Midwest Fiddle Championship Results

Invitational / Fiddle Teams / Open Division

2003 1st

    Invitational
  1. Charlie Walden
  2. Chirps Smith
  3. Chuck Horneman

2004 - 2nd

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Stephanie Coleman with Steve Rosen-banjo
  2. Chirps Smith & Fred Campeau
  3. Renato Ceron
  4. David Smith & the Big String Band

2005 - 3rd

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Chirps Smith & Fred Campeau
  2. Maria McCullough & Yahvi Pichardo
  3. Steve Rosen & Paul Tyler
  4. Elizabeth Lamberti & Chris Petrakos
  5. Michelle Utzerath

2006 - 4th

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Genevieve Harrison & Smith Koester
  2. Kristen Bern & Maggie Danaher
  3. Jordan Wankoff & Michell Utzerath
  4. Katie Bern & Matt Danaher
  5. Will & Holly Whedbee

2007 - 5th

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Chirps Smith & Fred Campeau
  2. Katie Bern & Matt Danaher
  3. Genevieve Harrison & Smith Koester
  4. Kristen Bern & Maggie Danaher
  5. Maria McCullough & Yahvi Pichardo

2008 - 6th

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Kristen Bern & Maggie Danaher
  2. ???

2009.

No Fiddle Team competition

2010 -8th

    Open Division
  1. Rachel Baiman & Eva Walsh
  2. Po River Boys (Dan Gillespie & Jeff Yonkus)
  3.  
  4. Twin Sisters (Debi Lewis & Deborah Fausch)

2011 - 9th

    Open Division
  1. Los Pichardo
  2. Can I Get an Amen (Dan Gillespie & Evan Collins)
  3. Third Sunday String Band
  4. Kit Paulson
  5. The Lopsiders (Debi Lewis & Meegan)

2012 - 10th

    Fiddle Teams
  1. Third Sunday Fiddlers
  2. Just Bob (Debi Lewis & Elizabeth Lamberti)
  3. Young Ladies Fiddle Social
    Solo Fiddle
  1. Steve Rosen
  2. Kevin Van Staeyen
  3. Sean Colledge
    Youth Division
  1. Kalman Strauss
  2. Henry Beuving
  3. Liam Perlstein

2013 - 11th

    Fiddle Teams
  1. The Wren & the Whistler
  2. Tuesday Night Special
  3. CH3
    Solo Fiddle
  1. Tim Macdonald
  2. Chico Welch
  3. Dan Gillespie
    Youth Division
  1. Kalman Strauss
  2. Anna Hill
  3. Fiddle Billies

Fiddle Band Division

2008 - 6th

Bands with Dancers

  1. Tarima Son
  2. Kristen Bern with Irish Music School of Chicago
  3. Polish Highlands
  4. Genevieve Koester & the White Mules
  5. Chicago Spelmanslag

2009 - 7th

Bands with Dancers

  1. Los Pichardo con Juan Rivera 
  2. Dr. Hojka's Medicine Show
  3. Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society
  4. The Hatfield Sisters
  5. Rick Veras & Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin

2010 - 8th

Bands with Dancers

  1. Cajun Vagabonds
  2. Stil Nua (Irish)
  3. Paulina Hollers
  4. Moravska Cimbalovka

Battle of the Bands

Get dancers on the floor!

2012 - 10th

Three-way tie for 1st!

  • Brown's Dream
  • Dorian Gehring, Heather Coles-Mullen &c.
  • Tarima Son

2013 - 11th

Three-way tie for 1st!

  • Money Creek Boys
  • Chicago Spelmanslag
  • Fruteland Jackson & the Windy City Travelers