<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><!--[endif]--> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class="">MEDIA RELEASE : </span></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE</span></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""> </span></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">August 8, 2023 Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia</span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="Calibri" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class="">++++++++++++++++++</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:center"><font face="Calibri" class=""><a name="gjdgxs" class=""></a><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">SeaLight Skylight Festival brings summer magic to the Deanery
Project August 12<sup class="">th</sup></span></span></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;" class=""><br class="">
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mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">Summer means SeaLight SkyLight
Festival … a time to celebrate the Perseid Meteor Shower and ocean bioluminescence
at the Deanery Project in Lower Ship Harbour. The family-friendly event
highlights these natural phenomena through hands-on science and art activities and
live musical performances.<br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:137%;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">The Festival runs </span><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Saturday, August 12th 1:00 - 11:00 pm.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""> Opening with the welcoming sounds
of </span><span lang="EN-US" class="">our curated youth stage, featuring
local musicians and youth emcee Danaan
Pyette. At 3:00 emcee Lil MacPherson joins
Danaan to introduce an inspiring line up of local performers. Visitors can enjoy
the music while taking part in astronomy activities, lantern making, crafting traditional
seaweed prints, and other eco art projects and workshops. Hope for Wildlife will be on site too,
bringing beloved resident education animal Arielle the Barred Owl to share her
story and answer questions.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:137%;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">In the evening, Stephen
Payne from the Dalhousie Astronomical Society will present on the night sky and
the Perseids and prepare attendees for onsite telescope observation. We will
also delve into the mystery of ocean bioluminescence, of which we find in abundance
in the Maritimes.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:137%;border:none;
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As night begins to fall, a magical lantern lit procession guides visitors to
the water’s edge for a surprise performance. The evening wraps up on the field
with our headliner musicians T. Thomason and Jenny Lapp, providing a soundtrack
for more night sky viewing with telescopes and shadow play.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:137%;border:none;
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There’s something for everyone! Visit our Facebook event listing<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/812959563614983?ref=newsfeed" class=""><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1155CC" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/812959563614983?ref=newsfeed</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> ) for the schedule
of events and price details. Capacity is limited, so get your tickets
soon! We look forward to having you join us to celebrate the ocean, night sky,
science and the arts for this always magical event.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""> (@</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">TheDeaneryProject). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:137%;border:none;
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CONTACT</b></span></font></p></div><font face="Calibri" class="">
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mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">Jeighk Koyote or Liv Langille or Kim Thompson with questions
or for interviews. <br class="">
902-845-1888 (office). 902-877-5316
(cell)</font></span></p></div><font face="Calibri" class="">
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mso-border-shadow:yes"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">The Deanery Project. <a href="http://www.thedeaneryproject.com/" class="">www.thedeaneryproject.com</a><br class="">
751 West Ship Harbour Road, Lower Ship Harbour, NS B0J 2L0<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;background:
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