American Heritage Festival Declared Huge Success

Jana Jae and the American Heritage Music Festival staff and volunteers have declared the 2007 event held last weekend a huge success. Kathleen Pixley, co-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 announce the winners of the fiddle contests as follows:
OPEN:
1st Junior Marriott, Ava, MO
2nd Shawn Howe, Miami, OK
3rd Douglas Thompson, Rose, OK
4th Bill Jones, Chapel Hill, TN
5th Jake Duncan, Jenks, OK
6th Cody Marriott, Stoval, MO
7th Doug Fleener, Litchfield, KY
8th Kyle Link, Lebanon, MO
SENIOR
1st Kathy Kampschmidt, Willows, CA
2nd Gary Johnson, Nevada, MO
3rd John Blevins, Van, TX
3rd Sam O’Field, Claremore, OK
ADULT
1st Chris Stewart, Lebanon, MO
2nd Brad Hawkins, Cushing, OK
3rd Karen Harmon, Tulsa, OK
JUNIOR
1st Maddie Denton, Murfreesboro, TN
2nd Michael Thompson, Caney, KS
3rd Tori May Gilliam, Willows, CA.
JR. JR.
1st Emily Dickie, Paola, KS
2nd Paige Park, Caney, KS
3rd Adam Barton, Springfield, MO
PEE WEE
1st Brett Dudenhoeffer, Marshfield, MO
2nd Olivia Park, Caney, KS
3rd Regina Scott, Tulsa, OK
HOT FIDDLE
1st Eric Dysart, Disney, OK
2nd Shawn Howe, Miami, OK
3rd Maddie Denton, Murfreesboro, Tn
TWIN FIDDLE
1st Junior Marriott, Ava, MO & Cody Marriott, Stovel, MO
2nd Michael & Douglas Thompson, Rose, OK
3rd Cody Marriott, Stovel, MO & Bubba Hopkins, Spavinaw, OK
BANJO
1st Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS
2nd Benjamin Link, Lebanon, MO
3rd Seth Park, Caney, KS
FLATPICK
1st Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS
2nd Jerry Shadrick, Montreal, MO
3rd Carman Davanzo, Conway, AR
DOBRO
1st Richard Willis, Mack’s Creek, MO
2nd Ken Plummer, Augusta, KS
MANDOLIN
1st Russ Weeks, Long Lone, MO
2nd Marina Pendleton, Tulsa, OK
3rd Luther Park, Bartlesville, OK
JUKE BOX
1st Kyle Link & the Link Family, Lebanon, MO
2nd The Dickie Family, Paola, KS
3rd Emma Jane & Marina Pendleton, Tulsa, OK & Eric Dysart, Disney, OK
HONEY CREEK SPECIAL
Doug, Fleener, Leitchfield, KY
TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA
1st Shawn Howe, Miami, OK
2nd Junior Marriott, Ava, MO
3rd Gerry Lay, Hominy, OK
ACCOMPANIST
1st Gayle Hopson, Huntsville, TX
2nd Rex Gillentine, Graham, TX
3rd Eldon Combs, Lowell, MO
4th Bubba Hopkins, Spavinaw, OK

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful sponsors which include:
City of Grove, Cherokee Nation Enterprises, State Representative Dr. Doug Cox, ConocoPhillips, Grand Savings Bank, Wal-Mart, Air Power Systems, First Class Collision and Limo Service, Thompson & Associates, First National Bank, Arvest Bank, Grand Bank, Best Western TimberRidge Inn, Grand River Abstract, Jack’s Music Shack, Dolphus & Mozelle Blevins, Drakes Restaurant, Bank of Grove, Grand Rental Station, Cathy Shaefer—Thompson & Associates, Shirley & Gene Sawyer, Sanco Lumber, Lungren Chevrolet, Richard & Dolores Graham Family, Prairie Breeze, Ltd., Jana Jae’s Gallery Southwest, Snider’s Camp, Java Dave’s, The Urban Table of Fayetteville, AR, Grove Sun, KGVE, Grove Observer, Nowata Printing and with 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.