Oregon Old Time Fiddlers monthly jam, Roxy Ann Grange

Name: Oregon Old Time Fiddlers monthly jam, Roxy Ann Grange
Location: Medford, Oregon

Medford, Jackson and Josephine County, Oregon. Monthly old-time fiddlers jam.

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Map. Medford, Jackson and Josephine County, Oregon. Larger map

Where: 1850 Spring Street, Medford, OR 97504. Directions
When: Fourth Saturday of the month.
Phone: 360-269-4288
Managed by: Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers' Association, District 4 (Southern Oregon).

1934Work started on the new Roxy Ann Grange hall, constructed entirely of logs and located on Spring Street (Medford Mail Tribune, May 3, 1934, page 7). web.archive.org
1944The rural campaign was organized through local granges; Ethclyn Lehman chaired the Roxy Ann Grange committee on Spring Street. oregonnews.uoregon.edu
1954Roxy Ann Grange members supplied vocal music and ran a recreational contest during the county Pomona Grange gathering. oregonnews.uoregon.edu
1964After a group of fiddlers performed for the public in Waldport, Cliff Buker suggested forming an Oregon association; OOTFA was created later that year in Hillsboro with twenty-two charter members. ootfa.org
1965OOTFA began a monthly newsletter to report jam sessions, shows, conventions, and contests; editor Cliff Buker named it The Hoedowner. ootfa.org

Cliff Buker, Old-time fiddler who suggested forming OOTFA; later editor who named The Hoedowner (1964).
Ethclyn Lehman, Chairman for Roxy Ann Grange's National War Fund committee (1944).