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File: macdonaldjoe-oh-parishpicnics_M.mp3

Speakers:

JM – Joe MacDonald

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

JM: They were pretty busy in the summer time. There wouldn't be too much - There wouldn't be house parties but there'd be outside things like picnics in the summertime

KP

File: macdonaldpaul-oh-doublestops_M.mp3

Speakers:

PM – Paul MacDonald

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

PM: That's right. The most common one is…

Demonstrates Double Stop on G and B (strings 3 and 2, respectively)

PM There's G right there

File: macdonaldfaber-oh-abusingthegift_M.mp3

Speakers:

FM – Rev. FaberMacDonald

FM: Your question brings up another consideration in terms of the gift, you see. I can recall the many different fiddlers who came from the little community where I was brought up, which is just about 10

File: cousinsjohn-oh-badinstrument_M.mp3

Speakers:

JC – John Cousins

JC: There was a belief in the community around here that if a man ever became a fiddler, a good fiddler – In order to be a good fiddler, you couldn't be any good for anything else. First of all it implied an addiction

File: hughesemmett-oh-houseparties_weddings_M.mp3

Speakers:

EH - Emmett Hughes

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

KP What were the old house parties like? Did they take place in your house quite often?

EH Yes, they'd go from house to house, usually the