76th Maritime Fiddle Festival

2025 Winners

Fiddle Classes

9 & Under

  • 1st – Momo Tomiyama (Dartmouth NS)
  • 2nd – Caleb Erker (Halifax, NS)
  • 3rd – Ezra Erker (Halifax, NS)
  • 4th – Elisa Turino-Mehrabadi (Halifax, NS)

10 to 12

  • 1st – Zongyuan Zhao (Halifax, NS)
  • 2nd – Brin Power (Lower Sackville, NS)
  • 3rd – Isabelle White (Halifax, NS)
  • 4th – Eman Girma (Halifax, NS)

18 & Under

  • 1st – Molly Harrington (Halifax, NS)
  • 2nd – Ronan Karson (Darling Lake, NS)
  • 3rd – Zihan (Diego) Ye (Halifax, NS)

19 to 59

  • 1st – Meghan Simmonds (Cow Bay, NS)
  • 2nd – Arthur Zilkowsky (Porter’s Lake, NS)
  • 3rd – Melodie Pitre (Dieppe, NB)

60 & Over

  • 1st – Bill Guest (Dartmouth, NS)
  • 2nd – Elizabeth DeWolf (East Lawrencetown, NS)
  • 3rd – Don MacVicar (Dartmouth, NS)

Group

  • 1st – Tristan Sheffield (Beechville, NS) & Elianna Lee (Dartmouth, NS)
  • 2nd – Molly Harrington (Halifax, NS) & Tye Dacey (Fall River, NS)
  • 3rd – Chad Wolfe (Ottawa, ON) & Ronan Karson (Darling Lake, NS)

Open

  • 1st – Amelia Parker (Central West River, NS)
  • 2nd – Chad Wolfe (Ottawa, ON)
  • 3rd – Tye Dacey (Fall River, NS)

    Step Dance Classes

      15 & Under

      • 1st – Naomi Buschhaus (Stilesville, NB)

      Open

      • 1st – Chad Wolfe (Ottawa, ON)
      • 2nd – Nathanael Buschhaus (Stilesville, NB)

      Special Awards

      Youngest Fiddler Award

      • Joanna Buschhaus (Stilesville, NB)

      Oldest Fiddler Award

      • Bill Guest (Dartmouth, NS)

      Come-On-Back Award

      • Molly Harrington (Halifax, NS)

      Best Waltz

      • Amelia Parker (Central West River, NS)

      Best Jig

      • Amelia Parker (Central West River, NS)

      Best Reel

      • Amelia Parker (Central West River, NS)

      Don Messer Memorial Award

      • Amelia Parker (Central West River, NS)

      Fiddler Participants’ Awards

      • 9 & Under – Elisa Turino-Mehrabadi (Halifax, NS)
      • 10 to 12 – Charlie Anne O-Brien (Beechville, NS)
      • 18 & Under – Maia Langille (Porters Lake, NS)