Name: Fran Price

City: Gardiner Mines

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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enjoyed your concert of June 10 at the savoy.

Name: Bertha Williamson

City: Northside East Bay

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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We had the pleasure of hearing you in concert at the savoy June 10.

Name: Debbie McFadden (MacLeod)

City: Toronto

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Great Site! It’s a nice place to visit when you get a little lonesome for home. Hello to all the guys, especailly my dad, PAPA JOHN, brother NIPPER and cousin MICKEY. I’m glad the choir comes to Toronto so often. Ottawa was wonderful. Keep up the good work!

Name: Andrea De Giobi

City: New Waterford

Country: Canada

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we went to the show tonight june 10. Excellent as usual

Name: Mary Beth Tighe

City: New Waterford

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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I think the site is great, and the choir is even better, and I would like to say hi to Eddie and Tommy Tighe

Name: Allan Mawdsley

City: Victoria

Province/State: BC

Country: Canada

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Hi Guys:Wonderful website, enjoy the individual pictires, and thrilled to see the one of three of you on our BC Ferry. I missed your last concert here, but saw you a few years ago when you were here last with Rita MacNeil. Your entrance into the darkened theatre blew me away.I have your CD “Mining the Soul” and listen to it constantly.I sing with the Arion Male Voice Choir (about 55 voices) here in Victoria, as a bass.Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your concert, and look foreward to your next visit.Cheers, or as we say in the Arion, Ecce, Allan Mawdsley.

Name: Wendy Claseman

City: Mantorville

Province/State: Minnesota

Country: United States

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Awesome job on the website.I am Big Jim’s daughter and have had a lot of fun showing people I work with what the big guy looks like and what your group is all about.

Name: Manda Newlin

Province/State: Indiana

Country: United States

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My parents have visited the Cape Breton area several times and brought home some CDs featuring artists from the area. We’re fans of The Men of the Deeps!

Name: Majella Mc Faddden

City: Ards!

Province/State: Donegal

Country: Ireland

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Great site lads .John MacLeod ,you`re looking well – great tan!!Can`t wait till they all see this web-site back in Donegal

Name: Geraldine Cole

City: Rock Island

Province/State: Illinois

Country: United States

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You guys are awesome! Love the site! Course I’m biased…Paul White is my big bro! 🙂 Miss yawl!

Name: Mark MacDonald

City: Rocky Mtn House

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

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Great site guys. Can’t wait to see you in Red Deer again.

Name: charlie clements

City: portstanley

Province/State: on

Country: Canada

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keep the life in Cape Breton. singing about a great place

Name: Tanya MacDougall

City: Halifax

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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Happy Spring!!! Congrats on the site!! It looks great. Can’t wait until your next trip to Halifax. A special hello to “DA”-Nipper and Papa John. Declan sends hugs and kisses!!! Tanya

Name: Charlotte Beaton

City: New Waterford

Country: Canada

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Hey guys ,Just checked out the new site, Great job loved it

Name: Eileen McCaffrey

City: Ottawa

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Greetings from Ottawa: I am a member of the Ottawa Folk Community Choir (OFC). You may recall that Mike McDonald, also from Cape Breton, is our choir director. We sang with you at St Andrew’s (82 Kent Street, Ottawa) last Saturday, May 3, 2003. It is a moment that I will treasure forever. You have found a fan in me and the OFC choir members. I am the one who gave you the bear hug … It seemed like such a natural thing to do! We do hope to meet you again some time. Your choir members are true “salt-of-the-earth” people. Congratulations on your grand success. Until next time ….

Name: Wendy Simmons

City: Brooks

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

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Your concert was awesome in Ottawa. I was at the on May 3

Name: Doreen and Eric Walsh

City: Nepean

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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First class show at the National Arts Centre tonight.Hope to see you again sometime.

Name: Douglas Garrow

City: Ottawa

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Saw you sing at St. Anthony’s Church in Ottawa today. You were great. YOu were thoughtful enough to share the closing song with another choir and even in some cases place your hats on members of the other choir members. What a great touch.

Name: Lynn and Steve Smith

City: Ottawa

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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We saw your performance last night, May 2nd, at the National Arts Centre. It was so enjoyable – very funny, very moving, just wonderful. Please come back again!

Name: Linda Reid

City: Kanata

Province/State: ON

Country: Canada

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Really enjoyed your NAC performance. Can’t wait for CBC’s film by my cousin, John Walker

Name: Louise Chandra

City: Ottawa

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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I just saw the group for the first time at the NAC last night. They brought tears to my eyes. Their voices are so wonderful. It was a very comforting feeling to hear them. Congratulations to all of you! Wishing you many more prosperous years with the choir. We have friends from the East Coast and they are truly wonderful people. Always smiling and so positive.

Name: Shirley Barrett MacPherson

City: Brookline

Province/State: Ma

Country: United States

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My father Sam.Barrett& brotherRonnie worked in the mines

Name: Wayne McNeil

City: Squamish

Province/State: British Columbia

Country: Canada

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Looking forward to your next visit out west .

Name: Lynda and Bernie Geddes

City: Timmins

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Congratulations on the new website! It is well designed and I especially like the individual pics of each member.I would like to suggest a memorial section to people like Ike Lambert and others who have been so much a part and are now deceasedWhere is Nipper? Best wishes to the chorus in the coming season.

Name: Joseph and Shirley Kirwin

City: Yucaipa

Province/State: California

Country: United States

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We always enjoy seening and hearing The Men of the Deeps. It is a must on our trips back to CB.

Name: Shirley Kirwin

City: Yucaipa

Province/State: CA

Country: United States

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We’re delighted you’ll be in C.B. in August! We missed you on our last two trips.. Jim MacLellan you look terrific! Grant Lawrence – my father, was a Glace Bay miner in ’30’s & early ’40’s. Love your music. Shirley Lawrence Kirwin

Name: Jack Mc Neil

City: Abbotsford

Province/State: British Columbia

Country: Canada

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Great work lads, you do us all proud! Can hardly wait to see a B.C. tour date. Just love the pan shovel guitar. Jack Mc Neil

Name: Lindsay a

City: Sackville

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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very good but there is no hist of cape breton coal mines and that is part of out heritage

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(Administrators Note) For history please try www.minersmuseum.com

Name: LIndsay Mac Leod

City: Halifax

Country: Canada

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The site looks great. I am the proud daughter of Nipper Mac Leod and grand daughter of John Mac Leod, and think that the Men of The Deeps are truly amazing. They should come to Halifax more though.

Name: Gerard McEachern

City: Rockland

Province/State: ma

Country: United States

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Great site,keepit up.Dad was a miner,I really miss his stories.

Name: Kimm Lambert

City: halifax

Country: Canada

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great site , still have great memories of tuesday night concerts , needless to say , still remember all the songs and most of the guys .keep up the tradition !.

Name: Tami Wilkinson

City: Redcliff

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

Name: anne-marie lalo

City: new waterford

Country: Canada

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great group of guy’s(especially)my brother-in -law,jack beaton.

Name: don&elaine beaton

City: glace bay

Province/State: nova scotia

Country: Canada

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very touching.beautiful pictures.we are proud to be cape bretoners.

Name: Dennise Llewellyn(neeFerguson)

City: Williamsburg

Province/State: Virginia

Country: United States

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I love you all, and really miss seeing and hearing you! I’m sure most of you knew my dad, John Ferguson!

Name: Jim Petrie

City: Kitchener

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Great site. I’ve been waiting for this.Keep up the good work and hope to see you in Ont this year.

Name: Johnny Butts

City: Glace Bay

Province/State: NS

Country: Canada

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Great job guys. Keep her going.

Name: Tony Mugford

City: Orillia

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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When will the boys be performing at the Orillia Opera House?

Name: John & Ruthann Mac Leod

City: Woodstock

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Love your site!… The Men Of The Deeps & Rita are great!, keep up the good work. All the best, —– John & Ruthann.

Name: Sandra & Reg Casselman

City: Trenton

Province/State: ontario

Country: Canada

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We saw the group perform with Rita in Belleville, Ont. Fantastic show. Keep up the great work. Love ya!!

Name: matthew hawley(jr)

City: new waterford

Country: Canada

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Great job on the site Phil! Wish I had the chance to be a miner so I could do a little travelling with the old fella and you guys.Seen all the pictures,looks like a blast.

Name: frances jillett

City: glace bay

Province/State: nova scotia

Country: Canada

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my father who just recently passed away,was a dragerman in the sprinhill diaster, frank mc dougall and a miner all his life your music brings tears to my eyes.

Name: TILLIE MACMILLAN

City: LINGAN

Country: Canada

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great looking bunch of guys

Name: Elaine Kraftscik

City: Waubaushene

Country: Canada

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Saw you with Rita McNeil in penetanguishene, Ontatio a few years ago – the concert was great – I’m from Sydney – my uncle was Dannt Gillis – he owned the first grocery store in Glace Bay – I’ll be down in the summer – looking forward to any concerts.

Name: Danny&Janet Wilcox

City: Scotchtown

Country: Canada

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Hey way to go guy’s you should be so proud, you have given alot of Caper folks living away a feeling of home with your songs and professionalisam,Hi Nipper we love you .Great site.

Name: Joey Wrobleski

City: Calgary

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

Name: Michelle March

City: Calgary

Province/State: AB

Country: Canada

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HI everybody What a great website!!

Name: Keith & Martha Sutton

City: Lufkin

Province/State: Texas

Country: United States

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Sen White is our brother-in-law so that makes us relatives of Men of the Deeps! Love your music and this website is beautiful! Thanks for your hard work!

Name: ben@norma kulczycki

City: wyebridge

Province/State: on

Country: United States

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hi guys havent seen you for a while.this summer i hope.we ll be home.

Name: EM MACPHERSON

City: LONDON

Province/State: ONTARIO

Country: Canada

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I truly enjoy the music of your chorus. Keep up the great work!

Name: Cyril Pike

City: Brampton

Province/State: on

Country: Canada

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Iwas a miner for fifteen years, Iworked with Nfld Flourspar Ltd, then, with Sherritt Gorden Mines at Leaf Rapids, Man. Loved every minute of it.

Name: Stephen Mailman

City: Glace Bay

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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men o’the deeps R GOOD

Name: michael lambert

City: glace bay

Province/State: Nova scotia

Country: Canada

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My uncle was one of the men of the deeps, Isaac Lambert

Name: Marshall Poirier

City: New Waterford

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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Good job Philip looking forward to more great feedback.

Name: Shirl & Adrian Boughner

City: Kitchener

Province/State: ON

Country: Canada

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Hi fellows – just dropped in and was surprised at the new site. It looks great and its nice to see new photos. Disappointed not to see southern Ontario on your tour dates yet – hope you’re saving Nov-Dec for coming our way again. We really enjoyed the last tour. Adrian’s doing well tho he has developed diabetes but it is under control. He says to say hi to all of you. We were at a JP Cormier house concert a few weeks ago and saw Hilda and JP. It was a very relaxed and intimate concert and was great. Will be seeing him again early May in Stratford. Take care everyone, enjoy the summer and hope to see you soon. Adrian and Shirl

Name: Gerald Forbes

City: Edson

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

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Hello Gang:Just had a chance to view the site and my hats is off to Philip,job well done.It is sure nice to see the pictures of the guys.I did enjoy my short time with the group in Alberta.Will be home Aug 7th to 25th.Will get to the museum to see the guys.When is the corn boil?Gone is my voice from the chorus but i will allways cherish the memories.Jerry

Name: Greg Barrington

City: Burnt River

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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Great site best of luck on tour this year. Oh yes if you need some good stories of Matt Hawley when he was young I mean realy young , just let me know. Happy Trails,Greg Barrington

Name: Fred Gillis

City: Dominion

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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Nice job on the web site Phil. I couldn’t have done better myself. Best of luck to you and the group. You really are an institution in whom we all can be proud.

Name: mike moseychuck

City: coldbrook

Province/State: nova scotia

Country: Canada

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great site phil. i had so many e-mails telling me about the site i had to check it out. caught the concert with rita in wolfville a while back and it was great to see a lot of the guys i worked with. also i played tarbish with gerald burke…….and well he’s not that good…lol

Name: Barbara Mac Gregor

City: Truro

Province/State: N S

Country: Canada

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Great Web site!! i’m looking forward to seeing you in concert in Truro on Apr 05, 03

Name: Bill Mac Pherson

City: Dominion

Province/State: nova scotia

Country: Canada

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GEART SITE PHIL,WELL DONE .NICE PICTURES .MATT HAWLEY LOOKS GREAT.

Name: Bill & Priscilla Cass

City: Milton

Province/State: Ontario

Country: Canada

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we thoroughly enjoy the entire concert

Name: Jim MacNeil

City: Edmonton

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

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Phil McNeil is my cousin and I have seen your show in Edmonton. Great Job boys.

Name: Eileen Bowlby

City: Lantz

Province/State: N.S.

Country: Canada

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Each time I see you , you bring tear’s to my eyes..You all are incrediable.!! Blessing’s to you..I’ll be in the audience when you perform in Truro, Apr 5/03

Name: David Cameron

City: Halifax

Province/State: N.S.

Country: Canada

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Diamonds in the Rough was my latest CD purchase. It will be enjoyed many times.

Name: MARIE BUTLER

City: AJAX

Province/State: ONTARIO

Country: United States

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Hi Folks:Wonderful to see your new web site. It is very good.I am JOHN MACLEOD’S SISTER. My best to everyone, you are all wonderful.!!!Would be glad to receive any email from anyone, or information on any shows in ONTARIO.GOD BLESS YOU ALL.With LoveMarie Butler

Name: Lynn MacIntyre

City: New Waterford

Country: Canada

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Great site Phillip, looks awesome!! Keep up the good work, the only thing is that there should be a way of viewin’ the guest book…it would be great to hear what other people think about the site…and the Men of the Deeps!!

Name: Denise Chiasson

City: New Waterford

Country: Canada

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Great job on the website guys! Keep up the great work!

Name: Wally MacNeil

City: Lindale

Province/State: Alberta

Country: Canada

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Looks like a job well done, keep up the good work. looking forward to seeing the group on the next visit to Alberta

Name: Rachelle McNeil

City: New Victoria

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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Yo! fab site you got going there! keep up the great work!!! 🙂

Name: The MacIntyre’s

City: New Waterford

Province/State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

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Just viewing the webpage…great job! Easy access..congrats!

Name: Shirl & Adrian

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Hello to all of you. We were just wondering how Bob Roper is doing. We missed him at the Hummingbird in April. Look forward to seeing all of you in October in Brantford and then again in December at 5 concerts across Southern Ontario. Also do you have an address for Gerry Forbes. He told us he was moving out west and Adrian has something he wants to mail to him at xmas. Thanks and have a great summer.

Name: Jason MacEachern

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Hey Alf it’s your Favorite nephew droping you a line. I was just surfing and found you guys, and would like to say nice web site and keep up the good work. I hope i will be around here in Edmonton the next time you come out. Well i’ll see you guys later.

Name: Tom MacInnes

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Oops! In the message that follows this one, I incorrectly stated that I was getting married on July 22, 2002 but, after a few head noogies from my fiancee, I wish to correctly state that our wedding is at the Miner’s Museum in Glace Bay on July 27, 2002. Sorry for the mix-up…..boy, am I ever sorry. Tom MacInnes

Name: Tom MAcInnes

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My fiancee and I are attending your concert in Bellevile, Onatario on Thursday, November 22, 2001. We are also getting married at the Miner’s Museum in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on July 22, 2002. We are thriled to be seeing you here in Ontario. Is there any chance that you will be performing at the Miner’s Museum on the 22nd of July? It wold be amazing to be able to, in some small way, include you in our weding plans (as in having our guests attend your show that evening at the Museum or some such thing). Anyway, keep up the great work. You are tremendous ambassadors for Cape Breton Island and for the coal mining tradition which is such an inflential part of life on the Island. Good luck on your Ontario tour. See you in Bellevile on the 22nd. Sincerely, Tom MacInnes (an authentic Bay boy) and Keri Davis.

Name: Kim Mac Leod & Gary Mc Donald

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Great Webpage! We just wanted to say hello to Papa Nipper and Papa John, Keep up the good work:)

Name: Xavier McGillivary

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DOB 26 Oct 1936. Son of Bernard and Carmella (Currie) Nephew of Steve who received the first “X” for music when he graduated from St. F.X.

Name: debra cassisat

Name: Susan Berlingeri

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We are just home from your concert in Kirkland Lake ON, and want to say THANK YOU! Your music, wit, and presence is a gift to all of Canada and the world. We will listen and enjoy and remember! Thank you for sharing your talents with us!!! Susan, Don and Jonathan.

Name: carol (TURNBULL) hodkinson

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love you guys. the two tighe boys are my first cousins.i have seen the concert and i will be there again. hopefully in sudbury.

Name: Bea Bowser

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Have been at many of your concerts in the Maritimes and you have become one of my favorite groups-especially Freddy Gillis,who I want to adopt…. Expect to go to Sydney again this year to hear you. I am not sure of your schedule yet but hope to be at The Miners Museum one evening.Keep up the wonderful Music!!!!Thanks…….

Name: Rhonda Roper Coulter

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I’ve been a huge fan of the Men of the Deeps for most of my life, and was just thrilled to run into this website. It was so nice to see the pictures of the men who sang me to sleep so many times – Not that I haven’t seen them in person, it was just so neat to find this by accident.

Name: Emily Bowser

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Hi to you all My Mother in law, Beatrice Bowser and I made the short trip to Sackville NB to enjoy the concert you had at the University with Rita MacNeil. This is the third time we have enjoyed your music and each time it gets better. My father who recently passed away was a miner in his early working life and he had the opportunity to see you perform a few years ago and also had a quick conversation with some of the men during the intermission. Of course he spoke of that for many months after. I thought about him during this recent show and I am glad I was able to attend again to enjoy your music. Its great to see such talent. I am looking forward to your next concert in my neck of the woods. Take care and God bless Emily

Name: Marilyn Pasley

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Hi Men I got to see your concert with Rita in Wolfville May 22/01.I was thrilled to see and hear all of you,your music just blew me away!It was nice to talk to some of you men,my friend John Calpin introduced me to Gordon Sheriff!Gordon thank’s for helping me to get to see Rita,she is my favourite lady and I love her dearly! Your song Emigrant Eyes is wonderful,you see I worked with the Kosovo folks when they were in Kentville for six weeks.When you talked about Kosovo it brought back many memories for me,many happy ones and many,many sad ones.I have no idea how my families are doing since many of them returned to Kosovo and I do worry about them! Well I could go on and on here but I just wanted to tell you all what a great show,please come back soon I’ll be there. Love Marilyn!

Name: Earl LeBeau

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I finally got to see “The Men of the Deeps”, North Bay, Ontario on May 10th. I had been gone from New Waterford when this group was formed, my mother told me about the group and gave me an LP of them (early 70s) and this was the firs time I had the chance to see and HEAR the choir. North Bays “Capitol Centre” was full and it seemed to me that everyone enjoyed the performance as much as I did. Actually “performance” does not seem like the correct word, the guys were there and they sang and told a few storied—just for us. A VERY VERY GOOD EVENING. Thanks guys, keep up the good work.

Name: Katherine Carver

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Love the music. Love Glace Bay.

Name: Lynda Geddes

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Canada Day, 2000 I heard “The Men” perform in Elliott Lake, Ontario. The whole experience impressed me so that I vowed to bring them to Timmins, Ontario and low and behold, we are now into negotiations to do just that. August 10,11,12, 2001 will be the First Annual Porcupine Miners Festival in Timmins, Ontario and The Men would be the supreme topper for all of us in this gold mining town. I am very hopeful that we will work out a plan to have The Men visit us and enjoy the festival as well as perform for my community. They will “Blow them away” just as they do to all thier audiences. The quality of their performance and the love of their craft touched my heart …..I listen to their music daily and have come to know it well. I feel like they are old friends ! Best wishes to all and thanks for the web site….it’s great to share this common admiration.

Name: MARLENE(MacLellan)WAECHTER

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Hi: I truly love your on stage commedian with all my heart, I hear he can sing too??? He has a ” Heart filled with LOVE” This I know from personal experience. The “Men of the Deeps” hold a special place in my life, coming from Glace Bay where my father, brother and uncles were miners has always made me very proud, maybe we did’nt always have the “silver spoon” but we did have lots of love and special care dished out, whenever needed. Mom and Dad were busy with seven kids, but I got lots of attention from a “MUCH” older brother(ha)Love You Jim!! Sister(not nun) Marlene

Name: David Hale

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hello my name is david i realy like your web site its nice to see so much about coalmining my father was a minier I have been working in the mines for about 6 years now i realy couldnt amagine doing any thing else i love it theres nothing better than having a good shift and loading about 250 shuttel cars and beeing safe well i would like to hear more of your music well take care the men call me sweetpea

Name: Kat Hill

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Hi! My mom told me about the site, so I figured I’d come and check it out. My Grampie was in the Men Of The Deeps for many years, and I love Cape Breton with all my heart 🙂 Anyways, great job on the site and everything else!!!! -KAT

Name: PAUL MAC LEOD JR.

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Hello to Uncle John, Nipper, and all the family who visit this site. Great compilation of work.Keep it up.Enjoyed the site and the pics. Continued Good fortune to all the Men of the Deeps ….PM TORONTO

Name: Kay Coxworthy

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Great to find this site, have been wanting to order cd’s of the group ever since I heard them perform in St. John’s, NF in the summer of 2000. My husband is one of the “Submarine Miners” choral group from Bell Island, they also performed at the same concert, and were so proud to be on the bill with the wonderful “Men of the Deeps”. It’s still a great memory for all of us! We hope to see them in Newfoundland again some day.

Name: Rob McGee

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Wow! and triple kudos!! I’ve just received the two CD’s you sent and my head hair is still blown back and the short ones are quivering. Yuins guys are really good! Thanks both for the copies you sent as well as the the link. Hopefully, you’ll get a little play. Do you have any RAM file I can link to for streaming media? Or maybe that’s next? And do you have a chorus rendition of Big Bad John? I’ll bet it would sound better that Jimmy Dean’s version ,-) Thanks again. Rob http://usmra.com or visit my slave home http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/dms/dms.htm

Name: Margaret Brown

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Both my dad and father in law were coal miners here on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland and we [my husband and I ] are very interested in anything at all to do with the miners.

Name: Dianne Watts Hill

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Hi folks! Its been almost 20 yrs. since Terry and I have left Cape Breton. Three teen agers later, we still listen to the “old” recordings of The Men Of The Deeps. I have three scrap books full of memoribilia from the first 20 years! Of course with Dad being a charter member, the choir has a special place in our hearts. Our 14 yr. old daughter Kathleen, thinks there’s no music like the “coal miners”! She’s a real fan and I wish she had been around years ago to share in the fun times that we had. Its great to see you on the net, what a wonderful way to communicate! We think of you often, Mom is living here in Dartmouth in a wonderful apartment complex and often times she wonders about “the guys from the chorus”….so from all of us Watts and Hills……hello, all the best and God Bless everyone! Love, Dianne

Name: Mike Muise

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Hi Yoggie, how are you?? I am your distant cousin or something like that, I have been building my family tree and have discovered that all Muises are related!! you and I like all other Muises are direct descendants of Philippe Mius (Muise)D’Entremont Baron of Acadia. My dad was born in Yarmouth County and I was born in New Waterford, Cape Breton!I am a singer/musician ( base baritone)as well! I am organizing a movement across Canada to re-unite all Acadians with the intentions of forcing the British Government to offer up an appology for their crimes and actions against the peoples of former Acadia, and to recind the order of deportation and offer some sort of compensation as well! I really believe in this,and it is my burning coonviction to accomplish this in my life!! I hope to accomplish this in time for the World Acadian Congress 2004 in Nova Scotia. If I have my way,and I will there will be cause for great celebration on that day!! I have been in touch with “Blou” and have made some requests of them as well!! I would be honoured to meet with you and maybe produce some muiseic(pun) that speaks of our movement and our contribution to Canada.. I look forward to hearing from you soon!! Goodhealth and God bless Mike alt email: bladeworx@excite.com

Name: Earl LeBeau

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Just found this sight. Good stuff. Happy to hear from folks from New Waterford/North Shore……….Take care and God Bless.

Name: John A. Gillis, Jr.

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Hello Bye ! It has been 17 years away from New Waterford and playing with The Echoes. (Is Win selling Insurance to people he can’t cut hair for, anymore) ? I am living in Oshawa and work as a Body Guard. The next trip far away can I come to add the extra protection, pour drinks etc……. If so, I am working on my Lords Prayer in French for Yogi! My Dad John A. says you all are sounding great ! This was after the xmas hearing aid batteries. All the best, Marshall keep in your teeth at the barn dart nights ! JG

Name: Bill Riley

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Hi. To all you fantastic singers and ambassadors of mining people. A special thanks to Jerry for sending me the CDs. Diamonds in the Rough and Coal Fire in Winter. I’ve only had them for 2 days but the way I’m going they will soon be worn out. The words and music mean so much to miners and portray a true reflection of the conditions we worked in. As an ex-miner ( English ) I feel proud of all your great achievements. Miners have always had so much to offer to their communities. Bless you all, Bill.