‘It is our essence’: Fiddle troupe bring folk sounds to area schools
Students clapped their hands, tapped their toes and jived along to the harmonic hum of fiddle music at Westview Public School.
It was part of the Shivering Strings school tour that stopped in Tuesday. The effort was co-founded by Cathy Sproule, out of a love and passion for traditional fiddle music.
“To me, it is the essence of what our prairie culture is about,” she said. “I think it is inclusive of the Métis style of fiddling and that connection between European and First Nation music.”
This is the eighth year for the troupe, made up of Sproule, Troy MacGillivray, J.J. Guy and Gordon Stobbe — a recent Order of Canada recipient, who have toured the West to spread music and education.