Eastport, Newfoundland
709 677-2360
Showcasing our Culture & Heritage through history, music, drama and visual arts.
Eastport, Newfoundland - August 20 & 21
The Eastport Peninsula Heritage Society announces the "2nd Annual Gerald S, Doyle Folk Song Festival".This new summer festival on the Eastport
Peninsula will celebrate the folk music of Newfoundland & Labrador through the work of Gerald S. Doyle, our province's greatest contributor to the preservation
and promotion of our folk music heritage. The festival's major events will take place at The Beaches Heritage Centre in Eastport, NL, August 20 & 21, 2010
and will include
- Friday, August 20
- 8:00 PM - "The Songs of My Country: A Son's Tribute to Gerald S. Doyle"- The muti-media performance by John W. Doyle with music by Marjorie Doyle.
- Saturday, August 21
- 8:00 PM - A Folk Music Concert- Songs of the Gerald S. Doyle Songbook, performed by Jean Hewson & Christina Smithand The Landsmen as well as local performers who will lead the audience in a sing-a-long.
- - Exhibits of photos relating to Gerald S. Doyle's life and our vast folk music heritage which he documented and
preserved for future generations.
Why a "Gerald S. Doyle Folk Song Festival"?
- Gerald S. Doyle has not been adequately recognized for his contribution to the preservation of our folk songs.
- Currently, there is no festival dedicated exclusively to the folk song.
- Gerald S. Doyle has a long history on the Eastport Peninsula. He built the first "summer cottage" in Eastport, which still stands as part of The White Sails Inn
- A festival of this nature fits perfectly into the mandate of the Eastport Peninsula Heritage Society, operators of The Beaches Heritage Centre - the premier location
for events promoting our cultural heritage.
For bookings contact
The Beaches Heritage Centre:
Telephone: 709-677-2360
Fax: 709-677-2550
Email: ephs@nf.aibn.com
Website: www.beachesheritagecentre.ca
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