HomeMy WebLinkAbout30th Annual Huron Pioneer Thresher & Hobby Association 1991 Reunion, 1991-09-04, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991. PAGE A-17.
Some old-time Barn Dance stars to perform again
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Reunion will have a special treat as three
members of the original Bam Dance will
be among the performers. Fiddler Archie
Mann of Listowcl began with the Barn
Dance in its pre-lclcvision days. Now in
his 90th year, he is not only still playing
his fiddle, but he has never stopped. Still
bringing joy to others by sharing his talent
he has become a dearly-loved, popular
entertainer at retirement residences,
nursing homes and special occasions.
Ranch Boy Ernie King, well-known for
his days on Circle 8 Ranch (which ran on
CKNX from 1955 to 1978) and Saturday
Night Barn Dance is looking forward to
his reunion with Archie Mann in Blyth.
"He has remained very active musically,
which is quite an accomplishment. It's
nice that his old friends are getting
together again after all this time," said Mr.
King.
Another veteran appearing in the Blyth
production is Mary Elliott Freeman, who
made her debut on Bam Dance when she
was a young girl. A former resident of
Clinton, now living in London, Ms
Freeman signed a Nashville recording
contract in 1990 and has since completed
her second album Teenage Runaway.
Also appearing on the program is Mr.
King's daughter, Michelle who has been
appearing with her father for the last few
years. "She likes to sing and it just seemed
kind of natural for her to sing with me,"
said Mr. King, regarding Michelle's
orientation into the business. "I hadn't
been as active musically, but we began
sharing a song or two from the old Bam
Dance. Then I thought for her to do a
show with me now and then, would kind
of give her a start"
In addition to Mr. Mann, there will be
three other fiddlers taking part in the Bam
Dance in Blyth, Shelburne Fiddle
champion Chuck Joyce, Lloyd Warwick
of Bluevale and 10-year-old Mathew
Johnson from Stratford.
An accomplished fiddle player at the
ripe old age of eight, Mathew, performed
with the late Al Cherny and won the Al
Cherny Trophy in Bobcaygeon, Ontario
several limes. He was part of the 25th
Anniversary Special of the Tommy Hunter
Show, which featured a memorial tribute
to Mr. Cherny.
Other performers for the evening will be
Harry and Debbie Busby of Crippled
Duck fame and Blyth's Wayne
McClinchcy. Steel player Ron McWatcrs
joins well-known Hanover musician
Richard Kncchtcl and the CKNX Barn
Dance Roadshow Houseband.
Car show brings back memories
Even for those who never threshed a
sheaf of grain or plowed a field with a
tractor and plow there is one display of
machinery at the Thresher Reunion that
can bring back memories.
On the "arena" ball diamond sit
gleaming rows of cars, their chrome
polished, their interiors full of smells of
yesteryear.
From the antique models from early in
the century, the classic cars of the fifties
and sixties, the show has some fond
memories for everyone over 30.
Bill Crawford of Clinton has been in
charge of the car show since 1987. He said
the size of the show has been growing
because of the inclusion of the "classic",
the more modem cars that are a little more
available to hobbiests than the antique
cars. Classics have opened up the hobby
field to many more people, he says, and
that has increased the number of people
wanting to show their beauties. "We had
the room," Mr. Crawford remembers , "so
let's fill it."
Last year there were about 80 cars on
display each day, some leaving to be
replaced by others. This year he's hoping
to fill the entire ball diamond.
Don Robertson and the Ranch Boys perform for one of the early CKNX
Saturday Night Barn Dances.
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