Armsworthy Reunion to take place on August 8th-10th, 2008 in Antigonish and Canso, Nova Scotia. (by Garth Staples)

12 June 2008

Reunion Chair: Allan Armsworthy : aarmsworthy@eastlink.ca
Communications: Garth Staples —gestaples@eastlink.ca
Website: http://www.armsworthyheritage.com/contacts.html

The following is a short account of the Armsworthy geneology:

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Minister’s breakfast at Liscombe Lodge

23 May 2008

Fiddler, Alan Chapman, at Sherbrooke Village, Eastern ShoreThe Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, (TIANS), held its AGM on May 23-24 at Liscombe Lodge on the Eastern Shore. Opening with a reception at Sherbrooke Village, members and guests were greeted by George Brothers and his staff and treated to an evening of fiddle playing by Alan Chapman with Brothers as guitar accompaniment, and a chowder supper by Gabrieau’s Bistro, (Antigonish).

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Mulgrave Road Theatre Announces Allena MacDonald Script Commission Fund

23 May 2008

Mulgrave Road Theatre announced today that it will be establishing a script commission fund in memory of former Artistic Director Allena MacDonald who passed away on January 14, 2008.

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Mulgrave Road Theatre Presents Andy Jones in “An Evening with Uncle Val”

20 May 2008

Mulgrave Road Theatre has a weekend of belly laughs planned for July, 2008. Headlining a weekend of comedy will be CODCO allumnist Andy Jones, fresh from an appearance at the prestigious Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Vancouver. His one man show ‘An Evening with Uncle Val’ will open at the Chedabucto Place Performance Centre in Guysborough on July 25th.

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“Rhythms of the World”.

17 May 2008

Keith Mullins, percussionist in \"Rhythms of the World\".
“Rhythms of the World” an interactive percussion workshop for children has been touring schools across the Atlantic provinces. On Friday May 16th 2008, Keith Mullins presented the workshop to students at Fannng Elementary School, in Hazel Hill, Guysborough. Focusing on the three traditional sounds from the drums of Africa, Keith Mullins demonstrates each instrument, weaving the history and culture of the traditional sounds of Africa into the music.

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Revisiting Canso and the Whitman Wharf House Bed and Breakfast.

16 May 2008

Joan and Geoff Wilkins with Harry WhitmanOver the two days that our guests were with us I discovered all sorts of incredible bits of history; fragments of stories about Canso and the history of the Whitman family and of what is now Whitman Wharf House Bed and Breakfast. “Every week my grandmother had tea,” Joan explained as she went on to describe how the social elite of the Town of Canso, each had a day when they were home to receive guests for tea.

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ECYA Hosting a coffee house on Sunday September 2nd

31 August 2007

The Eastern Communities Youth Association, ECYA, will be holding a coffee house on the first Sunday of each month.
The next coffee house will be on Sunday September 2nd at the Canso Fire Hall from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Tickets at the door are $4.00 and include refreshments and a opportunity to see performances by [...]

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Canso Rose Family Restaurant Labour Day Specials

18 August 2007

Canso Rose Family Restaurant Labour Day Special !

Southern Fried Chicken Special $7.95

Check out our daily specials and desserts too!

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