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Joe Barber, who has a number of decendents in the county, and.Jim Grason, son of Old Uncle Joe Grason, a lifelong and faithful member of the Methodist Church composed^ it. Joe played the banjo and called figures, Jim patted and caressed a mouth harp with the touch of | a real master while he kept time with both feet and his head. They would have been prize winners on any TV show had they had them in those days. Several times Joe brought a friend of his from Sperryville with him,
who alstj played the banjo, and the "Three Piece Orchestra” was spoken of with much pride.
The night of the celebrated “Foot Tournament Dance” a three piece orchestra furnished the music 1 1
The Foot Tournament took place on !the brow of the hill just back of the Burton Home (houses
have beerj built there now and the old ounviment track gone forever) the afternoon of the dance.
In' imitation of their elders, the young “kjnights” had set Tournament polrii weeks before and had spent many hours practicing with their lances, taking the dangling
rings at fjull speed. When the time came for [the real start hey listened to a ‘[Charge to the Knights” shed their shoes, grasped their lances and with gay sashes flying sped down the Tournament track in their bare feet.
If they lacked the fine horses and glittering armor of the Knights in the lists of the jousting tournaments of King Authur of the Round Table, they made up for it wih their* enthusiasm and originality. J
It is believed that the "Foot Tournaments” were first held in Washington, Va. by the Knights of the Academy. It is certainly truo-'thar to a high
they brought the sport
degree of perfection.
It always took nine rings to crown the queen, and often there were ti«i for First, Second and Third Maid. The Foot Tournament Darice started at 7:30 P. M. After! the crowning of the Queen, and f'The Royal Set” everybody^ danced. jThere was no “sitting them out) in parked cars”. They
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