Rural and Community Art Project Grant

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 high quality, live performance experience for the contestants, with the opportunity to qualify for the National Old Time Fiddle Championships in Weiser, Idaho. 3. Bring high quality old time fiddle music to the underserved residents of our community. We will measure our success by: 1. Having an audience of 300 between the preliminary and final rounds. 2. Holding expenses to $9,500. 3. Having at least 30 fiddle contestants. 4. Having ten contestants in the non-fiddle category. 5. Providing an enjoyable, high quality performance for the audience. 6. Providing a rewarding performance experience for contestants that will inspire them to continue pursuing excellence in their playing. 7. Providing an opportunity to sharpen their fiddling skills and learn new tunes and techniques. 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. We will also have the judges fill out a post contest survey.