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Alvin Seymour and Jim Smith Warming Up
October, 2003
Whitney Pier, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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Born in Whitney Pier to Newfoundland parents, Alvin Seymour has spent most of his life playing the fiddle.

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Warming Up for the Tea
2003
Whitney Pier, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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Alvin and his buddies, Leo Hollohan and Jimmy Smith, are seen here warming up for a summer tea.

The trio is a regular at the Whitney Pier Museum's weekly summer teas.

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Sandra Dunn, Fr. MacDonald, Thelma Murphy
1999
Whitney Pier, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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In June of 1999 Alvin composed the Whitney Pier Historical Society Jig.

Alvin told the Community Memories team that although he wrote the tune at 4 am he waited until later to call the museum's former president, Sandra Dunn, to tell her about it.

Sandra is seen here (on the far right) with longtime volunteer Thelma Murphy and Fr. Stanley MacDonald.

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The Whitney Pier Historical Society Jig
1999
Whitney Pier, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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With help from Carole Lee Boutilier, who edited Alvin's music, the framed notes to the "Whitney Pier Historical Society Jig" now hang on the wall of the museum.

In the fall of 2003 Alvin realized his dream when he played with the Celtic Colours fiddlers during the festival's opening night.