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The Official Publication
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California State Old-Time Fiddlers’ Association
Coming Events
Contest Results
Weaverville Open, September 12, 2015
Peewee
1. Annie Culbreath, Chico
4. Joli Einem, McKinleyville
5. Christopher Culbreath, Chico
Junior Junior
1. Sophie Peña, Palo Cedro
2. Miles Quale, Alameda
3. Monica McDonough, Bangor
4. Teo Quale, Alameda
5. Cate Huiras, Chico
Junior Twin Fiddle
1. Cate Huiras/Monica McDonough
Junior
1. Jet Glover, Bayside
2. Elizabeth McDonough, Bangor
3. Jacob Alston, Eureka
4. Emily Alldrin, Palo Cedro
5. Olivia Alldrin, Palo Cedro
Adult
1. Darin Smith, Davis
2. Christina Thompson, Davis
3. Sheri Eby, Redding
Senior
1. Starr McMullen, Corvallis
2. Kathy Kampschmidt, Willows
3. Nicki Carlisle, Shingletown
4. Christina Morales, Corning
5. Randy Warner, Washoe Valley NV
Open
1. Tristan Clarridge, Kensington
2. Celeste Peña, Palo Cedro
3. Darren Reitan, Red Bluff
Adult Twin Fiddle
1. Hughie Smith/Tristan Clarridge
2. Elizabeth McDonough/Christopher
Culbreath
3. Nicki Carlisle/Kathy Kampschmidt
Adult Picking
1. Christopher Culbreath, Chico
2. Eric Anderson, Lincoln
3. Brendan McDonough, Bangor
Junior Picking
1. Teo Quale, Alameda
2. Jillian Alldrin, Palo Cedro
3. Katie Braito, Cottonwood
4. Blake Lerstand, Willows
Peewee Piano
1. Hayden Harrigan, Willows
2. Bailey Lerstang, Willows
3. Brooklyn Hobbs, Willows
2. Tyler Braito, Cottonwood
3. Emily Alldrin, Palo Cedro
4. Allie Braito, Cottonwood
Adult Piano
1. Anneliese Alldrin, Palo Cedro
2. Celeste Peña, Palo Cedro
Accompanist
1. Tristan Clarridge, Kensington
2. Eric Anderson, Lincoln
3. Al Myers, Redding
Judges
Tristan Clarridge
Starr McMullen
Sheri Neal
Nick Righos
Darin Smith
Hughie Smith
Picking Judges
Tristan Clarridge
Lee Hayashida
Nick Righos
Youngest Pianist
Kendall Harrigan, Willows
Piano Judges
Jill Cox
Kathy Kampschmidt
Hughie Smith
Intermediate Piano
1. Victoria Cox, Weaverville
MC
Tex Ash, Red Bluff
District 1 Report
District 1 fiddlers participated in two county events
this fall. The first was the parade at the Palermo
Community Festival. Fiddlers entertained
spectators from a special trailer pulled by a pick up
truck in the parade. They then performed at the
Salmon Festival in Oroville. It is always nice to
play there in the park, with an excellent sound
system provided by the event organizers. Fiddlers
also play for the residents of Country Crest
retirement living once a month in Oroville. That is
always a favorite event.
Workshops continue on the first and third Mondays
of each month at the Bolt Museum in Oroville,
1650 Broderick St. Activities begin at 7 p.m. Our
monthly fiddle jams are held the fourth Sunday of
the month at the Feather River Senior Center, 1335
Myers St., Oroville, 2-5 pm. Join us in a circle jam,
and try your hand at performing for the crowd later
in the afternoon. Most people bring a snack to
share. Coffee and tea are provided for a small
donation. Newcomers are always welcome, so
come on down and jam with us.
District 2 Report
Membership in District ll has nearly doubled
this year with a host of new members forming
their own sub-chapter in Tuolumne County.
Dave Rainwater, recently called up to rejoin the
New Christy Minstrels after a ten year hiatus,
has been the sparkplug. Jamie Coffey is the subchapter's secretary.
District ll lost one of its most active members
recently with the death of Horace T. Riddle.
Tom was known statewide
backing up a multitude of contestants over the
years. He was a CSOTFA Life Member. Tom
will be missed greatly and our sympathies go
out to Rosemary.
Monthly jam have continued at Sonora, Fresno,
Madera Ranchos and Armona.
District 3 Report
The 39th Annual “Fiddlin' Down the Tracks”
that was held at Country Oaks Bap st Church this year
was a HUGE success. This is our second year that we
were welcomed with open arms from Country Oaks
Bap st Church since moving from the West Park
Gymnasium on “D” Street. This move has been an
acous cally and comfort improvement (for those who
remember the echo and folding chairs). Fiddlers from
Tehachapi, Bakersfield, Fresno, Hanford, Encinitas, and
Moorpark came to play and entertain the audience.
Ka e Jones of Tehachapi was presented on
Saturday with the Howdy Forrester Scholarship Award
and a check for $500 for college. Congratula ons,
Ka e!
The divisions that competed on Friday night
were the Senior, Senior-Senior, and Adult Band
Scramble. Gayel Pitchford of Tehachapi was the top
winner for the Senior Division (Ages 50-69) and Willie
Randal of El Cajon won the Senior-Senior Division (Ages
70+). Willie was also awarded the “Oldest Fiddler”
medal at the young age of 85. The Adult Band Scramble
winning band was compiled of Joe Hunsinger, Chuck
Murtomaki, Anne e Scherr, and Wayne Agnew.
Saturday's compe on started early with the
Tehachapi Strings Orchestra providing the opening
ceremony. The first divisions to play were the Small Fry
(Ages 8 and under), Junior-Junior (Ages 9-12), and
Junior (Ages 13-17). There was s ff compe on and
great music played. The winner from each of the
divisions were Daniel Cro y (Small Fry), Nathan Cro y
(Junior-Junior), and Shira Ellisman (Junior). Daniel
Cro y of Fresno was awarded the “Youngest Fiddler” at
the age of 6 years old!
The Saturday a ernoon compe tors kept the
audiences toes a-tappin' with more music and
entertainment. The Adult division was won by Cristelle
Ellison-Gillis (Bakersfield) and the Open division was
won by Stacey Snodgrass (Hanford). Stacey Snodgrasss
of Hanford and Hughie Smith of Bakerfield walked away
with the win by almost 30 points.
The Junior Novelty division are those
instruments that aren't a fiddle, banjo, guitar, or
mandolin. Joey Wallek of Tehachapi won this division
playing the piano. Piper Meisler of Tehachapi played
the cello and placed first in the Cello/Bass division. The
new “Jim Smith” Junior Picking division was won by B.J.
Zheng of Tehachapi on his mandolin. The Open Picking
division was taken by Jack Pierce of Bakersfield on his
banjo.
The first place winners of each of the fiddling
divisions then compete against each other for the tle
of Grand Champion. Shira Ellisman of Encinitas fiddled
her way to win this top spot. Shira was then cer fied by
the California State Old-Time Fiddlers Associa on,
District 3, to compete in the Na onal Fiddle Contest
that is held is Weiser, Idaho.
Our judges this year were Arthur Kee from
Brentwood, Anita Marley of Pa erson, and Bill
Whi ield also from Pa erson, California. A huge thanks
goes out to them to travel from all over California to
Tehachapi and support this event.
For more informa on on how to support, join,
or upcoming events please visit
www.tehachapifiddlers.org or email Steve at
cso a3.fiddlecontest@gmail.com.
See next page for
Contest Results
39th Annual "Fiddlin' Down The Tracks" Fiddle Contest Results
Sept 18-19, 2015
Tehachapi, California
Small Fry (under 8) Cello-Bass (Ages 17 and under)
1 Daniel Cro y – Fresno 1 Piper Meisler - Tehachapi
2 Ethan Yang – Tehachapi
2 Rebecca Carol - Tehachapi
3 Emilia Mar n – Tehachapi
3 Moriel Johnson - Tehachapi
4 Ka e Harris – Golden Hills
Junior-Junior (Ages 9-12)
5 Molly Rijfcogel - Tehachapi
1 Nathan Cro y – Fresno 6 Tristan Crane - Tehachapi
2 Cathy Pierce – Bakersfield 7 Natalie Whiteside - Tehachapi
3 Elsa Cro y – Fresno
4 BJ Zheng – Tehachapi Junior Novelty (Ages 17 and under)
5 Abigail Halsey – Hanford
1 Joey Wallek – Tehachapi
6 Madisyn Allen – Hanford
2 Ka e Harris – Golden Hills
7 Penn Whiteside – Tehachapi 3 BJ Zheng – Tehachapi
8 Cora Sweeney – Tehachapi 4 Mallori Spears – Tehachapi
5 Piper Meisler – Tehachapi
Junior (13-17) 6 Ka e Jones - Tehachapi
1 Shira Ellisman – Encinitas
2 Nick Pierce – Bakersfield
Junior Picking (Ages 17 and under)
3 Joey Wallek – Tehachapi
1 BJ Zheng – Tehachapi
4 Molly Sponsler – Tehachapi 2 Joey Wallek – Tehachapi
5 Daniel Sponsler – Tehachapi 3 Mallori Spears – Tehachapi
6 Mallori Spears – Tehachapi 4 Ka e Jones – Tehachapi
7 Ka e Jones – Tehachapi 5 Nathan Cro y – Fresno
8 Frank Sponslor – Tehachapi
Open Novelty (Any Age)
Adult (Ages 19-49)
1 Hughie Smith – Bakersfield
1 Cristelle Ellison-Gillis – Bakersfield
2 Gayel Pitchford – Tehachapi
2 Kris n Honeycu – Tehachapi 3 Wayne Agnew - Moorpark
Open (Any Age)
1 Stacey Snodgrass – Hanford 2 Hughie Smith – Bakersfield Senior (Ages 50-69) 1 Gayel Pitchford – Tehachapi 2 Jack Appel – Tehachapi
3 Patrick DeLuca – Clovis
4 Be y Gubler – Tehachapi
5 Anne e Scherr – Tehachapi Senior-Senior (Ages 70+)
1 Wille Randal – El Cajon
2 Joe Hunsinger – Canyon Country
3 Wayne Agnew – Moorpark 4 Fay Shanholtzer – Bakersfield 5 Tina Cunningham – Tehachapi
Open Picking (Any Age)
1 Jack Pierce – Bakersfield
2 Hughie Smith – Bakersfield
3 Gayel Pitchford – Tehachapi
4 Wayne Agnew – Moorpark
5 Shira Ellisman – Encinitas
Twin Fiddling
1 Hughie Smith/Stacey Snodgrass
2 Cathy Pierce/Nick Pierce
3 Ka e Jones/Molly Sponslor
4 Gayel Pitchford/Joey Wallek
Youngest / Oldest Fiddler
Daniel Cro y – 6 yrs
Willie Randal – 85 yrs
GRAND CHAMPION
SHIRA ELLISMAN – ENCINITAS
District 5 Report
Our club was proud to honor Alta Peters, founder of our very successful youth scholarship
program, for her 100th birthday at our September jam. To the best of anyone's knowledge
she is the only member to reach the centennial mark in the club's nearly half century
history.
and piano and showed Alta how to chord. "But he
Alta was born Sept. 2, 1915 in the hamlet of
couldn't read a note of music and neither could
Humphreys MO and grew up on a self-sustaining
Dallas," she said. A friend gave Dallas a fiddle with
farm. "The only things we didn't produce were
a mouse hole in it, he patched it and then learned to
white flour and sugar," she recalled.
play, often performing at square dances. Alta still
After high school, Alta passed the state exam to
has
that fiddle along with two Dallas built. Shortly
teach all 8 grades in a one-room rural school. She
after
they came north, they heard about Old Time
was also the fire starter, janitor and entertainer.
Fiddlers and joined District 5. Dallas was among
"We began with music every morning. I played a
many fiddlers of that era with similar rural
pump organ," she recalled. "Home on the Range"
backgrounds where they constituted the local
was a student favorite.
musical entertainment. Those early District 5
In the mid 1930 she met her husband-to-be, Dallas
fiddlers resurrected the tunes they learned growing
Peters, the best friend of the boyfriend of one of
up. For years, Alta was their designated piano
her sisters, she said. Dallas was paid $1 a day so he
accompanist. Like many fiddlers, Dallas also
headed for California to try to do better. "We wrote
played guitar.
back and forth and in 1938 he came back to get
As they grew older, Dallas and Alta decided that
me," she said. "But I told him I had just signed a
after the first of them died, the other would
contract to teach another year of school. Come
establish a scholarship fund to assure a constant
back next year!"
supply of young fiddlers to replace the older ones.
He did and they married in 1939. Dallas became
Dallas died in 1996 at age 82. Alta carried out their
interested in law enforcement. Offered a choice
wish. Soon lessons were expanded to cover other
between the Los Angeles police department and the
acoustic stringed instruments.
California Highway Patrol, he opted for the police,
In that time, countless children have taken
worked 30 years and retired in 1972. A few years
advantage of free beginning lessons, mostly from
earlier, anticipating retirement, they bought a lot in
Eric Anderson, who has won many top awards at
a mobile home park off Interstate 80 above
California and out-of-state contests and has served
Auburn. One of Dallas' police buddies had retired
as both district and statewide president of our
there. She still lives there with her son, Michael, a
organization. When Eric started fiddling as a
retired special ed teacher.
teenager, he had numerous "honorary
Back in Missouri, Alta's dad was part of a band
grandparents" who encouraged him. The last one
called the Medicine Creek Owls. He played fiddle
left is Alta.
District 6 Report
The California State Old Time Fiddlers
Association, District 6 has continued with their
busy schedule through September and October.
With Summer beginning wind down and Fall in
the air we have concluded the year with several
outdoor events in addition to our usual first
Sunday of the month event at the St. James
Lutheran Church and the fourth Sunday of each
month at the Millville Grange in Palo Cedro,
where we feature a free concert by a local band
and Open Mic for local musicians to share their
talents.
We have several of our members that have
performed at the local Farmers Market, Sponsored
by the Shasta Growers Association, in Redding on
the first three Saturdays of each month. One of the
highlights of September was seeing the Old
Kennett String Band, made up of our President,
Timothy Garrison, Publicity Chair, George
Fredson, and members Amy Vogt and Carolyn
Faubel, perform on stage at the McCloud
Mountain Bluegrass Festival along with the
Central Valley Boys and Paige Anderson and the
Fearless Kin on Saturday, September 11th, then
again at the the Honey Bee Festival, in Palo Cedro,
the next day, Sunday September the 12th.
Our members also provided music for the Grand
Opening of the Lassen Landing Shopping Center
near Shingletown, the Arts in the Park Festival in
conjunction with the Ducky Derby festivities, in
Redding, the Manton Apple Festival, the Heritage
Days Festival at the Burney Falls State Park, and
the Annual Fundraiser at the Wild Horse Sanctuary
near Manton, California. In addition to all that we
had members playing at fifty-four (YES - 54!)
events in the Redding and Red Bluff area at local
Assisted Living facilities and many other spots
including the Veterans Home of California in
Redding, Golden Umbrella Senior Center and
Mercy Oaks Senior Residence Center.
This year, the “Crown Jewel” of our events for
District 6 took place at the end of the month when
our members invested a great deal of their time
and energy helping Tex and Sharon Ash with the
33rd Annual Western Open Fiddle Championships,
October 22nd through the 24th, at the Red Bluff
Elks Lodge. We provided the sound system and
filled many of the volunteer positions to help make
the event the huge success that it was. Again,
Canadian fiddler Calvin Vollrath provided an
amazing kick-off concert and all those
participating in the contests were amazing beyond
words. We hope many of you had the opportunity
to attend and see first hand what District 6 helped
put together for the enjoyment of so many Old
Time Fiddle Lovers.
With the Holiday Season just around the corner we
would like to wish everyone the very best
throughout the months of November and
December and we hope you include some Old
Time Fiddle Music along with your other holiday
plans. You can keep an eye on our activities for
District 6 by checking in with us and “friend us”
on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/NorthstateFiddlers or
visit us on our website at
http://www.northstatefiddlers.com.
District 7 Report
CSOTFA District 7 Updates
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District 7 (San Diego County) continues to hold meetings on the 2 Sunday at Terrace Estates Clubhouse in
Spring Valley, and on the 4th Sunday at Rancho San Diego Library in El Cajon, CA.
In addition to our routine monthly gatherings, the season saw D7:
· Kick off our second year of a joint program with the San Diego Unified (Elementary) School District This
program involves D7 members voluntarily demonstrating and teaching fiddle tunes to beginning violin students
at the schools (Thank you, Steve Millican, for the vision and initiative that helped bring this project to fruition).
· Hold our first-of-three back-up guitar workshops (Thank you D7 President, Tom Dillon, for initiating and
leading these workshops).
As for future activities, D7 is:
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· Planning for the 3 Annual Julian Fiddle and Pickin’ Contest scheduled for early June, 2016.
· Hosting a jam at this year’s Western Open Fiddle Contest (Complete with MOM’s Pies from Julian, CA).
· Planning to hold an additional meeting each month for fiddlers in the northern part of San Diego County (folks
from all over San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties warmly invited!).
D7 Proudly Notes:
Willie Randal took first in the Senior-Senior Division, and Shira Ellisman took first in the Junior-Junior Division
and won the Grand Championship at the 2015 Fiddlin’ Down the Tracks contest in Tehachapi, CA. Shira also
won the Intermediate Fiddle Division at the recent 2015 Santa Barbara Fiddlers Convention.
WAY TO GO WILLIE AND SHIRA!
Willie
District 9 Report
Our new format of including a 'featured group' of musicians at our monthly jam sessions is working
out very well and being enjoyed by our musicians as well as our music supporters and guests. Several
of the featured groups are members of our own District. We have quite a 'library' of talented people.
A favorite was the performance of AJ Lee, a young lady whom we have watched grow up in District 9
and become an outstanding musician and vocal performer.
She is very busy performing at East Coast fes vals and in
many other places including Nashville, TN, wri ng songs
and crea ng tunes. She has a CD out and it is noted on
our website. Another of our featured group was 'Common
Thread' from Tracy, CA. Outstanding performance and
we've requested they come back soon. Our President,
Tom Clausen, with backup from banjo man, Steve
Goldfield, brought us a medley of Quadrilles, from the
early days of fiddle and dance, to exemplify how the fiddle
established itself to be such a versa le and essen al
instrument through folk history. It was a great
presenta on and several people of varying ages were up
dancing.
We've also added some new pages and items to our
Baystrings newsle er. Chef Jean Kalvig is pu ng in some
of her favorite recipes and ge ng others to share their
favorites with our members. Our Be y Hainley has her
“Words of Wisdom” sec on and John Kalvig, our District 9
photographer, gets to share the great pictures he takes
each month. The 'Way Back Page' features pictures from
our past jams. Trying to iden fy adults and kids alike is a
challenge. Check our website to see the latest issue.
The talents (computers and others) of Dr. Steve Goldfield
were requested by the District 9 Board to create/establish
a FaceBook page for us. He did so amazingly quickly and
our 'friends' are growing in numbers each day. We are
having new visitors and new members come join our
group a er they 'saw' us on FB.
We invite you to check out our website, CSOTFA9.org for
informa on and links to other CSOTFA District websites to
find out what is going on throughout the state with all our
fiddlers and friends.
A CAUTIONARY TALE
C, E flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, 'Sorry, but we don't serve
minors.' So, E-flat leaves and C and G have an open fi h between them. A er a
few drinks, the fi h is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to
augment the situa on, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the
bathroom saying, 'Excuse me, I'll just be a second.' The A comes in but the
bartender is not convinced that this rela ve of C is not a minor. Then the
bartender no ces B flat hiding at the end of the bar and says, 'Get out! You're the
seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight.' E-flat comes back the next night in a
three piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, 'You're looking
sharp tonight. Come on in, this could be a major development.' Sure enough, Eflat soon takes off his suit and everything else, and is au- natural. Eventually C
sobers up and realizes in horror that he is under a rest. C is brought to trial, found
guilty of contribu ng to the diminu on of a minor and is sentenced to 10 years of
D. S. without Coda at an upscale correc onal facility.
District 10 Report
A local Craft Fair Marketplace was held Sunday
October 4, 2015 at the Ely Stage Stop & Country
Museum, in conjunction with the monthly
California State Old Time Fiddle Associations
District 10 Jam Session. Proceeds from the jam
typically go to support the Ely Stage Stop and the
District 10 Scholarship Fund. This time all
proceeds donated from the event went to the Lake
County Wildfire Relief Fund created by North
Coast Opportunities (NCO) and Mendo Lake
Credit Union (MLCU). District 10 also made a
donation of $500 as several of its members lost
their homes during the Valley fire. The total of all
vendor fees and other donations was $2,895.
Tim Rued, President
Mark Hogan, Vice-President
Colleen Hogan, Membership Secretary
Doug Laurice, Treasurer
Judith Jones, Secretary
Mike Drayton, District Representative
Chris Carney, Advisory Council
Janette Duncan, Advisory Council
Don Coffin, Advisory Council
The Ely Stage Stop is located at 9921 Hwy 281
(Soda Bay Rd.), Kelseyville, California, for those
of you that may want to attend our first Sunday of
the month jam session.
The date for the Sonoma County Bluegrass &Folk
Festival is Saturday March 12, 2016. Performers
will include, Gene Parsons & Mike Beck, the TSisters, Blue & Lonesome (Petaluma Bluegrass),
Sourdough Slim, Evie Laden and the Roustabouts
(Bakersfield Bluegrass).
District 10 would also like to congratulate its
newly elected leadership team for the 2015-2017
term. Beginning this year all officers and board
members will serve a two year term.
The Cloverdale Fiddle Festival will be held
Saturday April 2, 2016. Check the web site at
www.cloverdalefiddles.com for the entertainment
line up.
District 14 Report
District 14 is on a summer hiatus. Our jams will resume in the fall.
Regards,
Gail Philipp
District 14 Director
California State Old - Time Fiddlers' Association
State Officers
President: Sharon Barrett -- texshar@pacbell.net
V. Pres. : Bill Whitfield – anita.marley49@gmail.com
Secretary: Josie Rosica – rosica.justjosie@gmail.com
Treasurer: Robert Curtis – rocurtis@gatewayacceptance.com
Membership: Charley Oveland – croveland@sbcglobal.net
Editor: Bruce Goble – brucegoble@hotmail.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
District 1: Mary McCluskey -- carpevita93401@yahoo.com
District 2: VACANT
District 3: Gayel Pitchford -- captgayel@cybersurfers.net
District 4: Pat Nelson -- rpnelson@pacbell.net
District 5: Doug Dempster — hwy95@hotmail.com
District 6: Tex Ash -- texshar@pacbell.net
District 7: Avery Ellisman – Avery@familyfiddlecamp.com
District 8: Charletta Erb – charlettaerb@gmail.com
District 9: Ruth Oveland -- roveland@sbcglobal.net
District 10: Mike Drayton – mdrayton@sonic.net
District 14: Gail Philipp – georgephilipp@juno.com
DISTRICT MEETING LOCATIONS, DATES, AND TIMES:
District 1: Feather River Senior Center 1335 Meyer St. Oroville 4th Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
District 2: Brooks Ranch Restaurant, Hwy 99 & Chestnut : Fresno call for dates/times 2nd Sunday 2pm.
District 3: 21100 Lonely Lane, Tehachapi Ca 2nd Saturday 2:00-5:00 p.m.
District 4: Orange Thorpe Pk. Activity Bldg., 1414 Brookhurst Fullerton Ca 1st Sunday 1:00-4:00 p.m.
District 5: Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave. Orangevale Ca 2nd Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.
District 6: St. James Lutheran Church 2500 Shasta View Dr. Redding CA 1nd Sunday 1:00—4:30p Round Table Pizza,
Shasta Mall, 900 Dana Dr., Redding, CA 2nd Saturday 5:50p—7:30p
Millville Grange Hall, 2023 Old Forty-four Dr., Palo Cedro, Ca 4th Sunday 1:00p—3:00p
Web site: www.csotfa.org
District 7: Rancho San Diego Public Library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon 1st , 3rd, & 4th Sunday 12:00-3:00
p.m. Terrace Est. Club Room, 1815 Sweetwater Rd. Spring Valley Ca 2nd Sunday 12:00-3:00 p.m.
District 8: Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley Rd. Oak View Ca 2nd & 4th Sunday 1:30-4:00 p.m.
District 9: United Methodist Church, 19806 Wisteria St., Castro Valley Ca 4th Sunday 1:30-5:00 p.m.
District 10: Redwood Café, Cotati 4th Sun.+ traveling jam: call Mark Hogan 707-829-8012 or Katy Bridges 415-331-9661
District 14: Methodist Church Pre School, 8th & Olive, El Centro. Sept 15 to May 30. 1st & 3rd Sunday 1:00-3:00 p.m.
District Websites
State – http://csotfa.org/
District 1: www.orovilleoldtimefiddlers.com
District 2:
District 3: www.tehachapifiddlers.org
District 4:
District 5: www.csotfa5.com
District 6: www.northstatefiddlers.com
District 7: www.sandiegofiddler.org
District 8:
District 9: www.csotfa9.org
District 10: www.csotfa10.org
District 14: