Results
2016
Morinville, AB
1st Place: Daniel Gervais (AB)
2nd Place: Greg Henry (ON)
3rd Place: James Steele (SK)
Top 11 Finalists:
Daniel Gervais – AB
Greg Henry – ON
James Steele – SK
Aynsley Porchak – ON
Dan Mighton – ON
Paul Lemelin – ON
Kyle Burghout – ON
Allison Granger – AB
Kai Gronberg – BC
Emily Yarascavitch – ON
Troy MacGillivray – NS
Junior Showcase Performers:
Amanda MacInnis – ON
Colten Bear – AB
Duncan MacDougall – ON
James Ross – NT
Accompanists:
Melika Lemelin – piano
Clinton Pelletier – guitar
Jeremy Rusu – piano
Judges:
Ray Legere
Byron Myhre
Louis Schryer
Master of Ceremonies:
Gordon Stobbe
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Roy Warhurst
People’s Choice Award:
Daniel Gervais (AB)
Yamaha Prize Winners
Martha Pitre (NB)
Scott Duncan (AB)
Competition Videos
Finals: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVwCBK---QMLm4SgGhhqX6SMbbrVuBiHY
Preliminaries:
Junior Showcase Performers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVwCBK---QMJAz6gMcu65PhEaAfaKzJb0
Sponsors
1st place – Title of Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Champion ($3500)
Sponsored by the Alberta Society of Fiddlers
2nd place ($2250)
Sponsored by John Arcand Fiddle Fest
3rd place ($1100)
Sponsored by Prairie Mountain Fiddlers
4th to 11th places ($500.00)
Sponsored by the following
Elite Industrial Services
BCOTFA
St Albert Inn & Suites
Northern Bluegrass Circle
Investors Group
Northwest Plumbing
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People’s Choice Award
Sponsored by Calvin Vollrath
Ward Allen Memorial Trophy for “Best Old Time Waltz”
Sponsored by Ann Allen
Yamaha Electric Fiddles
Random draw from all contestants (2 winners)
Sponsored by Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.
2016 SPONSORS
Alberta Society of Fiddlers
BC Old Time Fiddlers’ Association
Calvin Vollrath
Collectors Corner
City of Edmonton
CKUA
Daniel Gervais
Elite Industrial Services
Folkways Alive
Hairy Hill Mustard Farms
Investors Group
John Arcand Fiddle Fest
McNish Steel Ltd
Morinville Sobeys
Myhres Music
Northern Bluegrass Music Circle
Northwest Plumbing
Peavey Mart
Prairie Mountain Fiddlers
Prairie West Fiddle Contest
Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel
RV City
Société touristique
Centralta Tourism Society
St. Albert Inn and Suites
St Michael “Sticky Business Honey”
Town of Morinville
Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Assn
YAMAHA Canada Music Ltd.
Our thanks go out to the 2016 Executive and Board of Directors of the Canadian Grand Masters and all of the volunteers who have worked very hard for the past year to make this event possible
Executive and Board Members:
Graham Sheppard: President
Chair of CGM Fiddle Camp
Stacey Read: Vice-President
Chair of the Competition Contestants Committee
Graham Crate: Treasurer
Mary Lynn Wood: Secretary
Trent Bruner: Director
Loretta Fitzpatrick: Director
Membership Coordinator
Randy Foster: Director
Victor Frush: Director
Michel Mallette: Director
Chair 2017 CGMFC Quebec
Denise MacCaull: Director
Fundraising Cordinator
Troy McGillivray: Director
Lois Siegel: Director
Calvin Vollrath: Director
Chair 2016 CGMFC Alberta
Additional thanks is extended to the CGM Alberta Steering Committee which included the following people, as well as numerous un-named volunteers who stepped forward in many capacities.
Calvin Vollrath
Rhea Labrie
Donna Ingram
Debby Gargus
Ken Clarke
Randy Jones
Barb Haney
Barbara Rehn
Roy Waselenchuk
Charlie Gargus
Gary Giesbrecht
Troy Gates
Inez Kreamer
Kathy Vander Reyden
Thank you to everyone who took an interest in bringing the Canadian Grand Masters to Alberta. Your enthusiasm, willingness to help and your attendance at this event is something to be proud of.