Tagged With: Fiddlers

Duncan (Picket) McDonald

2006 Jun

Duncan W. McDonald, the son of Hugh Allan McDonald and Catherine MacLeod, was born on January 8, 1906 in Glen Sanfield. He married Mary Marcella McDonell, daughter of Angus A. (Sandy) & Margaret (Weir) McDonell and had three children, Theresa, Margaret and Daniel. As with many Glengarrians, Duncan’s roots go back to Scotland; his grandfather, […]

Edna MacMillan

2006 Jun

Edna was born on July lst, 1906 in the 7th Concession of East Hawkesbury Township, Prescott County, to Angus Malcolm MacKinnon and Maude Hope. In the winter of 1917 the family moved to the Brodie Road. She often remarked what a change there was between two communities. It was much more social in Brodie with […]

Allan MacPhail

2005 Jun

Allan MacPhail Jr. was born on December 21, 1926 at St. Andrew’s West, the son of Allan Sr. and his wife, the former Catherine Ann MacDonald of Munroe’s Mills and St. Raphael’s. He received his elementary and secondary education at St. Andrew’s School. He went on to graduate from the University of Ottawa and the […]

Viola MacCuaig

2005 Jun

Viola MacCuaig was born at Lorne, in Lochiel Township, the daughter of Norman B. MacRae and Mary Jane MacMillan. She started her musical journey by playing her mother’s pump organ. Because her legs were too short to reach the pedals, her sisters would take turns pumping while she played. Her parents recognized her musical talent […]

Glengarry Old Time Fiddlers

Glengarry Old Time Fiddlers

2004 Jun

  The Glengarry Old Time Fiddler organization was formed on March 26, 1966 in Maxville. The purpose was to promote and preserve old time fiddle music and its related arts. Ron Clare was the first president and Fred Leroux is the only playing member that has been there since the very beginning. The Old Time […]

Rene & Sherrill Trottier

2004 Jun

This couple has been involved with music in Glengarry for many years. Rene grew up interested in music, but his interest increased when he began attending dances. He took one lesson on the fiddle, and in the mid 1950s he organized a small band known as the Glen Orchestra. They played at local dances, weddings […]