2007 Winners
34th International Whistlers Convention
Louisburg, North Carolina, USA
International Male Grand Champions
1st Place: Terry Rappold, Harahan, LA, USA
2nd Place: Shinichi Urushihara, Ushiku Ibaraki, Japan
3rd Place: Steven Herbst, New York City, New York, USA
International Female Grand Champions
1st Place: Kimiko Wakiyama, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo, Japan
2nd Place: Patricia Sonnier, Mount Juliet, Tennessee, USA
3rd Place: Carole Kaufman, Pasadena, CA
Teenage Male Champions
1st Place: Takumi Gima, Osaka Sayama City, Osaka, Japan
2nd Place: Todd Dickerson, Hickory, North Carolina, USA
3rd Place: Dean DeChiaro, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Teenage Female Champions
1st Place: Emily Edwards, Zebulon, North Carolina, USA
2nd Place: Alysha Wonka, Louisburg, North Carolina, USA
Grand Children's Champions
1st Place: Chihaya Kosugiyama, Toyonaka Hotarugaike, Japan
2nd Place: Paula Edwards, Zebulon, North Carolina, USA
3rd Place: Cassidy Osgood, Louisburg, North Carolina, USA
Allied Arts Champions: Adult Male
1st Place: Mike Cooney (with wife Pat), Edmonton, AB Canada
2nd Place: Clarence Gary Phifer, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
(with Sandra Henzler)
Allied Arts Champions: Adult Female
1st Place: Carole Kaufman, Pasadena, CA
2nd Place: Massae (Cristina) Toyohashi, Minuma-Ku, Saitama, Japan
Allied Arts Champions: Teen
1st Place: Todd Dickerson, Hickory, North Carolina, USA
2nd Place: Dean DeChiaro, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Entertainer of the Year
(Lillian Williams Entertainment Award)
Male: Tom Bryant, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Female: Phyllis Heil, Hickory, North Carolina, USA
2010 Whistlers Hall of Fame Award
Steven Herbst, New York City, New York, USA
Honorary Citizens' Award
(From the Town of Louisburg)
Ben Bramble, Glanbrook, NSW, Australia