The Northern California Bluegrass Awards Ceremony will be held as a part of the NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City. The nominees are:
1. Bluegrass Band
49 Special, Alhambra Valley Band, Barefoot Nellies, Bean Creek, Belle Monroe & Her Brew Glass Boys, Blue & Lonesome, Bluegrass Conspiracy, Cabin Fever, Carolina Special, Circle R Boys, Common Cents, Dalton Mountain Gang, Dark Hollow, Deep Elem, Diana Donnelly & The Yes Ma’ams, Eddie DuCommun & Bluegrass For The Record, Faux Renwah, Harmon’s Peak, High Country, Houston Jones, Jeanie & Chuck’s Country Round-Up, Jimmy Chickenpants, Kitchen Help, Mighty Crows, Mineral Kings, Mountain Drive, Mountain Laurel, Natural Drift, Nell Robinson & Red Level, OMGG, Rogue River,Savanah Blu, Sidesaddle & Co., Smiley Mountain, Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players, Stoney Mountain Ramblers, Tuttle Family, Wintons, Wires & Wood.
2. Male Vocalist
Luke Abbott, Tyson Alteri, George Best, Danny Booth, Page Brownton, Eric Burman, Glenn Dauphin, Eddie DuCommun, Matt Dudman, Adam Field, David Field, Avram Frankel, Pete Hicks, Rob Horgan, Glenn Houston, Travis Jones, John Kael, Chris Kee, John Kornhauser, Larry Lynch, Jim Mintun, Billy Pitrone, Max Schwartz, Nate Schwartz, Ted Silverman, Chris Smith, Yoseff Tucker, Marty Varner, Butch Waller, Del Williams, Jason Winfree, Cody Winton,Jesse Winton, Randy Winton, John Woodell, Robert Zeien.
3. Female Vocalist
Regina Bartlett, Pam Brandon aka Belle Monroe, Julay Brooks, Jean Butterfield, Joni Davies, Diana Donnelly, Sarah Eblen, Kim Elking, Penny Godlis, Kathy Kallick, Jennifer Kitchen, A. J. Lee, Louise Mintun, Samantha Olson, Hilary Perkins aka Nell Robinson, Lynn Quinones, Betsy Riger, Nichole Solis, Annie Staninec, Chris Stevenson aka Prairie Flower, Yvonne Walbroehl.
4. Guitar Player
Tyson Alteri, Pam Brandon aka Belle Monroe, Cactus Bob Cole, Glen Dauphin, Jackie Miller Dick, Diana Donnelly, Rick Ednie, David Field, John Fuller, Gordon Gibson, Glenn Houston, Jim Lewin, Alex Mayers, Steve Palazzo, Billy Pitrone, Lynn Quinones, Mike Schwartz, Nicole Solis, Sam Sternlight, Yoseff Tucker, Molly Tuttle, Marty Varner, Yvonne Walbroehl, Jason Winfree, Jesse Winton, Robert Zeien.
5. Mandolin Player
Tom Bekeny, Alan Bond, Buzz Brown, John Cogdill, Cactus Bob Cole, Matt Dudman, Kim Elking, Pete Hicks, Chojo Jacques, Matt Kendall, Dan Large, A. J. Lee, Mike McKinley, Randy McKnight,Hide Kawatsure, Ed Neff, Steve Pottier, Nate Schwartz, Ted Silverman, Nicole Solis, Sam Sternlight, Ken Torke, Michael Tuttle, Marty Varner, Nina Weisenberg, Jesse Winton, Gary Vessez.
6. Banjo Player
Luke Abbott, Jered Cheney, Larry Chung, Paul Clarke, Larry Cohea, Tom Cooper, Scott Daley, Tim Edes, Craig Fletcher, Dave Guarante, Rob Horgan, Jordan Klein, Dave Magrum, Matt Milan, Billy Moore, Tom Naiman, Mitch Polzak, Jonathan Scheille, Bill Schniederman, Sonia Shell, Victor Skididako, Frank Solivan, Chris Stevenson aka Prairie Flower, Linis Tremaine, Cody Winton.
7. Fiddle Player
Elcia Burton, Johnny Campbell, Cactus Bob Cole, Jill Cruey, Chip Curry, Dennis English, Diana Greenberg, Christine Grim, Pete Hicks, Chojo Jacques, Steve Joynes, Paul Lee, Brian McClenahan, Ella Naiman, Ed Neff, Samantha Olson, Gail Reece, Liz Rhone, Alyssa Rose, Pete Showman, Annie Staninec, Fred Stepp, Mark Wardenburg, Lee Anne Welch, Cody Winton.
8. Dobro Player
Kathy Barwick, Lisa Berman, Rich Ferguson, Avram Frankel, Rick Hendricks, Ernie Hunt, Jon Maste, Jim Mintun, Gene Tortura, Charlie Wallace, Cody Winton.
9. Bass Player
Mike Baroni, Jess Beebe, Colleen Browne, Doris Burman, Lisa Burns, Bruce Campbell, Jim Davies, Tom Drohan, Sarah Eblen, Jessica Evans, David Field, Penny Godlis, Dave Gooding, Bill Hamburgen, Elida Ickes, Chris Kee, Jennifer Kitchen, Paul Knight, Jerry Logan,Bruce Mauier, Louise Mintun, Angela Personini, Max Schwartz, Gary Smaltz, Tom Spencer.
Principal financial support for the March 11-14 NCBS Bluegrass On Broadway festival comes from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission, the Redwood City Public Library, and the Tapestry Church (formerly, the Peninsula Christian Center).
