Granite Quarry Fiddlers Convention

We're Celebrating 60 Years!! Make Plans NOW and SAVE the DATE! Please SHARE! We want to Fill The Auditorium this year to Support the Granite Quarry Civitan Club! As a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization, all proceeds benefit Granite Quarry Civitan Charities!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the Granite Quarry Civitan Club on Saturday night! We sold out of Chicken Dinners and only had a few hotdogs and hamburgers left at the end of the evening. Thank You to all of our sponsors and Thank You to everyone who came out to compete or enjoy the music.
Congratulations to all of our winners! Please Share!!

Winners in the youth competition were:
The Don & Margaret Livengood Memorial Award for Best Overall Youth Performer, Shawn Ripple

Fiddle:
First Place, Shawn Ripple
Second Place, Benjamin Ferranti
Third Place, Charis Roth

Banjo:
First Place ,Cameron Edenfield, Second Place, Ford Terry,
Third Place Carley Hatley.

Guitar:
First Place. Gabe Webster,
Second Place Parker Terry,
Third Place Corban Walls.

Mandolin:
First Place. John Hatley
Second Place, Sara Cornett
Third Place, Sara Walls.

Bass:
First Place, Matthew Chaney
Second Place, Newt Hopkins Teeter.

Vocal:
First Place, Chelsea Eden Field,
Second Place, Sara Walls

Youth Bluegrass Band Winner, Boo Grass.
Youth Bluegrass Gospel Band Winner, 4 Walls

Don & Margaret Livengood Memorial Award for Best Overall Youth Performer, Shawn Ripple

Adult Division Winners:
John Ralph Pennington Memorial Master Fiddler Award, Carrie Webster

Fiddle:
First Place, Carrie Webster
Second Place, Charlie Tolbert
Third Place: Glen Alexander

Banjo:
First Place, Ronnie Hatley
Second Place, Dale Mills
Third Place, Billy Ray Summerlin

Guitar:
First Place, Isaiah Goforth
Second Place, John Marler
Third Place, Elliott Wallace

Mandolin:
First Place, Tim Perry
Second Place, Luke McCallister
Third Place, Caroline Terry

Bass:
First Place, Daniel Perry
Second Place, Jeremy Nash
Third Place, Ronnie Edwards

DOBRO:
First Place, James Murdoch
Second Place, Peden Williams
Third Place, Sandy Hatley

Vocal:
First Place, Payton Williams
Second Place, Daniel Perry
Third Place, Angel Paez

The Granite Quarry Fiddlers Convention is coming up on Saturday Oct 11th! Hope to see everyone there! Lots of music and come early and enjoy a delicious Barbecued chicken dinner or hamburgers and hot dogs and desserts ! Please share and Invite Friends!!

Join us for an evening of great music! Come early for dinner. Enjoy a delicious Barbecue Chicken dinner or hamburger & hotdogs! Come out and support the Granite Quarry Civitan Club!!

We're looking forward to the 59th Annual Fiddler's Convention on Saturday Oct. 11, 2025! Come out and support the Granite Quarry Civitan Club! Please Share and Invite Friends!!

So much of our news lately has been sad and heartbreaking but I am thrilled today to talk to Penny Kilby and she's asked me to let everybody in our Bluegrass family know that Steve Kilby is making great progress. Today for the first time he's been able to really respond and talk to her and seems to be improving greatly. He has been having seizure activity that is yet an unknown cause. He did not have a stroke. But his condition is improved enough that he may be released tomorrow and transferred to a rehab facility if he continues to improve through today.
As far as their home situation, they still do not have power and they've had no damage to the house from the storms. We are all thankful for that.
Steve has been a part of our family for as long as I can remember. And we're so thankful that he and Penny will see the light of day shortly and Steve will hopefully be home before too long. The photo above is one that I took when we honored Steve and Penny at the Granite Quarry Fiddlers Convention a couple years ago. Steve wanted his "Star" student Gavin Woodruff to be on stage with them.
We love you Steve and Penny and prayers continue for healing and recovery!! 🙏 ❤️🙏

Please keep Steve Kilby and Penny Kilby in your prayers 🙏 ❤️
This is from our friend Tracie Murphy Woodruff..

Today, I spoke with Penny Kilby over the phone. Unfortunately, Steve Kilby may have had a stroke and was flown to Lewis Gale hospital for treatment. Please keep them both in your thoughts and prayers! Pray that Steve has a speedy and full recovery! 🙏

Ok.. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so I thought I would send this out to all of my special friends out there! Happy Valentine's Day 💘