Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, August 15, 1994 TAG: 9408150084
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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Hooven won first place in the Old Time Fiddle category. His plucking and bowing skills netted him a trophy and $135.
Hooven plays with the New Ballard's Branch Boggtrotters, a Galax band that took first place in the Old Time Bands category.
Other winners were:
Old Time Bands: 2) Grayson Highland String Band, Jefferson, N.C.; 3) Slate Mountain Ramblers, Ararat; 4) Original Orchard Grass Band, Salem; 5) Virginia Barndance Band, Glade Springs; 6) Pilot Mountain Bobcats, Westfield, N.C.; 7) Shooting Creek, Calloway; 8) Konnarack Critters, Konnarack; 9) Dry Hill Draggers, Ferrum; 10) Rise and Shiners, New York, N.Y.; 11) Fox Creek Ramblers, Mouth of Wilson; 12) Down Home, Wytheville; 13) Rockbridge Pickers, Natural Bridge; 14) Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Roan Mountain, Tenn.; 15) Eddie Stilton and the Cheese Wires, York, England.
Bluegrass bands: 1) Second Wind, Fries; 2) East Coast Bluegrass Band, Crimora; 3) Southern Junction, Charlotte, N.C.; 4) Second Helping, Roanoke; 5) Southern Breeze, Mt. Airy, N.C.; 6) Blinky Moon Boys, Staunton; 7) B.G. Express, Wirtz; 8) Blue Mountain Boys, Galax; 9) Clearwater, Danville; 10) Big Country Bluegrass, Mouth of Wilson; 11) Swamp Grass, Sparta, N.C.; 12) Bluegrass Brothers, Salem; 13) Springhill, Marietta, Ga.; 14) Kim Wood and Homespun, Troutville; 15) Ragged Edge, Taylorville, N.C.
Old-time fiddle: 1) Greg Hooven, Galax; 2) James Burris, Galax; 3) Richard Bowman, Ararat; 4) Benton Flippen, Ferrum; 5) Dave Wright, York, England; 6) Tim Donley, Richmond; 7) Frank Pallister, York, England; 8) Brian Grim, Elk Creek; 9) Dave Rainwater, Winters, Calif; 10) Billy Woods, Salem.
Dobro: 1) Charles A. Moore, Grafton; 2) Bill Randall, Elkton; 3) Darrell Hobson, Booneville, N.C.; 4) Mark Clifton, Woodbridge; 5) Robert Ellis, Mocksville, N.C.; 6) Austin Clark, Rocky Mount; 7) Chris Hart, Madison Heights; 8) Tim Goins, Low Gap, N.C.; 9) Donnie Scott, Taylorsville, N.C.; 10) Wade Fogleman, Snow Camp, N.C.
Mandolin: 1) Ron Pendleton, Collinsville; 2) Paul Trianosky, Elkins, W.Va.; 3) Ricky Ellis, Moneta; 4) Ronald Inscore, Radford; 5) Scott Freeman, Galax; 6) Adam Wilson, Elk Creek; 7) Mike Andes, Crimora; 8) Mark Jones, Forest; 9) Brewster Hubbard, Roanoke; 10) Ronnie Lyons, Hillsville.
Autoharp: 1) Evelyn Farmer, Fries; 2) John Hollandsworth, Christiansburg; 3) Bill Birchfield, Roan Mountain, Tenn.; 4) Drew Smith, Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.; 5) Jo Ann Redd, Galax; 6) Sandy Shaner, Salisbury, N.C.; 7) Troy Brammer, Collinsville; 8) Jama Lee Edwards, Galax; 9) Glenda Stoots, Dublin; 10) Mary Lou Orthey, Newport, Pa.
Claw hammer banjo: 1) Bob Flesher, Peachtree City, Ga.; 2) Joey Burris, Hillsville; 3) Rick Abrams, Sacramento, Calif.; 4) Enoch Rutherford, Independence; 5) Ray Chatfield, Galax; 6) Rhoda Kemp, Salem; 7) Nancy Slys, Westfield, N.C.; 8) Brian Fain, Calloway; 9) Jimmy Boyd, Ferrum; 10) Jerry Moses, Lasalle, Ontario, Canada.
Bluegrass fiddle: 1) Billy Hurt Jr., Boonesville; 2) Jack Hinshelwood, Shawsville; 3) Jim Vancleve, Canton, N.C.; 4) Steve Fraley, Lynchburg; 5) Jimmy Vipperman, Mt. Airy, N.C.; 6) R.B. Frazier, Warrenton; 7) Bobby Moore, Gretna; 8) Guy Carawan, Buena Vista; 9) Tom Malboeuf, Statesville, N.C.; 10) Ed Michael, Port Republic.
Dulcimer: 1) Pamela Sanders, Winston-Salem, N.C.; 2) Lucille Reilly, Basking Ridge, N.J.; 3) Sharon Boyd, West Palm Beach, Fla.; 4) David Cannaday, Calloway; 5) Gin Burris, Hillsville; 6) Wayne Seymour, Reidsville; 7) Kathie Hollandsworth, Christiansburg; 8) Mark Edelman, Cosby, Tenn.; 9) Becky Barlow, Christiansburg; 10) Jeremiah Skarie, Sparta, N.C.
Bluegrass banjo: 1) Chris Burton, Roanoke; 2) Rusty Breedlove, Roanoke; 3) Hersie McMillan, Fries; 4) Tim Lineberry, Hillsville; 5) Stewart Werner, Roanoke; 6) Fred Roupe, Sparta, N.C.; 7) Kim Wood, Troutville; 8) Jim Rollins, Clemson, S.C.; 9) Greg Earnest, Marietta, Ga.; 10) Rick Pardue, Low Gap, N.C.
Guitar: 1) Mike Brown, Galax; 2) Brandon Davis, Galax; 3) Gary Davis, Galax; 4) Jim Lloyd, Rural Retreat; 5) Greg Wilson, Fries; 6) Bob Hooven, Mocksville; 7) Tony Collins, Bristol, Tenn.; 8) Boo Manuel, Hermitage, Tenn.; 9) Brian Duffey, Salem, N.J.; 10) Dean Shaver, Thomasville, N.C.
Folk song: 1) Gary John, Daleville; 2) Sylvia Delaney, Independence; 3) Gary Ferguson, Roanoke; 4) Jackie Ferguson, Roanoke; 5) Alice Tucker, Bassett; 6) Bill Vanhoy, Yadkinville, N.C.; 7) Shelby Mahaffey, Salem; 8) Robin Manuel, Hermitage, Tenn.; 9) Wendy Riggins, Galax; 10) Jeannette Williams, Danville.
Dance: 1) Patsy Bowers, Galax; 2) Marsha Bowman, Ararat; 3) Janna Douglas, Independence; 4) Jay Burris, Galax; 5) Terrie Lynn Cochran, Fries; 6) Brenda Joyce, Mt. Airy, N.C.; 7) Laura Sumner, Galax; 8) Thshenna Edwards, Galax; 9) Harold Smith, Woodlawn; 10) Christina Hall, Fancy Gap.
by CNB