Lennie Gallant takes Searching for Abegweit on the road

Following four successful summers on P.E.I., Lennie Gallant is taking his musical revue Searching for Abegweit on a Maritime tour.

The show will make stops in 10 Maritime communities, starting this week.

Searching forAbegweitis a multimedia show, featuring songs and stories fromLennieGallant, and paintings from his sister Karen Gallant.

Abegweitis theMi'kmaqname for P.E.I., and Karen Gallant's paintings illustrate an aspect of the Indigenous creation story for the Island, in whichGlooscaptakes all the most beautiful colours of the world, mixes them together, and uses them to paint the Island into existence.

The show touches on legends, landscape, and history,including current events, tall tales and poignant stories.

Earlier this summer, Gallant's show was performed in Summerside over a period of eight weeks.

• Sept. 20: Marigold Culture Centre, Truro, N.S.
• Sept. 21: Deep Roots Music Festival, Wolfville, N.S.
• Oct. 20: Les Productions le Moulin, Clare, N.S.
• Oct. 21: Capitol Theatre, Moncton, N.B.
• Oct. 22: Souris Show Hall Foundation, Souris, P.E.I.
• Oct. 26: deCoste Centre, Pictou, N.S.
• Oct. 27: Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal, N.S.
• Oct. 28: SAERC Auditorium, Port Hawkesbury, N.S.
• Oct. 29: Conseil Communautaire Beausoleil, Miramichi, N.B.
• Nov. 3: Spatz Theatre, Halifax.

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