OLD TIME BAND: The Smokey Valley Boys, Mount Airy, N.C.; Walkertown Rangers, Walkertown, N.C.; Tune Town Old Time Band, Marion, Va.; Slate Mountain Ramblers, Ararat, Va.; and Southern Pride, Galax, Va.
BLUEGRASS BAND: Southern Comfort, Salem, Va.; Carolina Drive, Graham, N.C.; Bluegrass Tradition, Hillsville, Va.; Creek Junction, Warrensville, N.C.; Mark Templeton and New Vision, High Point, N.C.
JUNIOR BAND: Dawson Family Band, Mooresville, N.C.; The Cagle Family, Efland, N.C.
OLD TIME FIDDLE: Benton Flippen, Mount Airy, N.C.; Richard Bowman, Ararat, Va.; Eddie Bond, Austinville, Va.; Bob Taylor, Independence, Va.; Greg Hooven, Galax, Va.
BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Dewey Brown, Graham, N.C.; Bill Hawks, Hillsville, Va.; Ray Lindsey Tims, Raleigh, N.C; Jack Sykes, Lebanon, Va.; Justin Cumbow, Bristol, Tenn.
JUNIOR FIDDLE: Sierra Wilson, Deep Gap, N.C.
OLD TIME BANJO: Trish Kilby, Whitetop, Va.; Herb Brown, Christiansburg, Va.; Tina Trianosky, Elk View, W. Va.; Tom Rosencrans, Northumberland, Pa.; Marianne Kovach, Greensboro, N.C.
BLUEGRASS BANJO: Eric Hardin, Warrensville, N.C.; Steve Barr, Galax, Va.; Fats Ridge, Rich Valley, Va.; Joey Cox, Pulaski, Va.; Darrell Wilkerson, Graham, N.C.
JUNIOR BANJO: Neal Cagle, Efland, N.C.
GUITAR: Scott Fore, Radford, Va.; Bob Hooven, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Jerry Thompkins, Martinsville, Va.; Ray Cline, Statesville, N.C.; Gary Creed, Floyd, Va.
JUNIOR GUITAR: Will Jones, Cana, Va.
MANDOLIN: Chris Harris, Eden, N.C.; Andy Sage, Bristol, Tenn.; Greg Jones, Mount Airy, N.C.; Len Presnell, High Point, N.C.; Rodney Hodges, Galax, Va. Junior MANDOLIN: Spencer Blankenship, Bedford, Va.
BASS FIDDLE: Steven Dowdy, Salem, Va.; Barry McCauley, Mebane, N.C.; Loyd Richardson, Warrensville, N.C.; Carl Kilby, Lewisburg, Pa.; Dan Campbell, Statesville, N.C.
DOBRO: Donnie Scott, Dobson, N.C.; Mack Powers, Lansing, N.C.; Harold Taylor, Roxboro, N.C.; Keith Aiken, Henderson, N.C.; Tim Goins, High Point, N.C. HARMONICA: Mel Jones, Mocksville, N.C.; Eddie Ogle, Roanoke, Va.; Paul Hiatt, High Point, N.C.; Glen Zuhlke, Galax, Va.; Michael Mahaffey, Whitetop, Va.