2011 Winners & Finalists

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Best fiddler soloist

Finalists

• Chris Stone
• Marcela Taylor
• Nigel Maclean

Winner

• Nigel Maclean

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Best band, group, ensemble or orchestra featuring a fiddler

Finalists

• The String Contingent – Chris Stone
• Smokin Crawdads – Ian Cooper
• Leaping Lizards – Liam Kilpatrick
• The Bostocks – Rachel Bostock
• Round Mountain Girls – Rabbit Robinson

Winner

• The Bostocks – Rachel Bostock

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Best CD by a fiddler as soloist

Winner

• ‘Move On’ – Marcela Taylor

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

Finalists

• ‘The String Contingent’ – The String Contingent – Fiddler Chris Stone
• ‘Straight to the Pool Room’ – The Smokin Crawdads – Fiddler Ian Cooper
• ‘Shedding my Skin’ – The Leaping Lizards – Fiddler Liam Kilpatrick
• ‘Not by a long Shot’ – The Bostocks – Fiddler Rachel Bostock

Winner

• ‘The String Contingent’ – The String Contingent – Fiddler Chris Stone

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

Winner

• The Leaping Lizards – Ron Dimmick, Donna Reynolds and Hugh Curtis, their new violinist, replacing Liam Kilpatrick, who retired from the band at the end of last year.

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Best fiddle teacher

Finalists

• Andras Racz
• Karen Jackson
• Emma Nixon

Winners

• Andras Racz
• Emma Nixon

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Best fiddle composition

Finalists

• ‘Jazz Suite of the Week’ – Phil Rooke
• ‘The Whiskey Club’ – Rhiannon Fenn
• ‘Scutterby Slip’ – Leaping Lizards
• ‘Run and Hide’ – The Bostocks

Winner

• ‘Jazz Suite of the Week’ – Phil Rooke

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Youth Achievement Award

Finalists

• Quatro – Amity Brand, Claudia Vogel, Vanessa Smith, Radha Shukla
• Emma Barlow
• Ashleigh Dallas
• The String Contingent – Chris Stone, Graham McLeod, Holly Downes

Highly Commended

• Quatro – Amity Brand, Claudia Vogel, Vanessa Smith, Radha Shukla

Winners

• Emma Barlow
• Ashleigh Dallas