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Juba'Lee, a celebration of black culture in Nova Scotia

Item is a poster for "Juba'Lee," a concert held at the Halifax Metro Centre on January 22, 2000. The event includes performances by Bucky Adams, the Carson Downey Band, Dutch Robinson, Jeremiah Sparks, and the Nova Scotia Mass Choir. Performances include tributes to Portia White, Duke Ellington, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Joy O'Brien fonds

  • MS-5-22
  • Fonds
  • 1925-2021, predominant 1990-2020
Fonds consists of clippings and ephemera, photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, and musical scores and lyrics related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 1992 to 2021.

O'Brien, Joy

Jamie Sparks, the time

Item is a poster promoting Jamie Sparks' album, "The Time," and a free performance at the HMV store in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

International women's day 2001

Item is a poster for an International Women's Day event presented by Bryony House. Event includes performances by Linda Carvery, Lisa MacDougall, and Carol Ritchie at the Fleet Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Heart and soul: Jimmy Jam, the musical event of the summer

Item is a poster for "Heart and Soul," a benefit concert presented by the James A. MacPherson Memorial Society. The event featured performances by Lisa MacDougall, Linda Carvery, Jeremiah Sparks, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Touch of Hope, and others.

Heart and soul: Jimmy Jam two, the musical event of the summer

Item is a poster for "Heart and Soul," the second annual benefit concert presented by the James A. MacPherson Memorial Society on August 11, 2002. The event includes performances by Linda Carvery, Lisa MacDougall, John Dalton, and others.

Harvey Millar: milestones

Item is a poster for Harvey Millar's release party for the new album, "Milestones." The event was held at Hell's Kitchen in Halifax, Nova Scotia and featured guest artist, Shy Luv.

Hallelujah : series two, volume two : [television program]

Item is a video recording of the second series of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television program, "Hallelujah," episodes eighteen to twenty-one.

Episode eighteen features performances by Joe Sealy, Jackie Richardson, Linda Carvery, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode nineteen features performances by Martha Reeves, Jackie Richardson, Jeremiah Sparks, Michael Bailey, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode twenty features performances by Giselle Cunningham, Shane Colley, Jamie Sparks, Oren Williams, Jackie Richardson, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode twenty-one features performances by David Sereda, Jackie Richardson, and Linda Carvery.

Hallelujah : series two, volume three : [television program]

Item is a video recording of the second series of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television program, "Hallelujah," episodes twenty-two to twenty-five.

Episode twenty-two features performances by Jackie Richardson, Wallace Smith, the Gospel Heirs Quartet, Rose Fraser, Linda Carvery, and Maryanne Boyd.

Episode twenty-three features recordings of performances by Mavis Staples, Jackie Richardson, Lela Coles, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode twenty-four includes performances by Jackie Richardson, Doug Mallory, Raylene Rankin, Linda Carvery, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode twenty-five includes performances by Jackie Richardson, Muzzy, Joe Colley, Jeremiah Sparks, Michael Bailey, and Novelee Buchan.

Hallelujah : series two, volume one : [television program]

Item is a video recording of the second series of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television program, "Hallelujah," episodes fourteen to seventeen.

Episode fourteen features performances by Frank Mackay, Jackie Richardson, Jeremiah Sparks, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode fifteen features performances by the Holmes brothers, Jackie Richardson, Maryanne Boyd, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode sixteen features performances by Lorraine Klaasen, Jackie Richardson, Jeremiah Sparks, Joe Colley, and Novelee Buchan.

Episode seventeen features performances by Hart Rouge, Jackie Richardson, Jeremiah Sparks, Eileen Joyce, Novelee Buchan, Linda Carvery, and Michael Bailey.

Hallelujah : series two, volume four : [television program]

Item is a video recording of the second series of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television program, "Hallelujah," episode twenty-six.

The episode features recordings of performances by Dutch Robinson, Jackie Richardson, Michael Bailey, and Novelee Buchan.

Hallelujah : series one, episode twelve : [television program]

Item is a video recording of the first series of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television program, "Hallelujah," episode twelve.

The episode features performances by Four the Moment, Jeremiah Sparks, Joe Colley, Michael Bailey, Linda Carvery, and Novelee Buchan.

Gary Beals debut album

Item is a poster for the release of Gary Beals' debut album. Poster is signed, "Thank you for your support. Smile always. Gary Beals."

Four the moment

Item is a poster for musical group Four the Moment's new album. No date is noted.

Experience drum!

Item is a poster for "Drum! A Musical Tribute," a musical series at Pier 21 Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Director Timothy French. Musical director Doris Mason.

Documents relating to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1998.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, "Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.," the East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre's "The Gospel at Colonus," Dutch Mason's sixtieth birthday, and other performances.

Documents relating to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, performance schedules, and ephemera related to the choir's television program, "Hallelujah," the eightieth anniversary celebration of the No.2 Construction Battalion, postcards from Prince Edward Island, the United Church of Canada's Berwick camp, and the AIDS benefit concert, "Ribbon of Dreams."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to the African Nova Scotian Association awards show, Bucky Adams, Shauntay Grant, Gary Beals, hip-hop artist TroBiz, Nadira, African Nova Scotian Music Association president Lou Gannon, Jr., Michael Bailey, Archy Beals, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, reporter Sherri Borden Colley, and Walter Borden.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, posters, tickets, and programs to the African Nova Scotian Association awards, Rocky Jones’ memorial service in 2013, Natal Day festivals, the Freedom Festival, Halifax public Libraries’ Lift Every Voice, the productions of "Harlem Duet," "I M Possible," and "The Epistle of Tightrope Time," the production of the television series, "The Book of Negroes," based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, performances by Corey Adams, For the Love of God concerts, and Walter Borden’s appointment to Member of the Order of Canada.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass choir and friends

File contains documents related to Beulah Brinston, Jeri Brown, Tamar Brown, Measha Brueggergosman, Novelee Buchan, Cyndi Cain, Elaine Cain, Tiyaila Cain-Grant, John Chaisson, Bruce Chapman, Joanne Clancy, George Elliott Clarke, Quenta Clyke, Lela Coles, the Colley Family, Floyd Colley, George Boyd's theatrical production of Consecrated Ground, the musical group Conquerors for Christ, and Thelma Coward-Ince.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, posters, and tickets related to East Coast Music Association performances, Canadian Screen Award nominations, Jongleur Group's "Harmony of Souls: A Tribute to Carrie M. Best," Atlantic Film Festival, Consecrated Ground, "A Tribute to Nina Simone" in 2015, and "Vera's Lament: A Jazz Opera by Jeri Brown."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains textual records, graphic material, and ephemera related to John Dalton, Marian Deveaux, Debra Deleon, Valerie Dixon, Carman Downey, Carson Downey, Shawn Downey, "Drum! A Musical Tribute," Tim Dunn, Leslie Dunner, Sharon Earle, Cheryl Edgett, Sue Edmonds, and Tim Edmonds.

Documents include newspaper clippings and posters related to "Drum! A Musical Tribute" and other performances.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to playwright and poet laureate Shauntay Grant, Elizabeth Guildford, the Hallelujah Praise Choir, Sylvia Hamilton, Wayn Hamilton, Sean Harris, Dave Hillier, bassist Bruce Jacobs, Anne Johnson-McDonald, Sharon Johnson, poet laureate El Jones, Oliver Jones, and Rocky Jones.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to George Jordan, Eileen Joyce, jazz group Ladies in Blue, bassist Steve Lawrence, Owen Lee, Beverly Lewis, Lisa MacDougall, Frank MacKay, Donna MacKenzie, Kim McLeod, Scott MacMillan, Jimmy MacPherson, and Lorraine Klaasen.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the Halifax Blues Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Ladies in Blues' annual breast cancer benefit, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, album releases, and Neptune Theatre's productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical" and "Cats: The Musical."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Laura Smith, Reeny Smith, Reverend Wallace Smith, Deanna Sparks, Jamie Sparks, Jeremiah Sparks, Richard Sparks, Mavis Staples, Gary Steed, and Symphony Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to the Halifax Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the Prismatic Arts Festival, the annual Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" concert, and various theatrical productions. Theatrical productions include Neptune Theatre's "Five Guys Named Moe," "Riot," "World Without Shadows," "The Wizard of Oz," as well as Eastern Front Theatre's "The Satchmo Suite."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Symphony Nova Scotia stage manager Jimmy Tasco, Sue Taylor, Johnny Theodore, Luvina Thomas, musical group Touch of Hope, Up on the Roof, Helen Vaughan, Pat Watson, Angels of Lightning, Gerry White, Cecily Williams, musical group The Williams Sisters, Eastern Front Theatre's production of Whylah Falls, Anne Marie Woods, David Woods, Woody Woods, and Carolann Wright-Parks.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Halifax Comedy Festival, Theatre Art Guild's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," various Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances and concerts, Natal Day festivals, the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax Public Libraries' African Heritage Month, Eastern Front Theatre's "Whylah Falls," the Prismatic Arts Festival, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's exhibit "Mary Lee Blendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond," and Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia's exhibit "The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts."

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Karl Falkenham, Jim Faraday, Shelley Fashan, Four the Moment musical group, Four Walls of Blue, Carolyn Fowler, Isaac Fraser, Rosie Fraser, Freedom Festival , Suzy Gangoo Hansen, Marsha Gannon, Neptune Theatre, the Gospel Heirs musical group, Adrien Gough, Judith Virginia Grace, Belinda Grant, and Glen Grant.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the art exhibit "Mommay's Patches: Traditions and Superstitions" by Letitia Fraser, Four the Moment's final performance, the Gospel Heirs performances, Neptune Theatre's productions of "The Gospel at Colonus" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," and others.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

File contains documents related to Pam Marsh, Donna Marshall, Doris Mason, Dutch Mason, Garrett Mason, One Heart Broken, Odetta Holmes, activist Rosa Parks, Sylvia Parris-Drummond, Larry Patterson, Stephen Pedersen, the People's Gospel Choir of Montreal, Juanita Peters, the Polokwane Choral Society, the Preston Cultural Festival, Jackie Richardson, Mark Riley, Dutch Robinson, Lucille Robinson, Viki Samuels-Stewart, musical group The Sanctified Brothers, Deborah Sangster, Sankofa Songs, writer Charles Saunders, Joe Sealy, Wendy Shea, the Shining Lights Choir, Shy Luv, Marko Simmonds, Verona Singer, Dee Dee Slye, and Sandra Slawter.

Documents include programs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings related to the Ladies In Blue tour, Juanita Peters' plays, including "I M Possible," "Settling Africville," "The Green Book," and other productions, various Natal Day performances, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Joe Sealy's series "Africville Stories," the Atlantic Jazz Festival, and others.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 1992 to 2020.

Documents include track listings and timestamps for audiocassette recordings from 1992 to 1993, membership lists, song listings and guest artist names for each episode of the television program, "Hallelujah," from 1996 to 1997, track listings, dates, and names of artists for videocassette recordings

Guest artists include Hart Rouge, Lorraine Klaasen, the Holmes Brothers, Martha Reeves, Joe Sealy, the Gospel Heirs Quartet, and others.

Song titles include "Amazing Grace," "Battle Hymn," "Gospel Train," "Go Tell it on the Mountain," and others.

File includes an official event program for "A Conversation With Barack Obama." The live event took place at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 13, 2019. The Nova Scotia Mass Choir performed at the close of the event.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2006 to 2012.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the annual Martin Luther King concert, Alexander Keith's Natal Day Festival, the choir's fifteenth anniversary celebration, the death of Etta James, the Titanic centenary tribute concert, Africa Festival of Arts and Culture, "Halifax for Haiti" benefit concert, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Freedom Festival, and others.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1993.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, the choir's performance in Washington, D.C. as part of the thirty year anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held in Maryland, and others.

File also contains meeting minutes, committee lists, itineraries, rehearsal guidelines, tour guidelines, and membership lists.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir at the East Coast Music Association awards, the release of their record, "He Never Failed Me Yet," "Symphony Explosion" concerts, the Canadian Hockey Awards, the African Heritage Gala, and other events.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

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