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PSMW
2010
Reception and Welcome Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:30pm to 9:00pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Canada's Oldest and Largest Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime Museum in Canada. The original concept of the Museum can be credited to a group of Royal Canadian Navy officers who envisioned a maritime museum where relics of Canada’s naval past could be conserved. Starting with a small space at the Halifax Dockyard in 1948, the museum moved then moved to quarters in the Halifax Citadel in 1952, and finally, in 1982, on the site of the Robertson & Son Ship Chandlery and A.M. Smith and Co. Properties on the Halifax Waterfront. It opened on January 22 of that year. Since then, more than 4 million people have visited the Museum.
The Museum is a valuable historical, cultural and educational institution. It is the largest site in Nova Scotia that collects and interprets various elements of Nova Scotia’s marine history. Visitors are introduced to the age of steamships, local small craft, the Royal Canadian and Merchant Navies, World War II convoys and The Battle of the Atlantic, the Halifax Explosion of 1917, and Nova Scotia’s role in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster.
PERFORMANCES
BY:The Museum is a valuable historical, cultural and educational institution. It is the largest site in Nova Scotia that collects and interprets various elements of Nova Scotia’s marine history. Visitors are introduced to the age of steamships, local small craft, the Royal Canadian and Merchant Navies, World War II convoys and The Battle of the Atlantic, the Halifax Explosion of 1917, and Nova Scotia’s role in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster.
| Amethyst Scottish Dancers Amethyst Scottish Dancers of Nova Scotia was founded in 1985 as an outlet for dancers to share their joy of the art of highland dancing. A stepdance troupe was added in 2007. All dancers are highly trained and accomplished Highland and step dancers. The troupe is made up of about 30 dancers from 9 to 25 years of age. A typical 20-30 minute Amethyst performance includes both traditional Scottish Highland and National dances and several modern choreographed highland and stepdance numbers depicting the people and traditions of Nova Scotia. Audiences are treated to lively music, exciting dancing and colourful costumes. Our dancers proudly wear outfits of Dress Nova Scotia tartan, often referred to as our trademark. |
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| Dartmouth Schools Senior String Ensemble The Dartmouth Senior String Ensemble is comprised of a small number of especially motivated students from the Senior String Orchestra. This year's participants are violins: Makayla Mosher, Julianne Stevenson, Kelly MacGillvrey, and Rebecca Khan. Viola: Clara Doucette, Cello: Brett Wilcox, and Bass: Amy MacDonald This ensemble represents the Dartmouth Schools’ String program by performing for the community at various functions. They can often be seen and heard at conferences, the local malls, church services, and special events. They rehearse each Wednesday before orchestra as well as the occasional weekend, and perform annually in the Kiwanis Music Festival. |
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| Shannon Park African Performance Troupe The Shannon Park African Performance Troupe, comprising choir and African Drum & Dance students from Grades 3 – 6, was established in 2002, by Toria Aidoo, the music teacher and a native of Ghana, West Africa. The goal of this group is to expose and educate students at the school to African music and culture and enable them to share their music knowledge and skills with others. Students work on drumming, (including supporting African percussion instruments), xylophone (marimba), as well as singing, dancing, improvising and performing. Students sign a contract to join the group and give up one lunch hour and a recess each week from September to May. Students enjoy the rich and complex rhythms found in African music, and work hard to perfect their skills. 90% of students who join at the beginning of the year stay for the duration of the program. We are deeply indebted to our long time sponsors: Craig Foundation and Long & McQuade and more recently African Nova Scotian Affairs (ANSA). Over the years they have been invited to perform at different branches of the Halifax Regional Libraries events promoting cultural awareness such as the day for the elimination of racial discrimination, or events raising money for this humanitarian efforts, such as Relief Effort for Sierra Leonean children, Steven Lewis Foundation for Aids, Haiti relief effort or used as musical entertainment for conferences. |
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