**See our photos of the Fire on the Strings Concerts**
The Winfield sanctioned 2006 Texas State Flatpicking Championship was held on May 20, 2006 during the Fire on the Strings Festival held in Montgomery, Texas and organized by the Bay Area Bluegrass Association. We took photos of the contestants in each round, plus the winners' circle.
Round 1
Contestant number and name (if known) are below each photo:
Contestant 1
Contestant 2 (Bobby Nichols)
Contestant 3 (Dave Warner)
Contestant 4 (Tim McGaughy)
Contestant 5
Contestant 6 (Jerry Scribner)
Contestant 7 (Chris Bagley)
Contestant 8 (Jonathon Davis, age 15)
Contestant 9 (Joe McColley)
Contestant 10
Round 2
Finalist number and name (if known) are below each photo:
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Finalist 1 (Bobby Nichols)
A Flatpick-L list member wrote me to say Bobby didn't have any plans to compete until he was convinced to enter by some BABA members just moments before the start of the competition. He had no idea what tunes he was going to play until the stage hand was done adjusting his microphone during the first round!
Finalist 2 - Dave Warner (right), and Tim McGaughy (left) is playing rhythm
Finalist 3 - Jonathon Davis (right), "Digger" Davis (left, Jonathon's dad) playing rhythm
Finalist 4 - Chris Bagley (right)
Finalist 5 - Joe McColley (right), and Keith Kimbell (left) playing rhythm
Winners' Circle
The five finalists await the judges' decision
Third Place Winner (Jonathon Davis)
Second Place Winner (Joe McColley)
First Place Winner Chris Bagley receives his trophy
First Place Winner Chris Bagley accepts his new Gibson Advanced Jumbo guitar prize donated by Fuller's Vintage Guitar of Houston, Texas
Chris Bagley the happy winner of the Texas State Flatpicking Championship also has a paid entry to the National Flatpick Guitar Championship to be held during the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas this coming September. Congratulations Chris and best of luck at Winfield!