WVTA CONVENTION AND COMPETITION BEGINS

Well it's the begining of a new day and we survived the night....lol. The security officer here is a cool guy. He must be in his 70's and is in full uniform and packin'. He came by last night well after the time they like to lock everything down while we were still playing music and we thought sure we were gonna get sent to bed. He looked at us and said if you guys don't play some blue grass get the hell out.......how cool is that....lol. Pics of him later.

I hope someone got it on video......Cary Cochran sang "Amazing Grace" to the tune of "House of the Rising Sun"......Yes you read that right Cary Cochran.... ;D.

More updates today...............

 

LOL....we are working on it Heath. Ask Cary about his turkey call "Made in China"........ ;D ;D. A buddy of mine bought one of his slate calls and one of Hyltons' guys ( Rick) found a Made in China sticker on an item in our silient auction and stuck it on the call ....then they questioned Cary about it....lol.

We are having a blast here but gettin Cary to sing "Back in Black" is going to be a challenge. We did keep him up till 1 AM though. It is really great to have Cary here....I'm glad he came over.

 

Well it's almost banquet time. Everyone is talking abut the sucess of the show and ribbons are being placed as I type. It has been a great weekend with many friends new and old gathering. This show has went as smooth as we could ever hoped for.

On the lighter side Tootie and the Dead Fish are gearing up for another fun night and the bribes have been paid to the Sheriff to keep the joint open late. Now if we can get Cary the sing "Back in Black" for Heath Cline we will be set....lol

We will give you one last update in the morning.

 

What a great time ....... We will have plenty of pics soon. I have taken somewhere between 4 and 5 hundred myself.

Many great mounts at this show......around 120 or so..... Some of the big winners tonight were Casey Watterson, Ryan Dolan, Rick Dunlap, Cris Horn, Tootie DeMarco ( Yes that Tootie), Fred Gonzalez , Chad See, Art Ledger, C.J.Fegan, Joey Purvis, Mike Noon and Brian Claar.

Tootie and the Dead Fish are talkin' about gettin' a tour bus and hittin' the taxidermy show circuit.......we may be coming to a town new you soon.....lol.



I have no idea what happened on the last post like this one....unless somehow I got logged in incorrectly.....but anyway more updates and pics soon

 

Actually Brian Claar won here with his reproduction Rock Bass. Great fish Brian ... Congrats. Pics to come soon.