13th Annual
Old Time Music Competition
Saturday, October 25th
10:30am - 6:00pm
Courthouse Gazebo (East Main Street)
No festival would be complete without music. And Brevard offers some of the best in mountain music when the downtown hosts the Old Time Music Competition.
Now in its 13th year, this competition attracts musicians as far as Florida who come not only to compete, but to share with their fellow musicians a musical form that will not be forgotten.
Musicians can compete in several categories!
Schedule of Categories' Competitions
| 10:30am |
Junior Fiddle |
1st Place: $25 2nd Place: $15 |
| 11:00am |
Folk Song |
1st Place: $50 2nd Place: $25 |
| 12:00pm |
Lap Dulcimer |
1st Place: $50 2nd Place: $25 |
| 12:45pm |
Old Time Banjo |
1st Place: $100 2nd Place: $50 3rd Place: $25 |
| 2:30pm |
Old Time Fiddle |
1st Place: $100 2nd Place: $50 3rd Place: $25 |
| 3:30pm |
Mandolin |
1st Place: $50 2nd Place: $25 |
| 4:00pm |
Guitar |
1st Place: $50 2nd Place: $25 |
| 4:30pm |
Banjo Finals |
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| 5:00pm |
Fiddle Finals |
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| 8:00pm |
Old String Time Band Competition (Courthouse - Large Courtroom) |
1st Place: $250 2nd Place: $150 3rd Place: $100
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*Musicians and audience will need to go through Security Check-point, in order to attend Old Time String Band Competition*
Download an application now!
Thanks to Mary Gordon of Celestial Mountain Music and Lo Gordon of Cedar Mountain Banjos to being the founders of this wonderful event!
Sponsored by Celestial Mountain Music.
Contact them at 828.884.3575 for more information.
Celestial Mountain Music, owned by Lo & Mary Gordon, opened on Main Street in Brevard in May, 1995; a music store dedicated to the acoustic string musician. They have continued to offer instruments, accessories and lessons which cater to bluegrass, old time, Celtic, folk, and classical players. In the summer of 1995, the Heart of Brevard came to Celestial Mountain Music, seeking assistance in holding a mountain music competition in connection with the Halloween festival. The competition was duly organized, musicians invited, and there were 17 participants that first year, with all the individual contests and the band contest taking place on the courthouse gazebo between the hours of 10 AM & 5 PM. These days, the band contest has moved to evening hours due to the increase in participants -- currently around 70. The contest focuses on traditional styles of string music, (old time), performed on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass, dulcimer, and voice, rather than bluegrass, Celtic, or contemporary. Celestial Mountain Music is proud to be a sponsor of this event, which is anticipated and enjoyed by the participants, local music lovers, and visitors.
Cedar Mountian Banjos, founded by Lo Gordon, began in 1995, when he began building open back five-string banjos for discriminating customers. The company took the name of Cedar Mountain Banjos a couple of years later. Lo Gordon is pleased to continue offering banjos made of the finest quality materials, all hand made wood parts, using mahogany, rosewood, maple, and cherry; and hand rubbed varnish finishes. Three years ago, Tim Gardner, Lo & Mary's son, began working in the company, and to date, Cedar Mountain Banjos number in the 400's. In order to help preserve, and to make listeners enthusiasts of old time music, and old time banjo in particular, Cedar Mountain Banjos has been the sponsor of the banjo contest at Halloweenfest for the last several years.
2008 Old time music competition sponsors
2007 old time music competition results
The 2007 Old Time Music Competition was the largest ever!
We had a record number of participants (over 80), with 12 fine competing bands, 18 fiddlers, 14 banjos, 12 singers, 8 guitarists, 4 mandolins, 4 dulcimers, and 7 junior fiddlers.
Musicians came from North & South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Old Time String Band
1st Place: Deep Bucket & the Dust Bunnies (Darin Gentry, Robbie Robertson, Cary Fridley & Chris Ryan)
2nd Place: The Peg-Twisters (Dona Cavamaugh, Bob Gregory, Jerry Sutton
3rd Place: The Sweet Potato Rounders (Betty Vornbrock, Billy Cornette, Mary Z. Cox, Mary Gordon)
Old Time Fiddle
1st Place: Betty Vornbrock
2nd Place: Darin Gentry
3rd Place: Joseph Decosimo
Old Time Banjo
1st Place: Darin Gentry
2nd Place: Josh Johnson
3rd Place: Joseph Decosimo
Folk Song
1st Place: Don Summers
2nd Place: Amy Buckingham
3rd Place: Cindy Carpenter
Guitar
1st Place: Bob Buckingham
2nd Place: Tommy Jordan
3rd Place: Jerry Sutton
Mandolin
1st Place: Billy Berger
2nd Place: Bob Buckingham
3rd Place: Steve L'Heureux
Lap Dulcimer
1st Place: Mary Z. Cox
2nd Place: Matt Hutchins
3rd Place: Cathy Ciolac
Junior Fiddle
1st Place: Sarah Herbster
2nd Place: Ella Hunt
3rd Place: Luke Shealy
2007 old time music competion thank-you
Special thanks go to all of our sponsors!
Judges: Billy Cornette, Roger Butz, Marshall Goers, Hilary Dirlam, Jacques Levin, and Michael Williams
Volunteers: Glenn Fleming, Don Summers, Kathy Neely, Pat McConnell, Ed Updike, Darlene & John Geffert, Gerry Azatta, Steve L'Heureux, Carroll Smith, Jerry & Gloria Clouse, and Tish & Chip Arnold
Sound Staff: Terina Plyler, Billy Berger, and Brevard College
