In the quest for funding assistance, this is no time to fiddle around. The school year is racing toward us and the district dollars are fading. Hesitation in the search for grant largesse could mean failure in the acquisition of needed learning materials.

The poet Edgar Lee Masters describes Fiddler Jones who had trouble staying with his 40 acres and was distracted by the gaiety around him. Similarly, little boys in grammar school frequently are viewed as being distracted and accused of “fiddling around.” And we are not discussing the political machinations of Nero while Rome roasted. If there is to be any serious fiddling, it must be in the nature of the serious career-type fiddling of a Charlie Daniels, an Irish Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, or a Cajun Doug Kershaw.

Therefore, the fruitful search for necessary funding must be to treat the fiddle as if it were used by one of the above and launch your quest vigorously. If successful, you can carry your fiddle in a violin case and be mistaken for the Yehudi Menuhin of grant searches.

If that is not the case, here are some potential sources that could resin your requests, beginning with these federal possibilities:

August 2010  "Grant Funding Leads" (PDF)

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