The Guardian (Charlottetown)

New show is unique

Cecelia Bell and Lynne Provance present ‘A P.E.I. Musical Adventure’

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A distinctiv­ely different musical presentati­on on P.E.I. for 2017 has been created by Cecelia Bell and Lynne Provance to share songs, original musical compositio­ns and theatrics.

“A P.E.I. Musical Adventure” has been running on Tuesdays throughout the summer beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the MacKinnon Homestead, 31228 Western Road (Route 2) in Richmond, with the final show of the season on Sept. 5.

On the alternate Tuesday nights at 7:30 until Oct. 3 enjoy a Scottish ceilidh presented by Bell. For informatio­n on both shows, contact 902-854-3513, clbell680@gmail.com, 902-4360684 or lynneprova­nce@aol.com.

Bell has a long history of keeping Scottish music alive. She and her family have won numerous awards over the years, including the Governor General’s Canadian Caring Award, the Sovereign’s Medal and, most recently, the P.E.I. Caledonia Award for preserving Scottish culture.

She has performed throughout Cape Breton, P.E.I., Ontario, and New Brunswick in a variety of festivals and venues. Not only does she perform on the bagpipes, piano, fiddle, accordion and guitar, she also sings, and composes. She currently teaches piano, fiddling, bagpipes, guitar and accordion in Richmond.

She has a recording available featuring traditiona­l Scottish music with her and her family.

Provance has a long history as both church and theatre music director and performing arts teacher in public and private schools, as well as composer, profession­al singer, pianist, guitarist, play-writer, actor, poet and artistic director of a performing arts company.

She has received several awards for her abilities and dedication to the performing arts over the years.

She has endeavoure­d to compose songs and poetry about some of the more unusual P.E.I. history and has performed them over the past several years while summering in P.E.I. (she winters in Farmington, Ohio).

She sings and plays a variety of instrument­s for “A P.E.I. Musical Adventure”. She has two CDs available.

 ?? SUBMITTED PHOTO ?? Lynne Provance, left, and Cecelia Bell are presenting “A P.E.I. Musical Adventure” this summer in Richmond.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Lynne Provance, left, and Cecelia Bell are presenting “A P.E.I. Musical Adventure” this summer in Richmond.

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