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File: hallidayjimmy-oh-endofera_M.mp3
Speakers
JH – Jimmy Halliday
EM – Eddie Martin
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP When did the house parties start to go down?
JH When they started to put carpet on, I guess Eddie was it? No, People are pretty
File: gauthierjohn06-oh-greatunclecharlie_M.mp3
Speakers:
JG – John Gauthier
JG: I was playing to the wedding, this was about 1946 or 47, of a cousin of mine in Rustico. I took a break, and went inside - They had built a stage out in the farm yard. I went in
File: macdonaldallan06-oh-hectorsfiddling.mp3
Speakers:
AM – Allan MacDonald
AM: He [Hector MacDonald] had a nice rhythm, everybody loved his fiddling.
KP: What did they like about his fiddling?
AM: Well, beautiful dance fiddling,
File: gauthierjohn06-oh-danceband_M.mp3
Speakers:
JG – John Gauthier
ID – Ivan Day
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: When did you start playing for dances as a fiddler?
JG: That was probably during the war, when I was working for the phone
File: arsenaulteddy-oh-styles_M.wav
Speaker:
EA — Eddy Arsenault
It don't make any difference where you go, you can go up west, you go to Tignish, you can go to Souris, you can go Summerside, everybody got a different style to play. You notice that? Now in New Brunswick they got a
File: oconnorattwood-oh-weddings_M.mp3
Speakers:
AO – Attwood O'Connor
SB – Stanley Bruce
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP Can you describe how weddings went in this area?
AO It was all square dancing. After they'd get married they'd be comin home, and they'd
File: toolestephen-oh-takingsound_M.mp3
Speakers:
ST – Stephen Toole
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
ST And another thing about a fiddler is – I've heard my father sayin, I've heard a lot of people sayin that they can always tell a person that would never be a fiddler by the sound
File: hubleylibby-oh-stepdancingolddays_M.mp3
Speakers:
LH – Libby Hubley
LH: I think when the men danced, it was only those who had that love and great feel for the music, the music just moved them to do those different little patterns with their feet. And the patterns
File: quinnmerlin06-oh-schoolcommittees_M.mp3
Speakers:
MQ – Merlin Quinn
CW – Carl Webster
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Who exactly – Every community had its school dances and some had church benefits. Who actually organized those?
CW: For the
File: hornbyjim-oh-contests_M.mp3
Speakers:
JH – Jim Hornby
JH I can see that it's a fairly arbitrary result. Also, it's a small community and anybody's going to be a judge, they're not going to bring someone from Halifax to judge them. They're going to get some farmer
File: raffertyervin06-oh-familyorigins_M.mp3
Speakers:
ER – Ervan Rafferty
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
ER: James, James Rafferty.
KP: Do you know what part of Ireland he came from?
ER: The area he was born in was County Down.
File: cheveriecharles-oh-radio.mp3
Speakers:
CC – Fr. Charlie Cheverie
CC: Way back on PEI when radio came about, in the late 20s and early 30s, then you'd be speaking of hearing tunes from Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Antigonish. And the fiddlers in those days were were
File: raffertyervin06-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
ER – Ervan Rafferty
ER: Oh yeah, the house parties. Quite often you'd have the house parties too, especially in the wintertime, break up the winter. Christmas time was a great getting' together. People would go to
File: pitredennis06-oh-changes_M.mp3
Speakers:
DP – Dennis Pitre
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
DP: There's no change much since 15 years ago. Everything is the same. We play in the Hall Saturday Night, for the Saturday Night Dance. And we play pretty well once a week for the senior
File: macdonaldfrancis-oh-ancestry_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Francis MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
FM Yeah, we try to maintain a family tree back five generations, anyway.
KP How far back have you – Oh, you have traced it back five generations?
FM Yes, as