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Scots in the Sub-Arctic: Third Annual St. Andrew's Society of Toronto Lecture
On January 15, 2014 in MacKinnon room 132, beginning at 11a.m., the Scottish Studies program presents the Third Annual St. Andrew's Society of Toronto Lecture entitled: "Scots in the Sub-Arctic: Musical Exchanges with the James Bay Cree." Fiddle music and dancing form a major component of the social lives of the Cree population living in the James Bay region of sub-Arctic Canada.
3rd Annual St. Andrew's Society of Toronto Lecture "Scots in the Sub -Artic: Musical Exchanges with the James Bay Cree"
Join us on Wednesday, January 15 for the Third Annual St. Andre
w's Society of Toronto Lecture entitled "Scots in the Sub-Arctic: Musical E
xchanges with the James Bay Cree."
Beginning at 11am in MacKinnon 132, e
thnomusicologist Frances Wilkins from the Ephinstone Institute, University
of Aberdeen, will speak on the subject of Cree fiddlers of James Bay and th
eir historical and musical connections to Scotland via connections with the
Hudson's Bay Company from the late 1600s.
Opera@Guelph & MSA present La Traviata
Free + English subtitles Questions - musicst@uoguelph.ca or fan m@uoguelph.ca
Opera@Guelph & MSA present La Traviata
Free + English Subtitles.
Questions - musicstu@uoguelph.ca or f
anm@uoguelph.ca
Sport & Cultural History of the Moray Firth Region: Wade Cormack Scottish Studies Talk
On January 9, 2014 in MacKinnon room 132 from 3:00 to 4:00pm, the program in Scottish Studies proudly presents Wade Cormack (University of Highlands and Islands): "The Links and Sports Fields: A Sport and Cultural History of the Moray Firth Region, c.1603 to 1799."
Scottish Studies presents Wade Cormack (University of Highlands and Islands)
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"The Links and Sports F
ields: A Sport and Cultural History of the Moray Firth Region, c.1603 to 17
99"