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Quadrille Sett 5 Fig. 1.mp4 vpwillnw 336 views This tune is for Figure 1 of Quadrille Sett 5 in the "The Peter Beemer Manuscript," handwritten for and played from for the dances in the mining camp of Warren's Diggins, I...
Mazurka from Mr. Howard.mp4 vpwillnw 156 views The mazurka was a very popular dance in the 19th century, and was a popular dance in the pioneer West. This mazurka is from "The Peter Beemer Manuscript," handwritten for ...
Evening Star Waltz.mp4 vpwillnw 289 views A beautiful waltz written by Viennese composer Joseph Lanner, which appears in "The Peter Beemer Manuscript," handwritten for and played from for the dances in the mining c...
Darkie Sett Fig II-2.mp4 vpwillnw 90 views This is a quadrille tune from "The Peter Beemer Manuscript," handwritten for and played from for the dances in the mining camp of Warren's Diggins, Idaho, in the 1860s. Th...
Red River Jig - Myllie Barron vpwillnw 3,076 views Here is Myllie's version of the Red River Jig. He was born in Canada in 1910, got a fiddle outfit with 48 lessons by mail in 1926, and became one of the greatest fiddlers i...
Happy Boy Schottische - Myllie Barron vpwillnw 868 views Myllie plays this schottische popular in Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Myllie was born in 1910 in Canada's Red River area and got his first fiddle outfit and 48 lessons...
Turkey in the Straw vpwillnw 1,174 views Vivian Williams, fiddle; Phil Williams, guitar; and Dan Duggan, accordion (off camera), play "Turkey in the Straw." From a house concert in Bow, Washington
Gobblers Knob vpwillnw 296 views Vivian Williams, fiddle; Phil Williams, guitar; Dan Duggan, accordion (off camera), play Vivian's tune "Gobblers Knob." This "one chord wonder" tune was written by Vivian ...
Sarah Brown vpwillnw 250 views Vivian Williams, fiddle; Phil Williams, guitar, and Dan Duggan, accordion (off camera) play Vivian's tune "Sarah Brown." This is played for square and contra dancing in th...
Old Joe Clark vpwillnw 341 views Vivian Williams, fiddle, and Phil Williams, banjo, play a square dance version of "Old Joe Clark." Phil is playing one of his mid-19th century gut strung fretless banjos t...

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Old time Northwest style fiddling by champion fiddler Vivian Williams and her husband, Phil, and videos of other Pacific Northwest fiddlers.

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Vivian is a prominent Pacific Northwest fiddler, and expert in the pioneer fiddle dance styles and music of the Far West, as well as square, Grange, and ballroom dance playing. Winner of many fiddle contest, local, state, national, international. Owner of Voyager Recordings, a fiddle recording label and publisher of fiddle tune books and instructional materials.

Phil Williams plays guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass, fiddle, etc., is a founder of the Washington Oldtime Fiddle Association, Northwest Folklife, and more. Operates Voyager Recordings studio. Has produced over 100 CDs and albums. Co-Author of "Professional Microphone Techniques," and noted backup player on mandolin, guitar, and bass for many bands and performers, including Tall Timber, the Turkey Pluckers, Williams & Bray, Bill Monroe, Rose Maddox, and many, many Western fiddlers. Has taught at many Western fiddle camps. A major documenter of the fiddle style, tunes, traditional dances, and dance fiddling history of the Pacific Northwest.

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