Mando Mafia Milestones

(in reverse chronological order)

• August 2009: Pete Marshall wins 1st place in original tune contest in Clifftop, WV
• August 2009: Mando Mafia takes 4th place in the non-traditional band competition at the 2003 Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV (the first time the band has made it to the finals since Kelly Perdue's death)
• Fall 2007: Collin Gallahue joins the band.
• Summer 2006: Collin Gallahue wins both the Bluegrass Fiddle and mandolin competitions at the Utah State championships.
• December 15, 2005: Band member Kelly Perdue passes away suddenly. Visit the Tribute to Kelly
• Mando Mafia wins 1st place in the non-traditional band competition at the 2003 Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV
• Mando Mafia wins 3rd place in the non-traditional band competition at the 2002 Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV
• "Get Up in the Cool" is a featured "Hot Platter" in the Elderly Instruments 2001 catalog , Lansing MI"
• Mando Mafia wins second place in the non-traditional band competition at the 2001 Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV
• "Get up in the cool" gets a highlight review in the Jan 2001 edition of Bluegrass Unlimited
• Mando Mafia wins first place in the non-traditional band competition at the 1999 Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, WV
• NPR's "All Things Considered" uses clip from "Mando Liniment" for the first time on January 13, 1998.
• Mando Mafia's first appearance at a bluegrass festival, MerleFest, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, April 1997.
• Winner, bluegrass fiddle, 1997 WTJU folk marathon fiddle contest, Charlottesville, Virginia. Bill Giltinanhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tackyjulie/1353028632/Winner, 1997, mandolin competition, Maury River Fiddler's Convention, Buena Vista, Virginia. Lewis Prichard
• Winner, 1996 fiddle competition, Madison, Virginia. Rick Friend
• "Take Two" is a featured 'Hot Platter' ...Elderly Instruments 1994 Catalog, Lansing, Michigan
• Winner, 1993 bass competition, Deer Creek, Maryland. Vaughan Mairs
• Winner, non-traditional band competition, 1992 Appalachian String Band Music Festival, West Virginia Division of Culture & History. (2nd-1991, 3rd-1994, 2nd-1997)
• Winner, 1992 mandolin competition, Mt Airy, North Carolina. Kelly Perdue
• Winner, 1992 fiddle competition, Montpelier, Virginia. Rick Friend
• Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention, 1989: Disqualified for breaking most contest rules in a single performance, including too many people in a band; not having a fiddle, banjo, or guitar in the band; and playing way beyond the two and a half minute allotted time. Despite the enthusiastic response of the audience to their version of Stone's Rag, the Mando Mafia were told by the contest organizers not to bother returning to the stage for the second night of competition.
• Private party, 1989: Last musicians left standing in the mist at 4:00 a.m. playing "Three Thin Dimes" at breakneck speed. Dubbed the "Mando Mafia."