Canadian Grand Masters
Fiddling
Competition
25th Anniversary
2014




Greg Henry, Corunna, Ontario (2nd Place)

Paul Lemelin Grand Master 2014
Sudbury, Ontario
(1st Place)

Kyle Charron, Barrie, Ontario, (3rd Place)

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
Head Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia
Master of Ceremonies


Ron Bourque
President
Grand Masters Fiddling Association

     
       Grand Masters Fiddling Competition
      Senator Elizabeth Hubley
      Honorary Patron
2014

Awards

Grand Masters Champions


Paul Lemelin Grand Master 2014
1st Place


Mary Wright , President, Renfrew County Fiddlers Association
 Paul Lemelin, 1st Place



Arthur McGregor, Ottawa Folklore Centre
Greg Henry, 2nd Place


Ann Allen, wife of fiddler Ward Allen, Ward Allen 1922-1965
Kyle Charron 3rd Place

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People's Choice Award


Calvin Vollrath
Danny Perreault, Granby, Quebec
Sponsored by Calvin Vollrath

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Lifetime Achievement Award


Denis Lanctot
in recognition and appreciation
 for his outstanding contribution to Old-Time Fiddling
2014


Denis Lanctot and
Senator Elizabeth Hubley


Gordon Stobbe and Denis Lanctot


Denis Lanctot


Louis Schryer

Junior Showcase


Brendan Chartrand
Minnedosa, Manitoba


Brendan Chartrand
Calvin Vollrath, Guitar


Lia Gronberg
Mission, British Columbia


 


Emma March (16)
Pembroke, Ontario

 Guest Artists

Patti Kusturok (Winnipeg, Manitoba), André Brunet, (L'Épiphanie, Québec) 
Mark Sullivan (Vancouver, British Columbia), Louis Schryer (Chapeau, Quebec)








Podorythmie/Foot Tapping
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House Accompaniment

 Trent Bruner (Canwood, Saskatchewan)


Calvin Vollrath (St. Paul, Alberta)

Accompanists


Trent Bruner, Melika Lemelin


Melika Lemelin ( Sudbury, Ontario)


Jim Hunter

The Judges


André Brunet (L'Épiphanie, Québec)
Mark Sullivan (Vancouver, B.C.), Brian Hebert (Pembroke, Ontario)

Jamboree


Tom (Grand Master 2012)
Julie Fitzgerald (
Grand Master 2010)


Paul Lemelin, Alex Kusturok, Ben Plotnick


Greg Henry, Eric Provencher


 Martha Pitre, Janelle Melanson, Jaylee Hebert


Kyle Charron

Backstage


 


Ben Knorr (Regina, Saskatchewan)


Alex Kusturok (Winnipeg, Manitoba)


Melika Lemelin

 Midnight Party & Jam Session
Square Dancing & Step Dancing
Chances R
Nepean



André Brunet , Louis Schryer


Ivan and Vivian Hicks


Paul Lemelin Grand Master 2014

Ben Knorr, Tom Fitzgerald


Véronique Demers


Tristen Durocher


Emma March


Kimberley Holmes, Trent Bruner


    Andre Brunet                           Jaylee Hebert,  Eric Provencher



Eric Provencher, Tom Fitzgerald



Kyle Charron


                    Eric Provencher


 
Raymond Knorr, Amelie de Arcos, Kai Gronberg, Tristen Durocher



Kai Gronberg


Emma March


 




 Julie Fitzgerald


Melika Lemelin


Brendan Chartrand


Paul Lemelin



 


       Mary,  Brendan's Uncle                    Ed Whitcomb


 Janelle Melanson


Raymond Knorr


          Julie Fitzgerald,               Paddy Fitzgerald,    

                    
Louis Schryer          


      Senator Elizabeth Hubley
Paul Lemelin


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