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WESTERN OPEN JUDGES
CONTACT US: Mailing Address: PO Box 101, Red Bluff CA 96080 Phone: (530) 527-6127 Fax: (530) 528-0431 MAP to the Red Bluff Elks Lodge
Danita was born and raised in Idaho where she first held a fiddle at age six. She has competed in fiddle contests throughout the United States and has won the Grand Master Fiddle Championship in Nashville, Tennessee and the Grand National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho three times each. Danita spent four years in Texas earning her undergraduate degree in Violin Performance from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and competing in many contests all throughout the region. She moved back to Idaho where she earned her Masters Degree in Violin Pedagogy from Boise State University and played with the Boise Philharmonic. Danita started teaching in high school and maintained a full time teaching studio both in Texas and Idaho, until moving to California in 2008; since then she has essentially taken a 15-year break from playing and teaching. Danita lives in Atherton with her husband, Bob and their 11-year old daughter, Natalie.
Danita Gardner, Atherton CA
Tristan Clarridge, Mt. Shasta CA Melissa Southwick, Red Bluff CA Chris Daring, Pueblo CO Cody Stadelmaier, Ft. Collins CO Julie Miller, Boise ID
WESTERN OPEN JUDGES
CONTACT US: Mailing Address: PO Box 101, Red Bluff CA 96080 Phone: (530) 527-6127 Fax: (530) 528-0431 MAP to the Red Bluff Elks Lodge
Danita Gardner, Atherton CA
Danita was born and raised in Idaho where she first held a fiddle at age six. She has competed in fiddle contests throughout the United States and has won the Grand Master Fiddle Championship in Nashville, Tennessee and the Grand National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho three times each. Danita spent four years in Texas earning her undergraduate degree in Violin Performance from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and competing in many contests all throughout the region. She moved back to Idaho where she earned her Masters Degree in Violin Pedagogy from Boise State University and played with the Boise Philharmonic. Danita started teaching in high school and maintained a full time teaching studio both in Texas and Idaho, until moving to California in 2008; since then she has essentially taken a 15-year break from playing and teaching. Danita lives in Atherton with her husband, Bob and their 11-year old daughter, Natalie.
Tristan Clarridge, Mt. Shasta CA Melissa Southwick, Red Bluff CA Chris Daring, Pueblo CO Cody Stadelmaier, Ft. Collins CO Julie Miller, Middleton ID