Strathspey Performing Arts Centre

9 hours ago

Just as a reminder we are 100% sold out of tickets for CeilidhFest and no tickets will be available at the door! ... See MoreSee Less

CeilidhFest is now sold out! See you all Saturday!

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Strathspey Performing Arts Centre

11 hours ago

STRATHSPEY CONNECTIONS! July 27, August 3, 10 & 17.

This show will tell the tragedy to triumph journey of the Gaels in Nova Scotia.
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The story of the Gaels in Nova Scotia goes back thousands of years and, due to generations of cultural repression, is unknown to many of the Gaels themselves and especially to the general population. It's a story of highly-civilized society with traditions of scholarship, law, and medicine, that carried their greatest treasures within their language and their culture, a culture that once dominated most of Scotland.

As a people the Gaels have encountered linguistic and cultural persecution and repression for hundreds of years, and yet their language and culture still endure in the 21st century. Cape Breton Island is today, one of the few regions in the world outside of Scotland and Ireland where the Gaelic language is still naturally spoken within families and communities and where its attendant culture of music, song, dance, and storytelling is still shared within those communities.

This show gives the background to this people, language, and culture and exhibits the evolution of the music, singing, and dance heritage over the last few hundred years and into the present day.

The cast of Strathspey Connections: Kenneth MacKenzie, Paul K. MacNeil, Patrick Gillis, Dominique Dodge, Jessie Helen MacNeil, Nora MacNeil, Orianna MacNeil, Jeff MacDonald and Bernard Cameron.

Tickets are available online at www.strathspeyplace.com or by calling 902-945-5300 ... See MoreSee Less

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