'Fingers are flying'
Sheila Wright leads a class in lower intermediate fiddle Tuesday at the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Fiddle Camp in Moses Lake.
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Dennis Ludiker leads the Hot Shots fiddle class at the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Fiddle Camp Tuesday. Ludiker, a Spokane native, is something of a hot shot himself, having won several fiddling championships and performed with the South Austin Jug Band and Asleep at the Wheel, according to his website.
The Wilbur Family – from left, Molly, Benjamin, Annie, Naomi and Ruth – drove from Priest River, Idaho for the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Fiddle Camp.
Used instruments are offered for sale at the fiddle camp. Other things offered are art projects, CDs by students and teachers and, this year, a huge quantity of old sheet music donated by Co-Chair Corinne Agnew from her grandmother’s collection.
Shawn Hughes teaches players of mandolin and guitar some techniques for playing fiddle tunes at the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Fiddle Camp Tuesday. Hughes, who lives in the Tri-Cities, also plays with the Badger Mountain Dry Band, a Northwest bluegrass fixture for 35 years.
MOSES LAKE — There’s a different sound coming out of the classrooms at Moses Lake Christian Academy this week, where the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association is holding its annual fiddle camp.
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