2012 Winners & Finalists

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Category 1– Best fiddler soloist

Finalists

• Chris Stone
• Emma Barlow
• George Jackson

Winner

• George Jackson

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Category 2 – Best band, group, ensemble or orchestra featuring a fiddler

Finalists

• Quatro
• Round Mountain Girls
• The String Contingent

Winner

• Round Mountain Girls

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Category 3 – Best CD by a fiddler as soloist

Finalists

• Chasing the Sunset – Emma Nixon
• George Jackson – George Jackson

Winner

• Chasing the Sunset – Emma Nixon

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Category 4 – Best CD by a band, group, ensemble or orchestra featuring a fiddler

Finalists

• TSC II – The String Contingent
• Bush Gothic – Jenny Thomas and the System
• Until it’s time to go – VARDOS

Winner

• TSC II – The String Contingent – Fiddler Chris Stone

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Category 5 – Lifetime achievement award for excellence as a fiddler/contributor to the furthering of fiddle playing/teaching

Winner

• Paul Rabbit Robinson

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Category 6 – Youth Achievement Award

Finalists

• Sean and Miss Bow
• Georgia Rose
• Quatro

Winner

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

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Category 7 – Best fiddle teacher

Finalists

• Rachel Harbison
• Paul Rabbit Robinson

Winner

• Paul Rabbit Robinson

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Category 8 – Best fiddle composition

Finalists

• Great Ocean Road – Graham McLeod
• Lorelleveous – Ron Dimmick/Liam Kilpatrick, The Leaping Lizards
• Chorizo y Queso – Holly Downes

Winner

• Chorizo y Queso – Holly Downes