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AGSP
2010
Réception et accueil Le dimanche 13 juin 2010 18 h 30 à 21 h 00 Musée maritime de l'Atlantique 1675 rue Lower Water Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse |
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Le plus ancien et le plus grand musée maritime du Canada
Le Musée maritime de l’Atlantique est le plus ancien et le plus grand musée maritime du Canada. L’idée d’origine derrière la création du musée était celle d’un groupe d’officiers de la Marine royale du Canada qui ont imaginé un musée maritime où l’on pourrait conserver des vestiges du passé maritime du Canada. D’un petit local sur les docks d’Halifax en 1948, le musée a été déplacé dans des locaux de la Citadelle d’Halifax en 1952 et une fois de plus en 1982, pour la dernière fois, sur le site de la Robertson & Son Ship Chandlery et les propriétés de A.M. Smith et Cie. dans le secteur du bord de mer d’Halifax. Il a ouvert ses portes le 22 janvier de cette année. Depuis lors, plus de quatre millions de personnes ont visité le musée.
Le musée est une précieuse institution historique, culturelle et éducative. Il s’agit du plus important site en Nouvelle-Écosse pour la collection et l’interprétation de divers éléments de l’histoire maritime de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Les visiteurs en apprennent sur l’époque des navires à vapeur, les petites embarcations locales, la Marine royale du Canada et la marine marchande, les convois de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la Bataille de l’Atlantique, l’explosion d’Halifax en 1917 et le rôle de la Nouvelle-Écosse après le naufrage du Titanic.
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| Amethyst Scottish Dancers (en anglais seulement) 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 (en anglais seulement) 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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Park African Performance Troupe (en anglais seulement) 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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