New England Fiddles
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2002.3.8
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bishop, Naomi Hawes
label: Collection Creator
content: Bishop, John Melville
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content: John and Naomi Bishop collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (28 minutes, color sound; 1,062 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film presents seven of the finest traditional musicians as they play in their homes and at dances and contests, passing their fiddle playing styles to younger fiddlers, and commenting on their music. Featured are Ron West (Yankee), Paddy Cronnin (Irish), Ben Guillemette(Quebecois), Wilfred Guillette (Quebecois), Harold Luce (Yankee), Gerry Robichaud (Maritime), and the Cape Breton style of Joe Cormier.