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    I've not been in decades to the Old Time Fiddlers Convention held each year at some ball field in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Has anyone been lately that can report on the mandolin contest and the number of mandolin pickers that show up? Do you know when it is?

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    I'm a country mouse Bobbie Dier's Avatar
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    Mt Airy is the first full weekend in June. That is June 6 and 7 this year. Fri and Sat is the competition. People do go and jam all week though. We got there Thursday last year and it was already filling up.

    It is held at the fairgrounds in Mt Airy. I think the name of the park is Veterans park but that might be Galax. Could be Felts park. I'm not sure.

    I think last year there were about 25 or 30 mandolin contestants. That seemed like it was down a WHOLE lot from years before.
    I wandered again to my home in the mountains....

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