Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest May 18!

PK · May 7th, 2008, 08:18 AM

Here's a link to the Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest & Folk festival:

http://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/

My 13 yo son & I will be at the Pavilian stage in the morning & will compete with beginners. This will be our 2nd time having missed last year with a broken arm. This a great event with guitars, jamming, and singing all over the ranch. Paramount ranch was used as the set for many western movies and still has the facade of an old western town... Mark you calender now! :)

PK

Califiddler · May 7th, 2008, 09:25 AM

This post made me feel really old. I went to the TBFC in 1985, I think. My buddy and I each entered the intermediate contests, me on guitar and him on banjo. We backed each other up on guitar. He played "Dear Old Dixie" and I played "Beaumont Rag". Neither of us won anything. But I did get to meet Billy Ray Latham, the banjo player for the Kentucky Colonels. He had a crowd around him, mostly guitar players asking him about Clarence White (like me).

Big John · May 7th, 2008, 09:38 AM

Oh sorry, i see, it's not a contest to see how far you can throw them then ?

*Kidding

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PK · May 8th, 2008, 08:04 AM

the banjo toss is behind the Pavilian stage,,,,, ;)

PK

May 7th, 2008, 08:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
PK Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 499 9 Photos	Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest May 18! Here's a link to the Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest & Folk festival: http://www.topangabanjofiddle.org/ My 13 yo son & I will be at the Pavilian stage in the morning & will compete with beginners. This will be our 2nd time having missed last year with a broken arm. This a great event with guitars, jamming, and singing all over the ranch. Paramount ranch was used as the set for many western movies and still has the facade of an old western town... Mark you calender now! :) PK __________________ Wharf Rat

May 7th, 2008, 09:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Califiddler Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 842	This post made me feel really old. I went to the TBFC in 1985, I think. My buddy and I each entered the intermediate contests, me on guitar and him on banjo. We backed each other up on guitar. He played "Dear Old Dixie" and I played "Beaumont Rag". Neither of us won anything. But I did get to meet Billy Ray Latham, the banjo player for the Kentucky Colonels. He had a crowd around him, mostly guitar players asking him about Clarence White (like me). __________________ "In the fiddler's house, all are dancers."

May 7th, 2008, 09:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
Big John Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 3,590 33 Photos	Oh sorry, i see, it's not a contest to see how far you can throw them then ? Kidding __________________ If you are going to be a bear, be a grizzly !!

May 8th, 2008, 08:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
PK Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 499 9 Photos	the banjo toss is behind the Pavilian stage,,,,, ;) PK __________________ Wharf Rat