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2024 International Finger Style Guitar Championship
Winfield, KS
10/01/2024 02:37 PM

52nd Annual Walnut Valley Festival – Winfield, Kansas

 

Date: September 19, 2024                         Time: 9:20 p.m.

Contest Name: 2024 International Finger Style Guitar Championship

 

Champion:  Stephen Bennett

City/State/Zip:  New Cornwall, CT

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Prize Instrument Selected: Touchstone Series Dreadnought Guitar, provided by Bourgeois Guitars

2nd Place:         Mikey Bilello

City/State/Zip: Bend, OR

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Prize Instrument Selected:  50th Anniversary 814-ce Builder’s Edition Guitar provided by Taylor Guitars


3rd Place:  Hiroya Tsukamoto

City/State/Zip: Woodside, NY

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Prize Instrument Selected: FS Winfield Custom Guitar, provided by Huss & Dalton Guitars (Stauton, VA)

Runners up: Bingfan “Jason” Ji, Willetton, Western Australia, Australia and Brandon Green, Beckley, WV

35 contestants from 21 states and 5 countries (Australia, China, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom and USA).

                         

Held annually over the 3rd weekend in September, the Walnut Valley Festival is the home of the following championships: International Autoharp, International Fingerstyle Guitar, National Mountain Dulcimer, National Flat Pick Guitar, National Hammered Dulcimer, and National Bluegrass Banjo. Other contests held at the Walnut Valley Festival are the National Mandolin Championship and the Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship. 

International Finger Style Guitar Championship

1st Place: $3,100 cash prize by WVA, trophy plus choice of three custom guitars listed below
2nd Place: Trophy plus choice of two remaining guitars
3rd Place: Trophy plus remaining guitar

Bourgeois Finger Style Custom Guitar – Bourgeois Guitars, Inc. 2 Cedar Street, Lewiston, ME 04240 (207) 786-0385

 bourgeoisguitars.com

Huss & Dalton Winfield Competition Model FS Guitar

 hussanddalton.com

Taylor 812ce Grand Concert – Taylor Guitars, Inc. 1980 Gillespie Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 258-1207 taylorguitars.com

 
Reference
Rex Flottman
620.221.3250
 
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