2009 Female Entertainer of the Year:
Phyllis Heil of Hickory, NC, USA.
Known as The Whistling Woman,” Heil performs regularly at public schools, homes for the aged, hospitals, medical centers, civic clubs, churches, festivals, sports events, veterans benefits, colleges and universities, national radio and TV shows.
2009 Male Entertainer of the Year:
Sean Lomax of Pittsburg, PA, USA
Lomax is a past adult male champion at the National Whistlers Convention in 1989 and 1992. He has appeared on the Johnny Carson Show, David Letterman Show and in numerous concerts. He was the original whistler of Cirque Du Soleil “Corteo” and internationally acclaimed as The Loyal Whistler in Cirque 2005 in Montreal, Canada.
Phyllis Heil of Hickory, NC, USA.
Known as The Whistling Woman,” Heil performs regularly at public schools, homes for the aged, hospitals, medical centers, civic clubs, churches, festivals, sports events, veterans benefits, colleges and universities, national radio and TV shows.
2009 Male Entertainer of the Year:
Sean Lomax of Pittsburg, PA, USA
Lomax is a past adult male champion at the National Whistlers Convention in 1989 and 1992. He has appeared on the Johnny Carson Show, David Letterman Show and in numerous concerts. He was the original whistler of Cirque Du Soleil “Corteo” and internationally acclaimed as The Loyal Whistler in Cirque 2005 in Montreal, Canada.
Entertainment Award
(In honor of Lillian Williams)
- 2009 Phyllis Heil ( North Carolina ) and Sean Lomax ( Pennsylvania )
- 2008 Kimiko Wakiyama ( Japan ) and Geert Chatrou (The Netherlands)
- 2007 Tom Bryant ( Florida ) and Phyllis Heil ( North Carolina )
- 2006 Geert Chatrou ( The Netherlands ) and Phyllis Heil ( North Carolina )
- 2005 Phyllis Heil ( North Carolina ) and Steven Herbst ( New York )
- 2004 Steven Herbst ( New York ) and Carole Skinner ( South Dakota )
- 2003 Steven Herbst ( New York )
- 2002 Stanley Dalrymple ( North Carolina )
- 2001 Michael Cooney ( Alberta, Canada )
- 2000 Patty Ediger ( Oregon )
- 1999 Christopher Ullman ( Virginia )
- 1998 Mary Frances Herndon ( Missouri )
- 1997 Greg N. Smith ( North Carolina )
- 1996 Fred Newman ( New York )
- 1995 Betty Sylliaasen ( California )
- 1994 Mitch Hider ( Oregon )
- 1993 Jason Serinus ( California )
- 1992 Barry Rector ( British Columbia, Canada )
- 1991 Robert Larson ( Minnesota )
- 1990 Marge Carlson ( California )
- 1989 Robert Larson ( Minnesota )
- 1988 Roy Thoreson ( Alberta, Canada )
- 1987 Milton Briggs ( California )
- 1986 Purves Pullen ( California )