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Treble with Girls tells story of Island's immigration past in new production

Island band Treble with Girls wrote the music and narrative for a new production - For the Love of the Island - playing this summer at the King's Playhouse.

For the Love of the Island show at the King's Playhouse every Wednesday until Sept. 6

Treble With Girls plays every Tuesday night in Orwell Corner Historic Village. (Treble With Girls/Facebook )

Jolee Patkai and Maxine MacLennan of the P.E.I. band Treble with Girls wanted to try something different this summer rather than the normal practice of singing and following a playlist.

That desire for something different led to contacting the director at the King's Playhouse in Georgetown, P.E.I., and then into a production with acting, costumes and even step dancing. 

"They taught these old dogs new tricks," said Patkai on CBC P.E.I.'s Mainstreet.

For the Love of the Island

The production — For the Love of the Island — tells the story of the struggles of Irish and Scottish immigrants to P.E.I. and the musical connections they formed, said MacLennan.

"[It's] about the hardships they left behind to come to a new world — knowing what they were leaving and that they may never see it again. And, really not knowing what they were going to," she said.

"Just hoping it would be a better life."

The production's songs and narrative were written by the band. The production began July 5 and runs every Wednesday evening until Sept. 6.

With files from Mainstreet