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» Helping the next generation

Continued from Page 29 An in-tuned fiddler is evalu- ties and she just took to them
The most important ated further on metrics like like a kid does to candy.”
By 2015, she scaled back her level of difficulty and song “I work hard at it,” he said of
trips to stay in Alberta, but she thing is rhythm. If a choice, she said. fiddling. “It just come to her
remains busy. Her son, Zac, 7, has taken up naturally.”
Closer to home, Granger has fiddling, but isn’t competing By the age of nine, Brian fig-
performed with Canadian fiddler can keep a beat, yet. ures his daughter surpassed his
artists like Donny Lee and Tim Granger joins the likes of skill with the fiddle.
Hus and is looking forward to Cirque du Soleil violinist Granger’s musical savvy was
collaborating with the Edmon- it has to be danceable, Mitchell Grobb and multi- undeniable at an even younger
ton Symphony Orchestra in award-winning Grand North age, her mother, Dorothy, said.
May at an event designed to so the dance-ability is American Champion Patti “We could tell when she was
break down stigma around Lamoureux as accomplished two, she would sing and she
mental health. fiddlers with roots in the just hated making a mistake.”
“It’s a really rewarding career number one. province. The 45th annual Royal Fid-
to be able to transmit that en- Granger credits her parents dlers’ Contest will take place
ergy to people on stage, to a » Allison Granger with getting her hooked. Wednesday, March 28, at the
crowd, and have them under- Brian and Dorothy still par- Keystone Centre Amphitheatre
stand and feel the music the and will judge at the Royal ticipate in fiddling contests. He at 7 p.m.
way that you hoped you could Manitoba Winter Fair. competes and she provides You can buy Granger’s CD at
convey that,” Granger said. “The most important thing chord accompaniment for some the event.
She tries to give back to fid- is rhythm,” she said. “If a fid- of the competitors.
dling through mentoring the dler can keep a beat, it has to be “I’m sure we steered (Alli- » ifroese@brandonsun.com
next generation. She teaches danceable, so the dance-ability son), no doubt,” Brian said. » Twitter: @ianfroese
students out of her home studio is number one.” “We gave her these opportuni-

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