- Date
- 1990-05-25
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- music-folkloreperformancecommunityheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 25, 1990 Beaver Beacon carried a musical tribute to Ed Sobie, remembering his fiddle playing at Beaver Island dances and his role in the Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids music community. A benefit raffle was announced for June 9, alongside Rich Gillespie’s poem “Lost but Not Forgotten.”
Evidence limits
This is a community memorial and fundraiser notice, not a complete performance record or accounting of raffle proceeds.
Sources
- Remembers Sobie’s fiddle playing and Beaver Island visits, identifies a June 9 benefit raffle, and preserves Rich Gillespie’s tribute poem. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1990-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-page May issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island musicians publish a tribute to Ed Sobie, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ed-sobie-tribute-1990/, accessed [date], citing “A Special Dedication,” “A Tribute to Ed Sobie,” and “Lost but Not Forgotten,” Beaver Beacon, May 25, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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