Dale won his first
fiddling contest in 1967 and being really “ bitten by the bug”, so to
speak, Dale became an avid participant in fiddling contests across Texas
and in 1972, won his first Texas State Championship. He went on to
repeat in 1973 and also won again in 1978 and 1979. Also, over the
years Dale has won several other prestigious contests, among these, the
World’s Championship, Crockett Texas, in 1979, The Super Bowl of
Fiddling in 1979, Colorado State Championship in 1986, The Western Open
Old Time 1990.
He has also had the extreme honor of serving as judge in many of our
nations most prestigious fiddle contests.
Dale became a “full-time” music teacher by the early 1990s and at present he and his wife Tobi own and operate a teaching studio in Boyd Texas. They currently have a clientele of students, ranging in age from 2 years of age to 72, of whom they are very proud.
Dale's 2008 Proposed Class Subjects
#1 Focus on bowing, phrasing with related songs
#2 Focus on harmony, two part and three part with related songs
#3 Focus on harmony, two part and three part with related songs
#4 Focus on improvisation, double stops, special noting techniques with related songs
#5 Focus on improvisation, double stops, special noting techniques with related songs
#6 Focus on playing backup, with a band lead, fills, intros, with related songs
#7 Focus on playing backup, with a band lead, fills, intros, with related songs
#8 Special song study, songs of varying degree of style and complexity
2007 HCAMP Student Quotes
"Dale is an amazing teacher. Soft-spoken and so patient. He breaks information down into little digestible bites."
"Really great instructor!"
"Very, very good. Instructors were just right for me, a new fiddle student."
