May is Gaelic awareness month in NS
May is Gaelic awareness month in Nova Scotia.
Barry Shears, author of Dance to the Piper: The Highland Bagpipe in Nova Scotia is giving a talk this evening (May 14) at Woodlawn Public Library at 7 p.m.
Learn the history and traditions of Gaelic-speaking pipers whose immigration to Nova Scotia ensured that the role and music of the Highland bagpipe not only survived, but thrived. The presentation examines the changing role of the Highland piper in Nova Scotia over the past 200 years using photographs and sound recordings.
On May 29, Lewis MacKinnon, Gaelic singer, songwriter, poet and author of Famhair / Giant, will be giving reading at Spring Garden Rd. Memorial Public Library on Wednesday, May 29/12:00 p.m.