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Close to 400 souls braved the snow and the cold to attend this year’s World Religion Day Celebration held at the All saints Cathedral in Halifax this weekend.

The program opened with the Baha’i Army of Light Dance Troupe who combined dance and rhythm with readings from the Words of Baha’u’llah.

Kitpu Mi’kmaq Youth Drummers and Dancers then held a Smudge ceremony with an elder, followed by drumming.

The Beechville Babes, a dance troupe of children and youth from Beechville Baptist Church, performed an interpretive dance, accompanied by the Church’s choir, Beechville Worship Warriors.

They were followed by readings from the Bible by a minister of The Cathedral of All Saints Anglican Church and readings from Hindu Scriptures by a member of the Vedanta Ashram Society.

The rousing gospel songs of the special musical guest, the Nova Gospel Ensemble, had the audience clapping, singing and dancing.

A Bible story was dramatized by members of Saint Matthew’s United Church and there were songs by choirs from the Halifax Shambhala Centre and the Universalist Unitarian Church. A drama perfomed by Brahma Kumaris members depicted the soul returning to its true nature.

The Leblanc family of the Baha’i community sang a prayer by the Bab, “Say God Sufficeth”. The traditional finalé garnered singers from the Baha’i, Shambhala, Unitarian and Saint Matthew’s communities performing a song selected especially for World Religion Day called “Can You Hear” by composer Jim Papoulis.

The Mayor and Councilors of the Halifax Regional Municipality issued a proclamation that January 18th was World Religion Day in HRM and they sent a representative, Councilor Jennifer Watts, who spoke to the audience and participants at the start of the program.

The visual arts were also incorporated into the program. During the Celebration, artist Sharon Hodgson created a painting of the event and sculptor Rhiannon Wyatt created a sculpture in clay that was based on the event.

Check it all out by going to World Religion Day. http://worldreligionday.ca

Of course I had my camera’s on hand, but instead of the traditional shots of the local area I had an opportunity to record some Action!

The first montage is based on the classic Hockey Night in Canada;
the 2nd is the first period with Tom Cochrane & Red Rider’s Big League; and the 3rd video consists of highlights of the game with the Tragically Hip’s Fifty Mission cap.

Provide your comments to let me know what you think…good &-or bad.

Enjoy!!

Hockey Night In Pubnico

In Hockey Night in Canada fashion, these are some highlights of some shots and saves chronicled historically; starting out in black & white… to the seventies/eighties… to modern HD quality.

(yes, there are some missing…Sorry, they’ll make a season highlight reel).

First Game; 1st period in the GLBig League

The players leave the dressing room and the action starts at center ice with the first face-off and continues to follow the first portion of the game.Tom Cochrane provides the music.

Highlights of the Game

Instead of just having you look at everyone skating left and right I’ve highlighted some passes, shots and saves from the rest of the footage. The Tragically Hip sing about Hockey Cards & Sou’westers?!? (naw.)

Go to GLBhockyleague.net for more and post a comment onthe GLB League Forum.

                                                               

Act 1 dramatizes the Mysterious Springtime of 1844 and how it was popularly believed by many scientists that science had reached the end of the road as
far as new inventions were concerned. Many leaders were predicting the return of Christ in the 1840s. The story made the headlines in the United States, Europe, China, and the Middle East.

It was a time of great expectation and curiosity that spurred ingenuity, exploration and faith. Watch how the young cast of BNN report it a century and a half ago….

Act 2 questions: Is it the Advent? or Is it the End of Days? Depending on who you asked, whether it be in North America, Asia, Australia, Africa… where ever… it was one extreme or the other. People throughout the world were advised to prepare for the sudden appearance of Christ, whose ‘coming’ promised to be heaven on earth or the wrath of God. Others were selling off their homes, preparing their final resting place and saying good bye to family and friends, anticipating the End of the World.

One group among the millennial scholars of the 1844 period was so certain that the ‘Glory of God’ would appear on the side of Mount Carmel, as foretold by Isaiah, that they sold all they owned and sailed for the Holy Land.

Act 3 follows the path of one young man by the name of Mullá Husayn who was so certain that the Promised Day had come and believed so strong in what he had learned from his teacher of the Qur’án, Siyyid Kázim, that in January 1844 he set out with his companions drawn as if by a magnet to the north, and so he moved on to Shíráz. As he reached the gate of the city if Shíráz, he sent his two companions ahead to a certain mosque telling them to stay there until he joined them later.
“God willing,” he said, “I will join you there for the evening prayer.”