Plans are underway for the new season of Pigeon Inlet. If you check the Compass and the Telegram, there is an ad for catering services. We are examining choices for a new venue for the show.
People of all ages in the community have become involved in Pigeon Inlet.
Coley’s Point Primary Art Smart Program about Pigeon Inlet
Younger members of the community have become involved in Pigeon Inlet. Mrs. Wendy King of Coley’s Point Primary has received funding for her students to study “Pigeon Inlet” and the writings of Ted Russell under the “Cultural Connections: K-12 Arts and Cultural Strategy” sponsored by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education. Kelly Russell will be visiting her classes and performing his father’s stories, as well as demonstrating his musical skills. The children will learn about Newfoundland culture as illustrated in Newfoundland literature, foods, and music.
Illustration by Sylvia Ficken
From “The Point” Newsletter:
Our Grade 3 students are involved in a special project in February. Through funding that our school has received from the NL Arts Council ArtSmarts initiative, we hope to develop a deeper understanding of the works of local native son, Ted Russell, by having our students work directly with Kelly Russell, Ted’s son. Last week was their first session and the children were in awe of Kelly’s talent in spoken word, song and music. The project will include a performance at the Heritage Concert to be held at Amalgamated Academy on March 4th featuring “Our Time in Pigeon Inlet” and using Kelly’s, “A String of Squids”, based on his father’s, “The Smokeroom on the Kyle”, and his uncle, Art Scammell’s, “Squid Jiggin’ Ground”. We’re so excited about this opportunity for our Grade 3 students and hope to build on it in future years as the Town of Bay Roberts expands its “A Time in Pigeon Inlet” project.
Pigeon Inlet Quilters
The Regional Quilters’ Guild has formally adopted the name: Pigeon Inlet Quilters. They are currently making a “Pigeon Inlet” quilt which will be on display in the Holdin’ Ground Room at the Bay Roberts Visitor’s Pavilion on the Veteran’s Memorial Highway.
Illustration by Sylvia Ficken
“The Holdin’ Ground: Saving Our Cultural Heritage.”
Congratulations to the Bay Roberts 50 Plus Club for being awarded funding from New Horizons for their project “The Holdin’ Ground: Saving Our Cultural Heritage.” The project will preserve the traditions, values, and spirit of the municipality of Bay Roberts – through documenting traditional skills, music, stories, local history, customs, language, and points of interest. The objective is to record the intangible history of the community before older citizens pass away and it is lost. The recording will include how to perform tasks such as building / repairing boats (punts), preparing or mending cod trap, barking nets, developing and maintaining kitchen gardens, repairing fences, preparing traditional recipes and crafts. It will also include recoding traditional stories, music and dance, games, traditional methods of celebrating holidays and occasions such as weddings and births, story telling (ghost and fairy stories), local history, history of organizations and churches, local sites of interest with traditional names, and local heroes and persons of interest. A major objective of this endeavour is involve seniors and to improve their self-esteem, showing them that what they are respected and recognized for their contributions. They will have access to educational opportunities in the use of new media, and they will participate in community development.
