Chicken and Bread Days Fiddlers Contest

Chicken and Bread Days Fiddle Contest:

Over $3,500 in cash prizes

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Jenny Mack was the headliner of the show
that preceded the annual Chicken and Bread Days

Fiddle Contest. She was accompanied by Austin Smith (outside photo to left) and Coleman Smith on fiddle. Not identified are the two rhythm guitar players at far right. (Note: They played rhythm guitar for most of the fiddle contestants.) Photo by Barbara Green, Photo courtesy of The Bowie News

Chicken and Bread Days is held the first Saturday of October from 10:00AM to 4:00PM each year in Downtown Bowie. One of the major events of this festival is the Fiddlers Contest. The Fiddlers Contest is held in the Bowie Fire Department Fire Hall. The most recent event was October 1, 2010 in Downtown Bowie. The Fiddlers Contest has six divisions.More than $3,500.00 in cash prizes were awarded. The event was reported to be a big success. Prizes for this contest are funded by the July Jam event, featured elsewhere on this web site as well as other sponsors. Sponsors include Sewell Usselton Insurance and Real Estate as well The Bowie Bank.



Marty Elmore of Bowie plays a few fiddle tunes between Divisions
while the judges are at work.



2010 headline pre-contest entertainer, Jenny Mack:
L to R: Austin Smith, Coleman Smith (on fiddles), Jenny Mack on accordion,
far right rhythm guitar players not identified

A few of the contestants are shown below:

If any viewers of this web site know the identity of any contestants or musicians pictured above, please email the information along with a copy of the photo or other identificaation of the photo to the email address listed at the top of home page of this web site. If anyone has any other photos of this contest, also please email them along with itentification of those pictured, if known.  

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