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2007 Contest Winners

 

Chris Austin Songwriting Contest (1088 Entries)
BLUEGRASS CATEGORY
COUNTRY CATEGORY
GOSPEL CATEGORY
GENERAL CATEGORY
1st Place: Jeanette Williams "Enough of You"
1st Place: Brant Miller, Dave Woodward & Don King "The Roadkill Bill"

1st Place: Korby Lenker "Blessed by the Day"

1st Place: John & Michelle Law & Regie Hamm "Am I Still"
2nd Place: Mark Brinkman "The Devil's Road"
2nd Place:   John Milne "Crawl into the Bottle"
2nd Place: Laura Kaufman "Now"
2nd Place: Kristin Andreasson & Megan Downes "Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for your Eyes"
3rd Place: George & Jo Ellen Doering "Midnight Blues"
3rd Place: Dyle Russell "Operation: Get Back Home"
3rd Place: Wesley Koontz "It's Like Rain"
3rd Place: Ronnie King "My Brother Paul and Me"

Doc Watson Guitar Championship
1st Place: 
Matt Lindsey, Dunbar, WV
2nd Place:
Tony Watt, Nashville, TN
3rd Place:
Brian Roe, Hasty, CO

Merle Watson Bluegrass Banjo Championship
1st Place:
Eric Hardin, Warrensville, NC
2nd Place:
Jason Ericsson, Natrona Heights, PA
3rd Place:
Ken Whitesides, Connelly Springs, NC

MerleFest Mandolin Contest
1st Place:
Aaron Williams, Blacksburg, VA
2nd Place:
Nick Keen, East Bend, NC
3rd Place:
Chase Johner, Chilhowie, VA

MerleFest is held each year on the campus of
Wilkes Community College
1328 S. Collegiate Drive; Wilkesboro, NC 28697
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