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Convention
Contest Highlights
Submitted by KOFPS Kaw
Valley
Chapter Member John Gough
contact him at: johnjeangough@yahoo.com
The 2009 KOFPS Convention Contests provided a first for KOFPS.
Gary Gourd of the Santa Fe Trail
Chapter is the first person to receive four first place awards in
the same year. Gary was first in Adult Men's Singing, Yodeling,
Duet, and Band. Gary has been flirting with this for several years
and finally made it this year. Gary now has eleven 1st place out of
thirteen awards. Gary's wife makes him dust his accumulation of
trophies.
Seventeen people took home 40 trophies. 40 individuals
placed.
Others receiving several awards for 2009 include:
Wayne
Harclerode,
Osawatomie Chapter,
3rd
Sr. Men's Picking, 1st Duet (with Gary), 1st Band (with Gary)
Pam
Carleton,
Santa Fe Trail Chapter,
3rd
Adult Ladies Singing, 1st Ladies Picking, 1st Adult Misc Inst.
For several years, Pam has been a multiple winner, including two years
winning five trophies. See "Trivia" on the website.
Maryann
Barry,
Santa Fe Trail Chapter (State Secretary)
, 2nd
Sr. Misc Inst, 2nd Ladies Picking, 3rd Band
. Maryann
has received three trophies per year for several years.
Blaine
Gee,
Yates Center Chapter (State President)
, 2nd
Adult Men's Singing, 2nd Adult Fiddling, 2nd Adult Picking. Blaine
has received three trophies per year for several years. Blaine
started collecting trophies as a Junior contestant.
Individuals winning multiple awards has occurred
more often as more contests have been added and number of entries
decreased. Today, we have seventeen contests Jill Gough,
the first four time awardee, was in 1993 when there were fourteen
contests. Marvin Simonton and Jean Gough were the first three time
winner, in 1979 when there were only ten contests. Jean
Gough repeated with three awards in 1980. KOFPS waited till 1989
before it happened again, when Jason Gough won three trophies.
Twelve
additional people won two awards at the 2009 Contests. To view them,
see the list of awardees in the May newsletter, or go to the website:
2009
Convention Contest Results
Two of those twelve were multi-talented junior competitors.
Luke
Laskowski,
Santa Fe Trail Chapter
, 1st
Jr. Picking, 2nd Jr Singing
Nathan
Quintance,
Santa Fe Trail Chapter
, 2nd
Jr. Picking, 3rd Jr. Fiddling
All the Junior Contestants were exceptionally fun this year.
The five year old singer was a crowd pleaser. These youth are worth
coming back to hear next year. Bring a friend, This is a, 'you
don't want to miss it."
At 85 years old, and with his first entry in over 20 years, Marvin Gough
won first in the Senior Fiddling Contest on a fiddle he hand-crafted.
Marvin and his wife Doris were instrumental in developing KOFPS to how
widespread it is today. For over twenty years, Marvin and Doris have
been traveling the USA spreading KOFPS music far and wide.
KOFPS
has some members who have a streak going. Pat Lundy of Walnut
Valley has received a trophy in 18 consecutive years. This is the
current longest winning streak among active members. She has also
won in more years than anyone in KOFPS, at 31 years with an award.
In second is Blaine Gee of Yates Center, with 29 years. Third
is Marvin Simonton of Walnut Valley with 26 years.
Blaine Gee also has won the most trophies of any
member. Winning from two to four awards per year, Blaine has 66
trophies. Pat Lundy is second with 56. Among active
members, Marvin Simonton is third with 31.
Pam Carleton of Santa Fe Trail is the active member who has won the most
trophies in any year at five. She has only been participating for
nine years, and already has accumulated 27 trophies. Pam has to dust
her own trophies. Watch her, she has a shot at five first place some
year.
We look forward to seeing Bill and Sue Lemaster from White Eagle Chapter
back to entertain us next year.
Western Plains members have not participated for several years. It
is time we got acquainted again. Come see us.
For more trivia and KOFPS history, see the website: Convention
Trivia
For those without computers, take a newsletter to the public library and
ask a librarian to help you.
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