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A wonderful young banjo artist, Rebekah Weiler, competed on Saturday night, 22 August 2009, with "John Henry" and then immediately provided accompaniment for Bill Birchfield's fiddle competition on "Soldier's Joy". Bill Birchfield is regular of the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers and Rebekah Weiler has occasionally played banjo with the Hilltoppers during the 2009 season.

The Johnson County Old Time Fiddlers Convention has been held now for the 84th consecutive year in Johnson County and for the last 18 consecutive years it has been held at the Old Mill Music Park in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee. The music park performance center is built around the 100 year old depot of the former narrow gauge Laurel Railway. It was held on August 21 and 22, 2009 and it is usually the same weekend that NASCAR comes to Bristol Motor Speedway nearby.