2000 Winners

  • 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.
  • JUNIOR BASS FIDDLE: Hannah Rosencrans, Northumberland, Pa.
  • VOCAL: Tommy Connor, Elliston, Va.; Jim Costo, Talcutt, W. Va.; Susan Gleason, Fries, Va.; Jackie Ferguson, Roanoke, Va.; Jim Millsaps, Roanoke, Va.
  • AUTOHARP: Glenna Anderson, Christiansburg, Va.; Gilbert Suitt, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Rhoda Kemp, Salem, Va.; JoAnne Redd, Galax, Va.; Ed Anderson, Christiansburg, Va.
  • DULCIMER: John Renwick, Charlotte, N.C.; Jeremiah Skarie, Sparta, N.C.; Nancy Tuggle, Independence, Va.; Gin Burris, Hillsville, Va.; Chuck Hemrick, Rural Hall, 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.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Janna Douglas, Independence, Va.; Jeff Swaim, Elkin, N.C.; Marsha Bowman, Ararat, Va.; Michael Sexton, Galax, Va.; Melissa Kirby, Galax, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Monroe Lowe, Jonesborough, Tenn.; Amy Cox, Galax, Va.; Ashley McCormick, Galax, Va.; Holly McCormick, Galax, Va.; Emerald Midkiff-Skaggs, Galax, Va.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants: Jimmy Creed, Floyd, Va.; Laurel A. Koenig, Hampton, Tenn.; Jessie Rowland, Martinsville, Va.; Elizabeth Wise, Dudley, N.C.; Colton Jones, Clemmons, N.C.; Sierra Wilson, Deep Gap, N.C.; Annie Dawson, Mooresville, N.C.; Lindsey Jackson, Austinville, Va.; Hannah Bond, Austinville, Va.; Justin Jackson, Austinville, Va.; Claire Gleason, Fries, Va.