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File: macdougalljim06-oh-parishpicnics_M.mp3
Speakers:
JM – Jim MacDougall
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
JM: All the country schools used to have dances in the summertime to raise money for to support the schools. I played for quite a few of those.
KP: Who were
File: raffertyervin06-oh-wedding_M.mp3
Speakers:
ER – Ervan Rafferty
ER: Weddings, there was always music at weddings. And if you were lucky enough to get a violin player that wasn't too far away, he was in great demand, because there wasn't that many violin players like there are today
File: arsenaultrobert06-oh-professionalization_M.mp3
Speakers:
RA: Robert Arsenault
KP: Ken Perlman
RA: In terms of where's the music going .We were talking last time that traditional music was essentially through kitchen parties in the home, sometimes at the
File: chappellella06-oh-farmlife_M.mp3
Speakers:
EC – Ella Chappell
KP – Curator Ken Perlman
EC: We had no pump in the house; we had it outside and we had to pump the water and take it in. And then we had the old range stove and there was a big tank on the side which holded