Chatham County's Traditional Music Festival

September 12 - 14, 2024

2015 Winners

2015 Contest Winners

Old-Time Band

1st – Appalachian Thunder;   2nd – Haywood Billygoats;   3rd – John Hardy Party

Non-Traditional Band

1st – Stray Local;    2nd – New Harmonic Convergence;    3rd – The Fernandez Sisters

Bluegrass Band

1st –  Bluegrass Bungaloids;   2nd – Treeline Grass

Old-Time Fiddle

1st – Joseph Decosimo;   2nd – Richard Bowman;     3rd – Erynn Marshall

Bluegrass Fiddle

1st – Gil Benson;   2nd – Clay Shelor;    3rd – Bob Campbell

Old-Time Banjo

1st – Jim Collier;   2nd – Joseph Decosimo;     3rd – Alan Julich

Bluegrass Banjo

1st – Brandon Henson;   2nd – David Thornberry;    3rd – Hugh Moore

Folk Song

1st – Kenny Jackson;   2nd – Ed Norman;    3rd – Lightnin’ Wells

Mandolin

1st – Zeb Gambill;   2nd – Spencer Mobley;   3rd – Zach Mondry

Guitar

1st – Hiro Arakawa;   2nd – Zeb Gambill;    3rd – Cary Moskovitz

Bass

1st – Keith Sikes;    2nd – Jason King;    3rd – John Gaster

Youth Fiddle

1st – Olivia Fernandez;    2nd – Ben Bullard;    3rd – Sophia Fernandez

Youth Banjo

1st – Cage Bullard

Youth Other Instrument

1st – Ben Bullard;   2nd – Django Burgess;    3rd – Milo Moskovitz

Adult Dance

1st – Joan Levitt;   2nd – Phoebe Douthwaite;    3rd – Julie Chiles

Youth Dance

1st – Cage Bullard;   2nd – Ben Bullard;    3rd – Silven Vincent-Faris & Nightingale Pergolotti (tie)

The Cook-Off

1st – John Hoppers Team (Muriel);   2nd – (tie) Motown Mushrooms (Jason) & Hoppin’ Gabriel (Celia  & Alex)

Thank you to our WONDERFUL sponsors! We couldn’t do it without these folks:

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