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About the group
The CVSFC was founded in 2010 by fiddlers and Scottish music enthusiasts Peter Macfarlane
and Jeanne Van Order. At monthly gatherings fiddlers - young and old, experienced and novice - assemble in
congenial company to play, learn about, and share enjoyment of music from the great Scottish fiddle tradition.
Mission Statement
- To encourage participation in the playing of traditional Scottish fiddle music
- To provide opportunities for learning about traditional Scottish fiddle music
- To share the enjoyment of traditional Scottish fiddle music
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News Items!
THIS weekend: July 30 - August 1
Champlain Valley Folk Festival
Great talent, wonderful atmosphere,
reduced prices.
Burlington Waterfront Park
www.cvfest.org
Next monthly CVSFC meeting:
Sunday 8th August
We'll look at:
- hornpipes (King of the Fairies);
- more waltzes (Hill at Lochiel & W2);
- more jigs (The Laird of Cockpen & J2);
- anything else you'd like!
Looking ahead - September's meeting will
also be on the second Sunday
(9/12, not 9/5)
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Peter Macfarlane has been playing fiddle for Scottish dance for over 20 years: from 1988
with many bands in southern England, and since 2003 throughout New England and beyond. He led the
Aylesbury Fiddle Rally for 10 years, and has also taught Scottish fiddle widely, including the UK's Hands-On-Music
series, Pinewoods in Massachusetts, various other weekends and festivals, and private
students at his home in Addison, VT. Now he mostly plays with Atlantic Crossing, with whom he has released 5 recordings. In addition his solo UK album was
released in 2003. Outside music, he tutors biology and chemistry at high school level (a full-time
career for 18 years in England) and builds cedar-strip canoes, doing business as
Otter Creek Smallcraft.
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Jeanne Van Order is a long time devotee of 18th Century Scottish fiddle music,
Highland pipes, Scottish Country Dance and the songs of Robert Burns. She has attended Scottish fiddle
summer camps in Black Mountain and Valle Crucis, North Carolina for many years and has played Scottish
Country Dance music with The Cameron Ensemble in NYC and the Strathspey and Reel Society of New Hampshire.
She was born and raised in Chautauqua County, NY and has lived in Vermont since 2001.
In previous incarnations she has been a middle school teacher, an airline agent and an antique dealer.
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