The Corporation is organized for the charitable and educational purposes of fostering and promoting oldtime and traditional fiddling and related traditional arts, including, but not limited to, conducting research, providing instruction, maintaining archives and collections on oldtime and traditional fiddling and related traditional arts, and conducting and sponsoring public shows, exhibitions and competitions of such art.

Schedule of Events:

June 12 - 14, 2025

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Western Swing Fiddle and Band Camp

These are the Rus Davis Memorial Workshops in honor of Rus, my late friend and fellow fiddler. We plan to assemble all the students and break them up into bands. Other fiddlers and I will be coaching the fiddlers, guitarists will coach guitar players, bassists will be working with bass players and singers will coach vocalists. We will be giving out CDs with great western swing tunes as well as sheet music and lyric sheets. At the culmination of the four days, we will be presenting a concert featuring all the student bands. This is a great opportunity to learn that wild and wonderful music we call western swing, so please join us. - Paul Anastasio

Sunday, June 15, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Beginner to Intermediate Swing Rhythm Guitar "Ray’s first lesson" with Kate Little
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Compleat Washtub Bass with Gut Bucket Giff
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Western Swing Fiddle and Band Camp
09:00 pm - 11:30 pm: Dance

Monday, June 16, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Intermediate Swing Guitar Rhythm and Chord Melody with Tony Marcus
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Fiddlers Toolkit with Tom Schaefer
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Irish Session with Dave Daley
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Learn to Sing Harmony the Natural Way!
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: It Don't Mean a Thing with Cyd Smith
05:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Ray Wood Memorial

Contest Stage
1:00 pm - 3:40 pm: Small Fry Round 1 (In person)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Small Fry Round 2 (In person)
6:30 pm - 9:05 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, Youngest Fiddler from Small Fry, Certified Showcase Jr., Sr., and Sr.- Sr., Small Fry Rd. 3, Special, Awards: Certified Showcase Jr., Sr., and Sr.-Sr., and Small Fry.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Swing Guitar with Sylvia Herold
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Applied Music with Lauryn Gould
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Cross Tuned Fiddling with River Scheuerell
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Choro Session with Rob Pate
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Upright Bass with Cary Black
03:15 pm - 05:00 pm: Weiser Friends of the Fiddle Annual Membership Meeting

Contest Stage
8:00 am - 2:10 pm: Junior-Junior Round 1 (In person)
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Swing Youth (17 and Under) Round 1 (In person)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Junior-Junior Round 2 (In person)
6:30 pm - 9:20 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, Certified Showcase G.C., Ad., and Young Ad., Junior-Junior Round 3, Swing Youth (17 and Under), Special and Awards: (Showcase Awards G.C., Ad., and Y Ad.,) Swing Youth (17 and Under), and Junior-Junior Awards.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Mandolin Toolkit with Matt Sircely
10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Fiddle with Jonah Shue
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Twin Fiddling with Louise Steinway and Isaac Callender
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Getting a Grip on Multiple Standard Jazz Progressions
06:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Taco Wednesday in Memory of Zeke Little

Contest Stage
08:00 am - 10:05 am: Senior Round 1 (In person)
10:15 am - 12:15 pm: Senior-Senior Round 1 (In person)
01:00 pm - 02:15 pm: Swing Adult (18 and Over) Round 1 (In person)
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm: Senior Round 2 (In person)
03:50 pm - 04:50 pm: Senior-Senior Round 2 (In person)
06:30 pm - 09:45 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, Certified Showcase (Jr.-Jr. and Small Fry) , Oldest Fiddler, SeniorSenior Round 3, Senior Round 3, Swing Adult (18 and Over) Special, Cert Showcase Awards (Jr.-Jr. and Small Fry), Senior-Senior, Senior, and Swing Adult (18 and Over)

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Contest Stage
08:00 am - 10:05 am: Adult Round 1 (In person)
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Twin Fiddling Youth (17 and Under) Round 1 (In person)
01:00 pm - 03:05 pm: Young Adult Round 1 (In person)
03:30 pm - 04:15 pm: Twin Fiddling Adult (18 and Over) Round 1 (In person)
06:30 pm - 10:25 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, amy Stukenholtz Award for a female from the Young Adult Division, Adult Round 2, Twin Fiddling Youth (17 and Under) Round 2, Adult Round 3, Twin Fiddling Adult (18 and Over) Round 2, Special, Twin Fiddling Youth(17 and Under), Twin Fiddling Adult (18 and Over) Adult Awards

Friday, June 20, 2025

Contest Stage
8:00 am - 12:15 pm: Junior Round 1 (In person)
1:00 pm - 02:00 pm: Young Adult Round 2 (In person)
2:20 pm - 05:00 pm: Grand Champion Round 1 (In person)
6:30 pm - 10:55 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, Junior Round 2, Grand Champion Round 2, Young Adult Round 3, Junior Round 3, Special, Awards for Juniors, and Young Adult.

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Contest Stage
11:00 am: Parade begins at high school through downtown area to Middle School
06:30 pm - 10:35 pm: Host State, Pledge of Allegiance, Judges’ Show, Grand Champion Round 3, Special, Grand Champion Round 4, Special, Awards: Grand Champion 6-20, Accompanist Awards, Grand Champion 1-5

Date:
June 12 - 21, 2025

Location:
Various Venues in Weiser, ID

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