When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

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When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

When Candy Cameron, a big city businesswoman, gets called back to her Cape Breton hometown to save her great grandfather's Christmas tree lot from foreclosure, she is faced with a daunting decision. Will she follow her heart and save the family business or return to the city for her big promotion? Join in on the festive fun with a cast of hilarious characters and enjoy a delicious traditional Christmas dinner catered by Flavor.

Menu:

• Sea salt and caramel mixed greens with cranberries

• Turkey dinner (roast turkey dinner - dark and white meat, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, stuffing, gravy, bread roll and butter) or vegetarian option (ratatouille with scented basmati rice, bread roll and butter)

• Dessert with tea/coffee

Click here to buy tickets

(w/ Dara Smith-MacDonald)

The Barn Music & Theatre Society of Margaree is celebrating its 40th season!

Allages
8 pm

The Barn at the Normaway Inn,
691 Egypt Road, Margaree Valley, NS

$15 to $25 door or reserve 902-248-2987 or 1-800-565-9463.

http://www.thenormawayinn.com/music.html

(as a member of the Cape Breton Chorale)

Ticket Price: $50/40/35
Showtime: 7:30 p.m.

Rita! Rita! Rita!—three women, one name, generations of influence and inspiration. It may be a strange coincidence that three women from Cape Breton who share the same first name have had such an impact on the heritage of the Island. Or it may be something else. Either way, tonight we celebrate recent Nova Scotia Heritage Day honouree and Mi’kmaw poet Dr. Rita Joe, founder of the Cape Breton Chorale and noted music teacher Sr. Rita Clare, and the beloved songstress and songwriter Rita MacNeil. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Chorale, and ten years since the untimely passing of Rita MacNeil and while arts and culture in Nova Scotia are forever changed for the better by the paths each led, we recognize more specifically their impact on music and their immeasurable contributions to Cape Breton Island. Be prepared to smile, laugh, and maybe even shed a tear as nine performing acts honour these Cape Breton legends through stories, music, and admiration.

Artists

• The Men of the Deeps

• Cape Breton Chorale

• Morgan Toney & Keith Mullins

• Kalolin Johnson

• Ryan J. MacNeil & Ewan and Maël MacNeil

• Angela MacDonald & Duane Nardocchio

• Lawrence Cameron

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“Ashokan Farewell” is one of those tunes that is so instantly familiar it sometimes gets mistaken for a traditional tune. Perhaps that has something to do with where many first heard the tune, interspersed throughout the soundtrack of Ken Burns’ documentary on the American Civil War among a repertoire of music from that era. Or maybe it was Jerry Holland’s recording of the tune on his 1992 album The Fiddlesticks Collection that made it so familiar around here. Written in the early 1980s by Jay Ungar, “Ashokan Farewell” is an expression of melancholy that the camaraderie and community of the music and dance camp he ran with his wife, Molly Mason, was ending for the year. It’s a fitting sentiment as tonight is Jay and Molly’s last show at the Festival this year. And as we bid them a fond farewell, we welcome back Canadian and U.S. National fiddle champion, Shane Cook, who played at Celtic Colours in 2009 and 2017 with Troy MacGillvray. This year he introduces The Woodchippers—a four-member group of multi-instrumentalists, singers, and step dancers. Troy is here tonight too, and will take the stage with Tracey MacNeil for a bit of a piano summit, backed by guitarist James MacLean. Fiddler Ian MacDougall, from nearby Cape Foot, and fiddle-piano duo Dara Smith-MacDonald and Adam Young will round out the tunes for the night.

(w/ Dara Smith-MacDonald)

(w/ Dara Smith-MacDonald, Melody & Derrick Cameron, and Rita Rankin)

The Port Hawkesbury Ceilidhs, initially known as the Ceilidh at the Creamery, debuted in 1996 at a time when there were very few ceilidhs happening across Cape Breton Island throughout the week.  The belief was that locals and visitors would enjoy hearing and seeing some of our favourite traditional performers on a regular basis.  The ceilidhs also offered an opportunity for beginner performers to showcase their talents.

The ceilildhs are organized by a very dedicated group of community volunteers and presented by the Port Hastings Historical Society. Sponsored by the Strait Area Waterfront  Development Corporation and later the Strait Area Waterfront Development Society, the first 11 seasons were housed in the historic Creamery building on the Port Hawkesbury Waterfront.  

Such Cape Breton Fiddle legends as Buddy MacMaster, Theresa MacLellan, Alex Francis MacKay, Howie MacDonald and Carl MacKenzie were regular favourites. The ceilidhs moved to the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in 2007 and are sponsored by the Port Hastings Historical Society. Each season features a wide variety of fiddlers, dancers, piano players, bagpipers, singers - both English and Gaelic - along with some surprises.

(w/ Dara Smith-MacDonald)

The Mabou Farmers’ Market brings you the fruit of our land, our seas, and our hands! We are home to over 50 vendors who produce a wide variety of local vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, eggs, jams and jellies, baked goods, sausages, oysters, grass-fed meats, beer and spirits.

A vibrant community gathering place, we have professional musicians each week. Tap your toes to the music or mix and mingle with friends and neighbours all while enjoying lunch or a delicious snack. Find the perfect gift from a selection of leather works, jewelry, hand-dyed scarves, cards, handspun yarn goods, wooden spoons, body care products, and more.

Open every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., June to the October long weekend, at the Mabou Athletic Centre, 186 Mabou Harbour Road. We look forward to seeing you soon!

(w/ Dara Smith-MacDonald)

The Barn Music & Theatre Society of Margaree is celebrating its 40th season!

All ages
8 pm

The Barn at the Normaway Inn,
691 Egypt Road, Margaree Valley, NS

$15 to $25 door or reserve 902-248-2987 or 1-800-565-9463.

http://www.thenormawayinn.com/music.html