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Speakers:

AM – Allan MacDonald

KP You said you started at 15? How did you get started on the fiddle?

AM Oh I don't know. I was playing guitar and playing guitar, and just one day I said, "I think I could play the

File: cousinsjohn-oh-thegift_M.mp3

Speakers:

JC – John Cousins

JC: To become a fiddler, to become a good fiddler the term everyone used ad nauseum was "It was a gift." It was a gift; you were given this gift. And people said it sincerely. Only a few people were given this gift, but

File: macdougalljim06-oh-weddings_M.mp3

Speakers:

JM – Jim MacDougall

JM: There was always what they'd called a wedding shower. I can remember my oldest sister when she got married, we had borrowed this dancing booth they had for the parish for their picnics and we had it set up in our

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Speakers

KP: curator Ken Perlman

JA: Joe Albert

IA: Ivan Albert

IA: Me and Joe's brothers but we got 12 brothers between us, between the two of us 10 others and we got 12 sisters. And we got 18 livin', and pretty much all

File: bernardalvin-oh-jimmybearisto.mp3

Speakers:

AB – Alvin Bernard

ES – Edwin Simmons

KP – curator Ken Perlman

AB:He used to cut hair there in Kensington and he played the fiddle. And every time you'd go in there, ther'd be a fiddler in there playin eh;

File: macinnisbillysenior06-oh-donmesser_M.mp3

Speakers:

BM – Billy MacInnis, Sr

KP – Curator Ken PerlmanDid you ever meet Don Messer?

KP: Did you ever meet Don Messer?

BM: Yes I met Don Messer when he lived on Belmont St. in Charlottetown. I'd be about 7 or