By-the-Canal-Fiddle Camp is located 10 kilometers south of Ottawa at the RCMP Campsite, Long Island Locks, Manotick, Ontario. The campus includes 14 cabins, washrooms, a covered barbeque pit and picnic tables. The camp is run by The Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship.

It's  designed for fiddlers and pianists who want to learn old-time fiddle tunes and piano accompaniment. The emphasis is on playing by ear. There are classes for beginners, intermediate and advances players. Piano players should have a basic knowledge of chords.

©Photos by Lois Siegel

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Peer Norgaard
Camp Coordinator
2009

Students

Teachers

©Photo by Lois Siegel
Calvin Vollrath
2-Time Grand North American
 Old Tyme Fiddle Champion

Calvin composed five fiddle tunes for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics
 in Vancouver, Canada for the  fiddle segment "Rhythms of the Fall."
He was sitting on a chair with the symphony orchestra playing his fiddle proudly.

Camp Talent Show

©Photo by Tom Robertson
Lois Siegel and the Ugly Stick

Presentation to Len Grace
Fiddle Camp Coordinator

Quicktime Movie  
Director/Camera: Lois Siegel
Editor: Mélanie Lafrance, Ecole Secondaire de Casselman
Special Thanks to General Assembly Production Centre, Ottawa

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Featuring: Meaghan LaGrandeur
Playing "Valse Clog" 
Traditional Quebecois Waltz

Peer Norgaard
President
Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association

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