Upcoming Contests of Interest:
A complete list can be found at http://www.fiddlecontest.com/a_all_by_date_contests.html
This
information is provided as a community service and should be confirmed by the
actual contest to confirm correct and that no changes have been made. This is a duplicate article from our January Newsletter.
February
5-8 Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Ajo, Arizona;
contact Linda Darland, Ph. 928-859-4621 or email: ldarland@tds.net; Web:
www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org
13-14 Annual Eastern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers
Contest, Graham County Fairgrounds, Safford,
Arizona; contact Frank Hughes 928-428-1728 or Ida Carstens
928-428-3413
22 69th Annual Old Time Fiddle Contest, DeMeester
Performing Arts Center, Tucson, Arizona; contact wlwelsh@comcast.net or Wilbur
520-743-7086
April
17-19 Annual Arizona Outback Spring Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona;
contact Linda 928-859-4621 or email: ldarland@tds.net
June
5-6 Nationally Certified Idaho Open Fiddle
Contest, Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho; contact Roberta Pearce, ph. 208-466-5639;
email: spearce16@cableone.net; website: www.idopenfiddlecontest.com
19-20 Annual Fiddle Contest, Colonial Theater,
Idaho Falls, Idaho; contact Jaclyn Sites at email: fiddlingjacie@hotmail.com;
web: www.fiddlinonthefalls.com
19-20 Nationally Certified Nevada State Fiddle
Contest, Chamber of Commerce, Wells, Nevada; contact Peg Kaplan, C of C, P.O.
Box 615,Wells, NV 89835, 775-752-3540
22-27 National Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest &
Festival, Weiser, Idaho; contact Karen Penner, Director, P.O. Box 447, Weiser,
ID 83672, Ph. 1-800-437-1280; Treasure Valley residents call 414-0255, or FAX
208-414-0256, or email director@fiddlecontest.com; web: www.fiddlecontest.com
July
11-12 Nationally Certified Idaho
State Old Time Fiddlers Championship (was Mannie’s Jamboree and Fiddle
Contest), Shoshone, Idaho;
contact Ken Worthington, 208-720-3358, or for registration, Dolores Koonce, 228 Orchard Dr.,
Gooding ID 83330
18 3rd Annual
Wild West Fiddle Contest and Show, Kuna,
Idaho park. Guitar flatpicking and guitar backup
divisions added this year. Contact
Monique Ruwe for information. 208-284-2851 or ruwemusic@msn.com.
24-26 Fiddlers Along the Arkansas old time fiddle
competition, Veterans Park, Cañon City, Colorado; sponsored by Colorado OTFA;
email: information@fiddlersalongthearkansas.com and
www.fiddlersalongthearkansas.com
August
3-4 Nationally Certified Utah
State Fiddle Contest, Richfield, Utah, sponsored by the Utah Old Time Fiddlers and Country Music Association. Contact June Crosby for information at 801-936-5527.
15 Nationally Certified Rocky Mountain Regional
Fiddle Championships, Ramkota Best Western Hotel, Casper, Wyoming; contact Ann
Robinson, 1923 Grass Creek Rd., Casper, WY 82604, ph. 307-266-6347 or email
agrobinson@bresnan.net; web: www.casperwyofiddleclub.com
22-23 Jana Jae's Hell's Canyon Fiddle Fest, McCall, Idaho;
contact www.csotfa.org/2009_Idaho_Camp_App.pdf
29 Western Legends Round-up Fiddle Competition,
Kanab, Utah; contact wlrfiddlecompetition@yahoo.com;
www.westernlegendsroundup.com
September
19 Sierra Vista Fiddle Contest, Veteran’s
memorial Park, Sierra Vista,
Arizona; contact David, ph.
520-220-1166; web: www.dkmusicstudio.com/fiddlecontest
26-27 Nationally Certified Vertielee Floyd Memorial
Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest, Arizona State Championship, Payson, Arizona;
contact Bill Neal, ph. 928-978-8001; www.paysonfiddlers.org
October
23-25 Nationally Certified New Mexico Old Time
Fiddlers State Championship Contest, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; contact
Donna Robbins, NMOTF, P.O. Box 469, T or C, NM 87901
November
6-8 Annual Fall Fiddlefest, Salome, Arizona;
contact Linda at ph. 928-859-4621; web: www.arizonaoldtimefiddlers.org
14-15 Four Corner States Bluegrass Festival &
Fiddle Championship, Wickenburg,
Arizona; web:
www.wickenburgchamberofcommerce.org
December
Youth Fiddle Contest, Drachman School, 1085 W. 10th Ave.,
Tucson, Arizona; contact Wilbur Welsh at 520-743-7086 or email:
wlwelsh@comcast.net