Fourth Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention

Collection

Identifier: BCA 0298

Staff Only

Performance Recordings and Playlist

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Scope and Contents

Fourth Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention July 5, 6, 7, 1974

Contestans:

Tilly Adkins, Willie Adkins, Alfred Bailey, Bill Sparks, Ed Blake, Bobbie Blays, Howard Blays, Bluegrass Rejects, Bluegrass Travelers, Franklin Bowles, Arthur Breeze, Opal Breeze, Terry Bronck, Richard Campbell Barbara Coons, Coleman Cornelison, Tex Corpy, David Edmundson, Suzanne Edmundson, Howdy Forrester, Frank Gardner, Get Togethers, Kelly Gilbert, Rick Goode, Clifford Hardesty, Fred Hensley, Wayne Hensley, Troy Herdman, Claude Hillard, Hot Mud Family, Frank Hurley, Ramona Jones, Kahawha Valley Ramblers, Van Kidwell, Last Chance String Band, Joe Lomax, Bill Lowry, Hubert Martin, Bob Mason, Dick McDowell, Sam McGee, Bud Meredith, Dale Morris, Phyllis Moyer, Old Kentucky String Band, J.T. Perkins, David Rose, Owen Scorpie, Mike Seeger, Algie Seratt, Boss Sewell, Kenny Sidle, Sixty-Fivers, Tom Spencer, Harold Staggs, Elmer Stout, Carl Swafford, Artie Vandergriff, Dora Mae Wagers, Todd Warner, Jack Weeks, Fran White, Wayne White, George Williamson, Mary Williamson, Chubby Wise Wise, Mac Wiseman,

Dates

Creation: July 5-7, 1974

Creator

Powell, Reuben (Collector, Person)

Biographical / Historical

The Fiddlers Convention was one of three multi-day traditional music events conducted at Renfro Valley by Mac Wiseman during July 1974. It was followed by the Traditional Music and Oldtimers Reunion and the Fourth Annual Renfro Valley Bluegrass Music Festival. No electric instruments were allowed for the Fiddlers Convention. Competition events for other instruments and genres were also included.

Competition Divisions:

Junior Fiddler
Senior Fiddler
Guitar Mandolin
Banjo (Old Time)
Banjo (Blue Grass)
Band (Old Time)
Band ( Blue Grass)
Buckdancing
Clogging