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The Rock Island Argus from Moline, Illinois • 13

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Moline, Illinois
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13
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THE ARGUS Rock Island 111 Sunday July 21 1985 Illinois wmmmmmmmmmm Teenage girl fiddling up a storm in musician meets CHAMPAIGN Dl (AP) a little nervous about starting high school is interested in boys and is proud of having slimmed down from what she calls her days Alison Krauss tall and lively is in many ways a basic 13-year-old She also is an ace country fiddler burning up the competi Miss Krauss has won the National Championships in Winfield Kan and was gearing up for another assault on the Grand Master Fiddle Competition at Opryland in Nashville Tenn this month Because Miss Krauss is an A student her parents worried about the encroaching on her schoolwork Her father Fred Krauss said be and his wife Louise are ready to hit the road the drop of a for competitions but the Krausses appear to be pushy stage parents The Krausses took Alison and her brother Vlk to live music performances in Champaign parks but were never passionate about country music Mrs Krauss an illustrator for the National Council of Teachers of English plays some banjo and folk guitar And Vik 15 is a talented jazz and rock bass player Fred Krauss who has a doctorate in psychology has a real-estate business MORE TO country fiddling than musical notes on a page Country fiddlers build their practices she said can learn more by listening at a competition than by hours of MRS KRAUSS SAID her daughter can listen to someone do an unusual riff and work it into a competition piece 10 minutes later Mrs Krauss know where her future lies "She may end up working in a bank in 10 years and I suppose be a little Mrs Krauss said sure had fun along the music on familiar tunes They write nothing down usually working out variations on the tune and their own style of playing by ear the classical so dependent on your Miss Krauss said have to do on the page In the other (country fiddling) you use your ears I like country because you have to worry about switching from your eyes to your ears You can go Miss Krauss learns by listening to expert fiddlers at festivals and competitions not a maniac went to a country fair" she recalled recently was a fiddle competition and I thought it would be fun to She placed fourth To please her parents and teachers Miss Krauss kept up classical violin lessons for a few more years but her heart was lost to hard-driving Texas-style country fiddling Each spring and summer the Krauss family has driven to competitions and festivals from Idaho to Tennessee Miss Krauss also plays and sings in student hangouts and country music bars with two blue-grass bands Silver Rail based in Champaign and a group in Indianapolis formerly called Classified Grass and now searching for a new name tion trail in the South and Midwest and winning state championships in Indiana and Illinois Not bad for a youngster who practices maybe 15 minutes a day MISS KRAUSS WHO kicked off the annual April-October competition season see State Piddle CHARGE IT (MOST STORES) haa been playing country fiddle since she was 9 Before that it was Bach and classical violin Save On Our Exclusive Electronics! country and there was a he said noticed a dramatic increase in the sales of brown ink and studies have listed brown as a color people choose when they are Today he said Americans are opting for more excitement and less stability THE MOST RECENT sales figures compiled in May showed that share of the market had increased by 5 percent during the past year has been holding strong Lowest Price Ever! 64K Model 4 Dual-Disk Computer By Radio Shack CHICAGO (AP) The color people choose when they take pen in hand gives an inkling of their mood says a manufacturer whose recent sales suggest that Americans lately havebeen looking for more excitement and less stability If your co-workers start writing in brown ink it could mean depressed but if their scribbles are in red or yellow it could mean feel good about themselves life in general Numerous scientific studies have supported the connection between color choice and mood Philip Lesly a spokesman for Stanford Corp which manufactures ink and writing instruments said Saturday The company has monitored its sales for the past five years to track changes in the national temper and plan production Lesly said In 1980 Carter was talking about a malaise in the for Lesly said "That shows a yearning for excitement and stimulation" Black showing sophistication and neutrality is the most popular color of all times good and bad with 63 percent of the market he said Blue is a distant second In 1983 Lesly said the color index foretold the end of the Reg-129900 Low As $37 Per Month On CWUne Miss These Other Exciting Bargains Completely Self-Contained Unit Includes Built-In 80 24 Display a Parallel and RS-232C Interfaces Memory is Expandable Up to 128K Model 4 is Also Available At Any Take advantage of this unprecedented sale price now! 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