The Banjo Player (one of two with this title) 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

On the Road by Donna Hébert Miles of miles racing Spring south into orange-blossom scented dawn Veiled cyprus loom wet and misty with alligator edges Stovelit ghost stories throb and tremble in the Blue Ridge Morning's curtain creeps down the holler, trailing light Hearts and homes open -- soul food for deep hungers New friends blossom, old ones savored across the table from first course to last, Dissolving into music, Lullaby quiet, loud as a thousand voices roaring back, Dancers drumming new rhythms with their feet, Grinning faces of all ages hitting the groove, Music and dance a bridge we cross to each other, and home again © 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."