What a truly magical musical weekend — THANK YOU all for bringing out your best competition game! Contest participation increased more than triplefold, and the judges had some excruciatingly difficult decisions to make. Many thanks, too, to our hard-driving square dance bands, Jerron Paxton, and all workshop and showcase musicians, volunteers and attendees.

Here are this year’s winners (please send spelling corrections):

Old-Time Band

1st: The Floyd      2nd: Up Jumped Trouble       3rd: Hot Dog Water

Bluegrass Band

1st: Asheville Mountain Boys       2nd: No Smokin’      3rd: Dangleman Family

Non-Traditional

1st: Ball Jar All-Stars      2nd: Shakori Syncopators      3rd: The Wilted Plums

Fiddle

1st: Ben Kiser      2nd: Cody Bauer       3rd: Nick Tutweiler

Banjo

1st: Micah Bowen      2nd: Courtney Clapp       3rd: Edwin McCoy

Guitar

1st: Zeb Gambill      2nd: Jacob Brewer      3rd: Marshall Brown

Song Duets

1st: Abigail Gruber & Andre Gruber      2nd: Tim Wells & Spencer Woodman      3rd: Jen Maurer & Cary Moskovitz

Mandolin

1st: Alex Meredith      2nd: Andrew Berger-Gross      3rd: Zeb Gambill

Bass

1st: Jacob Brewer      2nd: David Gagliardo      3rd: Lennon White

Folk Song

1st: Grace Stormont      2nd: Abigail Winters      3rd: Duck Ryan

Instrument Duo

1st: Phillip Clapp & Courtney Clapp      2nd: Keith Brand & Cary Moskowicz      3rd: Sam Harris & Micah Bowen

Adult Dance

1st: Julie Chiles      2nd: Sophie Moeckel      3rd: Devin Najera

Youth Fiddle

1st: Ada King      2nd: Whitley Thornton      3rd: Ruby Lou King

Youth Other Instrument

1st: Peter Trakimowicz      2nd: Elliot King     3rd: Hollace Oakes

Youth Dance

1st: Miles Kexel      2nd: William Moeckel      3rd: Alice Lewis

Cook-Off

1st: Wild Hog in the Woods Hoppin’ John       2nd: Fiddleheads       3rd: Sam Treadaway

 

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