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An article in the publication Literary Digest, about automobile manufacturer Henry Ford, describes his other activities as "aspiring to revive the dances of our granddaddies, with all their innocent neighborly cavorting." Ford was, indeed, a devoted fan of country music and, in this month, he arranged for Ford dealers throughout the East and Midwest of the USA to hold local, state and regional fiddle contests which would culminate with a championship in Detroit, Michigan.
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