Canadian Queen of the Fiddle

Liner notes:

When I was 8 years old, Santa Claus left a violin under the Christmas Tree in our house in the little village of Dungannon, Ontario, where I grew up. Dungannon is located in a farming community six miles west of Port Albert Beach and the sandy shores of Beautiful Lake Huron. For four-and-a-half years Frank Schubert, my teacher guided my fingers up and down the strings of my violin.

In 1962, I found my way to the North American Old Time Fiddling Contest at Shelburne, Ontario. I immediately lost my heart to Old Time Fiddling!

In 1967, 1969 and 1970, I was in the Ladies Championship Class along with other Open Competitions. In 1971, I entered the Championship Open Class in Shelburn and placed in the Top Ten Fiddlers,

Since these years of competition, I have composed some tunes and decided to make an album. One of the tunes, the GUELPH C.M.C. CENTENNNIAL CUP POLKA is dedicated to the memory of Paul Fendley of Georgetown. Paul was a fine young hockey player who lost his life in the game that won his team the Centennial Cup this year.

In helping to make this record possible a very special “Thank You ”is due to Mr. Earl Heywood, Country and Western recording artist of CKNX in Wingham. Also, to my husband Pat, many thanks for his hours of patience during my practising.

Many thanks also to the back-up group, who hail from such towns as Bell Island Newfoundland - Granby Quebec and Fergus Ontario. Last, but not least, a great big “Thank You” to my dear Mother who never gives up on me and who is my greatest fan.

I only hope that those who hear this album will get as much pleasure from it as we had in producing it.

Sincerely,
Eleanor Moorhead

The fine fiddling on this album has been carefully presented as a small tribute to our great Canadian heritage of old time music.

I would like to wish Eleanor every success in her newest venture.

Earl Heywood

COUNTRY & WESTERN COMPOSER & RECORDING ARTIST.