Fiddling Cricket & Canyon Acoustic Society Concert Series 2025

The Mystery of the Ookpik

Documentary Film by Joe Weed

Sat 7/26, 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm); $25 adv / $30 dr

Contact Fiddling Cricket at 408 499 9441 or crbrundle@gmail.com for reservations or more information.

Presented by Fiddling Cricket Concerts & Canyon Acoustic Society
AT THE UGLY MUG CAFE
4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073

A Documentary Film by Joe Weed followed by a short performance by Joe (fiddle), Marty Kendall (keyboard), and Steve Palazzo (guitar)

Fiddlers love the Ookpik Waltz- and creating fantastic stories about its origin. In this film, Joe Weed reveals the REAL story. The Mystery of the Ookpik corrects myths about the tune's creation, its name, and the country music scene in western Canada in the 1950s and 1960s. Discover how fiddlers changed the original tune into the "Ookpik Waltz" that is played today. See the mystery solved, and find out whose waltz it is!

Joe Weed is a producer, composer, fiddler, and recording artist. In addition to his own albums, his productions have been used by Ken Burns, PBS, NPR, and at Arlington National Cemetery. He has composed film scores for The Lincoln Museum, the National Steinbeck Center, and many others. He and his partner, Marty Kendall, live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where Joe has his studio

www.joeweed.com/

Reservations still pay at the door, by cash or check.
Food and Drink: Beer, wine, coffee, tea and soft drinks available. Usual coffee shop food. (if you wish, bring your own wine and pay corkage)