Pre-awards Show: Karen performing Ole Saxe's Salsa for Karen, from Dancing Suite to Suite

Pre-Awards Show: Tutti post performance at Martini Blues Bar & Grill

Karen and Bruce Hanifan with Lithuanian band SKAMP, award winners in Rap, Cover,Dance and Hip Hop categories

Karen performing Fanitullen on her hardangerfele

Karen performing Fanitullen on her hardangerfele

Karen performing Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, as viewed from backstage

Karen with Darren Rogers from Atlanta, Georgia, winner of best Contemporary Song for Goin' Back

Karen with her second place award in Best Classical Soloist Album category for her CD Dancing Suite to Suite

Harold Payne and Faith Rivera leading all the nominees in a rendition of the Just Plain Folks theme song

Harold Payne and Faith Rivera leading all the nominees in a rendition of the Just Plain Folks theme song "We're All In This Together"

Tutti post gala at the Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana, California

Karen with santourist Kourosh Zolani,

winner for Best Solo Instrumental Album for his CD Peaceful Planet and pianist Julianne Markavitch, winner for Best Classical Soloist Album for her CD Tarantella: Spider Dance