Midwest Fiddle Champs for 2010, part 2
Our 8th annual contest was held back in July. Part 1 of this post highlighted the 4 winning bands in the Open Division contest held on the 8th in Giddings Plaza. Part 2 will show videos shot on July 10th from the stage as four bands competed in the Invitational Division at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival.
While the judges consulted on the final order, we had performances by 1st place winner’s in the Open Division — the Rachel Baiman Band — and the Youth Division — Maddy & the Hillions
In reverse order, here are the top 4 prize winners in the Invitational Division.
4th Place – Moravska Cimbalovka (Moravian Cymbalom Band), led by Andrew Tokarz
Their first tune was a traditional Moravian folk song.
3th Place – Paulina Hollers, Elizabeth Lamberti & Jim Becker & Kristen Bern, fiddles, & with Lea Tschilds on guitar & Clayton Brown on bass. They brought along the Chicago Prairie Cloggers, led by Rebecca Unger.
They followed up with “Back-Step Cindy.”
2nd Place – Stil Hua, Kristen Bern on fiddle, with Kevin Carey on flute, Siobhan Wojcik on bouzouki & Andrew Serb on bodhran. Rory Ward was their dancer.
Their second tune was a medley of an air and a reel.
1st Place – Cajun Vagabonds, Dorian Gehring-fiddle with Stewart Gehring-guitar, Eli Leki-Albano-bass & Monica Vachon-triangle. They brought two dancing couples from the Chicago Associate Chapter of the Cajun French Music Association.
Their second tune was “Lacassine Special”, a two-step. The dancers really got it going.
Filed under: Reports,Video by Paul | August 19, 2010 | Comments (0)
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