Louisiana State Fiddle Championship/Rebel State Historic Site Venue
Grand Champions
 
1970   Thomas Ray Beebe
1971   Tex Grimsley
1972   Willie Waldon
1973   Hank Strickland
1974   Bob Henderson
1975   Ken Smith
1976   Jamesette Kile
1977   Jewels Lasyone
1978   Jewels Lasyone
1979   Scarlett Johnson
1980   Ken Smith
1981   Greg Edwards
1982   Louis Darby
1983   Ken Smith
1984   Chuck Nation
1985   Johnny Johnson
1986*
1987*
1988   Mary Grimsley
1989   Curry Perkins
1990   Ken Smith
1991   Fred Beavers
1992   Curry Perkins
1993   Ken Smith
1994   Bill Grass
1995   John Johnson
1996   Amanda Dark
1997   T-Bo Lairscey
1998   Britton Currie
1999   Curry Perkins
2000   Ron Yule
2001   Jamesette Kile
2002   Dallas Cooley
2003   Fred Beavers
 
*The winners for 1986 and 1987 are missing from the plaque.
 
List provided by Stacy Cates, Interpretive Ranger at Rebel State Historic Site in Marthaville, LA on June 15, 2010.
 
Phone # 1-888-677-3600
Email: rebel@crt.state.la.us
 
Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival Venue/LA State Fiddle Championship (2004 -  )
Grand Champions
 
2004   Lauren Hodges - Ragley, LA (17 years old)
2005   Ben Robinson - Choudrant, LA (19 years old)
2006   Emily Young - DeRidder, LA (19 years old)
2007   Vic Middleton - Homer, LA (29 years old)
2008   Hallie Yarbrough - Bastrop, LA (41 years old)
2009   Ben Robinson - Choudrant, LA (23 years old)
2010   Jason Saucer - West Monroe, LA (33 years old)
2011 Lauren Ford- Monroe, LA (17 years old)
2012 Beau Thomas -Abbeville, LA (39 years old)