Annual ‘Campout’ at the Winchester Bay Community Center

The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers District 5, will be holding their annual Winchester Bay “Campout” to be held at the Winchester Bay Community Center. Musicians will start jamming on Thursday and jamming will continue through Friday and Saturday in the hall or outside permitting. Each day at 6 PM there will be stage show with the public invited, without charge. On Saturday at 6 PM the stage show will feature different musicians contributing to the theme of “Songs that Make You Laugh”. It is a contest at the same time for best song, funniest song, etc. A few members of the audience will get to vote. On Sunday at 9 AM there will be a gospel show.

The Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers is a statewide 501(3)C organization with 10 different districts from different areas of the state. At a gathering such as this, musicians will come from all over Oregon to participate. There will be some fabulous musicians, especially fiddlers there.

This Organization was founded in 1964 with the express purpose to promote, preserve and perpetuate Oldtime Fiddling and Oldtime Music and to encourage, especially young people, to play the fiddle and appreciate Oldtime Fiddling and Oldtime Music and to provide regular times and places to play this kind of music which is part of our national heritage. Instruments used are ordinarily fiddles, guitars, banjos, mandolins upright bass, autoharp, piano, and harmonica, while brass. woodwinds, and percussion, as well as no electrified instruments are used. However, microphones are employed so that voices can be heard.

The Oldtime Fiddlers are a very dedicated group of nonprofessional musicians who like to share their love of our traditional with everyone.