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Reviews/Comptes Rendus 36... BULl.El1N de musiquefolklorique canadienne30.3 (1996) Emphasizedduring all instruction is the unique fiddling I have been in touch with the South Island Metis Nation style of Andy De Jarlis and the sensitiveexpression of feeling, board membersand they are thrilled to have the De Jarlis music meaning and character flowing through his playing. brought to Vi<;toria and BC. I am a mature UVic Education Interestingly, the titles of his compositions are mainly for student doing a music concentration,and I am privileged and people, placesand of historical interest in the Red River Valley proud to take the leadershipin this resurgenceand revival of the areain Manitoba, which he loved. beautiful fiddling music of my special friend, Andy De Jarlis (1914-1975). TheAndy De Jarlis Entrance Scholarshipis in place at the University of Victoria, and the first one ($I,<XX>.OO)will be Peopleinterested should write to me. awarded at the second Fiddle Camp in the summer of 1997, when the first De Jarlis Fiddle Competitionwill take place, and ReverendFranceene Watson at each annual summer Camp thereafter. This Scholarship is 3945 Lexington Avenue, Victoria, BC administered and will continue to be, by the University of V8N 5Cl. Victoria. Applicants for the Scholarshipmust playa waltz, jig Telephone230-721-1120 and a reel, in that order. e-mail:[email protected] For the Competition, each entrant will playa De Jarlis waltz, jig and a reel, in that order. We will also have a Fiddle work-shop during a weekendin Januaryof 1997. A Peak in Darien New recordingsand publications which have crossedour desk recently. Somewill be reviewedin upcomingissues. Books Ken Perlman. TnditilHlal Dance TIIDCaf.. AcooItic Oui Mel Bay Publicati~ Inc., '4 ID4i1S1ria1 Ken Perlman. The PickDc Music of Prince EdW8rd lIJUII: Ce~ and Ac8diaD To- in Living Drive, Pacific, MO 6~-~, USA Tndin Mel Bay PublicatioosInc, #4 ~ Drive, Pacific, MO 63!XfJ-fXX»,USA Lowry ()Iaf1OO.GOIMi In_Ii RR9402. River Rec..III, Box 40, 1450JOOnSIIJII Rd., Wbi1l:Rock, B.C. Recordings V4B 5E9 Jennifer~. Silc Carrico Me. EW21. J. ~, 852 Lake Twinlrec Cra. SE, Calsary, Aha. T2J L.JWIYOIIfDl. Wind ud RaiD. W9201. RiverRecmls, Box 40, 14S0JobDsIIXIRd., WbiteRtXt, B.C. 2W3 V4B 5E9 Daisy DeBolt. I CaD. DCD-I03. DeBoh Publicatims, Box 99, T.x..tto's Fin! PIMtOffice, T«OtIto, Oot. LIxeIto Reid... Brian Tabeny. Celtic Metde. RCPCD 90042. Reia Ceo! PndIctims, 1561Winialn8p(Xt MSA INI. Feaivai Dj.,Irioou..., 1351 Gr8Dt St., V_vcr, B.C. V5L 2X7. Dr., MiJSiJSIUga,Oul. L4X 11"7 Fear of Drinking. ODe MorDiDl W~ I We8t to Wu. Bia City BC 010. Bil City PnWctKms, 1323 AJxkew Roblin ... dIC p,.,, Mwntain Men. Pcril... Pllnllil. UpstaJt 1003. AJxkew Roblin, 213 N. 916 W.. BI'-"WIy, Vaocwver, B.C. V5Z IK7 TbiJd St., Emmaus, PA 18049, USA Rick Fines. Arcadia. RAFOOI. Rick Fines, Box 2384 Petelb<Xwgh,Oot.K9J 7YI. Feslival Disbibutioo, A.-ew Roblin, JobDu.-roos... dlCP<x:oooM.-.iD Men. UpstaJt1002. A.-ew Roblin, 213 N. TbiId 1351 Gr8Dt St., Vaocwver, B.C. V5L 2X7. St., Emmaus,PA 18049,USA Lewis & MoIeswo1h.~SoBIaek. SMCDI. Statioo- Music, 4 SycknhamSt, Guelph, Oot. NIH 2W2 Reviews/Comptes rendus Maybe it's a good time to remind people: opinions expressedin reviewsare those of the authors only, and don't necessarily expressthe views of the editors of the Bulletin, or the views of the Canadian Societyfor Traditional Music. Letters respondingto reviewsprobably won't be printed unlessthey bring newfacts to our attention or raise substantiveissues likely to be of interest to thefolk music communityin general. Books Orderingfolksong books? Wereyou everfrustrated? althoughI've had many of my ordersfilled, at times I've waited Skimming lists of books-in-print, I occasionallyspot one in vain for booksespecially from smallpublishers. A message1 from a small publisher which looks interesting. In Vancouver, from the bookstore comesto me that the book is unavailable, a well-establishedbookstore, Duthie's, hastaken my orders, and out-of-print or whatever.When a new catalogue,(say, Bowker's j CanadianFolk Music BUUEl1N 30.3 (1996) 37 1995-1996)appears and the item is still listed, I order again to examined the invoice, did not charge me the GST plus that no avail. I point out to the bookstorethat the book is still listed; annoying $5.00 processingcharge!) they say they'll check, and eventually the samemessage comes The book is great! In addition to "The Wreck of the Old 97" back. It appearsthat in some casesthe ordering is through a and "The Wrec'k of the Number Nine," both well-rooted in broker in the USA. Who's to blame? Canadathrough the old Vernon Dalhart 78 rpm's, twenty-four Recently I spent over a year trying to get Katie Letcher other disasters are recounted in detail, with pictures, maps, Lyle's Scalded to Death by the Steam: Authentic Stories of documents,first handrecollections, etc. To accompanythe texts, Railroad Disasters and the Ballads That Were Written about twenty-two tunes are provided. As well as being an historian, Them. It was publishedin 1991 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Lyle has informed herself through such folklorists as Malcolm Hill, North Carolina, a division of Workman Publishing, New Laws, Norm Cohenand Albert Lord. All the wreckswere in the York. [ISBN 0-945575-{J1-7(pbk)].Perhaps to quieten me, States,the songsmade in Missouri and eastward.Although some David Duthie suggestedI phone the company. We looked the work hasbeen done on railway songsin Canadaby Tim Rogers, publisher up in Books-in-Print, Volume 9: Publishers, and I wonder if there is enoughmaterial on Canadiantrain wrecksto found there was an 800 number [800-722-7202]. So at no cost produce a Canadiancounterpart. It may be that some of the I phonedNew York, confirmed the book was available,ordered Lyle's songs really knew no borders, as did numbers of one, gavethem my Mastercardinformation for payment.In less American and Canadianrailroads. than a fortnight, the book arrived, costing in US funds $12.95 -Phil Thomas plus $5.00 postage.(Fortunately CanadaCustoms, while they Vancouver,BC Gale de Vos. Tales, Humors, and Gossip: Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in Grades Seven to Twelve. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1996. If ballads, milrchen (wonder tales), and tall tales were the whole. She also discussesthe role of the print and electronic primary types of popular folk narrativesto be enjoyed and ap- media in the rise of popular interest in thesemodem folk tales, preciated by folks in times and generationspast, then it is and how newspapers,television, and books have addedfuel to equally valid to say that the dominant and most popular type of popular acceptanceof contemporarylegends, often believed to folk narrative to emergeduring the secondhalf of the twentieth be true happeningsby both tellers and generallisteners. De Vos century is what folklorists have referred to as urban legends, has amassedan impressivearray of sources,citations, and ref- also known by someas urban belief tales. Although thesemod- erencematerials, including local newspaperaccounts, many of em folk narrativeshave been studied and analyzedby folklorists them from her own home city of Edmonton, folklore journals and studentsof oral culture since at least the late 1940s,it was and other academicpublications, and books relevant to this field, not until 1981, and the publication of a pioneer volume, The both legend collectionsand folklore treatises. Vanishing Hitchhiker, compiled and written by Ian Harold The secondportion of de Vos' s treatmentcenters on several Brunvand, that the phenomenonof the urban legendreally came major types of contemporarylegends: legends dealing with such into its own, viz., in the popular imagination; Brunvand was areasas scienceand technology, contaminatedfoods, animals subsequentlyto publish four further volumes,and with the work and pets, thievesand thievery, legendsdealing with children and of such other academicsand collectors as Gary Allan Fein, young adults(including stolenbody parts, abduction,AIDS lore, RodneyDale, and Paul Smith, the interestin thesecontemporary and Satanicritual), and scaryand ghostly urban legendspopular legendswould becomemore pronounced.Thus enters Gale de amongchildren and young teenagers.Two chaptersare devoted Vos, who, although not a folklorist, is a teacherand specialist to two specific legends:the vanishinghitchhiker and fa llorona, in library science,and who has been a professionalstoryteller the weeping woman, most prevalent in Hispanic and Latin for over ten years. American traditions. Although it is not prevalent in Canada,it This book is a first on several levels. It is the first major is interestingthat de Vos hasresearch this centuries-oldtradition work on the subjectof contemporarylegends by a Canadianwho in depth; sheexplains that it hasbeen a personalfavorite of hers has studiedthe phenomenonfor many years; it is the first major for years. work to examine the contemporarylegend primarily as it in- Urban legends are a global phenomenon, and this is volves its popularity, transmission,and acceptanceby younger reflected in de Vos's work, in which variants are reportednot tellers, listeners, and fans, especially those inhabiting the only from Canadaand the USA, but also from Brazil, the United academicarena of studentsin gradesseven to twelve. Kingdom, Russia, Scandinavia, South Mrica, Japan, and In the first portion of the book, de Vos defines, analyzes, Australia, among other places. One fascinating aspect of de and discussesvital terms necessaryto the understandingof con- Vos's treatmentof
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