October 2012 Ne - Utah Old Time Fiddlers

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Fiddlin’ AroundThe Official Newsletter of the Utah Old Time Fiddlers

Officers/Board Members:

President....................................... Jarl K. JacobsonVice President ...................................Dennis LarkinSecretary ....................................... Shelley GardnerTreasurer .......................................Linda LindstromPast President ..................................Sherry AdderlyContest/Membership ........................... June CrosbyPhotographer/Historian.............. .. Stephen AdderlyNewsletter Editor .......................... Shelley GardnerWebsite Manager..............................John Gardner

Chapter Chairs:

Dixie .................................................. Jack JeppsonFish Lake ...................................... Rosemary PricePahvant .......................................... Norman MincerPioneer ...........................................Doug AndersonSalt Lake ...........................................Lynn BrightonUtah County ..........................................Mark Mott

Contributing Authors for this Edition:

Marilyn Dillard Shelley GardnerDoug Anderson Jarl JacobsonMarge Holt Nancy K Varga

To promote and perpetuate old-time and country fiddlingand country music; to encourage young people to developtheir musical talents and afford them opportunity toperform in public; to provide said young people withopportunities to improve their spritual, mental, social andphysical lives; and to better prepare them to become usefulcitizens.

- Article I, UOTF Charter

© Copyright Utah Old Time Fiddlers, 2012. All rights reserved.

Inside This Edition

Musings by Marge .................................................. 2Salt Lake News ...................................................... 3Officer Elections ..................................................... 3Salute to Senior Service Award .............................. 4Chancellor Gardens ................................................ 4What a Woman Wants Expo .................................. 5Birth Announcement ............................................... 5Lifetime Membership Awarded .............................. 6Canyonlands Tour .................................................. 72012 Utah State Fiddle Contest Results ................. 8Get an Instrument! .................................................. 9Purple Lillies ......................................................... 10

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Musings by Marge (reprinted from April, 2006)It shocked me that day I realized the magic of themusical scale! I was not prepared to learn that in ourmusical culture, we have only twelve notes. On thepiano, we see them as seven white keys and five blackones, repeated up and down the keyboard as octaves.We arrange these notes into chords and tunes bychanging key patterns, rhythms, harmonies, tempos andcultural styles. Can you believe that the genius,Beethoven, didn’t have anything more to work with thanthe humble mother who put the nursery rhymes tomusic?

I think these twelve notes were woven into my spiritbefore I came to this Earth. The songs of my childhoodwere written just for me. I also found pleasure in theIndian chants that drifted into Blanding whenever therewas a “Sing” in one of the camps outside the town limits.I learned the rhythms and tones of them and entertainedmy college friends by imitating them.

As a child I listened, with the sawmill crew, as theyplayed the old folk songs and a few of the more modernditties, on a wind-up phonograph. That’s where Ilearned songs like “The Big Rock Candy Mountain”,and “The Old Pine Tree”. Today, I get chills ofenjoyment when I hear a recording of Roy Rogers andSons of the Pioneers, or some of their good imitators. Ienjoy the gospel songs that have drifted up from theAppalachian Mountains and the songs sung in the old-time religious revivals.

John Phillip Sousa knew what to do with those twelvenotes when he created the marches that make me taptime. The jazz and swing music of the “Big Band” erahad a major influence in my growing up. We still hear

many ballads of lovers separated by a terrible war: “RedSails in the Sunset”, “When the Swallows Come Back toCapistrano” or “Deep Purple”, and we knew thatsomeone, somewhere, some time long ago had heardthose songs with the same emotions they were sung with.Why would I like to forget the silly stuff like “Don’t’ SitUnder the Apple Tree”, or – heaven forbid – “MairzyDoats”?

I accepted the pop music brought into my life by childrengrowing up in my home. I honestly do enjoy the Rock‘n Roll of the Elvis period, but I can’t tolerate the heavymetal stuff. To me, good music must have a pattern, arhythm, a tune and an appropriate harmony. It needsimagination and it’s best when performed by someonewho feels it and enjoys what he sings or plays. I love tohear children sing, and can appreciate beginners learningto play an instrument.

My favorite music is classical string. My favoriteinstruments are the violin and the piano. One of myfavorite tapes is a Debussy, played by a harp and oboe.I become mesmerized when I settle down in a symphonyhall and listen. Please, don’t say anything; don’t disturbthe music! I like choruses with their voices andversatility. I don’t care for the opera, unless I can watchit and be caught up in the drama. High soprano ariashurt my ears, but I respect the long years and hard workthese gifted women have practiced to learn to screechthe way they do.

What does all this have to do with fiddling? Well, on theday when I’m down and discouraged, when I needsomething to boost my spirits and turn me back into adecent, functioning individual, I want the snappy and




Salt Lake NewsDuring this past summer, our jams and gigs have beenvery well attended by our members and visitors. TheMay 11-12 Fiddlin’ and Pickin’ Contest wascompleted with many participants and fine playing.Thanks to all the volunteers who helped ensure thatour contest ran smoothly. Also, thanks to the WestValley City Hall, for providing us with a great place tohave a contest. We really appreciate the hard workof everyone involved!

We recently hosted the UOTF Fall Social onSeptember 8. Thanks to everyone from around thestate who came to jam and enjoy potluck with us.

Jarl Jacobson is a member of our Salt Lake Chapteras well as our State Chairman. Our chapterappreciates his many gifts; we count on him to leadour twice a month jams, and we enjoy his harmonica,guitar, voice and piano skills. He competed in theMay Salt Lake Chapter Fiddlin’ and Pickin’ Contestharmonica section and he took first place with theSouthwest tune “Purple Lilies”. He says he likes tolearn fiddle tunes so he can have the “ear” of “fiddle-oriented” judges.

“Purple Lilies” is from a group of tunes calledSouthwest Tunes which are collected from the

Gu-Achi Fiddlers: Old Time Music of the TohonoO’Odham Native American tribe from southernArizona and Mexico. See a YouTube of the bandBayou Seco playing Purple Lilies herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Pzst6LWQQ.

We have included the music for Purple Lilies and 2other Southwest tunes in this newsletter. Enjoy ataste of what fun this music is to play.

-Marilyn Dillard, Salt Lake Chapter

Officer ElectionsElections were held at the UOTF Fall Social onSeptember 8. Linda Lindstom was re-electedTreasurer and Shelley Gardner was elected Secretary.Congratulations to both, and thank you for yourservice.

harmonious songs of the fiddle. I think about you, myfiddling friends, and the sound you make and I say “Yes!I can keep plugging along.” I’m good for one morecontest, one more festival, one more jam session, andone more opportunity to associate with you and enjoythe music we all love and share. Thank you all.


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The Pioneer Chapter played for the Grand Opening ofthe Chancellor Gardens Nursing Home. It was a verypositive and beneficial experience for all concerned;performers, residents, staff, and visitors. We received thefollowing Thank You letter:

Pioneer Utah Old Time Fiddlers,

What a Unforgettable evening here at ChancellorGardens. We would like to graciously thank you fromthe bottom of hearts!

The Enjoyment of Old Time music, that kind ofmusic that just soothes the soul! You all broughtmany smiles, laughter, dancing, and the joy ofreminiscing of memories that your music broughtback to everyone here. Even a few happy tears shedto reunite some old friends.

Thanks to all of you for helping us creating newmemories of a unforgettable evening. We lookforward to having you all again.

Warm Regards, Abby NeVille

Chancellor Gardens

Dixie Chapter member Essie Lempens was the Utahwinner of the Home Instead Senior Care network’sSalute to Senior Service Award. 90 year old Essie,from Washington City, was recognized for herdedicated community service, including her work atPorters Rest home, St.George Care Center, KolobCare and Rehab Center, Peach Tree and theMeadows. You can read her nomination story atSalutetoSeniorService.com.

One nominator wrote, “For over 40 years, Essie hadplayed piano, guitar, accordion, harmonica, ukulele,and other instruments for her elderly audiences. Essieis a valued member of the community and a seniorhero to many,” said President and Chief OperatingOfficer Jeff Huber of Home Instead, Inc.

Salute to Senior Service Award Congratulations Essie! Essie is now eligible to be anominee for the national Salute to Senior ServiceAward. The UOTF is proud of you, and thanks youfor your service to the community.

Editor’s note:We do not have which newspaper this informationcame from, and we would love to credit the propersource in the next newsletter. If you have thesource (Newspaper, date it appeared), pleasenotify the Newsletter Editor. Thank you!




What a Woman Wants Expo - Square DancersThe What A Woman Wants Expo was held on FridaySeptember 21st and Saturday, and 22nd at the SouthTowne Expo Center. A flyer for the UOTF wasplaced into 2000 bags given away on both days.Hopefully this event will increase our exposure andbring us new members and new gigs. The UOTFPioneer members joined the Square Dancers on stageon Saturday. The audience loved the live music. Thefollowing is a Thank You letter we received from theSquare Dancers:

Dear Doug and the Pioneer Chapter,

We are so happy that our square dancers and thefiddlers were finally able to be together and put on awonderful performance. The people at the show werestill talking about it in the latter part of the day. Theeffort put into it was greatly appreciated by all of us.We hope that the fiddlers had just as much fun as wedid! We hope to have the opportunity to do it againin the near future.

Best regards,Angela & Mike Mast, and the RecruitmentVolunteers.

Birth AnnouncementThe Pioneer would like to announce the birth of AvaStoker, born to Lexie and Colby Stoker on MondaySept. 24th. Ava was born at 7:29pm only 10 minutesafter Lexie arrived at the hospital. She was 5lb.14oz., 18in. and 1 month early. Both mom and babyare doing great! Ava is welcomed by her siblings,Anna, and Cade Stoker.




Lifetime Membership AwardedAt the Fall Social on September 8, Carl Boyd wasawarded Lifetime Membership. The full text of hisaward is included here:

Carl Boyd first played with the Utah Old Time Fiddlerswhen he joined in on a jam session while camping atBryce Canyon back in 1984. He and Shirley were toldthey might not like camping in their site because therewould be lots of music goingon. Carl said that would befine because he also playedbut didn’t have his guitar withhim. Darnell Hancock wasthe president at the time andsaid he had one Carl couldplay. Carl has been a greatand driving asset to thisAssociation ever since thatday.

Carl is and has been a goodmusician and entertainerthroughout his life. He hashad a gospel band andministry at Quartzsite, AZ formany years. He has also ledthe jam sessions there for thepast 6 years or so. Carl’s lovefor music is such that nomatter what’s going on, ifsomeone starts to play music Carl is there to join in.He’s always there to make it not only better but morefun for everyone.

Carl was employed at Geneva Steel for 30 years. Healso worked part time on the Heber Creeper for 30years. One of Carl’s favorite pastimes with therailroad has been to provide musicians and

entertainment for the Fiddle and Fireworks HeberCreeper excursion on the 24th of July for 12 yearsincluding this year of 2012.

Shirley and Carl have been married for 52 years.They are the parents of four sons. They have enjoyedthe outdoors with their family, often visiting with themeven while on tour with the “Fiddlers” at Bryce

Canyon and Panguitch.Shirley has been by Carl’sside all the way. She hasbeen so very helpful toeveryone at all the gatheringsand pot luck dinners, etc.

Carl has served on and off aschapter chairman of the UtahCounty Chapter for 6 years.He has been a constant anddependable support to thechapter at all their gigs andshows. The Utah CountyChapter is not the onlyrecipient of Carl’s talents andabilities. Carl has andcontinues to be one of themost faithful and contributingparticipants every year duringthe Annual Concert Tour inJuly along with the State Fair

gig each September. It is because of members likeCarl and Shirley Boyd that the concert tour is sosuccessful year after year.

Carl Boyd well deserves the recognition to become aLife Member of this Association because of hischeerful, faithful and tireless support at both local andstate functions all these many years.




Canyonlands TourThe following are pictures from the Canyonlands Tour that occurred on July 13th-22nd. The newsletter islooking for someone who participated in this event to give a write up on what your experience was like, so thatwe can draw in more members to participate next year.




2012 Utah State Fiddle Contest ResultsHot-Fiddle DivisionPlace Name1st Skyler Beck2nd Grace Dayton3rd Alan Watts

Championship OpenPlace Name1st Grace Dayton2nd Skyler Beck3rd Alina Geslison

Small Fry (Ages 0-8)Place Name1st Adalynn Keisel2nd Kaylie Skowronek3rd Ailie Skowronek

Jr. Junior (Ages 9-13)Place Name1st Miriam Wagstaff2nd Jacob Skowronek3rd Julia Skowronek

Junior (Ages 14-17)Place Name1st Skyler Beck2nd Ellen Dahl3rd Sophie Dahl

Adult (Ages 18-49)Place Name1st Alina Geslison2nd Grace Dayton3rd Alan Watts

Senior (Ages 50+)Place Name1st Kathy Clayton

Jr. Guitar (Ages 0-14)Place Name1st Caitlyn Nabity2nd William Washburn

Jr. Mandolin (Ages 0-14)Place Name1st Julia Skowronek2nd Jacob Skowronek

Guitar (Ages 15+)Place Name1st Isaac Geslison2nd Erin Patterson3rd Alex Holt

Mandolin (Ages 15+)Place Name1st Erin Patterson2nd Alan Watts3rd Isaac Geslison

Banjo (Ages 15+)Place Name1st Alex Vincent2nd Erin Patterson3rd Paul Washburn

Jukebox Division (ages 15+)Place Name1st Clint Post2nd Sherry Adderly3rd Gary and Julie Butler




“When are you going to get an instrument to play,Shelley?” is a question I have been asked many times.Often I attend UOTF events, and you can find mewith a camera in my hand. I have written articles forthe newsletter. But, I didn’t play, until now.

John and I had our 25th class reunion in July, and sowe took the 3 youngest kids with us home toPennsylvania. While we were there, Meagan andJohn got to entertain both sides of the family with theirviolin and hammered dulcimer.

Music is the kind of gift that is never minded when it isshared. It was a rare treat to see the 2nd cousinchildren join in with an Irish dance to accompany themusic, a proof that Grandpa Patrick Gorman’s lovefor music lives on in his descendants.

On the way home, we attended the ODPC Funfest inEvart, Michigan. The Original Dulcimer Players Clubevent is billed as the World’s Largest Hammered

Dulcimer gathering. They set the world record for thelargest number of hammered dulcimers playingtogether with 197 hammered dulcimers in 2009, andthat doesn’t even include the number of mountaindulcimers players.

We tired ourselves out with classes during thedaytime, and jam sessions that lasted well pastmidnight. At the event, I purchased a mountaindulcimer, and my classes were taken with 80+ otherattendees! John’s hammered dulcimer classes werealso packed, as we took lessons in the barns at theOsceola County Fairgrounds. We even appear invideos taken at the event on YouTube. It was amountain top experience, one that we will have torepeat someday.

We have added links to the webpage for free sheetmusic, including tunes from the Carp Camp(Carpilation song book) that we joined for the nightlyjams, and to other old time fiddler organizations,including the ODPC. If you haven’t visited thewebpage lately to see all the wealth of information,please take a day to explore it.

- Shelley Gardner, Newsletter Editor

Get an Instrument!

Miscellaneous Division (ages 15+)Place Name1st Kathy Clayton2nd Steven Adderly

Accompanists Division (ages 15+)Place Name1st Mark Geslison2nd Russel Wulfenstein3rd Isaac Geslison

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