National Grand Champion Division Round 1 (Top 13) - 2023 Weiser (NOTFC) Fiddle Contest

National Grand Champion Division Round 1 (Top 13) - 2023 Weiser (NOTFC) Fiddle Contest
1st Luke Price
Accompanists: Scott Sumner,
Simon Chrisman, Tristan Clarridge
"George Booker"
"Morningstar Waltz"
"Hot Foot Rag"
2nd Katrina Nicolayeff
Accompanists: Darin Meeks,
Makaela Shippy-Ruggs
"George Booker"
"Velvet's Waltz"
"Jesse Polka"
3rd Tristan Clarridge
Accompanists: Scott Sumner,
Simon Chrisman, luke Price
"Apple Blossom"
"Angel's Waltz"
"The Clarinet Polka"
4th Celeste Johnson
Accompanists: Hyatt Hopkins,
Sydney Green. Luke Price
"Brilliancy"
"Wedding Night Waltz"
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"
5th Katie Glassman
Accompanists: Hyatt Hopkins,
Sydney Green, Julian Oliver
"Cripple Creek"
"Carroll County Blues"
Tashina Clarridge Lindley
Accompanists: Orin Lindley,
Simon Chrisman, Tristan Clarridge
"George Booker"
"Misty's Waltz"
"Topeka Polka"
Miles Quale
Accompanists: Nat Copeland,
Simon Chrisman, luke Price
"Chief Sitting Bull In The Rain"
"Golden Fiddle Waltz"
"Beaumont Rag"
Dennis Ludiker
Accompanists: Darin Meeks,
Eric Amundson, Zane Meeeks
"Dusty Miller"
"Tony's Waltz"
"Topeka Polka"
Carl Hopkins
Accompanists: Darin Meeks,
Eric Amundson, Hyatt Hopkins
"Dusty Miller"
"La Zenda Waltz"
"Beaumont Rag"
Laura Black
Accompanists: Scott Sumner,
Darin Meeks, Hyatt Hopkins
"Say Old Man"
"La Zenda Waltz"
"New Camptown Races"
Monte Gaylord
Accompanists: Hyatt Hopkins,
Anne Sumner, Tristan Clarridge
"Sally Johnson"
"Tawni's Waltz"
"I Don't Love Nobody"
Makaela Shippy-Ruggs
Accompanists: Scott Sumneer,
Lanie Shippy, Darin Meeks
"Sally Goodin"
"Redeemed Waltz"
"Crafton Blues"
Nat Copeland
Accompanists Darin Meeks,
Simon Chrisman, Hyatt Hopkins
"Dusty Miller"
"Crying Waltz"
"Crafton Blues"
Results:
1st Luke Price
2nd Katrina Nicolayeff
3rd Tristan Clarridge
4th Celeste Johnson
5th Katie Glassman
National Old Time Fiddle Contest (Weiser, Idaho)
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[@mccypr]

Thanks! 😎

[@fiddlist1934]

Got to hand it Kristina N. Playing a right handed fiddle left handed. That’s skill.

[@PLA5207]

Is she a left handed fiddler? Is the violin strung "backwards?

[@FiddleSupporter]

Katrina Nicolayeff does play left-handed. The twist it's that she plays a fiddle string just like a right-handed fiddle. She can pick up any standard Fiddle and play it.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

While I'll certainly admit that these people have mastery of their instruments, all the "contest style" Texas fiddling is beginning to all sound the same! Everything sounds like Tom & Jerry to me! Why can't these contests feature an "Appalachian Division" just to provide some variety?

[@fiddlist1934]

Got to hand it Kristina N. Playing a right handed fiddle left handed. That’s skill.