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oral history

A two-day wedding

Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:A two-day wedding in Fort Augustus:
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Fiddling becomes career path

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ward MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Fiddling now a career path; It helped attract youngsters to the instrument
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Music in North Rustico (Mary Smith Band)

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Mary Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Smith's father played mouth organ and a little fiddle, a great story teller; Leo Allen and Alphonse Gallant were the main fiddlers around; everyone step danced; there were always people coming to the house and there'd be a big meal and some music; her father used to jig for dancing some time; the Lancers was the dominant style of
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    Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    St. Andrews Parish Picnic

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Joe MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Description of carnival atmosphere at Parish picnics
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    The breakdown, or eight hand reel

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Largus MacInnis, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Breakdowns (8-Hand reels)
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Valedictory

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Omar Cheverie, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:That feller knows how to play a fiddle
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Fiddling as gift from God

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Fr. Faber MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Gifts are given to us not for ourselves
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    They roust Beck out of bed

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy O'Connor, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Rousting fiddler out of bed to hear him play; fiddlers always felt obliged to play when asked
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Old-fashioned Island step-dancing

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Banks, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Stepdancers would get up and compete with each other, several at once; best style was smooth, not too much body action: just work from hips down; in his day they only danced to reels and each dancer had their own special tune
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Sneaking the fiddle

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Jim MacDougall, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Takes fiddle when father goes to Summerside
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    The fiddling Santa

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Teresa MacPhee Wilson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:At a Christmas concert, Teresa's father Mall MacPhee is a fiddling Santa
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Basket socials

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ervin Rafferty, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Auctioned a basket of food, had a card game and then a dance
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Prince County Pioneers play dance halls

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: John Gauthier, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:The Prince County Pioneers; where they played, how they got around
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Joe Pete & his brothers learn on the sly

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: "Young Peter" Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Chaisson's grandfather didn't want any of his sons to play, but they learned on the sly
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    How EP Arsenault got started

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Wife got him a fiddle when he was in 30s; how she helped him learn
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

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    • Stanley Bruce (1)

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    • Fr. Charles Cheverie (10)
    • Paul MacDonald (10)
    • Emmett Hughes (7)
    • Robert Arsenault (7)
    • Teresa MacPhee Wilson (7)
    • Dennis Pitre (6)
    • Ervin Rafferty (6)
    • Archie Stewart (5)
    • Attwood O'Connor (5)
    • Ella Thomson Chappell (5)
    • Fr. Faber MacDonald (5)
    • Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (5)
    • Hughie McPhee (5)
    • Jackie Biggar (5)
    • Jim MacDougall (5)
    • Kathryn Dau-Schmidt (5)
    • Kevin Chaisson (5)
    • Leo Farrell (5)
    • Louise Gallant Arsenault (5)
    • Merlin Quinn (5)
    • Omar Cheverie (5)
    • "Young Peter" Chaisson (4)
    • Danny MacLean (4)
    • Francis MacDonald (4)
    • Joe Albert (4)
    • Joe MacDonald (4)
    • John Cousins (4)
    • John Gauthier (4)
    • Joseph Doucette (4)
    • Largus MacInnis (4)
    • Reg Banks (4)
    • Sheila MacKenzie FitzPatrick (4)
    • Stephen Toole (4)
    • Tony Smith (4)
    • Wilfred Gotell (4)
    • Allan MacDonald (3)
    • Alvin Bernard (3)
    • Amy Swenson (3)
    • Billy MacInnis, Sr (3)
    • Carl Webster (3)
    • Cecil Trainor (3)
    • Clifford Wedge (3)
    • Cosmas Sigsworth (3)
    • Eddy Arsenault (3)
    • Ervan Sonier (3)
    • Harold Dockendorff (3)
    • Hélène Arsenault Bergeron (3)
    • Jackie Webster (3)
    • Jenny O'Hanley McQuaid (3)
    • Jimmy Halliday (3)
    • JJ Chaisson (3)
    • Johnny Morrissey (3)
    • Judy Lowe (3)
    • Lowell Huestis (3)
    • Neil MacCannell (3)
    • Peter Doiron (3)
    • Peter Robinson (3)
    • Robert Crane (3)
    • Roy Johnstone (3)
    • Stewart MacIntyre (3)
    • Toussaint Arsenault (3)
    • Victor Doucette (3)
    • Ward MacDonald (3)
    • Andrew Jones (2)
    • Angus McPhee (2)
    • Dan McPhee (2)
    • David Gaudet (2)
    • Edward P Arsenault (2)
    • Elliott Wight (2)
    • Elmer Robinson (2)
    • Francis MacCormack (2)
    • Fred Richard (2)
    • Gary Chipman (2)
    • George MacPhee (2)
    • Herb MacDougall (2)
    • Howard Hancock (2)
    • Hugh Gotell (2)
    • Ivan Day (2)
    • Jim Hornby (2)
    • Jimmy Banks (2)
    • Kenny Chaisson (2)
    • Libby Haywood Hubley (2)
    • Pat Doucette (2)
    • Prince County Fiddlers (2)
    • Reuben Smith (2)
    • Richard Wood (2)
    • Rita Morrison (2)
    • Sidney Baglole (2)
    • Timothy Chaisson (2)
    • West Prince Fiddlers (2)
    • Bill MacDonald (1)
    • Billy MacInnis, Jr (1)
    • Bud Stewart (1)
    • Charlie Sheehan (1)
    • Clarence MacLean (1)
    • Ernie Gallant (1)
    • Fenner Myers (1)
    • Frank O'Connor (1)
    • Harry Lecky (1)
    • Jimmy O'Connor (1)
    • Leonard McDonald (1)
    • Marie Arsenault Livingstone (1)
    • Mary Smith (1)
    • Peter Arsenault (1)
    • Ralph Hardy (1)
    • Reg Mellish (1)
    • Roland Jay (1)
    • Ross Family Band (1)
    • Stanley Bruce (1)
    • Trudy Crozier Corbett (1)
    • Warren Leard (1)
    • Zélie-Anne Arsenault Poirier (1)

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