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File: bernardalvin-oh-everycommunity.mp3
Speakears:
AB - Alvin Bernard
ES – Edwin Simmons
KP – curator Ken Perlman
ES: Well, every community seemed to have one or two people - if something went on in the community, they were the ones who were
File: chaissonkevin06-oh-valedictory_M.mp3
Speakers:
KC – Kevin Chaisson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: There are certain people like an Earl Scruggs or a Pete Seeger, somebody who starts something and you see what happened and hundreds or thousands of people get involved in
File: bergeronhelene-oh-kitchenparties.mp3
Speakers:
HB – Helene Arsenault Bergeron
HB: Yes, I'm very partial to my father's fiddling. It's the reason that I started dancing in the first place. Because it's the most danceable fiddling that I know of. The kitchen parties
File: smithreuben-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
RS – Reuben Smith
RS: My father used to take the fiddle out in the evening after supper and there usually wasn't too much back then to do, only the music and that. And he'd play and I used to watch him, and I decided that I wanted
File: macintyrestewart-oh-radio_M.mp3
Speakers:
LM – Stewart MacIntyre
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
LM: Learned the tunes – My father knew every tune, Scotch or Irish tune, that ever existed, because he used to listen to this Stephen Campbell, and he played them out of a book, you
File: cheverieomar06-oh-valedictory_M.mp3
Speakers:
OC – Omar Cheverie
RC – Randy Cheverie
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
OC: And the most enjoyment I got out of playin' the fiddle was for some of my dear friends that liked the way I played and appreciated that, and I could
File: mcpheehugh06-oh-forerunners_M.mp3
Speakers:
HM – Hughie McPhee
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Were people talking about forerunners in your time?
HM: Oh yeah there were lots of forerunners.
KP: Can you tell me about what forerunners
File: wedgeclifford-oh-jigging_M.mp3
Speakers:
CW – Clifford Wedge
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
CW: When we were younger, we used to do a lot of jigging; just as kids, fooling around. not at the dances.
KP: When? Was it a game?
CW: Maybe going along the road (
File: macdougalljim06-oh-lovesfiddlemusic_M.mp3
Speakers:
JM – Jim MacDougall
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
JM But I always loved it: fiddle music. If you don't like it you'll never be able to play it.
KP: What do you like about fiddle music?
File: macdonaldfaber-oh-thegift_M.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Rev Faber MacDonald
FM: I used to talk about the social nature of the gift. See, the gifts, God's gifts, are given to us not for ourselves. No! They're entrusted to us for everybody. And the human person, when he engages himself
File: macpheegeorge-oh-weddings_M.mp3
Speakers:
GM – George MacPhee
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
GM They had a certain tune they used to play for the old wedding dance. They used to tune the fiddle up in high bass, and Dad used to play it all the time. But it's kind of a tricky
File: maccormackfrancis06-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
FC - Francis MacCormack
FM: I was the youngest of eleven, there was eight boys and three girls, and we all played the fiddle. And if I hadn't learned to play the fiddle my father would have shot me (laughs). When I was too
File: smithtony06-oh-pauljones_M.mp3
Speakers:
TS – Tony Smith
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: So the played that for the Paul Jones dances?
TS: Yeah
Mrs. Smith: You're swinging, eh.
TS: And you change your partner, and
banksreg06-oh-changesqdances_M.mp3
Speakers:
RB – Reg Banks
KP – Ken Perlman
RB: Oh there's a lot of changes in the dances. I can hardly explain the dances today. They get up on the floor today, and they're dancin' around and they'd just be scufflin' around. Now, years ago
File: macdonaldallan06-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3
Speakers:
AM – Allan MacDonald
KP You said you started at 15? How did you get started on the fiddle?
AM Oh I don't know. I was playing guitar and playing guitar, and just one day I said, "I think I could play the