Ed Whitcomb's tune book, Canadian Fiddle Music, Vol. One (Me Bay, 2000) lists a number of Ottowa valley fiddlers and includes tunes composed by some of them...
Hi Anjili, I'm a button accordion player in Ottawa and have had the opportunity to play with Dawson Girdwood (I was attending a workshop he was hosting in...
Hi - I just found this group and thought I would introduce myself. I live in the SF Bay Area and have been in love with Quebecois music since meeting Lisa...
Hi - I'm forwarding this for Linda Mattson - contact her to register for the workshop (contact info in the message) My own recommendation: I'd like to second...
On Saturday, January 12, 2008 Andre Marchand from Quebec will be teaching a guitar workshop in Albany from 2 - 4pm, $25. Andre is well-known in Quebec and the...
(note that the Sat evening house concert in Berkeley is now very close to sold out; not sure about the other house concerts) I'm very pleased to announce a...
(sorry for all the announcements, but I am amazed at all the Quebecois music that's coming thru the SF Bay Area in the course of 2 weekends.. This is the last...
That is a good list. We play a lot of Ottawa Valley tunes in our area of Ontario. Some little corrections: #2 is Shandon Bells - it's actually an Irish tune,...
Hi David, I think I met you in Quebec last October at the session on a Tuesday evening. Am I correct? Hope you had a good visit to Folklore Village and sorry...
Bonjour. My name is Chris Roy, and I live in Williston, Vermont. My grandparents moved to Vermont from the Coaticook/Sherbrooke area in the 1930s. I am also...
Welcome Chris! I think it is a wonderful thing when we identify ourselves and say where we come from. I am Elizabeth Szekeres, from Caledon, Ontario. My maiden...
Greetings from Minnesota et Salut! I'm a lover of Quebecois music out on the Midwestern Prairie. I play one-row and two-row boxes in various styles. Quebecois...
Hello to everyone, I am new to the list and developed an affinity for traditional Quebecois music because of my dear friend Ned who has given me the ...
Thanks, Walt! If you have critics, suggestions, etc, please, let me know. This is valid to everyone. Also, if someone wants to write a review on festivals,...
Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone had contact information for Paul Marchand. We need about 100 pairs of wooden spoons for our upcoming cultural exchange and I...
Hi everybody, And by the way, the Guide Mnémo (print version) will be available next week (it is now at the printer) : 1000 entries (musicians, dancers,...
Greetings, everyone! Does anyone know where to find a transcription of the version of "La Grondeuse" played by Nightingale in medley with "Reel d'Issoudun" on...
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Bonjour, tout le monde. I am looking for sheet music for the tune La Chasse. Anyone know a website that has it? Or, can someone email me a scanned copy? Merci...
Hi everybody, «Grondeuses» is a generic name for tunes with usually a 3/2 part somewhere. So it is no directly associated to La Disputeuse - Marmoteuse -...
... Do you mean 'La Belle Chasse'? That was the title Stèphane Landry used for the tune given as "Saint-Joseph" in Portland I, among other places. Bob W....
I agree with Bob, you may be looking for "La Bellechasse". I learned it from Raynald Ouellette as "St-Stanislav" and it was correctly given by Bob as...
