2019 Contest Winners List
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Band
Mood Swing, Ventura
The Fiddlers of Troy, Santa Monica
Fog Holler, El Sobrante
Honorable Mention:
Arizona Wildflowers, Casa Grande, AZ
Old Corn Lickers, Los Angeles
Traditional Banjo - Advanced
Corey Husic, Pasadena
Jeffrey McLeod,
Laura Jue, Los Angeles
Traditional Banjo - Intermediate
Cathy Kerry, Santa Ana
Ian Purdum, Burbank
Ellyn King, Carlsbad
Traditional Banjo - Beginning
Fred Jasper, Los Angeles
Andrea Page, Santa Monica
John Whitman, Encino
Bluegrass Banjo - Advanced
Bob Hamilton, Palm Springs
Casey Holmberg, El Sobrante
Sean Conlon, San Pedro
Bluegrass Banjo - Intermediate
Chuck Young, Simi Valley
Bluegrass Banjo - Beginning
Madison Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Brie Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Melanie Schutzius, El Sobrante
Fiddle - Advanced
Aaron Castilla, Granada Hills
Corey Husic, Pasadena
Madison Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Honorable Mention:
Joe Wack, Los Angeles
Fiddle - Intermediate
Ranelle Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Luisa Bryson, Los Angeles
Valerie Dumdum, Porter Ranch
Fiddle - Beginning
Henry Sullivan, Santa Monica
Aspen Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Tennessee Sullivan, Santa Monica
Mandolin - Advanced
Nolan McFadden, Rancho Mirage
Gabriel Saron, Davis
Bob Hamilton, Palm Springs
Mandolin - Intermediate
Allegra Frost, Topanga
Sam Hargrave, Malibu
Mary Zangerle, Moorpark
Mandolin - Beginning
Ranelle Dietrich, Casa Grande, AZ
Matthew Wong, Arcadia
Flat-Picking Guitar - Advanced
Jonah Warschaw, Davis
Bob Hamilton, Palm Springs
Nick Harris, Longmont, CO
Flat-Picking Guitar - Intermediate
Sam Hargrave, Malibu
Mark Humphrey, Santa Monica
John Drake, Longmont, CO
Finger-Style Guitar
Jordan Bush,
Jonah Warschaw, Davis
Bob Hamilton, Palm Springs
Honorable Mention:
Andrew Huebner, Tujunga
Finger-Style Guitar - Intermediate
Derick Salguero, Hawthorne
Mark Humphrey, Santa Monica
Christopher Shane, Los Angeles
Honorable Mention:
David Clymer, Los Angeles
Other Instruments - Advanced
Ken Leiboff, San Jose
[Harmonica]
Eve Harrison, Los Angeles
[Whistle-flute]
Noa Laniakea, El Sobrante
[Bass Fiddle]
Other Instruments - Beginning
/Gail Turner-Graham, Thousands Oaks
[Double Bass]
Singing - Finalists
Madison Fayre, Toluca Lake
Hayley Skorpen, Newburry Park
Anna Gyure, Seattle, WA
Honorable Mention:
Arizona Wildflowers, Casa Grande, AZ
Elle Lewis and the Atwater Ramblers Trio, Los Angeles
Best Backup Instrument
Laura Osborn, Los Angeles
[Guitar]
Jasper Burik, Los Angeles
[Guitar]
Chuck Landers, Santa Ana
[Guitar]
Honorable Mention:
Julio Lopez, Panorama City
[Guitar]
Flatfoot Dancing -
Youth (12 & under)
Ivy King, Santa Monica
Sagan Scotti, Tujunga
Olive King, Santa Monica
Flatfoot Dancing -
Young Adult (13 - 30)
Kimberly Hedlin, Los Angeles
David Clymer, Los Angeles
Flatfoot Dancing - Adult (31 - 65)
Seth Oster, Ventura
Charletta Erb, Ojai
Brian Scotti, Tujunga
Flatfoot Dancing - Senior (66 & up)
Hap Palmer, Woodland Hills
Patricia Arnold, Torrance
Miriam Cantor, Los Angeles
Oldest Musician
Anna Hoaglan (1932), Woodland Hills
Singing
Youngest Musician
Sawyer Dietrich (2014), Casa Grande, AZ
Beginning Fiddle