2011 Winners

  • OLD TIME BAND: Slate Mountain Ramblers, Mount Airy, N.C.; Fiddlin’ Erika and Surry County Boys, Mount Airy, N.C.; Rail Splitters, Big Stone Gap, Va.; Little River Reelers, Galax, Va.; Whoopin’ Hollar String Band, Charleston, W.Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BAND: Turkey Creek, Johnson City, Tenn.; Double Overtime, Dobson, N.C.; Sons of the South, Claremont, N.C.; Destination Bluegrass, Rockwell, N.C.; Bluegrass Revue, Walnut Cove, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Jake Krack, Charleston, W.Va.; Richard Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Andy Edmonds, Pilot Mountain, N.C.; Chris Testerman, Grassy Creek, N.C.; Nick McMillian, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: John Hofmann, Thomasville, N.C.; Merl Johnson, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Marlon Dean, Independence, Va.; Ashley Davis, Johnson City, Tenn.; Lyndsey Nichols, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Tony Mabe, Walnut Cove, N.C.; Brien Fain, Mount Airy, N.C.; Kelley Breiding, Mount Airy, N.C.; Joey Neal, Blackstock, S.C.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Courtney Wright, Saltville, Va.; Steve Chrisley, Wytheville, Va.; Jake Hiatt, Mount Airy, N.C.; Brandy Miller, West Jefferson, N.C.; Casey McPherson, Stuart, Va.
  • GUITAR: Matt Osborne, Bristol, Va.; Danny Casstevens, Mocksville, N.C.; Garry Dalton, Draper, Va.;  Michael Brown, Woodlawn, Va.; Joey Doss, Stoneville, N.C.
  • MANDOLIN: Chase Johner, Marion, Va.; Travers Chandler, Galax, Va.; Connor Hagwood, Durham, N.C.; Greg Blevins, Marion, Va.; Adam McPeak, Max Meadows, Va.
  • VOCAL: Tommy Nichols, Mount Airy, N.C.; Shelby Mahaffey, Riner, Va.; Beth Smith, Walnut Cove, N.C.; Jesse Lovell, Fries, Va.; Lynne Powell, Mocksville, N.C.
  • BASS: Loyd Richardson, Warrensville, N.C.; David Chrisley, Wytheville, Va.; Barbara Bowman, Ararat, Va.; Stacy Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Michael Perkins, Greensboro, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP: Heather Mabe, Walnut Cove, N.C.; JoAnn Redd, Galax, Va.; Virgil Adams, Fries, Va.; Curtis Bond, Fries, Va.; Libby Kahn, Independence, Va.
  • DULCIMER: Dick Lamb, Keezletown, Va.;  Tim Thornton, Shawsville, Va.; Jean Callison, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Debbie Toney, Ellenboro, N.C.; Lisa Smith, Advance, N.C.
  • DOBRO: Jordan Roberson, Greensboro, N.C.; Curtiss Thornton, Shawsville, Va.; Robert Ellis, Mocksville, N.C.; Tom Costner, Pilot Mountain, N.C.; Peter McCranie, Charlotte, N.C.
  • HARMONICA: Daniel Mabe, King, N.C.; Eddie Ogle, Roanoke, Va.;  Glen Zuhlke, Galax, Va.; Paul Hiatt, High Point, N.C.; Milton Scott, Thurmond, N.C.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Samantha Wilhelmi, Riner, Va.; JoAnn Call, Roaring River, N.C.; Mitchell Robinson, Galax, Va.; Danny Easome, Penhook, Va.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Kirkman Sisters, Salisbury, N.C.; Never Fret, Laurel Fork, Va.; Summer Girls, Charlotte, N.C.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE: Sarah Lemons, Charlotte, N.C.; Tori Jones, Linwood, N.C.; Mary-Claire Hooper, Elkin, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Clint Lemons, Charlotte, N.C.; Jared Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Mason Wagoner, Glade Valley, N.C.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR: Jeffrey Roten, Ennice, N.C.; Carlos Vargas, Sparta, N.C.; Ethan Ayers, Cana, Va.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Vance Lemons, Charlotte, N.C.; Ethan Edwards, Laurel Fork, Va.
  • JUNIOR BASS: Karissa Hayden, Laurel Fork, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Katie Jones, Linwood, N.C.; Tiffany Vargas, Sparta, N.C.; Carlos Vargas, Sparta, N.C.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE participants (everybody gets a ribbon): Ruth Shumway, 8, Charlotte, N.C.; Caleb Broom, 6, of Lexington, N.C.; Laci Broom, 8, Lexington, N.C.; Elli Jones, 7, Linwood, N.C.; Warren Martel, 5, Troutman, N.C.; Austin Sayers, 5, Rural Retreat, Va.; Andrew Sayers, 8, Rural Retreat, Va.; Challa Phillips, 8, Independence, Va.