50th Annual Walnut Valley Festival – Winfield, Kansas
Held annually each year on the 3rd weekend in
September, the Walnut Valley Festival is the home of the International Autoharp
Championship, the International Fingerstyle Guitar, the National Mountain
Dulcimer, the National Flat Pick Guitar Championship, the National Hammered
Dulcimer Championship and the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship. Other
contests held at the Walnut Valley Festival are the National Mandolin
Championship and the Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle.
Date: September 17,
2022
Time: 9:15 pm
Contest Name: 2022 Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle
Championship
Champion:
Eavia Ryan
City/State/Zip: Rye, CO
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Prize Instrument
Selected: Luis and Clark Carbon Fiber
5-string Fiddle
2nd Place: Amanda Grapes-Dillinger
City/State/Zip: South Salt Lake
City, UT
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Instrument Selected: Callegari
Violin – anno 2022 – 1742 Guarneri
3rd Place: Nathan Pedneault
City/State/Zip: Crowley, TX
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Instrument Selected: Jay Haide
Special Model a l’ancienne Eurowood – anno 2021 – Guadagnini Model Fiddle