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55th Grayson County Old-time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention report
Common Ground, 1st Place Bluegrass Band at the 2024 Grayson. County Fiddlers’ Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock. Counting both adult and youth contestants, approximately 200 acoustic instrument pickers, folksong singers, and flatfoot dancers from as far away as Georgia and Maryland descended on the tiny community of Elk Creek, VA (pop. 478) on Friday and Saturday to participate in the 55th Grayson County Old-time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention, which is sponsored by the Elk Creek Volunteer Fire Department.
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