By Tesina Jackson
“Fiddling is a mixture of Irish, Scottish, French, German, Cajun and American music. When immigrants settled in the Appalachian Mountains, they formed and blended a mixture of all the different styles of music that was brought over to America and that music became known as mountain music,” said fiddler’s contest coordinator Jerry Bigfeather. “Fiddle music is Americana music. Oklahoma has a rich heritage in fiddle music. Fiddle music did not begin with the Cherokees but it has been a part of culture since before Oklahoma became a state. Since then, many Cherokees learned to play the fiddle.”
Below: "Cherokee citizen Charles Davis plays in the old timers division at the Cherokee Nation holiday fiddlers contest. This is his first year participating in the contest. He placed second, which gave him the $200 prize." (Tesina Jackson/Cherokee Phoenix)
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