Rural and Community Art Project Grants

Our goals are to: 1. Help our participants expand their artistic skills by participating in the workshops, and by listening to and learning new tunes performed by fellow fiddlers and judges at the contest and at the jam session. 2. Provide a quality performance experience for the contestants. 3. Bring quality old time fiddle music to the residents of our community. We will measure our success by: 1. Having an audience of 400 between the preliminary and final rounds. 2. Holding expenses to $9,500. 3. Having at least 40 contestants. 4. Having 10 new contestants in the new, non-fiddle category. 5. Providing an enjoyable experience for the audience. 6. Providing a rewarding performance experience for contestants and an opportunity to hone their skills and learn new ones. Audience count will be calculated based on ticket sales. Contestants will be counted and recorded by category. We will keep records of income and expenses to assure the budget is met. Audience enjoyment will be a subjective judgment based on observing the audience during the performances and gathering feedback informally as we talk to people at the event. We will ask contestants to complete a post-contest survey rating their experience and identifying areas for improvement.