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DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994                   TAG: 9410200027
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: E11   EDITION: METRO 
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VINTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The following were winners in the 6th Annual Vinton Old-Time Bluegrass Festival and Competition:

New Connection, first place bluegrass band; Bluegrass Brothers, second; and Second Helping, third.

Flint Hill String Band, first place old-time band; Blue Ridge Mountain String Band, second; and Gap Mountain Old-Time String Band, third.

Robbie Wells, first place fiddle competition; Billy Hurt, second; and Steve Farley, third.

Bob Guthrie, first place old-time fiddle competition; Russ Harbaugh, second; and Don Estes, third.

Gregg Redd, first place guitar competition; Darrell Wolfe, second; and Curtis Leonard, third.

Junior Smith, first place mandolin competition; Brewster Hubbard, second; and Ricky Ellis, third.

Stewart Werner, first place banjo competition; Richard Greer, second; and Robert Dowdy, third.

Curtis Campbell, first place clawhammer banjo competition; Charlie Henderson, second; and Price Pugh, third.

Victor Dowdy, first place bass competition; Mark Ramsey, second; and Steve Dowdy, third.

Marvin Clifton, first place dobro competition; Paul Jefferson, second; and Ernie Powers, third.

Junior Smith, first place male vocals; Pete Lissmann, second; and Glenn Waller, third.

Kathy Hollinsworth, first place female vocals; Kim Wood, second; and Mary Butterworth, third.

The following are winners in the Youth category:

Maggie Hunter, first place fiddle competition; and April Whittaker, second.

Charles Brown, first place banjo competition; and Mark White, second.

Julie Dillon, first place guitar competition; and Joe Craft, second.

Jeff Ellis, first place bass competition.

Steven Dowdy, first place male vocals; and Jimmy Meador, second.

Asenath Cales, first place female vocals; and Brandi Haslett, second.

Paul Moore, first place adult flat-foot contest; Dreama Belcher, second.

Dana Giles, Bobbie Jo Callahan and Ben Hunter were all winners in the youth flat-foot contest.



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