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2025 Florida Old Time Music Championships
Guest of Honor : Kellie Allen & Pete Peterson

Harmonica

1. Gary Zimmerman, Hawthorne, FL

2. Teresa Cruise, Mount Dora, FL

Finger Pick Guitar

     1. Matt Holladay, Cocoa Beach, FL

     2. Bill Dudley, Dade City, FL

     3. Greg Allen, Palmetto Bay, FL

     4. Pete Sucsy, Keystone Heights, FL

Men’s Old Time Singing – Individual

     1. Bill Paine, Rochelle, FL

     2. Gary Zimmerman, Hawthorne, FL

     3. Zach Lance, FL, Clearwater

     4. John McClure, Sebring, FL

Women’s Old Time Singing – Individual

     1. Bronwyn Chelette, Chattahoochee, FL

     2. Goody Fuller, Wauchula, FL

     3. Tamera Beisler, Thonotosassa, FL

     4. Pam Monfore, Crawfordville, FL

Old Time Banjo-Fiddle Duet

     1. Gary Zimmerman & Pete Sucsy, Hawthorne, FL & Keystone Heights, FL

     2. Frank Lindamood & Tom VanTreese, Sopchoppy, Fl & Monticello, FL

     3. Kay VanTreese & Pam Monfore, Monticello, FL & Crawfordville, FL

     4. Howard Pardue & Bobby Lolley, Tallahassee, FL

Singing Saw

     1. Tim Martin, Ormond Beach, FL

     2. Brenda Ehly, Duluth, GA

Mountain Dulcimer

     1. Chris Collins, Barberville, FL

     2. Paul Ranney, Tallahassee, FL

Beginner Old Time Banjo

     1. Dan Forney, Fernandina Beach, FL

     2. Tamera Beisler, Thonotosassa, FL

Beginner Old Time Fiddle

     1. Tasha Strigle, Ocala, FL

     2. Lucille Dickens, Gainesville, FL

Old Time Rhythm Instruments

     1. Gina Faber, Lovetsville, VA

     2. Marion Lasley, Quincy, FL

     3. Gary Zimmerman, Hawthorne, FL

     4. Eleta Sucsy, Keystone Heights, FL

Mandolin

     1. Gina Faber, Lovetsville, VA

     2. Bill Paine, Rochelle, FL

     3. Dan Forney, Fernandina Beach, FL

     4. Jack Metzger, Zephyrhills, FL

Flat Pick Guitar

     1. Marion Lasley, Quincy, FL

     2. Bill Paine, Rochelle, FL

     3. Jacob George, Jacksonville, FL

     4. Dan Forney, Fernandina Beach, FL

Hammered Dulcimer

     1. Gary Zimmerman, Hawthorne, FL

     2. Chris Collins, Barberville, FL

Old Time Banjo

     1. Greg Allen, Palmetto Bay, FL

     2. Jessica Bellaire, Tallahassee, FL

     3. Matt Holladay, Cocoa Beach, FL

     4. Dean Chambers, Old Town, FL

Old Time Fiddle

     1. Aiden Collins

     2. Greg Allen, Palmetto Bay, FL

     3. Beau Holland, Tallahassee, FL

     4. Jenny James, Brandon, FL

Old Time Singing – Group

     1. The Traveling Bilberries – Marg Chauvin, Bill Messer & Karyn Lockerman

     2. The Tiger Lilies – Goody Fuller, Tamera Beisler & Teresa Cruise

Percussive Dance – Individual

     1. Mary Allgire, Tallahassee, FL

     2. Drew Thomas, Tallahassee, FL

     3. Eleta Sucsy, Keystone Heights, FL

Old Time String Band

     1. Kraft American Singles – Abigail Gruber, Andre Gruber, Matt Holladay, Jessica   

         Bellaire & Aiden Collins, Tallahassee, FL, Jacksonville, FL & Cocoa Beach, FL

     2. Gina & the Lady Bugs – Gina Faber, Bill Dudley & Kathy Aagaard, Lovetsville, VA, Dade City, FL & Tampa, FL

     3. Katie’s Contradiction – Gary Zimmerman, Pete Sucsy, Eleta Sucsy, Bill Paine & Karen Newman, Hawthorne,     

      FL,  Keystone Heights, FL, Rochelle, FL, & Melrose, FL

     4. One Tick Morning – Tom & Kay VanTreese & Frank Lindamood, Tallahassee, Fl & Sopchoppy, Fl

 

Cousin Thelma Boltin Service Award – Gary and Goody Fuller

 

Edward Lee Flemming, Jr. Award – Greg Allen

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Ernie Williams Original Old Time Tune Contest

     1. Bill Paine, Rochelle, FL

     2. Chuck Levy, Gainesville, FL

     3. Eleta Sucsy, Keystone Heights, FL

     4. Paul Ranney, Tallahassee, FL

Jim Strickland Original Old Time Waltz Contest

     1. Bill Paine, Rochelle, FL

     2. Tammy Murray, Gainesville, FL

     3. Chuck Levy, Gainesville, FL

     4. Eleta Sucsy, Keystone Heights, FL

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