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“Preserving and Perpetuating Old Time Fiddle Music”

Nov-Dec 2018

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Presidents Message 2019 State Fiddle ContestI’ve been thinking about this quite a bit and given the firesituation here in the northstate and all of the people who wereburned out/evacuated/affected by first the Carr Fire and thenthe Camp Fire, it seems somehow inappropriate to be settingall of that aside, and discussing all things fiddle. I know thatall of us have been affected in some way—large or small—and have been helping in whatever ways we deemappropriate. So maybe the best thing we can do right now iscelebrate togetherness and our music as we spend time withfamily and friends for the next few weeks during this mostspecial season. For those of you who have been asking aboutplaces to donate, we at the Western Open have decided to besilent participants in Northstate Giving Tuesday onNovember 27, and request that any donations you may havewanted to make to us, that you consider giving to one of twolocal community foundations: North Valley CommunityFund (Camp Fire) and/or Shasta Community Fund (Carr Fire).

The 2018 Western Open was a success, and plans are alreadyunderway for the 2019 edition, October 22-24. The completeresults are on our website, www.WesternOpenFiddle.com.The CSOTFA Board has scheduled an additional Boardmeeting in January to check out our new location for2019—the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds. At that meeting,we will finalize everything for the contest, and will be sureto get it out to everyone as quickly as possible. Justremember that we are one month later this year—April 12-13.We are grateful that Mark Hogan is taking the lead on thiscontest, and is enthusiastically proceeding. He will need allof our support so please be responsive to requests for help.

Tex and I wish all of you a wonderful holiday season, a veryMerry Christmas, and we pray for a peaceful, prosperousNew Year.

Sharon

The California State Old Time Fiddle Associationis pleased to announce that the 2019 CaliforniaState Fiddle Contest will be moved from Orovilleto Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds Lodi,California, April 12-14, 2019. See enclosed flyer

More details will be available after the JanuaryState Board Meeting.

The Music Goes On

It looks like most of our districts are playing lots of musicthroughout the state. That’s our mission to keep this old stylemusic alive and well. You can read about their efforts in eachdistricts report.

DISTRICT MEETING LOCATIONS, DATES, AND TIMES:

District 1 4th Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.: Feather River Senior Center 1335 Meyer St. Oroville

District 3 2nd Saturday 2:00-5:00 p.m. 21100 Lonely Lane, Tehachapi Ca

District 4 1st Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m.: Orange Thorpe Pk. Activity Bldg., 1414 Brookhurst, Fullerton CA

District 5 2nd Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.: Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave. Orangevale CA

District 6

District 7 2nd Sunday: Terrace Estates Clubhouse, 1815 Sweetwater Road, Spring Valley, CA

3rd Sunday: Village Park Rec Club #2, 2099 Mountain Vista Dr., Encinitas, CA 92024

4th Sunday: Rancho San Diego Library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon, CA

District 8 2nd & 4th Sunday 1:30-4:00 p.m.: Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Rd. Oak View CA

District 9 4th Sunday 1:30-5:00 p.m.: United Methodist Church, 19806 Wisteria St., Castro Valley CA

District 10 4th Sun.+ traveling jam: Redwood Café, Cotati call Mark Hogan 707-829-8012 or Katy Bridges 415-331-9661

President: Sharon Barrett- texshar@pacbell.net

V. Pres. : Kathy Kampschmidt - kdkampy@sbcglobal.net

Secretary: Mary Rose Preston - maryrose@wavecable.com

Treasurer: Robert Curtis - rocurtis@gatewayacceptance.com

Membership: Charley Oveland - croveland@sbcglobal.net

Editor: Cathy Agnew - themimi@roadrunner.com

California State Old Time Fiddlers’ AssociationP.O. Box 1703 Oroville, CA 95965

State Officers State DirectorsDistrict 1: Terri e Rockwell - tbrockwell456@gmail.com

District 3: Gayel Pitchford -- captgayel@cybersurfers.net

District 4: Pat Nelson -- rpnelson@pacbell.net

District 5: Lyle Dixson - Lyle@DATEQ.NET

District 6: Tex Ash -- texshar@pacbell.net

District 7: Dan Touchstone-dtouchstonefiddler@gmail.com

District 8: Charletta Erb – charlettaerb@gmail.com

District 9: Bob Palasek - r03palasek@sbcglobal.net

District 10: Mark Hogan- hogiemoon@comcast.net

1st Sunday of each month 1:00-4:00 St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Blvd. Redding, CA3rd Sunday of each month 1:00-4:00 Palo Cedro Community Hall, 22037 Old Forty-Four Drive, PaloCedro, CA Open Jam 1:00, Concert 2:00 and Open Mic 3:00. web site: www.northstatefiddlers.com

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District Reports

District 1Mary Rose Preston

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District 4Pat Nelson

District 4 fiddlers are looking forward to our holidaydinner and jam on December 9. Note this is the secondSunday instead of the first.

Please bring silverware, your fiddle, your appetite, andyour dues! After January 1, the dues cost goes up. Feelfree to wear holiday attire, as pictures will be taken!

District 3Gayel Pitchford

Other than having our monthly jam we haven't doneanything exciting since the September contest, so nonews from District 3. I think we are all tired from thecontest!

District 1 has been deeply affected by the Camp Fire. Severalof our members lost their homes in the fire but they got outsafely. Many people lost their musical instruments andmusic.

Palermo Parade

The Fiddle Workshop folks played on the District 1 floatduring the annual Palermo Community Parade and Festivalon Saturday, September 15. The theme of the parade washonoring the veterans. The weather was nice and breezyenough to make it interesting, and a fun time was had by all.Somehow a motorcyclist got in front of our float and hethought it was a good idea to crank up his stereo as loud ashe could, drowning us out, but those are the things that makeparades memorable. Our collective grace and sense of humorkept us going.

The Oroville Veterans Day Parade was canceled due to thethreatening fire and heavy smoke.

The Frontier Christmas event (an annual Fiddlersperformance) has been canceled.

The Lake Oroville Visitors Center Facebook page states:“The devastating Camp Fire has impacted all of our lives.Some of our Parks staff have lost their homes, while someof our staff and volunteers have experienced debilitatingimpacts to their health due to the hazardous smoky airquality. We are sorry to announce that the closure of our parkand insufficient staffing means that we are not able to hostour annual Frontier Christmas Celebration (originallyscheduled for Saturday, December 1) this year. This 35-yeartradition will resume next year!”

Parade of Lights

This year’s theme will be Holidays Together (changed from“A Holiday Fairy Tale” in recognition of the Camp Fire).Our attendance at the annual Parade of Lights (throughHistoric Downtown Oroville on Saturday, December 8) isstill undecided since so many of our members whoparticipate in the parades are displaced because of the fire.

Holiday Potluck Our Christmas Dinner and Jam will beSunday, December 9. Bring a side dish or dessert and joinus. RSVP to Zeke - 530-589-0453.

We have had our fiddle workshops on the first and thirdMonday of the month, and are now taking our annualbreak in November and December, resuming mid-January. The fourth Sunday jams continue, with fineplaying and a well-rounded group of musicians showingup each time to share their music.

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District 5Lyle Dixson

Our president, Eric Anderson, reported on our holidaydinner held Nov. 11. "The turnout for the dinner washardly anybody at first but around 1:30 more peopleshowed up! We had turkey, all the fixings anddesserts and it was an enjoyable afternoon. TheDistrict 5 fiddle kids (the Boggs children and OwenAnderson) played on stage and then we had ourregular jam after everyone ate. It being Veterans Day.we gave recognition to veterans and sang the servicesongs."

We also took nominations for 2019 officers and willsend out the ballots to members and announce resultsat our next session Dec. 9.

Six members of the Boggs family performing with theirteacher, Eric Anderson, accompanying.

Jeff Gebhart ,playing guitarby himself.

Owen Anderson and dadplaying with 2 of theBoggs in the backgroundwaiting their turn

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This has been a devastating time for the North State. Toomany of our members lost their homes in the Carr Fire thissummer. And now, the Camp Fire, which has affected somany including many of our local musicians. This is such asad time. However, the amazing community support is abright spot in these horrible disasters.

District 6 had a busy fall, full of performances, ending withthe Western Open. A great time was held by all. A hugethanks to Tex & Sharon, for their many years of commitmentfor this event.

We held our local elections for the upcoming Board ofDirectors and are just waiting for all the ballots to bereturned. We are focusing on building up District 6. We arepushing the "Benefits of Membership" by including a fulldescription with the mailed ballots and requiring all "OpenMic" performers at our Jams to be members. We aresupporting education of Old Time Fiddling and gearing Jamsand performances to highlight our younger musicians.Parents and all members are encouraged to attend our BoardMeetings. We want this organization to thrive again and feelthat "Youth" is the key to keeping it growing.

We have also changed our Jam format. We will still have aJam the first Sunday of each month with a 1:00 Jam, 2:00Open Mic, and finish off with a 3:00 Performance. However,we are changing the format on the 3rd Sunday to a CircleJam from 1:00-3:30. We have found that our members enjoythis so much and it is the best way to learn and encourageOld Time Fiddling' Tunes. We also will offer a StudentCircle Jam in the adjoining room so that we can support thebeginning fiddlers also.

We are getting ready for the Holidays. We will hold ourAnnual Christmas Party and Potluck dinner Sunday,December 16th at the Palo Cedro Community Center.Feasting starts @ 2:00 followed by a festive concert fromthe amazing "Alldrin Family".

Wishing all a wonderful Holiday Season.

District 6Becky Huskey

District 7Greg Gross

District 7 has decided, with impetus from the Nationalchapter and assistance from the Julian Chamber ofCommerce, to resume the Julian Fiddle 'n' Pickin'Contest with the date is set for Saturday, 2019-May-25.We are also exploring a Memorial Day weekendshowcase festival to follow.

Our twice-monthly meetings have been restored tothree, courtesy the attentions of Avery Ellisman ofEncinitas. The 3rd-Sunday location is in North County,and is intended to expand participation to that locale.The venue is a co-op of District 7 and the Coffee &Company retail venue.

Local district members continue to entertain theSeniors' Luncheon program's crowd in Spring Valleyeach third Friday.

Our current photos includes committee volunteers,participating musicians and guests-at-large in both theLemon Grove and Rancho San Diego locations. Newparticipants show up from time to time, a result of bothword-of-mouth and online social media.

Members L-R- Lee & Kathy, Tricia & Dixie,Linda

Members L-R, Ralph & Willie, Dan & Steve, Chuck &Elliott

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District 8Marlene Nord

District 9Bob Palasek

District 9's regular 4th Sunday jams continuewith fine music from many members, along withthat added bonus of a potluck lunch. In thepast two months we have welcomed severalnew members who both pick and play melodyon a number of fretted instruments.

At our district Officers and Directors meetingthis past month, we made plans for the holidayjam and party. Instead of a 4th Sunday jam inDecember, we will hold the holiday jam onSunday, 9 December. This will be at our usual,same venue, the Castro Valley UnitedMethodist Church. Officers and Directors alsoare looking to have our District partiallysponsor a division at the State Fiddle Contestin Lodi. The State Contest happens on April12-13, 2019. More details to follow, after theyhave been decided.

There will be a membership meeting at the4th Sunday November jam where we willfinalize nominations for officers for 2019.Ballots will be distributed and collected, andfinal tallies will be made and announced at thefinal membership meeting of the year. Thismeeting will occur toward the end of ourDecember holiday jam.

Play on, everyone!

Members Roger & Carol

(District 7 Continued)

Greetings from District 8:

As 2018 draws to a close, we have a lot to be thankful for. Ourbarbecue in September was a super time for all. The day couldn'thave been lovelier, and the generous abundance of music anddelicious food was amazing! In late September, three of ourmembers entered various contests at the 47th Annual Old-TimeFiddlers Convention in Santa Barbara. Our very own SethOstner and Charletta Erb earned top prize in the AdvancedTraditional Band Performance competition. And to boot, Sethplaced first in the Old-Time guitar category. Meanwhile, MaryZangerle placed third in the mandolin category -- right on!

Our annual Holiday/Installation Dinner takes place next week.We are looking forward to welcoming in another Board ofDirectors, as well as once again enjoying a turkey dinner, alongwith all the trimmings and loads of conversation, laughter andmusic! From our place to yours, here's wishing you the mostmerry and memmorable Holiday season ever.

See you next year!

District 10Mark Hogan

District 10 has nothing to report..

2019 53rd Annual

California StateOld Time Open Fiddle

& Picking ChampionshipsApril 12-13, 2019

Visit our website www.csotfa.org for full listings of schedules,divisions, rules & guidelines

California State Old Time Fiddlers Association Dedicated to the preservation &perpetuation of old time fiddle music

Lodi Grape Festival FairgroundsBurgundy Hall

413 E. Lockeford St.Lodi, CA

In coordination withCalifornia Bluegrass Association

For More Info Call Contest Co-ChairMark Hogan 707-479-5529

email: hogiemoon@comcast.netSharon Barrett 530-604-5279

email: texshar@pacbell.net

California StateOld Time Fiddlers Association

RV Campingat Fairgrounds $30 pernight. Limited hookups.Tent/vehicle camping$10 per night. Campingfee includes entranceto contest.

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Western O

pen Results, October 25-27, 2018

Peewee (age 8 and under) [8]

1. Eli Glasser, Santa Rosa2. Kacey W

hite, Redding3. Kiley Lincoln, Red Bluff4. Jaclynn M

urray, Shingletown

5. Cade Woelfel, Los M

olinos

Youngest FiddlerKyla Kozlow

ski, Chico, age 3

Junior Junior (age 12 and under) [11]1. Fiona M

cNeil, Reno N

V2. Gage Lindsey, Redding3. Ari Glasser, Santa Rosa4. M

ason Miller, Lew

iston5. Colton W

iechman, Redding

Junior (ages 17 and under) [7]1. Sophie Peña, Palo Cedro2. M

aureen McN

eil, Reno NV

3. Fallon Lindsey, Redding4. N

atalie Parker-Blount, Shingletown

5. Lindsey Pho, Red Bluff

Adult (ages 37-54) [4]1. Holly Sternberg, Sparks N

V2. Brigit M

cNeil, Reno N

V3. Allegra W

eaver, Redding4. Jonathan Traw

ick, Portland OR

Senior (ages 55-69) [4]1. Starr M

cMullen, Corvallis O

R2. Joe O

sborn, San Rafael3. Pat Scott, Red Bluff4. M

ikki Feeney, Willow

s

Senior Senior (ages 70 and up) [6]1. Hughie Sm

ith, Clovis2. N

icki Carlisle, Shingletown

3. Kathy Kampschm

idt, Willow

s4. Billy Sm

ith, Lincoln5. Arthur Kee, Brentw

ood

Oldest Fiddler

1. Hughie Smith, Clovis, age 85

Open (any age) [8]

1. Tristan Clarridge, Mt. Shasta

2. Alex Sharps, Julian3. Leah Bow

en, Sparks NV

4. Scott Sumner, Um

apine OR

5. Eric Anderson, Lincoln6. N

at Copeland, Julian7. Ginger Vogel, Chico8. Tina Carlsen, M

inden NV

Junior Twin Fiddle (age 17 and under) [2]

1. Helaina Rogers/Natalie Parker-Blount

2. Maureen &

Fiona McN

eil

Open Tw

in Fiddle (age 18 and up) [5]1. Hughie Sm

ith/Tristan Clarridge2. Eric Anderson/Leah Bow

en3. Kathy Kam

pschmidt/N

icki Carlisle

Open Picking (any age) [3]

1. Jillian Alldrin, Palo Cedro2. Jim

French, Weaverville

3. John William

son, Shelton WA

Junior Guitar Picking [5]1. Katherine Parker-Blount, Shingletow

n2. Sean Dorney, Redding3. Tyler W

hite, Redding

Junior Mandolin Picking [3]

1. Macy Jae Skillm

an, Red Bluff2. Jacob W

iechman, Redding

3. Gracie Sherbundy, Anderson

Open Jukebox (any age) [6]

1. Cate Huiras, Chico2. “Silly Strings”, Shingletow

n3. N

atalie Parker-Blount, Shingletown

Accompanist

1. Jim French, W

eaverville2. Al M

yers, Redding3. Eric Anderson, Lincoln4. Bob Gardner, Atherton5. Kathy Bly, Gardnerville N

V

Robert Strawn Aw

ard (most beautiful

waltz) [12]

1. Tristan Clarridge, Mt. Shasta

2. Scott Sumner, Um

apine OR

3. Eric Anderson, Lincoln

Hot Fiddle Award [4]

1. Tristan Clarridge, Mt. Shasta

2. Holly Sternberg, Sparks NV

3. Fiona McN

eil, Reno NV

Junior Piano (17 and under) [3]1. Tyler Braito, Cottonw

ood2. Lindsey Pho, Red Bluff3. Evelyn M

acNair, Cottonw

ood

Junior Junior Piano (9-12) [5]1. Allie Braito, Cottonw

ood2. Ari Glasser, Santa Rosa3. Finian M

acNair, Cottonw

ood

Peewee Piano (8 and under) [1]

1. Eli Glasser, Santa Rosa

Fiddle JudgesAm

y Carwile, Lexington KY

Daniel Carwile, Lexington KY

Linda Relph, Dallas TXBobby Taylor, St. Albans W

VDan Touchstone, San Diego

Picking JudgesEric Anderson, LincolnM

onty Millard, W

illows

Jonathan Trawick, Portland O

R

Piano JudgesBecky Huskey, Red BluffElizabeth ______, Redding CAN

athan Townley, Red Bluff CA

Jukebox MC

Adrienne Jacoby, Redding CA

Contest MC

Tex Ash, Red Bluff CA

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ec 2018