Even through Centre Block’s shutdown and massive renovation project, McCrady keeps a steady hand on Parliament Hill’s bells

'Occasionally, the heavy equipment noise can intrude on my concentration,' says Dominion Carillonneur Andrea McCrady of working amid construction on the Hill. 'From time to time, a blast goes off that shakes the tower.'

Dominion Carillonneur Andrea McCrady, pictured in 2019 at the pedalboard of the Peace Tower's 53-bell carillon. 'Because the Peace Tower's such a national icon and so very public, I have to do an awful lot of work on the practice keyboard because you can’t be just learning a piece upstairs.'Screenshot courtesy of the Canadian Geographic's YouTube

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BY PAIGE PEACOCK

December 30, 2020

On a regular day, Dominion Carillonneur Andrea McCrady arrives at work at 8 a.m. She gears up, starting with her work boots, then puts on her orange reflective vest, her work helmet and goggles, and nowadays her mask, and heads out into the construction zone that is now the Centre Block building.

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