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2007 Contest Winners

Improvising contest for bowed stringed instrumentalists up to 18 years of age

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String Groove Contest

Congratulations String Groove Contestants!

Special thanks to CodaBow, Harper College and Henrietta Neeley for the success of the first live bowed string improvisation contest.

First place winner Ross Kozmin won an Aspire CodaBow® with custom winding and performed with Edgar Gabriel's StringFusion on April 14th, 2007 at Harper College J Theater, 1200 Algonquin Rd. Palatine IL. Ross Kozmin is now at Berklee studying with Jazz violinist phenom Christian Howes.

The contest took place at Harper College, in Palatine IL, on February 24, 2007, from 10 am to1 pm.

String Groove Contest Finalists perform together with Edgar Gabriel, Diane Delin and Kevin O'Connell
String Groove Contests winners and runner-ups display their trophies: L to R: McKenzie Johnson, Henry Johnson, Edgar Gabriel, Elliott Englander, Samantha Eugenio, Ross Kozmin Bethany Foltz, Elise Payette, Diane Delin-Judge, Kevin O'Connell-Accompanist	String Groove Contest Winners: 1st Place-Ross Kozmin (center), 2nd Place- Elise Payette (right), 3rd Place- Elliott Englander (left)

Rozz Kozmin won a
Coda Bow!