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The Canadian Open Old-Time Fiddling Championship is one of the most important fiddle festivals in Canada. Founded in 1951, the contest was held annually in early August in Shelburne, Ontario. In the 2010s, it also became part of the Heritage Music Festival.
The Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship is the longest-running annual fiddle contest in Alberta, held in mid-July. [1] The event started in 1981, becoming part of Klondike Days (known as K-Days) in the 1990s, and with virtual contests held during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. [2]
Several regional competitions and associations help sponsor their provincial representatives to ensure their best fiddlers are sent, including the Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship who award funds to their top three Albertan contestants. The event has become one of the highest honours to be invited to as a Canadian fiddler, with ...
The Maritime Fiddle Festival is the longest running old-time fiddle contest in Canada. [1] It is also the largest fiddle contest in the region. Occurring annually in Nova Scotia in early July, the contest currently includes seven fiddling classes, two step-dance classes, and two days of competition, performance, and socials. [2]
Cherney won the Canadian Old Time Fiddlers' Contest in Ontario, under the novelty class from 1959 to 1961 and the open class in both 1960 and 1961. In the early 1970s, he was a leading studio musician, recording with musician like Gary Buck, Dick Damron, Tommy Hunter, Jesse Winchester and Sylvia Tyson. He released more than ten studio albums ...
Fiddlers from all over. There were many great musicians in Wooster Sunday, including 18-year-old Nicole Tressler of Canton, Michigan, who won the 12-18 age group category top prize of $125.
He continued to compete in fiddle contests and won the Maritime Fiddle Festival Champion Class in 1996, [7] and the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship in 1993 and 1996. [8] Scott Woods also won the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition in 1998 and 1999, as well as finished in the top eleven finalists between 1992-2005, including ...
Nearly 20 fiddle players of all ages, along with a handful of banjo pickers took part in the annual fiddle contest at the Wayne County Fair on Sunday,