photo by: Mike Yoder

Riley Shaw, 7, practices with her father John Shaw, Lincoln, Neb., at the 31st Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Riley competed in the youth fiddle competition and her dad competed in the open fiddle and flat-pick guitar contests.

photo by: John Young

Brian Nelson takes a moment to dance with his 15-month-old daughter, Carly, during the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship held Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

John Shaw, left, and Jason Shaw, of Lincoln, Neb., compete in the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship held Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

As spectators crowd around the south stage to listen to contestants competing in the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship, one spectator finds a spot in a tree to listen to the music.

photo by: John Young

Steve Luper, Andover, plays his auto harp in the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship held Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence. Luper has been playing the auto harp for about six years.

photo by: John Young

Surrounded by microphones, thirteen-year-old Jai Strecker, Lawrence, plays the Star Wars Cantina Band Song on her ukulele during the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

Ruth Byers, Lawrence, sits on a park bench and warms up with her nyckelharpa prior to competing in the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: John Young

Steve Luper, Andover, finds a cool, quiet spot under a shade tree to warm up prior to the start of the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park in downtown Lawrence.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Thirteen-year-old Jai Strecker, Lawrence, takes a break from competition and shelters herself from the sun during the 2011 Kansas Picking and Fiddling Championship on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at South Park.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kale Jeffers, 2, left, and his brother Zain, 3, play with balloons and their silly hats during the 31st Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, August 28, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Ruth Byers, Lawrence, warms up before competing in the 31st Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Byers entered the Misc. Instruments category, performing on her Swedish instrument the Nyckelharpa.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Acoustic musicians jam together on a circle of hay bales during the 31st Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, August 28, 2011.