Emile Benoit - Christina's Dream / Tootsie Wootsie (HD) 

Hey everyone, my name is Roberta. What you see here was a true work of art. I am the youngest daughter of Emile. I played with him on many occasions. This was the only video he was able to make before he pasted away. It is so great to see he is still around in our hearts. He will always be missed.

I was there when this video was made. Same day i drew a portrait of Emile in a pub after the filming, "for my wife"-he said, i think it was the day of his birthday. I can see my dear auntie Leslie there dancing with him too. We were all dancing and they started to take shots but then some executive dork told me to get off because i was foreigner(??) i can see there Pamela, and also Noel (sadly gone...)..this was only yesteday. It lasts an instant-live it with heart, FULLY!

Great Video, I met Émile at Mémorial University in 1978, he came to our class to play a jig and tell a story. He is a great fiddler, however one must not forget that he was ''un très bon Conteur d'histoire'' je suis chanceux de l'avoir connue et de l'avoir rencontré en personne...comme on dit par che nous c'tun bon diable!!! Bonne Fête Émile 100ans déjà.

NO BODY PLAYS LIKE EMILE

I was extremely fortunate to see Emile Benoit perform a lunchtime concert at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1984; he was truly wonderful and in high spirits. My nine months at MUN as a French language assistant were unforgettable for a young guy brought up on the shores of the Mediterranean, largely thanks to Newfoundlanders' legendary sense of fun and hospitality exemplified here. Seeing Figgy Duff play live was another highlight of my stay. Thank you for all that beautiful music.

Acadian spirit, i love this stuff. Greetings from the Magdalen Islands

It's amazing to see him play, very few memories of him when I was young, he was my grandfather and mentor. - Justin Benoit

His voice in the background changes this from a cute tune to a whole party in the background. What a joyful sound.

Aaah, it's so neat how all these commentors seem to be inter-related: relatives, friends of friends, etc. I'm the great-niece of this wonderful fiddler, though I never knew him. I was really touched, being able to hear his music. I'm a violinist now, too, and my grandmother (his sister, Bernadette) was supposedly a very good fiddler, too, once, though there are no records of her. This is wonderful!

i spent more than a few hours listening to Emile jam in our kitchen it makes me smile to think about theshannanigans and caryings on back then.

My family is from lourdes and we all knew and loved his music..

This is Emile's son Jim ... I am so proud of my father Emile for his accomplishments. I also would like to give recognition to my mom Margaret who has always supported him and us children in everything we do. You can also visit our daughter Emile's granddaughter to hear her play one of Emile's tunes "Brother's Jig" on utube at Victoria Benoit Night Kitchen Magical. We will be downloading more of Victoria playing her grandfather's tunes in the near future.

My papa !

he personified the combination of acadian and newfoundland culture mixed together, soul music

Vraiment très bon, ça mériterait d'être plus connu !

Emile Benoit is joie de vivre personified.

The louder you play this, the happier you feel

Quelle joie de vivre, quel musicien. Un être tout à fait extraordinaire.

great stuff!

Love this. It just makes me smile hearing it. It was used on Rare Birds. A true treasure!

what a great time !!

Abosultely superb. *****.

Great stuff. The wellington boots by the door were a prop. Newfoundland is a tropical island.

Never saw him in person but his music is amazing

Thanks! Happy holidays! 🤶🎅🏻🙂😎

Christina's dream: Christina played it herself at the Ship Inn last night. How good is that?

My goodness could Emile play that fiddle

use to hear his musique when visiting famly in New Brunswick in my teens!!!

Hey, then you're my cousin! This man was my mother's uncle. IE, I am the grand daughter of Emile's sister Bernadette! Aaaah, this is so cool!

loveeeee it the best of the bestttttttt deffo!!!!!!!!

Play it when you're ready...

I have just learned about him via the amazing writer Lisa Moore. I play fiddle and hoping to learn Bridgett’s Reel.

i actually just found out that Christina Smith, the girl who Emile named this song after, is my pop's cousin's daughter. That's pretty cool.

That's her sitting next to him playing fiddle, by the way. I'm her brother, and hence your fourth wassname three times removed. Or something.

Listing from Piccadilly nl

I bet the 7 people who disliked this video are mainlanders by the Lord Jesus 😉

I am wondering if the saw mill scene in this videos was Emiles as well

lourds, black duck brook, kippens, stephenville, port-au-port, anyone remember me??

I'm named after Emile Benoit :)

e's my great uncle. :s

French acadian ❤

I loved, no adored actually, Emile & Rufus Guinchard so very much now if we could only find a way to edit out that self-centered, pretencious, arrogant Kelly Russel from these vids that would be great!