ComhaltasLive #219: Under-18 Fiddle Competition (Full Programme)



This week we bring you music from the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann at Letterkenny, 2006. Competitors in this category are required to play three different pieces.

Time Segment
00:00 Cáit Ní Cuilainn(Co. Wicklow), from Craobh Chualann, plays a jig and a reel, “Dowd’s” in G minor. She was recorded at the Under-18 fiddle competition of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Letterkenny, 2006.
03:58 Síofra Nic Aodha of Cr. Chois Muaidhe, Co. Mayo, plays a jig in the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006.
05:50 A hornpipe played by Melanie Houton, CCÉ Seamus Mac Giolla Bhride, Co. Donegal at the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006.
08:24 A jig and reel played by Duncan Wickel, CCÉ Michael Rafferty Branch, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey in the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006.
12:00 A set dance played by Alison Perkins, CCÉ Crotty-Doran Branch, Oak Park MI, USA. The set-dance is “The Job of Journeywork” and is this week’s Tutorial. Alison continues with a 4-part jig, “The Humours of Ballyloughlin”, also known as “The Hurler’s March”.
16:06 Concluding the programme, the multipart reel “Graf Spey” played by Christina McGowan, CCE Cill Dhéagláin, Dublin in the Under-18 Fiddle competition at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2006.

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Date
29 July, 2007
Created By
Willie Fogarty
Source
ComhaltasLive
Performers/Subjects Instruments
Cáit Ní Cuilainn Fiddle
Síofra Nic Aodha Fiddle
Melanie Houton Fiddle
Duncan Wickel Fiddle
Alison Perkins Fiddle
Christina McGowan Fiddle

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