{"id":1313,"date":"2015-06-30T21:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2015-06-30T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T21:39:09","slug":"fiddling-with-scottish-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/2015\/06\/30\/fiddling-with-scottish-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiddling with Scottish FIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FIRE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Musical resurgence\u00a0can\u00a0occur in satellite locations\u00a0quite remote and independent from the principal core revival.\u00a0An excellent case of this is to be found in the organisation Scottish F.I.R.E. According to the group’s\u00a0Facebook page:<\/p>\n

Scottish F.I.R.E. is Scottish Fiddling Revival, Ltd., the North American association for
\nScottish Fiddling and all of its regional styles. (Cape Breton, Shetland, etc.) The
\ngoals of Scottish F.I.R.E. are to preserve and promote Scottish fiddling through
\neducation, competition, and the support of aspiring and established Scottish fiddlers.
\nIn order to help preserve the Scottish fiddling tradition, Scottish Fiddling Revival
\nmaintains a list of active fiddling clubs around the world. We also maintain lists of
\nlinks to related sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FIRE website has a Mission Statement:<\/p>\n

Scottish F.I.R.E. is Scottish Fiddling Revival, Ltd., the North American association\u00a0for\u00a0Scottish Fiddling and all of its regional styles. (Cape Breton, Shetland, etc.) The\u00a0goals of Scottish F.I.R.E. are to preserve and promote Scottish fiddling through\u00a0education, competition, and the support of aspiring and established Scottish\u00a0fiddlers.<\/p>\n

One of the foremost ways Scottish FIRE helps to preserve the Scottish fiddling\u00a0tradition is by fostering and sanctioning Scottish fiddle competitions. As a non-profit\u00a0organization since 1975, Scottish FIRE sets the rules and sanctions the many\u00a0Scottish fiddling competitions held in the US, Canada, and other parts of North\u00a0America.<\/p>\n

Scottish FIRE also certifies judges for local and national competitions, and monitors\u00a0the annual U.S. National Competition held at a sponsoring Highland Games during\u00a0the Games season.\u00a0In order to help preserve the Scottish fiddling tradition, Scottish Fiddling Revival\u00a0maintains a list of active fiddling clubs around the world. We also maintain lists of\u00a0links to related sites.\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Details of the current FIRE sanctioned competitions and judges can be seen at this web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The existence and activities of\u00a0such an\u00a0organisation are clearly of interest in connection with\u00a0this blog and therefore it is interesting to note this award-winning paper on the group’s activities:<\/p>\n

Reviving Scottish Fiddling: An Ethnographic Study of Scottish Fiddling Competitions in the United States<\/a> by Deanna Nebel of Kent State University.<\/p>\n

[Nebel, Deanna (2014) “Reviving Scottish Fiddling: An Ethnographic Study of Scottish Fiddling Competitions in the United States,” Excellence in Performing Arts Research<\/em>: Vol. 1, Article 3. Available at: http:\/\/digitalcommons.kent.edu\/epar\/vol1\/iss1\/3]<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0This paper examines the Scottish fiddling revival in America. Due to its rapid fusion into other fiddling styles, Scottish fiddling did not establish itself as a unique musical genre in the United States. One particular organization, titled \u201cScottish Fiddling Revival,\u201d or \u201cF.I.R.E.,\u201d is largely responsible for the revival and has established all of the necessary elements within a revival framework to stimulate and maintain this style of fiddling. The organization sponsors official Scottish fiddling competitions, provides teachers to educate and maintain the style, and fosters a community to interact with the revival. This study examines the revival infrastructure and its implications according to an established framework for the continued development of Scottish fiddling in the United States.<\/p>\n

I plan to refer to this again in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Musical resurgence\u00a0can\u00a0occur in satellite locations\u00a0quite remote and independent from the principal core revival.\u00a0An excellent case of this is to be found in the organisation Scottish F.I.R.E. According to the group’s\u00a0Facebook page: Scottish F.I.R.E. is Scottish Fiddling Revival, Ltd., the North … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/revival-fiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}