Chapter 7 Expressions of Atlantic Canada

1. Chapter 7 Expressions of Atlantic Canada Our pop Culture

2. East Coast Music Awards • A music awards show just for our musicians on the east coast! • Aboriginal Recording of the Year / presented by APTN·       City Natives - 4 Kingz *WINNER* • African-Canadian Recording of the Year / presented by Newcap RadioJ-Bru - Stranger in my Hometown *WINNER* • Album of the Year Old Man Luedecke - Tender is the Night (Producer: Tim O’Brien) *WINNER* • Blues Recording of the Year Thom Swift - The Fortunate Few *WINNER*

4. Oral Traditions • Storytelling! History, morals and lessons learned and passed from one generation to the next. • Form of entertainment! • Page 98 – the string of trout • Jokes and popular comedians • Urban legends (Oak Island, the stolen canoe)

7. Literature • Lucy Maud Montgomery • Anne of Green Gables • The Road to Avonlea Anne has become a cultural Icon Tourismin PEI has become the second largest industry behind farming and just above fishing.

11. Fine Art • Newfoundland artist Gerald Squires and Resettlement.

12. Resettlement – See page 103

13. Between 1965 and 1975 some 148 communities were abandoned, involving the relocation of 20,000 people. • Government wanted to ensure that all residents of the province had access to a reasonable level of government services, as well as to telephones and electricity. The provision of health care facilities, schools, roads, post offices and other services could be achieved more cheaply and efficiently if people moved from small, isolated settlements to larger centers.

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K39_Dq7pOM

17. David Blackwood

19. FashionMi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy • Alan Syliboy is a Mi’kmaq artist from Millbrook, NS who draws on his traditional culture to produce fashions for the modern market. • He uses petroglyphs or rock drawings done by his people in ancient times and placed this art on T-shirts for sale. They are made from recycled cotton! • Red Crane Enterprises