Old Time Music Competition – 2012
The 17th Annual Old Time Music Competition will be held again this year during Halloweenfest.
No festival would be complete without music. And Brevard offers some of the best in mountain music when the downtown hosts the Old Time Music Competition. This competition attracts musicians as far as Florida who come not only to compete, but to share with their fellow musicians a musical form that will not be forgotten. Musicians can compete in several categories!
Applications ready early October 2012.
Over the past 16 years this competition would not have been possible without these 3 major sponsors: Celestial Mountain Music, Cedar Mountain Banjos, and Jim Clinton Violins. Thank you for your continued support!
Schedule of Categories’ Competitions:
10:30am Junior Fiddle
1st Place: $25, 2nd Place: $15
11:00am Folk Song
1st Place: $50, 2nd Place: $25
12:00pm Lap Dulcimer
1st Place: $50, 2nd Place: $25
12:45 Old Time Banjo
1st Place: $100, 2nd Place: $50, 3rd Place: $25
2:30pm Old Time Fiddle
1st Place: $100, 2nd Place: $50, 3rd Place: $25
3:30pm Mandolin
1st Place: $50, 2nd Place: $25
4:00pm Guitar
1st Place: $50, 2nd Place: $25
4:30pm Banjo Finals
5:00pm Fiddle Finals
8:00pm Old Time String Band Competition
1st Place: $250, 2nd Place: $150, 3rd Place: $100
(Courthouse – Large Courtroom)
*Musicians and audience will need to go through Security Check-point,
in order to attend the evening Old Time String Band Competition*
Thanks to Mary Gordon of Celestial Mountain Music and Lo Gordon of Cedar Mountain Banjos to being the founders of this wonderful event!
Sponsored by Celestial Mountain Music, contact them at 828.884.3575 for more information.
2011 Sponsors:
32 Broad Gallery & Framing
Canady for City Council
Celestial Mountain Music
Cedar Mountain Banjos
D.D. Bullwinkel’s
Ginger M. Salon & Spa
Harris ACE Hardware
Jim Clinton Violins
Local Color
Lindsey Wireless (Verizon Wireless Retailer)
O.P. Taylor’s
Poo Cabe
Quotations Coffee Cafe
The Proper Pot
The Transylvania Times
I would like to enter your competition but there is no link for an application. Where is it?
Best regards,
Bill Long
Applications are now available on our website: http://brevardnc.org/festivals/applications/ Thanks and let me know if you have any further questions.
The rules for the string band competition specify no drums. What about playing spoons, “bones” or (moonshine) jugs as part of a band?
I have forwarded your question on to the organizers of the String Band Competition, Mary & Lo Gordon (Celestial Mountain Music). They will be in touch soon. Thanks!
Heather,
Spoons, bones, jugs (even washboards) aren’t drums, and are traditional in old time music to a certain extent, however they are far more prevalent in jug bands. We actually have had jug players in the past. The idea is that this is not a Celtic, bluegrass or commercial country music contest. Judges’ opinions vary, however, on their like/dislike of rhythm instruments in OT settings, and it is a subjective call. So the rhythm player should be playing at the skill level of the rest of the group, and not overpower or distract from the music, in order to receive high marks.