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File: cousinsjohn-oh-badinstrument_M.mp3

Speakers:

JC – John Cousins

JC: There was a belief in the community around here that if a man ever became a fiddler, a good fiddler – In order to be a good fiddler, you couldn't be any good for anything else. First of all it implied an addiction

File: hughesemmett-oh-houseparties_weddings_M.mp3

Speakers:

EH - Emmett Hughes

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

KP What were the old house parties like? Did they take place in your house quite often?

EH Yes, they'd go from house to house, usually the

File: cheveriecharles06-oh-singingstrings_M.mp3

Speakers:

CC – Fr. Charles Cheverie

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

CC: On PEI in the last 10, 15 years – Was John and Jan Clemmens around when you were here before?

KP: Yes, Singing Strings?

CC:

File: quinnmerlin-oh-gettingstarted_M.mp3

Speaker:

MQ – Merlin Quinn

MQ: It was the thing. It just simply seemed to me to be the thing to be able to do. It was so great! I could whistle and I could jig, and I could sing and so could my father, as I said, was a good

File: mackenziesheila06-oh-whymorewomanfiddling_M.mp3

Speakers:

SM –Sheila MacKenzie

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

SM: I guess it had a lot to do with – It was just a changing world. Women progressed in every area with equality. So they were doing more, and it was accepted more. And