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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 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 ]
A man fishes the lower Kings River at Winton Park Sunday, May 13, 2018 near Piedra, east of Fresno. ... Upcoming tournaments (dates and locations subject to change) Oct. 5-6 . New Melones – Yak ...
World Fiddle Day was founded by County Donegal fiddler Caoimhin Mac Aoidh in 2012. [4] [5] The May date was chosen to coincide with the 1737 death of Italian violin craftsman Antonio Stradivari. [6] The first Toronto celebration was held in 2013 and that year there was a celebration in Winnipeg as well.
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 ...
In more recent years, he has judged the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Competition, and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association in 2005. [ 2 ] He participated as an instructor at the Emma Lake Fiddle Camp from its beginnings in 1990 until its final year of operation at Arlington Beach ...