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The National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest is an old-time music competition, festival, and musical gathering in the western United States, held annually during the third full week in June in Weiser, Idaho, about fifty miles (80 km) northwest of Boise.
Blaine Stubblefield (January 26, 1896 – December 18, 1960) was the founder of the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest held annually in Weiser, Idaho, an archiver of American folk songs, the originator of regular passenger boat tours down the Hells Canyon of the Snake River, a writer, [1] and a magazine editor. Blaine was born in Enterprise ...
Weiser bills itself as the "Fiddling Capital of the World" and the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest has been held each year since 1953. Fiddling contests have been held in Weiser since 1914, but the present festival was the idea of Blaine Stubblefield, a fiddler and folk music collector, and the head of the city's chamber of commerce. [9]
Vivian Williams (née Tomlinson; May 27, 1938 – January 6, 2023) was an American fiddler, composer, recording artist, and writer. [1] [2] She won national fiddling titles, including the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest, and in 2013 she was inducted into the North American Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame.
Moscow, Idaho is the home town of modern folk/country/indie songwriter Josh Ritter. The town of Weiser has held fiddling contests since the 1890s, when the instrument arrived in Idaho on the Oregon Trail. Since the early 1950s, Weiser has been home to the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest, held in
WOOSTER – The fiddle contest at the Wayne County Fair featured an abundance of talented players of a wide range of ages, from a trio of competitors 12 and under, to a quartet of senior division ...
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,
When he was 12 years old Contreras won the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest in Weiser, Idaho for his age division. [ 5 ] Contreras was a featured performer at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho in 1998 and 1999, the latter date including a performance with an all-star lineup including Hampton, pianist Hank Jones , guitarist Herb Ellis ...