**MEMORIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
For information on Marion Thede, see:
https://youtu.be/7KwnQmdaArY
"In addition to a being a much-sought after lecturer, Mrs. Thede's list of accomplishments was great and included: fiddle contest judge, supervisor of the Federal Music Project (Shawnee, OK), member of the American Federation of Musicians, violinist/violist with the OK Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic Symphony, and summer Lyric Theater Orchestra; she was on the national board of advisors for the national Folk Festival Association (Washington, D. C.), member of the OK Writers Association, organizer and head of the Oklahoma Folk Council."
~ Paul Kirk
Source: www.fiddlehangout.com (accessed on Feb. 21, 2021)
* * * *
Her other accomplishments include:
* Wrote The Fiddle Book (New York: Oak Publications, 1967)-- a comprehensive book about fiddles, fiddlers and fiddling
* Founded Oklahoma Fiddlers Inc., an organization to preserve fiddle music
* A classically-trained violinist; she performed with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra for ~25 years
* Went with her first husband, Johnston Murray, to help establish an American agricultural colony in Bolivia (1924 - 1928) [See article entitled "Bolivian Adventure Remembered," The Daily Oklahoman, February 2, 1996.]
Mrs. Marion (Draughon) Thede was married four times: (1) Johnston Murray, Sr.; (2) James Buchanan, Sr.; (3) George H. Unger; and (4) John F. Thede. She had a son named Johnston Murray, Jr. and another son named James Buchanan, Jr. Information regarding her second husband (Mr. Buchanan) is not available at this time.
For information on Marion Thede, see:
https://youtu.be/7KwnQmdaArY
"In addition to a being a much-sought after lecturer, Mrs. Thede's list of accomplishments was great and included: fiddle contest judge, supervisor of the Federal Music Project (Shawnee, OK), member of the American Federation of Musicians, violinist/violist with the OK Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic Symphony, and summer Lyric Theater Orchestra; she was on the national board of advisors for the national Folk Festival Association (Washington, D. C.), member of the OK Writers Association, organizer and head of the Oklahoma Folk Council."
~ Paul Kirk
Source: www.fiddlehangout.com (accessed on Feb. 21, 2021)
* * * *
Her other accomplishments include:
* Wrote The Fiddle Book (New York: Oak Publications, 1967)-- a comprehensive book about fiddles, fiddlers and fiddling
* Founded Oklahoma Fiddlers Inc., an organization to preserve fiddle music
* A classically-trained violinist; she performed with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra for ~25 years
* Went with her first husband, Johnston Murray, to help establish an American agricultural colony in Bolivia (1924 - 1928) [See article entitled "Bolivian Adventure Remembered," The Daily Oklahoman, February 2, 1996.]
Mrs. Marion (Draughon) Thede was married four times: (1) Johnston Murray, Sr.; (2) James Buchanan, Sr.; (3) George H. Unger; and (4) John F. Thede. She had a son named Johnston Murray, Jr. and another son named James Buchanan, Jr. Information regarding her second husband (Mr. Buchanan) is not available at this time.
**MEMORIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
For information on Marion Thede, see:
https://youtu.be/7KwnQmdaArY
"In addition to a being a much-sought after lecturer, Mrs. Thede's list of accomplishments was great and included: fiddle contest judge, supervisor of the Federal Music Project (Shawnee, OK), member of the American Federation of Musicians, violinist/violist with the OK Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic Symphony, and summer Lyric Theater Orchestra; she was on the national board of advisors for the national Folk Festival Association (Washington, D. C.), member of the OK Writers Association, organizer and head of the Oklahoma Folk Council."
~ Paul Kirk
Source: www.fiddlehangout.com (accessed on Feb. 21, 2021)
* * * *
Her other accomplishments include:
* Wrote The Fiddle Book (New York: Oak Publications, 1967)-- a comprehensive book about fiddles, fiddlers and fiddling
* Founded Oklahoma Fiddlers Inc., an organization to preserve fiddle music
* A classically-trained violinist; she performed with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra for ~25 years
* Went with her first husband, Johnston Murray, to help establish an American agricultural colony in Bolivia (1924 - 1928) [See article entitled "Bolivian Adventure Remembered," The Daily Oklahoman, February 2, 1996.]
Mrs. Marion (Draughon) Thede was married four times: (1) Johnston Murray, Sr.; (2) James Buchanan, Sr.; (3) George H. Unger; and (4) John F. Thede. She had a son named Johnston Murray, Jr. and another son named James Buchanan, Jr. Information regarding her second husband (Mr. Buchanan) is not available at this time.
For information on Marion Thede, see:
https://youtu.be/7KwnQmdaArY
"In addition to a being a much-sought after lecturer, Mrs. Thede's list of accomplishments was great and included: fiddle contest judge, supervisor of the Federal Music Project (Shawnee, OK), member of the American Federation of Musicians, violinist/violist with the OK Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic Symphony, and summer Lyric Theater Orchestra; she was on the national board of advisors for the national Folk Festival Association (Washington, D. C.), member of the OK Writers Association, organizer and head of the Oklahoma Folk Council."
~ Paul Kirk
Source: www.fiddlehangout.com (accessed on Feb. 21, 2021)
* * * *
Her other accomplishments include:
* Wrote The Fiddle Book (New York: Oak Publications, 1967)-- a comprehensive book about fiddles, fiddlers and fiddling
* Founded Oklahoma Fiddlers Inc., an organization to preserve fiddle music
* A classically-trained violinist; she performed with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra for ~25 years
* Went with her first husband, Johnston Murray, to help establish an American agricultural colony in Bolivia (1924 - 1928) [See article entitled "Bolivian Adventure Remembered," The Daily Oklahoman, February 2, 1996.]
Mrs. Marion (Draughon) Thede was married four times: (1) Johnston Murray, Sr.; (2) James Buchanan, Sr.; (3) George H. Unger; and (4) John F. Thede. She had a son named Johnston Murray, Jr. and another son named James Buchanan, Jr. Information regarding her second husband (Mr. Buchanan) is not available at this time.
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