Until a couple of generations ago, traditional music and dancing were common forms of entertainment for North Country people. People gathered with a fiddler and a pianist in large country farmhouses for house parties or around kitchen tables to sing old ballads or love songs. Various immigrant groups also brought Old World traditions here, observing weddings and other celebrations with lively dances and lyrics of the world they left behind.
Each of the following individuals and groups has been selected by TAUNY as exemplary masters of the traditional art or practice listed with their names. Click on the names of each to link to short profiles of them and their achievements and their photograph from the TAUNY North Country Wall of Fame.
Each of the following individuals and groups has been selected by TAUNY as exemplary masters of the traditional art or practice listed with their names. Click on the names of each to link to short profiles of them and their achievements and their photograph from the TAUNY North Country Wall of Fame.
Akwesasne Women Singers (2014) Akwesanse Traditional Mohawk Music Vincent & Louise Boyea (2006) Westville, Franklin County French American Musicians Alice Clemens (1993) Osceola, Lewis County Fiddler & Music Historian Jim & Colleen Cleveland (1994) Brant Lake, Warren County Traditional Ballad Singers The Fraser Family & Friends (2005) Harrisville, Lewis County Celtic Musicians Fred V. Higby (2002) Black River, Jefferson County Harmonica Player Vic & Paul Kibler (1995) Vails Mills, Fulton County & Plattsburgh, Clinton County Adirondack Fiddler & Pianist |
David R. Nichols (2000) Whippleville, Franklin County Luthier & Custom Inlay Maker Perkins Family Band (2002) Plattsburgh, Clinton County Champlain Valley Dance Music Ermina Pincombe (2008) Benson, Hamilton County Traditional Adirondack Musician Polish American Citizens Club of Lewis County (2014) Glenfield Polka Dances Clarence ‟Daddy Dick” Richards (1996) Lake Luzerne, Warren County Country Music Pioneer Donald Woodcock (1997) Kendrew Corners, St. Lawrence County St. Lawrence River Valley Dance Fiddler Photos: The Boyea family; Schroon Lake square dance; Fraser Clan at home. |
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