The National Flat Pick Guitar champions were crowned here at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS on the afternoon of September 19, 2009. In this contest there were 37 contestants from 19 states and from Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. When the cut to five was made the states of two from North Carolina, and one each from Utah, Virginia, and Tennessee.

First place was won by Bryan McDowell of Canton, NC.

The Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle contest was completed on Friday, September 18th here at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS.

There were 22 participants in this contest and they came from 15 different states as well as the United Kingdom. The cut to the final five found contestants from Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, and two from Oklahoma.

The Walnut Valley Mandolin Champions were just crowned here at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. There were 21 who played in this contest. Those 21 represented 18 different states as well as Japan and UK.

The final five were from Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. …

There were 39 contestants who played in the 2009 Walnut Valley Finger Style Guitar competition. Contestants came from 24 states and four foreign countries (Italy, Japan, Australia and Canada). When the field was cut to five only the states of Tennessee, New Jersey and California and two foreign countries remained (Japan and Canada) remained. First place was awarded to Mark Sganga of Oakland, New Jersey.

Winfield, Kansas — What do Australia, Jamaica and Ethiopia all have in common? Their national flags are being flown at this year’s 38th annual Walnut Valley Festival. This year 91 flags will be blowing in the Kansas breeze as music fans from around the world descend upon the Winfield Fairgrounds to enjoy the music and camaraderie. Thirty six different foreign flags join with the flags from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US territory Virgin Islands along with…