Curriculum for The Swallowtail Fiddlers 

This club was formed in the fall of 2002 with four members and decided to call ourselves the Swallowtail Fiddlers after our favorite Irish jig, "Swallowtail Jig."  The Swallowtail Fiddlers have grown in number and meets during the school day. Every year, we expand our repertoire, building upon the previous year's tunes.  The Swallowtail Fiddlers have over an hour's worth of tunes that are performance ready.  Some of the tunes are learned in the traditional manner by rote but the printed music is also provided for all the tunes.  We play toe tapping jigs, hornpipes, reels, polkas, slip jigs, slides, and slow airs from Ireland, Scotland, and America.    

We serve the community through our performances.  

Three CDs of The Swallowtail Fiddlers have been created and sold as service learning projects to help families in need. 

Venues and events where the Swallowtail Fiddlers have performed include:

• Legacy of the Arts-College of the Atlantic and the Village Green, BH Chamber of Commerce 
• The Grand Auditorium, Ellsworth - Harney's Blarneys, a DEAN fund-raiser
• the Southwest Harbor Centennial Celebration on the Pemetic Green
• Jaspar's Restaurant - the Hancock County Retired Teachers meeting
• St. Saviour's Church - Scottish concert with the SeaGaels
• Kebo Golf Course - retirement party
• Sue Leiter Library - a staff party
• Birch Bay Village
• Malvern Belmont
• Sonogee
• school concerts
• Channel 5 Morning News
• The Early Show
• the maiden voyage of the Queen Victory luxury liner at Agamont Park
• Seal Cove Auto Museum
• MMEA All-State Conference 2010
• the Assistant Principals Conference at the Samoset Resort & Conference Center in the fall of 2013