| Clary Croft |
Born in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Clary Croft is a folklorist, as
well as an accomplished writer and entertainer.
Clary took folklore, heritage and costume studies at St Mary's
University, University of New Brunswick, and Dalhousie
University. An experienced performer on various national CBC
radio and television programs, he had his own CBC Maritimes
radio series on folklore and folkmusic. Clary toured Canada and
the USA with the folk chorus The Privateers, and for five years
performed with The Musical Friends - the house band of CBC's
'Sing-a-long-Jubilee,' of which he was a regular cast member for
three years. For twelve seasons he performed and researched
well as an accomplished writer and entertainer.
Clary took folklore, heritage and costume studies at St Mary's
University, University of New Brunswick, and Dalhousie
University. An experienced performer on various national CBC
radio and television programs, he had his own CBC Maritimes
radio series on folklore and folkmusic. Clary toured Canada and
the USA with the folk chorus The Privateers, and for five years
performed with The Musical Friends - the house band of CBC's
'Sing-a-long-Jubilee,' of which he was a regular cast member for
three years. For twelve seasons he performed and researched
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regional folk songs and folklore at Nova Scotia's Sherbrooke Village restoration site. He
researched, co-authored, and performed historical material for CBC-TV's I Won't be Coming
Home. He has been an actor and singer with Neptune Theatre, and was featured performer in the
Mount Saint Vincent University production of The Collector by John Brown, a musical based on
the career of Helen Creighton.
As contract archivist for the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Clary was responsible for cataloguing
1986-8 the Creighton Collection. He participated with Creighton in Glen Walton's film, The Nova
Scotia Song, and was a lead soloist in the November 1987 tribute to Creighton presented by
Symphony Nova Scotia. Through his public concerts, educational projects and school talks,
recordings and regular appearances at events such as the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Croft
devotes his career to a wider public appreciation of Nova Scotia folk material.
Well known for his biography of another famous folklorist, Helen Creighton, he is also the author
of Chocolates, Tattoos and Mayflowers; Celebrate: The History and Folklore of Holidays in Nova
Scotia, and Nova Scotia Moments. A Maritimer's Miscellany, published in 2007, is based on
Clary's popular "Maritime Moments" segments, as heard on Maritime Information Radio. Clary
lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
researched, co-authored, and performed historical material for CBC-TV's I Won't be Coming
Home. He has been an actor and singer with Neptune Theatre, and was featured performer in the
Mount Saint Vincent University production of The Collector by John Brown, a musical based on
the career of Helen Creighton.
As contract archivist for the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Clary was responsible for cataloguing
1986-8 the Creighton Collection. He participated with Creighton in Glen Walton's film, The Nova
Scotia Song, and was a lead soloist in the November 1987 tribute to Creighton presented by
Symphony Nova Scotia. Through his public concerts, educational projects and school talks,
recordings and regular appearances at events such as the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Croft
devotes his career to a wider public appreciation of Nova Scotia folk material.
Well known for his biography of another famous folklorist, Helen Creighton, he is also the author
of Chocolates, Tattoos and Mayflowers; Celebrate: The History and Folklore of Holidays in Nova
Scotia, and Nova Scotia Moments. A Maritimer's Miscellany, published in 2007, is based on
Clary's popular "Maritime Moments" segments, as heard on Maritime Information Radio. Clary
lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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