Emily Tuck was the youngest victim of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 22 people, including her mother Jolene Oliver and father Aaron Tuck.
The music spirit of the 17-year-old girl killed in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting will live on through a very special fiddle.
Emily’s fiddle teacher, Shawn MacDonald of Sydney, is honouring the memory of his student through her favourite instrument, thanks to the generosity of another Nova Scotian musician. Touched the by teenager’s talent, Nadine Sarty of Bridgewater, raised funds to purchase a fiddle, along with a year of free lessons, which she has donated to Shawn to be gifted to a student in Emily’s memory.
For about a month they were shopping for a fiddle, trying to pick out what was appropriate. Nadine picked it up and had a plaque put on the back of it and it says, ‘In memory of Emily Tuck, there’s some fiddle for ya.’
Last weekend, Shawn traveled to Portapique where the violent rampage began and where the Tuck family lived — to receive the donated fiddle from Nadine.
Before she was killed, Emily played the fiddle in the popular “Ultimate Online Nova Scotia Kitchen Party” Facebook page, ending the tune with “there’s some fiddle for ya.”
Way to go Shawn and Nadine!
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-Ian
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