2003 Winners

  • BLUEGRASS BAND: No Speed Limit, Martinsville, Va.; Lonesome Drive, Marion, Va.; Bluegrass Tradition, Hillsville, Va.; Fine Blue Line, Carthage, N.C.; Carolina Drive, Burlington, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BAND: New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters, Galax, Va.; Smokey Valley Boys, Mount Airy, N.C.; Southern Pride, Galax, Va.; Grayson Ridgerunners, Elk Creek, Va.; Slate Mountain Ramblers, Ararat, Va.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Montana and the Old Time Boys, Fries, Va.; Round Peak Pickers, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Cana Ramblers, Cana, Va.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Eddie Bond, Fries, Va.; A.G. Edmonds, Pilot Mountain, N.C.; Richard Bowman, Ararat, Va.; Benton Flippen, Mount Airy, N.C.; Jerry Correll, Elk Creek, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Jamie Harper, Mocksville, N.C.; Franklin Nifong, Advance, N.C.; Richard Pardue, Salisbury, N.C.; David Woodie, Burlington, N.C.; Tommy Killian, Claremont, N.C.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE: Montana Grace Young, Bassett, Va.; Erika Godfrey, Mount Airy, N.C.; Brett Morris, Elk Creek, Va.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Ken Inoue, Statesville, N.C.; Brien Fain, Stuart, Va.; Joey Burris, Hillsville, Va.; Nancy Sluys, Westfield, N.C.; Jim Anderson, Bumpass, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: J.R. Reynolds, Marion, Va.; Fats Ridge, Rich Valley, Va.; Tim Williamson, Robbins, N.C.; Joey Cox, Pulaski, Va.; Eric Hardin, Warrensville, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Owen Piatt, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Sarah Garbade, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Patrick Hill, Fries, Va.
  • GUITAR: Gerald Anderson, Troutdale, Va.; Edward Dalton, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Keith McKinnon, Marion, Va.; Phillip Jones, Cana, Va.; Austin Mikeal, Lansing, N.C.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR: Will Jones, Cana, Va.; Jacob Hiatt, Mount Airy, N.C.; Eric Hill, Fries, Va.
  • MANDOLIN: Chris Harris, Eden, N.C.; Kevin McKinnon, Marion, Va.; Greg Jones, Mount Airy, N.C.; Henry Boitnott, Roanoke, Va.; Teddy White, Carthage, N.C.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Laura Leigh Jones, Cana, Va.; Nick Keen, East Bend, N.C.; Ben Hill, Galax, Va.
  • BASS FIDDLE: Marty Miller, Dobson, N.C.; Jimmy Creed, Floyd, Va.; Rodney Gordon, Yadkinville, N.C.; Jonathan Boyd, Hillsville, Va.; Lewis Beasley, Robbins, N.C.
  • VOCAL: Beth Smith, Walnut Cove, N.C.; Jeffrey Young, Bassett, Va.; Coland Boitnott, Troutville, Va.; Deborah Jean Sheets, Vilas, N.C.; Eric Marshall, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP: Mary Umbarger, Harmony, N.C.; Glenna Anderson, Christiansburg, Va.; Bobbi Roberts, Galax, Va.; Jean Ghent, Lexington, Va.; Nellie Zuhlke, Galax, Va.
  • DULCIMER: Bonnie Russell, Galax, Va.; Dick Lamb, Keezletown, Va.; Jack Blankenship, Bedford, Va.; Tammy Sawyer, Hays, N.C.; Jeremiah Skarie, Sparta, N.C.
  • HARMONICA: Jim Greenwald, Lakewood, Calif.; Eddie Ogle, Roanoke, Va.; Kenn Sweeney, Higganum, Conn.; Paul Hiatt, High Point, N.C.; David Craft, Lewisville, N.C.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Michael Motley, Richmond, Va.; Regina Sigmon, Callaway, Va.; Mary Ann Vilcsek, Asheboro, N.C.; Kathy Asbury, Independence, Va.; Barbara Bowman, Ararat, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Justin Jackson, Austinville, Va.; Grace Wilson, Galax, Va.; Darien McCormick, Galax, Va.; Cara Wilson, Galax, Va.; Macy Delp, Galax, Va.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants: Lindsey Jackson, Austinville, Va.; Sarah James, Mocksville, N.C.; Jacob Reynolds, Marion, Va.; Cassie Mathis, North Wilkesboro, N.C.; Tabitha Sands, Germanton, N.C.; Amanda Fithian, Pulaski, Va.; Madison McCormick, Galax, Va.; Derrick Davis, Galax, Va.