I have pictures of Donnie from the 1960s dancing in our livingroom on Gladstone Avenue in Ottawa. My older brother was one of his students who appeared on Don Messer's Jubilee back in '58.
Yvon died on the same day as my uncle Gilles Lacombe faisais des hurdy gurdy ! Chapeau a Yvon pour toujours de plus beau violon du Quebec avec Valtz niveau plus BEL o monde come le valtz a Gizelle :o)
As a child I went to the Hensall fiddle contest in the early 70's. As she played I walked up the stage steps and sat on the edge. I was in awe of her playing and she just pulled me into the way she made her fiddle sing. Keep these awesome music videos coming
I suffered through parts of the show while waiting for a regular date alot; when invited inside the living room while her dad was watching the show and did not want to appear rude by waiting outside.
Does anyone know where I can watch footage of Katherine MacKinnon singing, Sailor Boy on Board the Bonaventure in 1964-65? ... I was the sailor boy she sang to.
I wonder if this is the same Cormier who came to the little church in Columbus, North of Oshawa back when the Pineridge Bluegrass Boys and a bunch used to jam? He was amazing then.