Generation.
He also anchored
the Lobster Trap, first on Inglis Street and later at the Trade Mart Centre.
He performed in
Northwood’s Harbourview Bar and Lounge on Wednesday nights for the last 20
years.
Adams made two
albums and recorded with Dutch Mason, played with Count Basie and Oscar
Peterson, and performed at the Halifax Jazz Festival.
In Halifax, he met
Duke Ellington, who wrote a song for Adams’s wife, and Louis Armstrong when
they were performing in the city.
“Louis Armstrong
called him Pops, Bucky told me with pride,” said Gillis.
“Don Warner of the
Don Warner Swing Orchestra had Bucky as a soloist, and Bucky by his own
admission never learned to read music. This was still acceptable to Don Warner,
and Don had a band full of experienced readers.”
Adams did go to
St. Francis Xavier University’s jazz program in 1986 to learn how to read music
and went about getting gigs for the faculty.
“Bucky’s hero was
(American jazz tenor saxophonist) Gene Ammons, so Bucky was pretty comfortable
with the honkin’ sax style of the era of the 1940s and 1950s that was
pre-Elvis, pre-white rock and roll,” said Gillis.
“He mastered that
style but later on, when bossa nova and other styles came along in the 1960s,
he already had the tonal capabilties of Stan Getz, just that rich, assured
tenor saxophone.”
Halifax musician
Ken MacKay heard about Adams when he was growing up in Truro.
“You’d always hear
stories about this sax player in Halifax named Bucky Adams, and a bunch of us
made a road trip – underage, of course – trying to get into the Arrows Club to
hear Adams play. He was a huge influence on me becoming a sax player.
“He just played so
easy; it was just so natural for him. You’d go, ‘My, if I could ever be that
good.’ He’d be so smooth. He knew every song.”
Cowie went to the
Middle Deck to hear Adams when he was in high school, “and it changed my life.
I said, ‘I want to come play with you,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, bring your horn
down.’”
“I went down and
played with him for three years whenever I could, and everything he taught me
was true. He had an unbelievable sound, warm. Every note had life. It was
captivating,” said Cowie, who recently played with Adams at Northwood.
“He was a
character. He did things his way and he got into a lot of situations because of
that and he wasn’t afraid to step out and be himself. He was a completely
strong and independent person.
“That’s what makes
greatness, someone who can stand up and be themselves and not worry about what
other people think. Get the job done.”
Adams, whose
father was also a musician, was the patriarch of a large family spanning four
generations.
He took a turn for
the worse recently, said his son Charles.
“I dropped him off
Wednesday afternoon and kissed him and told him to call me anytime and I’d pick
him up. On Thursday morning, I got a call from my brother that they had to take
him to the hospital.”
Adams is survived
by five children, including musician Corey Adams, as well as numerous
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral
arrangements are pending.
The family, which
includes former provincal cabinet minister Wayne Adams – he and Bucky were
first cousins – would like to organize a fundraising memorial event celebrating
his father’s life, said Charles.
“We are hoping to
do something in the coming months.”
With staff
reporter Michael Lightstone
(ebarnard@herald.ca)
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- Natalie- Celtic women- kitchen
music
Natalie MacMaster
– Pretty Mary Medley
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PURE NOVA SCOTIA
Catherine
MacKinnon 1970s
Farewell to You My
Nova Scotia
‘Farewell to Nova
Scotia’. A sailor’s lament sometimes identified as ‘Nova Scotia Song’. Linda
Christine Craig in her ‘The Scottish origins of “Farewell to Nova Scotia”‘
(Dalhousie R, vol 58, 1978-9) shows that the song is derived from ‘The
Soldier’s Adieu,’ attributed to the Scottish weaver-poet Robert Tannahill (1774-1810),
and that it is transformed into a sailor’s song with an ‘intensity which is
completely absent from “The Soldier’s Adieu”‘.In the third quarter of the 20th
century it became the best known of all Nova Scotia songs, partly because the
Halifax CBC TV show ‘Singalong Jubilee’ (1961-74) used it as a theme and
Catherine McKinnon recorded it (Something Old, Something New, Arc 256). Other
recorded versions include those by Diane Oxner (Canadian Cavalcade CCLP-2005),
Terry Kelly (Gun TKP-8391), Finnigan (Banana 1077), and Ian and Sylvia
(Vanguard 23-24). Jack Sirulnikoff used it in his Nova Scotia Fantasy for band.
G.V. Thompson published a version for choir or voice, with or without piano, in
1964 and an arrangement for band by Peter Riddle in 1978. Another choral
version is included in Reflections of Canada.
COMMENT:
When I first went
Nova Scotia I fell in love with it. I went ther twice after that and my love
for it increased. Nova Scotia is a place of divine beauty, it must be the land
God gave Abel. And the people there are kind and generous, shows what can
happen when you spend most of your years in the Maritimes.
It is unfortunate
that Halifax and places in Cape Breton are also plagued with stuff like drugs,
violence and the like. However, I cannot wait for Nova Scotia to be restored by
Jesus upon His return and I hope that He will let me live in the redeemed Nova Scotia
as my permanent dwelling for eternity.
But until the day
I do return there:
Farewell, farewell
to Nova Scotia’s charms
For it’s early in
the morning I’ll be far, far away
lyrics:
Chorus: Farewell
to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast,
may your (pause)
mountains dark and dreary be.
For when I am far
away on the briny ocean tossed,
Will you ever
heave a sigh or a wish for me?
The sun was
setting in the west,
The birds were
singing on every tree.
All nature seemed
inclined to rest
But still there
was no rest for me.
Chorus
I grieve to leave
my native land,
I grieve to leave
my comrades all,
And my parents
whom I love so dear,
And the bonnie,
bonnie lass/lad that I do adore.
Chorus
The drums they do
beat and the wars to alarm,
The captain calls,
I must obey.
So farewell,
farewell to Nova Scotia’s charms,
For it’s early in
the morning and I’m far, far away.
Chorus
I have three
brothers and they are at rest,
Their arms are
folded on their chest.
But a poor simple
sailor just like me,
Must be tossed and
turned on the deep dark sea.
Chorus
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Canada needs 2
know all our politicians put Canada and Canadians first and stop the greed and
vicious sniping 4 personal gain- it’s time.. sometimes we feel…as though we r
all alone – and no one will catch us as we fall…
… LIKE WE’RE JUST
3 FOOT TALL- this means provincial/terrority and federal levels – all damm
levels- we’re sick of of lot of ya
… COME ON CANADA
POLITICAL ELECTED- work 2gether 4 Canada and Canadians… in this hard, cold,
world….. it’s time we have a little trust u will do the right thing…
When no one there
2 catch ur fall- it’s like ur just 3 feet tall- n lyrics
Classified – 3
Foot Tall (music video)
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CANADA PURE
We created a beer
fridge and took it to Europe. There was only one way to open it — a Canadian
passport. #IAMCANADIAN
See how the fridge
was built here:
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NOVA SCOTIA
PURE- WE LOVE AFGHANISTAN
MALALAS of our
planet- all little girls and boys will go 2 school-
education is the greatest power
One Billion
Rising- Every day is International Women’s Day
Taliban victim
Malala Yousafzai back at school, in different land
From: AFP
March 21, 2013
12:00AM
ONE BILLION
RISING- break the chains 4 girls and women all over the world- UN MEETS THIS
WEEK TO STAND UP 4 WOMEN IN THE WORLD’S COUNTRIES…. they must… or disband…
AND GLOBAL GIRL
POWER- we love r Afghan girls- they will go to school – Afghan daddies love
their little girls too.
Two paintings from
the series
“The Wind-Up
Dolls” by AMIRI HAGAMA portrays the contemporary Afghan women whom the artist
met upon visit to
her home city, Kabul in 2010. ‘These paintings give a social dimension
portraying
the innermost
thought and feelings of contemporary Afghan women.’ – says Hangama Amiri
(Canada).
Hangama Amiri
The Wind-Up Dolls
of Kabul | 2011
The Wind-Up Dolls,
is a painting series about Afghan women whom the artist met on a visit back to
her homeland Kabul, Afghanistan in the year of 2010. The research painting
project portrays the innermost thoughts, social dimensions, and psychological
insights of six Afghan women in contemporary Afghan society.
Raining Stones-
Brilliant Artist Depiction- of stoning- Hagama
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE-
4 THE COURNEYS, REHTAEHS and ALL BULLYCIDES
GOVERNMENTS OF
CANADA STAND UP 4 OUR CHILDREN AND ANTI-BULLYING…. R SCHOOLS LETTING US DOWN?…
rkidsmatter-no
more bullycides in r Canada
Rehtaeh Parsons
bill would alter voyeurism definition
June 17, 2013 –
8:45pm By PAUL McLEOD Ottawa Bureau
AND..
4 ALL THE MALALAS
AND NEDAS OF THIS WORLD…
- MALALAS
AND HERE IS
ANOTHER KIND OF CHILD ABUSE- Muslim
Jihadists- raping and stealing the minds of little Muslim girls who just want
the dignity and freedom to go to school…Global Girl Power Rising…
Two paintings from
the series
“The Wind-Up
Dolls” by AMIRI HAGAMA portrays the contemporary Afghan women whom the artist
met upon visit to
her home city, Kabul in 2010. ‘These paintings give a social dimension
portraying
the innermost
thought and feelings of contemporary Afghan women.’ – says Hangama Amiri
(Canada).
AFGHANISTAN
SAVIOUR- Girls standing up 4 Girls- GLOBAL GIRL POWER
Hangama Amiri
The Wind-Up Dolls
of Kabul | 2011
The Wind-Up Dolls,
is a painting series about Afghan women whom the artist met on a visit back to
her homeland Kabul, Afghanistan in the year of 2010. The research painting
project portrays the innermost thoughts, social dimensions, and psychological
insights of six Afghan women in contemporary Afghan society.
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One Billion Rising
(Short Film)
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CANADA
ONE IN THREE WOMEN
WILL BE BEATEN, RAPED OR MURDERED ON THIS PLANET….Global Girl Power Rising… and
this is NOT just valentine’s day…it’s every day….. ONE BILLION RISING
One Billion Rising
Lunapads & AFRIpads
From Canada to
Uganda, sister companies Lunapads and AFRIpads join forces across the world in
solidarity with the global One Billion Rising movement to “Strike, Dance and
RISE” against violence against women and girls.
Big thanks to
Tracy Bee for producing the video, Madeleine Shaw for the creative, and Cortnee
Loren Brown | Photography, Leona Fowler, Girlvana Yoga, and Global Girl Power
for use of their photos.
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EVERY DAY
IS-International Women’s Day-
FROM NOVA SCOTIA 2
AFGHANISTAN-
BREAK THE CHAIN –
One Billion Rising-we are beautiful -EURONEWS and GLOBAL AWARENESS
Streets, squares
and parks throughout the world have been reverberating to millions of feet
dancing to the same tune.
It is all part of
the ‘One Billion Rising’ campaign to end violence against women.
In Istanbul, some
of the dancing demonstrators wore cosmetic ‘bruises’ that drove the message
home.
Once the music
stops it is estimated almost 200 countries will have taken part.
In India there is
still shock and anger after the gang rape and murder of a 23 year old student
late last year.
New Delhi student,
17 year old Priya Rajender Prasad said: “All this violence against women,
discrimination between men and women must be stopped. Every woman has the right
to live, and to live with dignity.”
The dancing
demonstration is the brainchild of the playwright and campaigner Eve Ensler,
prompted by a shocking statistic that one in three women will be the subject of
violence at some point in her life. That is a billion people.
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IDLE NO MORE
CANADA- One Billion Rising- Breaking the Chains
EVERY DAY IS-
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY-CANADA’S FIRST NATIONS-
One Billion Rising
– 2013 – Curve Lake First Nation
-One Billion
Rising 2013 at Curve Lake First Nation near Peterborough Ontario
-Started at the
Whetungs store and went out to the highway, and back (8kms each way)
IDLE NO MORE
CANADA-NATIONAL ABORIGINAL MONTH IN CANADA JUNE 2013-aptn-tv
- tune in2 Channel APTN-TV 2 see all Canada’s Aboriginal
peoples global and national and regional and local events and shows.
Happy National
Aboriginal Day in Canada- JUNE 21-
IDLE NO MORE
CANADA-
Quick Facts
National
Aboriginal Day celebrates Canada’s Indigenous culture and the achievements made
by the country’s Aboriginal peoples.
Local names
National
Aboriginal Day English
La Journée
nationale des Autochtones French
Canada’s National
Aboriginal Day is annually held on June 21 to celebrate the unique heritage,
diverse cultures, and outstanding achievements of the nation’s Aboriginal
peoples. There are three Aboriginal groups in Canada – the First Nations, Inuit
and Métis peoples.
Native Indian
Dancing
Traditional
dancing, music and festivals are part of the National Aboriginal Day
celebrations in Canada.
©iStockphoto.com/zennie
What do people do?
Canada’s National
Aboriginal Day gives many people the chance to learn more about Aboriginal
people and their contributions towards the country’s development and progress.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have the opportunity to showcase their
cultures and achievements throughout Canada on this day.
National
Aboriginal Day events are held in every region across Canada. Activities and
events include (but are not limited to):
Summer solstice
festivals.
Barbecue
fundraisers.
Social networking
gatherings with traditional and contemporary music, dance and singing.
Sacred fire
extinguishing ceremonies.
Traditional
feasts, which may include fry bread and moose stew.
The cutting of a
cake to honor National Aboriginal Day.
National
Aboriginal Day in Canada gives people of all walks of life the opportunity to
celebrate and share knowledge about the Aboriginal peoples’ values, customs,
languages, and culture.
Public life
National
Aboriginal Day is a paid holiday for employees in the Northwest Territories,
except those in the Northwest Territories Teachers’ Association (NWTTA). It is
not a statutory holiday in other parts of Canada. Traffic and parking conditions
may be affected in areas where there are large celebrations to commemorate the
day.
Background
The Canadian
Constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal peoples: Indians (First
Nations), Inuit and Métis. Although these groups share many similarities, they
each have their own distinct heritage, language, cultural practices and
spiritual beliefs.
Many people have
pushed for a national day to recognize and celebrate Canada’s Aboriginal
peoples and cultures prior to 1996. For example, in 1982 the National Indian
Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations) called for June 21 to be
National Aboriginal Solidarity Day. In 1995 the Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples recommended for a National First Peoples Day to be designated. The Sacred
Assembly, a national conference of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, called
for a national holiday to celebrate the contributions of Aboriginal peoples.
Canada’s governor
general proclaimed the first National Aboriginal Day in 1996. In cooperation
with Aboriginal organizations, the Canadian government chose June 21 for
National Aboriginal Day because it was on or near the June solstice. Many of
Canada’s Aboriginal peoples celebrated their culture and heritage on or near
this day for many generations. National Aboriginal Day provides an opportunity
to acknowledge the unique achievements of First Nations, Métis and Inuit in
fields as diverse as agriculture, the environment, business and the arts.
Note: Any mention
of summer in this article refers to summer in the northern hemisphere.
Moreover, Timeanddate.com wishes to thank Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
for the background information regarding National Aboriginal Day.
External links
Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada: National Aboriginal Day
and
GLOBAL GRL POWER-
ONE BILLION RISING-Breaking the chains of abuse
BREAK THE CHAIN
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Nova Scotia
Travel: A Cape Breton road trip
The natural
beauty, vibrant cultures and tremendous people make this part of Nova Scotia
one of the top attractions in the world.
A car or
motorcycle trip along the edge of Cape Breton makes for a fine Nova Scotia
holiday.
Glenn Adams / AP
A car or
motorcycle trip along the edge of Cape Breton makes for a fine Nova Scotia
holiday.
By: Paul Martin
Special to the Star, Published on Tue Mar 19 2013
With its
salt-tanged fishing villages and mountainous interior cloaked in dense woods,
Cape Breton is the prize of Nova Scotia, a green getaway splashed with lakes
and lapped by the blue waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic
Ocean. Besides the natural beauty to be found here, the Cabot Trail immerses
you in the still vibrant Gaelic and Acadian cultures of Cape Breton.
Overview
On the island’s
Atlantic side, towns like Ingonish preserve the influence of the early Scottish
settlers, while on the gulf side, French-speaking towns such as Chéticamp still
celebrate their Acadian heritage. The Cabot Trail makes a 185-mile
(297-kilometer) loop around a sizeable chunk of the island, passing through
Cape Breton Highlands National Park at its northernmost point. A
367-square-mile (950-square-kilometer), flat-topped plateau cut by deep river
valleys, this wilderness is home to moose, black bears, and bald eagles.
Mostly, the Cabot Trail skirts the edges of the park, at times clinging to
steep oceanside cliffs. The town of Baddeck, on Bras d’Or Lake, is a good
starting point for the drive. From there, you can make the Cabot Trail loop in
either direction, stopping to feast on fresh seafood, stay in hospitable inns
and B&Bs, hike some of the 25 trails in the national park, and enjoy the
scenery from the many roadside “look offs.”
The luscious hills
of Cape Breton and the fine sea views make this one of North America’s top
driving trips.zoom
You’ve got a good
chance of spotting some of the local wildlife if you take a trip to Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia.zoom
Begin in Baddeck
Learn about all
the other things created by the inventor of the telephone at the Alexander
Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck (559 Chebucto St.; tel. 1 902 295
2069;
www.visitbaddeck.com/attractions/bell.html
; fee). The museum brims with photos and memorabilia, including a full-scale
reproduction of the pioneering hydrofoil Bell built during World War I. While
in Baddeck, boat around Bras d’Or Lake for a view of the Bell mansion, as well
as nesting bald eagles and the lush Baddeck shoreline. Amoeba Sailing Tours
offers daily 90-minute sailing trips on its 67-foot (20-meter) handcrafted
vessel that Captain John Bryson’s parents built nearly 30 years ago. (Baddeck
Wharf; tel. 1 902 295 1456; www.amoebasailingtours.com ).
Ingonish Beach
Take a splurge and
spend the night at the classy Keltic Lodge in Ingonish Beach (Middle Head
Peninsula; tel. 1 902 285 2880;
www.kelticlodge.ca
), located on a rocky cliff above the Atlantic Ocean just inside Cape Breton
Highlands National Park. Highlights include excellent food at the Purple
Thistle Dining Room and the scenic Middle Head Trail, a 2.5-mile (4-kilometer)
round-trip path leading from the lodge to a windswept headland with views
looking off toward Scotland. Nearby, golfers will enjoy playing the 18-hole
Highlands Links, rated the best course in Canada in 2000 by Score Golf
magazine.
South Harbour
Take the alternate
scenic route between Neil’s Harbour and South Harbour, which follows the
coastline where the Cabot Trail veers inland. The road may not be as good, but
the scenery-and the unvarnished seaside hamlets along the way (those stacks of
lobster pots aren’t just artists’ props, you know)-more than make up for it.
Pleasant Bay
Wheel over for
lunch at the Rusty Anchor restaurant in Pleasant Bay (23197 Cabot Trail Rd.;
tel. 1 902 224 1313) for some of the best lobster rolls on the Cabot Trail-pure
lump lobster meat with just a little butter (no celery or salad dressing, thank
you) served on a toasted roll. If you ask where the fresh oysters come from,
restaurant co-owner Donna Timmons will tell you, “Twenty minutes down the
road.” On a warm day, enjoy your food out on the terrace, with its killer ocean
views. While you are in the area, check out the Whale Interpretive Centre
(224-1411; 104 Harbour Rd.; fee) for insight into the lives of these
fascinating sea creatures.
Cape Breton
Highlands Bog
For a short
(20-minute) stroll to see a real Cape Breton Highlands bog, take the-ta dah-Bog
Trail (park signs for most of the hiking trails along the Cabot Trail are
marked with numbers corresponding to those on the official park map). Besides
orchids and insect-eating plants, you might see a moose. The boardwalk trail accommodates
wheelchairs and baby strollers.
Petit Étang
Grab some fresh
baguettes at Aucoin Bakery in Petit Étang (14 Lapointe Rd.; tel. 1 902 224
3220), where the bill of fare is an illustration of the cultural differences
between this Acadian region and the Scottish towns on the Atlantic coast just
an hour away: When asked if they had Scottish oatcakes, which are supplied with
dinner at the Keltic Lodge, the young man behind the counter furrowed his brow
and said, “Scottish oatcakes? What are those?”
Chéticamp
Just outside the
park, take a whale-watching cruise out of the Acadian village of Chéticamp
(Whale Cruisers Ltd., Government Wharf, Cabot Trail Rd.; 800 813 3376;
www.whalecruisers.com
; fee). Many cruise operators guarantee a sighting or your money back. Pods of
pilot whales are common, as well as bald eagles and moose feeding on the near
vertical slopes where the park headlands drop into the sea. Back in Chéticamp,
the boardwalk overlooking the harbor is a great place to watch the sun go down
while listening to live Acadian music.
Finish With Some
Celtic Fun
South of Margaree
Harbour, the Cabot Trail swings inland, and the rolling farmland of the
Margaree River Valley cradles the road back to Baddeck. If your timing is
right, stop in for Celtic music at The Barn on the grounds of the Normaway Inn
(691 Egypt Rd.; tel. 1 902 248 2987). Fiddle concerts by top Cape Breton
performers are followed by dancing, with everyone welcome to join in.
Road Kit
Summer is the best
time to drive the Cabot Trail. For local weather conditions, see
www.weatheroffice.gc.ca
. For general information on the route, see www.cabottrail.com or www.novascotia.com ; for park information, see www.pc.gc.ca/
pn-np/ns/cbreton. The area code for Nova Scotia is 902. The attractions
described above reflect a counterclockwise trip around the Cabot Trail,
starting in the town of Baddeck.
National
Geographic Traveler
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NOVA SCOTIA PURE-
Rita MacNeil- Canada’s First Lady of Music- Nova Scotia-
Shes Called Nova
Scotia – Rita MacNeil
my sons would
always stop at the fair grounds when this angel’s voice soared over the skies
and kissed the air we breathed….. nothing moved…. our children, kids, aged, we
all stopped and listened 2 GOD’S GRACE AMONG US….. God blessed Rita MacNeil-
and blessed us with His gift of her voice..
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