Fiddle show to mark 18th at Potlatch High

The 18th annual Scenic 6 Fiddle Show will be Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Potlatch High School. The show features regional fiddlers and folk musicians. A donation will be requested at the door with $5 for adults and children under 18 admitted free. Those wishing to perform are asked to sign in at 5:30 p.m.

Potlatch Junior Jammers will open the show. The youth group includes string players under age 18 led by Mabel Vogt, Potlatch. Vogt is an Idaho and Northwest Regional champion fiddler who has taught fiddle and directed the Jammers for 30 years.

Musicians in the annual event have included banjo, mandolin, guitar, harmonica, dobro, harp and accordion players, as well as vocalists.

Refreshments will be available from 5 p.m. through intermission. The Potlatch Presbyterian Lutheran Community Youth Group will be raising funds for their activities through their food and beverage sales.

Emcee for the evening is Anna Vowels, a fiddler who grew up in Potlatch and is an attorney in Newman Lake.

Contact Mabel Vogt or Ida Courier for more information.