1998 Winners

  • OLD TIME BAND: Old Time Tradition of Galax, Va.; The Night Ramblers of Carrboro, N.C.; Roan Mountain Hilltoppers of Roan Mountain, Tenn.;Reed Island Rounders of Hillsville, Va.; Grayson County River Rats of Independence, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BAND: 220 Connection of Seagrove, N.C.; Sons of the South of Claremont, N.C.; New Vision of High Point, N.C.; Swamp Grass of Sparta, N.C.; Slingblade Bluegrass of Burlington, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Shallow Creek of Dry Fork, Va.; Bluegrass Sounds of Covington, Va.; Dawson Family Band of Mooresville, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Jerry Correll of Elk Creek, Va.; Edd Michaels of Galax, Va.; Betty Vornbrock of Hillsville, Va.; Eddie Bond of Austinville, Va.; Robert Taylor of Independence, Va.
  • MANDOLIN: Ron Inscore of Ararat, Va.; Travis Fitzgerald of Danville, Va.; Randy Sage of Bristol, Tenn.; Bobby Wood of Claremont, N.C.; Len Presnell of High Point, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Ray Lindsey Tims of Raleigh, N.C.; Nathan Leath of Taylorsville, N.C.; Dewey Brown of Burlington, N.C.; Shanna Swaringen of Wilkesboro, N.C.; Junior Shinault of Woodlawn, Va.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Brien Fain of Stuart, Va.; Andy Buckman of Laurel Fork, Va.; Dee Dee Price of Galax, Va.; Tom Rosencrans of Northumberland, Pa.; Scott Koenig of Elizabethton, Tenn.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Jeremy P. Stephens of Danville, Va.; Mark Templeton of High Point, N.C.; Joe Martin of Raleigh, N.C.; Larry D. Royall of East Bend, N.C.; and Kenneth Melton of Galax, Va.
  • GUITAR: Steve Kilby of North Wilkesboro, N.C.; Gerald Anderson of Troutdale, Va.; Ray Tims of Raleigh, N.C.; Kevin Richardson of Seagrove, N.C.; John Perry of Independence, Va.
  • HARMONICA: Daisy Millett, Boonville, N.C.; Sam Nichols, Mount Airy, N.C.; Paul Hiatt, High Point, N.C.
  • BASS FIDDLE: Gary Creed of Floyd, Va.; Bryan Osborne of Creston, N.C.; Barry McCauley of Burlington, N.C.; John Fogleman of Snow Camp, N.C.; Barbara Bowman of Ararat, Va.
  • DOBRO: Donnie Scott of Dobson, N.C.; Mack Powers of Warrensville, N.C.; Tim Goins of Mount Airy, N.C.; Frank Lawson Jr. of Galax, Va.; J.J. McKnight of Lewisville, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP: JoAnn Redd of Galax, Va.; Glenna Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.; Bobbi Roberts of Roanoke, Va.; Shirley Howell of Daleville, Va.; Ed Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.
  • DULCIMER: Nancy Tuggle of Independence, Va.; John Renwick of Charlotte, N.C.; Clarence Roberts of Roanoke, Va.; Melanie Anderson Koenig of Elizabethton, Tenn.; Ralph Tuggle of Independence, Va.
  • VOCAL: Jina Gillis-Rosencrans of Northumberland, Pa.; Jessee Lovell of Fries, Va.; Donna Correll of Elk Creek, Va.; Sandy Lloyd of Rural Retreat, Va.; and Scott Blaylock of Bristol, Tenn.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Ashley McCormick of Galax, Va.; Justin Jackson of Austinville, Va.; Kayla Shuler of Elk Creek, Va.; Patrick Wood of Bassett, Va.; Diana Holderfield of Galax, Va.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Mark Handy of Ennice, N.C.; Harold Smith of Woodlawn, Va.; Michael Crouse of Glade Valley, N.C.; Marsha Bowman of Ararat, Va.; Dawn Boyd of Floyd, Va.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants: Roy Lee Christian of Hillsville, Va.; Claire Gleason of Fries, Va.; Hannah Bond of Austinville, Va.; Jessie Rowland of Martinsville, Va.; Jimmy Creed of Floyd, Va.; Holly McCormick of Galax, Va.; Hannah Rosencrans of Northumberland, Pa.; Shirlee Joines of Sparta; Casey Rosencrans of Northumberland, Pa.