Fiddlers of Idaho Open State Championship 2013 Winners

Small Fry Division (Age 8 years and below)

Small Fry Division 2013.JPG Front Row (kneeling) left to right: Ashlyn Ralphs (Meridian)

Grace Partridge (Rigby); Logan Davis (Rigby);

Eden Curtis (Rigby);

Second Row (standing) left to right

Noah Uebelhoer (Cambridge), Malachi Sweet (Nampa)

Landon Burkey (Nampa), Shylee Cambell (Menan)

Carley Huntint (Iona), Maci Kopp (Swan Valley),

Olivia Locklin (Nampa)

First Place: Grace Partridge Grace Partridge (2).JPG Second Place: Malachi Sweet Malachi Sweet (3).JPG

Third Place: Logan Davis Logan Davis (1).JPG Fourth Place Shylee Campbell Shylee Campbell (4).JPG

Fifth Place Olivia Locklin Olivia Locklin (1).JPG Sixth Place Noah Uebelhoer

Junior Junior Division (Ages 9 to 12)

Front Row (kneeling left to right): Camden Bryant (Rigby); Samantha Burkey (Nampa);

Kali Branstetter (Weiser); Kristen Peterson (Ririe); Lexi Killian (Idaho Falls)

Second Row (standing left to right): Sadie Hicks (Swan Valley); Dylon Ferhs (Nampa);

Kaleb White (Nampa); Brooke Locklin (Nampa); Chris Shelley (Nampa); Lani Shippy (Caldwell); Brooklyn Wise (Rigby); Ally Hemenway (Iona); Anna White (Nampa)

First Place: Dylon Ferhs Second Place: Lanie Shippy

Third Place: Lexi Killian Forth Place: Kaleb White

Fifth Place Ally Hemenway Sixth Place Chris Shelley $C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Junior Junior Photos\Chris Shelley\DSC_0133.JPG$

Junior Division (Age 13 to 17)

Front Row (kneeling left to right): Janel Cortes (Idaho Falls); Brooke Brown (Caldwell); Makaela Shippy (Caldwell); Mikayla Lee (Boise); Veronicia Guthrie (Shoshone); Luke Brown (Caldwell)

Second Row (standing left to right): Andy Nelson (Idaho Falls); Josh Partridge (Rigby); Daijon Holm (Idaho Falls); Tabitha Snell (Rigby); Sharlee Anderson (Iona); Megan Jensen (Rexburg).

Frist Place: Tabitha Snell Second Place: Josh Partridge

Third Place: Andy Nelson Forth Place: Brooke Brown

Fifth Place: Makaela Shippy

Young Adult Division (Age 18 to 35)

Callie Watson (Boise) 1^st.Place Casey Braastad (Idaho Falls) 2^nd Place

Adult Division (Age36 to 60)

Jason Killian (Idaho Falls) 1^st Place. Matt Renner (Richfield) 2^nd Place

Senior Division (Age 61 and Up)

John Cochrane (Eagle) 1^st Place

Jim McMillian (Bozeman, MT) 2^nd Place Shirlee Hunter (Swan Valley) 3^rd Place

Open Division (Any age any level of experience)

$C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Open Division Photos\DSC_0235.JPG$ 1^st Place Katrina Nicolayeff (Meridian) $C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Open Division Photos\DSC_0239.JPG$ 2^nd Place Laura Waters(Idaho Falls)

$C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Junior Photos\JoshPartridge\DSC_0175.JPG$ 3^rd Place Josh Partridge (Rigby) $C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Junior Photos\Tabitha Snell\IMG_0091.JPG$ 4^th Place Tabitha Snell (Rigby)

$C:\Users\Richard W. Fife\Desktop\2013 FISC Junior Photos\Andy Nelson\DSC_0177.JPG$ 5^th Place Andy Nelson (Idaho Falls)

The Fiddlers of Idaho Open State Championship uses the same contest rules as the National Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest held in Weiser, Idaho. Competitors are required to play a hoedown, a waltz, and a tune of choice (not a waltz or a hoedown) within a four-minute time limit for each contestant.

The judging criteria are: oldtime fiddling style, danceability, rhythm and timing, and tone quality. A simple tune, played well, is scored higher than a difficult tune that is played poorly. There are three judges and each gives a score out of 100 for each tune a fiddler plays (a perfect score for one round is 900). To reduce bias, judging is done from a room away from the competition area. Judges only hear the number of the competitor and the performance.

Categories of the competition are Small Fry (ages 8 & under), Junior-Junior (ages 9-12), Junior (ages 13-17), Young Adult (ages 18-36), Adult (ages 37-59), senior (ages 60-69), and Open Division. The winners in each category are certified to the National Old time Fiddlers’ contest in Weiser next June.

For more information contact Ken Worthington at 208-788-3969 or 208-720-3358.