Clancey Stewart named fiddle Grand Champion

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Clancey Stewart of Florien was named Grand Champion of the 2018 Louisiana State Fiddle Championship at the annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival.

Clancey Stewart of Florien was the Grand Champion of the 2018 Louisiana State Fiddle Championship held at Northwestern State University as part of the 39th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival. Tied for second place were Cameron Fontenot of Eunice and Terry Huval of Lafayette. Ron Yule of DeRidder took third place, followed by Marguerite Gravois of Baton Rouge in fourth. The Championship was held in Magale Recital Hall on the Northwestern State campus.

Stewart also took first place in the 21 and under championship division, followed by Fontenot in second and Owen Meche of Arnaudville in third. Gravois won first place in the 22-59 championship division, and Huval took first in the 60 and up championship division, with Yule coming in second, Wilfred Luttrell of DeRidder in third and Ronald Pace of Alexandria in fourth. Luttrell and Yule also took first place in the twin fiddle competition.

 

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