Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village announces the 2023
Treasures of Youth Scholarship & Fiddle Loan Programs
The Nova Scotia Highland Village Society created Stòras na h-Òigridh | Treasures of Youth, a program that supports our Nova Scotia youth in learning and growing their Scottish Gaelic cultural skills, with the hope of fostering a new generation of tradition bearers. The program has two components: scholarships and fiddle loans.
The Stòras na h-Òigridh | Treasures of Youth Scholarship Endowment fund is offering three $1,000 scholarships and two $500 scholarship in 2023 to Nova Scotia youths between the ages 5-21 with a keen interest to advance their skills in one or more of the following Scottish Gaelic traditions: fiddle, pipes, piano/guitar accompaniment, language, storytelling, song and dance. The Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia (CFNS), has provided $18,000 to 20 youth across the province over the past nine years. The 2022 recipients were Taya MacDonald of Mabou, Mya Ehler of Whycocomagh, and Amelia Parker of Central West River. Applications must be completed on-line through the CFNS website. The deadline for scholarship applications June 1, 2023.
Stòras na h-Òigridh also has four very special fiddles available to up and coming youth fiddlers for a three-year loan. Included in the loan program is the fiddle played by the late great Joe Peter MacLean, from Boisdale, and a hand made fiddle from Paul Trépanier, a Cape Breton fiddle fan from Timmons, Ontario. The fiddles, in half, three-quarter, and full sizes, are available to Nova Scotia youth between the ages of 5 and 21. The application form can be downloaded from the program website at any time with no deadline.
For more information on the program and to access the applications visit www.treasuresofyouth.ca. The Highland Village can also be reached at 1-866-442-3542 or highlandvillage@novascotia.ca
Applications must be completed on-line through the CFNS website. The deadline for scholarship applications is June 1st, 2023.
Fiddle Loan Application
Stòras na h-Òigridh currently has fiddles available for up-and-coming youth fiddlers for a three-year loan. Included in the loan program is the violin played by the late great Joe Peter MacLean from Boisdale and a handmade fiddle from Paul Trépanier, a Cape Breton fiddle fan from Timmons, Ontario. The fiddles in three-quarter and full sizes are available to Nova Scotia youth between the ages of 5 and 21. The application form can be downloaded from the website at any time with no deadline
2021 Scholarship for Youth to Advance Scottish Gaelic Traditions 
The Nova Scotia Highland Village Society is also pleased to present $2,500 in scholarships to three up and coming culture bearers through its Stòras na -Òigridh | Treasures of Youth Scholarship Fund. Managed by the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia, the fund supports Nova Scotian Youth between the ages 5-21 with a keen interest to advance their traditional Gaelic cultural skills including fiddle, pipes, piano/guitar accompaniment, language, storytelling, song and dance.
This year’s recipients are Vincent McDonald, a fiddler and Gaelic learner from Halifax ($1,000); Cameron MacNeil, a piper and dancer from Christmas Island ($1,000), and Ruby MacDonald, a fiddler, Gaelic singer, and dancer from Creignish ($500).
Since 2014, the Highland Village has distributed $15,500 to 17 youth to help them with their cultural journey. For more information see treasuresofyouth.ca
(L-R) Susan MacNeil, Treasures of Youth Committee member; Vincent McDonald, Scholarship Recipient; Ruby MacDonald, Scholarship Recipient; Cameron MacNeil, Scholarship Recipient; Meaghan O’Handley, Committee member; and Margie Beaton, Committee Member.
Applications must be completed on-line through the CFNS website. The deadline for scholarship applications is April 30th, 2022.
Fiddle Loan Application
Stòras na h-Òigridh currently has fiddles available for up-and-coming youth fiddlers for a three-year loan. Included in the loan program is the violin played by the late great Joe Peter MacLean from Boisdale and a handmade fiddle from Paul Trépanier, a Cape Breton fiddle fan from Timmons, Ontario. The fiddles in three-quarter and full sizes are available to Nova Scotia youth between the ages of 5 and 21. The application form can be downloaded from the website at any time with no deadline
Stòras na h-Òigridh – Treasures of Youth
Please support the Stòras na h-Òigridh (Treasures of Youth) Scholarship Endowment Fund to ensure that cultural skills based on Scottish Gaelic traditions will continue to flourish in Nova Scotia’s youth. The Nova Scotia Highland Village Society created Stòras na h-Òigridh to provide financial scholarships to support to up-and- coming youth between the ages of five and twenty-one who are keen to advance their skills in the Scottish Gaelic tradition including: fiddle, pipes, piano, language, storytelling, song and dance. Annual scholarship(s) are awarded from the interest earned from the fund. The Fund is managed by the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia. In addition to the Fund, Stòras na h-Òigridh also offers a fiddle loan program.
Please donate to Stòras na h-Òigridh – Treasures of Youth Fund.
We sincerely thank you in advance for your consideration in support of this visionary and worthwhile cause. With your help the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society will continue to foster the Scottish Gaelic traditions with the youth of today and tomorrow.
For more information on the Stòras na h-Òigridh scholarship please see:
Community Foundation of Nova Scotia
Deadlines:
The annual scholarship application deadline is April 30 of each year.
Next fiddle loan deadline: Apply at anytime for the fiddle loan program.
The Nova Scotia Highland Village Society was founded in 1959 to create the Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village, to share and promote the Nova Scotia Gaelic culture and heritage of Nova Scotia. Today, five decades later, the Society continues to carry out this mission through the operation of the Highland Village Museum in Iona, a part of the Nova Scotia Museum, as well as initiatives to support the growth and development of Gaelic language and culture.
Stòras na h-Òigridh - Treasures Of Youth 