Photo: NS students usher in Winterlude primer in Ottawa

Drummer Harry Nowdlak, Brianne Schaubroeck, left, and Donna Dicker, students at Nunavut Sivuniksavut in Ottawa, perform Dec. 10 at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa during a kick-off celebration to promote this season’s Winterlude carnival. The 38th annual winter festival, which runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 15 in the nation’s capital, chose the Arctic as its theme so it made sense to invite NS youth to sing, drum and talk about their homeland before an audience of invited guests and Ottawa media. (PHOTO COURTESY NS FACEBOOK)