Search Content
Displaying 1 - 60 of 332
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
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Harold Dockendorff, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Had to literally escape out of the window at school dance
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Amy Swenson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Fiddlers' grandkids come for lessons
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Stewart MacIntyre, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Hours of work; as kids they were lent out to help the neighbors: you helped your neighbor and he helped you; description of mixed farm; selling produce to merchants for "store credit"
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Attwood O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:All square dancing and a big supper; fiddlers had to play all night till the wee hours; a big pot full of moonshine to dip into
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Sheila MacKenzie FitzPatrick, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Learned from the MacKinnons and at the Rollo Bay program; then started going to ceilidhs in Monticello, and dances at Goose River and St. Peters; soon she was playing for the dances herself
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Paul MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Compound grace notes
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Archie Stewart, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:If you played for one, how could you turn down another neighbor
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Marie Arsenault Livingstone, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Development of regular jam sessions in Wellington
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Fred Richard, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Playing fiddle at political meetings
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Attwood O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:O'Connor's home was in effect the local community center; all his family played something; description of breakdowns
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Hughie McPhee, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Being drafted in his 20s to fiddle for dances at church benefits; got fiddle in Holland during war
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Charles Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Good sign for the future: lots of young players at all levels; hopefully this will generate a young audience
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:School dances & parish picnics in Grand River; once when Elmer Robinson was playing MacDougall lay down in the grass and spent the afternoon listening to the music; next day got two shingles and pretended he was Elmer
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: Joe MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Learned first tune from Gregory MacEachern: "My head was full of music then; I had no trouble expressing it on the fiddle."
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Clarence MacLean, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Often wakes up in the morning with tunes in his head; then they are gone, but they might come back later; learned most of his tunes on radio from Don Messer and Cape Breton fiddlers
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Johnny Morrissey, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Lem Jay on Island radio: Illustration: "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps"
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jackie Biggar, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Parties of Enthusiasts at Uncles' Shed in summertime
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: John Cousins, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Great changes in Island life due to modernization; fiddling is a way to cope with stresses of change
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Dennis Pitre, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Music had to be a certain moderate speed for them to execute their steps; whenever it would suit them they would get up and dance; story of Gil Provost who used a circular saw as his dancing platform and could do somersaults and not miss a step (other voice heard is Vincent Doucette)
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Neil MacCannell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Stepdancing at house parties; each requested their own special tune; "Lord MacDonald's Reel" was most popular
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:They came in a sleigh to get him out of bed to play at his first dance
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:The older fellows might give you a few pointers if asked, but basically you were on your own; Campbell's father would tell us if we weren't playing it right.
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Using little finger for "priming"; tune used for illustration is "Smith's Reel" (accompanied by Ken Perlman, bjo)
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Leo Farrell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:General description of local house parties
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Hugh Gotell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:His father played at St. Patrick's Day Concerts; Hugh got his first fiddle at 16; started playing for dances and weddings but give it up during World War II; picked fiddling up again in 1970s
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jackie Biggar, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Dreamed he learned tune; woke up and played it "slick as can be"
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Victor Doucette, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Learned by watching father; when Victor returned from Ontario fiddling used to be a way for the two to communicate
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:You'll know he's dead when someone plays the fiddle and he doesn't get up
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Fiddlers were often regarded as lazy, even if they were depended upon to provide music
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: John Cousins, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:The "gift"
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: West Prince Fiddlers, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Fighting at the Old Dances: Fighting over a Place to Dance
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Didn't play at dances because there were men there to play; she played on organ at the parties
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Leo Farrell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Prohibition, teddies of rum; why he himself didn't drink much and how he avoided overdoing it
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Pat Doucette, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Willie Thibodeau; music like the mermaids
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Danny MacLean, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Learned tunes in lumberwoods
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Paul MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Slurs and phrasing
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Ervin Rafferty, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Especially in the winter, Christmas: cards, lunch, music
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Started at 11; here's the fiddle here's the bow. Treat the fiddle like a box of eggs. Would jig along with father when he played and immitate playing with two sticks. They used to have him tune the fiddle if it got out of whack.
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Archie Stewart, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Playing lively
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Ward MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Over-development of ceilidhs
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Merlin Quinn, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Organization of farms, farm size, implements and livestock: a "one horse farmer"
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Francis MacCormack, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:He'd sneak fiddle with mother's collusion; used to make fiddles out of shingles and used sardine cans as a sound board
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Elliott Wight, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Country Showers
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Joe Albert, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:General description; parties before lent; no amplification
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories