Organization Details:

Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society Organizations Events

Type: Festival Organization

Region: Nova Scotia (Area: Atlantic Region)

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​Board of Directors

President - Karen DeCoste (Porters Lake, NS)
1st Vice-President - Serge Bernard (Stratford, PE)
2nd Vice-President - Ken Edwards (Bridgewater, NS)
Treasurer - Marilyn Singer (Hammonds Plains, NS)         
Secretary - Janet McGarry (Stratford, PE)

Trevor Boutilier - Porters Lake, NS
Marcel Duplessis - Dieppe, NB
Dan Fraser - Hammonds Plains, NS
​Ryan Harvey - Ellershouse, NS
Anne Langille - Stewiacke, NS
Nelson Langille - Stewiacke, NS
Jeff McRae - Greenwood, NS

 

The Society is made up of direct members to the Society plus all the members of five chapters:

• Truro and Area Bluegrass Society
• East Hants Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Eastern Shore Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Annapolis Valley Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Clare Bluegrass Association

The objectives of the Society are:

• To Promote and Preserve Bluegrass & Oldtime Music in Eastern Canada.
• To organize and produce the Annual Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival which is the oldest Bluegrass Festival in Canada.
• To organize and produce the Eastern Canada Bluegrass Music Awards

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