Maintain traditions

Bursaries available for youth interested in Gaelic skills

The Nova Scotia Highland Village Society is offering two $1,000 scholarships through the Stóras na h-Òigridh (Treasures of Youth) scholarship endowment fund.

The fund was created to ensure that cultural skills based on Gaelic traditions continue to flourish in Nova Scotia.

These annual bursaries are awarded to Nova Scotian youth between the ages of five and 21 with an interest in advancing their skills in one or more of the following Gaelic traditions — fiddle, pipes, piano/guitar accompaniment, language, storytelling, song and dance.

Two scholarships were awarded in 2016 to Olivier Broussard of Port Hawkesbury who has been honing his fiddle and dance skills and Drea Shephard of Sydney who has been studying fiddle, piano, Gaelic song and dance.

The deadline for this year’s scholarships is March 31.

Nominations are submitted using an online form which can be access through the fund’s website at www.treasuresofyouth.ca.

For more information, contact the Highland Village at 1-866-442-3542 (toll free) or email highlandvillage@novascotia.ca.

Stóras na h-Òigridh is a project of the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society. The endowment is managed by the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia. Five $1,000 scholarships have been awarded since 2014.

The society operates the Highland Village which is a part of the Nova Scotia Museum.