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