2nd Steve Luper, Champion, Cindy Harris, 3rd George Haig
51st Annual Walnut Valley Festival – Winfield, Kansas
Date: September 14, 2023 Time: 12:05 p.m.
Contest Name: 2023 International Autoharp Championship
Champion: Cindy Harris
City/State/Zip: Pittsburgh, PA
Prize Instrument Selected: Schreiber Autoharp Diatonic Autoharp – Greg Schreiber 354 Owl Hollow Rd, Millerstown, PA 17062 (717) 418-2775 schreiberautoharps.com
2nd Place: Steve Luper
City/State/Zip: Andover, KS
Prize Instrument Selected: Whippoorwill Acoustics Luthier’s Choice Autoharp – Whippoorwill Acoustics, 111 N. Miller St, Paw Paw, MI 49079 260-249-5561 whippoorwillacoustics.com
3rd Place: George Haig
City/State/Zip: Dunfermline, Scotland
Prize Instrument Selected: N/A
Runners up: Loriann Clayton-Bethard, Kansas City, MO, and Michael Poole, Chapel Hill, NC
9 contestants from 7 states 2 countries (Scotland, USA)