fw: All Clifftop final results

[Kerry Blech]

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From: Pat Cowdery
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:20 AM
To: Kerry Blech (E-mail)
Subject: FW: String Band Festival wraps up

11th Appalachian String Band Music Festival wraps up

The 11th Appalachian String Band Music Festival at Camp
Washington-Carver in Clifftop, W.Va., wrapped up Sunday. During the
event,
some of the nation's finest string band musicians and old-time dancers
won
prizes in four old-time "traditional" contests-fiddle, banjo, string
band
and flat-foot dance-plus one "non-traditional" string band contest.
More than 4,000 people attended the festival, which began Wednesday,
Aug. 2. The annual gathering features concerts, contests, crafts,
dancing
and workshops. Next year's festival will be held Aug. 1-5, 2001.
The contest winners were:

Fiddle
1st place ($400) - Kirk Sutphin of Walkertown, N.C.
2nd place ($200) - Garry Harrison of Bloomington, Ind.
3rd place ($150) - Geoff Seitz of St. Louis, Mo.
4th place ($100) - Mike Bryant of Harriman, Tenn.
5th place ($50) - Stephanie Coleman of Glenview, Ill.

Youth Fiddle Honors - 15 years of age and under
1st place ($100) - Stephanie Coleman of Glenview, Ill.
2nd place ($50) - Zack Fanok of Morgantown, W.Va.
3rd place ($25) - Matt Brown of West Chester, Pa.

Senior Fiddle Honors - 60 years of age and over
1st place ($200) - Elmer Rich of Morgantown, W.Va.
2nd place ($100) - Lefty Shafer of Charleston, W.Va.
3rd place ($50) - J. P. Fraley of Denton, Ky.

Banjo
1st place ($400) - Brien Fain of Stuart, Va.
2nd place ($200) - Adam Hurt of St. Paul, Minn.
3rd place ($150) - Lynn Smith of Chicago, Ill.
4th place ($100) - Don Sarrell of Rising Fawn, Ga.
5th place ($50) - Kirk Sutphin of Walkertown, N.C.

Youth Banjo Honors - 15 years of age and under
1st place ($100) - Stephanie Coleman of Glenview, Ill.
2nd place ($50) - Katherine Gura of Chapel Hill, N.C.
3rd place ($25) - Joanna Hartness of Greensboro, N.C.

Senior Banjo Honors - 60 years of age and over
1st place ($200) - Don Sarrell of Rising Fawn, Ga.
2nd place ($100) - Eugene Parsons of Orma, W.Va.
3rd place ($50) - Marvin Gaster of Sanford, N.C.

Traditional Band
1st place ($700) - New Dixie Entertainers of Harriman, Tenn.
2nd place ($400) - Flying Elephant of Greensboro, N.C.
3rd place ($300) - Rhythm Rats of Fayetteville, N.C.
4th place ($200) - New Ballad Branch Bog Trotters of Galax, Va.
5th place ($100) - Mule Team of Bloomington, Ind.

Non-Traditional Band
1st place ($500) - The Marzaks of Charlottesville, Va.
2nd place ($300) - Synch-O-Therapy of Breaux Bridge, La.
3rd place ($200) - The Hix of Trumansburg, N.Y.
4th place ($150) - Almost Famous of Marshalburg, N.C.
5th place ($75) - Greasy Coat Super Stars of Kingston, N.Y.

Old-Time Flat-Foot Dance - ages 15 and under
1st place ($75) - Andrea Edwards of Copen, W.Va.
2nd place ($50) - Emily Johnson Erday of Weaverville, N.C.
3rd place ($25) - Audrey Sibley of Hammonds, La.

Old-Time Flat-Foot Dance - ages 16 through 49
1st place ($75) - Ira Bernstein of Asheville, N.C.
2nd place ($50) - Sarah Westhues of Marshall, N.C.
3rd place ($25) - Andy Edmonstone of Tucker, Ga.

Old-Time Flat-Foot Dance - 50 years of age and over
1st place ($75) - Marilyn Branch of Kalamazoo, Mich.
2nd place ($50) - Charlie Burton of Harmony, Pa.
3rd place ($25) - Karen Singleton of Charlotte, N.C.

Camp Washington-Carver is located adjacent to Babcock State Park
just off Rt. 60 (Midland Trail) on Rt. 41. Promotional sponsors of the
festival were WOAY-TV, The Fayette Tribune, WTNJ and 94Xfm, and Mountain
River Tours Inc.
The Appalachian String Band Music Festival is a program of the West
Virginia Division of Culture and History. For more information call
(304)
558-0220.
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History, an agency of the
West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, brings together the
state's past, present and future through programs and services in the
areas
of archives and history, the arts, historic preservation and museums.
The
Cultural Center is West Virginia's official showcase for the arts. Visit
the
Division's website at www.wvculture.org for more information about
programs
of the Division. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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