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Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Harold Dockendorff, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Used to go to school dances and hall dances, followed Jack Webster around and learned by watching; started playing at age 13 and got good enough to play at the local dances
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Tony Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:His twist on Ste. Anne's Reel illustrated
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Ella Thomson Chappell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:How the schools operated: starting up the stove, teachers produced quite a number of good scholars; she'd have one grade do a task while she went on to teach the next grade
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Andrew Jones, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:How locals changed the way Ste. Anne's Reel is played to suit step-dancing style
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Lowell Huestis, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:West Prince Party Line Show
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
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
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Dennis Pitre, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Mother made miserable by his trying to play upstairs while she was baking on hot summer days; she complained to the neighbors but she would never discourage him
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Reg Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Decline of square dances, change from square sets to circular formation; stepdancing has changed as well -- much greater movement
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Eddy Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Fiddling on V.E. Day
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Joseph Doucette, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:And that night they'd have a dance.
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Allan MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:His fiddling had a great rhythm, beautiful dance music; never get tired of listening to it; the more he played the better he got
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Reuben Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Getting hold of the fiddle in his father's absence
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Largus MacInnis, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Gives all the calls for an Island quadrille
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Libby Haywood Hubley, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:From the kitchen to the stage
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Cecil Trainor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:passing the time during the winter
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories