The Thirteenth Annual Charlie Poole
Music Festival is scheduled
for
June 13-15, 2008 (Gates open Sunday, June 8) at the Eden
Fairgrounds on Oakland Avenue/Old Hwy 87 in Eden, North
Carolina. A special kick-off concert and jam will
take place at Chinqua Penn Plantation in Reidsville on
Sunday, June 8.
Friday evening’s concert features The Freighthoppers,
Uncle Henry’s Favorites, Waking Up Tillie, The
New North Carolina Ramblers and Martin & Johnson.
Competitions are scheduled all day Saturday, withGrammy
Award winner Jim Lauderdale appearing in the evening
concert.
Contests include Junior and Senior divisions with $5000
in cash prizes and ribbons in old-time and bluegrass fiddle,
flatpick and fingerstyle guitar, clawhammer and bluegrass
banjo, bluegrass and old-time band, best rendition of a
Charlie Poole song, duet
singing, and $500 grand prize for old-time three-finger banjo.
Guided tours of Charlie Poole’s hometown, historic
Eden are scheduled for Sunday (June 15) .
Campers and RVs are welcome for the entire week. Food
and other vendors will be on-site for the festival. For
further information call 336-623-1043 or 336-627-0375.
| Prizes |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
| Old Time Band |
$400 |
$300 |
$200 |
$100 |
Rosette |
| Bluegrass Band |
$400 |
$300 |
$200 |
$100 |
Rosette |
| Duet Singing |
$200 |
$100 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Old Time Banjo |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Bluegrass Banjo |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Old Time Fiddle |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Bluegrass Fiddle |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Flatpick Guitar |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Fingerstyle Guitar |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Poole Song |
$100 |
$75 |
$50 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Youth Division |
$50 |
$25 |
$10 |
Rosette |
Rosette |
| Old Time 3 Finger Banjo |
$500 |
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2007 Contest
Winners
Grand Prize: Old Time Three Finger Banjo
Pete Peterson,
Oxford, PA
Old Time Band
1st—Waking Up Tillie- Oxford,
PA
2nd—Ubiquitones- Crozet, VA
3rd—Appalachian Americans -Ararat,
NC
4th—Cool Spring Ramblers- Statesville,
NC
5th—The Full Nelsons- Blacksburg,
VA
Bluegrass Band
1st—Cedar Creek- Ridgeway,
VA
2nd—Pirates of the Dan River- Todd, NC
Old Time Banjo
1st—Adam Hurt, Winston-Salem, NC
2nd—Pete Vigour, Crozet, VA
3rd—James Ruchala, Ararat, NC
4th—Durham Barnes, Winter Park, FL
5th—Seth Swingle, Earlysville, VA
Bluegrass Banjo
1st—Steve Lewis, Todd, NC
2nd—Bobby Pillon, Chatham, VA
3rd—Jackson Boylan, Lovingston, VA
4th—Seth Swingle, Earlysville, VA
5th—Jason Johnson, Eden, NC
Old Time Fiddle
1st—Adam Hurt, Winston-Salem, NC
2nd—Randy Johnson, Greensboro, NC
3rd—Pete Vigour, Crozet, VA
4th—Scott Nelson, Blacksburg, VA
5th—Tom Bailey, New York, NY
Bluegrass Fiddle
1st—Henry Mabe, Walnut Cove, NC
2nd—Debbie Gitlin, Walkertown, NC
3rd—Tom Bailey, New York, NY
4th—Jackson Boylan, Lovingston, VA
Flatpick Guitar
1st—Danny Campbell, Lansing, NC
2nd—Tom Bailey, New York, NY
3rd—Josh Wilson, Ridgeway, VA
4th—Sandy Nivins, Charleston, SC
5th—Jesse Smathers, Eden, NC
Fingerstyle Guitar
1st—Clifford Orange, Blacksburg, VA
2nd—Bret Hart, Eden, NC
3rd—James “Boo” Hanks, Buffalo Junction,
VA
4th—Ellis DeHart, Sandy Ridge, NC
5th—Joe Huey, Wentworth, NC
Charlie Poole Song
1st—Pete Peterson, Oxford, PA
2nd—Robert Stowe, Mayodan, NC
3rd—Tom Bailey, New York, NY
4th—Hank Sapoznik, Olive Bridge, NY
5th—Jerry George, Sandy Ridge, NC
Duet Singing
1st—Joseph & Barbara Scott, Mt. Airy, NC
2nd—Tom Bailey & Allison Williams, New York, NY
3rd—Pete Peterson & Kellie A. Allen, Oxford, PA
4th—Pete & Ellen Vigour, Crozet, VA
Senior Youth
1st—Matthew Turman, Eden, NC
Junior Youth
1st—Katie Griffin, Eden, NC
2nd—Cory Johnson-Erday, Greensboro, NC
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