Epoch Musical Instruments

Tamworth Country Music Festival

January 2006

This year’s festival was huge for the Epoch team! Our continual support for the Golden Fiddle Awards and No Hold Barred Fiddle Contest and plus catching up with our players throughout the week Ian Cooper, Andrew Clermont, Pixie Jenkins, Rachael Bostock, Barry Easton, Mykl Lozin and Jess Randall, proved a busy and exciting time for the team.

2006 Golden Fiddle Awards

Yet again, Epoch was a proud sponsor of the 2006 Golden Fiddle Awards. The Awards Concert held at the Tamworth Town Hall on Australia during the Tamworth Country Music Festival was a huge success and it will no doubt get bigger and better each year! Check out photos from the concert (some familiar Epoch friends were spotted on stage) below or visit www.goldenfiddleawards.org.au for more photos and information.

No Holes Barred Fiddle Contest

Epoch had its 5th year of sponsoring Tamworth’s No Holes Barred Fiddle Contest. Congratulations to Aidan Patrick ( Junior division ) and Emma Barlow ( Senior. Check out the photos below.

Gold Coast band, The Bostocks, opened the 2006 Golden Fiddle Awards show.	Rachael Bostock out in front, with sister Sarah and brother Rob.	Ian Cooper wowed the audience ( and we don’t think it was just his shirt!) He won two Awards, for Best Fiddle Soloist and Best CD by Fiddle Soloist.
Mykl Lozin	The stunning Awards	The Bostocks took home the Youth Achievement Awards
Jess Randall and partner played an amazing gypsy piece	Pixie Jenkins (left ) who hosted the Awards also participated in a bit of ‘fiddle dualling’ with Ian Cooper.	Mark Mitchell, Director of Epoch, presenting Best Band featuring fiddle Award to Ailsa, who was accepting on behalf of her brothers Lauchlan and Hamish, The Davidson Brothers.
	Fiddlers, bringing down the house!