Events in PEI: Richard Wood through the Years Kitchen Party July 9-13 at 7:30 pm at Florence Simmons Hall see rwood.ca Queen’s County Fiddlers present evening concerts at the BIS Hall on July 25th and August 15th. Come and enjoy their lively fiddling style! 47th Annual Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival concerts and workshops July 21-23. […]
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Patti Kusturok Fundraiser
Patti Kusturok Fundraiser Campaign I was very saddened to hear Calvin’s news about Patti Kusturok (see below). She has been a great fiddle teacher and performer for many years. I had the good fortune to meet her when she was here a few years ago on PEI. She is a very helpful and friendly person […]
President’s Message
President’s Message May 2022 During the past two years, all five chapters of the PEI Fiddlers have faced many challenges and restrictions. However, we are all starting to come out of the worst phase of the pandemic and practice sessions and jams are starting up again around the island. On May 15, we held a […]
Emmett Hughes
Emmett Hughes By Amy Swenson, President Emmett Hughes (1921-2011) was a fiddler of extraordinary talent and dexterity from Dromore, PEI. He came from a very musical family, began fiddling at an early age and from the start had an amazingly accurate memory for tunes. He worked as […]
Some Practices Resumed
Some Practices Resumed By Amy Swenson, President Both Queen County Fiddlers and the Eastern Kings Fiddlers are now back at practices. Details can be found on their sections of the website which you reach by clicking on the appropriate circle on our PEI map, or selecting the Chapter […]
Tunes by Matilda Murdoch
In view of our having to stay isolated these days, I thought it would be fun to post some tunes to try at home. A tune we have enjoyed playing for years at the Southern Kings Chapter is the Loggieville Two-Step, written by a remarkable woman from New Brunswick, Matilda Murdoch. She passed away last […]
Tim Chaisson’s new Fiddle Tune Video Tutorials
The impact of corona virus is being felt everywhere these days, and the fiddle community is experiencing many cancellations of practices and performances. Travelling musicians are particularly affected. Islander Tim Chaisson and the East Pointers have just had their tour of Australia cancelled. He just sent me information about a new Fiddle Tune Video Tutorial […]
Teaching with Bubble Notes
by Amy Swenson I would like to share with you the Bubble Notes which I created and successfully used for the past 20 years on the Island to teach beginner fiddlers aged 4 to 82 in community school classes, private lessons, and with the Southern Kings Fiddlers. Bubble Notes are now being put to good […]
Harry Lecky April 28, 1929 – Jan. 28, 2020
Popular fiddler Harry Lecky from Milburn has passed away at the age of 90. He learned to play in his teens and soon was playing at dances and benefits and ceilidhs and continued to enjoy performing all his life, playing with friends on Saturday Jan. 25th. He was self-taught and played by ear, and had […]
January 2020
2020 Winter Fiddle Classes Date: January 6, 2020 By Amy Swenson The New Year brings Community School Fiddle Classes to the Island. These inexpensive classes have been introducing and encouraging fiddling around the island for many years. Quite often people […]