Elliot

Eliot was named by his parents in memory of T.S. Eliot, the famed author of Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Eliot ancestors were United Empire Loyalists during the American Revolution, who had little sympathy for the republican sentiments of the time. They were loyal to King George and came to Nova Scotia in 1775. Following his graduation from Dalhousie University. Eliot went to Harvard and obtained a combined graduate degree in Dentistry and Embalming (especially mice and squirrels) On his return to Halifax, he found little demand for his dental and embalming services, so that he turned his talent to Arts Administration.

Mingus

Mingus, whose parents named him after Charles Mingus, the noted bassist, is a Scottish Blue whose ancestors were ships engineers. They came ashore in Nova Scotia to strengthen the Scottish influence in the area following the lamentable influence of English immigrants who did not like either bagpipes or haggis. While Mingus was not a bagpiper, he was musically inclined and studied the violin at the Julliard School in New York. A loyal Nova Scotian, Mingus turned away from the fleshpots of Manhattan to pursue a life strengthening the cultural milieu of his native province. He is an admirer of both King James V of Scotland and Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist. As a result, Mingus has published articles in various journals on quantum mechanics and its application to Cape Breton industry. This has made him a household name in such places as the Falkland Islands and Togoland. These days Mingus has forsworn physics and joined Eliot at Zwicker’s to broaden his artistic horizons by working in the visual arts.