Memorial fund set up for Taylor Mitchell (young singer/songwriter killed by coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands Park)

[jimscarff]

This tragic incident has received an extraordinary amount of attention
around the world, being a major story on the BBC and in the London Times in
the UK, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, and many more.  A Google
search for webpages created in the last month that refer to this incident
resulted in 670,000 webpages!

If you, like me, were not familiar with Taylor’s singing and songwriting
that she was about to share in her concert tour in the Maritimes, I suggest
you listen to three of her songs  at
(http://www.taylormitchell.ca/index.php?show=music).  Listening to these  I
fully understood why she was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award this
year in the young performer of the year category.
The Mitchell family has set up a Memorial Fund in Taylor's name.  It hasn't
yet been decided exactly how the fund will be used but some ideas being
discussed include: a yearly scholarship to a songwriting student at
Etobicoke Shool for the Arts (Taylor's alma mater); a yearly prize for an
outstanding young performer at the Canadian Folk Music Awards; a bursary for
a young touring performer; a donation to charity.   We wish to honour
Taylor's memory and think of something very special that represents her
ideals and her values.  When the decision has been finalized, we will send
out a notification email to all those who made a donation.
You can contribute easily to this memorial fund via Paypal by going to
Taylor’s website at (http://www.taylormitchell.ca/index.php?show=24) .  
Let’s support the music, and try to make the association with Cape Breton
not simply a tragic one.

Jim Scarff
www.sfcelticmusic.com