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Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

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Billy Doucette's Hornpipe

1980

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Overview

A fiddler's hand creates its own choreography is music is performed. This film is an attempt to share the dance. In the tradition and spirit of a Norman McLaren short, a light attached to a fiddle bow traces a dancing dot of light in darkness. The music was composed and is performed by Gordon Stobbe on fiddle and accompanied by Bill Doucette on guitar.

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2 featured cast members

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Gordon Stobbe

Gordon Stobbe (fiddle)

Billy Doucette

Billy Doucette (guitar)

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Directed by: Claire Henry

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