tRYING FOR lIZA mULHOLAND AGAIN

Musician Liza Mulholland is in rehearsal for ‘In the Wake of Metagama’ at Eden Court Theatre Inverness, she'll be joining me in the Moose to tell the story of the Highland & Island mass emigration to Canada 100 years ago onboard the Metagama, Marloch and Canada. Liza's family come from Colonsay and were caught up in the Canadian government scheme, which persuaded the emigration of hundreds of islanders from Lewis and Uist in 1923, looking for a better life and causing a a demographic seismic event that the Islands have yet not recovered from, coming hard on the heels of the tremendous loss of life in the First World War as it did.
Their journey is being brought back to life a century later in song, music, dramatic snippets and narration. Much of the recreation is based on factual stories of Liza's maternal grandparents left on the Metagama and settled in Detroit and Chicago and she ilustrates the story in music.
Inspiration for ‘In the Wake of Metagama’ came when Liza and writer Donald S Murray were pounding the streets of Toronto, Detroit and Chicago in the footsteps of the 1920s emigrants. Taking the opportunity to speak at various literary events in Toronto, Detroit and Chicago.
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