Fiddling Around

Fiddles are as big in the NWT as they are in Nova Scotia. Julie Green is a novice, but she decided to play "Happy Birthday" on her violin for Darren Stewart. Darren is 29, and he leaves the CBC this fall to go to law school.

Julie and her partner Jan hosted a barbecue birthday for Darren after work today. For awhile Julie wondered who all might show up, because the afternoon radio host asked the news reader what she was doing this weekend, and she jokingly invited listeners to come to the party at Julie's house. That's about how casual the social scene is here.

It was a cool night but here it is at 11 p.m. around the firepit, the sky still bright.
From left to right are Phil Morck, the morning show tech , Jan McKenna, Harmen Meinders (King's Grad) and news producer, and his girlfriend Jasmine, who works at the magazine "Up Here".
Jan is from Antigonish but has been in Yk for 21 years, as a social worker. Jim Nunn is her cousin--just about everyone I meet has a maritime connection of some sort.