Etienne Larocque Né en 1933 à Cap-Bateau, un village de pêcheurs sure l'Ile de Lamèque, au nord du Noveau-Brunswick, Etienne Larocque est un passionné du violon depuis l'âge de cinq ans.
Dès l'âge de 11ans, Etienne Larocque étale son talent aux danses communautairs du Samedi soir, événements où il devient vite populaire et où il se forme aux exigences de la musique folklorique et traditionelle. Si bien d'ailleurs, que certains adeptes de la danse le suivent partout où il se produit.
Dans le début des années '80, il devint une figure marquante dans les concours de violoneux. Son palmarès est intéressant: quatre fois champion de Nouveau-Brunswick et gagnant, en 1983, du célèbre concours des maritimes a Dartmouth , N.-E. Il décrocha aussi les honneurs aux compétition de l'Atlantique et de l'Est du Canada . En 1990, il fut choisit pour représenter le Nouveau-Brunswick au “Championnat de maitres au violon à Napean, Ont.
Ecouter Etienne Larocque, c'est partager sa passion pour le violon.
Etienne Larocque was born in Cap-Bateau, a small fishing community in northeastern New Brunswick. He has been a passionate fiddler since the age of five. By the age of 11 he was already making the locals swing on Saturday nights to the traditional sounds of his island.
He has won awards for his fiddling including, four times New Brunswick top fiddler and winner of the Maritimes competition in Dartmouth, N.S. in 1983. In 1990 he was selected to represent his province in the “Grand Masters Fiddling Contest” in Nepean, Ontario.
Grenville (Pat) Patterson was born in Salmon Creek, Queen's County in 1929, and moved to Cody's in 1944. After a career in Forestry with the provincial government, he is now returned and living in Norton, New Brunswick with his wife.
Pat has been active in community activities since his senior teen years. He has been with the Ground Observer Core, Royal Canadian Airforce, held several offices in the NB Civil Service Association and NB Public Employee's Association Inc. He has a long time affiliation with Boy Scouts of Canada, has coached minor baseball and hockey as well as served on the Norton Village Council and Recreation Council. He is also an active member of his church.
Presently Pat is a Director of the Sussex Kiwanis Nursing Home, a member of the Sussex Vale Golden K Kiwanis Club and a singing member of Golden K Ramblers.
Pat is always interested in country music and singing in church choirs. In his later teens he organized a group called the Balsam Boys, entertaining at house parties and community functions.
In the fifties he began to M.C. variety and local talent shows providing comedy and song as required. This continued until recent years, when other demands & health conditions have caused cutbacks on those requests.
Beginning in 1966 and continuing for seven years, Pat performed with Sussex Town and Country Orchestra. In 1986 he was back on stage with the Sussex Valley Jamboree, performing as a comedian. Presently, he enjoys singing in the church choir and with the Golden K Ramblers.
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