Location
Georgia State University - Dahlberg Hall
Start Date
6-4-2013 12:30 PM
End Date
6-4-2013 1:30 AM
Description
This presentation provides the listener with a basic historical background for the understanding of the nature, and the impact on the South and the nation, of the annual Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions held in Atlanta from 1913 to 1935. The presenter describes a typical example of the conventions, and highlights some of the atypical activities that took place during many of the fiddlers’ gatherings. The listener becomes acquainted with how the conventions played an important role in the evolution of the musical genre that is now called country. The presenter speaks of the careers of some of the conventions’ performers who, as successful radio and recording artists, are now heralded as pioneers in this fledgling phase of country music. Presentation guest Barbara Panter-Connah, a local fiddler, discusses how the convention contestants, who originally were all males, bowed to the dismantling of the gender barrier that had so long prevailed. The result was the two-time crowning of a female Georgia Old-Time Fiddle Champion.
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The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions Revisited
Georgia State University - Dahlberg Hall
This presentation provides the listener with a basic historical background for the understanding of the nature, and the impact on the South and the nation, of the annual Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions held in Atlanta from 1913 to 1935. The presenter describes a typical example of the conventions, and highlights some of the atypical activities that took place during many of the fiddlers’ gatherings. The listener becomes acquainted with how the conventions played an important role in the evolution of the musical genre that is now called country. The presenter speaks of the careers of some of the conventions’ performers who, as successful radio and recording artists, are now heralded as pioneers in this fledgling phase of country music. Presentation guest Barbara Panter-Connah, a local fiddler, discusses how the convention contestants, who originally were all males, bowed to the dismantling of the gender barrier that had so long prevailed. The result was the two-time crowning of a female Georgia Old-Time Fiddle Champion.