Help: Fiddle teacher in Shasta County, Calif?

Subject: Fiddle teacher in Shasta County, Calif?
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 30 Jul 02 - 01:09 AM

On a rafting trip down the klamath river in Northern California this weekend, found that one of the river guides is a beginning fiddler with a strong interest in American old-timey music. He's having a hard time locating a teacher, let alone another old-timey fiddler in Shasta county. He doesn't have a computer, and makes his living as a river guide. If there aren't any old-timey style fiddlers there, any fiddler willing to give him lessons in some basic bowing and fingering to get him started would do just fine. Anyone know of fiddlers in Shasta or a nearby county? (Trinity, maybe?) I'll pass word on to him.

Thanks for any leads.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Help: Fiddle teacher in Shasta County, Calif?
From: DebC
Date: 30 Jul 02 - 08:41 AM

Wow. District 6 of the Old Time Fiddler's Association was a pretty hot place for fiddlers in the early 80's. Lots of California and National champs and close finishers came out of Northern California at that time, which was when I lived there. Evelyn Horner is in Mt. Shasta City and teaches fiddle. It has been a very long time since I saw her though, so I have no contact information for her.

Adrien Jacoby is a music teacher at Parsons Jr. High in Redding. Her daughter is J'anna Jacoby who was a California State Fiddle Champ at some point in the 80's.

Both Evelyn and Adrien were active in the OTFA, and I believe Evelyn still is. I know her daughter, Shelly, teaches fiddle.

I would suggest getting in touch with Bernie at Bernie's Guitar. They can steer you toward Dist. 6 and some fiddle teachers. I remember that area of California overun with fiddlers!

Deb

Subject: RE: Help: Fiddle teacher in Shasta County, Calif?
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jul 02 - 08:48 AM

Wow!! QUelle expertise!!

A

Subject: RE: Help: Fiddle teacher in Shasta County, Calif?
From: open mike
Date: 30 Jul 02 - 11:23 AM

runour has it that J'anna recently; played for the queen of england...the old time fiddlers have their western open championship coming up in red bluff in teh Tehama county fairgrounds in Oct. 24-26 There was a fiddle camp at whiskeytown lake july 21-27 and one fo the teachers was tricia ferguson from redding. the web site for this camp is www.shastafiddlecamp.com and the contact person is elizabeth johnson from redding. [e-mail] . my friend Lorraine Dechter who hosts the Good Old Fashioned Folk Music Show every sunday on KPFR/KCHO is also very knowlegeable about music in the north state..she can be reqached at [e-mail] she also is in touch with trinity river rafting guides so may be the perfect contact.. good luck to your friend--perhpas they make a water proof fiddle that he can take on the river?? where does your friend live? i'll look for teachers who live close... Laurel (i accompany young fiddlers at contests, and also play at contra dances...the folk music society in chico has jams - singer ansd picker circles -0- often on the first sat. of the month in chico--a good place to share tunes...)