2008 Winners


MONDAY, JUNE 16
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival®
Adult Division Winners

Champion:  Tobi Magruder - Great Falls, MT   Age 37

2nd Place:   Nancy Padilla - Bozeman, MT   Age 50
3rd Place:   Monique Ruwe - Nampa, ID   Age 37
4th Place:   Jay Dean Ludiker - Spokane, WA   Age 44
5th Place:   Eric Anderson - Roseville, CA  Age 41

TUESDAY, JUNE 17
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Small Fry Division Winners

Champion: 
  Rachel Mansfield - Boise, ID  Age 7

2nd Place:  Vance Voetberg - Chehalis, WA  Age 8
3rd Place:   Haydn L. Jones - Tehachapi, CA Age 8
4th Place:   Matthew McCravey - Hood River, OR  Age 8
5th Place:   Isaaiah Ruby Jean Baltzell, Portland, OR  Age 7

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Junior Junior Division Winners

Champion:  Grady Harkins - Canon City, CO  Age 12


2nd Place:  Laura Waters - Idaho Falls, ID  Age 12
3rd Place:   Kiarra Saito-Beckman - Bend, OR  Age 9
4th Place:   Brannic Bailey - Meridian, ID  Age 11
5th Place:   Emily Campagna - Hermiston, OR Age 12

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival®
Junior Division Winners

Champion:  Doug Fleener - Leitchfield, KY  Age 17

2nd Place:   Maddie Denton - Murfreesboro, TN  Age 14
3rd Place:    Sedra Bistodeau - Princeton, MN  Age 13
4th Place:    Elisha Peter Voetberg - Chehalis, WA  Age 17
5th Place:    Lydia Elseth - Nacogdoches, TX  Age 17

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival®
Senior Division Winners

Champion:  John Melnichuk - Vancouver, WA  Age 69


2nd Place:  Sam Sloan - Anderson, CA  Age 61
3rd Place:   Mabel Vogt - Potlatch, ID  Age 65
4th Place:   Akiyasu Sumi - Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan  Age 62
5th Place:   Laura Farr - Shelton, WA  Age 60

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Senior Senior Division Winners

Champion:  Gayle Clarity - Woodburn, OR  Age 72

2nd Place:  Marjorie McFaul - Spokane, WA  Age 84
3rd Place:  Arthur Kee - Brentwood, CA  Age 75
4th Place:  Les Tucker - Woodburn, OR  Age 81
5th Place:  Judy McGarvey - Medford, OR  Age 73

FRIDAY, JUNE 20
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival®
Young Adult Division Winners

Champion:  Justin Branum - Sullivan, MO Age  24


2nd Place:  Melissa Copenhaver - Yuba City, CA  Age 32
3rd Place:   Malinda DeBry - Meridian, ID  Age 27
4th Place:   Ryan Cysewski - Mica, WA  Age 19
5th Place:   Ruston Ruwe - Nampa, ID  Age 36

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival®
Grand Champion Division Winners

Champion: Tristan Clarridge - Roslindale, MA  Age 21


2nd Place:  Tashina Clarridge - Roslindale, MA  Age 26
3rd Place:   Kimber Ludiker - Spokane, WA  Age 23
4th Place:   Alex Hargreaves - Corvallis, OR  Age 16
5th Place:   Seth Mattison - Nampa, ID  Age 21
6th Place:   Wyatt Maw - Kalispell, MT  Age 20
7th Place:   Jesse Maw - Kalispell, MT  Age 15
8th Place:   Michael Barnett -  Longmeadow, MA  18
9th Place:   Liddy Voetberg -  Chehalis, WA  Age 19
10th Place: Katie Glassman -  Denver, CO  Age 27

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Top Accompanists

1st Place:  Darin Meeks  188 Times
2nd Place: Rod Anderson  180 Times
3rd Place:  Terry Ludiker  152 Times
4th Place:  Anthony Mature  87 Times
5th Place:  Jim French  66 Times