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The first official Natal Day celebrations were held in August 1895 to mark the arrival of the new branch railroad line connecting to Dartmouth. While the rail construction was delayed, Dartmouth moved forward with a regatta and fireworks display. [7] In 1897, Natal Day celebrations corresponded with Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
The Halifax Busker Festival is an annual event held by Premier Entertainment Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Halifax Waterfront showcasing talent from buskers around the world. The festival runs for 6 days during the Natal Day long weekend in July and August. The festival was founded in 1986 as Halifax Busker Festival.
The series was produced by Manny Pittson in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was co-hosted by music producer Bill Langstroth and singer Jim Bennet. (Langstroth was Anne Murray's future husband), with Brian Ahern as the music director. The programme's theme song was "Farewell to Nova Scotia".
From "Born in the U.S.A." to "Firework," these Fourth of July songs are perfect for your holiday playlist.
"Farewell to Nova Scotia" is a popular folk song from Nova Scotia, Canada.It was adapted from the Scottish lament "The Soldier's Adieu" written by Robert Tannahill.It was written sometime before or during World War I and popularized in 1964 when Catherine McKinnon used it as the theme song for the Halifax-based CBC TV program, Singalong Jubilee.
In the late 1900s, the rest of the province became entitled to celebrate a civic holiday, which falls on the same day as Natal Day. It is not a statutory holiday. [15] Dartmouth Natal Day Road Race, one of the longest running road races in North America, is part of the Natal Day festivities in the Halifax Regional Municipality. [16]
This is a list of notable musical groups either formed in Halifax or are centered in Halifax, Nova Scotia This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Carnival was run by business man and philanthropist William Lynch (1903–1972) of McNabs Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Carnival toured the Maritimes for decades. The Bill Lynch Show was first established on McNab's Island in 1920. There was one ride: a merry-go-round. He moved the business from the Island and began touring rural Nova ...