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WHITEFACE REEL. New England, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed and performed by Tom McCreesh for the 1980 Lake Placid, N.Y., XIII Olympic Winter Games. The title perhaps refers to cliff faces on mountains in the North East.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 50.

Recorded sources: Front Hall Records FHR023, Michael, McCreesh, and Campbell - "The Host of the Air" (1980).




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