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.
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.