I can't imagine a worse punishment than being in a room with that many fiddles all playing at once, not necessarily the same thing.

Something tells me , Sherry, that you’ve had negative experiences with fiddle players… ;-)

I like the energy/vibes/?? that pur laine provides.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4lxVlL0RRQ   And the referee's hat fits right in.  

Rules (?) are explained here: https://www.google.com/search?q=pur+laine+fiddle+competition+rulesrules&sca_esv=0933d97fea8b6208&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA1116CA1116&ei=JsBGapX8M6Odp84Pur7emQo&biw=1600&bih=739&ved=0ahUKEwiVp4OM4bSVAxWjzskDHTqfN6MQ4dUDCBI&uact=5&oq=pur+laine+fiddle+competition+rulesrules&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJ3B1ciBsYWluZSBmaWRkbGUgY29tcGV0aXRpb24gcnVsZXNydWxlczIFEAAY7wUyBRAAGO8FMgUQABjvBTIFEAAY7wVIoz1QkwpYuTlwAXgBkAEAmAF1oAHrEqoBBTE0LjEwuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIZoAKYFMICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgoQIRgKGKABGMMEmAMA4gMFEgExIECIBgGQBgiSBwQ4LjE3oAeRT7IHBDcuMTe4B5AUwgcJMC4xMi4xMi4xyAdXgAgB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

A wool sock trophy? Doesn’t everybody get a trophy deez daze?

I love the rhythm and drive of Quebecois fiddle -- and the moreso when them b'ys get their boots a-stomping, sort of like seated John Hartfords. As with any kind of good music, it's all about the groove.

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I love the rhythm and drive of Quebecois fiddle -- and the moreso when them b'ys get their boots a-stomping, sort of like seated John Hartfords. As with any kind of good music, it's all about the groove.

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Natalie MacMaster doesn't take a back seat to anyone when it comes to foot-stompin' 

https://youtu.be/daq8YZsls_0?si=yqRupJzgyoN_GPau

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Something tells me , Sherry, that you’ve had negative experiences with fiddle players… ;-)

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I would FAR rather be in a room with that many fiddle players than that many dobro players. 

As for the vid and the playing: Brilliant, no. But fun, yes And it does speak to a universal quality of this music.

Oh, by the way - Cape Breton is a magical place. So magical you might even find Bela Fleck providing the rhythm section for a fiddler as wonderful as McMaster.

Speaking of universiality... 

eagleisland “ I would FAR rather be in a room with that many fiddle players than that many dobro players.” … from now on we’re calling you Skip Monroe

Natalie is the niece of the legendary Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster.

youtu.be/9PMbs_EUze4?si=oFUOTVxiTxRZ1JUa

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eagleisland “ I would FAR rather be in a room with that many fiddle players than that many dobro players.” … from now on we’re calling you Skip Monroe

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I can assure you that I've been called far worse.

Some more hi-steppin’ to lively fiddles

facebook.com/reel/102747498964...fs=e&fs=e

And why not another gem….

facebook.com/reel/346088134409...fs=e&fs=e

https://video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m367/AQPJ8K1LA5nuuyTaveLTho7yI7T_OEc-4kF1mjLwL5h7_57PrSo1RSKEooHRBUBTOiR3sXVUa1LGkTdc6259a-HrCwYmmP6SDRYt0mCyog.mp4?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=8bf8fe&_nc_ht=video-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=1rHhn1S82tYQ7kNvwFt_I9N&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5GQUNFQk9PSy4uQzMuNzIwLnByb2dyZXNzaXZlX2gyNjQtYmFzaWMtZ2VuMl83MjBwIiwieHB2X2Fzc2V0X2lkIjoyNDM0NzU0NTYzNjc2NzA0LCJhc3NldF9hZ2VfZGF5cyI6NTQsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwMDk5LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjo2OSwidXJsZ2VuX3NvdXJjZSI6Ind3dyJ9&ccb=17-1&_nc_gid=a_O35-B67tFum0NdozypCA&_nc_ss=702cf&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQBMrWJKec1zNbgH4I55Bfg-kgAEyqroQqrg7gSM0nmYcg&oe=6A51807D&bitrate=706731&tag=progressive_h264-basic-gen2_720p

This piece is played just about every time there is a fiddler at our weekly jams,here.
There are usually one or more French Fiddlers at our jams.
They play bluegrass tunes,too.
These folks made me learn fiddletunes if I wanted to play around here.Many more of them than bluegrassers around Port Clyde.

Don Roy and Erica Brown are great fiddlers from these parts.
Playing at contra dances helped me learn some of these tunes.
It's fun to be in a 20 piece band playing these tunes as many times through as needed to reach the end of the dance.

If I didn't know the tune coming in I had a pretty good handle on it after playing it 20 times through.
Wood Chopper's Reel is a fun tune in the key of G.

I think Reel to Montreal is a G tune,too.