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File: robinsonpeter06-oh-tynevalleycontest_M.mp3
Speakers:
PR – Peter Robinson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
PR: It was originally tagged as the PEI Fiddling Competition. I took over middle 80s.. Keith Milligan was a one time Premier [of the province]. He ran it; it was his pride
File: chaissonyoungpeter-oh-fourthfingerdemo_M.mp3
Speakers:
PC – "Young Peter" Chaisson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
PC: It makes the tune. Remember what we were talking about there today?
KP: Yeah.
PC: Like there's – When it'
File: chipmangary-oh-roughdances_M.mp3
Speakers:
GC – Gary Chipman
GC: In some cases – There was one out in a place called Harrington, which is out towards Brackley, in that area. The barn's been torn down now, what it was was just a big hay barn. And it had a hay loft in it, and a
File: cheverieomar06-oh-learningtunes_twists_M.mp3
Speakers:
OC – Omar Cheverie
RC – Randy Cheverie
KP: Curator Ken Perlman
OC: When I was young I had an exceptionally good ear for picking up tunes. In fact, some tunes, if it was an easy tune if I heard it once I could play
File: macdonaldfrancis06-oh-districtdances_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Francis MacDonald
KP: Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Did you ever have house parties at your house?
FM: Yes, I remember them having some parties there, some wedding showers and dances in our home there
File: wilsonteresa06group-oh-gaelicsinging_M.mp3
Speakers:
TW – Teresa MacPhee Wilson
TW: When Jim would come to our place we'd see him coming. We'd get all geared up a whole bunch of kids. "Sing a song for us Jim." First he'd say, "No!." Then, the next thing you know, "How about
File: maccannellneil-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
NM – Neil MacCannell
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP What was a house party like in those days?
NM Well, people gathered and fiddlers set up in a corner, Usually with a guitar player as accompaniment
File: raffertyervin06-oh-basketsocials.mp3
Speakers:
ER – Ervan Rafferty
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
ER: They had basket socials back then, you know basket socials. They'd have sort of a get together. But it was mostly a card game if I remember right. The boys would be expected to
File: baglolesidney-oh-olddays_M.mp3
Speakers:
SB – Sid Baglole
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
SB: Oh, it was terrible in them days, terrible in them days. Oh, my goodness! There was no money (laughs). they used to pass the hat around, you know, to pay me,(laughs) Used to pass
File: huestislowell06-oh-nielsonandbear_M.mp3
Speakers:
LH – Lowell Huestis
LH: They [Messer and the band] stopped somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. There was a bear up in the road ahead, of their station wagon, And Duke [Neilson] told the driver, whoever was drivin' at
toolestephen-oh-goodfiddler_M.mp3
Speaker:
ST – Stephen Toole
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
ST Well, I think that there has to be music in you, yes. I've known people that are trying to play the fiddle, but I know very well that they'll never be able to play.
KP
File: poirierzelieanne-oh-musicinhome_M.mp3
Speakers:
ZP – Zélie-Anne Arsenault Poirier
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP There must have been a lot of music around the home
ZP Oh yeah!
KP Can you tell us a little bit about ...
ZP We had an old-fashioned organ
File: sigsworthcosmas-oh-mothersrole_M.mp3
Speakers:
CS – Cosmas Sigsworth
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: You said your mother would sing the rest of the tunes to you. How did she learn the tunes?
CS: Now where she was born, there was fiddlers lived on either side
File: gotellwilfred-oh-halfwayhouse_M.mp3
Speakers:
WG – Wilfred Gotell
WG But in the old house there they used to have the parties over there, and they used to call it the halfway house - halfway from the village to my place, you know. A couple guys would get together
File: webstercarlandjackie06-oh-newgenerationfiddlers_M.mp3
Speakers:
CW: They play good, they get them yellin' and goin'.
MQ: They actually play real fast. You can put better time on it by slowin' down.
CW: You can put better time and you can get