Scenes from the opening night at Halifax Jazz Festival 2016, with performances from Cyndi Cain and Ms. Lauryn Hill.

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    Cyndi Cain arriving on the scene.
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    She killed it.
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    Cain singing about Viola Desmond: “she said, ‘stand up, stand up, stand up for the people.'”
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    A crowd of nearly 5,000 awaiting Ms. Lauryn Hill.
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    Hill’s DJ hyped up the crowd.
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    Ms. Hill herself.
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    Lauryn Hill’s back up singers in action.
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    Thunder, lightning and rain temporarily halted Hill’s performance.
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    But Hill returned to the stage within the hour.

Staff Reporter