The Tenth Annual Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Convention was held in Glen Lyn, VA on June 8-9, 2012. This festival honors the life and music of local old-time fiddler Henry Reed and is proud to reach the decade mark!
Update: Check out all of this year’s competition winners at the bottom of the page!
Friday’s activities began at 5 PM with a set of featured bands: the Reed Family Band, the Crooked Road Ramblers, and State Line Bluegrass. Individual and band competitions were held on Saturday. Alan Jabbour offered a 2-day fiddle workshop from 10-12 on Friday and Saturday morning.
WNRV was on-site to broadcast hours of great live music from the festival on both days.
More information on the festival is available at the Henry Reed Convention Facebook page. Contact us if you have any questions about the festival.
The Crooked Road recently announced that the Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Convention is now an official Crooked Road Affiliated Festival: press release.
WNRV will partner with the Henry Reed festival again in 2012 to offer a special combined advertising deal. New WNRV customers that take a full-page advertisement in the official Henry Reed festival booklet will receive a discount rate for their WNRV advertising. Contact WNRV to get details on how we can help you promote your group or business while supporting the local community.
Congratulations to all the 2012 Winners!
| Old-Time Fiddle 1 – Betty Vonbrock 2 – Rebekah Bolt 3 – Paul Herling 4 – James Leva 5 – Mike Gangloff |
Old-Time Banjo 1 – Tom DeCeasar 2 – Dennis Ott 3 – Jim Costa 4 – Russell Boyd 5 – Teri Hayes |
Old-Time Guitar 1 – Billy Cornette 2 – Clay Ferguson 3 – Tina Liza Jones 4 – Tom Wright 5 – Kevin Roberts |
| Mandolin* 1 – Jason Robertson 2 – Matt Stacy 3 – Charles Ferguson 4 – Rick Hall 5 – Honey Brassfield |
Banjo-Fiddle Duet 1 – Bill Blevins/Tina Liza Jones 2 – Betty Vornbrock/Russell Boyd 3 – Sally Morgan/Mike Gangloff 4 – Ginger Wagner/Paul Herling 5 – Lieselotte Heil/Teri Hayes |
Bluegrass Banjo 1 – Timmy Mills 2 – Nessie Hunt 3 – Barry Collins 4 – Sam Bolt 5 – Garland Finn |
| Bluegrass Guitar 1 – Matt Stacy 2 – Josh Raines 3 – Timmy Mills 4 – Jason Robertson 5 – Ronnie Toney |
Bluegrass Fiddle 1 – Sam Bolt 2 – Rebekah Bolt 3 – Roy Clark Jr. 4 – Steve Accord 5 – Ruth Shumway |
Folk Song 1 – Tina Liza Jones 2 – Pat Willis 3 – Liesolotte Heil 4 – Ronnie Toney 5 – Jamie Stacy |
| Bass 1 – Jamie Stacy 2 – Clay Ferguson 3 – Kristie Dorfler 4 – Josh Toney 5 – Keith Thomas |
Autoharp 1 – Erma Flint 2 – Tim Thorton 3 – Sharon Cox |
Harmonica 1 – Eddie Ogle |
| Dance* 1 – Danny Williby 2 – Rusty Shackelford 3 – Cherie Compton 4 – C J Ferguson 5 – Sierra Hilton |
Dobro 1 – Jeff Collins |
Dulcimer 1 – James Flint |
| Bluegrass Band 1 – Blue Rocking Grass 2 – Second String 3 – Gold Rush 4 – Pilot Mountain Grass |
Old-time Band 1 – Reed Island Rounders 2 – Katie and The Bubbatones 3 – Black Twig Pickers 4 – Indian Run Stringband 5 – Suggestive Overtones |
* Old-time and bluegrass mandolin were combined this year, as were adult and youth dance
Here is information for the 2010 Eighth Annual Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Convention and 2011 Ninth Annual Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Convention. The 2010 and 2011 T-shirts and program booklets are still available for purchase. Let us know if you are interested in getting either of these. Get yours while there are still some left!