VICTOR FURTADO is a super clawhammer banjo player. He’s won many grand prizes including Clifftop Banjo Contest, the Galax Old Time Fiddlers Convention, and the FreshGrass competition. At 19, he received the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, becoming the youngest musician to do so. Starting out as a WoodSongs Kid when he was 11, he’s now got three albums out including his most recent, DELLORTO ISLAND.

KRISTINA R. GADDY is an author (he recent book is about the history of the Banjo) and banjo player who plays fiddle and banjo with her partner, banjo-maker Pete Ross, and weaves on a eight-harness floor loom in her spare time. She’s also on the planning committee of The Banjo Gathering and loves nerding out about banjos.

AIDAN MUSE is 10 years old from Wisconsin.  He began playing banjo at 8 years old.  He earned 1st (2021) and 2nd (2022) place titles at the East Troy Bluegrass Festival Banjo Competition, and was recently awarded a blue ribbon and Kenosha County Fair Merit Award for Musical performance in 2022.