Lots of Skills Shared at Rural Roots
Last Saturday was one of the biggest events of the year at the Deanery Project: we hosted Rural Roots, a skill-sharing festival in which close to 100 people participated in sharing traditional rural skills...
Tagged: 2014
Handmade for the Holidays
Warm up with a hot apple cider here at the Deanery on November 29th. We’re hosting a holiday craft fair to celebrate local artists and craftspeople and to help you find the perfect gift!...
Concert with Betty Belmore, Gordon Stobbe and Doug Romans
Join us on November 15th for the vocal harmonies, twin fiddles and instrumentals of original members of the Mighty Oak String Band: Betty Belmore, well-known country folk singer, Gordon Stobbe, award-winning multi-instrumentalist, and veteran fiddler...
Rural Roots Seasonal Skill Sharing – List of Presenters
We are still tweaking the schedule a bit, but it is coming together, and we just can’t wait to share all the exciting presenters with you. Here is the tentative schedule. If you’re hoping to...
What are Reskilling and Upskilling?
You may have heard of “reskilling,” “upskilling” or “skill-sharing” lately, particularly from folks in the Transition Town movement. In the corporate world, reskilling means improving the collective skill set of your team.
Rural Roots Skill-Sharing Festival
Have you ever wanted to learn about low impact forest management? Spinning yarn? Food preservation? Natural building? Or other traditional rural skills?
Heartwood Youth Engagement Recap
HeartWood Centre for Community Youth and the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia organized a hands-on event that brought adults and youth together to explore ways in which youth can become more involved in...
Harmony Singing Workshop – Oct 4th 11:00- 4:00
October 4th -11:00 – 4:00. Explore the basics of harmony from the sweet and predictable to hair-raising chords and discords with well-known and much-loved singer/songwriter Betty Belmore. ‘if you can talk you can sing,...
