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Solly Burton is 17 years old, and has been playing mandolin for 8 years. He enjoys raisng chickens
and playing his mandolin at jams, festivals, contests, and shows. His instructor Louie Popejoy has been an inspiration
and has taught him most all that he knows.
Solly has competed in numerous instrument contests. All of the Mandolin competitions have been in the adult catagory.
Solly has won in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and most recently in Winfield Kansas where he competed with 28 incredible mandolin
players from 15 states.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2004
JUNE, OWENSBORO, KY - River of Music
2nd Place Mandolin
JULY, LEITCHFIELD, KY -
Official State
Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
1st Place Beginners
Open
2005
MARCH, GREENCASTLE, IN -
Greencastle Fiddle Contest
1st Place Fiddle
JUNE, MANSFIELD, IN -
Mansfield Hilltop Farm Fiddle and
Banjo Contest
3rd Place Fiddle, 3rd Place Banjo
JULY, SMITHVILLE, TN -
34th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Jamboree
1st Place Mandolin
JULY, LEITCHFIELD, KY -
Official State
Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
4th Place Mandolin
JULY, GRAYVILLE, IL-
Wabash River Bluegrass Music Festival
3rd Place Mandolin
SEPTEMBER, PRINCETON, IN -
Official Indiana State Picking
and Fiddling Championships
3rd Place Mandolin
2006
MARCH, CLARKSVILLE, TN -
State of Tennessee Old Time Fiddlers
Championship
Tied for 1st - Placed 2nd JUNE MANSFIELD, IN -
Mansfield Hilltop Farm Fiddle and Banjo Contest
3rd Place Fiddle
JUNE SMITHVILLE, TN -
35th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Jamboree
1st Place Mandolin
JULY, LEITCHFIELD, KY -
Official State Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
1st Place Mandolin
SEPTEMBER, PRINCETON, IN -
Official Indiana State Picking
and Fiddling Championships
2nd Place Mandolin
OCTOBER, ATHENS, AL
Tenessee Valley Old Time
Fiddlers Convention
2nd Place Mandolin- Ricky Rorex
Winfield Mandolin
Champion of 1994 came in 1st
2007
MARCH,CLARKSVILLE, TN -
State of Tennessee Old Time Fiddlers
Championship
3rd Place
JUNE MANSFIELD, IN -
Mansfield Hilltop Farm Fiddle and Banjo Contest
2nd Place Banjo
JULY, LEITCHFIELD, KY -
Official State Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
2nd Place Mandolin- accompanied by Dillon
Hodges
1st Place Bluegrass
Band-
Members were Olivia Smiley on Fiddle/Vocals,
Dillon
Hodges on Guitar/Vocals, Solly
on Mandolin, and Will
McMeans on Banjo.
4th Place Old Time String Band
September Princeton Indiana -
Official Indiana State Picking and
Fiddling Championship
1st Place Mandolin- accompanied
by Dillon Hodges
1st Place Bluegrass Band
Members were Olivia Smiley on Fiddle/Vocals,
Dillon
Hodges on Guitar/Vocals, and Solly on Mandolin.
October Winfield Kansas-
1st Place Mandolin Championships-
accompanied by
Adam Wright 1st place Flatpick Guitar winner
at Wilfield
2001
2008
MARCH,CLARKSVILLE, TN -
State of Tennessee Old Time Fiddlers
Championship
1st Place
JULY, LEITCHFIELD, KY -
Official State Championship
Old Time Fiddlers Contest
1st Place Mandolin
September, Princeton Indiana -
Official Indiana State Picking and
Fiddling Championship
1st Place Mandolin
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