Transcript

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Speakers:

KC – Kevin Chaisson

KP – Curator Ken Perlman

KP: So looking back at the last 15 years, what's happened ?

KC: When you were here the last time, I would have to say fiddle music was probably at one of its lowest points ever on PEI I would think. Just that little boost that you gave us, just gettin' some of the musicians together again, I think that was an excellent – That was like kind of revvin' up the engines again. Since that point in time B There was a few places around like Monticello, but ceilidhs are everywheres now. They’re from one end of the Island to the other. There's no question in my mind that there's more fiddlin' goin' on now than there was the last time that you were here: right across the Island B it's not just up here [northeast Kings] and it's not just up west [Prince County]. It's all over; it's everywheres. There's different styles. But music is everywheres now. And I think between the [Rollo Bay] Fiddle Festival startin' and you guys come down [the Earthwatch Teams in 1991-2] B There's been a big revival of music on the Island.