2013 Winners

  • OLD TIME BAND: Crooked Road Ramblers, Crumpler, N.C.; Fox Creek Ramblers, Galax, Va.; South Carolina Broadcasters, Mount Airy, N.C.; New Cabin Creek Boys, Mount Airy, N.C.; Slate Mountain Ramblers, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS BAND: Destination Bluegrass Band, Mocksville, N.C.; Cross Road, Cana, Va.; D.J.R. and G, King, N.C.; Adam McPeak and Mountain Thunder, Max Meadows, Va.; Old Bills, Advance, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE: Kilby Spencer, Crumpler, N.C.; Richard Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Helen White, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Jerry Correll, Elk Creek, Va.; Levi Funk, Fries, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE: Crystal Shipley, Kingsport, Tenn.; John Hofmann, Thomasville, N.C.; Nathan Aldridge, Graham, N.C.; Lauren Sheppard, Raleigh, N.C.; Rex McGee, King, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BANJO: Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Jared Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Trish Fore, Galax, Va.; Kelley Breiding, Lewisville, N.C.; Daniel Boyer, Fries, Va.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO: Zachary Carter: Spartanburg, S.C.; Steve Lewis, Todd, N.C.; Timothy Mills, Riner, Va.; Brandy Miller, West Jefferson, N.C.; Derek Easter, Cana, Va.
  • DOBRO: Pammy Davis, Pleasant Garden, N.C.; Josh Hazelwood, Cana, Va.; Marvin Farmer, Hillsville, Va.; Keith Aiken, Henderson, N.C.; John Powell, Mocksville, N.C.
  • HARMONICA: Eddie Ogle, Roanoke, Va.; Dan Isaacs, Vilas, N.C.; Glen Zuhlke, Galax, Va.; Paul Hiatt: High Point, N.C.; Milton Scott, Thurmond, N.C.
  • DULCIMER: Dick Lamb, Keezeltown, Va.; Wayne Seymour, Reidsville, N.C.; Lisa Smith, Advance, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP: JoAnn Redd, Galax, Va.; Curtis Bond, Fries, Va.; Penny Kilby, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Vickie Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Nellie Zhulke, Galax, Va.
  • BASS: Jerry Steinberg, Salem, Va.; David Campbell, Fleetwood, N.C.; Barbara Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Caleb Hagwood, Durham, N.C.; Donna Correll, Traphill, N.C.
  • VOCAL: Alan Teichman, Jamestown, N.C.; Sarah Osborne, Mount Airy, N.C.; John Goad, Rogersville, Tenn.; Susan Reeder, Galax, Va.; Kinsey Greene, Boone, N.C.
  • MANDOLIN: Catherine Conner, Stuart, Va.; Nick Goad, Stuart, Va.; Rodney Hodges, Galax, Va.; Adam McPeak, Max Meadows, Va.; Connor Lambert, Troutman, N.C.
  • GUITAR: Jeffrey Roten, Ennice, N.C.; Ben Watlington, Mocksville, N.C.; Eric Hardin, West Jefferson, N.C.; Steve Kilby, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Austin Mikeal, West Jefferson, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BAND: Jones Sisters, Linwood, N.C.; Next Generation, Asheboro, N.C.; Pike City, Hillsville, N.C.; Elk Creek Jam Band, Deep Gap, N.C.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE: Carson Peters, Piney Flats, Tenn.; Kitty Amaral, Elk Creek, Va.; Mary-Claire Hooper, Elkin, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BANJO: Miguel Villarruel, Glade Valley, N.C.; Madison Shepherd, Jefferson, N.C.; Brittany Osborne, West Jefferson, N.C.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR: Zack Arnold, West Jefferson, N.C.; Presley Barker, North Wilkesboro, N.C.; Mary Ellen Wingate, Independence, Va.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN: Austin Tate, Marion, Va.; Liam Purcell, Deep Gap, N.C.; Tatum Holloway, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BASS: Kyser George, Westfield, N.C.; Katie Jones, Linwood, N.C.; Karissa Hayden, Hillsville, Va.
  • SENIOR DANCE: Samantha Wilhelmi, Marsha Todd, Cherie Compton, JoAnn Call, Barbara Bowman.
  • JUNIOR DANCE: Mary-Claire Hooper, Leah McGrady, Madison Shepherd, Macy Henson, Lillian Cockerham.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE (noncompetitive, all get ribbons): Myla George, Westfield, N.C.; Kyser George, Westfield, N.C.; Addie Howell, Sparta, N.C.; Kenyon Purcell, Deep Gap, N.C.