(Hiawassee)- – Contestants young and old from across the country gathered recently at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds during the annual Fall Festival to compete for Georgia’s annual Official State Fiddlers’ Convention.
Winners were declared in a variety of categories including Fiddler, harmonica, buck dancing, dulcimer, dobro, old-time banjo, senior fiddler, junior fiddler, bluegrass band, finger-style guitar, flat pick guitar, banjo and mandolin.
Elliott Sperin, a recent White County graduate, won the State Banjo Contest. Sperin won first place in the Old-Time Banjo category during the Festival.
Elliott Sperin will be playing in Helen this Saturday, Oct. 29th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. in the Downtown Band Shell area.
