American Heritage Music Festival Announces the 2009 Event Winners Jana Jae and the American Heritage Music Festival staff and volunteers declare the 2009 event a huge success. Kathleen Pixley, Executive Director of the festival said, “We are all so very pleased with the success of this year’s event. We had huge crowds for all events with great entertainment and the best talent on both the fiddle and the clogging stages. We have a great staff and the most faithful and hard working volunteers---we could not begin to do all the festival tasks without their untiring service.” Brad & Shirley Adams co-directors of the American Heritage Music Festival announce the winners of the fiddle contests as follows:

OPEN 1^st Doug Fleener, Litchfield, KY 2^nd Shawn Howe,  Pawnee, OK 3^rd Ellie Goodman, Edmond, OK 4^th Douglas Thompson, Rose, OK 5^th Kerry Varble, Toledo, OH 6^th Jake Duncan, Jenks, OK 7^th Monte Gaylord,  Oologah, OK 8^th Tom Weisgerber,  St. Peter, MN SENIOR 1st Babette Allen, Fayetteville, AR 2nd Fred Stoneking, Bolivar, MO 3rd Gary Johnson,  Nevada, MO ADULT 1st Dave Gaylord, Vinita, OK 2nd Laura Duncan,  Broken Arrow, OK 3rd Gunner Byrd, JUNIOR 1st Eischen Harkins, Canon City, CO 2nd Michael Thompson, Rose, OK 3rd Marina Pendleton, Tulsa, OK JR. JR. 1st Edith Sigler, Joplin, MO 2nd Glenn Sigler, Joplin, MO 3rd Jordan Flippo,  Claremore, OK PEE WEE 1st Skylar Waters, Catoosa, OK 2nd Sara Jane Castle, Tulsa, OK 3rd Lilly Dechow,  Broken Arrow, OK HOT FIDDLE 1st Monte Gaylord, Oologah, OK 2nd Shawn Howe, Pawnee, OK 3rd Douglas Thompson,  Rose, OK TWIN FIDDLE 1st Douglas & Michael Thompson, Rose, OK 2nd Monte Gaylord Oologah, OK & Shawn Howe, Pawnee, OK 3rd Doug Fleener, Litchfield, KY & Eishen Harkins, Canon City, CO BANJO 1st Carson Clemishire, Hominy, OK 2nd Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS 3rd Travis Lay, Sedgewick, KS FLATPICK 1st Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS 2nd Randy McSpadden,  Tulsa, OK 3rd Gary Tremel, Owasso, OK DOBRO 1st Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS MANDOLIN 1st Sterling Abernathy, Broken Arrow, OK 2nd Jonathan Trawick, Conway, AR 3rd  Marina Pendleton, Tulsa, OK JUKE BOX 1st Davanzo Family, Conway, AR 2nd Vi Wickam Group, Evansville, IN 3rd Lay Family,  Sedgewick, KS 4th  Sandra Coleman Group, Tulsa, OK HONEY CREEK SPECIAL Vi Wickam, Evansville, IN TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA 1st Shawn Howe, Pawnee, OK 2nd Monte Gaylord, Oologah, OK 3rd Regina Scott, Tulsa, OK ACCOMPANIST 1st  Rex Gillentine, Graham, TX 2nd Eldon Combs, Lowell, MO 3rd Jonathan Trawick,  Conway, AR The American Heritage Music Festival is hosted by Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. with the assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. The next event Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. will bring to the Grand Lake area will be the Arts, Crafts, Music and Cajun Festival to be held at the Grove Civic Center on July 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  This event is free to the public. Everyone is invited to enjoy great Cajun music, Cajun food and Cajun fun as well as many wonderful arts and crafts items for sell by local and area artists.  Grove, OK June 16, 2009 For Immediate Release Contact Kathleen Pixley 918-786-8896 for further info

Doug Fleener