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Mrs. Record has of Commerce Award for Lifetime Achievement. It’s in
continued to teach list form, so the reader can appreciate the magnitude of
piano, organ, accordion her talent and energy.
and beginning guitar for
72 years. Her students She currently plays with:
mostly range in age • Jimmy Burson and Texas in the Swing,
from 5 to 18, but she’s
had students as young • Rick and Brenda Sudduth and Denim and Lace,
as 4 and two in their
90s. At 93, she is still • Henry Baker’s Church of Western Swing in Turkey,
teaching 18 students per Texas and
week. • Wendell Sollis Sidekicks and All-Stars.

One of her students,
Jane Whitfill, is She played with:
married to former U.S.
Ambassador Tibor • Shirley Goodness and Mercy in Vienna, Austria at
Nagy. Jane got to play the World Music Festival,
for royalty and heads of • Jimmy Burson for the Western Swing Barn Dance in
state in many countries. Silver Dollar City, MO for 13 years,
The ambassador once
told Lucy Dean, “The and at:
little pebble you threw
in the pond has had a • the Cactus Theater in Lubbock
ripple effect all over • the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium in Ruidoso,
the world.” Many of NM,
her other students have
gone on to teach piano • the Legends of Western Swing in Wichita Falls, TX,
themselves, some on the • the Western Swing Festival in Snyder, TX,
college level. She now
has two families whom • the Western Swing Valentine Party in Canton, TX,
she has taught for four • the Western Club in Navasota, TX,
generations.
• Cowpunchers in Amarillo, TX
Lucy Dean Record is • WS MSS meetings and many other community
more than just a music events,
teacher to her students.
She loves being a • and the Hall of Fame events when she was being
shoulder to lean on, inducted.
as well as a guide and
encourager. She’s tells She’s had the privilege of playing in back-up bands
them, “Do what’s right, with:
and always tell people
you love them.” She also • Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius,
says, “I know I’m old, • Jim Owens,
but I still love teaching.”
• Terry Smith,
Mrs. Record’s glittering • the Ray Price Band and
reputation is not just
for her teaching ability. • the Texas Playboys.
She’s a highly sought-
after performer as well. She plays guest spots with
The following is an
excerpt from the speech • the Billy Mata Band,
given when she was • Floyd Domino and the All Stars,
recently presented with
the Lockney Chamber • Brady Bowen and Friends, and

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