Laura wins Charlie Bush Award

Laura wins Charlie Bush Award...

Winning the Charlie Bush Award is special to me on many levels. On a personal note because I had known Charlie since I was 14 years old. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the Grand Masters Fiddle Contest. He persistently encouraged me in my fiddling since those early years. On a musical level, the award honors the fiddler claiming, "Outstanding Traditional Fiddler Performance". I have an unyielding love for traditional music of all kinds. As old time fiddle music continues to evolve, I continue to study the roots from where it came. It is a thrill for me to find new 'old' music to learn from. And historically, being the recipient of the "First Annual Charlie Bush Award", which is determined by his own family, is an honor, which I feel is beyond words.