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Source context
Visible Gateway description identifies Cecil Johnson / Shawnee fiddlers contest and the role fiddle player; contest judge. Creation information: Southerland, Paul; September 25, 1981. Source: Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 28, 1981. Collection: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection.
Oklahoma connection
Shawnee, Oklahoma, musician Cecil Johnson is directly identified tuning his own fiddle before judging a Fiddlers Contest.
People, groups, or instruments recorded
fiddle player; contest judge
Reading this source
This is a wording-gap capture, not a full biography or identity resolution. School membership, conductor, audition, travel, and administrative contexts remain supporting unless a direct instrument role or active playing is visible. Exact Oklahoma origin, duplicate relationships, and republication rights require separate review. Per-page local hashes are recorded in the Markdown record.