2018 Prize Categories
Note: Prizes subject to change.
Performance Prizes
NOTE: First Place contestants from prior years are eligible for cash prizes only. Performance prizes may only be awarded to a band once.
Bluegrass Band First Prize:
Mainstage performance at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, August 16-18, 2018.
Location: Granite Hill Camping Resort, 3340 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325 map
Join a spectacular lineup of performers!
Old-Time Band First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including Guy Davis, Professor Louie, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Dominick Murray, Port Righ, Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic), Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Celtic Ensemble First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including the Kruger Brothers, Professor Louie & the Crowmatix with the Rock of Ages Horns, Irish band Connla, Scottish fiddler Pete Clark, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Port Righ, Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Southern Appalachian Clogging First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including Guy Davis, Professor Louie, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Dominick Murray, Port Righ, Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic), Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Bluegrass Band First Prize:
Mainstage performance at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, August 16-18, 2018.
Location: Granite Hill Camping Resort, 3340 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325 map
Join a spectacular lineup of performers!
Old-Time Band First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including Guy Davis, Professor Louie, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Dominick Murray, Port Righ, Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic), Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Celtic Ensemble First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including the Kruger Brothers, Professor Louie & the Crowmatix with the Rock of Ages Horns, Irish band Connla, Scottish fiddler Pete Clark, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Port Righ, Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Southern Appalachian Clogging First Prize:
Performance at the Common Ground on the Hill Festival, July 14, 2018
Location: Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center Street, Westminster, MD 21157 map
Join stars from across genres and around the world including Guy Davis, Professor Louie, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Frank McGuire (Scotland), Dominick Murray, Port Righ, Radim Zenkl (Czech Republic), Pun Plamondon (Ottawa Nation), Walt Michael & Co., and many more!
Instrumental Prizes (Judges' Choice)
Instrument prizes, awarded according judges' choice, may or may not be awarded to category prize winners. The judges' decision regarding the recipients of the instrument prizes is final.
Guitar:
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Model: Eastman AC220. Solid spruce top, hand-arved scalloped X bracing with extremely dynamic response, from soft picking to hard strumming. Full-bodied tone and room filling volume. Rosewood fingerboard, mahogany neck. Complete specs HERE.
Prize Sponsor: Eastman. Visit their website at www.eastmanguitars.com |
Mandolin:
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Model: MD304. Individually hand-built using traditional materials & "Old World" craftsmanship. Solid Sprice top, Solid Maple back and sides with Rosewood fingerboard & adjustable ebony bridge. A-style body with an oval hole for liquid tones and excellent projection. See complete specs HERE.
Prize sponsor: Eastman. Visit their website at www.eastmanguitars.com. |
Fiddle:
Prize: Eastman Fiddle, Case and Bow. Hand-crafted from seasoned tonewoods.
Prize sponsor: Eastman Strings. Visit their website at www.eastmanstrings.com/violins.
Prize sponsor: Eastman Strings. Visit their website at www.eastmanstrings.com/violins.
2018 Cash Prizes and Competition Categories
| Category | 1st Place* |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
| Bands and Ensembles | |||
| Bluegrass Band | $200 | $100 | $50 |
| Celtic Ensemble | $200 | $100 | $50 |
| Old Time Band | $200 | $100 | $50 |
| Solo Instruments (See Notes below) | |||
| Celtic Instrumentalist | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Banjo- Bluegrass | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Banjo - Old Time | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Fiddle - Bluegrass | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Fiddle - Old Time | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Guitar | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Dobro | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Mandolin | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Other (See Notes below) | |||
| Clogger | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Vocalist | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Songwriting | $100 | $50 | $25 |
| Young Performer (ages 12 and under) | $75 | $35 | $20 |
| Special Performer | $100 | $50 | $25 |
NOTES:
- Instrument prizes, awarded according judges' choice, may or may not be awarded to category prize winners. The judges' decision regarding the recipients of the instrument prizes is final.
- First place winners in the 'Solo Instruments' and 'Other' categories will receive two (2) tickets to the 2017 Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music and Arts Festival on July 14.
- First place winners in the 'Solo Instruments' and 'Other' categories may choose EITHER the $100 cash prize OR free tuition for one (1) week-long Traditions Weeks workshop period at Common Ground on the Hill, a $230 value. Information about available workshops can be found at http://www.commongroundonthehill.org/twhome.html. Workshops take place during the weeks of June 24-29, July 1-6 and July 8-13. NOTE: Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention judges Randy Barrett, Jo Morrison, and David Morris are among the 200 Traditions Weeks instructors teaching over 350 Traditions Weeks workshops.
- Songwriting prizes:
- In addition to the stated prizes above, winners in the Songwriting category will receive prizes as follows:
- 1st Place: 2 (two) 1-hour consulting sessions with award-winning songwriter and Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention judge David Morris, at a time mutually agreeable.
- 2nd and 3rd Place: 1 (one) 1-hour consulting session with David Morris, at a time mutually agreeable.
- In addition to the stated prizes above, winners in the Songwriting category will receive prizes as follows:
