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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Bursary Boosts Heather’s Legacy Memorial Fund buys youth fiddle for use by students in need Dave Bowman Heather Soldan Memorial Bursary
Each of us wants to be remembered after we’re gone. Now, one of NE Central Alberta’s most prolific fiddle teachers is being remembered in yet another way -- a fiddle for kids who can’t afford one.
Before Heather Soldan’s life was taken in 2014 by a wandering oncoming car as she drove home to Two Hills, she had taught hundreds of youngsters (and some adults) the basics of fiddling. She also founded the Fiddlin’ Kiddlins group, where for 21 years she shepherded young-
sters making music together at various events, concerts, and dances. Some of her students went on to do their own great musical things. As well, she wrote several original fiddle tunes, two of which were record-
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