1983 Boonville, MO Fiddle Contest

Here's some great old audio from the 1983 Fiddle Contest at Boonville, Missouri. Back when I first started playing this was one of the great contests. It was held each year at the Laura Elliot Speed Jr. High School auditorium.

These audio recordings I made myself with an old Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder. 

Program:

0:00 Skater's Waltz (Charlie Walden & John Stewart)

3:44 Angus Campbell (Charlie Walden and John Stewart)

5:39 Bile the Cabbage

6:41 Red Fox Waltz (Bob Hagan)

9:03 Salt River Reel (Bob Hagan)

11:00 Durang's Hornpipe (Spencer Galloway)

12:33 Our Last Waltz (Spencer Galloway)

14:45 Grey Eagle (Taylor McBaine)

16:57 Clark Waltz (Taylor McBaine)

18:37 Lazy Kate (Bob Atchison)

20:17 Western Waltz (Bob Atchison)

22:59 Waltz in G (Vesta Johnson)

26:06 Fort Smith (Vesta Johnson)

27:30 Soldier's Joy Hornpipe (Bill Eddy)

29:38 Canary Waltz (Bill Eddy)

32:00 Ragtime Annie (Mike Wells)

33:52 Westphalia Waltz (Mike Wells)

37:49 Grey Eagle

39:40 Sweet Bunch of Daisies

42:16 Tom and Jerry (Lynn Wells)

Program:

0:00 Combination Waltz (Lynn Wells)

2:13 Bill Cheatum (Jimmy Gilmore)

4:40 Over The Waves Waltz (Jimmy Gilmore)

7:18 Fireball Mail (Musial Wolfe)

9:45 Westphalia Waltz (Musial Wolfe)

12:48 Fisher's Hornpipe (Maggie Sprat)

13:46 Waltz (Maggie Sprat)

16:41 Sleepy-Eyed Joe (John Griffin)

18:23 Country Waltz (John Griffin)

20:42 Katy Did Waltz (Joe Grable)

23:49 Durang's Hornpipe (Joe Grable)

25:39 Announcements

28:51 Tom and Jerry (Charlie Walden)

31:47 Dance Around Molly (Taylor McBaine)

33:43 Coming Down from Denver (Bob Atchison)

35:39 Sally Goodin (Mike Wells)

37:41 Marmaduke's Hornpipe (Lynn Wells)

40:02 Coming Down From Denver (Bill Eddy)

41:44 Woodchopper's Breakdown (John Griffin)

43:12 Announcement of Winners

You can also download this audio and have for your very own.

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