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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]
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 ...
In 1981, he was also the featured guest artist for the first Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship in Alberta. Townsend also performed in a tribute show to Don Messer and in many festivals as a solo artist throughout Canada, Australia, the United States and Europe.
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. Vollrath won the Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship in 1985 and 1998.
For the second year, the Grape Festival will be hosting the 2022 California State Old Time Open Fiddle & Picking Championships on April 22 and 23, presented by the California Bluegrass Association ...
In 1999, he won the U.S. National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho, at the age of 17. [3] [5] He won the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship held in Shelburne, ON in 2001, 2003 and 2005. [8] [9] as well as three Canadian Grand Masters championships in 2000, 2002 and 2003. [10] [11]
By the 1980s, the contest grew to hosting over 150 fiddlers and eight separate classes. [2] The name of the event changed over the years, from the "Canadian Open Championship Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest," to "The National Fiddle Contest," and more recent returning to a version of the original as the "Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship ...
Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Ottawa, ON (1994, 1995, 1996). Kusturok was the first woman in the history of Canada to win the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship and the very first winner from Western Canada. [7] [15] Induction into the Manitoba Fiddle Association Hall of Fame (2010) Induction into the North American ...