Canadian Reel
A note from Doug:
This is a dance tune we played for many years, along with The Dominion Reel. It works great and is an intermediate level classic. This tune was first collected by Smokey Mckeen, Greg Boardman, John Gawler, and Bob Childs around 1976 when visiting maritime folklorist -tune collector Gale Huntington in Cape Cod. He played it for them on a button accordion.
I think it is on the OGG Folkways recording from 1978. — Douglas Protsik
Elaine Malkin Fiddle Workshop May 16, 2020, 2:00pm
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Phyllis Purves-smith & Carl Hemenway
Hi Jo-Anne and Doug!
It is sad, but I think the right thing to do. Carl and I have done August camp 4 years running. We will greatly miss camp, all the people, the wonderful food, the great teachers!
Stay well, be safe, see you in 2021!
Phyllis Purves-smith & Carl Hemenway
Philadelphia, Pa.
Jenny van West
Jo-Anne,
Not at all surprised but still of course SO sad to hear it….2021 is going to be a banner year.
Hope you are doing ok in all of this. Thinking of all my MFC staff buddies!!!
Love always,
Jenny van West
Dave Cousineau
Regrettably, I figured it might come to this.
That said, I believe you are doing the right thing.
Best regards,
Dave Cousineau
cynthia phinney
Hello Joanne – yes, so sad. But so important to do.
I have quite a bit of experience using Zoom for online meetings (even going to use it next week for my hairdresser to coach me through a haircut, because she wouldn’t take my money for doing nothing) so if that experience can be helpful in any way, let me know. This is definitely a time for creativity!
Love,
-cynthia phinney
A Gail Bier
Oh no! I understand the decision but am really sorry not to have the hope of going to the Maine fiddle camp for the two weeks in August. I was hoping that the decision could be put off until later with the illusion that all this mess would clear up enough.but of course, a lot of decisions have to be made. May all of you be safe and remain healthy. I will keep fiddling away and look forward to seeing you in 2021.
A Gail Bier
Brooklyn, New York
Willy
Oh boo hoo! We’ll try to keep practicing. We will miss you for sure. Many thanks for the work you do.
–Willy
Paul Vernet
Wow, what a bummer. Hadn’t thought that far ahead. Shame. Good luck to you and yours, and thanks,
– Paul Vernet
Jeff Tucker
Jo-Anne, I’m so sorry to hear that we won’t be having MFC this year. I would like to roll my fees and Sophia’s over to 2021, since I sure as heck want to go then.
~ Jeff Tucker
Kevin Weatherbee
Well, that stinks. Please keep us updated and let us know what’s going on. Hopefully this will end some day.
Regards,
Kevin Weatherbee
Ellen Baiely
Jo-Anne,
I was hoping for August, at least… This news made me cry a little. I was unable to block the time for MFC last year due to travel, much to my misery at missing that perfect immersion, and was just waiting for the go-ahead as I’m sure many others were, also. But to my knowledge, you are ALL well and making it through this misery, with the prospect of coming out the other side with a new and optimistic Life Perspective!
Thank you for keeping the MFC info flow going.
See you in 2021!
Ellen Baiely
Tom Martin
Oh Jo-Anne,
That is “almost” the saddest news I could have received in the middle of the lockdown! I’ll hop on website and make donation to help out.
Stay safe. I look forward to the Tina Turner revival!
Best
Tom Martin
The Grand Life of Upright Piano
“The Grand Life of Upright Piano”
by John Pranio
(PA Starck Piano Co. est.1891 New York – Chicago)
So here’s the fairly thrilling story of the piano the Oshima boys grew up plunking away on as kids in Whitefield. Toki’s mother’s old upright was gifted to us early on, and we all enjoyed years of its musical generosity. We had the old-timer tuned countless times and refurbished more than once. But finally, a couple years before we moved to Belfast, it was beyond repair and it ended up out on the screen porch. Here it hunkered down, functioning as a table of sorts at pot-lucks; a dusty collector of stuff; a plant stand, etc. There, hit by sideways spraying rain or snow, spilled lemonade, or manhandled by a new generation of young musical explorers, it stood, dignified, with unflagging posture. [Read more…] about The Grand Life of Upright Piano
HERE IS A WAY TO SUPPORT MAINE FIDDLE CAMP!
Hi Fiddle Campers and prospective Fiddle Campers! As most of you know, the complete 2020 season of MFC has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. *sigh*.. BUT the MFC staff has put together a team to work on a “Virtual Fiddle Camp”. We plan to keep the spirit of MFC alive with live streaming concerts, workshops, presentations, music videos, one on one or group lessons with your favorite instructor, and MORE!! This will definitely be the BEST virtual Fiddle Camp ever!!! You can help to that end by donating with the knowledge that your donation will be going to help underwrite this project and help the MFC staff who are working on the project, many of whom have lost some or all of their livelihood. So keep an eye right here on the website for updates.. Stay safe!!
MAINE FIDDLE CAMP SADLY CANCELLED FOR 2020
Dear MFC Campers and friends, It is my sad job to inform you all that we are canceling this season of MFC due to the obvious uncertainty of the virus situation. Most camps have done the same. The plan, just for now, will be to return with the same line up and (approximate) dates in 2021. In the mean time we plan to keep the spirit of MFC alive with live streaming concerts, workshops, presentations, music videos, etc., maybe even a “virtual” online fiddle camp. We are putting together a team to work on that now and you can keep updated on the MFC website and there will be regular newsletters. MFC missed a year in the past and can do so again. Staying healthy is always so important, we have been so lucky in that regard at camp. Hopefully next year will be the best ever.For Campers who have already registered for 2020, there are choices: you may request a full refund (including the “non-refundable” deposit), request to apply the funds to next year’s camp, or donate all or some of the payment to MFC to help support our staff until we can reopen next year. We will be contacting each of you soon regarding these refunds, and all refund requests will be honored without question.With sorrow, but always optimistic, and many thanks to Bill, Jo-Anne and the rest of the MFC management team, and remember: “Look for the Silver Lining!!”
Your fearless leader,Doug
Moonlight Bay
A foxtrot in the key of C arranged by Doug Protsik, introduced in 2020.
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In the Good Old Summertime
A waltz in the key of C arranged by Doug Protsik, introduced in 2020.
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After the Ball
A waltz in the key of G arranged by Doug Protsik, introduced in 2020.
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Chris Brinn: Irish Piano Accordion
Chris Brinn taught piano accordion for a weekend at MFC several years ago. In 2020 he is BACK and will be teaching during the newly established accordion track for the June week, June 21-26. here are Chris’s own words!! – bill o.
I started playing the trumpet when I was about seven years old. I was extremely lucky that both my parents and teachers always encouraged music. Both my grandmothers played piano, and my grandfather on mother’s side (who was from Wicklow, Ireland) played in a harmonica band when he was in the army. In school though, the headmaster always played guitar and had us all singing during weekly assemblies. I think this was where I first heard, and became hooked on, folks songs and folk music.
[Read more…] about Chris Brinn: Irish Piano AccordionHome on the Range
A waltz in the key of G arranged by Doug Protsik, introduced in 2013.
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Quebec Reel
An intermediate reel in the key of D played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Indian Reel
An advanced reel in the key of G played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Flop Eared Mule
A beginner reel in the key of D played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Saponette
An advanced reel in the key of D played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Monk’s March
An intermediate march in the key of G played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Maggie Brown
An intermediate jig in the key of G played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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La Moquine
An intermediate reel in the key of D played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Irish American Waltz
An intermediate waltz in the key of G played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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Highland Laddie
A beginner reel in the key of A played by MCDFW, introduced in 2020.
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A Hundred Pipers
Joe Ryan’s Barn Dance
An intermediate barndance in the key of G played by Sharon Pyne, introduced in 2019.
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Julia Clifford’s Favorite
An intermediate jig in the key of D played by Sharon Pyne, introduced in 2019.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH QUEBECOIS FIDDLER ÉRIC FAVREAU, (BILL OLSON, FEB 2019)
Bill: When did you first come to teach at Maine Fiddle Camp?
Éric: I think it was over ten years, or around
Bill: Who recommended you to MFC? Was it either Guy B. or Lisa O.
Éric: No body recommend me to go at MFC, I remember Guy Bouchard had been there before. I was just interested to travel, to go someplace where the people are interested about Québec music. I sent to Doug a package with my CD Reel à 2 and the last album I did with the band Entourloupe. His answer was cool and he invite me the years after.
[Read more…] about AN INTERVIEW WITH QUEBECOIS FIDDLER ÉRIC FAVREAU, (BILL OLSON, FEB 2019)Pays de Haut
An intermediate reel in the key of D played by Elaine Malkin and Gail Lipfert, introduced in 2019.
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Liberty
An intermediate reel in the key of D played by Elaine Malkin and Gail Lipfert, introduced in 2019.
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Gal I Left Behind Me
An intermediate reel in the key of G played by Elaine Malkin and Gail Lipfert, introduced in 2019.
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Deuxieme Partie
An intermediate jig in the key of D played by Elaine Malkin and Gail Lipfert, introduced in 2019.
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The Most Amazing Fiddle Camp Ever!
It was Saturday and it was pouring, they were setting up for the dance. From the time the dance started until the end of the evening at 11 I entered into an infusion of Joy…..To say I laughed and smiled is..!!!!! I smiled until my cheeks ached and I had to keep squeezing them down because I could not stop smiling…I laughed until I was bent over and held my sides to keep them from “splitting at the seams”…my stomach hurt, I couldn’t breathe I thought “Oh My God…I’m going to die laughing (not such a bad way to go)…It was as if a portal into the Hilarity dimension opened and myself and others entered into what can only be described as a realm of pure unadulterated mirth. For about four hours, this experience which I will take to my grave was so intense, and overwhelming that I emerged at the end of the evening, “born again”… baptized with laughter. My deepest gratitude for all of you, those who create, maintain, attend, participate in what was truly The Most Amazing Fiddle Camp Ever!
-Sara Sparks