Caledonian Show to play First United

e Caledonian Show will open its 2018 concert season with a performance on April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sharon-st. John United Church, Stellarton.

That perfomrance will be followed by an enagement at First United Church in Truro.

Also performing at the Stellarton concert will be Retake, a four-part barbershop quartet, from Prince Edward Island, featuring Anne Crosby, Raye Trainor, Joanne Ings, and Shirley Mcguigan. Formed in 1999, the quartet’s repertoire includes songs from the 1950s, contemporary music, as well as Irish and Scottish tunes.

e Caledonian Show Dancers will be featured as well.

Four other concerts are scheduled during the next few months with the next performance on Saturday, May 12 at the First United Church, Truro, at 1:30 p.m.; Halifax Central Library at 1:30 p.m. on June 3; at the Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne, on June 23, at 7:30 p.m.; and at St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg, on June 24, at 2:30 p.m.

e Caledonian Orchestra was formed in 1993 and consists of some 35 musicians, from metro Halifax, Hants, Colchester, Cumberland, and Pictou counties as well as New Brunswick.

ey volunteer their time and talent giving bene t concerts to raise money for various charities.

ey have released four CDS of their music. eir latest, One Hundred ousands Welcomes, will be available at the concerts.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door.