Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
This list of notable fiddlers shows some overlap with the list of violinists since the instrument used by fiddlers is the fiddle. ... Canadian: French-Canadian ...
The event has become one of the highest honours to be invited to as a Canadian fiddler, with journalist Frank Peebles noting that "it's one of the hardest climbs in the Canadian fiddle world. Getting called to compete at the Grand Masters is a career watermark for any fiddler who gets their name on that coveted list."
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 ]
The contest consists of Championship/Open, Duet, Gospel, Novelty, Canadian Old Time Junior Championship (18 Years & Under), 19–55, 10–12, 9 Years & Under, 56 Years & Over classes (ten classes in total), along with prizes for Canadian tune of choice, youngest competitor, oldest contestant, best fiddler from Dufferin County, and most ...
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 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Canadian fiddle is the aggregate body of tunes, styles and musicians engaging the traditional folk music of Canada on the fiddle. It is an integral extension of the Anglo-Celtic and Québécois French [ 1 ] folk music tradition but has distinct features found only in the Western hemisphere.