KDHX Folk School Fiddle Workshop - April 2016 with Patt & Possum

Highlights of a fiddle workshop given by Charlie Walden at the KDHX St. Louis Folk School on April 9, 2016. The taught included Red Fox Waltz, Kentucky Waltz and Valse Gisele. Go get the sheet music for these tunes at http://www.charliewalden.com/Dots.htm.

April 2016 Childgrove Contra Dance

Highlights of the April 10, 2016, Childgrove Contra Dance with Charlie Walden on fiddle and Patt Plunkett on piano. Ted Steels calling the figures.

Learn to Play Boys Around The World

In this set of videos I'll show you how to play a classic Missouri Valley fiddle tune from Cyril Stinnett and Dwight Lamb call The Boys Around The World. Key of A in standard tuning. 

Valentine's Day Dance 2015 with Patt & Possum

Here's a little excerpt from the Valentine's Day Dance 2015 at Fizz in Chicago. The event was the brainchild of Old Lazarus Harp - Folk Collective.

University of Chicago Folk Festival 2015 with Patt & Possum

From the Sunday afternoon square dance at the 55th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival. February 15, 2015. Music by Charlie Walden - fiddle & Patt Plunkett - piano (aka Patt & Possum) with calling by Bill Sudkamp. Here renditions of Buck Fever Rag, Lucky Trapper, Jimmy Walker Two-Step and Forked Deer. PnP are joined on Forked Deer by a whole gaggle on fine Midwestern fiddlers - Genevieve Koester, Cliff Harrison, Megan Greene and the inimitable Chirps Smith.

San Diego Contra Dance 2015 with Patt & Possum

At the San Diego Contra Dance on January 24, 2015. Charlie Walden - fiddle and Patt Plunkett - piano. The tunes are Sherbrook Reel and St. Anne's Reel. Martha Wild calling.

Palo Alto Contra Dance 2015 with Patt & Possum

Patt & Possum play the Palo Alto Contra Dance, January 31, 2015. With our pal Barb Rosner on bass.

September 2014 Child Grove Dance

Great fun at this Child Grove dance at the Monday Club on Sunday (Sept.28th, 2014) in St. Louis, MO. With Tres Buckhannonos (Emily, Dennis & Cuzzin Curt - piano, guitar and mandolin) and Andy Gribble on bass.

Pittsburgh Contra Dance 2014

Patt and Possum at the Pittsburgh Contra Dance on August 22, 2014.  What a great time we had.  Hotter than heck, but an energetic bunch of dancers and great calling by Cindy Harris!  Thanks Pittsburgh!

Earl & His Melodiers at Square Dance Kalamazoo (November 11, 2013)

The Melodiers live at Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo on November 11, 2013. Patt Plunkett - piano, Marilyn Branch - bass, Nate Myers and Mike "Wichita" Miller - guitars and Charlie Walden - fiddle.


Fantastic energetic calling by Mike Clark of Kalamazoo!

Praire Hill Contra Dance February 1, 2014

Prairie Hill Contra Dance in Delafield, WI, February 1, 2014. The band is Edward Wallace & Charlie Walden - fiddles and Patt Plunkett - piano.  The caller is Jo Mortland.

January 2014 Child Grove Dance - Charlie Walden with a Gaggle of Great M...

Contra dance at Child Grove, St. Louis, MO. January 26, 2014. Band members: Patt Plunkett - piano, Cuzzin Curt Buckhannon - mandolin, Dennis Buckhannon - guitar, Andy Gribble - bass, Charlie Walden - fiddle.  Wade Pearson calling the sets.

St. Louis Folk School Square Dance 24-Jan-2014

Monthly square dance at the KDHX Folk School in St. Louis, MIssouri. Patt Plunkett calling. The band is Cuzzin Curt Buckhannon on mandolin, Emily Buckhannon on piano, Dennis Buckhannon on guitar and Charlie Walden on fiddle.

September 2013 Child Grove Dance - Charlie Walden with the Buckhannon Clan

Child Grove Country Dancers Sunday night contra dance.  September 29, 2013 in St. Louis, MO.  Patt Plunkett calling. The band is Cuzzin Curt Buckhannon on mandolin, Emily Buckhannon on piano, Dennis Buckhannon on guitar and Charlie Walden on fiddle.

Old Square Dance Records

Various old square dance records from my personal collection.

May 2015 Child Grove Dance With Geoff Seitz & Charlie Walden - fiddles

From the Child Grove regular Sunday dance and the Monday Club in Webster Groves, MO, May 3, 2015. With Geoff Seitz & Charlie Walden - fiddles, Dennis Buckhannon - guitar, Patt Plunkett - piano and Andy Gribble on bass. Lauren Peckman calling.

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

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Charlie Walden's Fiddlin' Tip #2

Tip #2  Twelve Ounce Curls

Nothing strengthens your bowing arm like repeated 12 oz. curls.  Just pick up your favorite brew and raise it to your lips.  Repeat.  Repeat.  Repeat...

Examples of "Missouri Rules" Piano Accompaniment by Patt Plunkett

The playlist below has excepts from a piano workshop Patt did in San Diego in January 2015. Examples of walking bass line through the IV-chord THE MISSOURI RULES way are shown, both ascending and descending.