Jams at the St Josephs Community Centre

[Source : antigonishculturealive.ca]

On Sunday February 19th nestled in the drifts of post snowstorm bliss, Jan MacKay and Mary Beth Carty preformed to an enthusiastic group of community members. Extremely enthralled, attentive and at times dancing wildly the crowd appreciated the Sunday evening concert like a Saturday night blast. The event entitled “Rwanda with Love” was a community organized fundraiser -a dinner and concert to help Jan Mackay travel to Rwanda with a group of nurses and doctors entitled A Partnership in Caring.

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Carty offers musical valentine

[Source : thecasket.ca]

It doesn’t take long to realize that Mary Beth Carty loves what she does.
Whether she is penning songs, singing or playing one of her up to 10 instruments, the Lanark, Antigonish County native has gained a reputation for entertaining her audiences with each performance.
“I think I came out of the womb singing. I started as soon as I could talk,” she laughed while closing a book of song ideas as the start of a recent interview with the Casket at People’s Place Library.

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