Jamie Kitchel of Marquette, right, received the 2012 Hiawatha Music Co-op Scholarship to the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, W.Va. She is shown with Hiawatha Music Co-op Board member Phil Watts. The $850 scholarship will enable Kitchel to be a resident at the Center for eight days in August. She will study old-time fiddling with master artists and top performers including the great Alabama fiddler James Bryan.The Hiawatha Music Co-op is a nonprofit organization that provides and promotes traditional American music. The Co-op will also stage the 34th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival, July 20-22 at the Tourist Park.
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Jamie Kitchel of Marquette, right, received the 2012 Hiawatha Music Co-op Scholarship to the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, W.Va. She is shown with Hiawatha Music Co-op Board member Phil Watts. The $850 scholarship will enable Kitchel to be a resident at the Center for eight days in August. She will study old-time fiddling with master artists and top performers including the great Alabama fiddler James Bryan.The Hiawatha Music Co-op is a nonprofit organization that provides and promotes traditional American music. The Co-op will also stage the 34th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival, July 20-22 at the Tourist Park.

