Edie and Paddy Dawson - Apple Shed Dance Days
Traditional Music from The Huon Valley
Nestled in the hills behind North Franklin, in a house built by their
father Thomas and brother George, live Edie and Paddy Dawson. Learning
to play button accordions, or windjammers, in the 1930s Edie and Paddy
would sit on the wood heap on summer nights and pick up the tunes
played by neighbours on Verandas across the Gully. Their first teacher
was their Father, Thomas, a respected musician who was much in demand
for the weekly Apple Shed Dances. They also learned tunes from their
mother, from uncles, friends, nuns at the Catholic school and from the
various local musicians who played the sets for the shed dances.
