32nd Annual Fiddling and Picking Championships!
August 26, 2012
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2012 Winners
Misc. Acoustic Instrument
First Place-Joe Pickett, Eudora, KS(Octave Mandolin)
Second Place- Ruth Byers, Lawrence, KS (Nyckelharp)
Ensemble Folk Singing
First Place- Maggie and Abbey Vogt, Erie, KS
Second Place- Linnea and Gabriel Kyne, Kansas City, MO
Third Place-Walt Babbit and Ardys Ramberg, Baldwin City, KS.
Youth Fiddle
First Place-Elizabeth Poppe, Riley, KS
Second Place-Glen Sigler, Joplin, MO
Third Place- Emily Koke, Overland Park, KS
Open Fiddle
First Place-Michael Thompson,
Second Place-Jason Shaw, Lincoln, NE
Banjo
First Place- Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS
Second Place-Peter Oviatt, Lawrence, KS
Third Place- Matt Oliphant, Chanute, KS
Mandolin
First Place-Jonah Chilton, Leawood, KS
Second Place- Jason Shaw, Lincoln, NE
Third Place- Rick Faris, Topeka, KS
Finger Style Guitar
First Place- Thomas Silkman, Emporia, KS
Second Place-Kevin Hiatt, Kansas City, MO
Third Place-Bruce Huss, Wichita, KS
Flat Pick Guitar
First Place- Jason Shaw, Lincoln, NE
Second Place- John Shaw, Lincoln, NE
Third Place-Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS
Youth Award
Josh Keegan, Lenexa, KS
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2012 COMPETITIONS
Misc. Instruments
Ensemble Folk
Youth Fiddling
Open Fiddle
Banjo
Flatpicking Guitar
Mandolin
Fingerpicking Guitar
You can find more info on the competitions here.
2011 WINNERS
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Past winners
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