When these fiddlers crank it up they are amazing - always smiling, with dancing feet and incredible rhythm! From the Acadian area of Southwest Prince Edward Island they are giving old Acadian tunes great new energy. They are great performers even though they are just beginning to take their music from the kitchen parties in their homes to the larger world.
Sierra was a huge hit at the 2007 Lunenburg Harbour Folk Festival. Standing Ovations, hand clapping and toe tapping marked her performances. At 17 she is already an accomplished fidder and is striving to preserve the music of her people. Bravo Sierra!
http://www.sierra noble.ca/
A wonderful fun dance with the Smokin Contra Band: http://www.smokincon traband.com/
Here is an article about Contra Dances where this group's fiddler is interviewed.
http://www.theglo beandmail.com/servle t/story/RTGAM.200804 04.wxlcontra04/BNSto ry/lifeMain/home
(She was dancing in this video :)
Ray Legere ( http://users.eastlin k.ca/~raylegere/ )& Shane Cook ( http://www.odyssey.o n.ca/~shanecook/home .htm )put on a great show at the Maritime Fiddle Festival July 2007- amazing talent making super music.
A tune from the west coast of Canada played by a couple of east coast fiddlers. It was written and published by Frankie Rodgers from Mission, British Columbia.
Dale Wood and J. P. Cormier http://www.jp-cormie r.com/ have fun answering musical questions via demonstration at an informal gathering at the Kempt Shore Acoustic Festival, July 2007. They love to play mandolin and guitar together.
The great Cape Breton string player, Dave MacIsaac using an Incredibow for the first time and on my fiddle. A thrill for me to see how well he handled them from the git-go. He is a master fiddler! Thanks Dave!
ON October 8, 2007 Jerry played a great session from 10 pm until 1:20 am. Although showing some discomfort at times, when he got into the music he seemed to gain strength. He played beautifully accompanied by Marion Dewar and Scott MacMillan. A night I won't forget!
The Elliots, J. P. Cormier and other players at the Kempt Shore Acoustic Maritime Music festival, in Nova Scotia, July 2007. - Jammin between shows. You can see the location on a map using the map feature in the Flickr photo at:
http://www.flickr .com/photos/ggpics/8 67327003/
Paddy Jones and Johnny Cronin , from County Kerry, put on a wonderful show in Halifax in September 2007. They also played for a dance and Paddy gave a great workshop for fiddlers too.
Shari, a keen fiddler, has come to love traditional fiddling and in 2007 won the Annual Fiddle Tune Composition Contest in Beatrice Nebraska. This is called "Trip to Germany".
An all girl group, new on the scene playing mostly lively Acadian tunes were extremely popular at the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival this August. They are from the Acadian district of Prince Edward Island and include two former members of Barachois.
At the 2007 Maritime Fiddle Festival, two young Nova Scotia fiddlers did well. Katlyn and Kerri sounded better than this suggests. I was too close to the speakers and the recording overmodulated a bit - sorry about the sound quality.
The Elliotts joined for the first time at an impromptu jam with Sax player Ian Sherwood. The festival was held along the Bay of Fundy at Kempt Shore, Nova Scotia, July 22- 22, 2007.
John Afton McLellan, April 3, 2008 playing a tune he wrote, "Kim's Reel" with the young lady for whom he wrote it, Kimberley Holmes. Hundreds of people showed up for his party in Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia. What a great time.
Carl plays one of his many compositions, a great reel at St. John's Anglican Church. It was a very hot day and he had just walked up the long hill after his set on the wharf. He will be 79 at Christmas. What a great old time player!
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