Make sure you have a couple of lessons in the basics. Bad posture and techinique will cause you probelms and pain later on. Learn the correct way to hold the fiddle/violin and the bow and get out to as many sessions as possible to learn different styles. The violin and fiddle are the same...the difference is the style of playing. Perservere through the frustration of learning a new instrument and you will get many years of enjoyment out of it!

Good luck!

Khatt