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The Lawrence band The Lost Keys performs in the string band competition at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

Musicians and spectators gathered at South Park on Sunday for the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships.

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From left, members of Tonganoxie Split, Derek Long, Tyler Gregory and Monzie Leo, perform at the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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M.J. Ruff, Lawrence, sits on a South Park bench playing his fretless gourd banjo during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. It was Ruff’s first time at the music festival and competition.

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People gather beneath whatever shade they can find and enjoy a steady entertainment of music competitions and concerts during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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A group of musicians play a rotation of tunes and songs as the sit in South Park during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Alegres del Rancho,Topeka, performs during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships — locally known as “FidPick – in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Owen Musser, right, warms up for competition in the fiddle contest at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Accompanying him at left is his father Noah Musser, Lawrence.

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Children keep cool playing the city fountain in South Park during the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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From left musicians Joe Pickett, Jenn Thomas and Jim Jeans perform as the Breezedale Trio during the band competition at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Jenny Lou & the Buckaroos fiddler Edith Sigler performs during the band’s set in the Band Competition at the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Members of the band Color Green, Hutchinson, perform at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Eva Bookmeyer, 6, Lecompton, at right, watches a balloon pig fly in South Park during the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. The puppeteers with StoneLion Puppet Theatre were promoting an upcoming show, Puppets A-GLOW, in Kansas City, Missouri, in September.

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An appreciative crowd applauds musicians during the banjo competition at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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A mandolin player waits with his instrument before the mandolin competition at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Lane Eisenbart, coordinator with the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association, fans herself and operates the ELNA information and T-shirt tent during the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Crowds gather and seek out shade to watch a series of acoustic band concerts at the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships — locally known as “FidPick – in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Kristin Grave, Louisburg, left, plays a fiddle tune with banjo player Rod Durst, Soldier, Kansas; during a practice session before each competed with their respective instruments in the annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships — locally known as “FidPick” – in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

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Alegres del Rancho,Topeka, performs the musical style known as Chirrines – similar to America Country music. The group performed during the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships — locally known as “FidPick” – in South Park on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.