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North Escambia Entries Place In Atmore Fiddler’s Convention
July 20, 2008
Two North Escambia entries walked away winners in the 29th Annual Atmore Fiddlers’ Convention Saturday.
Northview High music teacher Scott Slay placed second in the guitar category and third in the mandolin division. A total of nine people competed in the guitar category and eight entered in the mandolin divison.
The Highway 99 Bluegrass Band from the Walnut Hill area placed second in both the string band and vocal band categories.
In the guitar category, Slay took first place in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007.
In the mandolin category, Slay won third place in 2003, first place in 2005 and 2005, second place in 2006, and first place in 2007.
There were five entries in the vocal band category, three in dobro, five in banjo and 10 on the fiddle.
The event was sponsored by the Atmore Rotary Club, with proceeds going toward the club’s Academic All-Stars Program that honors high school students that maintain A and B averages during the school year. The awards are presented to students from Northview High School, Escambia County (AL) High School, Escambia Academy and Atmore Christian School. Last year, 36 Northview students were honored.
For more photos and a winner’s list from the Atmore Fiddlers’ Convention, see the Wednesday edition of the Atmore News or AtmoreNews.com.
Pictured above: Northview teacher Scott Slay on the mandolin Saturday at the Atmore Fiddlers’ Convention. Pictured below: Scott Slay on the guitar. Pictured bottom: Scott Slay poses wiht his father Tracy Slay. Photos courtesy the Atmore News, click to enlarge.
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Scott dosent know me but i would like to say good job Scott Im James Davidson when i was very very young i knew your dad and he would listen to me on the guitar he once told me i helped inspire him to learning music and that made me proud, and to know his love for music has spread to other generations warms my heart expecially since Iv been battleing cancer and heart disease you see folks we all spread good in our lives and we may not even know it so we all need to do our best because there is always someone listening and it may even be a child.Again id like to say Im proud of you Scott and Tracy Im proud of you for raseing a fine young man and fellow musician now ill say goodbye and God bless you all.
James Davidson