{"id":735,"date":"2010-06-23T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T12:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldtownschool.org\/connect\/fiddleclub\/?p=735"},"modified":"2014-05-11T08:50:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T13:50:25","slug":"8th-midwest-fiddle-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/2010\/06\/8th-midwest-fiddle-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Midwest Fiddle Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kid&#8217;s Contest is in the books.  It was a competition for fiddle-led bands held on June 16 at the Old Town School&#8217;s beloved Armitage building.  The First Place ribbon (and prize money of $150) was taken by the Hillions and Maddy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Ali Oidak Polka&quot; and &quot;Black-Eyed Susie&quot; played\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uvaoy7lucc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[And proud papa suggests you also check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q25GhjK80RY\">band that won fifth place<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p>The Open Division (called Team Division in the past) is back this year, scheduled for Thursday July 8 at 7 pm in Giddings Plaza in Lincoln Square.  (Just a two-block walk up Lincoln from the School).  It&#8217;s part of the Folk &amp; Roots Festival preview sponsored by the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>All fiddlers are welcome to enter.  It is highly recommended that you enter with a band of one or two accompanimists.  Click here for more information (rules, prizes &amp;c.).<\/p>\n<p>An online entry form should appear soon at the above link.  Or try <a href=\"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2010-Entry-Form.pdf\">this one<\/a> that can be printed out and faxed or dropped off.<\/p>\n<p>And again, the invitational Fiddle Band division will be held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squareroots.org\/\">Chicago Folk &amp; Roots Festival<\/a> on Saturday, July 10 at 12:55 on the main stage in Welles Park.  The top winners from the Kid&#8217;s Contest and the Open Division will also be there to play a tune.<\/p>\n<p>The Midwest Fiddle Championship is presented by the Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter).<br \/>\nPaul Tyler, convener<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kid&#8217;s Contest is in the books. It was a competition for fiddle-led bands held on June 16 at the Old Town School&#8217;s beloved Armitage building. The First Place ribbon (and prize money of $150) was taken by the Hillions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/2010\/06\/8th-midwest-fiddle-championship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[95],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiddle-contest","tag-midwest-fiddle-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4430,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdosido.net\/fiddleclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}