Coming Events - California State Old Time Fiddlers Association
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Coming Events - California State Old Time Fiddlers Association
March/April 2013 Coming Events March 14-16, 2013 : State Fiddle Championships, Oroville, CA. See flyer and registration materials in this issue. April 10-14, 2013: Julian Family Fiddle Camp. See flyers and articles this issue May 4 & 5: Cloverdale Fiddle Contest. Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds. District 6 Amateur Contest August 3: Redwood Fair Fiddle Contest. See flyer this issue. Hello Fiddlers, I've got the 2013 Oroville contest pictures up on this site: http://fiddle.dateq.net/Oroville2013/ Click on the thumbnails to get a larger version -- I have the original full size I can email or post -- just let me know. Lyle Dixson [email protected] NEW INFORMATION New State website up & open for business! Www.csotfastate.org California State Old - Time Fiddlers’ Association PO Box 1703 Oroville, California 95965 President: Patrick DeLuca [email protected] 1533 Sunnyside Ave., Clovis 93611 559-349-7729 Bill Whitfield [email protected] 16506 Elm Ave, Patterson, CA 95363 209-402-3881 Secretary: Sharon Barrett: [email protected] 469 Jackson St. , Red Bluff, CA 96080 530-527-6127 Treasurer Robert Curtis [email protected] 60 Vernal Ct, Alamo, CA 94507 Membership Charley Oveland [email protected] 12901 Foothill Lane, Saratoga, CA 95070 408-867-18 14 Editor: Anita Marley 16506 Elm Ave., Patterson, CA 95363 209-777-6824 V. Pres. [email protected] 925-930-7272 BOARD OF DIRECTORS District 1: Ben Clark 530-534-0775 [email protected] 65 Hart Drive, Oroville 95966 District 2: Steve Davison 559-252-5177 [email protected]. 5749 E. Butler, Fresno District 3: Gayel Pitchford 661-821-7511 [email protected] Tucker Road #G, Tehachapi 93561 District 4: Pat Nelson 714-524-6673 [email protected] 17392 Chicago Ave. Yorba Linda 92886 District 5: Doug Dempster 916-489-3856 [email protected] 4829 Foster Way, Carmichael 95608 District 6: Tex Ash 530-527-6127 [email protected] 469 Jackson St., Red Bluff 96080 District 7: Willie Randel 619-444-8888 [email protected] 313 Horizen Hills Dr., El Cajon District 8: Joe Hunsinger 661-513-9000 [email protected] 21974 Wakefield Ct., Santa Clarita, CA 93021 District 9: Ruth Oveland 408-867-1814 [email protected] 12901 Foothill Lane, Saratoga 95070 District 10: Katy Bridges 415-331-9661 [email protected] Prospect St., Petaluma 94952 District 14: Don Shrum 760-356-4325 [email protected] 92250 93727 870 Circle Dr., Holtville 92020 DISTRICT MEETING LOCATIONS, DATES, AND TIMES: District 1: Feather River Senior Center 1335 Meyer St. Oroville 4th Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m. District 2: Brooks Ranch Restaurant, Hwy 99 & Chestnut : 2nd Sunday 1pm. District 3: Carden School Cafeteria 2nd Saturday 2:00-5:00 p.m. District 4: Orange Thorpe Pk. Activity Bldg., 1414 Brookhurst 1st Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m. District 5: Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave. 2nd Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m. District 6: St. James Lutheran Church 2500 Shasta View Dr. Tehachapi Ca Fullerton Ca Orangevale Ca Redding CA 2:00- 5:00 p.m.** District 7: Moose Lodge El Cajon Ca Terrace Est. Club Room, 1815 Sweetwater Rd. Spring Valley Ca 1nd Sunday Oct thru June **Free Workshop Prior to Jam 1st & 4th Sunday 12:00-3:00 p.m. 2nd Sunday 12:00-3:00 p.m. nd th District 8: Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Rd. Oak View Ca 2 & 4 Sunday District 9: United Methodist Church, 19806 Wisteria St. District 10: Redwood Café, Cotati 4th Sun. + traveling jam: call Mark Hogan 707-829-8012 or Katy Bridges 415-331-9661 Castro Valley Ca 4th Sunday 1:30-4:00 p.m. 1:30-5:00 p.m. The Soundpost Save a Tree!!! Your e-mail Soundpost newsletter will have: Full color news and photos Internet links If you wish to receive e-mail Soundposts, send a message to me at [email protected] and say yes to green! Please include your district #. Thanks Save the CSOTFA lots of money (postage) and time (snail-mail)!! For address errors, please contact Charlie Oveland, the Membership Secretary. He will correct it and send it on to me. For typos, editorial comments, letters to the Editor, and newsletter contributions, send them directly to me: new email address: [email protected] Please send contributions to the newsletter by the 15th of the ODD numbered months to ensure inclusion in the current edition. P.S It is very important to get your articles in at least 2-3 months ahead of your event. Thanks, Anita Marley, Editor 3 The Soundpost In Memoriam SAD NEWS ~~ SAMUEL NECOCHEA Feb. 16, 1928—Mar. 3, 2013 We lost one of our beloved OTFC members, Sam Necochea. March 3, 2013, Sam left us to go join the great fiddle band in Heaven. We have enjoyed him, & his fiddling & guitar playing, & vocals at our Dist.7 OTFC meetings & OTFC gigs at senior facilities, & at his gigs at various venues. Sam & his wife, Dixie, have been members of Dist.7 OTFC since May In my early days in District 9, in the 1980's, when I was not a fiddler but mostly a bluegrass mandolinist and guitarist, I had the pleasure of backing up Troy on guitar any number of times, when he would play his three fiddle tunes on stage as part of the District 9 jam. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?n=jesse -king&pid=162929362&fhid=2175 He was a friend. Bob Palasek 4 The Soundpost District 1 We are a little late with our news because we missed the last Soundpost but will be caught up by the next issue. We are busy preparing for the State contest and will have details of all the events in the May-Jun issue of the Soundpost. We supported the celebration of Christmas in a big way with three groups providing music in our community this year: The Riverside String Band and Rayburn and the Coerced played at the Bidwell Bar Association’s Frontier Christmas; The Riverside String Band played at the Lake Oroville Country Club’s Christmas Party Rayburn and the Coerced with Allison Woodruff played at the Country Crest Christmas Party The Riverside String Band with Allison Woodruff played in support of the Oroville Optimist Club’s annual Ring and Sing for the Salvation Army. We are having great success with the Fiddle Group Workshops. One reason is the development of our Fiddle Group Workshop Tunebooks by Jimi Beeler and Zeke Walker. These tunebooks are conveniently constructed with a 3 ring binder with slip-in transparent sheet protectors and feature 24 fiddle tunes with music notation, guitar chords and fiddle tabs. If you are interested in purchasing one of these tunebooks contact me via email [email protected] or call me at (530) 533-1413. If you are in the area, our new meeting place is Feather River Senior Center as of January 27 th; we meet from 2 to 5pm on the 4th Sunday of the month. Come join us! Pictures from our Christmas Party: Larry Jendro, President & his group Time to get ready for all those fiddle contests coming up! 5 The Soundpost District 7 The best kept secret and bargain in San Diego is The District 7 California State Old Time Fiddler’s Association (CSOTFA). If you or a loved one has an interest in becoming a fiddler, making new friends, learning traditional fiddle songs in an accepting atmosphere, all for less than $20 per year, have I got a recommendation for you. The Fiddle Club meets most every Sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The people who run the club are some of the nicest, most supportive people in the world. For example, the first time I brought my two beginner fiddler daughters, ages 6 and 8, to the Club, they were welcomed into the circle and immediately given an opportunity to take turns playing the fiddle tunes they knew, which may have totaled three, if we were lucky. If you’ve never sat with the band, it’s a unique experience; to be immersed in the energy and musical vibration really differs from sitting in the audience. Our very first time attending the Club, Sam Necochea called his dear wife, Dixie, at their home (miles from the meeting) and asked her to bring a new violin as a gift for our youngest daughter, as he wanted her to have a better instrument. Aside from being an incredibly gifted and famous singer and musician, devoted family man, and awesome cowboy, Sam immediately took our girls under his wings. This big-hearted act of spontaneous generosity touched our family deeply and set us on the path to becoming huge fans of the club and its members, who have and continue to go out of their way every week to include and mentor our girls. My husband, Jim, now plays guitar with the club too. Admittedly, at first we were all a little intimidated and resistant to giving up outdoor or free play time to sit with this group and mostly listen to them play because of the dearth of songs we knew how to play. No one in the club judged or condemned us for the girls’ short attention spans or continuous trips to the bathroom and the delicious snack table. However, we hung in there and now the girls cherish the people, their guidance, the experience of being embraced, encouraged and a real part of the circle of amazing fiddlers and other musicians, and have learned many new fiddle songs in the two years we’ve been members. The club has even started offering instruction, breaking down a few choice songs for the less experienced fiddlers, on the second Sunday of the month. Members are constantly offering tips and giving the girls all kinds of praise, opportunities to play and even sharing sheet music. The Fiddle Club also sponsors scholarships for children attending The Julian Family Fiddle Camp. Ours are the lucky recipients of partial scholarships this year largely due to the generosity of the Club and one of its members, who donated “the lion’s share” of scholarship money. We also really appreciate the historical connection that this group provides to the origin of fiddle in the United States of America and beyond. Our children are also involved in the San Diego Young Artist Symphony (SDYAS.org), where they learn classical songs and techniques and take private lessons with the fabulous Jane Frey, a well known Suzuki teacher and conductor at SDYAS. We view the Fiddle Club as a wonderful compliment to their private instruction and orchestra, as it is a fantastic opportunity to be immersed in traditional old time fiddle music with people, who are marvelous musicians and have an interest in passing down these songs and ability to improvise and jam in a non-competitive atmosphere. On behalf of Willow, Violet, Jim, and Lauren, thank you District 7! By: Lauren Derstine Humphrey March 12, 2013 6 The Soundpost News from District 9 Our officers are in place for 2013. President - Tom Clausen Vice President - Joe Pavaglianti Secretary -Dian Brown Treasurers – Jean Kalvig and Pearl Ray Membership – Carl Brown District Director – Ruth Oveland Advisors – Billy Smith, John Durbin, and Aileen McAdoo. Appointed positions include: Newsletter editor – Bruce Goble Webmaster – Dave Dalton Sunshine Lady – Jeannette Amick. There were quite a few members of District 9 who were able to attend the State Contest in Oroville in March. District 9 has the responsibility for the Registration Process and I really appreciate those who volunteered to help this year. At our monthly jams, we enjoy having all the musicians up on stage at the beginning and at the end of our jam time. It gives even the shyest person an opportunity to play with the group. Larry Sadler, our MC, encourages people to sign up to play after we’ve enjoyed a delicious potluck lunch. An open invitation is extended to all of you, musicians and music lovers, to join us on the 4 th Sunday of the month. Our location can be found on page 2 of the Soundpost. We hope you’ll join us when you can. Ruth Oveland, District 9 Director Time to get ready for all those fiddle contests coming up! 7 The Soundpost 8 The Soundpost CSOTFA DISTRICT 3 AMATEUR FIDDLE CONTEST MARCH 9 2013 PeeWee Division Novelty Division 1—Cathy Pierce, Arvin 1—Sarah Stickney—Viola, Tehachapi 2—B. J. Zheng, Tehachapi 2—Julie Stickney—Mountain Dulcimer, Tehachapi 3—Penn Whiteside, Tehachapi 3—Dan Sponsler—Button Box, Tehachapi Junior-Junior Division Band Scramble 1—Joe Wallek, Tehachapi Band No. 1—Anna Kemper, Cello; Dan Sponsler, Fiddle; Penn Whiteside—Fiddle 2—Frank Sponsler, Tehachapi 3—Mallori Spears, Tehachapi Grand Championship Playoff 1—Nicholas Pierce--Fiddle, Arvin Junior Division 2—Piper Meisler—Cello, Tehachapi 1—Nicholas Pierce, Arvin 2—Molly Sponsler, Tehachapi 3—Sarah Stickney, Tehachapi 4—Dan Sponsler, Tehachapi 5—Richard Felter, Tehachapi Cello/Bass Division 1—Piper Meisler—Cello, Tehachapi 2—Anna Kemper—Cello, Tehachapi 3—Sequoia Moore—Cello, Tehachapi 4—Natalie Whiteside—Bass, Tehachapi Picking Division 1—Sequoia Moore—Mandolin, Tehachapi 2—Penn Whiteside—Mandolin, Tehachapi Twin Fiddles Division 1—Molly and Dan Sponsler, Tehachapi 9 The Soundpost California State Old Time Fiddle Championships Senior (ages 55-69) 1. Nicki Carlisle 2. Anita Marley 3. Kathy Kampschmidt 4. Tom Clausen 5. Randy Warner Open Picking (any age) 1. Jerry Rose 2. Ron Johnson 3. Mack McDonald 4. Zack Mondry 5. Julian Colescott Senior Senior (ages 70 and up) 1. Hughie Smith 2. Art Kee 3. Jim McMillan 4. Billy Smith 5. Carl Malotte Young Adult (ages 18 – 36) 1. Laura Hightower 2. Alyssa Marler 3. Tori Gillam Oldest Fiddler Leon Raney Pee Wee (ages 8 and under) 1. Monica McDonough 2. Elsa Crotty 3. Finneas Colescott 4. Nathan Crotty 5. Natalie Felker Youngest Girl Fiddler Annie Culbreath (5) Youngest Boy Fiddler Nathan Crotty (6) Junior Junior (age 12 and under) 1. Celeste Pena 2. Sophie Pena 3. Amanda Culbreath 4. Elizabeth McDonough 5. Ella Campbell Junior Picking (age 17 and under) 1. Francis McDonough 2. Jacob Akana 3. Josette McElligott 4. Connie Curry 5. Andy Miller Adult (ages 37 – 59) 1. Stacy Snodgrass 2. Grant Wheeler 3. Kenny Blacklock 4. Johny McDonald 5. Ginger Vogel Junior (ages 17 and under) 1. Frances McDonough 2. Amaya Rose Dempsey 3. Tallon Sandoval 4. Christopher Culbreath 5. Joseph Felker Open (any age) 1. Darren Reitan 2. Amy Culbreath 3. Eric Anderson 4. Laura Smith 5. Darin Smith Junior Twin Fiddle (age 17 and under) 1. Amanda Culbreath/Cate Huires 2. Celeste & Sophie Pena 3. Elizabeth & Monica McDonough 10 Open Twin Fiddle (age 18 and up) 1. Darin & Laura Smith 2. Tallon Sandoval/Johny McDonald 3. Katy Bridges/Kenny Blacklock 4. Kathy Kampschmidt/Nicki Carlisle 5. Arthur Kee/Billy Smith Anything Goes (any age) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Accompanist (any age) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fiddle Judges 1. Dan Touchstone 2. Avery Ellisman 3. Pat Scott 4. Willie Randel 5. Kathy Kampschmidt 6. Tori Gilliam Picking Judges. 1. Wayne Agnew 2. Brett Johnson 3. Jimi Beeler Contest MC Tex Ash The Soundpost The California Bluegrass Association is very pleased to finally offer an instructional camp for kids during our 38th Annual Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley this year. We will still offer Kids on Bluegrass, our performance activity for young people and our expanded KidFest, our recreational activity. We have hired Bluegrass Camps for Kids (www.bluegrasscampsforkids.com) to produce a four day camp for 8-16 year old young people. Beginning to advanced musicians are welcome to enroll in this camp and it will include instruction on multiple instruments, dance, songwriting, singing, and a performance on one of our stages on Saturday. The faculty will focus on bluegrass, old time and folk music. Bluegrass Camps for Kids produces free standing camps in many states including Alaska and Hawaii and also produces camps attached to festivals. Please go to their website to read about their program. We are enrolling now via our website www.cbaontheweb.org. The four day camp (Thursday through Sunday, June 13-16, 2013) costs $300 (some scholarships are available) and does require that a parent/guardian attend the festival. (We need to have an adult on site if needed). I can be contacted by email at [email protected] or telephone 510 735-6364 for any questions. Please forward this email to any families you think might be interested or to any instructors who teach young people. We are registering students now and will limit attendance this first year to 35 students. Thank you, Darby Brandli, President and Liaison to the Youth Program California Bluegrass Association Cloverdale Contest has new dates & new weathr!! The Cloverdale Fiddle Festival will be held May 4-5, 2013 at the Citrus Fairgrounds in Cloverdale. Still very much the fiddle contest people have enjoyed over the years, we have expanded the activities that we hope fiddlers and old time music fans will enjoy. For example we have added youth and adult guitar and mandolin divisions. We will feature top notch entertainment in the world of of time and bluegrass music as well as workshops. For further information got to www.cloverdalefiddles.com or call 707-894-2067 or 707-829-8012. I hope to see you there. 11 The Soundpost 12 The Soundpost 13 The Soundpost 14 The Soundpost 15 The Soundpost Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID 16506 Elm Ave Patterson, CA 95363 Permit No. 34 Patterson, CA 95363 w! e N Return Service Requested We’re On The Web: www.csotfastate.org March/April 2013 Is a non-profit 501©(3) organization California State Old Time Fiddler’s Association CSOTFA