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File: macdonaldpaul-oh- heartvstechnique_M.mp3
Speakers:
PM – Paul MacDonald
PM: The funny thing about traditional fiddle music on Prince Edward Island is that you can go listen to a fiddler and his technique is, he's got hardly any technique at all, but he's so full of music and
File: arsenaultedwardp06-oh-musichome.wav
Speakers
EPA: Edward P Arsenault
ML: Marie Arsenault Livingstone
KP: Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Your parents, did they fish or were they farmers?
EPA: They farmed, pretty well.
KP
File - farrellleo06-oh-fiddlerpay_M.mp3
Speaker:
LF – Leo Farrell
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
LF: Farmed all my life except a few years. I farmed up through the 1940s. You know, I was pretty lucky. You're not in a hurry are you?
KP: No.
File: macdonaldhilda-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
HM – Hilda MacPhee MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
GM – George MacPhee (Hilda's nephew)
HM: I guess I was six; as soon as I could hold the fiddle I started to learn.
KP: (to George MacPhee) This was your
File: cheveriecharles-oh-donmesser_M.mp3
Speakers:
CC – Fr. Charles Cheverie
CC Then in 1939 or 1940, Don Messer came. Don Messer was a big, big name in fiddling. But Don Messer was a fiddler who came from New Bruns-wick, he had some classical training himself, was able to
File: johnstoneroy06-oh-futureofmusic_M.mp3
Speakers:
RJ – Roy Johnstone
RJ: In terms of where the music's going, I think there's gonna be a strong continuation of playing the tunes that are part of the repertoire here. And the players are gonna get better and better
File: chaissontimothy06-oh-fiddlingtoday_M.mp3
Speakers:
TC – Timothy Chaisson
TC: Fifteen years ago they didn't really know if we were even going to pursue fiddle music at all, and I think they were really worried because at the time they didn't know if it was going to keep going..