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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Helen Creighton Folklore Festival of Dartmouth Society
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Description area
Dates of existence
1990-1994
History
The Helen Creighton Folklore Festival of Dartmouth Society was officially registered on 12 March 1990. The mandate of the Society was to organize an annual festival for the presentation and preservation of folklore in Maritime Canada. These festivals were held at the Dartmouth Alderney Gate Library between 1990 and 1993. The organization also sponsored a national competition between 1990 and 1993 for a commissioned piece of music based on the collection of Helen Creighton's records at the Nova Scotia Archives. On 11 April 1994 the name of the organization changed to the Helen Creighton Folklore Festival Society.