Band Comp Winners

[Pudboy]

I'm hosting a bluegrass radio show (The Borealis Bluegrass Breakdown - out of Anchorage Alaska www.knba.org) and we're looking forward to doing a show highlighting bands that have won the TBF band competition.  Can anyone help me come up with a list of past competition winners?

I've email planet bluegrass but they aren't responding so I figured I would go to the more knowledgable source - my fellow Festivarians!

[jessecarl]

* 2011 - Run Boy Run (full disclosure: I'm the bass player)
* 2010 - Nora Jane Struthers & The Bootleggers
* 2009 - The Hillbenders
* 2008 - The Blue Canyon Boys
* 2007 - Spring Creek
* 2006 - Greensky Bluegrass
* 2005 - The Badly Bent
* 2004 - Burnett Family Bluegrass
* 2003 - Hit and Run

That's all I have time to lookup while at work...

[Hot Sugar]

The Dixie Chicks won in 90 or 91. Not sure which. Other than Spring Creek, which has already been listed, that's about all I know.

[Matt]

I'm pretty sure Nickel Creek won at some point, not sure on the year though.

[Pudboy]

I know that Bearfoot Bluegrass won in 2001 so that keeps the list growing.

Thanks for the help so far.  Need a lot of help for the 1990's!!!!

[Auntie Hope]

QUESTION: Did Yonder & The Stringdusters start out with the band contest at TBF?

Auntie Hope 

[Hot Sugar]

Yonder didn't. Not sure about the Dusters.

[TellurideTom]

I know the contest winners get a spot on stage the following year.
I'm not sure if they're mentioned each year in the program, but I guess it's worth a look
through the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Program Archive.