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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.
