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The Island fiddle repertoire is made up of tunes from a variety of national and regional traditions.

Feet And Other Rhythm instruments

Instrumental accompaniment for fiddle music was fair

As recently as the 1990s, Islanders were still talking about the Great Contest of 1926.

Population and Immigration

Prince Edward Island is populated for the most part by the descendants of three

A Special Note to Prince Edward Islanders

One important style frequently encountered on PEI is based on the up-tempo, ensemble oriented, "no-frills" playi

Prince Edward Island has been home to a strong fiddling tradition for over two hundred years.

By 2006, it was clear that by and large the Fiddling Revival had been an overwhe

From the mid 1920s through the mid-1970s, fiddling contests on the district, town, and provincial levels were commonp

Islanders often cite the founding of the Prince Edward Island Fiddlers' Society

Most Island districts and towns were home to a steady stream of informal and impromptu musical episodes and gathering

In the old days, Island fiddlers as a class were victimized by pervasive negative stereotypes.

The traditional community-dance scene on PEI began to decline around the