The 45th Annual Washington State Fiddlers' Contest
May 14, 15, & 16, 2010
March 2010 Report
The 45th Annual Washington State Fiddlers’ Contest will be held May 14-15-16, 2010 at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee - 123 North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801 (www.pacwen.org).
We have 40 rooms blocked at the Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel. The hotel is a sky-bridge walk from the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee, and has the popular Wenatchee Roaster and Ale House on the top floor. Rooms are $84 single/double, $94 triple and $104 quad. Please go to www.coasthotels.com or call 1-800-663-1144 for reservations. You must tell them you are with the fiddlers contest to get these rates.
Unfortunately due to city ordinances there is no overnight RV parking at the Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee. The Wenatchee River County Park in Monitor (between Cashmere and Wenatchee) has sites available. Cost is $29 per night with full hook-ups. Dogs are o.k. but there are no tents allowed. For reservations please call 509-667-7503. The Chelan County Exposition Center – formerly the Chelan County Fairgrounds has both RV and tent camping available. Cost is $25per night for RVs with full hook-ups and $20 per night for tents. Bathrooms and showers are provided. Please call 509-782-3232 for reservations.
It is with great sadness I have to report that Kimber Ludiker is not available to Judge this year’s contest. Dan Emert has agreed to Judge in Kimber’s place. Your other Judges are Junior Daugherty and Mabel Vogt.
With the change in venue we will be attracting new audience members that have never been to a fiddle contest before, and most likely will like to show their appreciation to the contestants between songs. We will have the emcee educate the audience during the contest, but please be prepared for audience interaction during your round.
On Friday afternoon the Senior and Senior/Senior divisions will start at 1pm. Friday evening we are having the first annual Washington State Fiddlers Contest Fiddle-A-Palooza Show featuring past champions, judges and other variety acts. Saturday and Sunday will run as they have in past years. Please download a Tentative Schedule so you can plan ahead accordingly.
There will be more announcements as we get closer to the contest, so please keep an eye on this website or the Washington State Fiddlers’ Contest MySpace page: www.myspace.com/washingtonstatefiddlerscontest.
Happy Fiddlin,'
Earl Calvert
WOTFA Contest Chairman
(509) 886-1614
Email: wotfacontest@hotmail.com
Updated 3/30/2010