Celtic Fiddle Tunes/Styles: biography and personal collection

RICHARD MENDE
763 AUGER AVENUE
SUDBURY, ONTARIO
P3A 4A5
(705) 560-6917
ramende@venus.cambrianc.on.ca
am231@freenet.carleton.ca

Updated August 18, 1997

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