Faith ‘Mckenney 
     
     Four Decades (3/ Dez'o/mn 
     
     he lsland llymn has been an inte— 
     
     gral component in eaeh ol‘ the t‘) 
     
     runnings ol‘ the prestigious (‘iold 
     
     (Lup and Saueer and Faith .\lelyenney had 
     
     presented her rendition in ) ol' them. 
     
     In 1901. 
     
    
   
   
    
     it. she would lX’ interested in singing 'l‘he 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faith was asked liy Hill llaneox 
     
    
   
   
    
     Island llymn at the Gold (Iup and Saueer 
     
     and she immediately answered in the 
     
     allirtnatiye. .-\t that time. she was a stu~ 
     
     dent at Prime oF \‘y'ales (Iollege and had 
     
     partieipated in \‘ariety shows and a 
     
    
   
   
    
     ehureh ehoir in (lharlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Incidentally. she was a ehoir ltlellth‘l' ol‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     the same ehureh as Frank “l)uek" .-\eorn 
     
     who was a er.>-vl'otindei‘ ol the (‘iold (Lup 
     
    
   
   
    
     and Saucer with llill llaneox. 
     
    
   
   
    
     l‘aith .\lelyenney taught yoiee in Island 
     
     sehools lor ~fit) years. 5 ol. those years at 
     
     Prince Street lilementary in (lharlotte- 
     
     town. During her teaehing tenure. many 
     
     sttldents and their parents really appreei~ 
     
     ated Faith .\lelx'enney. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ln l‘)8() 
     
     and Saueer (iirl and Faith had taught her 
     
    
   
   
    
     . .\lary Lynn lx'ane was a (iold (Zup 
     
    
   
   
    
     sisters Lorie. laekie and Linda. She asked 
     
     .\lary Lynn what horse she was repre— 
     
     senting and was told that it was Sun/IV 
     
     l’r/r/e. Faith then inl‘ormed .\lary Lynn. "1 
     
    
   
   
    
     J .F 
     
     F F 
     
    
   
   
    
     am going to put my stakes on San/k 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pride. " 
     
    
   
   
    
     (LIME. teleyision prior to the raee and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faith was eyen interyiewed liy 
     
    
   
   
    
     puliliely chose this horse owned by Don 
     
     and Ian Smith and driyen by Joe 
     
     Smallwood. Sure enottgh. you guessed 
     
    
   
   
    
     Suzi/3‘ l’H’r/e was the winner that year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faith .\lt‘lyenney appreeiated Old Home 
     
     \\"eek and explained. "I enjoy Old Home 
     
     \\'eek. It's a time when family and 
     
     friends ean get together hack on l’.l§.l." 
     
     She especially t‘etttemliet‘ed one (lold 
     
     (Lup and Saucer when she shared (enter 
     
     stage with Miss ’l’een (Ianada. (Zarol 
     
     \laekinnon l‘rom Summerside and the 
     
     internationally renowned .»\nne .\lurray 
     
     who sang that night in hare leet. 
     
    

    
     ’l'he diminutiye .\ls. .\lelx’enney had 
     
     horsemen inl‘orm her lightheartedly that 
     
     their horses didn't perl‘orm up to par until 
     
     she sang the Island llymn. She 
     
     answered those horsemen. "'l‘he horses 
     
     always run as soon as I start to sing.” 
     
     Faith learned that you should not take 
     
     yoursell' too seriously. She could poke 
     
     Fun at hersell~ From time to time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Faeh year when Faith read her raee pro— 
     
     gram loi‘ the (‘iold (Iup and Saueer she 
     
     looked For something. explaining. “l 
     
    
   
   
    
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