Roan Mountain Hilltoppers with Rebekah Weiler, "First Place- Old Time Band" at Laurel Bloomery

This is from the Friday night competitions that were held on the inside stage due to threat of rain. The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers (First Place Band) were joined by Rebekah Weiler on clawhammer banjo with "John Henry" and "Cluck Ol' Hen".

The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers regular members are Janice Birchfield (manager and washtub bass) and Bill birchfield (fiddle, banjo, and more-all left hand). Their regular banjo player is Amy Michels who was not performing at Laurel Bloomery. There is currently no regular guitar player but various individuals help out there.

Their MySpace page is their official band site: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID...

Several dancers joined in which appeared to include Brett Morris (First Place in Saturday's Adult Dance) and Martha Spencer of "The White Top Mountain Band".

The Johnson County Old Time Fiddlers Convention has been held now for the 84th consecutive year in Johnson County and for the last 18 consecutive years it has been held at the Old Mill Music Park in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee. It was held on August 21 and 22, 2009 and it is usually the same weekend that NASCAR comes to Bristol Motor Speedway nearby.

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[banjoonthelump]

Pretty sure the flat footer with the pink top, blue jeans and long hair is Martha Spencer with the Whitetop Mountain Band, Whitetop, VA.

[ragtimeannie33]

JANICE BIRCHFIELD ON BASS AND BANJO .REBECCA WEILER.THE GUITAR PLAYER IS A FILL IN AND I FORGET HIS NAME.HAVE SEEN THID BAND MANY TIMES AND THEY ARE ALLWAYS GREAT

[JANNE0844]

@fiddlingmichael On fiddle,the one and only, Bill Birchfield.

[fiddlingmichael]

solid playing and dancing.

thanks for posting, but if get a chance, tell us who the rest of the players are.

michael ford