If you go ...
• WHAT: "Fiddling for Food" fiddle contest and fundraiser
• WHERE: Puempel's Olde Tavern, 18 6th Ave., New Glarus
• WHEN: 5 p.m. March 7
• COST: $6 is
suggested with money being donated to the Green Cares Food Pantry
• TO ENTER: Call Anne Spencer at (608) 558-5810
NEW GLARUS - It's been years since Anne Spencer got some fiddlers together, so she figured why not do it again.
"It's cold out and winter is getting long, so we could use something fun," said the New Glarus resident.
To be held at New Glarus' Puempel's Olde Tavern on Sixth Avenue, Spencer is organizing a fiddling contest that will provide money for the Monticello-based Green Cares Food Pantry.
"Each dollar equals 5.85 pounds of food to be distributed in Green County," Spencer said.
"Fiddling for Food" will pit slick-fingered fiddle players in a contest for a first-place prize of $100, with $50 and $25 going to second place and third place, respectively.
The Bank of New Glarus is sponsoring.
Rich Baumann, a local performer and songwriter who spends time in Nashville, is among the judges. Each entrant will play one slow song and one fast song, and either way it should be a charged environment, Spencer said.
"We're not talking about concert violinists here," she said. "You'll see all kinds of styles of fiddle playing and you'll love it."
"It's cold out and winter is getting long, so we could use something fun," said the New Glarus resident.
To be held at New Glarus' Puempel's Olde Tavern on Sixth Avenue, Spencer is organizing a fiddling contest that will provide money for the Monticello-based Green Cares Food Pantry.
"Each dollar equals 5.85 pounds of food to be distributed in Green County," Spencer said.
"Fiddling for Food" will pit slick-fingered fiddle players in a contest for a first-place prize of $100, with $50 and $25 going to second place and third place, respectively.
The Bank of New Glarus is sponsoring.
Rich Baumann, a local performer and songwriter who spends time in Nashville, is among the judges. Each entrant will play one slow song and one fast song, and either way it should be a charged environment, Spencer said.
"We're not talking about concert violinists here," she said. "You'll see all kinds of styles of fiddle playing and you'll love it."