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oral history

Dances near Mount Hope

Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Harold Dockendorff, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract:
  • Abstract:Used to go to school dances and hall dances, followed Jack Webster around and learned by watching; started playing at age 13 and got good enough to play at the local dances
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    oral history

    Enhancing a tune via syncopation

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Tony Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:His twist on Ste. Anne's Reel illustrated
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Paddy on the Turnpike (2006)

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Eddy Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Amand Arsenault, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Half a Pound of Tea

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Tony Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Unaccompanied
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    One room schools

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Ella Thomson Chappell, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:How the schools operated: starting up the stove, teachers produced quite a number of good scholars; she'd have one grade do a task while she went on to teach the next grade
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Lord MacDonald's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Dave Thomson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Edward P Arsenault, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Marie Gallant Arsenault, pno; Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Le Coq et la Poule / Woodchopper's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: David Gaudet, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Robert Gallant, pno; Cecil Arsenault, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Ottawa Valley Reel / Princess Reel / Farmer's Reel

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Francis MacDonald, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Ken Perlman, bjo
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Ragtime Annie

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Tony Smith, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Alfred Gallant, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    Changing tunes to suit the dancers

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Andrew Jones, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:How locals changed the way Ste. Anne's Reel is played to suit step-dancing style
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
    music

    Carlton County Breakdown

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Dave Thomson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Margaret Ross MacKinnon, pno; Rupert Vessey, gtr; Alan MacRae, bass
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Southern Waltz

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Johnny Morrissey, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Margaret Ross MacKinnon, pno
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    music

    Names Escape Me / Lad O'Beirn / Dublin Porter

    Type: Audio musical
    Contributors: Musician: Kenny Chaisson, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:Accompanied by: Lemmy Chaisson, gtr
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Music Collection
    oral history

    West Prince Party Line radio show

    Type: Audio non-musical
    Contributors: Interviewee: Lowell Huestis, Recordist: Ken Perlman
    Abstract:
  • Abstract:West Prince Party Line Show
  • Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories

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    • Billy MacInnis, Sr (3)
    • Cec Chapman (3)
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    • Carl Webster (23)
    • Dennis Pitre (23)
    • Jackie Webster (23)
    • Peter Doiron (18)
    • Reg Banks (18)
    • Stephen Toole (18)
    • David Gaudet (17)
    • Elmer Robinson (17)
    • Louise Gallant Arsenault (17)
    • Omar Cheverie (17)
    • Harry Lecky (16)
    • Zélie-Anne Arsenault Poirier (16)
    • "Old Peter" Chaisson (15)
    • "Young Peter" Chaisson (15)
    • Allan MacDonald (15)
    • George MacPhee (15)
    • Jim MacDougall (15)
    • Ken Perlman (15)
    • Victor Doucette (15)
    • Archie Stewart (14)
    • Joe Albert (14)
    • Joseph Doucette (14)
    • Leonard McDonald (13)
    • Robert Crane (13)
    • Wilfred Gotell (13)
    • Francis MacDonald (12)
    • Gus Longaphie (12)
    • Jackie Biggar (12)
    • Johnny Joe Chaisson (12)
    • Peter Arsenault (12)
    • JJ Chaisson (11)
    • Joe Kearney (11)
    • Johnny Morrissey (11)
    • Paul MacDonald (11)
    • Phonsey Chaisson (11)
    • Reuben Smith (11)
    • Teresa MacPhee Wilson (11)
    • Tony Smith (11)
    • Andrew Jones (10)
    • Dave Thomson (10)
    • Ervan Sonier (10)
    • Hughie McPhee (10)
    • Merlin Quinn (10)
    • Pat Doucette (10)
    • Toussaint Arsenault (10)
    • Angus McPhee (9)
    • Billy MacInnis, Jr (9)
    • Leo Farrell (9)
    • Warren Leard (9)
    • Frank O'Connor (8)
    • Kenny Chaisson (8)
    • Sterling Baker (8)
    • Alvin Bernard (7)
    • Emmett Hughes (7)
    • Francis MacCormack (7)
    • Gary Chipman (7)
    • Hugh Gotell (7)
    • Jimmy O'Connor (7)
    • Marie Arsenault Livingstone (7)
    • Richard Wood (7)
    • Timothy Chaisson (7)
    • Ward MacDonald (7)
    • Connie Gallant (6)
    • Cosmas Sigsworth (6)
    • Fenner Myers (6)
    • Fred Richard (6)
    • Jimmy Banks (6)
    • Robert Arsenault (6)
    • Wilfred Bernard (6)
    • William Koughan (6)
    • Adam Driscoll (5)
    • Buddy Longaphie (5)
    • Charlie Sheehan (5)
    • Dan McPhee (5)
    • Fr. Charles Cheverie (5)
    • Harold Dockendorff (5)
    • Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (5)
    • Jimmy Halliday (5)
    • John Gauthier (5)
    • Prince County Fiddlers (5)
    • Queens County Fiddlers (5)
    • Ralph Hardy (5)
    • Roy Johnstone (5)
    • Sheila MacKenzie FitzPatrick (5)
    • Alton Silliker (4)
    • Bill MacDonald (4)
    • Clarence MacLean (4)
    • Danny MacLean (4)
    • Howard Hancock (4)
    • Keelin Wedge (4)
    • Mary Smith & Friends (4)
    • Murray Harbour Six (4)
    • Anastasia Desroches (3)
    • Bud Stewart (3)
    • Cec Chapman (3)
    • Eastern Kings Fiddlers (3)
    • Ervin Rafferty (3)
    • Joe Conway (3)
    • Joe MacDonald (3)
    • Judy Lowe (3)
    • Keith Nicholson (3)
    • Libby Haywood Hubley (3)
    • Marlene McKinnon Gallant (3)
    • Mary Smith (3)
    • Peter Robinson (3)
    • Rita Morrison (3)
    • Roland Jay (3)
    • Ross Family Band (3)
    • West Prince Fiddlers (3)
    • Amand Arsenault (2)
    • Amy Swenson (2)
    • Cathy Davis (2)
    • Cecil Trainor (2)
    • Charlie MacKenzie (2)
    • Clifford Wedge (2)
    • Danielle Ross (2)
    • Ed Mathews (2)
    • Ernie Gallant (2)
    • George O'Connor (2)
    • Glenna Bowness (2)
    • Herb MacDougall (2)
    • Jenny O'Hanley McQuaid (2)
    • Jim Hornby (2)
    • Ken Matthews (2)
    • Kevin Chaisson (2)
    • Lottie Parsons Locke (2)
    • Marie MacIntyre (2)
    • Nathan Condon (2)
    • Patsy Wagner Bolger (2)
    • Preston Jackson (2)
    • Reg Mellish (2)
    • Stanley Bruce (2)
    • Stewart MacIntyre (2)
    • Thelma Andrews Campbell (2)
    • Wilfred Silliker (2)
    • Edgar Millar (1)
    • Hélène Arsenault Bergeron (1)
    • John Cousins (1)
    • Kathryn Dau-Schmidt (1)
    • Largus MacInnis (1)
    • Margaret Ross MacKinnon (1)
    • Neil MacCannell (1)
    • Trudy Crozier Corbett (1)

    Interviewee

    • Fr. Charles Cheverie (10)
    • Paul MacDonald (10)
    • Emmett Hughes (7)
    • Robert Arsenault (7)
    • Teresa MacPhee Wilson (7)
    • Dennis Pitre (6)
    • Ervin Rafferty (6)
    • Archie Stewart (5)
    • Attwood O'Connor (5)
    • Ella Thomson Chappell (5)
    • Fr. Faber MacDonald (5)
    • Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (5)
    • Hughie McPhee (5)
    • Jackie Biggar (5)
    • Jim MacDougall (5)
    • Kathryn Dau-Schmidt (5)
    • Kevin Chaisson (5)
    • Leo Farrell (5)
    • Louise Gallant Arsenault (5)
    • Merlin Quinn (5)
    • Omar Cheverie (5)
    • "Young Peter" Chaisson (4)
    • Danny MacLean (4)
    • Francis MacDonald (4)
    • Joe Albert (4)
    • Joe MacDonald (4)
    • John Cousins (4)
    • John Gauthier (4)
    • Joseph Doucette (4)
    • Largus MacInnis (4)
    • Reg Banks (4)
    • Sheila MacKenzie FitzPatrick (4)
    • Stephen Toole (4)
    • Tony Smith (4)
    • Wilfred Gotell (4)
    • Allan MacDonald (3)
    • Alvin Bernard (3)
    • Amy Swenson (3)
    • Billy MacInnis, Sr (3)
    • Carl Webster (3)
    • Cecil Trainor (3)
    • Clifford Wedge (3)
    • Cosmas Sigsworth (3)
    • Eddy Arsenault (3)
    • Ervan Sonier (3)
    • Harold Dockendorff (3)
    • Hélène Arsenault Bergeron (3)
    • Jackie Webster (3)
    • Jenny O'Hanley McQuaid (3)
    • Jimmy Halliday (3)
    • JJ Chaisson (3)
    • Johnny Morrissey (3)
    • Judy Lowe (3)
    • Lowell Huestis (3)
    • Neil MacCannell (3)
    • Peter Doiron (3)
    • Peter Robinson (3)
    • Robert Crane (3)
    • Roy Johnstone (3)
    • Stewart MacIntyre (3)
    • Toussaint Arsenault (3)
    • Victor Doucette (3)
    • Ward MacDonald (3)
    • Andrew Jones (2)
    • Angus McPhee (2)
    • Dan McPhee (2)
    • David Gaudet (2)
    • Edward P Arsenault (2)
    • Elliott Wight (2)
    • Elmer Robinson (2)
    • Francis MacCormack (2)
    • Fred Richard (2)
    • Gary Chipman (2)
    • George MacPhee (2)
    • Herb MacDougall (2)
    • Howard Hancock (2)
    • Hugh Gotell (2)
    • Ivan Day (2)
    • Jim Hornby (2)
    • Jimmy Banks (2)
    • Kenny Chaisson (2)
    • Libby Haywood Hubley (2)
    • Pat Doucette (2)
    • Prince County Fiddlers (2)
    • Reuben Smith (2)
    • Richard Wood (2)
    • Rita Morrison (2)
    • Sidney Baglole (2)
    • Timothy Chaisson (2)
    • West Prince Fiddlers (2)
    • Bill MacDonald (1)
    • Billy MacInnis, Jr (1)
    • Bud Stewart (1)
    • Charlie Sheehan (1)
    • Clarence MacLean (1)
    • Ernie Gallant (1)
    • Fenner Myers (1)
    • Frank O'Connor (1)
    • Harry Lecky (1)
    • Jimmy O'Connor (1)
    • Leonard McDonald (1)
    • Marie Arsenault Livingstone (1)
    • Mary Smith (1)
    • Peter Arsenault (1)
    • Ralph Hardy (1)
    • Reg Mellish (1)
    • Roland Jay (1)
    • Ross Family Band (1)
    • Stanley Bruce (1)
    • Trudy Crozier Corbett (1)
    • Warren Leard (1)
    • Zélie-Anne Arsenault Poirier (1)

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    • (-) Ken Perlman (1406)
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