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The Port Grocer Takes The Cake

[South Shore Breaker, 19-Apr-2016] What started as an idea two years ago for two Queens County entrepreneurs has become a vibrant business venture that’s attracting attention from across Nova Scotia and beyond.

As The Port Grocer celebrated its second anniversary on April 5, owners Debra Melanson and Annabelle Singleton were reveling in the success they’ve achieved in such a short time. That success has been confirmed by the accolades they’ve collected since they opened for business.

In 2015, The Port Grocer won Continue reading The Port Grocer Takes The Cake →

Events

The Country Kids @ QPEC

Friday, 22-Apr-2016 / 9pm

Jenney, Garry and Ruth Parker have been singing together since they were very small. They took a year or so of piano lessons early on, but the first instrument that seriously interested them was the guitar. Garry began playing guitar when he was 8 years old and gradually came to love it. Jenney and Ruth, not wanting to be left behind, took up the mandolin and fiddle about a year later.

[QPEC] The Parker children began stage performance at the ages of 4-5 years old, singing and acting out plays through church and private school.

Their first secular stage appearance was on November 26, 2013, when their Aunt Lois Lutz invited them to join her in a 10-minute segment on Eastlink’s Christmas Mommies and Daddies in Aylesford, NS. The Lion’s Club, who hosted this event, then invited Lois and the kids to their stage the following January. This is when the Country Kids became a band, and they have been entertaining many wonderful, music-loving audiences throughout this part of Nova Scotia (within a 150-mile radius of home).

In May, Kristina McCulley joined the group. Her sweet, yodeling voice was a great addition to the band. She sang with the Country Kids for about 9 months, during which time they recorded their first CD, entitled “The Country Kids.”

At the present time, the three Country Kids play the guitar, base, fiddle, and mandolin. They have a very busy schedule, averaging four performances per month, including seniors’ events, church services, fund raisers, variety shows, festivals, and local fairs. 

Following up their performance at the Hank Snow Country Tribute make sure you do not miss this special evening at Queens Place Emera Centre!

Fun for the entire family!

20160422 The Country Kids

Events

Cash on Delivery – Comedy

20160414-17 Cash on Delivery[Astore Theatre] Imagine the most creative yet convoluted story you can muster. Intertwine the lives of several people (most of who do not exist). Make up an ailment of some sort for each – consider their families, their professions. Add to those details secret bits of juicy information and a slightly goofy tenant entering stage right at precisely the most inopportune time. Now, imagine being put on the spot to tell that tale over and over again, creating as you go, because all of the details, save a handful of actual tales already told are, at present, in question by local authorities who have just arrived in your living room. Sound like a crazy bit of everyday lunacy? Thats just what the audience is in store for when the Astor Theatre produces the fast paced British comedy Cash on Delivery April 14 to 17, 2016.

The play tells the story of a con artist who has duped the welfare authorities for years by claiming every type of benefit for the innumerable people he claims live at his address. He is sent scrambling when welfare investigators show up and he is forced to prove all of his boarders are in fact real. A hilarious comedy full of mistaken identities, slamming doors, and a con that spirals out of control.