The Hall of Fame Board has changed again. After many years of outstanding service to the Hall, Tom Smith has moved to the Advisory Staff. Tom was a very valuable member of the Board, and will be sorely missed. We are grateful to Tom for his many contributions and look forward to working with him in his new role as advisor.
The 2010 induction ceremony is scheduled for January 31, 2009 at the
Terre Haute V.F.W. Post 972. Food service will start at noon and
the festivities will last until at least 6:00 p.m. Last year, we
were required to end at 6:00 p.m., but we have worked out an arrangement
with the Post this year to ensure that we can go later if there are
still musicians who would like to play.
As always, there will be food, live music, raffles, door prizes, 50/50
drawings and items for sale.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased from HOF Board members
or at The Music Shoppe, Rick Waggoner's State Farm Insurance and The
Conservatory of Music starting in early December, 2009. If you are
unable to locate tickets, call or email us for assistance. Tickets
are limited, so be sure to get yours early. Don't miss out on one
of the best parties of the year!!
We are making a number of small changes to the ceremony, in an attempt
to help things move along faster and allow time for more musicians to
perform. We are also asking musicians who would like to perform to
please use the instruments provided. A lot of time was lost lost year
due to people taking time to set up and tune their own instruments,
pedals, etc., and as a result some inductees did not get a chance to
perform.
The second annual Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame Picnic and Jam
was a tremendous success!! Crowds were dispersed over the course
of the day rather than all being there at the same time, but attendance
was up from last year, and everyone enjoyed the music, food, car show
and motorcycle rally. Many area musicians showed up, and there
were six hours of great music. If you missed the picnic this year,
be sure to make plans to attend next year so you don't miss out on all
of the fun and music.
Pictures from the 2009 picnic have been posted on a new page. See
the Photo Gallery for a link to the page.
The Hall of Fame Board has suffered another loss. It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Board member Frank Crawford. Frank was inducted in 1999 and devoted a lot of time and effort in service to the Hall. He was highly regarded by all who knew him. We extend our condolences to his family.
A new page has been added to this web site. We are adding memorials for Hall of Fame inductees who have passed away. There is a link to the page from the Band of Angels page. We started the page with the small number of inductees that we have information about, but we would like to include all inductees who have passed away. We can't do this without your help, so if you can contribute information, we would appreciate it. Please note that, at the current time, we are only posting memorials for musicians who were inducted before they passed away. We may expand this in the future, as time and resources permit.
The second annual Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame Picnic and Jam
is coming!! It will be held on September 13, 2009 from 12:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m. at the VFW Post 972 Recreation Area, located on state road
159 just south of Riley, IN. This is the same location as last
year. Admission is free. Food and beverages will be
available for purchase. There will be car shows, a motorcycle
poker run, games and lots of music, so plan to join us for a great
afternoon of family fun and music.
For more information, call the Music Shoppe at 812-232-4095
The Hall of Fame Board has changed again. After many years of outstanding service to the Hall, Tom Stiffey has moved to the Advisory Staff. Tom gave many years of service to the Hall and was an outstanding contributor to the organization. We are grateful to Tom for all he has done for the Hall and look forward to working with him in his new role as advisor.
The Hall of Fame Board has suffered a loss. We are sad to report the passing of Board member Terry Haughee. Terry had moved from the Board of Directors to the Advisory Board just a few weeks ago due to his failing health. Terry was inducted in 2002, but had been involved with Hall from its inception. He devoted a lot of time and effort to the Hall and was highly regarded by all who knew him. We extend our condolences to his family.
We welcome three new Board members. We extend our welcome to our newest Board members - Mark Ford, Andy Hayes and Archie Smith. We appreciate their willingness to donate their time and talents to the Hall.
The Hall of Fame Board has changed again. After many years of outstanding service to the Hall, Terry Wenzel has also moved to the Advisory Staff. We are grateful to Terry for all he has done for the Hall and extend our best wishes to him for the future.
The Hall of Fame Board has changed. After many years of outstanding service to the Hall, Terry Haughee and Stacie Wagle have moved to the Advisory Staff. Their contributions to the Hall have been immeasurable, and we wish them all the best in the future. We welcome their replacements on the Board, Brad Anderson and Jim Cheek.
The Hall of Fame is looking for information on Wabash Valley
musicians!! Starting with the induction class of 2010, we MUST
have a completed questionnaire on file to consider a musician for
induction into the Hall of Fame. The pool of prospective inductees
has grown so large that, without the information provided on the
questionnaires, the job of finding musicians and verifying their
eligibility is nearly impossible.
Please help us out by completing a questionnaire and sending it to us.
You can fill one out for yourself, or if you know of a deserving
musician, you can fill one out on their behalf. Please go to the
HOF Inductions page for instructions and a link to the questionnaire.
We are also interested in promoting local bands by offering a little bit
of free advertising. Please go to the Local Bands page for details
on how your band can be listed on this site.
Our thanks to the Wabash Valley for a fantastic 2009 induction
ceremony. This was one of the largest ceremonies we have held, and
we appreciate your support.
Please Note: We extend our apologies to those musicians who did
not get an opportunity to get up and play. There were so many
musicians signed up to perform that we could not accommodate everyone.
We would have extended the ceremony to allow more people to get on
stage, but our host shut us down at 6:00 p.m. Please join us at
the 2nd annual Picnic and Jam (tentatively scheduled for September 13),
when there will be a lot more time to get musicians up to play.
The 2009 induction ceremony is scheduled for January 25, 2009 at the
Terre Haute V.F.W. Post 972. Food service will start at noon and
the festivities will last until about 6:00 p.m. There will be
food, live music, raffles, door prizes and 50/50 drawings.
Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at The Music Shoppe, The
Conservatory of Music and other locations starting on December 1, 2008.
HOF board members have tickets available now. If you are unable to
locate tickets, call or email us for assistance. Tickets are
limited, so be sure to get yours early. Don't miss out on one of
the best parties of the year!!