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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. In 2009, a second annual scholarship in honor of Olav Jørgen Hegge was added, sponsored by the Twin Cities Hardingfelelag, and the award was renamed the Balchen/Hegge Scholarship. Here is a list of the scholarship recipients.
1991- Chris Onsrud of Stoughton, Wisconsin
Roselyn Redland of Taylors Falls, Minnesota
1992- Brad Battey, Jr of Livonia, Michigan
Jessica Lynn Crosby of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
1993- Jodi Severson
Karen Torkelson Solgård of Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994- Stephanie Hendrickson of Granite Falls, Minnesota
Shannon Walvatne of Parkersburg, Iowa
1995- Ann Schluter of Moorhead, Minnesota
1996- no applicants
1997- Paul Morrissett of New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rachel Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota
1998- 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
1999- Julane Beetham of Mooresville, Indiana
Erin Dybdal of Memphis, Tennessee
Sarah Granskou of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2000- 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
2001- Kristin Gail Dannewitz of Minot, North Dakota
Marie Foss of Ramsey, Minnesota
Sharon Marie Leean of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sarah Nagell of Tempe, Arizona
2002- John Lodoen of Burnsville, Minnesota
Tim Reese of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003- Ciara Rahn of Delafield, Wisconsin
Jaimie Didier of Rapid City, South Carolina
2004- Barbara Lamb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Russell Wulfenstein of Provo, Utah
2005- Tanner Bauman of Buffalo, Minnesota
Heidi Madsen of Iowa City, Iowa
Janet Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota
2006- Nicolle Deschamps of East Jordan, Michigan
Damien Fosse of Chicago, Illinois
2007- Petra Kirstein of Brooklyn, New York
Joanna Morse of Pelham, Massachusetts
Maria Stolen of Le Soeur, Minnesota
Gretchen Romey Tanzer of Orleans, Massachusetts
2008- Jennifer Turbes of Rochester, New York
Chelsea Spangler of Stoughton, Wisconsin
2009- Jenny Solheim, Omaha, Nebraska
Anna Gladkova, Sevastopol, Ukraine
2010- Deb Collins-Hill of Olympia, Washington
Laurel Lawshae of Round Rock, Texas
2011- Anika Anderson of Seattle, Washington
Jason Reimnitz of Escondido, California
Darlene Lerwick of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
2012- Sue Ellen Wilder of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Darren Michaels of Pasadena, California
2013- Angelana Quanbeck of Fargo, North Dakota
Jamison Quanbeck of Fargo, North Dakpta
Fiona Harrison of Edinburgh, Scotland
2014- Asher McMillan of Stoughton, Wisconsin
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