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Weiser Contest 1987 (Tape 4, Side 1)
Date: June 1987
Fiddlers: Eric Tilmar; Daniel bates
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Alex Hargreaves
Date: June 2007
Fiddlers: Alex Hargreaves
champion; winner; contest; music
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Benie Thomassen article
Date: 1970-1979
Fiddlers: Benny Thomasson
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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Kimber Ludiker
Date: June 2011; June 2013; June 2016; June 2018; June 2019
Fiddlers: Kimber Ludiker
champion; winner; contest; music
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"Hot fiddling produces grand champion" article
Date: June 1982
Fiddlers: John Francis
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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"Fiddlin' rocks - and all that jazz" article
Date: June 1978
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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![Contestant List [2]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1977results_th.jpg)
Weiser Contest 1978 (Tape 6, Left Track, Side 1)
Date: June 1978
Fiddlers: Benny Thomasson; Marvin Johson
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Junior winners and Young fiddler clippings
Date: 1980s
Fiddlers: Tricia Brown
music; contest; instruments; performance; newspaper clippings
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National winners and Top Senior winners
Date: June 1981
Fiddlers: Mark O'Connor
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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![Contestant List [10]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1985results_th.jpg)

Silver Jubilee National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest cover
Date: 1970-1979
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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Weiser Contest 1983 (Tape 7, Side 1)
Date: June 1983
Fiddlers: JD Ludiker; Nolan James; Mark O'Connor
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Weiser Contest 1977 (Tape 1, Left Track, Side 1)
Date: June 1977
Fiddlers: Amy Kinney; Randy Pollard; Randy Sloan
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Weiser Contest, 1974, Jr. Jr. Contest
Date: June 1974
Fiddlers: Amy Kinney; Mark O'Connor
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Mia Orosco performance
Date: 2023
Fiddlers: Mia Orosco
music; contest; instruments; performance
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Weiser Contest 1985 (Tape 2, Side 2)
Date: June 1985
Fiddlers: Loyd Wencher; Jim Hoots
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Clarence Kemble
Date: June 1954
Fiddlers: Clarence Kemble
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1982 (Tape 2, Side 2)
Date: June 1982
Fiddlers: Matt Hartz; Tiffany Wheeler
instrument; performance; competition; music
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![James Widner [2]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/fiddlers027_th.jpg)
James Widner [2]
Date: June 1957; June 1959; June 1963; June 1967
Fiddlers: James Widner
champion; winner; contest; music
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"Skeans take ladies '75 contest honors"
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Vivian Skeans
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Weiser Contest 1987 (Tape 3, Side 2)
Date: June 1987
Fiddlers: Wade Thomas; laura Weber
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Danita Rast
Date: June 1998; June 2000; June 2001
Fiddlers: Danita Rast
champion; winner; contest; music
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Celeste Johnson winner Junior Division
Date: June 2016
Fiddlers: Celeste Johnson
champion; winner; contest; music
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Jesse Quintana, Junior Champion
Date: 2023
Fiddlers: Jesse Quintana
champion; winner; contest; music
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Gary Lee Moore winner Senior Division
Date: June 2012
Fiddlers: Gary Lee Moore
champion; winner; contest; music
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Luke Price Jamming
Date: 2023
Fiddlers: Luke Price
music; contest; instruments; performance; practice
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Hughie Smith winner Senior Division
Date: June 1995
Fiddlers: Hughie Smith
champion; winner; contest; music
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Senior Division article
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Benny Thomasson
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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![Contestant List [9]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1984results_th.jpg)
National Old Time Fiddle Contest 1972 (Tape 1, Left Track, Side #2)
Date: June 1972
Fiddlers: Coy Daily; Junior Daugherty; Jim Hoots; Jim Morris
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Roberta Rast winner Junior Division
Date: June 1991
Fiddlers: Roberta Rast
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1987 (Tape 3, Side 1)
Date: June 1987
Fiddlers: Clint Gaylord; Luke Bulla; Terry Ludiker; Randy Pollard
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Articles about Weiser's Fiddlers' Contest and Joe Picavet
Date: 1959
Fiddlers: Vivian Skeans
music; contest; instruments; performance; newspaper clippings
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Vivian Alftin winner Junior Division
Date: June 1959; June 1960; June 1962; June 1963; June 1964
Fiddlers: Vivian Alftin
champion; winner; contest; music
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Mens winners and Grand Champions clipping
Date: June 1982
Fiddlers: John Francis
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Tristan Clarridge
Date: June 2002; June 2003; June 2004; June 2006; June 2008
Fiddlers: Tristan Clarridge
champion; winner; contest; music
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Herman Johnson
Date: June 1969; June 1973; June 1977; June 1978
Fiddlers: Herman Johnson
champion; winner; contest; music
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Julie Eisenhauer
Date: 2023
Fiddlers: Julie Eisenhauer
music; contest; instruments; performance; practice
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"A gift of love" article
Date: 1980-1989
Fiddlers: Wes Westmorland; Kendra Ruwe
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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![James Widner [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/fiddlers026_th.jpg)
James Widner [1]
Date: June 1955; June 1956
Fiddlers: James Widner
champion; winner; contest; music
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Vivian Williams winner Ladies Division
Date: June 1965; June 1966; June 1967
Fiddlers: Vivian Williams
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1984 (Tape 1, Side 2)
Date: June 1984
Fiddlers: Clyde Klamer; Lubin Jorgens; Bill Benett
instrument; performance; competition; music
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![Contestant List [4]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1979results_th.jpg)

Vann Smith winner Junior Division
Date: June 1965; June 1966
Fiddlers: Vann Smith
champion; winner; contest; music
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Randy Pollard winner Junior Division
Date: June 1983
Fiddlers: Randy Pollard
champion; winner; contest; music
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Nancy Padilla winner Senior Division
Date: June 2021
Fiddlers: Nancy Padilla
champion; winner; contest; music
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Mark O'Connor
Date: June 1979; June 1980; June 1981; June 1984
Fiddlers: Mark O'Connor
champion; winner; contest; music
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Joe Sites winner Adult Division
Date: June 2004
Fiddlers: Joe Sites
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1975 (Tape 2, Left Track, Side 1)
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Doug Thomas; Jess Copper; Mark O'Connor; Amy Kinney
instrument; performance; competition; music
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"J'Anna Jacoby and Mark O'Connor win titles"
Date: June 1976
Fiddlers: J'Anna Jacoby
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Weiser Contest 1982 (Tape 2, Side 1)
Date: June 1982
Fiddlers: Dick Barrett; Randy Sloan; Sherryl Wolf
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Lorretta Brank winner Junior Junior Division
Date: June 1972; June 1973
Fiddlers: Loretta Brank
champion; winner; contest; music
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Megan Lynch winner Young Adult Division
Date: June 2004
Fiddlers: Megan Lynch
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1985 (Tape 2, Side 1)
Date: June 1985
Fiddlers: Melissa Harley; Michale Aisly; Megan Lynch
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Marvin Johnson winner Senior Division
Date: June 1978; June 1983
Fiddlers: Marvin Johnson
champion; winner; contest; music
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![Contestant List [5]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1980results_th.jpg)

Luke Price National Junior Junior
Date: 1998
Fiddlers: Luke Price
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1980 (Tape 7, Side 2)
Date: June 1980
Fiddlers: John Francis; Lorretta Brain; Tamy Daughty
instrument; performance; competition; music
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National Oldtime Fiddlers' contest clippings
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Mark O'Connor
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Bennie Thomassen winner Senior Division
Date: June 1974; June 1975; June 1979; June 1980
Fiddlers: Benny Thomasson
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1977 (Tape 1, Left Track, Side 2)
Date: June 1977
Fiddlers: Tony Ludiker; Brendan Wallace; Jess Copper
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Luke Bulla winner Junior Junior Division
Date: June 1991; June 1992
Fiddlers: Luke Bulla
champion; winner; contest; music
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Lon Reily and Mannie Shaw clippins
Date: 1981
Fiddlers: Lon Riley
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Wes Westmorland winner Junior Division
Date: June 1980
Fiddlers: Wes Westmorland
champion; winner; contest; music
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Megan Lynch winner Junior Junior Division
Date: June 1985; June 1986; June 1987
Fiddlers: Megan Lynch
champion; winner; contest; music
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Cleo Persinger
Date: June 1964
Fiddlers: Cleo Persinger
champion; winner; contest; music
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Dick Barrett
Date: June 1971; June 1972; June 1975; June 1976
Fiddlers: Dick Barrett
champion; winner; contest; music
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Coy Daily winner Senior Division
Date: June 1981
Fiddlers: Coy Daily
champion; winner; contest; music
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![Contestant List [3]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1978results_th.jpg)

"Fiddlers hold workshop" and "Contest 'Incidentals'" articles
Date: 1980-1989
Fiddlers: Megan Lynch
music; contest; instruments; performance; newspaper clippings
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Benny Thomasson
Date: June 1974
Fiddlers: Benny Thomasson
champion; winner; contest; music
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![Contestant List [11]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1987results_th.jpg)

"Sloan and Jacoby win titles"
Date: June 1978
Fiddlers: J'Anna Jacoby
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Jimmie Don Bates
Date: June 1987; June 1997
Fiddlers: Jimmie Don Bates
champion; winner; contest; music
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Oldtime Fiddlers' clippings
Date: 1984
Fiddlers: Kendra Ruwe
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Luke Price
Date: June 2014; June 2015; June 2017; June 2022; June 2023
Fiddlers: Luke Price
champion; winner; contest; music
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![Contestant List [1]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1976results_th.jpg)

Over 18 Certified winners and Junior Winners clipping
Date: June 1982
Fiddlers: Marilyn Lindley
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Signal-American fiddle Edition article
Date: 1980-1989
Fiddlers: Joe Sites
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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John Melnichuk winner Senior Division
Date: June 2002
Fiddlers: John Melnichuk
champion; winner; contest; music
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The Weiser Signal, Thursday, June 19, 1980
Date: 1980-06-19
Fiddlers: Randy Pollard; Leonard Green
music; contest; instruments; performance; newspaper clippings
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Katrina Pearce winner Junior Junior Division
Date: June 1995
Fiddlers: Katrina Pearce
champion; winner; contest; music
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![Contestant List [8]](https://objects.lib.uidaho.edu/fiddlers/thumbs/1983results_th.jpg)
Weiser Contest 1987 (Tape 4, Side 2)
Date: June 1987
Fiddlers: Tiffany Polard; Wade Thomas
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Tony Ludiker
Date: June 1983; June 1989; June 1991; June 1993; June 1994
Fiddlers: Tony Ludiker
champion; winner; contest; music
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Jess Cooper article
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Jess Cooper
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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Weiser Contest 1980 (Tape 7, Side 1)
Date: June 1980
Fiddlers: Mark O'Connor; Terry Field; Dale Lake
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Luke Price practicing in the campground
Date: June 2023
Fiddlers: Luke Price
clippings; music; contest; newspaper article
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Cyril Stinnett
Date: June 1966
Fiddlers: Cyril Stinnett
champion; winner; contest; music
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Weiser Contest 1984 (Tape 1, Side 1)
Date: June 1984
Fiddlers: Marvin Johnson; Ed Zona; Jack Smith
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Weiser Contest 1978 (Tape 6, Left Track, Side 2)
Date: June 1978
Fiddlers: Donald Moss; Holy Davis; Leonard Green
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Fiddlers groups numbers
Date: 2023
music; contest; instruments; performance; participants
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practice or warm-up room
Date: 2023
music; contest; instruments; performance; practice
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National Old Time Fiddle Contest 1972 (Tape 1, Left Track, Side #1)
Date: June 1972
Fiddlers: Clyde Wheat; Allan Rice; Raymond Dotty; James Widner
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Weiser Contest 1983 (Tape 7, Side 2)
Date: June 1983
Fiddlers: Tony Ludiker; Mark O'Connor; John Francis; Lorretta Brant
instrument; performance; competition; music
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Weiser Contest 1975 (Tape 2, Left Track, Side 2)
Date: June 1975
Fiddlers: Mark O'Connor; J'Anna Jacoby; Jay Pitcher; Amy Kinney
instrument; performance; competition; music
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"Ashland man captures men's fiddle crown" article
Date: June 1981
Fiddlers: Jim Hoots
champion; winner; contest; music; newspaper clippings
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Matthew Hartz
Date: June 1988; June 1992
Fiddlers: Matthew Hartz
champion; winner; contest; music
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John Francis National Junior Champion
Date: 1970-1972
Fiddlers: John Francis
champion; winner; contest; music
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