2018 Golden Lions Awards

Moderator’s Award
Two recipients
$25 each

Now, on with the show! The first awards of the night will go to participants who have impressed the moderator with their effort and improvement. So at this time, I would like to welcome to the stage our hard-working moderator and world-traveler: Great Scott!

Promising Youth Award
Two Recipients
$50 each

Thank you Great Scott, and congratulations to these worthy recipients!

Our next award will be to our most promising young lions. We are very proud of our young people here are BGD, and want to do all we can to encourage them to continue fiddling and take this wonderful form of music far into the future. These two recipients have shown tremendous resolve and improvement this year, and have a been an inspiration to all of us!

Drum roll……….

Gunnar Salyer
— Morrison’s Jig
— The Irish Washerwoman
— Thanksgiving gig: no fiddle content — Red Haired Boy
— Happy New Year

Kaeleigh
— My first performance of the year: Scottish medley
— The Teardrop Waltz — Westphalia Waltz
— Spent Money Polka
— St. Patrick’s Day Concert:
— Danny Boy
— The Dark Island
— Morrison’s Fancy
— The Lakes of Sligo
— Siuil A Run
— Sagart Ceolmhar (musical priest) Reel
— Jock O’ Hazeldean
— Pale Moon Waltz
— Brenda Stubbert’s Reel
— Prarie Spring Waltz
— An Early American Medley
— General Lee
— Benny and Bea’s Waltz
— McClannahan’s March
— A Scottish Waltz
— O God Beyond All Praising

For our intermission entertainment, please welcome to the stage our surprise special guests: Ricky Scaggs and Patty Loveless!

Frederick Warner (fiddliferous)
–The Afternoon Reel
— Sundown Reel
— Memories of John Gott
— Blue Almonds CD (Jay-henge, An Adirondack Nocturne, It’s Only a Dream, Autumnal Tempest, Nocturne in B, Clurty Burn, October Love Song, Numen the Blue Stone, The Journey to Ounca, Waltz of the Santanoni, Camenae Dance, The Temptress, Impromtu, Our Waltz, Copperas)
— Namaste CD (Namaste, A Shaman Dream, Elysium, Prelude in A, Carousel, Nocturne in D flat, Nocturne in A flat, Starlight, Elegy, Tauro, Naiad, Lori, River of Crystal, Valley of Birches, Commissure, Bariah)

Other non-original entries by Frederick Warner (fiddliferous)
— My fiddling attempts
— Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Steve Srader
— Jesus I Pray, Achin’ Broken Hearts
— Crystal Heart
— Daddy My Daddy. Lord She’s Perfect
— Marry Me
— Pound for Pound
— In the Book of Life What Have You Done
— Merry Christmas to All and to All a Happy Day
— The song Steve wrote for Fred, put to the tune of Fred’s Carousel. I don’t think it was ever named.

Other non-original entries by Steve Srader:
— Ashokan Farewell
— Amelia’s Waltz
— Over The Waves
— Maggie
— End of my first year
— Amelia’s Waltz
— End of year — Over the Waves
— Kentucky Waltz
— Ookpik Waltz
— The Lover’s Waltz — Long Black Veil
— Arkansas Traveler
— Beer Barrel Polka
— Silver Bells Western
— Margret’s Waltz with Octave strings
— Long Black Veil
— Over the Waves
— Maggie
— Cowboy Waltz
— Ashokan Farewell
— Over the Waves
— Over the Waves
— Ashokan Farewell with Octave strings
— The Lover’s Waltz — Ashokan Farewell
— Over the Waves
— Margret;s Waltz
— Maggie
— Ookpik Waltz Western
— Arkansas Traveler

Congratulations to the the two of you!

And now, for the final award of the night! This Year’s GOLDEN LION award goes to our very own, one-and-only Cricket, who will recieve a $100 gift certificate donated by Pierre “Fiddlerman” Holstein of the Fiddlershop!

(APPLAUSE)

Cricket
— Icy Morning Moodiness
— Crawdad Hole
— Going Down That Road Feelin’ Bad
— Over The Waterfall – on Viola
— Poor Little Turtle Dove
— Victory Rag
— I think I got my recording problems solved
— Fisher’s Hornpipe
— My Old Kentucky Home
— Kitchen Girl — Banjo only
— Down In The Valley To Pray — on new Cello
— Cello and singing a little today
— Sourwood Mountain with Fiddle, Viola, Cello
— Handsome Molly
— Old ballad with Cello
— Hop Light Ladies
— Boatin’ Up the Sandy
— Bonaparte Crossing Rhine
— The Ranger’s Command
— Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss
— Over the River to Feed the Sheep
— Shove That Pig’s Foot a Little Further Into the Fire
— Ol’ Jake Gillie
— Little Sadie
— Turkey in the Straw (Remake)
— Cripple Creek
— Bonaparte Crossing the Banjo
— Super Mario-like Stuff
— Julianne Johnson
— Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
— Willie Moore
— Ashokan Farewell on Cello
— Jenny Lynn
— Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On
— Step Around, Johnny
— What’ll I Do With the Baby O
— Cluck Ol’ Hen
— Speed of the Plow
— Come Back Boys, and Let’s Feed the Horses
— Spotted Pony
— Pallet On The Floor
— Cumberland Gap
— A little something for Steve
— Groundhog
— Windy and warm at the fundraiser
— Bear Creek Blues
— Short Life of Trouble
— Blue Railroad Train
— Cotton-Eyed Joe
— A sacred harp selection
— June Apple
— I Heard My Mother Weeping
— Hangman’s Reel
— Sal’s Got Mud Between Her Toes
— Mike in the Wilderness
— The Blackest Crow
— Which Side Are You On
— Boatman in key of A
— I’m Thinking Tonight of an Old Southern Town
— Here’s proof I’ve lost my mind
— Breaking Up Christmas
— I’m Going Back To Dixie
— Georgia Railroad
— Trying out my tracks with a new project
— Forked Deer
— The Old Blind Sow
— New River Train
— St. Anne’s Reel

Thank you all for coming out tonight. I hope you enjoyed this year’s Golden Lions awards banquet and ceremony.

Please take time to comment and congratulate our winners! They have put in a lot of time and effort to make our Lion’s Den an amazing resource and source of endless inspiration.

(Theme music swells)

Thank you all, and good night! Please make youselves at home, enjoy the bar and pot-luck snacks. Thank your servers and valets, and don’t forget to leave a tip!

Winners: Look for an email from me at the address you used to sign up here at BGD. If you do not recieve an email within 24 hours, please contact me at john@bluegrassdaddy.com. Congratulations to you all!

Cricket, thank you for your heartfelt and humble acceptance speech. You are appreciated here at BGD!