The Power of Music William Sidney Mount These poems, stories, songs, quote, and art have been gathered from all over the world, partly via FIDDLE-L, an online list for fiddlers and those who love fiddle music. dhebert@crocker.com

At the Dance by Donna Hébert Medley tunes like deciding which part of a lover's body to concentrate on first Get inspired - the light, the day, the season, the guitarist, the way you feel - Let the rhythm sway to the dance in your blood Shimmy off the rails into a fiddler's dream Slide into the groove and do that boogaloo thing with your bow, throwing notes at the dancers' rhythm spot, watching them bend to the bounce Arc of heaven in the right hands Spirit, I humbly pray those hands be mine for even one moment tonight © 1996-2002 Donna Hébert Donna Hébert is a New England contradance and Franco-American fiddler and teacher whose essays and poetry about the experience of making music have been published in SING OUT! Magazine, Fiddler Magazine, Country Dance and Song, The Old Time Herald, and Strings Magazine. She also edits "The Muse of Joy and Sorrow: why we play the fiddle."