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newsletter from
Comhairle na Gàidhlig
The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia
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Find out what's happening in the Nova Scotia Gaelic community!
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In this edition... | Anns an eagran seo...
Reopenings
1) The Celtic Music Interpretive Center
2) The Gaelic College
3) The Highland Village
News
1) Speak Gaelic Launch
2) Gaelic Community Interviews
Gàidheil air Adhart Fund I The Gaels Forward Fund
1) Bradan Press
Live Classes
1) Children's Gaelic Camp
2) Na Gaisgich Òga
Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Classes
1) Gaelic Online with Colaisde na Gàidhlig
2) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Summer Classes
3) Tobar an Dualchais Classes
Live Céilidhs
1) Mabou Ceilidh Days Festival
Céilidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
1) Live Mac-Talla readings - The Highland Village
2) Pop-up Gàidhealtachd - The Highland Village
Gàidhlig air an Rèidio | Gaelic on the Radio
1) CBC Radio 1 Cape Breton
2) Gaelic Nova Scotia Station
3) Aiseirigh nan Gàidheal
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The Celtic Music Interpretive Center is now open!
Open 11am -5pm. Lunch will be on from 11am-3pm.
Come on out for some great music, delicious food and warm hospitality!
For more information, please visit their Facebook page HERE
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The Gaelic College is now fully open to the public!
As part of our summer offering for visitors and locals alike, the College invites you over for a hearty hot breakfast, lunchtime ceilidh, or a special ice cream treat. On weekdays from July 5 to September 3, 2021, our campus will feature these regular food services, following all provincial covid protocol. Stop by sometime – no reservations necessary. (unless group bigger than 10). For more information, please visit their Facebook page HERE
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The Highland Village
The Highland Village has now reopened to the public and will remain open until September 12.
Admission is free for the summer!
For more information, click HERE
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Speak Gaelic will be launching in a few weeks! You can sign up on their site HERE for updates.
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Over the past few weeks, we've been conducting interviews with different members of the Nova Scotian Gaelic Community. The first interview to be shared will be with Kieran Walker, the administrator for Comhairle na Gàidhlig! His interview will be available to read on our Social Media pages this weekend, and will also be sent out to our newsletter recipients.
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Gàidheil air Adhart Fund | The Gaels Forward Fund
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Comhairle na Gàidhlig is pleased to award a Gàidheil air Adhart grant to the Biorachan Beag agus Biorachan Mór Audiobook Project! Last year Bradan Press published a paperback version of Biorachan Beag agus Biorachan Mór with illustrations by Eimilidh Dhòmhnallach / Emily MacDonald and this spring they produced an audiobook edition with the support of the grant. The text was read aloud by Ìomhair MacDhòmhnaill / Edward MacDonell and recorded and mixed by Scott Ferguson of FMP Matrix Studios in Dartmouth, NS. This audiobook edition for the Biorachan Beag agus Biorachan Mór Audiobook Project has been made available for free on Bandcamp and YouTube HERE.
Bradan Press also received funding for their Luran agus a’ Mhaighdeann-mhara Book Project. The tale was told by tradition bearer Mickey John H. MacNeil (Mìcheal Eòin Chaluim Sheumais Mhòir) and it is his favourite tale to tell. It is based on versions brought by the Gaels from the Isle of Barra to Iona, Cape Breton in the 1800s. Bradan Press is publishing a paperback book version of Mickey’s tale, edited by Shamus Y. MacDonald, with illustrations by Eimilidh Dhòmhnallach / Emily MacDonald. The Gàidheil air Adhart grant supported payments to Mickey and Shamus for work on the text of this book, and it will be published in September or October 2021.
Over the past few weeks, we have been sharing different Gàidheil air Adhart recipients on our Social Media pages. To view the posts, please visit our Facebook page HERE
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A wonderful opportunity for children ages 7-12 to learn about Gaelic language and culture on the old family homestead in Hawthorne. Children will have fun doing many hands-on activities that will teach them about local culture in Cape Breton. For more information, please visit the camp's Facebook page HERE
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Na Gaisgich Òga is a Gaelic mentorship program for Nova Scotians age 10 to 16 who want to learn to speak Gaelic, be engaged in Gaelic culture, and connect with young Gaels across the province.
Cuine | When:
September 2021 - April 2022
Participants receive:
• 100 hours of immersion
• 60 hours of cultural learning in English
• 30 hours of mentorship with a Gaelic speaker
Càite | Where:
Offered in five community locations:
Halifax
Sydney
Mabou
Iona
Antigonish
The majority of the program will take place in the communities, with the exception of three weekends held at the Gaelic College.
Price: $500
Visit our website for more information and how to apply: gaeliccollege.edu or contact our program director:
Colin MacDonald: colin@gaeliccollege.edu
902-258-7714
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Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Clases
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Gaelic Online Registration Open
We’re excited to let you know that registration for classes starting September 2021 is now open! We’ve re-branded the program as Gaelic Online | Gàidhlig air Loidhne with Colaisde na Gàidhlig. There are supplemental programs available according to your learning needs and where you are in your journey that we can fill you in on later as well.
Gaelic Online classes consist of 28 weeks of live instruction via Zoom, where you’ll learn with experienced instructors and people from around world. You’ll improve your ability to speak, read and write in the language of the Scottish Gaels. Learning this language is a key that can unlock a rich treasure-house of song, story, community, humour and friendship!
Click to learn more and register --> https://gaeliccollege.edu/.../online.../aga-online-learning/
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Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
We are delighted to announce that our July and August short courses in Gaelic language, culture and traditional music are now up on our website and available to book now! We’re also thrilled that this year we will have a mix of online and on campus courses, and we can’t wait to see you all!
Click HERE for more information.
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Tobar an Dualchais
This three-day online course offers anyone with an interest in Scotland’s unique cultural heritage – including visual artists, writers, musicians, budding-folklorists and creative educators – an opportunity to learn more about the online resource, why the material was collected and by whom, and how and why it is of value today.
Participants will be introduced to some of the many important tradition bearers whose recordings populate the archives and be given the tools to explore the material with greater efficiency and understanding.
The course will be in English but will discuss themes intrinsically linked to Gaelic, Scots and English, including examples of local dialects preserved in some of the recordings.
The course will be delivered by leading scholars and creative practitioners who have extensive experience with the material, including Dr Mairi McFadyen, Raghnaid Sandilands who will help participants explore the potential of the online resource through various lenses, including local creativity, cultural ecology and environmental awareness.
For more information, click HERE
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Mabou Ceilidh Days Festival, 2021!
It's another covid year so not quite the usual fest, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun, right? We're hoping you can join us next weekend, July 16-18 in our beautiful part of the world. Spread the word!
A couple of items to note: a change in locale for the Boat Parade this year, and it will take place on Saturday eve verses the usual Friday. We'll see you at the Mabou Harbour Lighthouse!
Also, a new addition to the schedule is a first-ever Ceilidh Crawl! A musical, walking tour of Mabou hot spots with some live tunes at each. You never know who might pop up! You can book your totally FREE pass HERE.
For more information, please visit the Festival's Facebook page HERE.
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Céidhlidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
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Dé an go 's a' Ghàidhealtachd a' seo? What's on the go in the Nova Scotia Gàidhealtachd this week in 1893 - join us Thursday evenings to hear about "current happenings" and some historical pieces too! And, there's usually a piece about the weather!
We’ll be LIVE on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00pm Atlantic (11:00pm UK) doing a selected, bilingual reading from the Gàidhlig newspaper, Mac-Talla. At about 7:30, we'll begin a Gàidhlig reading of a few pieces (a written synopsis will be available to all).
We're currently working our way through issues in Volume 2 (each week, we'll announce which specific issue we'll read) which can be found here: LINK
'N dòchas gun tadhal sibh oirnn! Hope you'll tune in and join the visit!
To view past recordings, tune in weekly, or view archived editions of Mac-Talla, please visit our Facebook page or click this link to go directly to the archived recordings: LINK
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Am bu thoigh leibh tighinn cruinn 'son beagan do chòmhradh? Agus spòrs? Agus céilidh ged a tha sinn fad o chéile aig an àm seo?
Carson nach tig sibh ann? Cha bhi 'ga bruidhinn ach a' Ghàidhlig. Bidh fàilte ro 'n a h-uile duine.
Highland Village is hosting a weekly online Pop-up Gàidhealtachd Fridays at noon ADT. All are welcome to join in for some fun, conversation and a little céilidh though we can't be together in person. Only Gaelic will be spoken.
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Gàidhlig air an Rèidio | Gaelic on the Radio
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Island Echoes on CBC Radio 1 Cape Breton
"Troimh'n Chéitean, Mìos nan Gàidheal, ma dh' éisdeas sibh ri MacTalla'n Eilein le Wendy Bergfeldt gach oidhche Shathairn, a' tòiseachadh an t-seachdainn seo fhéin ag 8:00 feasgar, bidh cothrom agaibh Aonghas MacLeòid a chluinntinn is e a-mach air Sgeul an Òrain."
"Be sure to listen to Island Echoes with Wendy Bergfeldt every Saturday through May, Nova Scotia's Gaelic Month, beginning May 1st at 8:00pm, to hear Angus MacLeod on Sgeul an Òrain, (The Story of the Song)."
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Gaelic Nova Scotia Station
The Gaelic Nova Scotia Station will be on Saturday mornings at 8:00 am
97.5 Community Radio in Kwipew
Listen live at http://live.cioe975.ca/ to hear conversations, music, and the voices and views of Nova Scotia's Gaelic community.
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Aiseirigh Nan Gàidheal
Listen in to this long running bilingual (Gaelic and English) radio program live at 6pm-7pm on Saturdays!
listen live at this LINK!
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Comhairle na Gàidhlig would like to thank the North British Society Charitable Trust for their generous support of this newsletter.
To view more information on the Trust, please visit their website HERE.
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