The Road to Boston is one of the best known “easy” tunes in the Maine Fiddle Camp repertoire. On the last day of every camp session, the tune is played as the whole camp marches to the dining hall to salute the kitchen staff. the summer before last, Andrea Cooper and I decided to play the “Camp song” in an unusual duet – Sousaphone and Pennywhistle, the biggest horn and the littlest, at least that we could find in camp at the time! This was first August week 2023. In the video at the end here, the audio is a little fuzzy but it was a rainy day and as folks were scurrying to keep their fiddles and other wooden instruments out of the rain, it was fun realizing we didn’t really care since we were both playing instruments that were “made to get wet”!

Here’s the “tune page” from the MFC webpage: Road To Boston

Here’s another nice rendition that we put together during the pandemic when Fiddle Camp went “virtual”:

Maine Fiddle Camp Presents: Road To Boston (Virtual Ensemble) – YouTube

Finally, here’s the video:

Hey everyone, Fat Tuesday is coming up (March 4) and once again, Pam Weeks and I will invite our Cajun friend, Mitch Reed, to join us in an online Mardi Gras concert which will replace our normal Tuesday night online jam session. Concert starts at 6:45 Eastern time and runs until 8. Access is through Pam’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pamweeks.73.  For more info email Pam at fiddlerpam@gmail.com   Aieee!! Hope to see you on Tuesday and seey’all next month! – bill