Monday, September 13, 2004
Smoky Mountain Fiddlers hold Loudon convention
From the Daily Times (Marysville, TN)
Downtown Loudon held its 22nd annual Fiddlers Convention on Friday and Saturday under the big tent at Legion Field Baseball Park.
The convention started with bluegrass band preliminaries on Friday night and continued with the finals Saturday.
Juvenile musicians competed in the 12 and under category. Also, there were competitions in guitar, clogging, senior fiddlers (age 55 and over), banjo, buck dancing, junior fiddlers (under age 55), mandolins and smoky fiddle champ. There were cash prizes allotted for each category, with total prize money set at $5,215.
The Fiddlers Convention started as an event at the World's Fair in Knoxville in 1982 and has continued in Loudon. The event was broadcast live by WDVX Radio Station this weekend.
Read the article
The Daily Times
Downtown Loudon held its 22nd annual Fiddlers Convention on Friday and Saturday under the big tent at Legion Field Baseball Park.
The convention started with bluegrass band preliminaries on Friday night and continued with the finals Saturday.
Juvenile musicians competed in the 12 and under category. Also, there were competitions in guitar, clogging, senior fiddlers (age 55 and over), banjo, buck dancing, junior fiddlers (under age 55), mandolins and smoky fiddle champ. There were cash prizes allotted for each category, with total prize money set at $5,215.
The Fiddlers Convention started as an event at the World's Fair in Knoxville in 1982 and has continued in Loudon. The event was broadcast live by WDVX Radio Station this weekend.
Read the article
The Daily Times
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 9:22 AM 
