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lthough I try, I don’t always have the time to attend every photo shoot or tag along with every writer when they conduct their interviews. But sometimes there are those rare stories that are a once in a lifetime opportunity and you make sure that you are there and present in the moment, because it’s hearing those stories that change you. It’s sharing those lives that humble you and it’s being in their presence that makes you realize we are all on this planet for a purpose, whether we know that or not. And that purpose is to DO. TRY. BELIEVE. As I started over the hump towards 50, and the further I got away from 30, I will admit I started feeling old. I am less needed at home by my boys and I am less energetic to try new things than I used to be. But, after spending the afternoon with Violet Hensley I realize I have a lot left in me and a lot left to do. I just need to believe I can, and give it a try. So the theme of this issue quickly became WHY NOT? I CAN DO THAT. Want to start printing three other publications and build a publishing empire? I can do that! Want to be in a southern rock band, write your own songs, record a CD, and perform it? You can do that! Want to build a robot and enter into a competition? You can do that! Want to raise exotic, hard-to-grow plants? You can do that!Want to grab your tribe and explore every state park in Arkansas? You can do that! Want to carve a fiddle from a childhood memory? Heck, not just one, but 74 of them. Have that start your career at age 50 and go on to perform for 50 more years, then at the age of 100 (yes, 100) appear on the Grand Ole Opry, and still have the energy to teach a young man (83 years your junior who is just in awe to be in your presence) to waltz? WHY NOT? Go ahead, you can do that!
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e all love music. We all listen to it. Some of us can sing while others just wish we could. Some can play instruments and yet some of us yearn to make music. I’m almost certain most everyone knows someone that could earn a living playing and/ or singing. I am lucky enough to have met five men that are amping up to possibly do just that. But what could five men with five different jobs, living in five different locations have in common? Well, if you’re Darrell, Beezer, Wesley, Doobie, and Robert, it’s a love of music and playing music together. This group of five make up the local band...
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Whistlin’ Dixie is an outlaw country, Arkansas red dirt band with some deep Newton County, Arkansas roots. These five men came together after some trial and error to get that “just right” musical combination. Darrell Davis, a Newton county lifetime resident, grew up singing and playing music with his dad, brother, and other family members.
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Darrell was the one who wanted to start a band of his own. In 2013, he called a friend in Romance, AR that had grown up in Newton County. This is where we meet Beezer Wagler. The two sang together and played guitars. They soon added Darrell’s brother Wesley Davis, also a lifelong Newton County boy, to play rhythm guitar and provide back-up
vocals. By 2015, the boys were playing acoustic sets but wanted to “amp up and add more volume”. Doobie Bowie, Beezer’s neighbor from Vilonia, was just the guy for the job. With the addition of the drums, the boys were no longer just an acoustic group so they decided to go all out and add a bass guitarist in 2016. Robert Akers was the final piece to the puzzle. That’s actually a good analogy for this band. A puzzle has to fit together just right to be complete. You can try pieces that look like they fit but until they snap into place, the puzzle is not a picture. Whistlin’ Dixie is now a complete picture. The boys felt that completeness and they decided to do something big. In January of this year, they went to Crystal Recording Studio in Bryant, AR, and begin recording. They released their debut CD, People ‘Round Here, on April 10th. I was lucky enough to be privy to some preview cuts and it’s great music. They definitely stick to their deep country roots. The CD has 10 songs on it, all written by four out
“Fightin’ for Home” is a song from their new CD and is a military tribute song written by Beezer and Doobie, both veterans. The song speaks of sacrifices that our military give willingly to protect us and how those brave men and women fight for their own families as well as all of us. They were able to showcase this single in a performance at the Little Rock Air Force Base back in March and the crowd loved it The song is a powerful piece and saying thank you to Beezer, David, and all veterans seems like such small words but let’s say it them anyway, “thank you!”
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of the five band members. If you would like a copy, hard copies will only be sold at their shows but the CD can be purchased and downloaded on CDBaby. com, Amazon Music, Spotify, and iTunes. The boys in the band have quite a chemistry. When I sat down with them not long ago, it certainly was
a fun time. They good naturedly kid each other, make a little fun, or when new nicknames pop up (Pretty Boy) or dating lives are discussed (Robert), they kick it up a notch and downright give each other a hard time. I think I laughed until I cried more than once. This combination of personalities is what will keep them playing together and hopefully moving up to bigger
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and better things. Now, don’t get me wrong, things are not terrible now. With their families’ cooperation, the boys play together a lot as they have hit their busy season and will play almost every weekend from now through fall. They book themselves into fairs, festivals, corporate functions, weddings, and private parties all over the state of Arkansas. They have played Music on the Mulberry, Crawdad Days, Elk Fest, Tootsie’s in Nashville, George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, and several other places as well.
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When someone knows a lot about something, I’ve always heard the saying, “he ain’t just whistlin’ dixie.” These boys are aptly named because they definitely know music and how to have fun being together doing what they love. If you would to catch the boys making their music, check them out on their Facebook page, Whistlin’ Dixie Band, or their appearance schedule on their website www.whistlindixie.net. I know I’m catching them live soon, see you there!!
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he first camping trip my little tribe took as a family was at one of the most popular parks in our state’s park system, Devil’s Den State Park. We went in the fall, the prettiest time of year in the Ozarks. Now think about those two factors and you’ll understand why this article is being published in spring. It’s imperative to plan beforehand and make reservations months ahead if you want your trip to this natural wonder to be the best it can be. Devil’s Den State Park encompasses over 2000 acres in northwestern Arkansas sitting in picturesque Lee Creek Valley, about eighteen miles south of Fayetteville. The area is a high and deeply cut plateau spreading over northern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Its ancient sedimentary mountains are made of Pennsylvanian sandstone and shale while the deeply eroded valleys dissect into Ordovician dolomite below a layer of Mississippian limestone. This geological diversity surrounded by lush oak and hickory forest resulted in the area being selected as a state park site in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Construction on the park began in 1933, the official year of its founding. The park and its many structures and trails were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal program established during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in an effort to provide work for unemployed young men throughout the United States. C.C.C. Company 3795 used native materials to craft the park’s rustic wood and stone structures including an impressive native stone dam that spans Lee Creek in the heart of the park and forms scenic eight-acre Devil’s Lake where people of all ages and skill levels can enjoy swimming, canoeing, kayaking, as well as pedal boats and water bikes. With the many facilities and features the park offers, including a visitor center, gift shop, ball fields, amphitheater, pavilion, exhibits, playgrounds, cafe, hiking and mountain biking and equestrian trails, caves, cabins, a waterfall and more, Devil’s Den State Park is designed for the whole family to enjoy.
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they parked and hooked up in no time. Meanwhile we set up a couple tents nearby and within an hour we were sitting around the campfire eating apple slices and carrot sticks and staring at that awesome blanket of stars above us.
Our trip was a weekender and we brought my mother and her husband along, we even brought Ollie our Australian Shepherd. We hit the road out of Harrison on Friday afternoon, arriving at the park after nightfall. We rendezvoused at the visitor center, checked in and retrieved our info for our reserved camping spot, then headed off to claim it. My folks love the outdoors, but tent camping leaves much to be desired regarding their comfort level. That’s why they have a camp trailer, which
After a lazy Saturday morning spent eating breakfast around the campfire and playing with the kids around camp, we decided to hit Devil’s Den Trail. The trail has been designated a National Recreation Trail and is a selfguided trek offering caves, waterfalls, and other wild wonders for everyone in less than two miles. We accessed the trailhead from a spur trail at the visitor center. Shortly after passing Devil’s Den Cave we arrived at a large crevice known as Devil’s Icebox, one of the most visited caves in the park. It received its name due to the cool air that rushes out of it. Air enters the cave at a higher point on the mountainside and is cooled as it passes through to the mouth of the cave. With headlamps on we all scrambled into the crevices and crannies, the kind of spelunking most people can handle as long as they’re not superstitious about the name of the cave which is why, I believe, my mother decided to stay on top. Done exploring Devil’s Icebox we continued on the trail until we reached Twin Falls. The approach to the falls was a bit slippery but once we reached the bridge we all
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enjoyed the cooling mist of the falls which reaches fifty-six feet high. After another brief respite we got back on the trail which dropped to the bottom of the hill and then followed Lee Creek back to the trailhead. We still had plenty of daylight left and the kids had a lot of gas in the tank, so we spent the rest of the day exploring the area around Devil’s Lake. While everyone was inside the gift shop, something outside caught my attention. Not far from the dam stood a six-foot bronze Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial Statue of a C.C.C. worker set on a four-foot pedestal with a commemorative plaque attached. The plaque read: “This statue is a tribute to the dedication, attention to duty and ability of the enrollees, leaders and commanders of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC.” At the bottom of the plaque there was this quote: “We can take it.” It made me think of the hard work and craftsmanship those men put into working with nature to make this park a masterpiece. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the ball fields and playgrounds, where several families
played together and all the picnic tables were full of food, and explored the banks of Lee Creek until we reached the wooden suspension bridge that crossed it. It was there we watched the sun set and decided to call it a day and head back to camp. Nightfall was followed by another Mom-cooked meal and campfire, but it wasn’t too late before everybody was asleep, snug in their sleeping bags. Except for the folks, that is, who enjoyed sheets, blankets, and pillows on a queen-sized mattress in their climate controlled camper. `We got an early start on Sunday morning as we had an ambitious schedule to keep. First on our agenda was to hike the Yellow Rock Trail. This three-mile loop trail is part of the National Trails System and features one of the iconic sights of the Natural State: Yellow Rock Bluff. Yet the view of the surrounding Ozark National Forest in full fall bloom from the top of the bluff itself is an iconic sight of its own, and it was well worth the huffing it took to get there. After soaking in the views and lazing in the mid-morning sun, we hit the trail again. Near the end of our trek we reached a masterly crafted lookout
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ur middle school teacher, Mrs. Pellerin, received a grant from the Harrison School Foundation to complete a project involving Harrison Middle School having teams to build robots for a competition. The robotics competition took place at the Durand Center located in downtown Harrison, Arkansas, on February 11, 2017, and included many area schools outside Harrison. She was excited to share this opportunity with the Wonderkids team about mid-January. The kids that were interested were asked to write letters about their interest in the robotics competition. She then selected the teams from the interested kids. I wrote a letter because I thought it would be very fun and it would be a great experience. One day, she called us into the hallway to tell us the news that we had been selected. It felt as though I was about cry because I was so excited and nervous at the same time. It was the first Middle School competition I had ever been in, so it was a big deal. There were enough interested kids from the Wonderkids team to make up three individual robotics teams. My team included Simon, Lauryn, Ty, Blaine, Katlyn, and myself. We were all looking forward to learning more about building a robot and the upcoming robotics competition. Mrs. Pellerin purchased thirteen Vex kits and also a few Lego Mindstorms. She split the class into about five groups to build.
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My group had to build the Vex IQ robots ourselves and it was very hard. The robots were put together using a building manual. If we put the wrong pieces together, it was difficult to pry them off of one another and try again. However, our team was up for the challenge and our robot was a worthy competitor.The robot builders were Simon, Ty, and me. The programmers were Lauryn, Katelyn, and Blaine. During the competition, the drivers were Simon and me. That means we used the handheld controller to drive the robot to accomplish specific tasks on the competition course layout set up on a table. We had two weeks to prepare, build, and program our robot. It was very scary at one point when we were testing our robot and everything decided not to work. Just one wire not plugged into the right spot can make your whole robot not work. The following things are the challenging tasks we had to complete. First, the robot needed to knock down blue and orange hex balls. Those are oddly shaped balls that the robot is able to push or pick up with its front pincher claw. Additional points could be scored if a team could place a hex ball into a crate using the front claw of the robot. Second, before the 60 second timer sounded, our robot needed to be driven up the center ramp bridge and perfectly balanced, scoring points. More points could be earned if your team driver and the opponent team’s driver cooperated together and drove both robots up the ramp bridge, achieving balance between the two. This was very tricky and our team did it multiple times making the crowd cheer hysterically.
I remember when I walked into the Durand Center on that warm Saturday, a wave of excitement rushed over me. A man told us where to take the robots for inspection to see if the robot would work and be able to compete. We had to check the robot to see if anything was wrong because if there was anything wrong then that basically meant that we could not participate. Thankfully we passed, as did everyone else. It was such a fun experience that I will want to do next year.
After the two weeks, we were finally ready for the competition. I didn’t know if I was more excited or nervous.
The competition was a very fun learning experience. We were on the yellow team. The whole thing really made me want
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to do robotics again next year. There were many people at the competition. There were many spectators. My parents came, and many other children’s parents, grandparents, and friends came. They appeared to have a good time, happily cheering for their child’s team. There were people taking notes about teamwork, there were people that tested your robot to see if it would qualify in matches, and there were also people who talked on a microphone to call you up when it was time for you to do your match. There was a 60 second timer on some of the matches and I remember when there was only 10 seconds left the whole Durand Center would yell, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!!!” The thing I remember most was when I was driving the robot and my friend was screaming at me hysterically, cheering me on, and she wasn’t even on my team. Nola Deere
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When I walked into the Durand Center it didn’t look like what I expected. I thought it would look more like a large auditorium. When I found out where I needed to go, I hugged my mom and ran over to my team. When I got to our table I had no idea what I was supposed to do but we quickly worked it all out together as a team. Before the competition I was excited and nervous at the same time. During the competition I felt kind of pressured, like the world depended on me and Nola winning the competition. Before each round I thought to myself, “Okay, all you have to do is win.” But it’s harder than you think. After each round I was relieved when we did well, which was pretty much every round. The competition was also fun, thrilling, and overall, an amazing experience. After the competition when we were getting awards, I was happy but also sad that the competition was over. The entire robot experience really got my blood pumping from start to finish. From the first steps when we were making our robot, to when we had to take all the wires out and rewire it twice, down to the competition when everyone was shouting for us and cheering us on. Our robot could move forward, backwards, and side-to-side. It could also grab and lift hex balls. It was so fun working together with my teammates to build the robot. - Simon McCullough
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Violet Brumley Hensley has always been a showstopper, with a signature move playing her hand-crafted fiddle atop her head while clogging, to her dynamic delivery of one-line zingers; she’s been blazing trails as a legendary performer and a highly skilled craftsman while carving her notch in history. Spanning more than 50 years in entertaining, she continues to win the hearts and admiration of people of all ages and backgrounds while escalating herself into stardom. 2016 was a banner year for Violet by even her own standards. She celebrated a monumental 100th birthday, performed her 50th Fall Festival at Silver Dollar City and lit up the stage of the Grand Ole Opry!
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Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Driftwood and Hugh Brannum , (Mr. Green Jeans of the Captain Kangaroo show), decorated the walls alongside a number of plaques, awards and certificates, (enough to fill a historical museum of the arts). Despite the decor, the unassuming little lady seated in the wooden rocker stroking her dog and pal, Smiley, was simply Ms. Violet. Throughout our conversations Violet shared vividly, recalling moments of her childhood through decades of her noteworthy career, allowing us the honor of serving
as audience for another of her aweinspiring performances.
Like Father, Like Daughter Throughout his life, Violet’s father was a significant source of strength and inspiration. In one of our conversations, she explained their special relationship. “I noticed one person said why do you say your daddy, your daddy, your daddy this? Well, my mother died when I was eleven-years-old,” Violet continued, “He, raised us three girls on his own. We had no stepmother.” Violet assumed the self-appointed role of son, always cognizant of intricate details of the tasks her father completed. George Washington Brumley, or “Wash” as friends called him, was as Violet described, a Jack-of-all-trades. “Things came natural to him, “she said of her father. “He always told me he could do a little bit of about anything anybody else could do a lot of” Violet shadowed Wash’s every move and emulated his efforts. In the year of 1888, at the age of 14, Wash created his own design to carve a fiddle. To wind down at the end of the day he would play a tune or two on one of his hand-carved fiddles. Violet stored-away photographs in her mind of his unique means to whittle out a fiddle. Violet described travels with her dad, hauling their corn to be ground to corn meal. Violet said, “On those trips, he was always talking to someone about fiddles.” On one of their corn hauls, five-year-old Violet listened to her dad’s banter about fiddle-making. She peeked out from behind the wheel of the wagon and gingerly proclaimed, “Shoot, I can make one of them.” Several years passed before she proved her words true. Violet tucked the blueprints to fiddle-making back in her mind, never finding the need for further instructions. With those plans intact, she completed her first fiddle at the age of 15. It would be the first of 73. She crafted her fourth fiddle, (the one she touted during our visit), in 1934. Because life as a wife and mother has a way of putting many things on hold,
the majority of her fiddles were created some 27 years later, after her nine children were grown and gone. She hand-carved her fiddles from choice pieces of wood, in the manner her father, “Wash” Brumley had many times previously before her observant eyes. Using an axe, she chipped away slices, hollowed out the middle with curved knives and scraped and sanded the entire fiddle by hand. Tim Crouch witnessed as George Gruhn, (a wellknown distributer of new and vintage instruments), examined Violet’s handcut fiddle backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. Tim listened as George admired Violet’s craftsmanship. George told Violet that someone had to have trained her to make a fiddle like that. Violet explained that she had made it just remembering the way her daddy made his fiddles. In the video interview by the Arkansas Living Treasure Film Project, Violet demonstrated the process of fiddlemaking and described the love and labor she poured into the process of creating each of her fiddles. Then to simplify the process she quipped, “When you make a five gallon bucket filled with shavings, that was a fiddle.”
Blazing Trails and Breaking Barriers Friends and family of Violet Hensley know she never shied away from a challenge, but with little thought or intent, she broke barriers for women fiddler players. When Violet performed on stage she played the fiddle that was made by her own hands, and that was rare-if not completely unique. It wasn’t that Violet set her mind to break tradition or to seek fame, in fact, she shared that she never dreamed to be a performer. She simply found fiddling interesting. An often understated accomplishment of Violet Hensley’s legacy is her absolute denial and defiance to the limitations of age. Violet was 46 years old before she set foot on a stage. In 1962, friends convinced her to enter the local Turkey Trot Talent Show. She was awarded third place and said,
though she experienced a great deal of stage fright, the competition gave her a hankering for performing. Turkey Trot was a place of good fortune for Violet. It was there she met up with Jimmy Driftwood. The legendary Arkansas folksinger told Violet she should take her fiddle and play at Mountain View, Arkansas. Violet took his advice and wound-up playing most Friday and Saturday nights at Driftwood’s Theater. In the mid 1960’s, Violet boxed up her knives, saws and fiddles and set-up shop at War Eagle. She displayed her hand-crafted fiddles at two War Eagle craft fairs and while there caught the attention of Silver Dollar City. At the age of fifty, Violet launched her lifealtering career as fiddle-maker and entertainer at Silver Dollar City. Violet’s refusal to bow to age once again manifest itself on the afternoon of our interview. When I questioned her, “What is the mule dance?” She chuckled and struggled a bit to rise to her feet. Then, suddenly she was upright and animated, bending, slapping and kicking up a demonstration of the dance. She danced a jig or two then settled into a corner chair and honored us with a concert, her number 4 fiddle tucked tightly ‘neath her chin. Beginning with Angeline the Baker (the ballad she performed in her glory on the Grand Ole Opry). She quickly transitioned into The Eighth of January (the song she played at her original stage performance at Turkey Trot in 1962). Suddenly switching tempo, she seemed to dare her son-in-law, Tim Nelson (accompanying her on guitar) and daughter, Lewonna Nelson, (tapping off the beat on the jaw bone of a Shetland Pony) to keep the pace. Her arms were nimble. Her fingers quick. Her bow was true. After several medleys, it was time to dance again. She graced Spencer Hinrichs with a charming waltz. Most of our visit was a stroll back in time, but sitting in that tiny room as witness to Violet as she reached her weathered hands out to lead Spencer Hinrichs in a waltz, that was a tender and unforgettable moment. The world outside was put on pause
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while the keen melody of the fiddle (in the capable hands of Tim Nelson) chimed out the sentimental, “Ashokan Farewell” and the century-year-old lady drifted across the room with a young man of the new millennial in tow.
Arkansas Living Treasure In 2004, the Arkansas Heritage confirmed the sentiments of Violet’s most adamant and adjacent fans by a proclaiming Violet an Arkansas Living Treasure. The Arkansas Heritage recognition heralded the fact that Violet , in her very nature, personified Arkansas Culture, history and heritage. After all, she had and played 73 of the state instruments (the fiddle). On many occasions, she performed the state historical song, The Arkansas Traveler. She danced the Arkansas dances; clogging and jigging, with a little square dancing (the state dance) to boot. For the most part, (with Violet), what you see is what you get; it’s just that most people fail to see the depths of her intellect and the complexities of a life lived with such little luxury that yielded a high-level of ingenuity. Through her musical skills and craftsmanship, her passionate and persistent personality, she continues to inspire generation after generation of musicians, artisans and entertainers, educators and children, all the while tenderly loving and tending to a large family of her own. (The last tally was 9 children, 32 grands, 106 great-grands and 15 great-great grands. On this date, two more were pending arrival)
Whittling A Notch in History Because she was such a well-rounded representative of the Ozark pioneers; authentic, charming and talented, Silver Dollar City scheduled Violet on a series of promotional tours to destinations across the United States. Throughout the late 1960’s and 70’s, she visited radio and television studios from Missouri, to Chicago in one week and would barely have time to wash a load
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of laundry , then be shuttled away for a week in Milwaukee or Colorado. Often, she swapped introductions backstage with celebrities who proceeded or followed her on a program. Appearing on shows like, The Beverly Hillbillies, Violet embraced and celebrated her Ozarks heritage. The legendary sitcom taped a segment live at Silver Dollar City, featuring Violet and a few other Silver Dollar City craftsmen. Violet made such an impression on their producer, Paul Henning, that when the fiddle-making hillbilly from Silver Dollar City traveled on tour to California, he became a personal tour guide and invited her and her companions to dine in his home. She became the voice and face of the spirit of pioneer women, physically, mentally
438 fiddles. She also produced several instrumental CD’s, in local studios and in her residence, with accompaniment of her husband Adren or son Calvin, daughters Sandra Flagg and Lewonna Nelson and Lewonna’s husband, Tim Nelson. Back in the days when Violet visited my classroom or performed at our school, I prepped students for her visits by showing the CBS video clip, Still Fiddlin’ In The Ozarks, that included two sections of video footage taken 30 years apart at Violet’s home. I would also pull up her biography from the Arkansas Encyclopedia. My goals were for the students to understand and respect the artist, Violet Hensley, and to appreciate the great honor it was for us to host her at our school. Throughout the decades of accolades and interviews on national television with celebrities, Violet remained the same. “Why should I have changed,” Violet grinned, “I’m just me. I don’t want to change.”
A Horse And A Friend Five-foot-one Violet found her match in her stead Tony. “Was Tony a kindred spirit?” I inquired. “He was a lively, tough horse- yeah he was,”
and emotionally surefooted, chalked-full of wisdom and resourcefulness, laced with plain-old common sense, hardwork, ingenuity and know-how. In between interviews and publicity tours, Violet was busy whittling and fiddling. Through the years she chipped out numerous wood carvings, including a highly-detailed Buffalo, Razorback, and squirrel (that she has held back for safe keeping). At her booth at Silver Dollar City and at her home, she rebuilt and repaired more than
Such was the impact Tony had on her that 25 of her 73 fiddles bore his image on the scrolls. The first two wood carvings she created were miniature models in his likeness. Violet said, “I had that horse for twenty years, nailed all the shoes on him he wore. He loved me and I loved him.” Violet said Tony lived to twenty-seven years, four months and two days. Violet was not able to frequent movies or “picture shows”, but was a true fan of westerns with stunt-riding cowboys. If a cowboy could stand atop of his horse, then she could. She got the idea to train Tony to ride at a full gallop in a way where she could lean to one side
and scoop her hat up from the ground. Violet told me, “I used to do dangerous things,” she hesitated one second, but then with that certain spark, she added, “Well if I was as limber as I used to be, I’d still do it.” When I asked Violet, if she had developed her desire to trick ride, break horses and shoot guns from a role model like Annie Oakley, she replied, “I always wanted to be a cowboy, like John Wayne.” Wayne was one of the many celebrities that Violet met during her publicity tours for Silver Dollar City. She preceded the Dukes appearance on an Oklahoma based radio program titled “The Ida B. Show.” As she was exiting the set, she walked up to a brick wall that turned out to be John Wayne. Later, on the set of the Art Linkletter Show, she met Clint Eastwood. She said she had to look up and up to see him, like she did with John Wayne, (both were slated at 6’4”), but she stated, “He was not John Wayne.”
Queen of the Witty Comeback Violet is the undeniable queen of fiddle-making, but could straightforwardly be described as the queen of the one-line-comeback. She is quick-witted and observant. Even on the occasional missed note, she never missed a beat on a retort. I visited with Violet earlier in the week of our Come Home interview. She greeted me at the door, but quipped, “If you see any dirt and you write your name in it, don’t date it.” She added that of course she sweeps and dabs a mop daily, but she might have missed a spot or two. On the day of our official
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interview, Violet’s daughter, Lewonna Nelson explained that her mother had just returned from a performance at Twin Lakes Baptist Church where she was asked by Pastor Sam Bailey, “Have you lived all your life in Yellville?” Violet quickly countered, “No. I’m sitting right here.” Violet delivered another memorable zinger in front of a crowd at Silver Dollar City. As a Silver Dollar City local band, The Homestead Pickers, introduced Violet, she was asked, “What are you going to play for us?’ She quipped, “Well, I could say my fiddle, and that would be smart,” (At Silver Dollar City 2015)
The Violet Way Most that know her, say that Violet Hensley has never had a mean bone in her body, but she could mix-it up with the best of them, (man or mare), in wrestling, trick-riding and rough-housing. On the afternoon of our interview, Violet described and attempted a demonstration of a maneuver she used on her husband Adren when they first married, She would stiff arm him around the middle, twist him and fling him up and over her shoulder and carry him away. He told her that he could have picked her up and thrown her but he just didn’t’ want to hurt her. One afternoon after a stouter Arden returned from the army, Violet was making a bed on the other side of their French doors and heard Adren admit to his friend that when he first married his wife, she could flip him anytime she wanted up and over her shoulder. He said that he had tried and tried to flip her, but he just couldn’t. When Violet carved her first fiddle, she decided to write her name and a number in the sound hole of the instrument. To this day, Violet maintains a record book with the date each of her 73 fiddles were carved, the types of wood used, the owner of the fiddle and any other description that defined its design. One time a lady called Violet seeking advice on how
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her husband could sell his fiddles. She asked, “How do you sell your fiddles?” Violet told her, “I ain’t never tried to sell a fiddle. I come near sayin’ Nah, I don’t want to sell it.” Later Violet relayed the question as to why she could readily sell fiddles she wasn’t trying to sell and others were unable to sell ones they were promoting. Violet said her friend and PR Manager at Silver Dollar City, Don Richardson replied, “Well, don’t you think there’s a little personality there?” Violet made her mark as the woman fiddler who played the fiddle carved by her own hands, but the fine folks at Silver Dollar City and the thousands upon thousands that visited with her and watched her perform would rightfully argue that her dynamic disposition propelled her on the road to success and fame.
The Road to the Grand Ole Opry The Grand Ole Opry is the crowning glory for every bluegrass or country music performer. Violet first put legs to her dream of performing on the Grand Ole Opry in an inquiry for an appearance on the Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. A show representative phoned Violet and asked her where she would perform if she could pick anyplace she could imagine. Violet answered the way she always did-honest and to the point. She said, “I would play at the Grand Ole Opry.” Violet later said, “I guess that wasn’t the answer they were seeking,” because she never heard from them again. Violet’s road to the Grand Ole Opry was a tell-all revelation of the enduring impact she had on her fans and her peers. The fulfillment of her dream came about when another renowned fiddler, Tim Crouch, read Violet’s autobiography. Tim described how the events unfolded, after he picked up a copy of Violet’s autobiography. When he reached the page in the book where Violet said it was her dream to play the Grand Ole Opry, he set the book down and began working on a plan. Tim said, “If anyone ever deserves to play on the Grand Ole Opry, it’s this woman.”
Tim made a phone call to his longtime friend, Mike Snider. “Mike”, Tim explained, “is a member of the Grand Ole Opry and performed there just about every weekend.” Tim had played fiddle along with Mike’s gang for a long time at the Opry. Tim relayed Violet’s story to Mike and told him, “It would be the neatest thing if we could get her on the Grand Ole Opry and let her play a fiddle tune.” Tim added, “It’s one of the few things, at 99 years old, that this woman has not been able to do.” Mike needed no more convincing, “Let’s make it happen!” Violet received word that Tim Crouch had got the ball rolling toward making her Nashville dream come true. Violet said the name aloud “Tim Crouch.” realizing she recognized his name ,Violet, who never seemed to forget a name or a face, said of Tim Crouch, “I had a cassette tape of him from when he was a teenager playing with other musicians.” One quick phone call and the tiny town of Yellville was abuzz with the news of her engagement.
Violet’s Night at the Grand Ole Opry: Two Performances, One Show ON August 6th, 2016, The Grand Ole Opry pulled out all their stops to welcome and accommodate ninety-nineyear -old Violet Brumley Hensley. Tim Crouch stated, “They treated her like royalty. You would have thought Elvis was there”. Tim Crouch and his family were among the droves of Violet’s fans backstage at the Opry that August evening. “Fiddlers from all the Opry shows gathered on the wings of the stage to meet-up with her and watch Violet perform. Her dressing room door was like a revolving door with musicians, dancers and staff members dropping in to meet and greet her,” Tim said of the backstage frenzy. Even her family members in the audience were unaware that there were two performances by Violet that night. “Me and my wife had a video camera back stage and Violet was the show, even back stage. The Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers dance every Saturday night and they came over to meet Violet
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and she got to talking about dancing. She started showing them some kind of Mule Dance. She was bent way over, grabbing the floor with both hands and kicking her feet. “Tim Crouch chuckled, “She had the entire group of dancers practically rolling on the floor.” From the moment Mike Snider reverently ushered 99-year-old Violet to the front and center of country music’s most coveted stage, the crowd unleashed a series of whoops and hollers, the likes even Nashville had never heard. Tim Crouch told me, “The crowds at the Opry are always electrified,” but, he added, “I’ve never seen anything like it was that night.” Thanks to Tim and Mike, Violet’s daughter, Sandra Flagg, and her son, (Violet’s grandson) Sterling accompanied Violet that night on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Tim Snider led into Violet’s solo with a short intro and interview. Then Violet drew her bow and did her magic, playing Angeline the Baker, a song she had known from childhood. Sandra said the entire audience, and all those
watching from the wings, leaped to their feet and applauded three-fullminutes when Violet stepped on the stage, and another three-full -minutes following her brief but unforgettable appearance. “It was unreal,” Tim Crouch affirmed.” I’ve never seen what happened with Violet there. It would give you cold chills just to have been in the room.” Tim continued his rave of Violet’s shining moment, “Of the many times I’ve got to perform there, it was by far the most special thing I’ve ever seen.” The management was just overwhelmed by it to. They put it on the Grand Ole Opry Facebook page. That kind of exposure, he explained, is a rarity for anyone with less than a brand-name star. When I asked Violet her thoughts about that night at the Grand Ole Opry, she replied in her typical gracious and humble manner, “It dawned on me on April 6th,” Violet continued, “Just how amazing it was to have somebody go
a long ways just to see you.” She went on to explain that many folks from her home town of Yellville and from other states up the road, (as well as a fairly large band of her family), made the trek to Nashville to watch her fulfill her lifelong quest. “I don’t think Violet realizes how big a fan base she has.” Tim Crouch told me in our phone interview, “There were many celebrated musicians, people like Grammy award winner, Mark O’ Conner lined up, waiting to meet her backstage at the Grand Ole Opry.” Tim Crouch’s last remarks about Violet’s stint on the Grand Ole Opry summed up the sentiments of those who attended the performance, “She left Nashville with their jaws on the floor.”
Reflections of 100 Years Wrapping up an interview with someone with 100 years of stories and experiences is not an easy task, but winding down a dialogue with a lady
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with a photographic memory of minute details of the days and events of those years is like trying to put down a pageburner book. “Violet, you have lived 100 years, what are some words of wisdom you can leave us with?” I posed.
her technique during our phone conversation and our interview on February 26th. (She did however inform me that she could have done the dance better if she had worn a pair of overalls instead of her dress.)
Violet’s Instructions For the Mule Dance
“Just trust the Lord,” Violet said.
1st- You get down and you bend over
There are many more chapters yet to be written in Violet’s life. Her calendar is constantly being updated. Last week on April 15th, she bore the title of the Queen of the Arkansas Folkfestival as she rode in the Mountain View Folk Festival Parade. She is still undecided as to whether she will join Silver Dollar City for a 51st Fall Festival and is making plans to attend the 34th Arkansas Fiddler’s Convention in Harrison, May 18th-21st. With Violet, there’s always a new adventure on the horizon and another trail to blaze!
2nd – You hit your right hand, (back of it), on the floor out front toward you then back and lift your right foot
Although Violet appeared and performed on radio stations and local televisions across the nation, this list features her national media coverage: Beverly Hillbillies (1969) The Art Linkletter Show (1970) Captain Kangaroo (1977) On The Road With Charles Kuralt, CBS Sunday Morning News (1970)
3rd- Then, you flip your left hand out and and back and lift your right foot “It goes clippity-cloppity like a mule trot.” – Violet Hensley
The Ralph Emery Show What Do You Think You Know (television series) To Tell The Truth With Alex Trebek (1991) The Smithsonian Folklife Festival Live With Regis and Kathy Lee (1992) CBS News (2007) The Disney Channel
The Mule Dance (In one of my telephone conversations with Violet, I asked her about the Mule Dance. I told her that Tim Crouch had filled me in on how the Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers got a kick out of her “Mule Dance.” She described and demonstrated
Tokyo 60 Minutes She was also interviewed and featured in national publications of the National Geographic (1970), Mature Living (1987) and Country Woman (1991) and numerous state and local magazines and newspapers.
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e who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul. -Celia Thaxter Janet Bracken Wagner loves growing plants. As you walk through her sunroom you are drawn to the vast array of beautiful plants on display: orchids, ferns, tillandsia, succulents, ivy, and tropicals. She generously describes the character and culture of each specimen. This educational streak flows naturally because Janet not only loves growing plants, she also loves sharing her knowledge with others. “I’ve had a plant hobby for a lifetime,” explains Janet. “My sister, Jill, even calls me the plant lady. It probably started when I was a child, and I was fascinated by my aunt’s greenhouse. But I was also influenced by my mother’s ability for growing beautiful azaleas.” This hobby expanded when she and her husband, the late Mike Bracken, bought a farm at Bear Creek in the 70’s. Janet built her first greenhouse and opened a small plant business across from the Ozark Mountain Smokehouse called The Pottery and Plant Shack. During the next phase of her life Janet moved to Harrison where she served as the director of Share and Care, but she continued growing vegetables and herbs and built another greenhouse.
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In 1996, Janet decided to leave Share and Care and open a nursery next to Mike’s veterinary practice on Highway 65 South. The nursery specialized in container gardening where she grew Proven Winner vegetables, flowers, and a huge variety of ferns. After the death of her husband Janet retired from the nursery business in 2010, but she never lost her love of plants. Last year she began teaching some classes at Corrrell’s Family Gardens. That’s when Janet developed her latest passion, African violets.
It began when she bought an African violet called “My Sensation” that was a beautiful chartreuse green color. Not that violets are new to the plant scene. African violets have been a very popular houseplant since 1892 when they were discovered in Tanzania. Their popularity is due to their lush, velvety foliage and ability to flower year round under average
household conditions. Recently, however, African violets are experiencing a resurgence as people appreciate their ability to bring color and life to indoor spaces. Janet began experimenting with growing violets under grow lights at her home. “African violets are such fun to grow, ” she says. “As with any plant, you need to under-stand what they need as far as light, watering, humidity, temperature, and growing medium. When you understand these basic needs, violets are not extremely difficult. They are a bit of a challenge, but that’s what makes them interesting.” Janet advises you to spend time with your violets. “I think you need to try to look over each violet every day if possible. Violets need a consistent routine in their care. They do not like change. I try not to move them around a lot. When I repot them I use a special method which minimizes root disturbance.” Janet’s favorite part of growing violets is propagating them by leaf cuttings. She describes, “You simply snip off a leaf and insert in into a perlite/ vermicullite mixture in a cup; cover with a baggie for humidity, and wait about two months for baby violet leaves to appear.” The new little leaves are often called “mouse ears.”
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Why have African violets suddenly become trendy? Janet explains, “Violets have come a long way since our grandmothers’ day.” They have been hybridized in many colors such as white, green, pink, red, yellow, as well as the traditional purple and blue. Now, the foliage is not only a solid green, but can have all kinds of variegation like cream or rosy pink in the leaves. There are also many sizes available. They vary from adorable two inch miniatures to basketball size varieties. The most common size is the “standard” which is grown in a four inch pot. There are currently over 30,000 named cultivars. Since there are so many beautiful cultivars available it’s always tempting to add one more, and Janet has certainly expanded her collection since that first violet. Not only has she has added many new varieties, but she has also increased her growing area as the violets themselves have grown. Lately Janet has become fascinated with Buck-eye violets which are a series of violets hybridized by Pat Hancock in Middleton, Ohio. These huge violets have won many awards at the national conventions and African violet shows. There is even a group on Facebook for members who grow Buckeye violets. Janet originally ordered 34 Buckeye violet leaves from Pat. She was amazed saying, “Most of the individual leaves were as big as my hand!” She now has about 200 Buck-eyes growing in one of the plant rooms in her basement. And what a basement it is! This bright, luminous space glows from the light of seventeen tall plant stands divided between two large rooms. Her current set up has been an evolving labor of love as Janet and her husband, Dale Wagner, designed and built the stands holding the grow lights. Janet currently has 500-600 violets in all stages of production. It’s obvious that
each specimen is thriving under Janet’s care. “Growing indoors has been a new challenge for me,” admits Janet. “I had to adjust from growing in a greenhouse to growing under lights. It also involved learning about different kinds of lights, their intensity, and the best distance to space the plants away from the lights.” It also meant that she had to manage growing in a space smaller than a typical greenhouse, but being able to garden year round (in your pajamas) in a climate controlled environment is worth the reduction in space.
Maple. For more information about joining her violet group, purchasing violets, or the plant sale at First Christian Church, you can contact Janet at jhutchbw@windstream.net. Violets can be pre-ordered beginning April 25 by calling Dale Wagner at 870-204-1748. Janet also posts many pictures of her violets on Facebook.
Janet truly has a passion for flowers in her soul, and we all get to benefit. “Gardening is such a great hobby, and I am so glad to be growing again,” she says. “My goal is to grow some really beautiful show quality plants even though I have no plans to enter any shows. I also love to share my growing experiences with others. I am starting an African violet group with several people from this area who want to learn more about growing violets.” Janet is also selling some violets from her home. This spring, she is donating many of her violets to her church’s women’s group, Disciples Women, at First Christian Church. These will be sold at a Mother’s Day fund raiser to benefit several charities. This plant sale will be Friday, May 12 from 10:30-2:30 in the Fellowship Hall at First Christian Church, 915 S.
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Chicken with Marinade 6 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in 1 - 2 lemons, use the zest + 4 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp Cavender’s Greek Seasoning 4 tbs of minced garlic 1/2 tsp salt
Combine the Chicken and Marinade ingredients in a ziplock bag and set aside for at least 20 minutes but preferably overnight. Preheat oven to 350F. Remove chicken from marinade, but reserve the Marinade. Heat 1/2 tbsp olive oil in a deep, heavy based skillet over medium high heat. Place the chicken in the skillet, skin side down, and cook until golden brown, then turn and cook the other side until golden brown. Remove the chicken and set aside. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in the skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion and sautĂŠ for a few minutes until translucent. Then add the remaining Rice ingredients and reserved Marinade. Let the liquid come to a simmer and let it simmer for 30 seconds. Place the chicken on top then place a lid on the skillet. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes. Then remove the lid and bake for a further 10 minutes, or until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender (so 45 minutes in total). If using skinless/boneless thighs shorten cooking time to 30 minutes.Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving, garnished with fresh lemon zest, if desired.
Rice 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil, separated 1 small onion, finely diced 1 cup / 180g long grain rice 1 1/2 cups chicken broth 3/4 cup water 1 tbsp Cavender’s Greek Seasoning 3/4 tsp salt Black pepper
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Cake: 1 cup butter, soft 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 3 cups flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk 2 Tbsp lemon zest 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Cake: Cream butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each one. Sift together dry ingredients. Add alternately with buttermilk; mixing well. Stir in lemon zest and lemon juice.
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting: 4 oz cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter, soft 3 Tbsp lemon zest 4 cups powdered sugar Remaining juice from lemon used in cake Milk or cream as need`
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Spread into a well greased and floured Bundt or tube pan. Bake at 325° for about 1 hour or till a toothpick comes out clean. Let sit in pan for 10 minutes, then dump out onto a cooling rack. Cool cake completely and frost with lemon cream cheese frosting. Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter till smooth. Beat in remaining ingredients, adding enough milk or cream to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cooled cake.
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Here. Today. Jon Kevin Richter, MD
Regina Jeffrey APN-FNP
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center has opened its newest clinic, The Physicians Clinic in Berryville. NARMC is pleased to provide residents and their families in Carroll County and surrounding areas, safe and quality healthcare services close to home.. The Physicians Clinic of NARMC is a primary care, specialty and family medicine practice providing comprehensive healthcare services. The clinic is now serving patients at its newest location at 408 Orchard Drive in Berryville, Arkansas. The primary care, specialty clinic is operated by North Arkansas Regional Medical Center and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Other NARMC services available in the area include in home, Home Care and Hospice Services.
The Physicians Clinic of Berryville 408 Orchard Drive, Berryville, Arkansas 72616 • 870-423-2320 • www.narmc.com
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