2005 Winners

  • OLD TIME BAND: Southern Pride of Hillsville, Va.; Smoky Valley Boys of Mount Airy, N.C.; Slate Mountain Ramblers of Ararat, Va.; Blue Ridge Mountain Ramblers of Lowgap, N.C.; Old Time Boys of Meadow Bridge, W. Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BAND: Rose of Sharon of East Bend, N.C.; High Lonesome Grass of Mountain City, Tenn.; Breaking it Down of Jonesville, N.C.; Laws and Price Band of Butler, Tenn.; Spur of the Moment Band of Mount Airy, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Galax Little Leaves of Galax Va.; Full Throttle of Mocksville, N.C.; Millionaires in the Making of Sparta, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Montana Young of Bassett, Va.; Kenny Price of Mountain City, Tenn.; David Woodie of Sparta, N.C.; Malia Furtado of Front Royal, Va.; TommyKillian of Statesville, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Benton Flippen of Mount Airy, N.C.; James Burris of Galax, Va.; Richard Bowman of Ararat, Va.; Andy Edmonds of Pilot Mountain, N.C.; and Jarred Nutter of Meadow Bridge, W. Va.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE: Cameron Faryadi of Oakboro, N.C.; Justin Jackson of Austinville, Va.; Marlon Rickman Alessandra of Independence, Va.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Kevin Fore of Lowgap, N.C.; Roger Wilson of Mount Airy, N.C.; Kelly Breiling of Mount Airy, N.C.; Allen Rutherford of Independence, Va.; Trish Fore of Lowgap, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Steve Lewis of Todd, N.C.; Kenneth Melton of Woodlawn, Va.; Michael Souther of Statesville, N.C.; Sydney Watson of Mount Airy, N.C.; Don McCraw of Rural Retreat, Va.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Cody McGuire of Boone, N.C.; Houston Kyle Caldwell of Galax, Va.; Cody Jackson of Austinville, Va.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR: Asa Gravely of Hillsville, Va.; David Hobson of Mocksville, N.C.; Cate Hall of Sparta, N.C.
  • GUITAR: Brandon Davis of Independence, Va.; Scott Fore of Radford, Va.; Eric Hardin of Warrensville, N.C.; Edward Dalton of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Steve Kilby of Mouth of Wilson, Va.
  • MANDOLIN: Terry Bullin of Elkin, N.C.; Kody Norris of Mountain City, Tenn.; Chase Johner of Chilhowie, Va.; John Michaelson of Jefferson, N.C.; and Ronnie Lyons of Galax, Va.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Ben Hill of Galax, Va.; Ashton Blaylock of Bristol, Tenn.; Ben Peters of Amherst, Va.
  • VOCAL: Tommy Nichols of Mount Airy, N.C.; Keith Souther of Statesville, N.C.; Beth Smith of Walnut Cove, N.C.; Mark Queensberry of Meherrin, Va.; Lynne Powell of Mocksville, N.C.
  • BASS FIDDLE: Marty Miller of Dobson, N.C.; Loyd Richardson of Warrensville, N.C.; Lee Sawyer of Lexington, N.C.; Dan Cambell of Yadkinville, N.C.; Joey Burris of Hillsville, Va.
  • AUTOHARP: Bobbi Roberts of Galax, Va.; JoAnn Redd of Galax, Va.; Mary Umbarger of Harmony, N.C.; Glenna Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.; Ed Anderson of Christiansburg, Va.
  • DULCIMER: Jeremiah Skarie of Sparta, N.C.; Tammy Sawyer of Hays, N.C.; Tim Thornton of Shawsville, Va.; Dustin Sechrest of Elk Creek, Va.; Richard Pardue of Salisbury, N.C.
  • DOBRO: Billy Bourne of Fries, Va.; Travis Houck of Chilhowie, Va.; John Powell of Mocksville, N.C.; Robert Ellis of Mocksville, N.C.; Jon Singleton of Charlotte, N.C.
  • HARMONICA: Ricky Peters of Amherst, Va.; Mel Jones of Mocksville, N.C.; Paul Hiatt of High Point, N.C.; Glenn Zuhlke of Galax, Va.; Charlie Whiting of Indian Valley, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Grace Wilson; Charity Wilson; Lindsey Jackson; Kara Wilson; Carley Booher.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Barbara Bowman; Ben Harmon; Cody Jackson; Justin Jackson; Jessica Shepard.