Spring Fiddler’s Convention

I just returned from my bi-annual trip to Branson, MO to attend the Ozark Mountain Fiddler’s Convention.  For the past 9 years +, I’ve attended this event with a handful of guys that I know who play guitar and enjoy camping and pickin’ for a couple of days.
The crowd seems a little smaller than it used [...]

Madison Sings

This year Madison not only played the saxophone at the band competition, but she also performed a vocal solo.  We sat through about a dozen performances waiting for her turn.  If you listen to young girls sing, most of them sing in a falsetto voice.  Not Madison…she sings in a rich natural voice that really [...]

Fiddler’s Convention

Much of my free time this week has been spent starting to organize the semi-annual trip to Branson, MO for the purpose of attending the Ozark Mountain Old Time Fiddler’s Convention.
Several years ago ( 9 I think, but I’ve lost track), a group of guys that I know began making this twice a year pilgrimiage [...]