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Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM

Fiddlers Convention Winners Announced

Winners in the 30th annual Maury River Fiddlers Convention, held Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, were as follows: Bluegrass band – Hammaville of Bedford, first; Blue Ridge Limited of Ashland, second; Hiss Pit of Madison Heights, third.

Old-time band – Up In The Air of Roanoke, first; Pole Cats of Goochland, second; Axn Jaxn & the Supernaturals of Monroe, third.

Bluegrass fiddle – Chole Hopkins of Roanoke, first; Wyatt Peake of Richmond, second.

Old-time fiddle – Finton McGrath of Raphine, first; Chris McGrath of Raphine, second; Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn of Mount Sauge, Md., third.

Guitar – Will Lee of Lexington, first; Ted McAllister of Fincastle, second; Robert Overstreet of Big Island, third.

Bluegrass mandolin – C orey Rackley of Prince George, first; Gregory Honeycutt of Mason Cove, second; D.J. Roller of Richmond, third.

Old-time mandolin – Brewster Hubbard of Roanoke, first; Bob Giles of Roanoke, second; Mike Harrison of Harrisonburg, third.

Bluegrass banjo – Ben Everhart of Richmond, first; Stewart Werner of Rocky Mount, second; Bob Meagher of North Chesterfield, third.

Clawhammer banjo – Jacon Holdren of Fincastle, first; Cason Ogden of Amherst, second; Doug Shackelford of Goochland, third.

Autoharp – Ronnie Burroughs of Keysville, first. Dulcimer – Bobby Moore of Roanoke, first; Damian Muller of Richmond, second; Tim Owen of Staunton, third.

Dobro – Frieda Penzer of Chase City, first. Bass – Stephen Weinstock of Richmond, first; Marva Turner of Boones Mill, second.

Folk song – Jackson Moore of Monroe, first; Frieda Penzer of Chase City, second; Jack Zell of Roanoke, third.

Flat foot – D.J. Roller of Richmond, first; Frieda Penzer of Chase City, second; Sawyer Tuttle of Churchville, third.

Best all-around bluegrass performer (Pat Ruley prize) – Will Lee of Lexington.

Best all-around old-time performer – Ronnie Burroughs of Keysville.

Flat foot, ages 10-16 – Collin Martin of Fincastle, first; Bodhi Gibbons- Guinn of Mount Sage, Md., second.

Folk song, ages 10 and under – Emmy Marschner of Woodstock, first.

Folk song, ages 10-16 – Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn of Mount Sage, Md., first.

Individual instrument, ages 10-16 – Kennedy Mason of Bedford, first; Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn of Mount Sage, Md., second; Maeleigh Johnson of Lexington, third; Caiden Martin of Fincastle, fourth.


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