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Hilda MacPhee MacDonald plays Pride of the Ball & The Drunken Piper, 1992

Type: Video recording
Contributors: Musician: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, banjo
  • Date Recorded: 1992
    Collection: Bowing Down Home Video Snippets
    oral history

    Men played fiddle at dance parties

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Didn't play at dances because there were men there to play; she played on organ at the parties
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    A two-day wedding

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:A two-day wedding in Fort Augustus:
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Father helps her learn

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Started fiddling at 6; her father was Roddy Joe MacPhee who took great pains to teach her to play; in particular, he showed her where to put her fingers to play the tune; she also watched him play
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Lord MacDonald's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Recalls the old eight-handers

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Breakdowns danced in her youth (8-hand reels)
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Pride of the Ball / Drunken Piper

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Aunt Hilda's Waltz

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Farewell to Whiskey

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection

    MacDonald, Hilda MacPhee

    Type: Photograph
    Contributors: Depicted: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, 1992
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Images
    oral history

    Story about Jimmy Simmons

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:They used to get her to ask Simmons to play
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

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