The Roma McMillan Fiddle Scholarship.

First awarded in 1989, this scholarship celebrates the queen of Ottawa's fiddlers. Roma taught for nearly ten years at the Folklore Centre, introducing hundreds of children and adults to the joy of fiddling. With her valley charm, her musical knowledge and her firm patience, Roma helped the Folklore Centre build the school of music to its current status. Roma presented most of the awards at our annual soup supper and usually played a couple of tunes for us. She presented the 2007 Fiddle Scholarship in February of this year. Roma died on July 4th, 2007 at 96 years of age.