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NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM--UPCOMING EVENTS
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  DITTY BAG WORKSHOP
  
  Sign up now to make your own "ditty bag" - the small, canvas
  bag used by sailors of old to house various tools of the
  trade such as needles, twine, palms, and scrimshaw tools, as
  well as small, personal possessions.
  
  The workshop will be held at the Maritime Museum of the
  Atlantic in Halifax in two parts:
  
  Part I:  Sat., Jan. 27, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  Part II: Tues., Jan. 30, 7 - 9 p.m.
  
  For those aged nine and up (those nine - 14 years of age
  must be accompanied by an adult).
  
  Workshop fee: $18
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  EBENEZER MOSLEY: PRECURSOR TO ROUE
  
  Naval Architect Ebenezer Mosley was a designer of trophy
  winning yachts and award winning vessels long before William
  Roue designed Bluenose. Museum Research Associate David
  Walker will present the life and times of this intriguing
  Nova Scotian at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in
  Halifax at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
  
  Admission to both museum and talk is free but donations to
  the food bank are gratefully accepted in lieu.
  
  EDITORS NOTE: There should be an accent aigu on the E in
  Roue.
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  AFRICAN MUSIC: VILLAGE RHYTHM
  
  The group Village Rhythm is reintroducing the sound of
  community drumming to the modern world. Under the direction
  of Kirk Lohry, who has studied with master drummers from
  various traditions, the ensemble will play arrangements of
  folkloric rhythms and songs from Africa, Cuba, and Haiti on
  traditional percussion, bass guitar, and saxophone. Village
  Rhythm will perform at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
  in Halifax on Sunday, Feb. 4 from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Don't miss
  this African Heritage Month special event.
  
  Admission to both museum and talk is free but donations to
  the food bank are gratefully accepted in lieu.
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  RAYO
  
  
  Coastal schooners were a common sight along Nova Scotian
  shores in the early part of this century and many visitors
  to the Maritime Museum are familiar with the deckhouse from
  the Rayo in our Days of Sail Gallery. Join Maritime Museum
  Director David Flemming at the museum on Lower Water Street
  in Halifax at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6 as he shares some
  fascinating true stories about this vessel.
  
  Admission to both museum and talk is free but donations to
  the food bank are gratefully accepted in lieu.
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  HURRICANES FELIX & LUIS
  
  Las fall as hurricane Luis tracked through Canadian waters,
  a wave estimated to be 30 metres high damaged the bow and
  swept over the bridge of the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II.
  Join staff of Environment Canada's Hurricane Centre at the
  Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax on Tues., Feb. 13
  at 7:30 p.m. for an illustrated talk about this event and
  the other effects on Atlantic Canada of 1995's hurricane
  season.
  
  Admission to both museum and talk is free but donations to
  the food bank are gratefully accepted in lieu.
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  Contact: Gerry Lunn  902-424-8793
  
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