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At The Ceilidh barn....

BENNETT CAMPBELL RIP
I didn't hear till yesterday that the beloved Bennett Campbell has passed on. His family will surely miss his powerful presence. Bennett served as Premiere of Prince Edward Island and was a member of the Trudeau Cabinet. I will remember him as the emcee of the Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival and Ceilidh. One year Dan and I were not able to make it up for fiddle festival and our kids arranged for a special phone call from the sound booth. Bennett had been sick that spring but when we picked up the phone and heard his voice over the airways saying "This one is going out to some of our friends down in Massachusetts"..I was moved to tears then and I was yesterday when I read on a Facebook page that he had passed on earlier this month. He fought a long and hard battle with cancer and never gave in till the end. Even this past summer when the illness was in its final stages Bennett was there smiling greeting people, acting as Emcee for his niece Melanie's Wedding..To Shirley and all the kids..our thoughts are there with you. I know that Bennett is looking down with that lovely smile and saying "I did well!" and he sure did!!