Strictures against dancing are relaxed

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Contributors

Abstract

Baptists east of Souris used to have people come and play fiddle but wouldn't dance, then it changed; speaker is primarily Lemmy Chaisson

Language

English

Genre

interview

Resource Type

Audio non-musical

Rights

Courtesy of Canadian Museum of History, control number A2012-0144.

Member of

Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

CMH Identifier

A2012-0144

Transcript

File: chaissonkenny-oh-baptists_M.mp3

Speakers:

KC – Kenny Chaisson

LC – Lemmy Chaisson

LC If you go east of Souris, then there were – It would be the worst place you could ever play, because it took them all night to get up. And, they were great listeners, but they wouldn't dance, mostly because there the most populated area up there was Baptist, and they weren't allowed to do that at the time, you know. They wouldn't go to dances or anything. Now they all go to the dance. It's amazing! Even young people, my own age, they weren't allowed to dance. Whenever I was playing for dances, they weren't allowed to go to dances or anything like that.

KC You could almost see the change coming over the years as you played, how the number of people who started dancing – And they loved listening to the music, eh, but it was just sort of against their [beliefs] – Just a little bit, you know.

LC Their upbringing was not to, and I guess they just didn't do it. But now, most of those people that wouldn't dance are all up on the floor dancing: even the seniors there. It's fantastic the way it has changed.

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