On Pointe: Kate McDonald focused on what she wants
NEW YORK, NY: Kate McDonald’s dream of training at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York has been made possible in part thanks to a scholarship from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust (NSTT).
McDonald, from...
Final concert of the year
FALL RIVER: Students in the Lakes & Locks String performance group put on their year-end concert for the 2018-2019 school year on June 13 at Ash Lee Jefferson School in Fall...
Joyful Sounds selected for Kindermusik pilot project
FALL RIVER:
Joyful Sounds in Fall River is one of three Kindermusik studios in
North America selected to be part of a new pilot project aimed at
Spanish; mandarin; and bilingual music.
The studio in...
Annual Waverley craft sale attracts more than 1,100 people
WAVERLEY: There were many artisans and crafters on hand selling their goodies at the NS Arts and Craft sale, which had more than 1,100 people attend over its two days on...
Waverley’s Hannigan coming home to N.S. this summer
LUNENBURG: Waverley’s Barb Hannigan is coming home this summer for a performance on the South Shore.
In a post last month, Lunenburg
Academy of Music Performance (LAMP) officially announced that
Hanningan, a N.S.-born soprano and...
Hannigan nominated for prestigious award
WAVERLEY: A musician from Waverley has earned a prestigious award nomination.
Barbara Hannigan was recently announced as a nominee for the 2019 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance.
The
Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence...
ABBA cover band coming to Waverley
WAVERLEY: The sounds of ABBA will be emanating from the Waverley Legion on Sept. 28.
Dancing
Queen, Halifax’s premier ABBA cover band, is bringing their music to
the Legion as part of a Boy Scout...
LHS students take their love of music to NSYWE
FALL RIVER: Seven Lockview High band students are thrilled to be doing something they love alongside peers from Cape Breton to Yarmouth as members of the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble (NSYWE).
Maddi Tufts of...
MacKenzie pens “Wolves Don’t Knock”
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Cathy MacKenzie can check writing a novel off her bucket list.
The author, who lives in Fall River Village near Windsor Junction, has just penned and published her first-ever novel, “Wolves Don’t Knock.”
MacKenzie...
Light the Night fundraiser a hit
FALL RIVER: The community showed they are behind those affected by leukemia and lymphoma and involved with the Light the Night walk in droves on Oct. 13.
At the Turtleback Tap & Grill on Highway...