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UIS professor wins old-time fiddle championshipSeptember 8, 2004SPRINGFIELD - Sharon Graf, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois at Springfield, won the Illinois State Old-Time Fiddle Championship held Sunday, September 5, at Rockhome Gardens near Arcola. About 30 contestants competed in three divisions: Senior (for contestants over 70), Junior (for contestants 18 and younger), and Open (championship). In 2003, Graf took third prize in the statewide competition after losing a tie-breaker for second place to David Smith of Aurora. This year, Graf and Smith tied again, this time for first place, and Graf won. A member of UIS’ Sociology/Anthropology program faculty since 2001, Graf directs co-curricular music activities on campus. She also serves as president of the National Old-Time Fiddlers Association. |
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