Winners in the 2025 Maury River Fiddlers Convention, held June 13 and 14 at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, are as follows: Bluegrass band – Common Ground, first; Petered Out Pickers, second; Pink Fiddle and Bluegrass, third.
Old-time band – Up Jumped Trouble, first; Rocking Chair Pickers, second; Action Jackson and the Supernaturals, third.
Bluegrass fiddle – Ed McCoy of Greenville, W.Va., first; Crystal Shipley of Paw-Paw, W.Va., second; Mary Dorss of Bedford, third.
Old-time fiddle – Caleb McAllister of Fincastle, first; Kaley Kyger of Rockingham, second; Raistlin Brabson of Boones Mill, third.
Autoharp – Ronnie Burroughs of Keysville, first; Gaylon Ryan of Smithfield, second; Bob Meagher of Richmond, third.
Guitar – Will Lee of Lexington, first; Chris Crews of Danville, second; Noah Lohr of Richmond, third.
Bluegrass Mandolin – DJ Roller of Richmond, first; Rickey Ellis of Moneta, second; John Nobile of Richmond, third.
Old-time mandolin – Gregory Honeycutt of Salem, first; Bob Giles of Roanoke, second; and Mike Harris of Harrisonburg, third.
Bluegrass banjo – Nessie Hunt of Marion, first; Ben Everhart of Mechanicsville, second; Casey McPherson of Troutville, third.
Clawhammer banjo – Jared Boyd of Floyd, first; Doug Shackelford of Goochland, second; Hannah Cantrell of Bonnes Mill, third.
Dulcimer – Damian Muller of Richmond, first; Jim Kacsmarik of Bentonville, second.
Dobro – Robert Overstreet of Big Iland, first; Charlie Milliron of Ferrum second; Freida Penzer of Chase City, third.
Bass – Stephen Weinstock of Richmond, first; Ed Dooley of Roanoke, second; Justin Doyle of Richmond, third.
Folk song (adult) – Will Lee of Lexington, first; Christian Qusenberry of Roanoke, second; Nicholas Johnson of Danville, third.
Flatfoot (adult) – Cherie Compton of Ferrum, first; Laura Maxfield of Moneta, second; Brenda Padgett of Vinton, third.
Folk song (ages 10-16) – Ketra Richards, age 12, Bent Mountain, first; Maeleigh Johnson, age 13, Lexington, second; Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn, age 16, Mt. Savage, Md., third.
Folks song (ages 9 and under) – Sterling Maxfield, age 2, Moneta, first; Atlas Quessenberry, age 4, Roanoke, second.
Flatfoot (ages 9 and under) – Sterling Maxfield, age 2, Moneta, first; Atlas Quessenberry, age 4, Roanoke, second.
Flatfoot (ages 10-16) – Micaiah O’Mahony, age 12, Buena Vista, first; Maeleigh Johnson, age 13, Lexington.
Instrumental (ages 9 and under) – Sterling Maxfield, age 2, Moneta, first.
Instrumental (ages 10-16) – Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn, age 16, old-time fiddle, Mt. Savage, Md., first; Maeleigh Johnson, age 13, guitar, Lexington, second; Ketra Richards, age 12, old-time fiddle, Bent Mountain, third; Owen Rupe, age 13, blulegrass guitar, Vinton, fourth.
