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Some years ago, Janet sent her webmaster this large poster which hangs on a wall in my hallway. It was very difficult to capture its brilliance, what with lighting challenges, lamp shadow, and all. But to have her signature, and the memorial of her life's work, well ... this needed to be shared!

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Brook posted this photo on Facebook Sunday, April 23, 2017 and here are the words which accompanied it:

Brook Wallace Deaton shared Texas State Championship Fiddlers Frolics's photo.

It made my day being chosen as the recipient for the People's Choice Award today. Thank y'all so much.

You can see the page we did on Brook years ago by clicking here. As you may or may not know, you could hear Brook play her violin on January 20th during one of President Trump's inaugural dances. Way to go Brook!

On April 6th, the day after Janet's birthday, she emailed her webmaster this exciting announcement:

We can now announce and talk about it.

I have donated my collection of PATSY MONTANA memorabilia to 'THE COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION' in Nashville. The foundation operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and they have issued a DEED OF GIFT to confirm that they have received and accepted my donation.

If counted piece by piece, photo by photo, negative by negative, album by album it would number well over 400 items. Many [of them] came into my possession through Patsy's family members Beverly Losey (who is Patsy's Daughter) and Beverly's Son Michael (who is Patsy's Grandson) and Ruth Dennett (who was Patsy's last Fan Club President).

Because of their friendship and their trust in me to look out for and care for Patsy's Legacy I was able to amass this collection.

I have reached an age where I wanted to 'DONATE' my collection. The CMA HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM was my first choice.

In November of 2016 I contacted Mick Buck, who is the Curator there, and he immediately said "please send me everything you have on Patsy Montana," and it was then I began to gather everything up and to write an explanation as to what each item was and to why it was important to Patsy's Story.

I shipped 5 packing boxes to the HOF in late March, 2017 and I signed my 'DONOR' papers on April 5th, 2017 [Janet's birthday]. I was on 'cloud nine' when they said they wanted my collection.

Patsy's Memory will now live on.

Janet

What a birthday event! When asked for some clarification as to some of the terms she used, here was Janet's reponse:

A donor means that I 'gave' them everything and relinquished any claim on each and every piece in the collection. "Donor Papers" have listed each of the items in the boxes. Of course some stuff is listed 'photos' [or] 'book of photos' and each piece in that case is counted as one.

I am entitled to nothing actually. I just 'gave' it all away and signed that I was the owner of it all. They do not say they will display anything but it is a possibility, which would be great.

They will be able to use it for research, educational programming, on their website, audio and videos also included so there is no telling what will become of any or all of what they now have.

It is a 'big gift' and a 'big step' for the Patsy Montana Legacy.

Thank you, and congratulations Janet for this wonderful contribution to music history!

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Janet later added the following:

Let's be sure to mention JANE FROST who was the lady who started the Patsy Montana Yodeling Competition and was the 'trail boss' for the entire 10 YEARS OF ITS RUN.

Above you can see Miss Frost with Patsy in Hope, Arkansas at their first meeting. She posted the photo on her Facebook page in July of 2011. Thank you, Miss Frost, for all you do for Patsy Montana!

Says Janet: This is just finished. Mary Schutz did the work. The young girl is Mikki Daniel.

Check out all of the clips of Patsy which are some of the stuff we pulled from the 16mm and 8mm film in her closet. Just too cool.

You can view this video by clicking here.

You can see what Mikki wrote about Janet in her "First-Quarter" 2014 Newsletter on our new Mikki Daniel tribute page here.

There are, obviously, many things to add about the making of this video. As with the new CD above, that information will be coming soon. In the meantime, you can see what Janet wrote about the creation of her song "Yodeler's Dream" (posted on Roy Tucker's website) by clicking this link.

Janet's friend and biographer Mary Schutz created a DVD with clips from various Mesquite Opry performances! By clicking either photo above and below you can get larger views.

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Janet had announced on Facebook that she would definitely be attending the Gene Autry Museum per the above poster. Just click the image to get the details.

Janet announced beforetime that: I will be with the Cowtown Opry Saddle Pals and Buckroos at a performance from 10 AM to 3 PM on June 4th at the Heard Museum in McKinney.

This engagement is called the "Texas Heritage Festival," and you can get more information by clicking here. Congratulations Janet on yet another event for 2016!

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On Sunday, April 17, 2016, Ezrah Noelle did appear on NBC's "Little Big Shots." On April 15, Janet had posted the following on Facebook:

Be sure to watch little big shots on NBC this Sunday. They changed Ezrah's scheduled date. Singing a Janet yodel song.

You can see an excellent video of her performance on YouTube here. You can watch Ellen Degeneres introduce this segment on her daytime show by visiting this link. And you can read a Branson, Missouri article about Ezrah's appearance here.

In anticipation of Ezrah's appearance, we posted this on our Home Page:

It's been several months of keeping this "under our hats," but we can finally announce that long-time mentee of Janet's, Ezrah Noelle, will be appearing on NBC the last Sunday night of April! The picture above is a publicity photo by NBC and Getty Images.

You can follow Miss Ezrah at @Ezrah Noelle10 on Twitter, and you can visit NBC's website for the program at this link.

Below is a screen grab from a precious YouTube video of Miss Noelle posted June 8, 2011. In it she sings "Cowboy's Sweetheart" with outstanding choreography in her gestures. The link to this video is here.

YouTube user gecheek posted the video, and here are her words of description: She has so much fun with this song! On our way to Branson with it where she'll compete at National Finals and also get to sing in the Clay Cooper Show!!! She won Overall in the Country category for this act. Competing against teenagers is hard so this was a great honor!

For both these photos, you can see larger versions by clicking on them. Congratulations Miss Ezrah, Miss Janet, and all who are involved with this wonderful occasion!

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The world lost one of the greatest country singers of all time on April 6th. Janet had these words to say:

Merle Haggard was a special talent and he came to light at a perfect time. He and WynnStewart came along at the same time and they were close friends. They were Country and at the time when Nashville wasn't.

Nashville began changing the 'sound to what would sell. MONEY was out there to be made by publishers, and recording companies knew they had to bring the music to some new ears so 'modern country' sound began.

Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and the Southern California Sound surprised Nashville and it took a few more years to bring about the change, but as the older lovers of 'Real Country Music' pass away so does Real Country Music.

The Loss of Merle Haggard is a tremendous blow to his fans. His music will live forever and then one of these days someone will come along who LIKE MERLE, WILLIE, WYNN, and others won't let the 'MACHINE' change who they are, and what they record.

Success and money are wonderful but NOT if you have to 'give up' who you really are. But we all see it happen every day so 'we wait' for the next great voice to come along.

Several of Janet's mentees posted condolences in social media on the day Merle passed:

LeAnn Rimes Cibrian@leannrimes · Apr 6
Saddened by the loss of Merle. We lost a bad ass man, a great poet! I love you Merle. Prayers for his family. R.I.P.
#MerleHaggard

Charlotte Autry@CharlotteAutry · Apr 6
RIP Merle Haggard.. We'll see you on the other side.. Love and prayers for his friends and family..
OkieFromMuskogee #RIP #MerleHaggard #TheHag

Along with the photo immediately below, Kata Hay had this to say:

KATA HAY@katahay
Merle.... I'll never forget my time with you.... Miss you my friend... I'll be your Mary forever.

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Mr. Haggard was definitely a man of Faith, as this webmaster saw him perform on Dr. Gene Scott's program years ago. Thanks, Merle, for the memories.

Janet's birthday was on April 5th! Here are her words on the celebration:

Because of Facebook, I heard from Hundreds of Fans and Friends from all over the WORLD, and it has been amazing.

Some of my 'mentees' are now graduated/graduating from some of the best colleges in the country, which means this music, and even yodeling, will go on.

It was a wonderful day.

Immediately below is a photo from the festivities of Janet with her son Claude.

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Many thanks to www.pictures88.com for the lovely birthday graphic above.

As noted below, when Red Steagall appeared at the CTO Gala March 12, 2016, he stayed and also appeared with the Buckaroos the following day. The photo above was taken on one of those days, and posted by Dawn Rae Glass Wiseman on her Facebook page. Below is a picture of Mr. Steagall with his significant other from their page.

Said Janet of the experience: We had a wonderful Gala and Red Steagall and wife Gail were wonderful.

Here is what Ms. Wiseman stated about the photo above: Gail Page Steagall thank you for sharing the night with us. — with PhilPat Ste Marie, Nolan King, Janet McBride, Teresa Lowe Walton, Mikki Daniel, Johnie Terry and Bob Terry.

And Mrs. Steagall was kind enough to respond with: What a great night! Red and I so appreciate everyone who made such a nice tribute to his life work. ....especially loved the hard work and talent of all who learned his songs and presented them so ably! We were so impressed!! God bless you all for what you do for western music.

You can see a larger size of each photo by clicking on it. What a weekend! What an honor!

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On March 4, 2016, CTO Chairwoman Sonya Howeth announced an article by Cowtown Opry friend Mary Rodgers. Here are her words:

Friends,

Fantastic jounalist and friend/supporter of Cowtown Opry, Mary Rodgers, has done it again! She has written a compelling and enlightening article about our 2016 Gala honoree, Red Steagall.

This past Wednesday I picked up a copy of Indulge Magazine and found the 3 page article complete with beautiful pictures. I hope you have a chance to pick one up and take a look.

The article will be run a second time on Sunday in the Star Telegram's Life and Arts Section.

A big thank you to Mary for promoting Red and the Gala for us in this way!

Sonya Howeth
2016 CTO Gala Co-Chair

You can view this piece online by clicking here. Thank you Mary Rodgers for your fine work and loyalty to the Cowtown Opry!

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Our Janet has now mentored an American Idol contestant! Below are just a few words from Janet:

I drive up to Mikki's [Daniel] house Tuesday. There is a mentee in the [American] Idol top 14 and [I am] going up there to work with her on yodeling.

Her name is Jeneve Rose Mitchell and she is a very talented 15 year old. I met her at WMA three years ago and I am very impressed with her because she is not in the 'cookie cutter category' which [is what] got her noticed.

Here is where you can view all of Janet's comments on this rather historic event--it's the very last American Idol season, and our champion yodeler Janet McBride gets to take a very small part!

On October 5, 2015, Mikki Daniel posted the photo above on her Facebook page (you can view larger versions of all pictures in this section by clicking on them) with these words:

Changing my profile in honor of this amazing, talented lady! CHUCA! YOU MADE IT! YOU'RE ON AMERICAN IDOL! Congratulations. [heart emoticon] Love you.

With Jeneve Rose Mitchell

Our Kristyn Harris posted the photo above on Instagram just recently. She commented:

Just ran across this throwback photo from November 2014, with (the AMAZING) Jeneve Rose Mitchell, which is too hysterical not to share…can you tell we have fun?? #lookatherface #JeneveRoseMitchell

Above and below are two photos posted on Facebook by Jeneve herself. What an amazing ride our Janet is on!

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As of January, 2016, Janet has her own account on Facebook! The photo above is currently her ID picture.

Being new to Facebook dynamics, she confesses to having a head that is "spinning" with the responses to the submitted photo of her with Mikki Daniel and Jeneve Rose Mitchell. She wrote personal comments in gratitude for the posts, and below is just some of what she said:

I went up to Mikki's home at the request of Jeneve's family who wondered if they could somehow connect so that I could do a little yodel coaching.

I did do just that. I spent about three hours up there with the two girls and we just had a blast YODELING.

I am so blessed to be still able to share what I have loved to do since I was 8 years old and that is to SPREAD YODEL SEEDS around the world.

These two gals are the wonderful part of the entertainment world The Lord has led me to. I am able to give my yodeling tricks and other info that a young person may find they need as they travel the same road I did at their age.

Like so many of you, I watched Jeneve on the Idol trip to Hollywood and it is wonderful to step in that life with her. Mikki also has so much going for her right now so just STAY TUNED.

This webmaster is confident that, with Janet on Facebook, there is no limit to what 2016 will bring. Congratulations to Janet and all of her constantly rising mentees!

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Janet tells the story of this picture best. Here are her words:

No female other than Patsy Montana was any bigger in the yodeling field than Rosalie Allen. [She was an] RCA VICTOR RECORDING ARTIST.

Patsy Montana put me in contact/by correspondence/with Rosalie some years before she passed away. Patsy told me that Rosalie would not answer any letters etc but that she would read them. She said that Rosalie had become somewhat shy about meeting the public.

As luck would have it, on April 22, 2001 Rosalie told John and I she would see us at her apartment in the Lancaster/Palmdale area of California.

We had a wonderful visit and she showed me these two treasured awards.

COUNTRY MUSIC DISC JOCKEY HALL OF FAME 1999

WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME 1993

What an honor for me to be standing with that LEGEND LADY!

In my days of learning to yodel, Elton Britt, Rosalie Allen, Patsy Montana, and Kenny Roberts were the BIGGIES.

Above is the cover of the "Versatile Rosalie Allen" two CD set for a picture of her during her career. Below is a screen grab from the YouTube video of her 1952 rendition of "Cowboy's Sweetheart." You can view that video by clicking here.

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On January 18, 2016, Mary Resek, famed Canadian yodeler and songstress, contacted Janet with some news about her new CD, and included a bit of a compliment regarding this website. How good to hear from her again! Below are a few of her words:

HI Janet..

Hope all is well,,, [here is some] music news..

First my second album, which started back in 2009, finally, finally got done and is released.. If you recall I recorded your song "Gospel Yodel" on it..

I've also recorded a song about Alzheimers, written by Lonnie Ratliff and [it] has taken a life of its own.. It became a bonus track on the album and some explanation of it is on the inside liner of the CD..

On another note, I've been following Kacey Musgraves' carreer and am so very happy for her that she has been successful up to this point and has kept REAL country music alive..

I first discovered her through your website and she was only 14 at that time.. so that was special..

Thanks again Janet for writing such a good Gospel song..

Take Care,

Mary

You can visit Mary's website at www.maryresek.com and her Facebook account at www.facebook.com/maryresek. Congratulations to you, Miss Resek, and thank you so much for contacting Janet!

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In October of last year, Ms. Williamson announced to Janet that she had created a "double yodel CD." On it will be two of Janet's songs: "Where The Yodel Came From" and "Swiss Cheese Yodel." Congratulations both Janet and Paula! And thank you, Ms. Williamson, for choosing Janet's songs!

Originally Posted 2015

Janet has appeared in more than one movie which has been turned into a DVD. The photo above is a screen grab from "Dale Evans: Beyond the Happy Trails," taken from her conversation at the end of the film. You can learn more about this DVD by going to our Dale Evans page here. All three pictures in this section will give larger version when you click on them.

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Below are screen grabs from the Mesquite Opry performance dated May 14, 1988. My what memories they bring back to this webmaster! In the first, Janet appears with singer Jamie Shipman. Please note how much fun we had back in those Mesquite Opry days!

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On November 10, 2014, Janet sent me this exciting news:

The ACM's have released a 50 Years Book.

My copy arrived today. Hard cover 10x12 Beauty. Awesome. My 1963 photo receiving the 1963 Female Artist Award full page With Tex Williams presenting it to me,

Full page of young Tommy Wiggins in his Nudie Suit, the photo of all of us holding the award at the table with Glen Campbell in front, photo of Biff Collie presenting me, Jeannie Seely and Betty Foster 1964 Award and the great 1964 group photo of the awards and some of my interview with Lisa Lee.

Wow Wow. I am so thrilled. You can find a picture of it in their site.

Lots Of stuff has happened in my life but I never thought this would happen.

The book is over 200 pages And lots of years of stars BUT I'm in it!

Amazon.com has the book with pages showing. They left off the full page of me and Tex but it has lots with me in it.

Just went to Amazon.com academy of country music book and up it came

You can see this book on Amazon by clicking here, and there you can "look inside" and see some of what Janet just described.

Congratulations Janet!

We just put together a video of Janet's song "Mama" with various photos of her mother through the years. You can see that video on YouTube by clicking the photo above. You can stream it from our own server with a computer by clicking here.

Says Janet: Mama lived to be 92 years old and although she never heard this song, I know she's smiling down on me each day. All of us kids loved our Mama.

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We've added a new tribute page for yodeling champion Mikki Daniel, one of Janet's mentees who has risen to Champion Yodeler status on many fronts. She is also the featured model in Janet's new video of "A Yodeler's Dream," with Patsy Montana (mentioned below).

You will see an explanation regarding her photo with Katharine Ross (above), as well as more photos, information regarding a recent concert, and links to her website and Facebook page.

Links to her tribute are now on the bottom of each of our website pages. You can see it by clicking here. Thank you so much, Mikki, for all you've done and all you're going to do!

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A former Buckaroo, and mentee of both Janet and Devon Dawson (though mostly Miss Dawson, according to Janet), Ginny Mac is on the rise in her career. She appeared on CMT's "A Cowboy Country Christmas," which was broadcast in 2003 and hosted by Clint Black. Janet's number "Santa's Yodeling Song" was featured in that show.

On September 3rd, 2014, AccordianAmerica.com did a very nice write-up on Ginny. You can see it by going to this link. Congratulations Ginny Mac for all your success!

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LeAnn sang this year on MDA! In fact, she closed the show! You can see that performance on YouTube by clicking here. Says the description on that YouTube page:

Published on Aug 31, 2014

Alyssa Milano, star of the ABC hit series "Mistresses" Alyssa Milano introduces a special tribute to America's Heroes - firefighters - by Grammy winner LeAnn Rimes.

Way to go LeAnn, MDA, and our Janet for her decades-long service as mentor to so many!

August 28, 2014 is LeAnn's thirty-second birthday! The photo above is from her "Blue" video, and was used in VH1's Twitter feed to advertise "The LeAnn and Eddie Show" on that network.

LeAnn will sing her song "Give" on Sunday, August 31, 9/8c PM on the MDA Telethon. Here is a link to an article which gives some details.

Congratulations LeAnn, and have the most wonderful of birthdays!

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, CMT broadcast their annual Video Awards show, and four entertainers attended who have connections to our Janet!

Kacey Musgraves and Lee Ann Womack sang a duet to honor Alan Jackson, and you can see two photos of them above. Amber Carrington was in the audience with her date, Dran Michael of Dran Michael Productions.

The following day, LeAnn Rimes cut the ribbon for the opening ceremonies of CMA Fest, 2014. She tweeted: Thx country fans @CMAFestVIP for the best time I've ever had at CMA Fest. Loved seeing you all. Thanks for all your love and support.