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Speakers
LA: Louise Arsenault
KP: [summary] I understand you are thinking about founding a fiddle camp that focuses on Acadian fiddle, to keep Acadian music and culture alive. Why do you think that's important?
LA: It's important to keep it alive and it's important to share it with people from outside that don't have a clue what Acadian music's all about. And I would like to have the people come and see B I've traveled a lot with the band, and for a change I'd like the people to come and see what we do here in our community, what we have to offer, and what we can share with the rest of the world. You never know which direction it's going to take when you start a camp, they come from all over the place. And I always have a dream of doing that. But this is the traditional Acadian style, this is what I'd like to share with the rest of the world. They're not aware of it. Because I was told that a lot when I was playing elsewhere. There was, "I never heard that before." And I think that's where it started to click. And when we finished Barachois I thought, "Geez, you know, I remember people saying that, that they never heard that style before." So why not start a camp and get them to come and listen to more of it, listen to more of our style. I learned it all from my father and if it hadn't been for Dad playing the fiddle I wouldn't be able to share all this music with everybody else that loves fiddle music, in the Acadian traditional style, if it hadn't been for my family. And Mom was a big part of it too, and my sisters and brothers. Cause I remember when I was growing up, it was right in this living room where we're sitting now. We used to call it the old oil cloth – I'm telling you it was used up because there was a lot of dancing. And I hope it really keeps going, and I think it's my job to make sure it does.
