Here are some of the best photos from the 2024 Contest, courtesy of photographer Patrick Lenahan.

Junior Division

Junior winners with judges
Leo Rainey
John Beggs
Champion John Beggs
The Hutchinson Clan
John Patrick Hutchinson
John Patrick Hutchinson
Alexander Hutchinson
Alexander Hutchinson
Anderson Pries with Ted Lemen
Anderson Pries
Anderson Pries
Max Liberator
Max Liberator awarded third place

New Rag Contest

New Rag Champion Tom Lakeland
Tom Lakeland
Tom Lakeland feels good!
Jared Szabo
Thomas Wegren
Dan Mouyard
Max Liberator
Michael Kazenel
Bobby van Deusen & Michael Kazenel

Senior Division

Faye Ballard
2024 Senior Champion Faye Ballard
Larry Wade
Larry Wade
Kent Ellingson
Kent Ellingson
Look what I won!
Diana Stein
Diana Stein
Daniel Judd
Daniel Judd
Brooks Christensen
Brooks Christensen
Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart
Tim Barton
Kent Ellingson / Faye Ballard / Brooks Christensen

Regular Division

The morning draw for playing order
The Judges
Ted Lemen
Ted Lemen / Paul Orsi
Crowning of the three-time champion
Paul Orsi surrounded by the judges
Paul Orsi in action
Warren Ertle
Warren Ertle
Jean-Baptist France
JB Franc cooling off
JB Franc
Damit Senanayake
Damit
Billy Fang
Billy Fang
Andrew Barrett with Caleb Smith
Caleb Smith
Bill Edwards
The ‘Professor’
Andrew Barrett
Andrew Barrett
David Cavalari
David Cavalari
David Cavalari
Michael Drexler
Michael Drexler
Zach Mandernach / Adam Swanson
Zach Mandernach
Zach Mandernach / Todd Robbins
Regular Division Winners
Bill Edwards turns the tables on Card Girl Karen Wade
Karen Wade with Paul Orsi
Karen Wade with Ted Lemen

Casual Shots

Anastasia & Shaela
Mar Bombelli entertains
Maggie Hall
Faye Ballard thumbing through LPs
Bill McNally masterclass
Larry Koonse / Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael
Judy Carmichael opening night
Judy & Larry
Anderson Pries
Judge Judy
Judy Carmichael & Todd Robbins
Ian Hominick
Orsi, Lemen & Drexler
Bill Perry, Jr.
Adam Swanson
Jamie Shannon, Portia Davis, Shaela Hominick & Jeanne Lippincott
Warren Ertle & the Corpse Revivers
Judy Carmichael with Bill Perry, Jr.
Maggie Hall
Michael Drexler
Ted a’singin’
Dan Mouyard at the keys
Adam Swanson entertaining
Jared Szabo jams out
Karen Wade with Bill Perry, Jr.
Jamie Shannon sings
Warren Ertle & the Corpse Revivers
The Christensen’s aboard the Trolley
The Szabo family
Paul Orsi at the Luncheon
Ted Lemen jamming’
Bill Perry, Jr. at the Madhatter
Ted Lemen with Ricky Burkhead
Perf. Bill Edwards on stage
Bobby van Deusen plays for Brady Bramlett
Bobby van Deusen / OU Methodist Church
Riley Brown & Jeanne Lippincott
John Beggs at piano