(assortment of groans and a smattering of polite applause)
Wow, tough crowd tonight… Who is ready for the 2020 Golden Lions Awards!
(better applause, a few cheers)
Oh, you can do better than that! Let’s make some noise! One more time,
WHO IS READY FOR THE 2020 GOLDEN LIONS AWARDS!!!
(Big cheers, whistles, partial standing ovation)
That’s more like it!
First I would like to thank the Woodmen of the World for allowing us use their nice facility for free. The only caveat is that we have to make sure to clean it up afterward this program, and also every Saturday morning for the next 8 weeks. I will be asking for volunteers after the show.
I see some of you are still coming in. Please put any refreshments on the two folding tables in the rear of the room. Drinks and punch go on table one, assorted guacamole dips can all go on table two. I do have some simple instructions for Dave’s famous grasshopper tacos. 1) Remove from the wrapper, and 2) place directly into the toilet. There was an intermediate step that involved eating the tacos, but I removed that step to save you some significant pain and embarrassment.
For our pre-show entertainment, Miss Sally Jackson, owner of Twinkletoes Dance Studio on the corner of 3rd and Rivers, has brought her intermediate class and they are going to practice some of their new clogging routines on us! Please get settled in and greet one another. I’m going to go make some notes. We will get this show on the road in just a little bit!
While you are mingling, feel free to check out some of the awards shows of glory days gone past:
I guess so! OK everyone take your seats and quieten down, it’s time for the awards! First off I’d like to say that we got a good spread of votes this year, and so many should be honored tonight for their contributions. To prevent leaving anyone out, however, I am not going to anounce any honorable mentions this year except for the People’s Choice award.
Once again, our awards are courtesy of the Fiddlerman Fiddlershop in Pompano Beach, FL.
Fiddlerman has donated the prize for the brand new “People’s Choice” award, which is a $100 gift certificate to the Fiddlershop! If you are a recipient of any of tonight’s awards, here are the instructions for claiming your prize: After the awards are over, watch your email for an email from me (john@bluegrassdaddy.com). This email will contain a code for your gift certificate to the Fiddlerman Fiddlershop. When you visit the Fiddlershop to make an online purchase, you will enter this as a promotional code, and the amount of the certificate will be subtracted from your order.
Okay, me and my team just arrived, and I am in a mad rush. The shrunken head bow tie that Rittle Rotus Brossum gave me for Christmas is choking me! She said it used to be her grandmother whom she loved so much, and said that she would really feel like her grandmother were here at the awards with us if I wore it. So I stupidly agreed.
The Moderator’s Award is still on as far as I am aware, but am not able to locate John at the moment to get a definite on this. I’ve looked in the Green Room, in the Blue Room, in the Red Room, and I have even looked in the Bath Room, but no sign of him. I figure he’s either back stage fixing that pesky microphone, or he has been taste -testing all the dips and could possibly be laying unconscious on the floor somewhere — or — just being a little camera shy. Yeah, right! 🙂 How very nice of Pierre aka “Fiddlerman” to support the Golden Lion awards again this year.
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Okay, I just located John —caught him with his finger in the tangy Scorpion dip moments after he had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on one of our members after they got a hair ball lodged in their throat. I did warn them about eating anything that once meowed but they just wouldn’t listen.
Okay, now back to the awards:
It was a difficult decision deciding who should receive the Moderator’s award, simply because there were so many fantastic entries. As you all know, the Moderator’s award is given annually to the person who I feel has shown some really good progress in their fiddle playing over the time that they have been a member here at BGD. Choosing who should receive the Moderators award was just so darn difficult, because there were two members whom I had in mind, and it was a very close call. However, sadly, there is only one award.
The Moderator’s award for the 2019 goes to
JBOUNDS
Congress Reel – 12/28/2019
Farewell Trion – 12/23/2019
Cane Creek(Original) in composers corner- 12/18/2019
Elzic’s Farewell-12/12/2019
Hog went through the fence- 11/24/2019
Angelina the Baker – 11/3/2019
I Wish My Baby Was Born – 10/27/2019
Missouri Autumn Waltz(Original) composer’scorner – 10/27/2019
Clinch Mountain Backstep – 10/21/2019
Swannanoa Waltz – 10/20/2019
St. Anne’s Reel – 10/11/2019
Quail is pretty bird – 10/6/2019
I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow – 10/5/2019
Miller Road(Original) composer’s corner – 9/28/2019
Whiskey Before Breakfast – 09/22/2019
The Squirrel Hunters – 09/19/2019
June Apple – 09/19/2019
Dubuque – 09/13/2019
Loch Lavan Castle – 09/09/2019
Cold Frosty Morning – 09/8/2019
Soldier’s Joy – 09/8/2019
Bonaparte’s Retreat – 09/7/2019
Salty River Reel – 09/7/2019
Congratulations John Bounds! I hope this award encourages you to develop your fiddle skills further.
Our first 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!
I should note that winning this award does not preclude you from being in the running for any of the other awards!
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KAELEIGH:
We wish you a merry Christmas
The last waltz at the Islay ball
Christmas Eve Reel
The Eagles whistle
Ookpik Waltz
Macleod’s Reel
An Irish Jig
The Blackest Crow
Lament for a sailor who fell from the masthead
Tha Mi Sgith
Brisk Bob
Begley’s favorite
Morning dew
The Wedding polka
Unknown Scottish waltz
An Irish Medley
The Boys of Bluehill
Spent Money
Lazy John
Come Ye thankful people
Twin fiddle arrangements:
The Tombigbee Waltz
Just around the corner
Silent Night
Original compositions:
Last Summer’s farewell
Walking Upstream
Kishwaukee Waltz
Summer Day
Lullaby to Summer
Lullaby to Summer (2nd try)
Just around the corner
Another Lovely day
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GUNNAR:
Amelia’s Waltz
The 8th of January
The 8th of Jan (guitar)
8th of Jan (banjo)
Arkansas Traveler
The Butterfly/Cooley’s Reel
The Road to Lisdoonvarna/the Flame in the Fiddle
Sgt. Early’s Dream
Paddy on the Turnpike/Tommy’s Tarbukas in G minor
BlackBerry Blossom on the waterwheel
The Cliffs of Moher
St. Anne’s Reel on a fence post
Tam Lin
Red Haired Boy
The Wren/Trip to Pakistan
Old French
My last jam in the states
Jerusalem Ridge
Old Dangerfield (mandolin)
Flint hill special dtuners demo (banjo)
March 32nd (mandolin)
The Star Spangled Banner (guitar)
Big Country (banjo)
Cajun Fiddle
Road to Lisdoonvarna (again)
Fire on the Mountain
Haste to the Wedding (harmonica)
Fire on the Mountain (harmonica)
Irish Washerwoman (harmonica)
Texas
A Mighty Fortress (trumpet)
Jerusalem Ridge (again)
My Last days on Earth (mandolin)
Squirrel Hunters
Cherokee Shuffle
Ashokan Farewell
Elk River Blues (bamboo piccolo)
The Dusty Trail (banjo)
The Haunted Pantry set
Drunken Sailor
What Child is This/Romanza (mandolin)
Ballad of St. Anne’s Reel (banjo)
Cold Frosty Morning (with vocals and banjo)
From the clawhammer thread:
Coleman’s March (banjo)
Pear Tree (banjo)
Shove that Pigs Foot a little bit Closer to the Fire (banjo)
From the guitar thread:
Where the soul never dies (guitar)
Cherokee Shuffle (guitar)
Salt Creek (guitar)
Hag at the Churn (guitar)
Drunken Landlady (guitar)
Africa (guitar)
Hotel California (guitar)
Windy and Warm (guitar)
Lewis and Clark (guitar)
Classical Gas (guitar)
Classical Gas flatpicking (guitar)
I’ll have to say I love you in a song (guitar)
Super Mario theme (guitar)
He’s a Pirate (guitar)
Grandfather’s Clock (guitar)
Mad World (guitar)
John Hardy (guitar)
Away in a Manger (guitar)
Away in a Manger (guitar and mandolin duet)
Silent Night (guitar and harmonica)
Oh Come Emmanuel (guitar)
Nothing but the Blood (guitar)
Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind
Auld Lang Syne
Original Tunes:
Midnight Firefly (banjo)
Owls in the Attic
A Waltz in the Dust
Temperance Jig (mandolin)
Raise an Irish Eyebrow (mandolin)
Small Beginnings (guitar)
Flowers of Corenwald (banjo)
Little Brown Birds
Dragonslayer’s Reel (mandolin)
Sort Of (guitar original)
Mom’s Breakdown (banjo original)
We received many votes for this year’s People’s Choice awards, including a broad spread of names! This year’s award is sponsored by the Fiddlerman Fiddle Shop, and is shared by two very deserving recipients!
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$25 The First Runner Up Award goes to…
EDMO
Mingulay Boat Song
Arran Boat Song
Skye Boat Song
Sitting in the Stern of a Boat
Si Bheag, Si Mohr
Lorena
The Last Rose of Summer
My Love is a Red, Red Rose
The Lonesome Boatman
Blue Bonnets over the Border
Farewell to Tarwathie
Fear a Bhata
Greensleeves
Farewell to Whiskey
The Foggy Dew
Midnight on the Water
Captain O’Kane
Out on the Ocean
Give me your Hand
The Hills of Lorne
The Dark Island
Auld Lang Syne
For Ireland, I’d not tell her name
The Town I loved so well
The Road to Lisdoonvarna
Mockingbird Hill
When You and I were young, Maggie
Loch Lomond
Margaret’s Waltz
Mairi’s Wedding
Hector the Hero
Morag of Dunvegan
The Lilting Banshee
Maggie West’s Waltz
Ookpik Waltz
My Cape Breton Hpme
Maggie in the Woods
Arkansas Traveler
Coleraine
The Kerry Polka
I Saw Three Ships
Farewell to Tarwathie, Octave Strings
Star of the County Down
Inisheer
Si Bheag, Si Mohr
Will ye go, Lassie, go? Wild Mountain Thyme
Midnight on the Water
Elk River Blues
Silent Night
O Tannenbaum
What Child is this/Greensleeves
Auld Lang Syne
The Parting Glass
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And now, announcing our first annual…
$75 People’s Choice Award
This year’s award goes to…
CRICKET
Jan 4th- Rattlesnake/Muskrat
Jan 15th- Down in the Willow Garden
Jan 26- Freight Train
Jan 28- Oh Babe it ain’t no Lie
Jan 30- Be it ever so Humble, there’s no Place Like Home
Feb 2- Liberty
Feb 6- Bonaparte’s Retreat
Feb 10- Shady Grove
Feb 11- How Many Miles to Barley Town
Feb 24- Booth Shot Lincoln
Mar 1- Old Dan Tucker
Mar 8- New Five Cent Piece
Mar 9- Boll Weevil
Mar 17- Deep River Blues
Mar 20- Cherokee Shuffle
Mar 22- Coleman’s March
Mar 29- Abe’s Retreat
Mar 31- Old Dog Blue
Apr 5- Mississippi Blues
Apr 13- The Eight of January
Apr 18- The Girl I Left behind
Apr 26- Over the Waves
May 12- Over the Waves with Viola and Cello
May 13- St. Anne’s Reel
May 20- Mississippi Sawyer
May 21- I am a Pilgrim
May 24- Black Waters
May 31- Way Downtown
Jun 7- Open up them Pearly Gates
Jun 8- Pear Tree
Jun 12- Blue Belle
Jun 28- Elk River Blues
Jul 10- Wild Hog in the Woods
Jul 11- Papa’s Billy Goat
Jul 12- How Come that Blood on your Shirt Sleeve
Jul 17- Wild Bill Jones
Aug 3- I’m a Long Time a-Travelin’ Here Below
Aug 10- Southbound
Aug 18- Listen to the Mockingbird
Aug 21- Chicken Reel
Aug 30- Cherry River Line
Oct 4- I’m Thinking Tonight of my Blue Eyes
Oct 6- Dead Man’s Piece
Oct 21- Faded Love
Oct 22- Walk Along, John, to Kansas
Oct 25 – Pretty Little Shoes
Oct 26- Say Old Man can You Play a Fiddle?
Oct 31- Bury me under the Weeping Willow
Nov 1- Railroad Bill
Nov. 4- Year of Jubilo
Nov 12- Soldier’s Joy
Nov 16- Big Scioty
Nov 22- I am a Pilgrim
Oh gosh…did I miss the ceremony? Is it still going on???? Congrats to winners…thanks for my People’s Choice award! Is it still going on? I’m sorry I missed the first part!
Where’s the toxic guacamole???? I gotta join this party!
Congratulations to everyone at BGD and to the winners in all the category’s and congratulations to my friend Cricket for getting the top win two years in a row which I think is very deserving you really are great , love everything you do !
Yes, FRed…I’m with you on that. Well, I’d like to congratulate JBounds, who is at work…come back home, JBounds, and Edmo, Kaeleigh, Gunnar, and everybody else who participates here at BGD. Seems like it’s been a pretty good year…lots of playing and talking and such…not too much eating except for tonight, of course…but all gross…uh, I mean GOOD stuff here for the partiers to consume.
Well all day I thought it was the 14th, and was reminded a few times, but just got it in my head it was the 14th…so…I’m sorry for coming in late.
Thank you so much, John, and Scott…this is a great place to hangout, share our music, learn from the lessons, learn from each other, just be together with friends. I love the site and very happy to be a part of it.’
Thanks again for my award…I’m sure I could never deserve such a thing.
Congrats again to all winners. Thanks to all members for just being here all year…I love everybody here!
Oops…didn’t see your post, Steve. Thank you so much for those encouraging comments. I love seeing you post your music too and I hope to see a lot of it throughout 2020!
And now for our last award of the night! This is a combined award for both Composer’s Corner (original tunes) and for the 2020 Golden Lion Award for contributions in the BGD Lion’s Den forum. I am very pleased to announce the winner of tonight’s award:
FRED WARNER
O = Original; I = Instructional; BG = Bluegrass; OT = Old Time; CT = Celtic; CA = Canadian
Independent Fiddle Posts (5)
O Maggots Ate the Termite* (D) (CC) 2/16
O The Bitten Finger Rag* (A) (CC) 2/18
O The Snobby Fiddle Rag* (D) (CC) 3/1
O Down in Bluegrass Hollow* (Dm) (CC) 3/8
I Bluegrass Licks for Bluegrass Daddy, 8/11
Fred’s Fiddle Forum 1 (73)
CA The Quebec Reel (D) 7/1
OT Arkansas Traveler (D) 5/31
OT Woodchopper’s Reel (D) 5/28
OT Happy Acres Two-Step (D) 6/6
CT Sweet Journeys Waltz (A) 5/23
BG The Dreamer’s Waltz (G) 5/22
CT Ashoken’s Farewell Waltz (D) 6/27
OT Silver Bells (D & G) 7/1
CA Saint Anne’s Reel (D) 5/24
O Jay Mountain* (Am) (CC) 5/21
O Cajun Blues* (A) (CC) 6/3
BG Smokey Mountain Rag (F) 5/24
OT Cricket on the Hearth (D) 6/3
BG New Camptown Races (Bb) 6/10
BG Dixie Hoedown (G) 6/21
BG Laughing Boy (A) 6/29
BG Scotland (A) 6/11
BG Missouri Road (A) 6/11
BG Footprints in the Snow (E) 6/19
BG Indian Killed a Woodcock (G) 6/7
BG Dance with Me, Kenny (G) 6/19
CT The Galway Reel (D) 6/6
CA Little Burnt Potato (D) 6/10
O Braw Birks* (Bm) (CC) 6/1
OT Whiskey Before Breakfast (D) 6/6
BG Amanda Jewell (A) 6/19
BG South Wind (G) 6/20
BG Harlan County 5-String (G) 6/1
O Higden Reunion* (D) (CC) 5/20
O Rustler’s Creek* (FCAF) (F)(CC) 5/1
I Noodling the Stops* (D) 7/1
BG Blue Mountain Waltz (A&E) 7/2
OT Billy in the Low Ground (C) 7/2
I Noodlings for Kenny* (E,F,G,A) 7/3
OT Lost Indian (D) 7/4
I E Lesson for Kenny et al* (E) 7/4
BG Acoustic Toothpick (G) 7/4
O The Backwoods Reel* (Bb) (CC) 7/5
BG Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (F & Dm) 7/5
BG Cincinnati Rag (G) 7/7
BG Uncle Pen (A) 7/7
BG Baker’s Breakdown (G&D) 7/7
BG Roanoke (G) 7/7
OT Jennie’s Waltz (G) 7/8
OT Goodbye Liza Jane (A) 7/8
OT Cherokee Shuffle (A) 7/8
BG Panhandle Rag (D) 7/9
O Shanty Brook* (Bm & D) (CC) 7/10
OT Westphalia Waltz (G) 7/12
BG Louisville Breakdown (G) 7/14
BG Arab Bounce (A) 7/14
OT Durham’s Reel (A) 7/15
OT Roxanne’s Waltz (C&A) 7/17
BG Denver Belle (C&G) 7/17
BG Bill Cheatum (A) 7/17
BG Ashland Breakdown (C) 7/17
OT Jennie’s Waltz (Violin Duet) (G) 7/17
OT Centennial Waltz (Bb) 7/18
OT Londonderry Air (three violins) (C) 7/19
BG Somewhere in Texas (C) 7/21
OT Tuesday Night Waltz (D) 7/22
BG Orville’s Waltz (Bb) 7/23
CA Angus Campbell (A) 7/23
CT Liverpool Hornpipe (D) 7/24
BG Dry and Dusty (E) 7/24
OT Teatotaler’s (Temperance) Reel (G) 7/24
CT Cuckoo’s Nest (D) 7/24
BG Carpetbagger (G) 7/25
CA Big John McNeil (A) 7/27
BG Black Mountain Rag (AEAC#) Calico tuning (A) 7/27
BG Gold Rush (A) 7/31
OT Red Wing (G) 7/31
BG Shucking the Corn (G) 7/31
Fiddle Forum 2 (30)
CA Joys of Quebec (A) 7/31
OT Angeline Baker (D) 7/31
CA Maple Sugar (A&E) 8/2
BG Big Country (A) 8/2
CT The Irish Washerwoman (G) 8/2
BG Pike County Breakdown (A) 8/2
BG Pass Me Not (Bb) (in Pass Me Not thread)
OT Flop Eared Mule (G & D) 8/4
OT Golden Slippers (G) 8/4
BG Frost on the Pumpkin (A) 8/4
BG Jerusalem Ridge (Am) 8/4
OT Minstrel’s Fancy (D) 8/4
OT Liberty (D) 8/5
CT Dogs Among the Bushes (E) 8/5
BG Shiloh 3/(G) 8/5
BG The Boston Boy (C) 8/6
BG Southern Comfort (Em) 8/6
BG Across the Big Sandy (A) 8/6
BG Home Sweet Home (D) 8/8
CT Red-Haired Boy (A) 8/8
OT Old Joe Clark (A) 8/8
BG The Old Mountaineer (G) 8/8
BG Big Mon (A) 8/9
BG John Hardy (G) 8/9
BG Monroe’s Hornpipe (A) 8/9
BG Daley’s Reel (Bb) 8/9
OT Stone’s Rag (C) 8/9
BG On My Mind (C) 8/9
BG Panhandle Country (C) 8/12
OT Back Up and Push (C) 8/12
Fiddle Forum 3 (24)
BG Ground Speed (G) 8/19
OT Spider Bit the Baby (C) 8/20
OT Turkey in the Straw (G) 8/20
BG The Grassy Fiddle Blues (C) 8/27
CT Paddy Fahey’s Reel (G) 8/26
BG China Grove (A) 8/29
O I Can’t Take Any More of Your Hurt* (G) (CC) 8/29
OT Soldier’s Joy (D) 9/4
OT Salt Creek (A) 9/4
OT Katy Hill (G) 9/4
CA Growling Old Man and Growling Old Woman (A) 9/6
O Alder Brook* (Bm) (CC) 9/6
OT The Squirrel Hunter (A) 9/8
BG Sally Goodin (A) 9/9
BG Road to Columbus (A) 9/9
OT Ragtime Annie (D) 9/9
OT Cold Frosty Morning (Am) 9/9
BG Santa Claus (G) 9/10
CA Mrs. Watson’s Henhouse (D) 9/10
BG Virginia Darling (A) 9/11
CA Gatineau Reel (F) 9/12
BG Dance Around Molly (A) 9/13
OT Whiskey You’re the Devil (A) 9/13
CT The Mason’s Apron (A) 9/15
Fiddle Forum 4 (18)
BG Nashville Grass Breakdown (A) 9/17
BG Washington County (A) 9/17
CA Snowflake Breakdown (D) 9/17
CA Dick Sand’s Hornpipe (G) 9/18
CT The Linen Cap (A) 9/18
CT The Disappointed Coquette (D) 9/19
CT The Humors of Castle Bernard (D) 9/22
CT The Top of Cork Road (D) 9/22
OT Year of Jubilo (D) 9/24
OT Fifty Years Ago Waltz (D) 9/25
CT Sweet Biddy Daly (A) 9/26
CT Gracie’s Hornpipe (G) 9/26
CT Harry Bradshaw’s (A) 9/29
CT Where the Moorcocks Crow (Bm) 9/30
CT Molly Ban (Em) 10/1
CT Road to Boyle (D) 10/2
CT Virginia Hornpipe (Em) 10/3
O Green River Blues* (A) Calico tuning (CC) 10/6
Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5 (24)
CT The Piper’s Despair (Em) 10/7
CT The Star of County Down (Em) 10/10
BG Walking Back to Bluefield (G) 10/14
CT Lord Gordon’s Reel (D) 10/14
CT The Mason’s Apron (A) (repost of 9/15) 10/14
CT Hard Hearted Maiden (violin duet) (F) 10/15
O The Road to Melbourne* (A) (CC) 10/17
CT Hand Down the Tackle, Boys (D) 10/22
CT The Flowers of Spring Hornpipe (D) 10/25
O Goin’ to Pearson* (G) (CC) 10/25
O Trip to Stone County* (D) (CC) 10/27
OT The Saratoga Reel (A) 10/27
O Kick Them Feet* (G & D) (CC) 10/28 (Composed 3/2018)
O “Chicken and the Ground Hog” an original poem 10/29 (What’s on your mind forum)
O Chicken and the Ground Hog Shootin’ the Breeze* (A) (Calico tuning) (CC)11/1/19
CA Genevieve’s Waltz (A) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/3
O The Round Pond Reel* (D) (CC) 11/3 (written 4/30/1995)
CA The Mouth of the Tobique (G) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/5
CA Jessica Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/9
CA Reel de Sherbrooke (G & D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/10
O The North Country Reel* (G & D) (CC) (written 9/25/2010) 11/10
CT Prince Albert’s Hornpipe (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/10
OT Peekaboo Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/11
CT The Green Fields of Glentown (Am) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/12
OT Sail Away Ladies (G) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/13
OT Sail Away Ladies (re-posted in Fred’s Fiddle Forum 5) 11/16
Fred’s Fiddle Forum 6 (12)
CA Le Reel des Jeunes Maries (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 11/17
CA The Gaspe Reel (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 11/19
OT Coming Down from Denver (A) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 11/22
CA Red Carpet Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 11/29
BG Give Me the Roses While I Live (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum) 11/29
CA Black Velvet Waltz (C) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 11/29,2019
CA Country Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/1
BG Blue Violet Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/3
OT Wednesday Night Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/4
OT Kelly’s Waltz (G) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/5
CT Trip to Durrow (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/6
OT Spanish Point Waltz (D) (Fred’s Fiddle Forum #6) 12/12
Misc. Other Composer’s Corner (3)
O The President’s Cap* (Bm) (CC) November, 24
O The Maiden’s of Hickory Hollow* sheet music only, 12/1
O The Maidens of Hickory Hollow* (CC) 12/5
Thank you all and congratulations to all of our winners! I was awed and humbled by all of the incredible music in this year’s forums. There were so many others that I couldn’t even begin to thank and mention them all! Thank you all for a wonderful year here at BGDU. I hope to hear much more from all of you in the coming year!
PS – Don’t forget to clean up on your way out. I will need at least two volunteers to put up chairs and to clean up under the guacamole table. Please use the trash bins around back — don’t leave the bags up by the mail boxes like you did last year.
Congratulations JBounds, Fred and Cricket, Edmo, Kaeleigh and Gunnar! All very deserving recipients. To those members who entered the Lion’s Den and Composer’s Corner in 2019 but did not receive an award, I would like to thank you all very, very much for posting your videos and sound clips in these forums and for sharing your fiddle journey with us. I hope to eagerly follow your fiddle journey in 2020.
WOW! I can’t believe how quick the evening went by. BUT, what a wonderful night it was, indeed. Man, we are so lucky to have such wonderful people here at BGD.
Goodnight, good people. My carriage awaits to take me back to the graveyard. Sleep tight.
Congrats to Kaeleigh and Gunnar for such a demonstration of talent. It’s so wonderful to know that fiddling will be passed on and stay alive for generations to come.
Edmo, the porch and now inside has certainly heard some wonderful fiddle tunes that you’ve developed and shared with us all. We all appreciate and congratulate you on your great progress throughout the year. Keep it up, we need to hear your fiddlin’ now that we’re hooked on it!
Cricket, you’re just incredible at all the talent you have. Congrats! Your talent knows no ends! It’s a pleasure.
John congrats on the Moderator’s Award. What an honor. Keep up the wonderful fiddling. I really enjoy it.
Thank you all so much for my awards.
(If y’all don’t mind, I’m gonna take the possum-guacamole casserole with me. It’s yummy! lol)