Thursday, September 17, 2009 Volume 12.4

Welcome to the 38th

Annual Walnut Valley Festival. The WVA Voice will hopefully keep you up to date with

changes in schedule, contest winners, tidbits of info and

etc. If you enjoy the WVA Voice, let us know. Thanks

for coming and enjoy this year’s Festival!

The WVA Voice is available at the following

locations: Walnut Valley Festival Information Booth,

Kamp Ground Coffee, Stage 6, Stage 5, and Under

the Son RV Camping Supplies (over by the horse

barns).

THURSDAY

Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV

9:00 - 12:00

9:15-10:15 International

9:30-10:30 Odd Instrument WS Autoharp

Wil Maring & 9:45-10:45 *George, Stewart Championship

Robert Bowlin Fingerstyle WS Patton & Dunne

* Bennett 10:15-11:15

10:30-11:30 Huttlinger & Gambetta Fiddle WS

Retro Rangers 10:45-11:45 *Rood, Werts &

NewSong Showcase Hamilton

with Still on the Hill 11:15-12:15

11:30-12:30 Roz Brown

David Moran, 11:45-12:45

Joe Morgan & Notorious 12:00-1:00

Friends 12:15-1:15 Mandolin WS

12:30-1:30 Pete Huttlinger Bruce Graybill

Stephen Bennett 12:45-1:45

Andy May 1:00-2:00

1:15-2:15 Songwriters WS

1:30-2:30 Hammer Dul. WS *Still on the Hill &

Bill Barwick 1:45-2:45 *Morgan, Moran & Wil Maring

Beppe Gambetta George 2:00-3:00

2:15-3:15 Trevor Stewart

2:30-3:30 Autoharp WS

Bluestem 2:45-3:45 *Brown, Davis, Miller

with Barry Patton David Munnelly Gustafson-Zook 3:00 - 10:00

Band 3:15-4:15

3:30-4:30 Still on the Hill International

Prickly Pair 3:45-4:45 Finger Style

& The Wilders Guitar

The Cactus Chorale 4:15-5:15 Championship

4:30-5:30 Adam Miller

Beppe Gambetta 4:45-5:45

Kati Penn and

NewTown 5:15-6:15

5:30-6:30 Trevor Stewart

Sawmill Road 5:45-6:45

The Wiyos

6:15-7:15

6:30-7:30 Bluestem

The Wilders 6:45-7:45 with Barry Patton

Mountain Smoke

7:15-8:15

7:30-8:30 Andy May

David Munnelly 7:45-8:45

Band Still on the Hill

8:15-9:15

8:30-9:30 Bill Barwick

Kati Penn and 8:45-9:45

NewTown Sawmill Road

9:15-10:15

9:30-10:30 Prickly Pair

Mountain Smoke 9:45-10:45 &

Wil Maring & The Cactus Chorale

Robert Bowlin 10:15-11:15

10:30-11:30 Notorious

The Wiyos 10:45-11:45

Barry Patton

&

The Information Booth Hours

Thursday - Saturday 9/17-19 from 8 AM to 11 PM

Sunday, 9/20 from 8 AM to 4 PM

11th

Annual Riverat Band Scramble

and Costume Contest Results

The 11th Annual Riverats Band Scramble and Costume

Contest was just as successful as in previous years. Fun and Frivolity was had by all. This year’s theme was

“RAT FIELD – Scrambling To Play.” At 10 AM

Wednesday morning the groups were formed and then it

was practice, Practice, PRACTICE! Then at 1 PM the groups had to perform, and that they did! What a blast!

Then it was time for the judges to do their work. When

the votes were cast the results were as follows:

Band Contest

1st Place – Team Rat – Band members include Chris

Hope, Coy Dog, Andy Malkewitz and John Mitchell

2nd

Place – Ghosts of Scramblers Past – Band members

include Jim Herman

3rd

Place – Bluegrass Sirens – Band members include Cassie, Janet Rhodes, Windy, Pam Van Wey, and

Dennis Hardin

Rodentia Award – Team Rat - ( Listed above).

People’s Choice Award – State Line - Members include

Jim Carrey, Dave Cern, Joel Dyer and Ken Sager

Costume awards went to : Best Kickball Player (Dylan

Dorrell, Best Baseball Player (The Rat w/Cris Hope as his trainer), Best Little League Player (Kiana Boltz),

Best Soccer Player (Dave Smith), Best Umpire or

Referee (Dave Smith), Best Synchronized Swim Team (Lisa Baily & Charlotte “Campmom”), Best

Cheerleader (Dave Smith), Best Cheerleading Squad

(Dave Smith), Best Crazed Team Fan (Chris Hope), Best Roller Derby Queen (Dave Smith), Best Soccer Mom

(Karen McNally), Best Coach (David Dixon), Best Little

League Parent (Maggie Menhusen & Brooke

Menhusen), Best Football Player (Ciarra Myers & Maggie & Brooke Menhusen), Best Other (David Dixon

& Brooke Menhusen, and finally Best of the Best David

Dixon, Maggie & Brooke Menhusen and Ciarra Myers!

Stop by the Rats Camp and give them your thoughts

and comments on this activity.

The Walnut Valley Mercantile Is Open That’s right The Mercantile is open and it has CDs,

Videos, and Books for sale. The Mercantile is located in

the building located just west of the grandstand. It sells entertainers music items for them and there is no charge

for this service. This would be a good place to get a

Christmas or birthday gift for that special friend or relative. The entertainers bring their merchandise to The

Mercantile where it is on display and for sale. These

same CDs/Tapes are available after each entertainer’s

set. In The Mercantile you will find there are some excellent sales. No T-Shirts are sold in The Mercantile.

The T-Shirts area available from the Art Farm in the

south end of the same building.

RECYCLE-RECYCLE-RECYCLE The Festival is asking that each of us festival goers help

with the recycling efforts. At each Port-A-Potty there are three containers; one for cans, one for glass and one

for plastic. Won’t you help save our environment?

Mug Buffet Line - Resident potters, Steve and Jane

Fry of Elk Falls Pottery in Elk Falls, KS have

designed and produced the Official Walnut Valley

Mug for many years. The line will form to

purchase either the “Walnut Valley” series mug or

the “Winfield” series mug at 12 noon on Thursday,

September 17th

. Only a limited number of these

mugs are made each year and either mug is a

treasure worth having!

Stage 5 Schedule - Thursday – Sept. 17, 2009 11:30 Just Cal

NOON Cottonwood Snow

12:30 PM Bill Hoy 01:00 Stompin' Dave

01:30 Tommy James & the Pasacluagh Family

02:00 Larry E. Dillon 02:30 The Geciders

03:00 Bumpin The Road

03:30 Whiskey Trio

04:00 Klondike 5 04:30 David Learned

05:00 Simone & Garfunk

05:30 Randy Crouch & Flying Horse 06:00 Willie Redbone

06:30 Jesse Aycock

07:00 The Ready Brothers 07:30 Thomas Trapp & The Bluegrass Bullies

08:00 Miss Nikki

08:30 Fiasco Brothers

09:00 Pogue Mahone 09:30 The Greenhorns

10:00 Possum Stew

10:30 THE SKIRTS 11:00 Reintarnation

11:30 Lorie Jo

Midnight 3 Trails West 12:30 Chinese Pancake

01:00 Jon Gamache

01:30 The Fairmounters

02:00 Hipbilly 02:30 Tommy Herrmann

03:00 STAGE CLOSED

Desert Contest Results – Yes, we’ve already had one

contest and others remain to be held. Here are the results of the Desert Contest: Best Tasting: 1

st Place -

Debra w/ Banned Camp-Cherry Pineapple Cobbler; 2nd

Place-Amanda w/ White Trash Camp-Pumpkin Roll. Best Song: 1

st Place-Steve & Lisa w/Biergarten Camp-

On The Trail Cake; 2nd

Place-Diane & Dave w/Chicken

Train Camp-Better Than Sex Cake. Best Presentation: st Place-Alan & Adam w/Non Musical Camp-Cherry

Wine (this was presented with a sword fight by these

two men in full armor-a sight to behold), 2nd

Place-

Wacker w/Badland Camp-Cheery O Bars. Finally the Judges Award: 1

st Place-Debra w/Banned Camp-Cherry

Pineapple Cobbler; 2nd

Place-Karen w/ Banned Camp-

Birthday Cake. And yes, a good time was had by all,

contestants, judges and audience alike. OK, lets all work on our recipes for next year!

Port-A-Potty Etiquette – While your Voice Editor

was out playing paperboy, a visit was made to Camp Nowhere out west on 14

th Avenue. After a brief chat,

one of the ladies suggested I write a column on the

above. Her first comment was “Tell the men not to ---

on the seat.” Well the suggestions went on from there. “Women, don’t use the urinal as a purse holder,” “Men

and Women, please put the seat and cover down when

finished,” “Knock first before entering as the person may not have locked the door after going in.” This same nice

lady then told me that in California they don’t call them

Port-A-Potties, they’re called, get this, “EXPERIENCE

Chambers” as that is where one goes to have an “out of

body experience.” Perhaps we all could observe a little

more “Port-A-Potty” Etiquette.

HAIKU? What In The World Is That?

What is a hikau? (5 syllables)

Want to know. Ask this man that. (7 syllables)

Kenny Knauer. (5 syllables)

Front Porch Radio

Acoustic Sound Stage Schedule Thursday- September 17, 2009 (Cowboy Night)

7:00 PM Camp Avalon All Stars 8:00 The Bennett Briothers

9:00 Marshall Bailey & the Silver Bullets

10:00 Diamond W Wranglers

11:00 Prickly Pear Friday – September 18, 2009

7:00 PM The Wiyos

7:45 Kym Warner & Andy Falco 8:30 TBA

9:00 Mountain Smoke

10:00 Kati Penn & New Town 11:00 The Kessinger Brothers & Friends

Like Fried Pickles? Well if you do, then head to Camp Super Pickle over on

the east side by the Horse Barns, The Ice House &

Under the Son RV & Camping Supplies. There you will find Camp Super Pickle and on Friday evening at 6:00

PM they will be frying up all kinds of pickles. Boy are

they GOOD! I’ll be there, will YOU?

Men In Wood – As I was strolling in the east

campgrounds just north of 14th Avenue, I came across

two ladies who were feverishly working away in their camp, Camp No BS. One was stitching what looked like

patches onto something and the other was working on a

short log of wood. Nancy Parrot from

Chanute, KS had

her brushes and paints and some

clay out. On this

stump of wood she

had shaped what looked like the face

of an old man.

When I asked about it, she told me she

had been doing something like this each year for the last

four or five years. Nancy calls them “Men In Wood.”

Each one she has created these last few years is unique as she sees a “different man” in each stump of wood.

When I asked what she does with the “Man In Wood,”

she said she gives it away. Nancy turned to me and said, “Would you like this one?” I immediately

responded with a

resounding YES! I asked why she

didn’t sell them and

she told me that she

tells whoever gets the “Man In Wood”

to make a donation

to their favorite charity. I certainly

will do that and I

look forward to having that piece of

art in my home.

Stop by Camp No BS and you can view Nancy’s work.