O 2014/2015 DEC/JAN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE TEXAS OLD TIME FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION 4821 DAVY CROCKETT TRL. FT. WORTH, TX 76137 Annual TOTFA Convention and Contest is behind us The Texas Fiddler st NO. 12-01 VOL. 42-43 THETEXASFIDDLER PAGE1 DEC/JAN2014-15 One more thing that I would like to express to the parents of Hello Fiddle Fans, The 41 A big thanks goes out to the McPherson family for all that they The main content of the business meeting involved the O our youth divisions. I havebringing expressed your my kids appreciation to for contests, you lessons,sincere recitals, in etc. my and appreciation. am Idaughter, know how from time experience consuming with and my financiallybe, own challenging but it I can would like tosignificant ask drop one in more audience thing numbers of after you. the end There of is the a youth now, and I feel that itas went good very as well. I had Member wisheddirectors attendance for, will wasn’t but discuss that and is try something towould the improve also board upon like of in the the members future. to give I their input on thisdo, as and well. for allowing us toMcPherson tie Memorial our Contest. convention to We the hadyouth Dale a divisions. great turnout I in appreciate the allout two the and parents support who fiddling. bring their IClayton kids also Bankston, want and to Shorty thank Chancellor Jason forin Andrew, the the job difficult that task they of did judging,things and moving to as Valerie the Ryals emcee. forboard keeping Additionally, of thanks directors to and the volunteers rest forsmoothly. of making the this contest run revisions of our by-laws, contest rules,All and of financial these disclosure. items can beam viewed particularly on proud our of, website. is thatthan Two we we things are were that in a I better year shape agosignificantly. financially and our membership is also up Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association 4821 Davy Crockett Trail Fort Worth, TX 76137 THETEXASFIDDLER PAGE8 DEC/JAN2014-15 Division. I know you all have busy schedules, as do I, and you have things that you need or like to do when you leave. I ask you to please stick around and expose your children to the older fiddler players. You may not realize the importance of it, but this is how these kids are going to develop their own styles and their own identities as musicians. Even the very youngest kids, whether you think they are listening or not, are picking up on what they are hearing from the more accomplished musicians. Any teacher in this, or any genre of music, would tell you that students need to hear multiple versions of these tunes, and multiple styles, so that they can develop their own style. As they develop as musicians, they need to stand apart from one another. Developing kids musically is a subject that I am passionate about, and could bore you with it for much O Congratulations to the TOTFA members who competed in the Red Stegall longer if you were to allow it, so I’ll end it here. I would be glad to bore you on a more Youth Fiddle Competition. personal level when I see you, if you would like! o Christiana Nugent – 2nd Place 0-12 Division Thanks again to everyone in attendance at Glen Rose, and I’m looking forward to o Katie Crawford – 1st Place 13-18 Division seeing you all soon. o Shannon Hunt – 2nd Place 13-18 Division O Congratulations to the TOTFA members who competed in the World Adios, Championship in Crockett, TX. o Jesse Mears – 1st Place Senior Division o Cliff McCall – 4th Place Senior Division o River Lee – 1st Place Junior Division o Elliott Dean – 2nd Place Junior Division o Ray Franklin – 1st Place Accompanist o Anthony Mature – 2nd Place Accompanist o Jim Reina – 5th Place Accompanist o Simon Stipp – 6th Place Accompanist 2013-2015 TOTFA BOARD OF DIRECTORS o Wes Westmoreland – 1st Place Open PRESIDENT o Carl Hopkins – 2nd Place Open o Jake Duncan – 3rd Place Open Bart Baker o Fred Gebhardt – 8th Place Open 2017 N. County Road 810 ~ Alvarado, TX 76009 o Anthony Orosco – 9th Place Open (817) 988-5796 ~ [email protected] o Phillip Pryor – 11th Place Open DIRECTORS O Congratulations to the TOTFA members who competed in the Bob Wills Fiddle Festival. Jason Andrew o Harrison Schumann – 1st Place Junior Division 346 Francis Lane ~ Whitewright, TX 75491 Texas Fiddler is the official nd (832) 725-4784 ~ [email protected] o Katie Crawford – 2 Place Junior Division publication of the Texas Old Time o Elliott Dean – 3rd Place Junior Division Fiddlers Association (TOTFA), a Jordan Bankston th 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. o Karissa Nugent – 4 Place Junior Division 103 Apache Trl ~ Alvarado, TX 76009 th The Texas Fiddler is published o Eliza Cain – 5 Place Junior Division (817) 455-4143 ~ [email protected] monthly and mailed to all members o Faith Nugent – 1st Place Adult Division of the association. TOTFA is a Ed Carnes o Michelle Kuhlman – 2nd Place Adult Division non-profit organization incorporated 401 Mackenzie Way ~ Franklin, TN 37064 th in the State of Texas. o Kevin Freeman – 5 Place Adult Division (615) 567-3297 ~ [email protected] st o Starr McMullen – 1 Place Senior Division Texas Old Time Fiddlers John Crawford o Tom Fonville – 2nd Place Senior Division Association 277 N Diamond Ln. N. ~ Burleson, TX 76028 o Ray Franklin – 1st Place Accompanist 3209 S. Fredonia (817) 564-1018 ~ [email protected] rd Nacogdoches, TX 75694 o Devon McCauley – 3 Place Accompanist th Julie Morris o Royce Franklin – 4 Place Accompanist th http://www.totfa.org 4821 Davy Crocket Trail ~ Fort Worth, TX 76137 o Simon Stipp – 5 Place Accompanist (817) 683-4317 ~ [email protected] o Bobby Christman – 6th Place Accompanist o Bubba Hopkins – 3rd Place Open Division o Jason Andrew – 8th Place Open Division THETEXASFIDDLER PAGE2 DEC/JAN2014-15 THETEXASFIDDLER PAGE7 DEC/JAN2014-15 DECEMBER - January TOTFA Balance Sheet Bob Davis December 12 Opening TOTFA Account Balance as of 10/26/2014 $6398.15 Benjamin McGuire December 16 Membership Revenue (Currently Active Members) +$1066.59 Emmy Curtis December 17 T-shirt Sales +$325.00 Daniel Brown December 20 Advertisement Revenue +$90.00 Starr McMullen December 20 Chris Sell December 20 TOTFA Convention Trophies/Plaques -$477.77 Carter Roberts December 24 TOTFA Judges & MC -$1200.00 T.C. Mitchell December 27 TOTFA Convention Prize Money Contrubution -$3000.00 Brent Young December 28 Ending TOTFA Account Balance as of 12/22/2014 $3201.97 Jesse Roy Hart December 30 Betty Solomon December 31 TOTFA Throwback Pics Vicki Raines January 02 Karen Bowen January 04 John T. Hudson January 11 Chris Marshall January 14 Abby Morris January 15 Jesse Mears January 19 David Looper January 21 Joseph Stainton January 27 Sheryl Sultenfuss January 27 THETEXASFIDDLER PAGE6 DEC/JAN2014-15 THE TEXAS FIDDLER PAGE 3 DEC/JAN 2014-15 TOTFA Updates Done Gone New & Renewing Members 41st Annual TOTFA Convention Aileen Horan Kaleb Snoddy Dale McPherson Memorial Contest 11-17 Championship Allison Wilson Kathy Volkman 0-10 1st – River Lee 1st – Bubba Hopkins 1st – Carter Roberts Ashlyn Corbin Katy Kamenicky 2nd – Karissa Nugent 2nd – Wes Westmoreland 2nd – London McCartney Ben McPherson Kennan Fletcher 3rd – Elliott Dean 3rd – Devon McCauley 3rd – Jenny Lamb 4th –Noelle Nugent 4th – Marty Elmore Bill Cox Leah Lamb 4th – Hayley Davis 5th – Katie Crawford 5th – Tara Turner 5th – Jenna Wray Carter Roberts Loyce Franklin 6th – Jessica Sell 6th – Jordan Bankston 6th – Cooper Roberts Charles Mark Pearson Lynda Lee 7th – Shannon Hunt 7th –Lydia Stuart 7th- Gus Clark 8th – Emmy Curtis Cherri Fryer Marty McPherson 8th – Ashlyn Corbin Out-of-State 9th – Holly Streyvey 9th – Erin Wray 1st – Ed Carnes Christiana Nugent Matt Wills 10th – Kaleb Snoddy 10th –Roland Foster 2nd – Kevin DeRusha Cooper Roberts Matt Wyatt 11th – Christiana Nugent 11th – Evertt Snoddy Delene Allen Michelle Kuhlman 12th – Charles Pearson 36-59 60+ Ed Carnes Myka Williams 18-35 1st – Kevin Freeman 1st – Jesse Mears Emmy Curtis River Lee 1st – Faith Nugent 2nd – Michelle 2nd – Tom Fonville Erin Wray Robert Chancellor 2nd – Ben McPherson Kulhman 3rd – Bill Cox 3rd – Matt Wills 3rd – Keenan Fletcher 4th – TC Mitchell Eugene Allen Robert Frost 4th – Myka Williams 4th – Eddie Davis 5th –Harlene Bilbrey Everett Snoddy Roland Foster 5th –John Greenlee 6th – Cliff McCall Accompanist Gus Clark Royce Franklin Favorite Fiddler Favorite Associate 1st – Jacob Johnson Tom Fonville Ron Stuart Harlene Bilbrey Sheryl Sultenfuss 2nd – Ray Franklin 3rd – Simon Stipp Holly Strevey Starr McMullen Favorite Accompanist Most Improved 4th – Royce Franklin Jachin Nugent Stuart Fryer Simon Stipp Jessica Sell 5th –Nick Gillentine Jason Clark Tara Turner President’s Award Appreciation Award Board of Directors Award Jenna Wray Valerie Ryals Bart Baker Lisa Hopkins Bubba Hopkins Jodi McCartney Walter Hardin Out Going President’s Award – Bryan Jimmerson Julie Ruggles Whirley Mel Cowboy True - Fiddle Contest March 28, 2015 J.S. Bridwell Ag Center 111 Burnet St. ~ Wichita Falls, TX 0-12 13-18 Open 1st Place - $125 + Scholarship 1st Place - $150 + Scholarship 1st Place - $$200 2nd Place - $100 2nd Place - $125 2nd Place - $175 3rd Place - $75 3rd Place - $100 3rd Place - $150 4th Place - $50 4th Place - $75 4th Place - $100 5th Place - $30 5th Place - $50 5th Place - $75 0-12 will play one tune of choice (breakdown, rag or waltz). 13-18 will play two tunes (One breakdown and one tune of choice {breakdown, rag, or waltz}). Open will play three tunes (breakdown, waltz, and tune of choice {may be breakdown or waltz}).