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OUR EVERGREEN LIBRARY<br />
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Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.<br />
“A Newfoundlander in Canada” by Alan Doyle<br />
The Evergreen library has many different types of books. We have fiction, history, biography,<br />
politics, wellness, self-help and military. We also have books on Canada and some of local<br />
interest. For this review, I ventured into the biography section and found a book by Alan Doyle,<br />
the lead singer for the band, Great Big Sea. What an enjoyable read!<br />
Alan takes us along on the band’s first Canadian tour. They drove from Newfoundland to<br />
British Columbia, performing in big cities and small towns along the way. We see Canada<br />
through his eyes as he is exploring our country for the first time. Alan tells human stories about<br />
the people they meet, many of them Newfoundlanders, hoping to connect with home through<br />
music.<br />
We also discover what it is like to be a musician on the road. They travelled in a van,<br />
stopping for food at fast food restaurants and convenience stores. They chose the most<br />
reasonable accommodations they could find, leading to some interesting encounters with the<br />
locals.<br />
You will be entertained hearing about performing for the Queen, opening for Barney the<br />
Dinosaur, and encountering a baby on a plane trip home. You won’t be disappointed spending a<br />
few hours with this wonderful Canadian storyteller, Alan Doyle. His passion for Newfoundland<br />
and the people and places in the rest of Canada are heartwarming.<br />
The Sentinel - <strong>April</strong> <strong>2024</strong> — Vol. 48, No. 8
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