LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Several Lake County fiddlers from the Konocti Fiddle Club represented Lake County at the California State sponsored Fiddle Contest in Cloverdale recently.

Rafael Contreras from Lower Lake, placed first in his class for the third year in a row. He is a member of the LCSA Youth Orchestra and the Konocti Fiddle Club.

Other fiddle club members placing well in the competition were Maya Leonard from Cobb in the Pee Wee class, Jillian and Evan Johnsen from Kelseyville in the Jr-Jr class, and Lake County Symphony members Sue Condit in the Waltz Division and Andi Skelton winning the Twin Fiddle class and the Waltz Division.

The following day there was an urgent call for fiddlers to perform at Ely Stage Stop in Kelseyville.

These young fiddlers and a few more from the fiddle club answered the call to represent District 10 of the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association which encompasses three Northern California counties.

They performed there for a large crowd for two hours and helped raise funds for District 10 music scholarships.

After that, they hurried on to a long rehearsal of the Konocti Fiddle Club to finish up a very busy weekend of fiddling.