Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Grand Master Fiddler Championship to Return at IBMA
From Cybergrass
ybergrass reported in June 2004 that the Grand Master Fiddler Championships were to resume after being quiet since 1997. The welcome return will coincide with the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) World of Bluegrass event in Nashville during October.
he Grand Master Fiddler Championship Inc. is organized as a Tennessee nonprofit corporation, formed to educate about and perpetuate fiddling as an art form and cultural treasure. The corporation has plans to restart and organize, hold and support the annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship competition - an event that has started many young country, folk and bluegrass musicians on their way to a career in music.
The contest was held in Opryland from 1972 through 1997. During that quarter century the preliminaries were held in the historic Ryman Auditorium and the finals and championship rounds were held in Opryland USA through 1997, after which the Championship fell casualty to Gaylord Entertainment budget reductions and the closing and dismantling of Opryland USA theme park.
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Cybergrass
ybergrass reported in June 2004 that the Grand Master Fiddler Championships were to resume after being quiet since 1997. The welcome return will coincide with the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) World of Bluegrass event in Nashville during October.
he Grand Master Fiddler Championship Inc. is organized as a Tennessee nonprofit corporation, formed to educate about and perpetuate fiddling as an art form and cultural treasure. The corporation has plans to restart and organize, hold and support the annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship competition - an event that has started many young country, folk and bluegrass musicians on their way to a career in music.
The contest was held in Opryland from 1972 through 1997. During that quarter century the preliminaries were held in the historic Ryman Auditorium and the finals and championship rounds were held in Opryland USA through 1997, after which the Championship fell casualty to Gaylord Entertainment budget reductions and the closing and dismantling of Opryland USA theme park.
Read the article
Cybergrass
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 10:06 PM 
