Above: Members and students of the West Cascades Fiddle Camp in the gym at Emerald Christian Academy on July 22, 2025. Nina Burrow photo.
Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 6, and its camp organizing committee, express their profound thanks to the town of Pleasant Hill and to Emerald Christian Academy and its neighbors, our gracious hosts for West Cascades Fiddle Camp and Workshops held in July. The school and grounds swelled with 193 musicians, at camp to learn and improve skills on acoustic string instruments, to swap tunes, dance and to make, or rekindle, friendships.
Classes were offered for players of fiddles, guitars, string basses, mandolins and banjos, ages 8 and older, and from beginner to advanced levels. A grand time was had by all and plans are underway for the 2026 edition, our fourteenth year. The camp began in 2012 at West Fir Middle School. WCFCW boasts of a skilled instructor pool, and invites the public to attend concerts and a dance…