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File Name: albertjoe06-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
KP: curator Ken Perlman
JA: Joe Albert
IA: Ivan Albert
KP: Did they used to have a lot of house parties and such?
JA: We used to have them all when we were up west, Holy…
KP: What were
File: maccormackfrancis06-oh-familydiscovery.mp3
Speakers:
FM – Francis MacCormack
FM: They came home from the army one time, my three oldest brothers. They came home from the Army. Of course as you probably know, a little bit of moonshine was flowin' around; they got into that. My
File: wilsonteresa-oh-womenfiddling_M.mp3
Speakers:
TW – Teresa MacPhee Wilson
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
TW No women fiddlers at all, then.
KP I was going to ask you about that.
TW My aunt Hilda played. She was the only woman that
File: wedgeclifford-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
CW – Clifford Wedge
CW: People would come over at night. There was no radio then. There was no television. There was nothing. Just people sitting down, they'd play the violin and sing songs. They'd just have an evening.
KP:
File: macdonaldward06-oh-ceilidhs_M.mp3
Speakers:
WM – Ward MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
WM: Back around that same time there was those two ceilidhs [at Monticello and Orwell] and the ceilidhs that they were holding at the BIS [Benevolent Irish Society] which were really
File: oconnorattwood06-oh-musichome_breakdowns_M.mp3
Speakers:
AO – Attwood O'Connor
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
AO: They used to come in, all the neighbors would come in there, it was a gathering place for all the young people in the community at that time. We used
File: macdonaldpaul-oh-irishrolls_M.mp3
Speakers:
PM – Paul MacDonald
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: What are some of the others?
PM: One that's slowly moving its way into Scottish fiddle music which has been prevalent in Irish music is the roll. And that's
File: gotellwilfred-oh-television_M.mp3
Speakers:
WG – Wilfred Gotell
KP – Ken Perlman
WG [When] radio and television started -- came in the houses, that's when they really died down.
KP That was when?
WG 25, 30 years ago, they started to dwindle
File: mackenziesheila06-oh-womanfiddling_M.mp3
Speakers
SM – Sheila MacKenzie
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: Did you experience any sort of resistance yourself to your wanting to play?
SM: I definitely didn't meet any resistance, just because I think – Around
File: cheveriecharles06-oh-youngfiddlers_ceilidhs_M.mp3
Speakers:
CC - Fr. Charlie Cheverie
CC: These young people who are now coming along and producing their own CDs, we're finding that they are starting to go at an earlier age to perform in communities. And this is something, as far
File: macdonaldward06-oh-professionalopportunities_M.mp3
Speakers:
WM – Ward MacDonald
I think it's a combination of things: just the time right now, the time we're in right now. It's very easy to make a CD, any player that's trying to go anywhere has a website and they put a press kit
File: macdonaldpaul-oh-gracenotes_M.mp3
Speakers:
PM – Paul MacDonald
KP – Ken Perlman
Pm: Grace notes, which you've seen before is just an addition
Demonstrates Grace Notes
KP: So is it just a little cut or is it?
File: princecountyfiddlers-oh-womenfiddling_M.mp3
Speakers:
GB – Glenna Bowness
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
KP: WE have noticed that women were under-represented in the ranks of. What was your sense growing up about women and fiddling?
GB: I think fiddle was
File Name: hallidayjimmy-oh-houseparties_M.mp3
Speakers:
JH-Jimmy Halliday
KP- Ken Perlman (curator)
JM-Jimmy Martin (accompanist)
KP When you used to play for the old house parties- how did you find out that they wanted you to play at a house party?
JH They'd ask
File: cousinsjohn-oh-dealingwithchange_M.mp3
Speakers:
JC – John Cousins
JC: As a folklorist, I've had to sort of ponder the uses of these traditions. and it seems to me that the fiddling tradition served a purpose. People love to continue to play the fiddle; it's a continuance of a