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"In 1997, I
served at Clifftop (The Appalachian String Band Music Festival, at Camp
Washington-Carver in West Virginia) as a contest judge. I had often wondered what contests
were like from the judge's perspective, and now I would have my chance to find out.
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My buddy, Casey. That's his all original circa 1939 (script
'G') Gibson L-50 .
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"However, after the contest
was over, I realized that all judges come from different musical and regional backgrounds,
that they all have different experiences of and beliefs about contests, and that therefore
there is no "judge's perspective."
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"I decided to do a little bit
of informal research, and collect the comments of as many Clifftop judges as I could in
order to see if by studying them all I could come up with whatever the truth may be about
contests. I think the results show that a contest is just as amazing and silly, as varied
and complex, as old-time music itself. But you may draw your own conclusions."
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Notes From The Judges' Booth - Molly
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"No point to sound just like the other man. Don't even
try, 'cause you can't. You've got to sound like yourself, have your own style.
That's the way it's suppose to be. Like the old man said, it's all creamed 'taters,
just fixed a little different."
Benton Flippen - Old
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