NORTH DAKOTA OLD TIME FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION

Article 1 - Purpose


The Purpose for which this Association has been organized is to preserve and promote the art of traditional American Fiddling through promotion and sponsorship of workshops, performances, and contests.

Article 2  Membership


Membership in the Association shall be contingent upon the acceptance by the Board of Directors of an application and payment of annual dues. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin, religion, or gender. Anyone interested in furthering the art of traditional American Fiddling shall be eligible to apply for membership. Please use the form below for NDOTFA membership. This form and $15.00 check to NDOTFA should be mailed to: Sherlene Sorenson, 111 50 Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078. Please include your address, phone number and e-mail address and phone number. Four newsletters a year will be sent electronically, if possible.

Your Name:_________________________________________________________

Mailing Address_____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Phone Number(s):___________________________________________________________

Email Address:___________________________________________________

Are you willing or interested in serving on the Board?

Do you have any ideas for this association, or are you willing to make other contributions toward the NDOTFA?

NDOTFA Board:
President:   Mary Kreidelcamp, Valley City, ND
Vice President:   Jeremy Duckwitz, Menoken, ND
Secretary/Treasurer:   Sherlene Sorenson, West Fargo, ND
Directors:
David  (Doc) Brien, Belcourt, ND
Everett Olson, Minot, ND
Ann Schluter, Moorhead, MN, Past President
C'Dale Jore, Williston, ND
Mark Schmidt, Mandan, ND
George Arneson, Fargo, ND

The NDOTFA Annual Meeting is June 12, 2010, at 8 AM in the Dining Hall of the International Music Camp, International Peace Gardens on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota. All NDOTFA members and others interested in promoting fiddling in North Dakota are welcome to attend this breakfast meeting.

Since 2007, NDOTFA has granted scholarships many young fiddle students, allowing them to attend the June International Music Camp Fiddle School. The association also has given event sponsorship funding to the Peace Garden Fiddle Contest and the Fargo Fiddle Contest. 

Our most recent project is raising funds to purchase fiddle outfits for my former students  in Belcourt.  Since the fiddle program at Ojibwa Indian School ended in May 2008, many students are no longer able to work on their fiddling, since they don't have instruments.

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