Award Winners List

May 28, 2011

Fiddle

Jr. Old Time

Champion                Rebecca Barker

First Runner-up         Austin Freer

Second Runner-Up     Sarah Seymour

Junior Bluegrass

Champion                   Daniel Greeson

First Runner-Up         Samantha Snyder

Second Runner-Up     Carley Arrowood

Senior Old Time

Champion                   Matt Roland

First Runner-Up         Richard Bowman

Second Runner-Up     Nick McMillian

Senior Bluegrass

Champion                   Mead Richter

First Runner-Up         John Hoffman

Second Runner-Up     Adam Masters

Banjo

Junior Old Time

Champion                   Leigh Beamer

First Runner-Up         Victor Furtado

Second Runner-Up     Matthew McSaurley

Junior Bluegrass

Champion                   Luke Smith

First Runner-Up         Faith Barry

Second Runner-Up     Teresa Furtado

Senior Old Time

Champion                   Ken Inoue

First Runner-Up         Marsha Todd

Second Runner-Up     Kelly Breading

Senior Bluegrass

Champion                   Alex Edwards

First Runner-Up         Brennen Ernst

Second Runner-Up     Isaac Ferrell

Guitar

Junior

Champion                   Danielle Yother

First Runner-Up         Nick Seymour

Second Runner-Up     Chris Belk

Senior  (Guitar)

Champion                   Corey Smith

First Runner-Up         Doug McCormac

Second Runner-Up     Ben Watlington

Mandolin

Junior

Champion                Dalton Caldwell

First Runner-Up         Vance Lemunds

Second Runner-Up    Elijah Smith

Senior

Champion                   Zeb Snyder

First Runner-Up          Harper Speagle-Price

Second Runner-Up    Anna Childers

Autoharp

Champion                   Doug Pratt

First Runner-Up        Michael Poole

Second Runner-Up    Christine Olsen

Dulcimer

Champion                   Dustin Sechrest

First Runner-Up        Phyllis Gaskins

Second Runner-Up    Marsha Harris

Bass Fiddle

Champion                   Geffrey Heffinger

First Runner-Up        Melissa Hinson

Second Runner-Up        Kaitlyn Caldwell

Harmonica

Champion                   Eddie Ogle

First Runner-Up

Second Runner-Up

Dobro

Champion                   Donald Scott

First Runner-Up        Jackie Dunevant

Second Runner-Up    Lorien Cockman

Hammered Dulcimer

Champion

First Runner-Up

Second Runner-Up

Certified Old Time Fiddler’s Category  (55 yrs. & up)

Champion                   Roger Howell

First Runner-Up         Cecil Gurganus

Second Runner-Up     Jerry Correll

Twin Fiddle

Champions                  Matt Rolland, Bekah Sandeval

First Runners-Up        Adam Masters & Roger Howell

Second Runners-Up     Jim Gaskins, Marsha Harris

Bands

Junior Old Time:

Champion                   Frog

First Runner-Up         _______________________________

Second Runner-Up     _______________________________

Junior Bluegrass:

Champion                   Sweet Briar Jam

First Runner-Up         Smith Family Band

Second Runner-Up     The Hinson Girls

Senior Old Time:

Champion                   Laurel Creek String Band

First Runner-Up         Trap Hill Travelers

Second Runner-Up     Back Step

Senior Bluegrass:

Champion                   Ragged Edge

First Runner-Up         The Edwards Family

Second Runner-Up     Sparrow

Heritage Tune

Special Recognition               Roger Howell

Fiddler of the Festival

Champion                   Matt Roland

First Runner-Up         Roger Howell

Second Runner-Up     Rebecca Barker

Jammer of the Festival

Champion                   Nick McMillan – Bass

First Runner-Up         Samantha Snyder – Fiddle

Second Runner-Up     Zeb Snyder – Mandonlin

Friday Night
Grove Stage
5:30 – Welcome, The Shiver Show
6:00 – Mel Jones & His Bag of Bones
6:30 – The Trantham Family
7:00 – Robin Warren & Spirit Fiddle
7:30 – The Cockman Family
8:00 – Open Mic
9:00 – Josh Goforth
9:30 – Cane Creek Cloggers
9:45 – Laura Boosinger
10:15 – Lissy Rosemont
10:45 – Green Grass Cloggers

Saturday Morning
Log Cabin Stage
10:30 – Storytelling Workshop:
Steve Houser, Doug Elliott, Orville Hicks

Workshop Row
11:30 – Musician Stretching – Daisy Millett
12:30 – Blues Workshop – Mel Jones, Lissy Rosemont & Friends

Saturday Afternoon
Over Yonder Stage
1:30 – Clogging Workshop, Cane Creek Cloggers
3:00 – Song Writers Workshop, Taylor Dunn
4:00 – Clogging Exhibition, Green Grass Cloggers

Log Cabin Stage
1:00 – Shaped Note Singing, Laura Boosinger
1:45 – Storytelling, Steve Houser
2:15 – Storytelling, Doug Elliott
2:45 – Storytelling, Connie Regan-Blake
3:15 – Storytelling, Orville Hicks
4:00 – Children’s Music Show, Sharon Underwood, Mel Jones & Friends

Saturday Evening
Grove Stage
5:30 – Welcome, Individual Winners Announced
Spirit Fiddle
Presentation of Sr. Individual Awards
6:00 – The Cockman Family
Sr. Bluegrass Band Finals
Hot Licks Competition
7:45 – Fiddler of the Festival Playoff
Green Grass Cloggers
9:00 – Sr. Old Time Band Finals
Announce Fiddler of the Festival
10:30 – Laura Boosinger
Cane Creek Cloggers
Band Winners Announced

Sunday
Grove Stage
10:00 – Shaped Note Singing, Laura Boosinger
10:30 – The Cockman Family
11:00 – Blackgrass
11:30– Spirit Fiddle
12:00 – Sally Spring
12:30 – Taylor Dunn
1:00– The Trantham Family
1:30 – The Ireland Family
2:00 – Wicker & Jones
2:30 – The Cockman Family
3:00 – End

COMPETITIONS
Saturday Morning
8:30 Register for Individual Competition at Designated Stages
9:00 Individual Competition Begins

Grove Stage
Jr. & Sr. Old Time Fiddle
Heritage Tune
Certified Old Time Fiddler

Over Yonder
Jr. & Sr. Bluegrass Fiddle
Jr. & Sr. Guitar
Bass Fiddle
Jr. & Sr. Bluegrass Banjo
Jr. & Sr. Mandolin
Dobro
All Jr.Jr. Competitions will be held here. Fiddle, mandolin & guitar.

Traditional Tent
Jr. & Sr. Old Time Banjo
Dulcimer
Hammered Dulcimer
Autoharp
Harmonica

Note: Registration for Twin Fiddle Competition to be held here at 4pm is at 8:30 am. Cut-off at 12 entries!

10:30 am Workshop Row
For Beginners and Intermediate
Dulcimer
Autoharp
Old Time Fiddle
Bluegrass Fiddle
Old Time Banjo
Bluegrass Banjo
Mandolin
Guitar

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Traditional Tent
1:00 Old Time Band Preliminaries
4:00 Twin Fiddle Competition

Grove Stage
1:30 Presentation of Jr. Individual Awards
Jr. Band Competition
2:30 Sr. Bluegrass Band Preliminaries

Please note that times may be changed.

Youth Passes (10-15years) Under 10 FREE
Advance Festival Pass (Postmarked by 5-17-2011) $15
Friday $7
Saturday $15
Saturday after 5pm $5
Sunday $5

Advance Festival Pass (Postmarked by 5-14-2010)     $35

Entire Festival     $50

Friday     $15

Saturday     $30

Saturday after 5pm     $15

Sunday     $10

Youth Passes (10-15years) Under 10 FREE

Advance Festival Pass (Postmarked by 5-14-2010)     $15

Friday     $7

Saturday     $15

Saturday after 5pm     $5

Sunday     $5

Note that the festival ticket prices are for the entire festival, Friday through Sunday. Tickets for individual days or portions of days are sold at the gate when you arrive.
There is a large discount for festival tickets purchased by May 14.