*Madison ranked 1st and Molly ranked 2nd out of 26 contestants in Youth Performance* Traditional tune Old Joe Clark is performed with Madison Shepherd on clawhammer banjo, Molly Yates on mandolin, Sadie Yates on bass, and Debbie Yates (their mother) on guitar. This selection was completed at 5:11 PM. https://www.facebook.com/MadisonShepherdBanjo Organizers decided to provide a youth talent expo for about an hour preceding start of competitions. Most of the youthful musicians participated in the later competitions. Johnson County Old-Time Fiddlers Convention (88th in 2013) Strictly speaking, this is the "88th Johnson County Old Time Fiddlers Convention" but most folks call it the Laurel Bloomery Fiddlers Convention since it has been held for the last twenty-one years at the Old Mill Music Park in Laurel Bloomery (Johnson County), Tennessee. The first fiddlers convention was held in the Johnson County High School auditorium in Mountain City in 1925 and there has been one held somewhere in the county every year since. This convention is far smaller than the one in nearby Galax, Virginia, but this one is far older- possibly the oldest in the southern Appalachian region. The genre in competition is strictly "old time" although you will probably hear more bluegrass in the campground pickin' sessions (Galax has both bluegrass and old time competition). Google on "7501 HWY 91 N, 37680" for map and street view of the highway entrance of "Old Mill Music Park" In Laurel Bloomery. 7.5 miles north of downtown Mountain City, TN (TN-91) 4.0 mile south of Virginia-Tennessee state line (TN-91 from VA-91) 21.9 miles south of I-81, Exit 29 at Glade Springs (VA-91 to TN-91) 17.4 miles south of I-81, Exit 19 at Abingdon (US-58 to VA-91 to TN-91) Starting time of competitions on Friday, 23 August 2013, and Saturday, 24 August 2013, is nominally 6 PM but may be somewhat later if folks are bashful and resist being first up. There has never been any set order for the competitions in the past. Competitions are taken as they line up with bands and individuals mixed. Band competitions tend to be later- after 10 PM. Friday night tends to be over before mid-night but Saturday sometimes goes into Sunday AM. Johnson County Old-Time Fiddlers Convention (88th in 2013) Strictly speaking, this is the "88th Johnson County Old Time Fiddlers Convention" but most folks call it the Laurel Bloomery Fiddlers Convention since it has been held for the last twenty-one years at the Old Mill Music Park in Laurel Bloomery (Johnson County), Tennessee. The first fiddlers convention was held in the Johnson County High School auditorium in Mountain City in 1925 and there has been one held somewhere in the county every year since. This convention is far smaller than the one in nearby Galax, Virginia, but this one is far older- possibly the oldest in the southern Appalachian region. The genre in competition is strictly "old time" although you will probably hear more bluegrass in the campground pickin' sessions (Galax has both bluegrass and old time competition). Google on "7501 HWY 91 N, 37680" for map and street view of the highway entrance of "Old Mill Music Park" In Laurel Bloomery. 7.5 miles north of downtown Mountain City, TN (TN-91) 4.0 mile south of Virginia-Tennessee state line (TN-91 from VA-91) 21.9 miles south of I-81, Exit 29 at Glade Springs (VA-91 to TN-91) 17.4 miles south of I-81, Exit 19 at Abingdon (US-58 to VA-91 to TN-91) Starting time of competitions on Friday, 23 August 2013, and Saturday, 24 August 2013, is nominally 6 PM but may be somewhat later if folks are bashful and resist being first up. There has never been any set order for the competitions in the past. Competitions are taken as they line up with bands and individuals mixed. Band competitions tend to be later- after 10 PM. Friday night tends to be over before mid-night but Saturday sometimes goes into Sunday AM.

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