At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of The Northeast Fiddlers Association, Inc. held on October 26, 2008, it was voted to suspend having a contest in the year 2009. This was mostly due to worries about the economy and lack of volunteers. It was decided that we would prefer to continue to have an organization rather than use our treasury funds to support the contest. We will put our effort into our mission “to preserve and promote old time fiddling and its related arts”. Again, this is a one-year suspension and hopefully, 2010 will bring a more hopeful economy.