Former Texas Fiddle Champ

Wes Westmoreland

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Westmoreland fiddles his way to 11th championship

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2026
It was time to resin up the bow and get to fiddle playing as 18 Texas contestants competed against each other at the Texas Championship competition on the 55th annual Fiddlers Frolic at the Hallettsville KC Hall this past Sunday.The person taking up the crown as Texas Champion for this year’s...
Kenneth Henneke, one of the founders of the annual Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville, poses with Keith Junot shortly after his Hall of Fame induction at the 50th annual Frolics held in 2021. Junot played what becanme the very first Frolics held at Wied Hall when he was just 12, already impressing those gathered with his talents. He clutches a potrait of him as a younger man that Sheridan artist Dennis Pesek painted presented to him at his induction ceremony.

Kenneth Henneke, one of the founders of the annual Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville, poses with Keith Junot shortly after his Hall of Fame induction at the 50th annual Frolics held in 2021. Junot played what becanme the very first Frolics held at Wied Hall when he was just 12, already impressing those gathered with his talents. He clutches a potrait of him as a younger man that Sheridan artist Dennis Pesek painted presented to him at his induction ceremony.

Cancer battles finally over for Fiddlin’ Keith Junot

Bobby Horecka
Thursday, September 21, 2023
and some of the best fiddlers Texas has ever known with his talents and ultimately allowed him to share the stage with some of the biggest acts around during the more than 50 years he spent on the road as a professional musician, was laid to rest last week in his hometown of El Campo.
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