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. . . . ABOUT
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I have always wanted to play the fiddle. I grew up with a piano, a clarinet and later guitars. I deliberately never took up the violin because I thought it would be too difficult and that I would never be happy with the way I played.
As I grow older, I get a little more flexible and finding an inexpensive Chinese violin on eBay, made me change my mind. That violin led to others and as I upgraded my violins, along with many hours of practice, my playing became a little more enjoyable to my own ears.
My desire to learn led to some wonderful adventures which in time I will tell on these pages. This summer I went to Cape Breton to the Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music to learn from some of the best fiddlers in the world. I went armed with cameras and video as well as fiddle. Met some wonderful people and found a wonderful part of the world that considers the fiddle a tradition where 1 out of 3 play the fiddle.
The summer of 2000, I went to Tennesee to Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp and had a BLAST___!!! Fell in love with the Cape Breton style of fiddle playing because of one of the teachers; Natalie MacMaster. The year of 2001, she was going to be teaching only at Mark O'Connor's Camp in California. I am very afraid to fly, and when I looked up her home location; Cape Breton - found that the dollar exchange favored me going there.
So last summer I went to Cape Breton to the Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music to learn from some of the best fiddlers in the world, particularly Buddy MacMaster and Brenda Stubbert. I went armed with cameras and video as well as fiddle. Met some wonderful people and found a wonderful part of the world that considers the fiddle a tradition where 1 out of 3 play the fiddle. This summer, I am going back and really looking forward to seeing some of the wonderful people I met last year.
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