2002 Winners

  • BLUEGRASS BAND: Bluegrass Tradition, Hillsville, Va.; Lonesome Drive, Marion, Va.; Marshall Brothers and Daybreak, Mount Airy, N.C.; Sons of the South, Statesville, N.C.; Carolina Drive, Raleigh, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BAND: Southern Pride, Galax, Va.; Old Time Tradition, Austinville, Va.; Slate Mountain Ramblers, Ararat, Va.; Blue Ridge Mountain Ramblers, Lansing, N.C.; Backstep, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Cana Ramblers, Cana, Va.; Surry-Stokes Pickers, Mount Airy, N.C.; River Bend, Mouth of Wilson, Va.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: James Burris, Galax, Va.; Richard Bowman, Ararat, Va.; Jerry Correll, Elk Creek, Va.; Nick McMillan, Mount Airy, N.C.; Rita Scott, Lansing, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Brooke Brammer, Collinsville, Va.; John Hofmann, Thomasville, N.C.; David Woodie, Raleigh, N.C.; Junior Shinault, Woodlawn, Va.; Deborah Gitlin, Walkertown, N.C.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE: Monroe Lowe, Jonesborough, Tenn.; Jarred Nutter, Meadowbridge, W.Va.; Montana Grace Young, Bassett, Va.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Trish Kilby, Lansing, N.C.; Brien Fain, Stuart, Va.; Tina Trianosky, Jefferson, N.C.; Joey Burris, Galax, Va.; Marsha Bowman, Ararat, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Kenneth Melton, Woodlawn, Va.; Mark Krider, Todd, N.C.; Eric Hardin, Warrensville, N.C.; Danny Boyd, Hillsville, Va.; Darrell Wilkerson, Raleigh, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Hannah Rosencrans, Northumberland, Pa.; Sarah Garbade, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; C.J. Josey, Lawsonville, N.C.
  • GUITAR: Chester McMillan, Mount Airy, N.C.; Danny Casstevens, East Bend, N.C.; Gerald Anderson, Troutdale, Va.; Tony King, Galax, Va.; Keith McKinnon, Marion, Va.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR: Will Jones, Cana, Va.; Eric Hill, Fries, Va.; Dalton Cranford, Troutman, N.C.
  • MANDOLIN: Chris Golliher, Marion, Va.; Mike Sizemore, Hillsville, Va.; Kevin McKinnon, Marion, Va.; Ronnie Lyons, Laurel Fork, Va.; Brandon Hardin, Warrensville, N.C.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Laura Leigh Jones, Cana, Va.; Spencer Blankenship, Bedford, Va.; Adam Marshall, Fancy Gap, Va.
  • BASS FIDDLE: Lee Sawyer, Denton, N.C.; Jonathan Boyd, Hillsville, Va.; Lewis Beasley, Star, N.C.; Terry Semones, Galax, Va.; Walter Patterson, Hiddenite, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BASS FIDDLE: Ashley Jones, Cana, Va.; Jimmy Creed, Floyd, Va.
  • VOCAL: Jina Gillis-Rosencrans, Northumberland, Pa.; Thomas Connor, Elliston, Va.; Wil Robertson, Troutdale, Va.; Ronnie Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Barbara Scott, Dobson, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP: Joann Redd, Galax, Va.; Rhoda Kemp, Salem, Va.; John Hollandsworth, Christiansburg, Va.; Mary Umbarger, Harmony, N.C.; Glenna Karen Anderson, Christiansburg, Va.
  • DULCIMER: Bonnie Russell, Galax, Va.; Jack Blankenship, Bedford, Va.; Dick Lamb, Keezletown, Va.; Chuck Hemrick, Rural Hall, N.C.; Tammy Sawyer, Hays, N.C.
  • DOBRO: Pammy Davis, Pleasant Garden, N.C.; Donnie Scott, Dobson, N.C.; Brad Harper, Huntersville, N.C.; Kenneth Kirkman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Frank Lawson, Galax, Va.
  • 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: Monroe Lowe, Michael Motley, Joann Call, Bob Cheek, Shane Bond.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Grace Wilson, Darien McCormick, Ashley McCormick, Savannah Jones, Dianna Holderfield.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants: Lindsey Jackson, Hannah Bond, Sarah Kay James, Laurel Anderson Koenig, Madison McCormick.