Mississippi Sawyer- Lucas Pasley 3rd Fiddle, Laurel Bloomery 89th JCOTFC

89th (2014) Laurel Bloomery Individual Fiddle competition with Lucas Pasley in 3rd Place playing Mississippi Sawyer.

Coming up:
90th Johnson County Old-Time Fiddlers Convention------
21-22 August 2015, Old Mill Music Park, Laurel Bloomery , TN

Most folks now call this the "Laurel Bloomery Fiddlers Convention" since it has been held for the last twenty-four 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.

http://johnsoncountytnchamber.org/event/90th-annual-fiddlers-convention-at-old-mill-park-hwy-91-laurel-bloomery-tn-37683-2/

This convention is far smaller than the one in nearby Galax, Virginia, during early August but the Laurel Bloomery convention 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). The convention is hosted by Jackie Warden at her Old Mill Music Park and is produced and staffed by her many friends in the old-time music community from Watauga and Ashe County in North Carolina, Washington County in Virginia, Johnson County in Tennessee, and further afield in the surrounding southern Appalachians.

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, 21 August 2015, and Saturday, 22 August 2015, is nominally 6 PM but some "entertainment" performances may begin earlier. 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- many after 10 PM. Friday night tends to be over before mid-night but Saturday sometimes goes into Sunday AM.

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