Maine fiddle camp tunes Click HERE to view. Jan 31, 2023 · Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! Maine musician Owen Kennedy is delighted to be on staff at Maine Fiddle Camp this year, after attending many years as a camper! An award-winning fiddler rooted in the Maine Maritime musical tradition and immersed in his growing passion for Scottish music, Owen splits time between Maine and Cape Breton where he’s studying Gaelic language, culture, and music at Beinn Mhàbu. Tunes for the 2024 Maine Fiddle Camp Jan 31, 2023 · Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! About Maine Fiddle Camp. Maine Fiddle Camp is a multi-generational traditional music camp in central Maine. Every evening at Maine Fiddle Camp you will be offered the opportunity to participate in an old-time country dance. Instrument: Fiddle. This applies to the ball field, and camping areas in and around the ball field. See Doug’s video: Most of the tunes we learn to play at Maine Fiddle Camp are from dance traditions: jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes. I teach all ages and levels the tunes and techniques I have picked up from the greats who have gone before as well as the greats who are among us yet, mostly people I have met and played with in our neck of the Maine woods, representative of myriad ethnicities, religions and traditions. Jan 31, 2023 · Jim plays button accordion in the Quebecois, New England, and Cajun styles and also plays 5 string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, percussion (foot and otherwise) and is a member of several Maine bands including, T-Acadie, Scrod Pudding, and JimmyJo and the Jumbol’ayuhs, with Fiddle Camp staffers Pam Weeks and Bill Olson. Jan 31, 2023 · This index is based on Peter Yarensky and Emeline Dehn-Reynolds’ collections of Maine Fiddle Camp yearly tune sets distributed first as sheet music, then on a CD, and currently on the MFC web site. Here’s a documentary from 1983 about our region’s music and dance. The C part, as brought to my attention by Frank Ferrel, is just a syncopated version of the A part. org. Jim plays single row Cajun Jan 31, 2023 · Are gas-powered generators allowed at Maine Fiddle Camp? Gas powered generators, both stand alone and ones that are built into a trailer or RV, are NOT allowed on the main campus of Fiddle Camp. Generators are allowed at designated “off campus” areas. Instructors emphasize learning and playing by ear. It is complete from 2001 to 2018, with at least two or three years worth of earlier sheet music that was undated. Our own musicologists, Doug and Carter, collected this tune from an old timer in Maine who played it just that way and you can hear this year’s Camp version here Jo-Anne Elizabeth Bouthot Maine Fiddle Camp Jan 10 Our tuition has stayed the same as 2024, and the new process allows you to make one payment for your family or group. The collection includes a variety of tunes chosen by Jun 30, 2023 · It is a Fiddle Camp tune this year and at Camp it is most often played AABBCC. Before camp, each camper receives access to the year’s collection of tunes that are posted on Tunes page on our Web site. . JUNE and AUGUST WEEKS. Online or in-person. Every dance is taught by the caller so Jan 31, 2023 · Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! Jan 31, 2023 · Greg Boardman bowandstring [at] gmail [dot] com Lewiston, Maine. Jan 31, 2023 · Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! Jan 31, 2023 · Maine Fiddle Camp is about playing music and learning tunes, and being able to play and enjoy those tunes with other people whatever your level of experience or ability. You can dance, or play in the dance band, ukekestra or great horned owls. Maine Fiddle Camp has videos of performances, interviews, workshops, concerts and more of music from staff and campers More information on the website: mainefiddlecamp. Maine Master Fiddlers Showcase Videos Other Videos of Interest Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! Help support “Virtual MFC” and other Camp programs! You can donate money to MFC right HERE! A beginner reel in the key of D played by MCDFW, introduced in 2011 and 2021. Jan 31, 2023 · 9:00 -10:00 Sacred Fiddle Circle (Share your favorite hymn, folk song, reverent or irreverent tune) 10:00-11:15 – Workshop IV 11:15-12:00 – Camp cleanup 12:00-1:00 – Lunch 1:00-3:00 – Camper Concert 3:00 – Camp Closes ’til next time. Sunday 4:00-7:00 PM – Check-in – unload your stuff, meet cabin-mates. Among the fiddle masters presented is Maine’s own Ben Guillemette. All ages and levels are welcome—from skilled players to people who have never played before. Not just for fiddles, MFC offers instruction in at least 14 instruments plus voice. xkbztv gzkrufcje wkdth ufe lsre hzic ndxk gheeaav cetho ukz vdpdtzbd nypjv dnctz yrtyxs zhfsyv