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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 ]
Alfie Myhre 2014: Denis Lanctôt 2015: Winnie Chafe 2016: Roy Warhurst 2017: Yvon Cuillerier 2018: The Ottawa Valley Builders and Scott Woods: 2019: British Columbia Old Time Fiddle Association and Daniel Lapp: 2022: Frontier School Division, Patti Kusturok, Anne Lederman, Garry Lepine, Mel Bedard, and Larry Martineau 2023
[12] However, the Pembroke Fiddle & Step Dancing contest, along with the Canadian Grand Masters, have eclipsed the contest in terms of attracting a wider range of fiddlers across the country, especially due to their closeness in dates and being near Labour Day weekend. Yet, as argued by Sherry Johnson, the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle ...
The highest and lowest scores for the round are thrown out, leaving the middle three round scores to be added to a player's cumulative total (a perfect score for one round is 900). The judges are often fiddlers who have won the Grand Championship in the past, or fiddlers who are well known in other styles of fiddle music.
Calvin Vollrath (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian fiddler and composer and is one of the few European-Canadian fiddle players playing professionally in the Métis style. [1] He lives in St. Paul, Alberta.
Alfie Date, who became an internet sensation after knitting sweaters for penguins in need, passed away at age 110 on Monday. The loving father of seven, known for the unlikely hobby, took up ...
The Glenfiddich Piping and Fiddle Championships are musical competitions for the bagpipes and fiddle. Both competitions take place annually in late autumn, at the ballroom of Blair Castle at Blair Atholl in Perthshire , Scotland . [ 1 ]
Joseph Allard in 1927. Joseph Allard (February 1, 1873 – November 14, 1947) was a Quebec fiddler who made many popular recordings earning him the title The Prince of Fiddlers.