"Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests" explores the phenomenon
of American fiddle contests, which now have replaced dances as the
main public event where American fiddlers get together. Chris
Goertzen studies this change and what it means for audiences,
musicians, traditions, and the future of southern fiddle music.
Goertzen traces fiddling and fiddle contests from
mid-eighteenth-century Scotland to the modern United States. He
takes the reader on journeys to the important large contests, such
as those in Hallettville, Texas; Galax, Virginia; Weiser, Idaho;
and also to smaller ones, including his favorite in Athens,
Alabama. He reveals what happens on stage and during such off-stage
activities as camping, jamming, and socializing, which many
fiddlers consider much more important than the competition.
Through multiple interviews, Goertzen also reveals the fiddlers'
lives as told in their own words. The reader learns how and in what
environments these fiddlers started playing, where they perform
today, how they teach, what they think of contests, and what values
they believe fiddling supports. "Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle
Contests" shows how such contests have become living embodiments of
American nostalgia.
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