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from the convention website
"An independent consortium of fiddlers, folklorists, and friends of traditional music are collaborating with Aberdeen University’s Elphinstone Institute to bring the third biennial North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) to St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador in the summer of 2008.
At the heart of the NAFCo idea is the synergy created by the combination of a performance celebration along with an international academic symposium.
This international event is a six-day festival, taking place from August 3-8, 2008 and showcasing traditional artists from countries around the North Atlantic rim, each representing distinct fiddle and dance traditions.
Highlights will include concerts, solo recitals, workshops (fiddle and dance), demonstrations, free performances, and scheduled sessions in various locations throughout St. John’s, and its environs.
The 2008 convention will provide an electric atmosphere for the cross-fertilization of a variety of music styles, among them Celtic fusion, Texas Swing, bluegrass, gypsy jazz, and trad-rock, along with the traditional fiddle music of England, Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Denmark, Norway, the Appalachians, the Southern United States, the Métis, Cape Breton Scots, Prince Edward Island, francophone, as well as those from our own province.
The convention will also provide a forum for experiencing the links between fiddle, dance, song, mouth music, accordion, piping, and other complementary traditions."
"An independent consortium of fiddlers, folklorists, and friends of traditional music are collaborating with Aberdeen University’s Elphinstone Institute to bring the third biennial North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) to St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador in the summer of 2008.
At the heart of the NAFCo idea is the synergy created by the combination of a performance celebration along with an international academic symposium.
This international event is a six-day festival, taking place from August 3-8, 2008 and showcasing traditional artists from countries around the North Atlantic rim, each representing distinct fiddle and dance traditions.
Highlights will include concerts, solo recitals, workshops (fiddle and dance), demonstrations, free performances, and scheduled sessions in various locations throughout St. John’s, and its environs.
The 2008 convention will provide an electric atmosphere for the cross-fertilization of a variety of music styles, among them Celtic fusion, Texas Swing, bluegrass, gypsy jazz, and trad-rock, along with the traditional fiddle music of England, Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Denmark, Norway, the Appalachians, the Southern United States, the Métis, Cape Breton Scots, Prince Edward Island, francophone, as well as those from our own province.
The convention will also provide a forum for experiencing the links between fiddle, dance, song, mouth music, accordion, piping, and other complementary traditions."
