Performers

Caledonia
After five years as a cohesive rock band, Caledonia is a leader of the new wave of East Coast music. It's widely known that Caledonia fans to strap on a pair of dancing shoes when they are on their way to a show. This attention to rhythm has these self-made musicians carving their own path of impassioned music on the East Coast and taking it international. Caledonia's library of original music lends itself to varying genres including sixties rock grooves, reggae, folk, alt-country, eighties new wave and modern rock.

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Shannon Quinn
Shannon Quinn is the latest young musician making her mark on Atlantic Canada through performance. At 19 years old, Shannon Quinn is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, dancer and composer. Having performed with her father Tony Quinn for 12 years, she has been featured among many successful artists and in turn has become one herself. She has been featured with the Cheiftans, Cirque du Soleil and the Charlottetown Festival. Her musical style is very much influenced by that of her ancestors, originating from County Clare, Ireland. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a place full of musical talent.

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Dave Carroll
Dave's clear, warm vocal style has been compared to James Taylor, Neil Finn, Chris Issac and Keith Urban but more often than not what strikes listeners is that Dave Carroll sings with his own voice, telling stories and sharing his unique observations of the world in which we live.

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Chef Michael Howell
Michael Howell is the Chef and Proprietor of Tempest Restaurant in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Tempest opened in April 2003. It was featured on the hit Food Network TV show Opening Soon. He also consults on restaurant projects in the region. An honors graduate of the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, Michael apprenticed here in Chicago under Chef Jean Joho of The Everest Room.

Michael is the leader of Slow Food Nova Scotia and sits on the board of Taste of Nova Scotia and is a Vice President of the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia. He is a Maitre Rotisseur of La Chaine Des Rotisseurs and a member of the Nova Scotia Association of Chefs and Cooks. Michael is also the Food Editor of Lifestyle Maritimes Magazine.

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78th Highlanders
The 78th Highlanders, or Ross-shire Buffs, was raised in 1793 by Sir Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie and Baron Seaforth. The regiment saw a great deal of service with the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, and later in India. In 1866 the regiment was posted to Canada, and between 1869 and 1871, they formed part of the regular garrison in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Today the regiment as it appeared during Confederation is recreated by the Halifax Citadel Regimental Association in partnership with Parks Canada. The members now include student employees and volunteers who dress and train according to the British Army regulations of the mid Victorian period.

In addition to performing displays of military tactics and music within the walls of the Citadel, the 78th Highlanders also travel extensively both nationally and internationally, performing in various venues including military tattoos, highland games, heritage festivals and trade conventions.