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University Daily Kansan, September 1, 1981
Spare time
Pickers, singers fiddle around in South Park
ByCYNTHIA HRENCHIR Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Chickens they grow tall in Arkansas,
Chickens they grow tall in Arkansas,
Chickens they grow tall.
and they all taste like dog.
They eat'em guts and all in Arkansas.
This folksong was an example of the music that drifted through South Park Sunday afternoon during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championshins.
Some songs were sad and slow; others were quick and lively, as musicians, mostly from
eastern Kansas, competed for trophies in mandolin, guitar and banjo playing, folk singing and, of course, fiddling. Three bluegrass bands also performed.
The audience of several hundred ranged from Lawrence's senior citizens to small children, who occasionally jumped up and down in rhythm to the music.
Temperatures climbed into the 90s, but most of the listeners were comfortable as they sat in the shade and listened to the ballads, hoe-downs and waltzes.
in our little peaceful mountain home; But the saviour needed angels in Heaven,
We were all so happy there together,
Now they all kneel around the great white throne.
"This song tells of a little boy whose mother and father died," Mark Frankze, of the band Prairie Fire, said.
Franke's band played while the mandolin players practiced in groups under the trees away
Stes Mason, one of the organizers of the championships was standing in the crowd, Pipeline.
KEITH FLANERY/Kansas State
KETT J. LANER/KYMAN Staff
The Kansas State Picking and Fiddling contest held Sunday afternoon in South Park was opened with a blue grass set by Prarie Fire (above). Kurt Sigmund, right, shaded his head with a hat as he picked in the contest for mandolin players.
"We usually have this in the middle of July." Mason said. "This is the first time we had it happen."
The championships were started by Gloria
Brone, a Lawrence resident, to accompany the
children of Dr. and Mrs. Brone.
"We had to move it once to the community building because of rain," said Throne.
"And last year it was held behind the Kansas Union on campus," said Mark Franke. "It was between the Union and Spencer Library on the third floor, but it was a was, though, so we moved back to South Park."
Charlotte Mason, who helped her husband organize the event, was busy at the registration table, signing up contestants and getting them in the right order to perform.
"We had nine mandolin players competing," said the coach. "For the first time offering this division, we were a strong team."
Mike Allen, a KU graduate student in physics from Crescent, Iowa, was serving as one of the Championships' judges.
He is a member of a bluegrass group, the Allen Family, and plays banjo, string bass and guitar.
"Most of those competing will go in one or more divisions," he said. "I have been to festivals with people from a three-state area, and for a local contest, this is pretty good."
"There are a lot of family groups. For example, my dad loved country music, and then started to love bluegrass," he said. "He wanted to start a family band. So he bought a whole bunch of instruments. He sat on an bed, and told, 'Nobody touch these.' So they did two weeks, we all could play them fairly well."
The Masons expected the competition to end late in the evening. Before the sunset, trophies would be awarded to the various divisions and one for the highest scaled individual 16-year-old and under would be presented.
But trophies are only a part of what the festival was about.
"Bluegrass people are really a tightly-woven
band. We wear a necklace, we may take
awhile, but you make it good for you."
On Campus
TODAY
THE KU KARATE CLUB will present a karate demonstration at 7:30 p.m. in Room 207, Robinson Center. Information about joining the club will be available at the demonstration.
THE NEW LIFE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP will hold a Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Forum room, Kansas Union.
THE KU COMMITTEE ON SOUTH AFRICA will present a film, "The Rising Tide," at 6 p.m. in the Council Room, Kansas Union. There will be a brief meeting after the film.
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THE COLLEGE ASSEMBLY will meet at 4 p.m. in the Forum Room, Kansas Union.
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IN INFORMATIONAL MEETING ABOUT FULBRIGHT GRANTS AND DIRECT EXCHANGE SCHOOLARSHIPS will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the forum Room, Kansas Union.
STUDENTS CONCERNED WITH DISABILITIES will present a forum on "Social Service Cuts—How Do We Survive?" at 4 p.m. in the Pine Room, Kansas Union.
THE EPISOPAL ECUCHARISTIC FELLOW-
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THE STOUFFER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room, Satellite Union.
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