Yodeling Joyce Leonard * 2000 Avoca Festival

Michigan's Yodeling Sweetheart, Joyce Leonard is everybody's yodeling sweetheart. As versatile as her yodeling predecessors, and forever innovative, Joyce keeps the yodeling bar high. I've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with this fantastic yodeler and her husband Phil [mandolin player] at the Avoca Festivals.

Sonny Rodgers Yodelers Paradise Show at the August 2000 Avoca Old Time Country Music Festival. This 3-hour show was one of Avoca's most popular attractions featuring Yodelers from around the world. In spite of week-long temperatures relentlessly hovering between 97 and 100 degrees, the performers gave it their all and the fans endured.

These excerted clips represent some of the best performances. There are some audio glitches, of which I wasn't aware until I got home and watched the playbacks. Out of 10 film cassettes I shot, two of them suffered from this defect.
This would also be Sonny Rodgers last Avoca attendance. His cancer reappeared and the Good Lord called him home in July 2001.

Joyce Leonard at http://www.myyodeling.net

Mike Johnson music & biography:
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/mikejohnson
http://www.freewebs.com/blackyodelno1

National Traditional Country Music Association:
http://www.oldtimemusic.tipzu.com

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[dandyboy52]

way to go Joyce,I'm from Michigan also. Your very smooth & have some nice tricks in there, from Dan (afandan)

[BY1NO1]

Yep. She's one mighty fine yodeler.

Mike Johnson

[blmrdbmcb2011]

Love hearing this lady sing/ yodel and im not just saying that because she is my aunt :)