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cricket 8 months ago.
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1: ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
This is also called the “Moderator’s Award” and is sponsored by Great Scott. This award is presented to the BGD member who has shown steady improvement and commitment to learning. This year we are giving the award to two members, both of whom have put much effort into moving to the next level! The prize for this award is a $30 gift certificate to The Fiddle Shop, which will be awarded by email within a few days. Congratulations to Fran H and Steve Srader!!!
Fran H
Faded Love / Angeline the Baker / Sunday Evening Playing / Various Lessons With Dewey Brown / Jam Session with Bobby Hicks’ Daughter / East Tennessee Blues / Eighth of January / Nine Pound HammerSteve SraderWagon Wheel Double Stop Practice / Rubber Dolly / In The Garden / Ookpik Waltz / Amelia’s Waltz / Ashokan Farewell / Faded Love / Arkansas Traveler / Over The Waves / Ashokan Farewell (again) / Don’t Be Angry / Don’t Be Angry (again) / Double Stops / Maggie / First Lion‘s Den Submission
[CROWD GIVES A STANDING OVATION]
Now, on to our next award… “Special Achievement!”
2: SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This year’s special achievement award goes to a fiddler who has not only improved vastly, but has joined a band and begun touring, even appearing on a radio show! The prize for this award is a $50 gift certificate to The Fiddle Shop, which will be awarded by email within a few days. Congratulations to Angela!!!Angela
Clinch Mountain Backstep / My Break / Shove The Pig Foot In the Fire / Back Up And Push / Lots To Learn / Orange Blossom Special / Soldier’s Joy / Radio Show / Hold Watcha Got (licks) / Cherokee Shuffle / Angelena The Baker / Good Time Mountain Man
[CROWD GIVES A STANDING OVATION]
Now, on to our next award… “Creative Content!”
3: CREATIVE CONTENT AWARD
This year’s Creative Content award goes to a fiddler who has not only been the most prolific contributer to the Lion’s Den forum, she also shown great creativity by recording her own backing tracks, including great work on guitar, banjo, bass, viola, and other instruments. In addition, she has even created the music for a Purcell opera that features her own daughter! We are extremely honored to have her as a member of BGD. The prize for this award is a $50 gift certificate to The Fiddle Shop, which will be awarded by email within a few days. Congratulations to Cricket!!!Cricket
Over The Waves / Candy Girl / The Possum’s Tail Is Burning / Squirrel Hunter / My New Viola / Liza Jane / Ragtime Annie / Ashokan Farewell / Purcell Stuff / Washball Cannon / The Blue Diamond Mine / Old Joe Clark / Cajun Fiddle / The Cuckoo / Mississippi Sawyer / Big Fat Bowing / New and Improved Waynsboro / Tombigee Waltz / Satisfied Mind / On A Winter’s Night / Pretty Saro / New and Improved Pretty Saro / Fall of Richmond / Davey Come Back Home / Mockingbird / Purcell soundtrack / Candy Girl (again) / Yew Piney Mountain / Waynesboro (again) / Mississippi Sawyer (again) / East Virginia / Angeline the Baker (again) / Old Mother Flannagan / Sandy Boys / Fall of Richmond (again) / John Brown’s March / Keep On The Sunny side / Listen To The Mockingbird / Chinese Breakdown / Elzick’s Farewell / I Will, I Want a Note in Gas / Cherokee Shuffle (again) / East Virginian Blues (again) / Gospel Plow
[CROWD GIVES A STANDING OVATION]
Now, on to our next award… “Challenger!”
4: CHALLENGER AWARD
This year’s Challenger award goes to a fiddler who has pushed himself as hard as anyone in the Lion’s Den this year. From transcribing advanced breaks, to publishing grueling practice exercises, to performing tunes with tough double stops and long riffs in the upper positions, to recording his own backing tracks with multiple instrumentes, this fiddler has challenged himself and us alike as the year rolled along. The prize for this award is a $50 gift certificate to The Fiddle Shop, which will be awarded by email within a few days. Congratulations to Fiddlewood (Dave)!!!Fiddlewood
My Blue Eyed Darling / In the Garden / For Gu — Licks etc. / Will the Circle Be Unbroken / Cattle In the Cane / Dixie / Don’t Come Runnin’ Back To Me / Wheel Hoss / Forked Deer / Road To Columbus / Bill Cheatum / Running Through the Show / One Rain Drop / Send Me Your Address In Heaven / Rebecca / Girl In Tennessee / A Little Local Show / Fireball Mail / Will You Be Satisfied That Way / Wayfaring Stranger
[CROWD GIVES A STANDING OVATION]
Now, on to our fifth and final award… “Gifted Youth!”
5: GIFTED YOUTH AWARD
Our final award honors a gifted youth who has been a prolific contributer to the Lion’s Den this year. She has not only performed stirring versions of beautiful celtic tunes, she has shown great improvement in her fiddling. She has also published videos of solo performances at area events. We are very proud that she is such a big part of the BGD family. The prize for this award is a $50 gift certificate to The Fiddle Shop, which will be awarded by email within a few days, plus her very own cake of Baker’s Violin Rosin, which I can tell you is the BEST rosin I’ve tried and is VERY hard to come by. Congratulations to Kaeleigh!!!Kaeleigh
The Sky Boat Song / Back Home In Indianna / Rose In The Heather / Fisse Hornpipe / McClanahan’s March / McCloud’s Farewell / Echoes of Summer / Irish Fiddle Set / Danny Boy / Canyon Moonrise / The Swallowtail Jig / The Clog Dance / The Butterfly / Si Bheag Si Mhor / The Road To Lindoosvarna / Bonaparte’s Retreat / Booth Shot Lincoln / January Performance / Dark Island Lament / The Osprey / Come Thou Font Of They Blessing / The Gravel Walks Reel / Midnight On The Water / Hewlett / Maureen’s Fancy / Ookpick Waltz / Jock O’Hazeldean / Calliope House / The Day Dawn
[CROWD GIVES A STANDING OVATION]
Congratulations and Thank you to everyone who posted in The Lion’s Den this past year.
Thanks also to Great Scott and John for all their hard work and sponsorship of the awards.
I’m honored to have been part of “The Den” this last year, and been witness to the struggles, improvement, diligence, and efforts of all who have contributed. Thanks to you all for the encouragement and advice you may have thrown my way through the past year…it is greatly appreciated.
I’m looking forward to another year of inspiration, good conversation, and friendship in The Den and the rest of the forum.
Dave
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This reply was modified 9 months ago by
fiddlewood.
Comgratulations to Everyone here at Blue Grass Daddy all the members are important even if some of the members don’t partake in the forums , Everyone is here to learn and would not be a member if they were not using the lessons and spreading the love of music , somewhere , someway and somehow in their lives , So Blue Grass Daddy is making a difference in peoples lives , Its to bad we can’t see what other members are doing , But I can imagine all the beautiful music going on that we dont get to see ,
I am honored to recieve and share the Encouragement award with Fran H !! I am pleasantly surprised I did not expect to win !!! Thank You everyone has been so supportive and helpful Thank you all again Steve-
This reply was modified 9 months ago by
Steve Srader.
Congratulations to everyone honored in the 2017 Golden Lion Awards! I truly enjoyed the show (and the deep-fried Snickers were just the perfect finishing touch!). Wonderful job, everyone.
Thank you Dr. John and Great Scott for hosting us all for the lovely evening!
I have missed being here over the last few months. My musical studies have lately expanded beyond fiddling into classical violin, as well as playing and singing with a local choral performance group. I hope to return to the Lion’s Den on occasion this year, if I can find the time! Ha!
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This reply was modified 9 months ago by
lucy pevensie.
Kaeleigh, I hope you enjoy the rosin! It’s the best. 🙂
Here is the registration info currently on their site:
For the remainder of the 2017 production season, we are no longer accepting new members, and have temporarily disabled the registration page of our website. Because season length and production capabilities depend greatly on rainfall amounts, average temperatures, etc, at this moment we are unable to offer even an educated guess as to when we’ll be able to re-open the list, but we hope to be in a position to do so sometime next season. When we’re able to re-open the list, the registration page of our website will once again allow you to submit your information. Unfortunately, until then, all we can offer is the promise that Baker’s is worth the wait. Please note that this does NOT effect already registered members.
-The Baker family
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This reply was modified 8 months ago by
John Cockman.
Johns next favorite Rosin is Andrea A Piacere violin Rosin ! Its a dark green
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This reply was modified 8 months ago by Steve Srader.
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