News Release Archive
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
trp Jan. 18, 1996 - 10:15 a.m.