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Past Scholarship Awards

The HFAA awards Hardanger fiddle scholarships to developing players to cover full-attendance at the annual music and dance workshops. In 2006, the award was named the Bernt Balchen Jr. Scholarship in honor of one of HFAA's early music and dance teachers.

YEAR
Awarded To
July 12 - 13, 1991
University of Wisconsin
River Falls, WI
Chris Onsrud of Stoughton, Wisconsin
Roselyn Redland of Taylors Falls, Minnesota
July 10 - 11, 1992
University of Wisconsin
River Falls, WI
Brad Battey, Jr of Livonia, Michigan
Jessica Lynn Crosby of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
June 25 - 26, 1993
University of Wisconsin
River Falls, WI
Jodi Severson of ??
Karen Torkelson Solgård of Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 15 - 16, 1994
Holiday Inn

Willmar, MN
Stephanie Hendrickson of Granite Falls, Minnesota
Shannon Walvatne of Parkersburg, Iowa
July 21 - 22, 1995
Holiday Inn

Willmar, MN
Ann Schluter of Moorhead, Minnesota
June 28 - 29, 1996
Karakahl Inn
Mt. Horeb, WI
 

June 19 - 21, 1997
Bethany College
Mankato, MN

Paul Morrissett of New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rachel Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota
July 27 - Aug 1, 1998
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
Jaime Didier of Rapid City, South Dakota
Tove Laila Hansen of Gig Harbor, Washington
Abbie Kirkpatrick of Grand Portage, Minnesota
Rebecca Lofft of San Diego, California
Dan Trueman of Princeton, New Jersey
July 16 - 18, 1999
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
Julane Beetham of Mooresville, Indiana
Erin Dybdal of Memphis, Tennessee
Sarah Granskou of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Aug 17 - 21, 2000
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
Anna Evenson of Decorah, Iowa
Lora Lee of San Diego, California
Rebecca Lofft of San Diego, California
Janet Sha of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mary Seim of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Aug 9 - 12 . 2001
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN

Kristin Gail Dannewitz of Minot, North Dakota
Marie Foss of Ramsey, Minnesota
Sharon Marie Leean of Minneapolis, Minnesota (deceased 2001)
Sarah Nagell of Tempe, Arizona

July 30 - Aug 4, 2002
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN

John Lodoen of Burnsville, Minnesota
Tim Reese of Minneapolis, Minnesota

July 22 - 27, 2003
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
Ciara Rahn of Delafield, Wisconsin
Jaimie Didier of Rapid City, South Carolina
July 29 - Aug 1, 2004
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI

Barbara Lamb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Russell Wulfenstein of Provo, Utah

July 28 - 31, 2005
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
Tanner Bauman of Buffalo, Minnesota
Heidi Madsen of Iowa City, Iowa
Janet Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota
July 20 - 23, 2006
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI
Nicolle Deschamps of East Jordan, Michigan
Damien Fosse of Chicago, Illinois
July 19 - 23, 2007
Folklore Village
Dodgeville, WI

Petra Kirstein of Brooklyn, New York
Joanna Morse of Pelham, Massachusetts
Maria Stolen of Le Soeur, Minnesota
Gretchen Romey Tanzer of Orleans, Massachusetts