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Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Disc 1)
Subject
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Competitions
Contests
Fiddle music
Fiddling
String instruments
Old time music
Fiddlers
Description
One compact disc. The Florida State Fiddle Contest was held each year at the Festival on Saturdays (the stages varied from year to year). The winners were allowed to perform on the Main Stage that evening. Among the windners were Willie Jones (with Faye Baerd on banjo and Tom Staley on guitar) for the Rustic Division; Jason Baker (with Norman Green on guitar and Ed Contates on bass) for the Contemporary Division; and Barbara Smith and Jonathan Hodge for twin fiddles.