1999 Winners

  • BLUEGRASS BAND: Mark Templeton and New Vision of High Point, N.C.; Rock Bottom Bluegrass of Warrensville, N.C.; Southern Breeze of Cana, Va.; Stoney Creek Boys of Union Grove, N.C.; Standing Ground of Deep Gap, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BAND: Southern Pride of Hillsville, Va.; Blue Ridge Mountain Ramblers of Glade Valley, N.C.; Grayson Highlands Band of Jefferson, N.C.; Slate Mountain Ramblers of Ararat, Va.; Smokey Valley Boys of Mount Airy, N.C. JUNIOR BAND: Bluegrass Sounds of Creston, N.C.; Five-Minute Put Together Band of Jonesborough, Tenn.; Dawson Family Band of Mooresville, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Dale Roten of Warrensville, N.C.; Mark Templeton of High Point, N.C.; Darrell Wilkerson of Raleigh, N.C.; Kenneth Melton of Galax, Va.; Wendell Cockerham of Woodlawn, Va.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Marsha Bowman of Ararat, Va.; Tina Blevins of Jefferson, N.C.; Trish Kilby of Lansing, N.C.; Ken Inoue of Statesville, N.C.; Eddie Bond of Austinville, Va.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Eric Hardin of Warrensville, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Dewey Brown of Graham, N.C.; Hunter Berry of Elizabethton, Tenn.; Jamie Harper of Mocksville, N.C.; Lindsey Tims of Raleigh, N.C.; Shanna Swaringen of Wilkesboro, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Lucas Pasley of Glade Valley, N.C.; Benton Flippen of Mount Airy, N.C.; Richard Bowman of Ararat, Va.; Tim Donley of Richmond, Va.; and Junior Spencer of Frankford, W. Va.
  • JUNIOER FIDDLE: Monroe Lowe of Jonesborough, Tenn.
  • GUITAR: Scott Fore of Radford, Va.; Steve Lewis of Todd, N.C.; Butch Barker of Lansing, N.C.; Steve Kilby of Piney Creek, N.C.; Steve Martin of Graham, N.C.
  • MANDOLIN: Ricky Ellis of Moneta, Va.; John Roten of Warrensville, N.C.; Rafe Martin of Raleigh, N.C.; Jeff Aebi of Raleigh, N.C.; Len Presnell of Lexington, N.C.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Amy Dawson of Mooresville, N.C.
  • DULCIMER: Tammy Sawyer of Hays, N.C.; Chuck Hemrick of Rural Hall, N.C.; Jamie Amoroso of Apex, N.C.; Clarence Roberts of Galax, Va.; Melanie Anderson Koenig from Hampton, Tenn.
  • AUTOHARP: Mary Umbarger of Harmony, N.C.; Glenna Karen Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.; Jo Ann Redd of Galax, Va.; Bobbi Roberts of Galax, Va.; Betty Menius of Concord, N.C.
  • BASS FIDDLE: Daniel Pruitt of Hardy, Va.; John Fogleman of High Point, N.C.; Loyd Richardson of Warrensville, N.C.; Barry McCauley of Mebane, N.C.; Dell Tims of Raleigh, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BASS FIDDLE: Bryan Osborne of Creston, N.C.
  • VOCAL: Judy Boitnott of Roanoke, Va.; Kay Justice of Abingdon, Va.; Cammie Collins of Pinnacle, N.C.; Beth Smith of Germanton, N.C.; Dorothy Hess of Jefferson, N.C.
  • DOBRO: Donnie Scott of Dobson, N.C.; Mack Powers of Lansing, N.C.; Tim Goins of Mount Airy, N.C.; Harold Taylor of Roxboro, N.C.; Darrell Hobson of Advance, N.C.
  • HARMONICA: Eddie Ogle of Roanoke, Va.; Glen Zuhlke of Galax, Va.; Jack Grubb from Sophia, W. Va.; Daisy Millett of Boonville, N.C.; Edward Hartman of Pipestem, W.Va 
  • SENIOR DANCE: John Perry of Independence, Va; Nash Boyd of Floyd, Va.; Marsha Bowman of Ararat, Va.; Janna Douglas of Independence, Va.; Dawn Boyd of Floyd, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Patrick Wood of Bassett, Va.; Rachel Blankenship of Stuart, Va.; Ashley McCormick of Galax, Va.; Dianna Holderfield of Galax, Va.; Monroe Lowe of Jonesborough, Tenn.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants: Casey Rosencrans of Northumberland, Pa.; Amie Laurie Dawson of Mooresville, N.C.; John Hayden Dawson of Mooresville, N.C.; Amy Ellis of Moneta, Va.; Laura Ellis of Moneta, Va.; Maggie Blankenship of Stuart, Va.; Jimmy Creed of Floyd, Va.; Ashley McGirt of Raleigh, N.C.; Ellie McGirt of Raleigh, N.C.; Claire Gleason of Fries, Va.; Jessie Rowland of Martinsville, Va.