French-Canadian fiddling & step dancing. Émile Benoit,Joachim Benoit, Benjamin Benoit & Georges Chiasson, fiddles; Geneviève and Charlie Chiasson, dance. Recorded 1979 Port-au-Port Peninsula, Newfoundland

Émile Benoit was born in 1913 and was the pre-eminent dance musician of his generation on the Port-au-Port Peninsula.

From JVC/Smithsonian Video Anthology of Music & Dance of the Americas, Disc 1

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