by George Paul, prgeorge@eskasoni.ca

A 20 minute “I lost my talk” musical score was performed by the NACO. In background of the 70 piece orchestra is the video dance performance composed by Aboriginal choreographer Santee Smith.

A 20 minute “I lost my talk” musical score was performed by the NACO. In background of the 70 piece orchestra is the video dance performance composed by Aboriginal choreographer Santee Smith.

Would Rita Joe, the late Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaw people, have ever imagined how she and her poem, ‘I Lost My Talk,’ would be celebrated such a grand national scale? Even Rita Joe’s family was overwhelmed by the great praise and attention their mom received when they were in Ottawa for the National Art Center musical premier of ‘I Lost My Talk.’

Almost nine years after her death, Rita Joe’s poem ‘I Lost My Tal ...

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