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File: chaissonyoungpeter-oh-parentopposition.mp3
Speakers:
PC – "Young Peter" Chaisson
KC – Kevin Chaisson
KC But see the music got passed down. Like my grandmother on my father's side, I mean; she used to jig the tunes to my father when my grandpa would be away, because grandpa
File: dauschmidtkathryn06-oh-philosophy_M.mp3
Speaker:
KD – Kathryn Dau Schmidt
KD: I figure everybody can learn something, can learn enough to have fun at it. And that's the first thing, to have fun. And the second thing is, you have to have a lot of people who just enjoy fiddling
File: macdonaldfaber-oh-fiddlecontests_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Rev. Faber MacDonald
FM You could get the sense that there were some very, very deep feelings about what had happened among fiddlers over the years as a result of them being engaged in competitions. I picked up
File: dockendorffharold06-oh-farmlife_M.mp3
Speakers:
HD – Harold Dockendorff
KP: Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Were you born on a farm?
HD: Yes.
KP: What kind of farm?
HD: Just mixed farming. It was mostly all mixed farming at that time on the Island.
File: quinnmerlin-oh-farmlife_M.mp3
Speakers:
MQ – Merlin Quinn
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
MQ: I probably remember what happened back in the '30's, that's for sure. Things were tough in the 30's alright but it seemed to be a nice way of living.
KP: What was nice about it?
File: woodrichard06-oh-olderfiddlers_M.mp3
Speakers:
RW – Richard Wood
RW: Those experiences, they were great for me because it was a bonding time with my Dad [Terry Wood]. It would be nothin' for us to be up at a ceilidh, or be in Monticello. Or say, "We just had dinner, what do you
File: oconnorattwood-oh-farmwork_M.mp3
Speakers:
AO- Attwood O'Connor
KP: Curator Ken Perlman
AO: The worst job I think there was, was haying and potatoes. Oh I detested them two jobs. Had to work by hand, fork the hay by hand. Fork it on the wagon and sometimes fork it off
File: smithtony06-oh-mysterycontestant_M.mp3
Speakers:
TS –Tony Smith
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
TS: A fellow from up Bangor way – But that feller, he - One night they were having this here contest at the Forum, they used to have a lot of them at old the Forum in
File: richardfred06-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
FR – Fred Richard
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
FR: And I always wanted to play the violin.
KP: Why was that?
FR: Well I used to like the sound of it. And there was an auction sale and I
File: chaissonkenny-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
KC – Kenny Chaisson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KC The house parties used to be really enjoyable.
KP What, what were they like, can you describe them?
KC Oh, you'd be in a room there, and
File: hughesemmett06-oh-learningtodance_M.mp3
Speakers:
EH – Emmett Hughes
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
EH: When I was a young lad, you learned how to dance a set before you ever tried it. The people would - If there's four couples, they'd dance a set just to show you
File: macdonaldfrancis-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Francis MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP So how old were you when you began playing?
FM Oh, I suppose around between 9 and 10 years old, somewhere in that range.
KP
File: robinsonpeter06-oh-keithrobinson_M.mp3
Speakers:
PR – Peter Robinson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP – Tell me about your father's musical activities. I believe he was a prominent musician on the island.
PR – His name was Keith Robinson; he was known for
File: oconnorfrank-oh-musicinhome_M.mp3
Speakers:
FO – Frank O'Connor
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
F0: A family of ten and everybody played. In the hard times in the 30s, we had about one mouth organ, an old organ that was pretty weazey, one fiddle my dad played and he
File: macdonaldfaber-oh-theshadowside_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Rev Faver MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: What kind of stresses did this put on the lives of fiddlers, would you say?
FM: Well, for some it might have been quite heavy, simply because for