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“Preserving and Perpetuating Old Time Fiddle Music”
Mar-April 2019
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What Fiddle ContestsAre All About!
Need A Few Good Musicians
If you read the newsletter at all you know that the StateFiddle & Picking Championships are coming up April12-13 in Lodi.
As a way to reach out to the community, we havescheduled several play outs at Senior facilities in Lodion Thursday April 11, in the morning and afternoon .We can take a small group of musicians (5 or 6) to thesefacilities. If you are interested in participating, Pleaseemail me at [email protected] orcall 805-796-1612.
The contest is the biggest event that the Associationholds every year and we encourage all our members tocome and support the contest. It’s a lot of fiddlin’ anda lot of fun.
Nothing is Impossible, the word itself says“I’m Possible”! -Audrey Hepburn
It is our duty as an organization to perpetuate andpromote old time fiddling. It is also our duty toencourage and support young fiddlers as they begintheir journey of learning to play the fiddle. I know wehave members who do that. This is a story about ourmembers helping a 9 year old girl, Isabella, get a newfiddle.
Most folks probably don’t know that Wayne Agnewbuys/sells /repairs fiddles and basses. He also donatesa fiddle to the State Contest each year and to theDistrict 3 Amateur Contests & the District 3 AnnualContest. He even gives fiddles to kids whose parentscan’t afford one. Lisa Rosa contacted Wayne about alittle girl in their district that was moving up fromPeeWee to Jr. Jr. and her teacher Stacy Snodgrassthought she needed a bigger fiddle. Lisa wanted toknow if Wayne had one that he could sell very reason-able. He said “no” …but had one he would give her.He boxed it up and mailed it off. A week or so laterhe received a precious hand written letter fromIsabella thanking him for her fiddle.
This is Isabella, accompanied by her teacher StacySnodgrass, playing her new fiddle for the first time inthe Jr. Jr. Division at the Dist. 3 Amateur Contest onMar. 23 in Tehachapi.
And this is Isabella receiving the First Place medallion in the Jr.Jr. Division. This was her first time playing in the higher divisionwith older kids. She said she is ready to play in the California Statecontest in April. These contests give kids the confidence and skillsthat they can use for the rest of their lives.
DISTRICT MEETING LOCATIONS, DATES, AND TIMES:
District 1 4th Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.: Feather River Senior Center 1335 Meyer St. Oroville
District 3 2nd Saturday 2:00-5:00 p.m. 21100 Lonely Lane, Tehachapi Ca
District 4 1st Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m.: Orange Thorpe Pk. Activity Bldg., 1414 Brookhurst, Fullerton CA
District 5 2nd Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.: Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave. Orangevale CA
District 6
District 7
District 8 2nd & 4th Sunday 1:30-4:00 p.m.: Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Rd. Oak View CA
District 9 4th Sunday 1:30-5:00 p.m.: United Methodist Church, 19806 Wisteria St., Castro Valley CA
District 10 Redwood Cafe, Cotati. Every 4th Sunday 3:00 to 5:00. Janette Duncan, Chris Carney, Steve DeLap, 707-570-2745.
President: Sharon Barrett- [email protected]
V. Pres. : Kathy Kampschmidt - [email protected]
Secretary: Mary Rose Preston - [email protected]
Treasurer: Robert Curtis - [email protected]
Membership: Charley Oveland - [email protected]
Editor: Cathy Agnew - [email protected]
California State Old Time Fiddlers’ AssociationP.O. Box 1703 Oroville, CA 95965
State Officers State DirectorsDistrict 1: Terri e Rockwell - [email protected]
District 3: Gayel Pitchford -- [email protected]
District 4: Pat Nelson -- [email protected]
District 5: Lyle Dixson - [email protected]
District 6: Tex Ash -- [email protected]
District 7: Dan [email protected]
District 8: Charletta Erb – [email protected]
District 9: Bob Palasek - [email protected]
District 10: Mark Hogan- [email protected]
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Free Old Time Fiddle Jams, 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month 1:004:00 1st Sunday, St. JamesLutheran Church 2500 Shasta View Blvd. Redding 1:00 - 3:00 Open Circle Jam, 3:00 Board Meeting,open to all members . 3rd Sunday, Palo Cedro Community Hall, 22037 Old Forty-Four Drive, Palo Cedro1:00 Open Jam, 2:00 Open Mic, and 3:00 Concert Refreshments for sale.Website: http://www.northstatefiddlers.com
2nd Sunday 12:00-2:45PM: Terrace Estates Clubhouse, 1815 Sweetwater Road, Spring Valley, CA3rd Sunday 12:30-1:00 PM Workshop, 1:00-3:00 Jam: Encinitas Community Center, 1140 Oakcrest ParkDr., Room 140, Encinitas CA4th Sunday 12:00-2:45 PM: Rancho San Diego Library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon, CA
District Reports
District 1Mary Rose Preston
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The Fiddle Group Workshop has been going for severalyears now and provides a wonderful opportunity foracoustic players, particularly beginners, to meet in asupportive, learning environment to improve skills andlearn to jam with others. We generally have fiddle,guitar, mandolin, banjo, and upright bass players.
Over the years we have developed four set lists of oldtime tunes, as well as set lists of Christmas songs andpatriotic songs. We perform these tunes in parades andat community events around Oroville. We are nowstarting to develop Play list No. 5, and have severalsuggested tunes already.
Sheet music for our set lists is available on the District1 website in PDF format for download and printing.Go to: csotfad1.weebly.com The workshop meets the1st and 3rd Mondays, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Bolt'sAntique Tool Museum, 1650 Broderick Street, Oroville.There is no charge for the workshop, but there is a $2.50entry fee for the museum. Group lessons for banjo andmandolin are available before the workshop for $15.00.
1st Monday:banjo3rd Monday: mandolinTo participate, contact Jimi Beeler (282-3205)
(Circle) Jam Sessions are 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. the 4thSunday of each month at the Feather River SeniorCenter, 1335 Myers Street, Oroville, CA 95965. Welove an audience! Bring a favorite potluck dish andenjoy a nice afternoon of good music and pleasantcompany.
Scholarships are available for lessons and instrumentsare available for loan.
District 1 members are looking forward to attendingand competing at the 2019 CSOTFA State Open Fiddle& Picking Championships April 12 & 13 in its newvenue at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds.
District 4Pat Nelson
District 4 has continued to have good attendance atour meetings, despite rain! We have some very loyalfolks who come regularly and some newer folks whoare adding to our sound. We appreciate you all! Our
June meeting will once again be our Summer PotluckBBQ event, so if you are hungry on June 2, come ondown!
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District 6Becky Huskey
District 6 has been excited with the attendance at ourmonthly Jams. We've had students "shine" on the OpenMic. And we love having new faces join us for the circlejams. Players of all levels are enjoying themselves andlearning how much fun "jamming" can be. We're excitedto encourage our local teachers and their students.
Our District 6 Back-Up Books, have been revised, printedand sold for almost 2 decades now. We are diligentlyworking on our latest and updated edition. We will beprinting 1000 of them very soon. If you're interested, checkout our website to order some.
Website: http://www.northstatefiddlers.com
Also check out our events @ Facebook, North State Fiddlers
Many of the District 6 Members also have their own bandsand enjoy playing throughout the community.
We offer: Free Old Time Fiddle Jams the 1st & 3rdSundays of each month 1:00-4:00.
1st Sunday, St. James Lutheran Church 2500 Shasta ViewBlvd. Redding . 1:00 - 3:00 Open Circle Jam, 3:00 BoardMeeting
3rd Sunday, Palo Cedro Community Hall. 1:00-4:00 OpenJam, Open Mic, and quarterly Concerts
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District 7Linda Rinner
The Julian Fiddle and Pickin' Contest is May 25th. Save thedate folks, this contest is a lot of fun with outstanding fiddlersfrom Pee Wee to Seniors. What can be better than a beautifulday in Julian and amazing fiddling and pickin'?
We had four visitors at our 2nd Sunday Fiddle Tune Jam inJanuary! Two from CSOTFA District 4, Cathy Kerry andChuck Landers. Cathy and Carol McCollum had some greattwin fiddle going. Chuck played backup on guitar. We alsohad Carol Langer and Tim Shaffer, snowbirds fromAlbuquerque, playing fiddle who brought tunes we haven'theard in awhile. We hope these musicians will come againmsoon. If you’re in our area on the 2nd, 3rd or 4th Sunday comejoin us!3rd Sunday Fiddle Tune Jam & Workshop HAS MOVED- The Fiddle Tune Jam is now at the Encinitas CommunityCenter. There will be a workshop first and then the jam. Thisjam is doing well and has been growing. Come visit us &check it out!Encinitas Community Center1140 Oakcrest Park Dr., Room 140Encinitas, CA 92024The pre-jam workshop is from 12:30 - 1:00PM, the jam isfrom 1:00 - 3:00PM4th Sunday Fiddle Tune Jam & Contest Practice -SOMETHING NEW! Well, actually something old returning.The last hour of the jam will be for fiddlers to practice theircontest sets or for trying out a new song you aren't quite readyto play in the circle jam. We have fiddlers who have beencontest judges who will give feedback if you'd like. Weappreciate Greg Gross for volunteering to provide the sound.Thanks Greg!It was good to see Larry Edwards again and Marvin Floydbrought his mandolin and fiddle. We also had a couple ofvisiting musicians, we hope they'll become regulars. CharliCrissy (who has become a member) played banjo and filled infor Dave Avery on bass when he took a break. DennisO'Donald played backup on guitar and we talked him intosinging an Irish tune that everyone enjoyed
District 7 likes to support the endeavors of our members so hereis some information on the 2019 Julian Family Fiddle Camp puton by Avery Ellismann, a long time District 7 member. The campis an outstanding opportunity to learn from outstandingmusicians. The dates this year are April 10th – 14th and againhas world - renown artists providing instruction for fiddlers,bass players, old - time banjo players, mandolin players ,cellists and guitarists. It will also have special workshopson vocals and vocal harmony, Appalachian flatfoot dance,band dynamics and (of course) pie making.
CSOTFA has asked - and JFFC has provided - specialworkshops on backup guitar for Texas style fiddle, andworkshops that focus on building and executing contestfiddle sets.
Those not able to attend the camp but wishing to attendthe concerts are welcome. This year’s performances areheadlined by two emerging super groups, the Page Turnersand DEAN, with special guests invariably showing up tojoin in on stage. These are highly popular concerts, withtickets available on-line at https://www.artful.ly/julian-family-fiddle-camp.Also, the Julian Flash Jam will be held on Sunday, April14th, in the historic mining town of Julian, CA. It’s quite ashindig, any and all acoustic musicians are invited toparticipate.
District 8Suz Corez
2019 continues to move District 8 in a forward direction.We have plans to appear in various locations throughoutVentura County, promoting our group in parks andfarmer’s markets.
Our newsletter has a fun new look from editor ZavierCabarga that includes personal profiles of our membersin each issue. Each March, performers are asked to do atleast one song with a waltz tempo for our dancers — theylove it! Traditionally, we’ll also celebrate Hank Williamsbirthday each May by doing his songs throughout theafternoon.
Our membership stands at around 156 and we continueto offer workshops on basic music skills and ways toimprove the jam circle experience.
We hope you are all enjoying the season!
District 9Bob Palasek
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Greetings today on the first day of spring from District 9. We arethankful that winter gave us an adequate amount of rainfall. Andlocally, we are not in a part of the state that was beset with floodingproblems. We're looking forward to balmy, and partly sunny, daysthis spring, along with lots of good music and friendship.
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Menard. Manyremember Joe from the '80s and '90s as a participant in nearly all ofthe state events. In the early '90s he served as Distinct Nine'spresident, where he and his wife Millie (pre-deceased) were gracioushosts. Joe organized many play-outs for us throughout the year.And fiddlers from all over the state remember Joe as the organizer,when District 9 sponsored the Fiddle Contests at the AlamedaCounty Fair. These were always in the summer in early July. Joewas born in Canada, but was also a proud American. He brought agood, rich Canadian repertoire to our jams. We miss him.
Our regular 4th Sunday jams in Castro Valley have been going well,with good fiddling, picking, singing, and MC'ing. And the potlucksand visiting are not to be missed. The next jam is March 24, andApril's jam is on the 28th. Let your friends know.
At our District 9 officers meeting in February we discussed ways toincrease participation and membership, with several small concreteways to facilitate drawing in new visitors. The officers meeting alsoidentified how our district plans to support the State Contest. TheState Contest will be held this year at the Lodi Grape FestivalFairgrounds. We can always use additional volunteer support for acouple of hours. Just greet us and let us know.
As a reminder, the State Contest will be Friday and Saturday in April12-13.
Friday's schedule starts with a general membership meeting. Afterthat are the Senior, and Senior-Senior divisions (two rounds each).Then the popular "Anything Goes" competition. The evening windsup with a contra dance. For the contra dance, the fiddle music andrhythm will be supplied by an open band, led by experienced dancefiddlers from each district. For dancing, no previous experience isnecessary--the caller will explain and walk the participants througheach dance. It's always enjoyable.
Saturday's schedule has the remaining fiddle divisions (includingtwin fiddles) from morning through mid afternoon. Then mid tolate afternoon are Junior and Open Picking . In the evening will bethe final rounds for all the non-senior fiddle divisions, and thenawards.
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Continue to work on good intonation, rhythm, and tempo. And donot let the melody get lost.
Joe Menard
Donna Sadler, Betty Hainley, Larry Sadler
Dear Fiddlers Association members,
If you are interested in what other fiddleorganizations are doing you might check out theSanta Clara Valley Fiddlers Association’sNewsletter the Fiddler's Rag atwww.fiddlers.org
They hold Monthly Jamboree and Open Mike
Monthly jams are held on the first Sunday of eachmonth from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM We usually meetat Hoover Middle School in San Jose, in andaround the cafeteria. During the summer we oftenhold the jam at the nearby Municipal Rose GardenPark instead.
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District 10Andi Skelton
Unlike a traditional orchestra, The Strolling Stringsperform among the audience often dancing when theyplay. They practice the concept of the European"gypsy violinists", bringing music to the people. Theyare composed of young talented musicians from gradeschool through high school who wish to learnadvanced string techniques
The Antioch Strolling Strings perform at special eventfrom October through June and have performed ateverything from private parties to festivals. Theyperform a selection of string music from classical tocontemporary; Big Band, Folk, Bluegrass, and Celtic.
Mrs. Betty Lawrence started the Antioch StrollingStrings in 1984 as a way for students to have anopportunity to excel in Music beyond what the schoolshad to offer. Betty retired from teaching in 1987 andhas been leading the Strollers ever since. Today KatyLawrence -Burchett, Betty's daughter, outstandingmusician and teacher leads the group with Betty'scontinued assistance.
Music Students from ages 6 to 18, if willing to practiceand improve, can join this fun group of activemusicians. Each student is required to belong to theirschool orchestra (if available), take private lessons, andattend a weekly Strolling Strings Rehearsal.
The Strollers play a wide variety of instrumentsincluding violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, banjo,sometimes accompanied by the piano, and flute. Theyare magical performers who are trying to maintainexcellence in stringed instruments and the performingarts .
District 10 is planning an Old Time Fiddle Campout again this yearon July 12, 13, 14. Mark your calendars for a fun time at the ClearLake Campground in Lake County. There will be a fun “Fiddle Off”contest with prizes, workshops, potlucks, and lots of jamming,jamming, jamming. It has limited space, so get your reservations inearly. See the newest flyer with recent location change.
Our biggest yearly event, the Cloverdale Fiddle Contest, had to becanceled this year for various reasons, but we are looking forward tonext year. More information to come. District 10 members presentEducational School Assemblies. We played two assemblies in aUkiah district elementary school recently for many young students.
District 10 has a good Scholarship Program that helps pay for fiddlelessons for many students and repair of instruments, etc. Donationsfrom several jam sessions and performances have helped to fund thatprogram. In Sonoma County, fiddlers play often at Care Facilities, andthe proceeds/donations are one of the main sources towards fundingour scholarship program. There is also a Fiddler’s Jam session in LakeCounty at the Ely Stage Stop and Museum every first Sunday. It is acommunity event held in a large barn and we split donations with theHistorical Society to go towards our scholarship fund.
We have had several fires affecting our district members these last fewyears. District 10 has offered help to it’s members who are FireVictims by replacing musical instruments and accessories.
There are also Regular Jam Sessions in Sonoma County at theRedwood Café in Cotati. A Celtic jam on 2nd Sunday and and OldTime Session on the 4th Sunday. Be sure to check out our District 10website for more information about jam sessions, videos, etc.www.csotfa10.org.
Dist 10 performance at school assembly. Maya Leonard, one ofour www.folksweden.com. scholarship students (on the right)helped with the performance. Also Don Coffin, Andi Skelton andGus Garelick (not in picture).
Antioch Strolling StringsAntioch ,CA
Katy Lawrence of Antioch Strolling Strings contactedthe contest committee concerning the contest rules andthe possibility of her students competing in somedivisions. So I decided to check out their website andthis is what I found . We would gladly welcome herstudents
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Friday, April 12, 20191:30 PM CSOTFA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
2:30 PM Registration Opens
3:00 PM Opening-- Flag Salute, Invocation
3:15 PM Judges' Meeting
3:30 PM Sr Sr Round 1
4:15 PM Senior Round 1
4:35 PM Sr Sr Finals
5:00 PM Senior Finals
5:25 PM AWARDS: Sr Sr, Oldest Fiddler, Senior
5:45 PM Anything Goes
7:45 PM AWARDS: ANYTHING GOES
8:00 PM Contra Dance
Saturday, April 13, 20197:30 AM Registration Opens
8:45 AM Judges' Meeting
9:00 AM Young Adults Round 1
9:30 AM Adult Round 1
10:05 AM Junior Round 1
10:40 AM Jr Jr Round 1
11:20 AM Peewee Round 1
12:00 PM Open Round 1
12:45 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:45 PM Junior Twin Fiddle Round 1
2:15 PM Open Twin Fiddle Round 1
2:45 PM Junior Twin Fiddle Finals
3:00 PM Open Twin Fiddle Finals
3:15 PM Junior Picking Round 1
4:00 PM Open Picking Round 1
4:30 PM Junior Picking Finals
4:45 PM Open Picking Finals
5:00 PM AWARDS: Twin Fiddle and Picking
5:30 PM DINNER BREAK
6:30 PM Opening-- flag salute, invocation, Huffman Service Award
6:45 PM Peewee Finals
7:05 PM Jr Jr Finals
7:30 PM Junior Finals
7:55 PM AWARDS: Peewee, Jr Jr, Junior, Youngest Boy and Girl
8:10 PM Young Adult Finals
8:35 PM Adult Finals
9:00 PM Open Finals
9:25 PM Judges Perform
9:50 PM AWARDS: Young Adult, Adult, Accompanist, Open
Schedule
April 12-13, 2019
201953 rd Annual
California StateOld Time Open Fiddle
& Picking Championships
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The album “I Sang The Song” (Life Of The Voice With A Heart) is full ofsongs that tell the story of the performer’s life. Wiseman told Peter Cooperand Thomas Jutz and the pair --who produced the album -- put his memoriesinto musical form. Story songs have always been a major part of his repertoire,including such standards as “Jimmy Brown The Newsboy.”
“As long as I can remember, the story-type songs have treated me tremendously. I remember when I was four or five yearsold, there were songs like ‘Granny’s Old Arm Chair,’ which was an old English ballad,” he told Billboard of his firstmemories of the style. “It talked about this guy’s grandmother that was living with him, and she had this favorite old chairthat she would sit in. She passed away, and left all the children a pretty good inheritance. But, she gave him that old armchair. He kept the chair, and years later, he became quite elderly. That chair fell down, and it was full of money -- one-poundEnglish pound notes. That’s the kind of songs that have done well for me my whole life.”
Cooper & Jutz say “Mac is the only person we know who actually heard Jimmie Rodgers on the radio -- back in the day.He was there for the birth of bluegrass music, as well as the last living original board member of the CMA. The breadth ofexperiences is incredible.”
Mac Wiseman was born on May 23, 1925, in Crimora, Virginia. He passed away from kidney failure at the age of 93 on February 24,2019. His parents, Howard Bell Wiseman, a miller, and Myra Ruth (Humphreys) Wiseman, oversaw a musical household; Mac firstperformed in public as an adolescent.
Mac Wiseman contracted polio at the age of 6 months. Due to his disabilities, while other children worked in the fields, Wisemanstayed inside listening to music. As a teenager, he purchased a guitar from a Sears-Roebuck catalog and began playing his favoritesongs while singing lyrics his mother transcribed from radio broadcasts.. He won a scholarship from the National Foundation for Polioto study piano, music theory and radio broadcasting at Shenandoah Conservatory in Dayton, Virginia. Wiseman first made his markin 1948 playing with bluegrass legends, first as a founding member of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs’s Foggy Mountain Boys, andwith Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. Mr. Wiseman was featured on classics like “Can’t You Hear Me Callin’” and “Travelin’ ThisLonesome Road.” He formed his own group, the Country Boys (1953 to 1956). He reunited with Flatt to record three albums for RCARecords in the early 1970s.
Mr. Wiseman’s biggest hits as a solo artist were “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” in 1955 and “Jimmy Brown, the Newsboy” in 1959,both of which reached the Top 10 of the country chart. His other early successes included interpretations of songs like “Love Lettersin the Sand,” and “I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home. Mr. Wiseman’s signature song, “’Tis Sweet to Be Remembered,” waswritten in 1902, and his version owed as much to vintage pop and swing music as it did to country or bluegrass. This record was typicalof the earnest, reverberating delivery that would sustain him in a seven-decade solo career, in which he released more than 60 albums.Mr. Wiseman was a successful music producer and entrepreneur. He was the founding secretary of the board of the Country MusicFoundation in 1958. Wiseman’s Hall of Fame career includes being among the founding members of the Country Music Association.Mr. Wiseman was elected to the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Hall of Fame in 1993 and was for decades regarded asone of the idiom’s elder statesmen.Mr. Wiseman recorded for Capitol, MGM and a number of other labels after leaving Dot in 1963, creating versions of songs as variedas the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues standard “I Hear You Knockin’” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Never Going Back Again.” Heperformed in venues of all stripes, from college campuses and bluegrass band shells to the Hollywood Bowl.The greatest honor bestowed on the Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and National Heritage Fellowship recipient may be hisnickname — “The Voice with a Heart.” In a sometimes fickle and cutthroat business, Wiseman maintained a reputation as one of thefriendliest and most generous of figures.Survivors include two sons, Scott and Randy; three daughters, Maxine Wiseman, Chris Haynes and Linda Parr; a brother, Kenny; asister, Virginia Davis; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Sources: Wikipedia, Obituary of Mac Wiseman by Bill Friskics-Warren of the NY Times and stock Internet photos.
Mac Wiseman“The Voice With A Heart”
May 23, 1925-Feb. 24, 2019
Events of Interest
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Paramount Ranch,2903 Cornell Road , Agoura Hills,
Mark Hogan passed on this information. Fiddlers may beinterested.
Wanted to let folks know about an exciting podcast: Rosinthe Bow an Audio Journey Through the World of theViolin with host Joe McHugh. There are already 25episodes up, 3 are old-timey. The Canote Brothers, ErynnMarshall and Carl Jones, and Mark O'Connor has twoepisodes about learning to play the fiddle.
This weeks podcast are Violin makers Joseph Grubaughand Sigrun Seifert from Petaluma.http://www.rosinthebow.org ,orhttp://www.rosinthebow.podbean.com Both will get youthere.
Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert are violin makersliving in Petaluma, California. They are also husband andwife and they make almost all of their instrumentstogether. Many gifted musicians play their instruments orhave them repair and adjust their instruments. They havealso won numerous awards. Is that enough? Well, they alsoplayed a central role in recovering a Stradivari violin thatwent missing decades earlier and was considered stolen.
Campout workshop. In case you are wondering whythey have no fiddles, it is a vocal workshop.
Lots of fun at last years Dist. 10campout! Join us in July !!
At the 2018 campout, SethCondit caught a hugecatfish from Cache Creek,and cooked it up for thepotluck dinner!
Beginning fiddle workshop at Dist 10 campout.
Many of our Senior members will remember Mrs. Rae Huffman fromyears past when her husband Ross was President of CSOTFA and shecompeted in the State Contests. Lady Rae is a lifetime member ofCSOTFA and the Old Time Country Bluegrass Gospel Music Assoc.,Ventura County. She celebrated her 96th Birthday on Feb. 4 byplaying with the band on stage at the Poinsettia Pavilion . If youcheck out Facebook OTCBGMA you will see that she is still playingjust a good as ever. Love this precious Lady!
Lady Rae Huffman96 Years Young
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