1999 Guest of Honor - J.P. Fraley
Contest Winners - 1999

1999 Old Time Music Championship:

Senior Fiddle     
1st – Ian Malinowski, Tarpon Springs
2nd – Katie Bailey, Ormond Beach   
3rd – Marion Boatwright, Brevard, NC
4th – Sharon McGinnis, Lake Mary  
5th – Seamus Murphy, Coconut Creek

Harmonica                                                      
1st – Buddy Moody, St. Petersburg                    
2nd – Jim Kaufman, Pinellas Park                    
3rd – VGO, Safety Harbor                               
4th – Hank Kloek  


Old Time Singing Groups                            
1st – Ray & Cheryl Belanger, Tampa                  
2nd – Doney Gals, Tampa                                  
3rd – Bob & Cathy Murphy, Coconut Creek        
4th – Bright Stars    

 Hammered Dulcimer                                       
1st – Sally Anderson, Winter Haven                  
2nd – Sally Anderson, Winter Haven                 
3rd – Sally Anderson, Winter Haven                  
4th – Sally Anderson, Winter Haven   

 Bass                                                                   
1st – Susan                                                          
2nd – Jeane Bellows, Bushnell                          
3rd – Ken Brooks, Springhill                             
4th – VGO, Safety Harbor


Mandolin                                                          
1st – Ken Brooks, Spring Hill                           
2nd – Brad Keeler, Palm Bay                             
3rd – Brenda Lotterhos, Orlando                       
4th – John McClure, Sebring                              

Old Time Banjo                                                
1st – Pete Suczy, Lake Geneva                           
2nd – Bob Murphy, Coconut Creek                    
3rd – Tommy Bledsoe, St. Augustine                 
4th – Laird Baldwin, Sarasota                            
5th – Ken Brooks, Spring Hill

Beginning Old Time Banjo                              
1st – Ted James, Plant City                                  
2nd –Bobert, St. Petersburg                                 
3rd – Bill Sansbury, Roseland                             
4th – Ryan MacNeille, Gainesville                      
                                                                            
Rhythm Instrument
1st – Ray Belanger, Tampa
2nd –VGO, Safety Harbor
3rd – Sandy Mercer, Canal Point
4th – Polly Fafach, Bounder, CO

    Beginning Old Time Fiddle

1st – Randi Kuhne, Brooksville
2nd – Alyn Walsh, Bunnell
3rd – Edward Stein, Tampa


                        Dobro

1st – Brad Keeler, Palm Bay
2nd – Harold Thomas, Dade City
3rd – Bobert, St. Petersburg
4th – VGO, Safety Harbor

Autoharp

1st – Abby Zurschmiede, Tallahassee
2nd – John McClure, Sebring
3rd – Cheryl Belanger, Tampa
4th – VGO, Safety Harbor


Finger Pick Guitar

1st – Brad Keeler, Palm Bay
2nd – Bruce Hartman, Orlando
3rd – Pete Suczy, Lake Geneva
 4th – Rosy Devane, Lakeland


Old Time Singing - Women
1st – Valerie Caracappa, Miami
2nd – Cindy Roy, Lake Wales
3rd – Cathy Murphy, Coconut Creek
4th – Cheryl Belanger, Tampa

  Old Time Singing - Males
1st – VGO, Tarpon Springs
2nd – Buddy Moody, St. Petersburg
3rd – Carl Wade, Sarasota
4th – Marion Boatwright, Brevard, NC


Appalachian Dulcimer

1st – Rosy Devane, Lakeland
2nd – Rima Olson, Clearwater
3rd – Don Moores, Clearwater
4th – Linda Collins, Tallahassee

Old Time String Band
1st – Possum Bay Airboat Brigade, Sanford
2nd – Old Time Travelers, Brevard, NC
3rd – Wednesday Tunes, Orlando
4th – Doney Gals, Tallahassee
5th – Fizzy Mutant String Beans, Spring Hill

Valerie Caracappa