Sunday, March 20 at 6:30
No meeting at the Atlantic this month.
Instead, go to 4544 Lincoln to the Resource Center (downstairs at the Old Town School of Folk Music) for Movie Night. We’ll watch some fiddle films from 1970 and 1990. Note: there is a concert that night. But you can go straight to the basement.)
Say Old Man Can, You Play the Fiddle
by Bess Lomax Hawes
about Earl Collins, born to a fiddling family in Missouri a hundred years ago this year. As an adult, Earl moved to southern California. His family tradition is the source of our
New England Fiddles
by John Bishop & Nicholas Hawes
about Joe Cormier (Cape Breton), Paddy Cronin (Irish), Harold Luce (Anglo-American), Willfred Guillette (French Canadian) & others. Lots of great tunes come from the Northeast, like this medley of
Petronella & Green Mountain Petronella by Rodney & Randy Miller.
Plus some other goodies.
After the films, head next door to the Grafton for the
Fiddle and Banjo Showcase!
from 9 to midnight, featuring, among others . . .
Paul Tyler, convener
Fiddle Club of the World