2018 Winners

  • BLUEGRASS BAND – Bad Ridge, Wise, Va.; Destination Bluegrass Band, Mocksville, N.C.; Coyote Ugly, Kingsport, Tenn.; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clemmons, N.C.; and Elijah Creek Band, Troutman, N.C.
  • OLD TIME BAND – Slate Mountain Ramblers, Mount Airy, N.C.; Karlie Keepfer and Smokey Holler, Sparta, N.C.; Gap Civil, Sparta, N.C.; Haywood Billy Goats, Raleigh, N.C.; and Brushy Mountain Buddies, Taylorsville, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BAND – Sassafras Sisters, Olympia, Wa.; Wyld Fern, Mocksville, N.C.; One Fret Over, Salisbury, N.C.; 3 Strings, Elk Creek, Va.; Tree House Bandits Sporting Good Attitudes; Laurel Springs, N.C.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE – Andrew Small, Pittsboro, N.C.; Richard Bowman, Mount Airy, N.C.; Lucas Pasley, Sparta, N.C.; Anissa Burnett, Boone N.C.; Erika Testerman, Lansing, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE – Ruth Shumway, West Jefferson, N.C.; Jacob Turnbill, Boiling Springs, N.C.; John Hofmann, Thomasville, N.C.; Jim Shoemaker, Troutman, N.C.; Chris Martin, Wirtz, Va.
  • JUNIOR FIDDLE – Asa Nelson, Zionville, N.C.; Cheyenne Grantham, Boones Mill, Va.; Annie Davis, Olympia, Wa.; Rebekah Glover, Lynchburg, Va.; and Grace Bemus, Salisbury, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS BANJO – Ronny Harrison, Woodlawn, Va.; Danny Bowers, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Gary Webb, Max Meadows, Va.; Danny Boyd, Ararat, Va.; Mike Mullins,  Bristol, Tenn.
  • OLD TIME BANJO – Jared Boyd, Independence, Va.; Trish Fore, Galax, Va.; Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Madison Shepherd, Jefferson, N.C.; Chris Johnson, Sparta, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BANJO – Stewart Werner, Rocky Mount, Va.; Ethan Pardue, Sparta, N.C.; Hazel Pasley, Sparta, N.C.
  • GUITAR – Greg Wilson, Fries, Va.; Nick Wietzenfeld, Roanoke, Va.; Lucas White, La Vergne, Tenn.; Brandon Graybeal, West Jefferson, N.C.; Guy Ferguson, Moneta, Va.
  • JUNIOR GUITAR – Gabe Bemus, Salisbury, N.C.; Gavin Woodruff, Ennice, N.C.; Brant Wimmer, Mocksville, N.C.; Ethan Wagoner, Yadkinville, N.C.; Dawson Richardson, Elk Creek, Va.
  • BASS FIDDLE – Marty Miller, Barren Springs, Va.; Jamie Stacy, Grundy, Va.; John Fogelman, Burlington, N.C.; Ben Silcox, Riner, Va.; Bryan Osborne, Boone, N.C.
  • JUNIOR BASS – Katie McLeod, Yulee, Fla.; Lincoln Moore, Kernersville, N.C.
  • MANDOLIN – Matt Stacy, Grundy, Va.; Randy Willard, Boonville, N.C.; Austin Tate, Marion, Va.; Connor Lambert, Troutman, N.C.; Arnie Solomon, Pleasant Garden, N.C.
  • JUNIOR MANDOLIN – Elijah Moore, Kernersville, N.C.; Emily Glover, Lynchburg, Va.; Zack Wingate, Independence, Va.; Madison Fain, Ararat, Va.; Emma Bowlin, Laurel Springs, N.C.
  • DULCIMER – Lois Hornbostel, Bryson City, N.C.; Ehukai Teves, Bryson City, N.C.; Phyllis Gaskins, Bridgewater, Va.; John Renwick, Charlotte, N.C.; Diane Parker, Galax, Va.
  • DOBRO – Keith Aiken, Henderson, N.C.; Charlie Milliron, Rocky Mount, Va.; Robert Ellis, Mocksville, N.C.; Dave Fox, Galax, Va.; Austin Simmons, Pilot Mountain, N.C.
  • AUTOHARP – JoAnn Redd, Galax, Va.; Bobbi Roberts, Galax, Va.; Vickie Boyd, Laurel Fork, Va.; Virgil Adams, Galax, Va.; Lois R. Shumaker, Olin, N.C.
  • HARMONICA – Glen Zuhlke, Galax, Va.; Paul Hiatt, High Point, N.C.; Wayne Childress, High Point, N.C.; Chester Shelton, Mount Airy, N.C.
  • VOCAL – Tommy Nichols, Mount Airy, N.C.; Julie Johnson, Union Grove, N.C.; Keith Souther, Mocksville, N.C.; Karlie Keepfer, Sparta, N.C. Bruce Mosley, Cana, Va.
  • VOCAL DUET – Jamie Stacy and Matt Stacy, Grundy, Va.; Anissa Burnett and Kathleen Burnett, Boone, N.C.; Ash Watkins and Andrew Small, Pittsboro, N.C.; Boyd Hulin and Keith Souther, Mocksville, N.C.; Beverly Horton and Tommy Nichols, Kingsport, Tenn.
  • OLD TIME FIDDLE/BANJO DUET – Ruth Shumway and Jared Boyd, West Jefferson, N.C.; Joe McDuff and Willow Dillon, Boone, N.C.; Lucas Pasley and Chris Johnson, Sparta, N.C.; Chris Testerman and Karlie Keepfer, Lansing, N.C.; Lenke Pasley and Hazel Pasley, Sparta, N.C.
  • BLUEGRASS FIDDLE/BANJO DUET – Richard Bowman and Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Jacob Turnbill and Greg Deal, Boiling Springs, N.C.; Stewart Werner and Chris Martin, Rocky Mount, Va.; Lake Carver and Brant Wimmer, Mocksville, N.C.
  • SENIOR DANCE – Becky Boyd, Martinsville, Va.; Marsha Todd, Mount Airy, N.C.; Cherie Compton, Ferrum, Va.; Madison Shepherd, Jefferson, N.C.; Fred “the Stomper” White, Independence, Va.
  • JUNIOR DANCE – Asa Nelson, Zionville, N.C.; Darrius Flowers, Pilot Mountain, N.C.; Hazel Pasley, Sparta, N.C.; Talmage Pasley, Sparta, N.C.; Jeremy Bower, West Jefferson, N.C.
  • CHILDREN’S DANCE (8 and under, everybody gets a ribbon) – Jayden Shepherd, 4, Jefferson, N.C.; Malyn Todd, 2, Mount Airy, N.C.; Kierra Vicente, 6, Virginia Beach, Va.