KICK OFF YOUR HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES WITH SCOTTN' THE ROCKS JOIN 12 OF HALIFAX'S ROCK SOLID JAZZERS MONDAY DECEMBER 14TH, 2009 AS THEY WORK OUT PERFORMING ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS BY SCOTT MACMILLAN.

COME HEAR WHAT BRINGS THE PLAYERS BACK WEEK AFTER WEEK.

THEN MAKE MONDAYS WITH SCOTTN' THE ROCKS PART OF YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! ITS SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC IN TOWN AND ITS FREE!!

STAYNER'S PUB and GRILL EVERY 2ND MONDAY TILL MAY. Jan 18, 2010, Feb 1, 15, 2010, Mar. 1, 15, 29, 2010, Apr. 12 & 26 2010 STAYNER'S PUB and GRILL HALIFAX WATERFRONT next to the Halifax Ferry Terminal FREE ADMISSION 8:30PM-11:30PM call 902-492-1800


Full of musical surprises SCOTTN' THE ROCKS features rock solid players performing and reading down all original material composed by leader Scott Macmillan. Come hear the best little big band the East Coast has to offer. Keep warm with great music, great food and great fun and make Rocks Mondays part of your winter routine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9x4SaWuFcI

Scott Macmillan leads JP Cormier and Pius MacIsaac during the Guitar Summit at the 53rd Broad Cove concert performing the last fiddle tune by Jerry Holland, 'Helping Hands'. Jerry passed away on July 16th. We'll miss him but his music will last forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1hU8fBqe7k

I performed this group or Tunes of mine accompanied by Allan Dewer at the Ceilidh Trail School of music a few weeks ago. These tunes can be found in my Scoobie Tune Collection of my Cape Breton Fiddle Style Tunes for guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dj-tO4Q5yA

The Guitar Wizards Scott Macmillan & Brian Doyle made a rare summer appearance together on June 27, 2009 The Barn, the Normaway Inn, NE Margaree Cape Breton. These fabulous guitarists spur each other on playing music spanning from Celtic to Blues and just about anything in between! Enjoy this tune composed by Scott Macmillan, 'Polishing

Muisque Royale in Partnership with Maritime Museum of the Atlantic presents
The World Premiere and Enncore performance of
’Within Sight of Shore’ Composed by Scott Macmillan,

April 26/08 7:30pm St. John’s Church in Lunenberg NS
April 27/08 7:30pm Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS

Composer/ Guitarist Scott Macmillan will lead violinist David Greenberg, the Tempest Baroque Ensemble and members of the Stadacona Band of the Maritime Forces Atlantic in Macmillan’s new work, ’Within Sight of Shore’, a personal reflection on the sinking of HMCS Esquimalt, the last Canadian ship lost in WWII April 16, 1945 off Halifax Harbour.

Background
On April 16, 1945 the Bangor Class minesweeper, HMCS Esquimalt was the last Canadian warship sunk in World War II. The ship was under the command of my father, Lieutenant Commander Robert Cunningham Macmillan DSC and Bar, RCNVR from Charlottetown PEI. Lieutenant Morris Shonfield of HMCS Sarnia reminisced that in the evening of April 15th drinks were shared with the Commanding Officer of the Sarnia, Lieutenant Bob Douty and Commanding Officer of the HMCS Esquimalt, my father Bob Macmillan. In the early morning of April 16, 1945 the two sister ships went out to patrol for German U-boats that were rumored to be in the area. The Esquimalt headed eastward 20 km from the mouth of Halifax Harbour towards Musquodoboit and the Sarnia headed westward agreeing to rendezvous at 0800 hours off Chebucto Head at Buoy "C".
Higher Submarine Detector, (HSD) able seamen, Joe Wilson and George (Buck) Taylor were on duty on the bridge of the Esquimalt. They were manning the ASDIC Sonar (Anti-Submarine Detection Inspection Committee) that fateful morning. The ASDIC was well known for its unreliability and neither Wilson or Taylor heard any reflections coming from below the water’s surface. However the German submariners from U-boat 190 did hear the distinctive pinging of the ASDIC Sonar coming from HMCS Esquimalt and at 5:45am fired their torpedoes, hitting the Esquimalt in the stern where the depth charges were stored, sinking her in 4 minutes. With all lifeboats and communications lost, the survivors, including my father, clung to a few Carley Floats and endured 6 hours in the frigid North Atlantic waters before rescue arrived. Of a crew of 71, only 27 survived.


Tickets: $25/$20/$10

Fulton’s Pharmacy, 229 Lincoln St. Lunenburg 902-634-8652

The Madrigal Spring Garden Place, Halifax 902-423-6453

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water St. Halifax 902-424-7491

or by going to www.musiqueroyale.com