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Canadian Grand Masters
Fiddling Championship
2012

Shenkman Arts
Centre

Greg Henry, Sombra, Ontario (2nd Place)
Tom Fitzgerald
Grand Master 2012
Bancroft, Ontario
(1st Place)
Kyle Charron,
Barrie, Ontario, (3rd
Place) |
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In the
late 1980s, the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship was conceived by a group of people
interested in preserving Canadian Old-Time Fiddling
and giving recognition to
excellent fiddlers
from across Canada. The first competition was held in
1990. |

Photo of Lois by Bill Blackstone
Event Photos
©Photos
by Lois Siegel |

Gordon Stobbe
Master of Ceremonies
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Bonita LeBlanc
President
Grand Masters Fiddling Association |
The Contestants


Presenter Dalton Hein, President, Renfrew
County Fiddlers |

Grand Master 2012
Tom Fitzgerald
Bancroft, Ontario
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Greg Henry,
Sombra, Ontario
2nd Place |

Kyle Charron
Barrie, Ontario
3rd Place |

Julie Fitzgerald
Bancroft, Ontario |

Alex Lamoureux
Winnipeg, Manitoba |

Alex Randall
Langley, British Columbia |

Stéphanie
Labbé
Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Quebec |

Jaylee Hebert
Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick |

Émilie Chartier
Winnipeg, Manitoba |

Michael Audette
Lorette, Manitoba |

Rosanna Burrill
Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia |

Eric Provencher
Oshawa, Ontario |

Sarah Tradewell
Victoria, British Columbia |

Amelie de Arcos
Moncton, New Brunswick |

Matthew Contois
Winnipeg, Manitoba |

Braden Gates
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta |

Jane Cory
Winnipeg, Manitoba |

Natasha Richard
Moncton, New Brunswick |

Deni Stone
Quesnel, British Columbia |

Kerry Fitzgerald
Bancroft, Ontario |

Paul Lemelin
Sudbury, Ontario |

Mathew Johnson
Waterdown, Ontario |

Christine Melanson
Moncton, New Brunswick |

Janelle Melanson
Moncton, New Brunswick |
Junior Showcase |

Nicholas Babineau (16)
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Adam Reid Johnson (15)
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Aynsley Porchak (17)
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Louis Schryer receives a Lifetime Achievement Award
in recognition and appreciation
for his outstanding contribution to
Old-Time Fiddling |
Guest Artist
Calvin Vollrath
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Accompanists


Trent Bruner
(Canwood,
Saskatchewan)


Jake Charron
(Piano and Guitar)
Barrie, Ontario


Troy McGillivray (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Gordon Stobbe
Head Chezzetcook,
Nova Scotia |
The Judges

Mike Sanyshyn (Cloverdale, BC), Louis
Schryer (Chapeau, Quebec), , Kelli Trottier (Kingston, Ontario)
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People's Choice Award

Matthew Contois
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Matthew Contois
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sponsored by Calvin Vollrath |
Audience
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Yamaha Violin
Winners

Jaylee and Janelle
1st Place Prize
SV250
Silent Violin and THR10 amplifier
Janelle Melanson, Moncton, New Brunswick
2nd Place Prize
SV200 Silent Violin
Jaylee Hebert, Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick |
Jamboree

Gordon Stobbe Signals the Tunes
"Big John"

The Fitzgeralds
Kerry, Tom, Julie

Kyle Charron, Alex Lamoureux

Eric Provencher,
Matthew Contois

Greg Henry, Rosanna Burrill

Paul Lemelin

Mathew Johnson |
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Backstage

Julie Fitzgerald and Calvin Vollrath

Braden Gates, Michael Audette, Rosanna
Burrill

Alex Randall
Tattoos

Nicholas Babineau

Fiddlers Brian Hebert and Louis Schryer, 2012
Judge

Mike Sanyshyn, Marg
Côté

Ron Bourque, Bonita LeBlanc, Gordon Stobbe

Jim Hunter, Executive, Canadian Grand Masters
Frank Peloquin, Support Staff/Sound Advisor, Shenkman Art Centre |
Midnight Jam Session
D'Arcy McGee's
Orleans

Bonita LeBlanc

Emily Yarascavitch


Christine Melanson

Kyle Burghout, Michael Audette

Meaghan LaGrandeur, Rosanna Burrill


Janelle Melanson,
Stéphanie
Labbé

Paddy Fitzgerald,
Julie Fitzgerald, Tom Fitzgerald

Canadian Grand Masters Executive Board Members
Ron Bourque, Todd Thompson, Margaret
Marg
Côté, Patti Lamoureux |
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