2010 Winners & Finalists

To See images of 2010 awards click here or watch Youtube clips from all years here

Best fiddler soloist

Finalists

• Catherine Fraser
• Marian Burns
• Andy Baylor

Winner

• Catherine Fraser

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Best band, group, ensemble or orchestra featuring a fiddler

Finalists

• Lolo Lovina – Jess Randall
• Round Mountain Girls – Paul ‘Rabbit’ Robinson
• Evenish – Khalida Foster and Tom De Ridder
• Davidson Brothers – Lachlan and Hamish Davidson
• Vardos – Alana Hunt

Winner

• Davidson Brothers – Lachlan and Hamish Davidson

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Best CD by a fiddler as soloist

Finalists

• Just Fiddlin’ Around by Marian Burns
• Possum Stole the Pumpkin by Andy Baylor
• Rhymes and Reasons by Catherine Fraser

Winner

• Possum Stole the Pumpkin by Andy Baylor

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Best CD by a band, group, ensemble or orchestra featuring a fiddler

Finalists

• Baro Love – Lolo Lovina
• Gates of Gold – Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club
• White Rum by Round Mountain Girls
• Born to Play by Davidson Brothers
• Wild Side of the Village by Vardos

Winner

• Gates of Gold – Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club

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Lifetime achievement award for excellence as a fiddler/contributor to the furthering of fiddle playing/teaching

Winner

• Marian Burns

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Best fiddle teacher

Finalists

• Catherine Fraser
• Marian Burns
• Emma Louise Nixon

Winner

• Emma Louise Nixon

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Best fiddle composition

Finalists

• Clare O’Meara for ‘Oily Rag’
• Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club for ‘The Original Set’
• Catherine Fraser for ‘The Hills of Kaitoke’
• Davidson Brothers for ‘Agony and Ecstacy’
• Khalida Foster for ‘Hot Whiskey’

Winner

• Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club for ‘The Original Set’

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Youth Achievement Award

Finalists

• Penelope Somerville
• Khalida Foster

Winner

• Khalida Foster