What are we doing in Sudbury 2022?

Fiddlers young and old, new and experienced, will gather in Sudbury to play some tunes together at a few different locations and then go for ice cream afterwards! Accompanyists (guitars, cellos, flutes, mandolins etc) are welcome!

This will be a 'Random Acts of Violin' style event!

See  our Toronto friends here;

https://youtu.be/HdHBQ4uQM6E

When?

• Saturday May 21st
• Meet at 12:30pm

If it’s fine weather we will go here;

• 12:30pm gather at Science North Car Park
• Play tunes outside Science North at Sudbury Market
• Wander along Ramsey Lake path to the Gazebo & play tunes
• Possibly play tunes at another walkable location
• Afterwards drive to Dairy Queen at 4 Corners!

What you need to do;

Register yourself or your child here by RSVPing.

Updates will be sent to you.

Here's the tune list (you can also suggest your own fav tunes!)

An Irishman's Heart to the Ladies

Auntie Mary/Chase Me Charlie

Devil's Dream

Drunken Sailor

Egan's Polka

Farewell to Nova Scotia

I's the B'y

Mason's Apron

On the Road to Boston

Red Haired Boy/The Jolly Beggarman

Solider's Joy

St Anne's Reel

St Antonie's Reel

Swallowtail Jig

Temperance Reel

The Flowers of Edinburgh

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

You can also learn them here by watching our playlist on YouTube;

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyJcs1361rcn-BRFgHC9asKVoq6xmNBwA

list of tunes is here;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kec4uV8iMO9gnLlIuPyU_UYN5nIZ_dBov-Ji8R_9lnU/edit?usp=sharing

*If you need sheet music to learn these tunes they are now here for you (both scores and ABC notation);

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f8shMjCFbNx4Qz4UzBKOjGidzD7J6xvm?usp=sharing

Call Lou at 613-866-6610 with any questions!

What’s it all about?

This National Fiddling Day "bill" was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.  This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law. This enactment designates the third Saturday in May in each and every year as “National Fiddling Day!"

According to Senator Elizabeth Hubley in May 2016, "I envisioned National Fiddling Day to be a whole day of celebration where fiddlers share their talent, lifting spirits and making people happy. Like Canada, it [fiddling] embraces and accommodates many different styles and traditions, allowing each to thrive and flourish — even while we create an entirely new sound.”