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oral history

What folks wore at house parties

Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:How people dressed; shoes in the mudroom
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Learning to square dance

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Learning to dance as a youngster; wouldn't get into a set until you learned how; people learned to dance mostly by watching, but neighbors would help you learn; you also learned to dance at recess time in the schools
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Athole Cummers / Nine Pt. Coggie / Johnny Sullivan's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Melba Tree / Aunt Rose's Reel / Cathy Hughes' Return / Cathy Hughes' Wedding

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    MacDermott's Reel / O'Brien's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Demonstration: common double-stops

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Characteristic double stops for common keys; passages from "Princess Reel," and "Heather on the Hill" used for illustration
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Tunes from the gramophone

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:He could jig tunes at 5 or 6 years old; his father would send him to learn tunes from a neighbor's gramophone
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

    Emmett Hughes play medley of his own compositions, 1991: Melba Tree, Aunt Kitty's Reel, Kathy's Return, & Kathy's Wedding

    Type: Video recording
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Date Recorded: 1991
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    music

    MacPhee, Doug - Music #2

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Doug MacPhee, Recordist: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Musician: Emmett Hughes
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Labelled: "Side A. Doug MacPhee and Emmett Hughes. Side B. Doug MacPhee, Emmett Hughes, Peter Chaisson."
  • Collection: Father Charles Cheverie Collection
    music

    Miramichi Fire, The

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Gary Hughes, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    Earl Hughes (left) & his brother Emmett Hughes, probably 1950s

    Type: Photograph
    Contributors: Depicted: Earl Hughes, Depicted: Emmett Hughes
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Probably taken in 1950s
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Images, Hughes Family Images
    oral history

    More wedding details

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:More details on weddings
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Country weddings

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:General Description; weddings went through the night and into the morning; mention of 8-hand reels
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

    Hughes Family mid-1960s

    Type: Photograph
    Contributors: Depicted: Earl Hughes, Depicted: Emmett Hughes
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Photo probably dates early to mid-1960s
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Images, Hughes Family Images
    oral history

    Merchants Take Payment in Kind

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Emmett Hughes, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Borrowing money for fertilizer; stores would come and take payment in kind (potatoes) in the fall; harvesting methods, hauling potatoes to train depots in special cars.
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

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