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New Year's Eve Fiddlers Delight Brown Line Riders

By Kyla Gardner | January 1, 2015 5:11pm
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CHICAGO — While those taking free CTA rides on New Year's Eve often make their journeys into a festive — and loud — occasion for others, one woman enjoyed an impromptu fiddle concert she witnessed and recorded on the Brown Line.

Daniella Antilla-Porter, 28 was surprised by the music about 7 p.m. Wednesday as she headed back home to Albany Park from Downtown on the Brown Line with friends.

The unidentified fiddlers, a man and woman, began with "Auld Lang Syne" before playing a medley of classical and current music, Antilla-Porter said.

Busking on a train car is prohibited by the CTA, but Antilla-Porter said she enjoyed it anyway, and the rest of the passengers appeared to as well.

"On the train, everyone's usually on their phone or looking like they're half dead waiting for their stop," Antilla-Porter laughed. Wednesday, however, "Everyone was smiling and having a good time and on New Year's Eve; that is kind of perfect."

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