The 14th Annual Sundance
Bluegrass Festival and Chili Cookoff again maintained
its tradition of excellence with both food and Music!
This is truly a fun day of cooking, music, dancing;
craft show vendors and raffles with a HUGE crowd
enjoying the beautiful fall weather in Northern
Colorado. It started with a cool day which made it
perfect for cooking chili. There was a large
enthusiastic crowd to the support both the Cookoff and
Craft Fair. Not only were they treated to a lot of
excellent chili but they got to hear many talented local
musicians who entertained all day. This year Hot Wings
were added in addition to Traditional Red and Green. As
the cooks tasty chilies and hot wings heated up so did
the weather. Soon the jackets and sweaters gave way to
tank tops and tee shirts and everyone began to soak up
the sunshine and the freshness of a beautiful fall day.
The emcee kept activities on-stage moving along nicely
and the cooks enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow cooks
and spectators as they served up their samples of red,
green and hot wings. A big thank you goes out to all of
the contestants and judges who prepared simmered,
stewed, fried, barbequed and debated over all those
delectable delicious delicacies.
And now on to the
Winners: CASI Red
1 Lyman Wilkinson, Loveland Colorado
6 Kyle Haberman, Scottsbluff Nebraska
2 John Montgomery, Golden Colorado
7 Steven Lee, Longmont Colorado
3 Bob Ledet, Cheyenne Wyoming
8 Linda Wilkinson, Loveland Colorado
4 Zach Flake, Fort Collins Colorado
9 Bob Lamana ,Fort Collins Colorado
5 Dianne Heath, Fort Collins Colorado
10 Tom Parish, Cheyenne Wyoming
Showmanship
1 The Chili Hut Duane Minear Cheyenne Wyoming
2 the Chili Shack Lyman Wilkinson Loveland Colorado
3 Warriors of the Crimson Pepper Steve Lee Longmont
Colorado
Chili Verde
1 Karen Hendricks Broomfield Colorado
2 Bob Ledet Cheyenne Wyoming
3 Janet Minear Cheyenne Wyoming
Hot Wings
1 Jeremy Howie Fort Collins Colorado
2 Duane Elliot Cheyenne Wyoming
3 Christie Batie Loveland Colorado
