I was born in good old Nova Scotia and believe me there was no better way to spend an evening than dancing to fiddle music at the local Legion hall or country schoolhouse.That was when dancing was fun and intimate.
I'm beginning to think some folks are cruising these country style videos just to make fun of them . I would ask WHY but I don't care.these videos will stand the test of time and have already so far .Long live old time fiddling & dancing & song & Don
LOL!! I used to think Marge was so fat. This beings back good memories. Were these dancers called the singing swinging eight or do have them confused? I live in Las Vegas but remember fondly NB back in those days. Wish I could go back for a spell.
@SadieRaleigh - how sad for you. What trauma you must have endured to turn out this way. Constant antagonism is an affliction, not an attribute. I sincerely hope life gets better for you.
I watched a biography on Don Messer today - never heard of him before - and it said his show was the most watched tv show in Canada behind Hockey Night in Canada. I find it hard to believe that people watched the shit. It's bad! This makes Lawrence Welch look cool. This show sums up what I think of "old" Canada: backwards, hokey, and uneducated.
@MrDukemeister A big Fuck You to you sir. Don't shit on us or our heritage. Don't care where you come from, if you don't like it then piss off. Enough said, thank you.
@MrTbobson Ah, my friend, don't be so hard on the lad; he's heard or seen nothing to compare, no doubt, and we have to make allowances for this little bit of education that's lacking. L'rd T'underin' beJabbers, if we were to tell him that the folks would roll back the carpet in the living room so they could dance along to Don Messer's music, he'd bust a blood vessel, sure. 'Twas little different on this side of the 54th back then, for we had such as well.
Well, all hail the glory that is MrDukemeister . We are privileged to be in the presence of a Renaissance Man such as yourself. It if refreshing to know that today's Canadian has such contempt for our Cultural History.
I was but a lad, sitting with my Grandparents while Don Messer, Tommy Hunter and The Pig And Whistle were hit shows. I remember people having fun and dancing at Barn Dances and Church Socials.
@GrampaGoalie Also, Tommy Hunter was bad. I remember Tommy Hunter. That's why I hated the 1980s. The Pig and whistle I'm not familar with, but anybody who would dance in barns where they used to lynch "coloureds" and go to church where they used to read the Old Book of Jewish Fairy Tales and worship an all-powerful space daddy has no creedence in my books.
@GrampaGoalie It's me, MrDukemeister as a different user (I'm blocked from this video). Remember, Gramps, that not everything from childhood and "simpler times" are better. In so called "simpler times," retarded children were locked in the attic and married women barred from careers. I feel bad for that you had to endure this as a child, that there were less options for you in an older, smaller, cookier Canada. My advice to your grandchildren: travel to a big city and experience culture.
@GrampaGoalie Hey, it's MrDukemeister as a different user (I'm blocked from this video). Remember, Gramps, that "simpler times" aren't necessarily better times. In so called "simpler times," retarded children were locked in the attic and women were not allowed to puruse careers. I feel sorry that you had to grow up in this smaller, simpler, cookier Canada with less options. My advice to your grandchildren is to travel and explore the world less they watch Don Messer on Gramp's knees.
I was born in good old Nova Scotia and believe me there was no better way to spend an evening than dancing to fiddle music at the local Legion hall or country schoolhouse.That was when dancing was fun and intimate.
fiddlemann45 1 week ago
I'm beginning to think some folks are cruising these country style videos just to make fun of them . I would ask WHY but I don't care.these videos will stand the test of time and have already so far .Long live old time fiddling & dancing & song & Don
Jm01394 1 month ago
LOL!! I used to think Marge was so fat. This beings back good memories. Were these dancers called the singing swinging eight or do have them confused? I live in Las Vegas but remember fondly NB back in those days. Wish I could go back for a spell.
nobamarang 1 month ago
@SadieRaleigh - how sad for you. What trauma you must have endured to turn out this way. Constant antagonism is an affliction, not an attribute. I sincerely hope life gets better for you.
GrampaGoalie 1 month ago
df
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
gh
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
proud to be a backwoods maritimer--so much talent in our culture--
steevespace 2 months ago
I watched a biography on Don Messer today - never heard of him before - and it said his show was the most watched tv show in Canada behind Hockey Night in Canada. I find it hard to believe that people watched the shit. It's bad! This makes Lawrence Welch look cool. This show sums up what I think of "old" Canada: backwards, hokey, and uneducated.
MrDukemeister 7 months ago
@MrDukemeister A big Fuck You to you sir. Don't shit on us or our heritage. Don't care where you come from, if you don't like it then piss off. Enough said, thank you.
MrTbobson 7 months ago
@MrTbobson Ah, my friend, don't be so hard on the lad; he's heard or seen nothing to compare, no doubt, and we have to make allowances for this little bit of education that's lacking. L'rd T'underin' beJabbers, if we were to tell him that the folks would roll back the carpet in the living room so they could dance along to Don Messer's music, he'd bust a blood vessel, sure. 'Twas little different on this side of the 54th back then, for we had such as well.
p71ford 6 months ago
@MrTbobson I'm shitting on you right now.
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
@MrDukemeister
Well, all hail the glory that is MrDukemeister . We are privileged to be in the presence of a Renaissance Man such as yourself. It if refreshing to know that today's Canadian has such contempt for our Cultural History.
I was but a lad, sitting with my Grandparents while Don Messer, Tommy Hunter and The Pig And Whistle were hit shows. I remember people having fun and dancing at Barn Dances and Church Socials.
GrampaGoalie 6 months ago
@GrampaGoalie Also, Tommy Hunter was bad. I remember Tommy Hunter. That's why I hated the 1980s. The Pig and whistle I'm not familar with, but anybody who would dance in barns where they used to lynch "coloureds" and go to church where they used to read the Old Book of Jewish Fairy Tales and worship an all-powerful space daddy has no creedence in my books.
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
@MrDukemeister
I remember a time when people were courteous to each other and it was not required to lock your doors at night. Do you MrDukemeister?
It may seem backwards, hokey and uneducated to you. But to those of us who experienced and appreciated a far simpler time, it was magical.
Your opinion is your own, I accept it, but just because you have an opinion does not mean we need to experience your mental diarrhea.
GrampaGoalie 6 months ago
@GrampaGoalie It's me, MrDukemeister as a different user (I'm blocked from this video). Remember, Gramps, that not everything from childhood and "simpler times" are better. In so called "simpler times," retarded children were locked in the attic and married women barred from careers. I feel bad for that you had to endure this as a child, that there were less options for you in an older, smaller, cookier Canada. My advice to your grandchildren: travel to a big city and experience culture.
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
@GrampaGoalie Hey, it's MrDukemeister as a different user (I'm blocked from this video). Remember, Gramps, that "simpler times" aren't necessarily better times. In so called "simpler times," retarded children were locked in the attic and women were not allowed to puruse careers. I feel sorry that you had to grow up in this smaller, simpler, cookier Canada with less options. My advice to your grandchildren is to travel and explore the world less they watch Don Messer on Gramp's knees.
SadieRaleigh 1 month ago
Marg Ellswoth?
ShellTrek 8 months ago