Laura Ingalls Wilder Fiddle Off

From the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum.  

Join us at the Wilder Home and Museum on September 20th as we "Fiddle Off".
Judges are Valerie Ryals, Clifford Hill, and Junior Marriott.
Top prizes are for the following divisions:
Pee Wee- $40.00 [age 8 and below]
Junior-Jr. - $50.00 [9-11]
Junior- $100.00 [12-16]
Senior- $125.00 [60+]
Open- $550.00 [17-59]
Accompanist [not open to fiddle contestants] $200.00
The top 2 winners of the Junior and Senior along with the top 3 of the Open division will "Fiddle Off" against each other in a Champion Round Robin for the GRAND PRIZE of $800.00 + the Bob Berg Buckle!!
The grounds open at 9:00am and registration begins at 9:30am
Beautiful plaques will be awarded to the winner of each division.
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum is located at
3068 Hwy. A, Mansfield, MO 65704
Come and spend the day with us! BBQ and drinks will be available!
It's going to be a great time!


Grand Prize for the Laura Ingalls Wilder 1st Annual Fiddle Off. This beautiful buckle donated by Bob Berg Designs.  This creation is made in the style of Bob Berg's Calgary Stampede Championship Buckle of 1991. Red stones were chosen in remembrance of Mrs. Wilder's pearl and garnet wedding ring.

The above photo is Pa's fiddle being played.  He is playing, "Old Dan Tucker"  You can go to Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum's face book page and see the video.  
Click here---->  Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum

Below pictures are of the plaque awarded to the winner of the Fiddle playing contest.  He also got the buckle; which can be seen in the previous post.




"Congratulations to Cody Marriott of Ava, MO for taking the GRAND PRIZE of $800.00 and the beautiful Bob Berg Buckle!"

Special guest to Wilder Day, Lucy Lee Flippin and William Anderson do a fun reader's theater for the crowd.

Were you there Rhonda? It doesn't look like a big crowd which is bad for business but great for the fans to be able to talk to the cast and other guests.

No, Marilyn, I did not make it, although I am only 30 miles from there.  From all the pictures that LIW Historic Home and Museum took, it looks like they had plenty of people there.  They said their facebook page gained over 10,000 likes in one day, so you know people were talking about it.  

Click here----> LIWHHaM FB Page

What fun! I am really glad they are trying to preserve Pa's history in music.

From the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum face book page.


"Published on Oct 13, 2014
A new home for Pa's Fiddle. Charles "Pa" Ingalls fiddle is displayed at Laura Ingalls Wilder Homes and Museum. Plans are in place for a new museum/library building to house the writings and family treasures belonging to Laura and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane and other members of their family. Donations to help with the building can be made at http://www.lauraingallswilderhome.com... through a secure shopping cart. Laura loved her pa's fiddle and the music he played for the family. She was given his fiddle when he passed away and it has been kept safe among her possessions all of these years. Thank you for helping us build a new home for Pa's Fiddle."

It's that time of year again!  




"If you are the Grand Champion you'll take home this B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L belt buckle created exclusively for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Fiddle Off by Bob Berg designs."

I really wanted to go this year, but it didn't work out. Maybe next year!

It looked nice.