Each year there is a celebration for the winner of the honor. Trawick says a reception is planned for September or October.

YAKIMA — It’s the same instrument. Whether you call it a fiddle or violin is little more than a question of semantics. The real difference is how you play it. And these kids are learning to play ...

Emilie Miller is tapping her cowboy-booted foot in time to her father Ed's guitar strums. Her flowy red dress sways subtly as she saws on her fiddle and steps up to the microphone to sing. It's early ...