49th
Walnut Valley Festival Announces Contest Champions for 2021
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.
49th
Annual Walnut Valley Festival Instrument Championships
Winfield,
Kansas
September
16, 2021
1.
International
Autoharp Championship
Champion: Ken Shoemaker;
Overland Park, Kansas
2nd Place: Steve Luper;
Andover, KS
3rd Place: Michael Poole; Chapel Hill,
NC
2. International Finger Style Guitar
Championship
Champion: Jesse
Smith; Wadsworth, Ohio
2nd Place: Adam Cantor Houston, TX
3rd Place: Tomofumi
Shimoda Tachikawa, Japan
September
17, 2021
3. National Mountain Dulcimer
Championship
Champion: Jeff Hames; Madison, MS
2nd Place: David Wilson; Springfield,
MO
3rd Place: Irma Reeder;
Albuquerque, NM
4. National Mandolin Championship
Champion: Thomas Cassell;
Nashville, TN
2nd Place: Holton Doucette;
Waller, TX
3rd Place: Elijah Moore;
Kernersville, NC
5. Walnut Valley Old
Time Fiddle Championship
Champion: Tristan Clarridge;
Mt. Shasta, CA
2nd Place: Tashina Clarridge:
Mt. Shasta, CA
3rd Place: Hannah Farnum:
Galena, MO
September 18, 2021
6. National Flat Pick Guitar Championship
Champion: Jason Shaw: Lincoln,
NE
2nd Place: Paul Sgroi: Old Hickory,
TN
3rd Place: Holten Doucette:
Waller, TX
7. National Hammer Dulcimer
Championship
Champion: Benjamin Barker:
Wilkesboro, NC
2nd Place: Ben Haguewood: Mineral
Point, MO
3rd Place: Wenying Wu: Elk
Grove, CA
September 19, 2021
8. National Bluegrass Banjo
Championship
Champion: Gary Davis:
Knoxville, TN
2nd Place: Jason Bales: Gatlinburg,
TN
3rd Place: Gregg Welty: Durham,
NC
