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