Thanks, Everyone, for a beautiful Hoppin’ John Fiddlers Convention! Here are this year’s winners:

Old-Time Band

1. Skinny Creek

2. Cool As Grits

3. Bull Moose Party

Bluegrass Band

1. The Craggy Mountaineers

2. Birdsong

3. —(Looks like the stipulation on minimum # of bluegrass bands will return!)

Non-Traditional

1. The Blackout Susies

2. Supercritter

3. The Jam Busters

Mandolin

1. Alex Meredith

2. Zeb Gambill

3. Daniel Ullom

Bass

1. Michael Plumley

2. —-

3. —-(no more bass contest unless at least 5 pre-registrations next year)

Guitar

1. Zeb Gambill

2. Andre Gruber

3. Jen Maurer

Song Duets

1. Emilyn Bishop & Maggie Thornton

2. Gray Buchanan & Duck Ryan

3. Marshall Brown & John Duncan

Folk Song

1. Gray Buchanan

2. Jeanie Thieken

3. Duck Ryan

Banjo

1. Duck Ryan

2. Lucian Stewart

3. Dale Stansberry

Fiddle

1. Ben Kiser

2. Nathan Vargo

3. Willow Keasler

Instrument Duo

1. Henri Clarke & Rachel Dunaway

2. Nathan Vargo & Andrew Walker

3. Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones

Adult Dance

1. Phil Jamison

2. Nathan Vargo

3. Kelsey Sutton

Youth Fiddle

1. Miles Kexel

2. Ruby Lou King

3. Jack Sawyer

Youth Other Instrument

1. Miles Kexel

2. Layla Sawyer

3. Hannah Boggs

Youth Dance

1. Eden Kexel

2. Miles Kexel

3. Alice Lewis