July 6, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The first day of the 47th Annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival Friday featured lots of singing, picking, dancing, and rain.
Two long rain delays forced organizers of the Jamboree to alter the Friday schedule, moving the traditional opening ceremony at 6 p.m. to Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. The youth square dancing preliminaries, which began Friday before the second round of rain, will be completed on Saturday prior to the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners. The finals for youth square dancing will follow the beginners competition. Meanwhile the finals of the Junior Clogging and Buck Dancing will also be held on Saturday to open the day’s events at 9 a.m. The dancing categories were moved to Saturday to keep the contestants from performing on a wet stage.
Thunderstorms forced the first rain delay at 1 p.m.. Two hours later the program resumed only to be halted again around 5 p.m. A tent was later set up on the stage to give cover from the rain for the remaining contests on the Friday program. The rain finally stopped as darkness set in.
The following are the Friday winners:
*Old Time Appalachian Folk Singing (Solo):
First Place-Andrey Smith of Pikeville
Second Place- Addie Cooksey of Cedar Hill
Third Place-Graham Nash of Cookeville
*Junior Clogging (Ages 13-39):
First Place- Matthew Randolph of Cookeville
Second Place-Gary Giles of Franklin
Third Place-Sierra Tomlin of Springfield
*Junior Buck Dancing (Ages 13-39):
First Place- Jason Wade of Paris, Tennessee
Second Place- Gracie Parrish of Pleasant Shade
Third Place-Jamie Hash of Walland
*Old Time Appalachian Folksinging (Duet, Trio, Quartet)
First Place- Cornelia Overton and Sarah Cripps of Smithville
Second Place-Giri and Uma Peters of Nashville
Third Place-Mark Thomas and Samantha Lewis of Nashville
*Dobro Guitar:
First Place-Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
Second Place-Chad Davis of Sparta
Third Place-Jason Sanders of Hickman
*Mountain Dulcimer:
First Place-Keith Oler of Murphy, North Carolina
Second Place-Lynsey Smith of Dunlap
Third Place-Daniel Amick of Centerville
*Hammer Dulcimer: NO ENTRY
*Novelty Event:
First Place- Hillary Klug of Shelbyville
Second Place-Two Daves and Too Short of Alexandria
Third Place-John Cross of Gamalin, Kentucky
*Autoharp:
First Place- Bill Rothe of Estill Springs
Second Place-Deanna Mathis of Watertown
Third Place-Bettye Kash of Cookeville
*Gospel Singing (Solo):
First Place-Annabella Dakas of Smithville
Second Place- Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
Third Place-Josh Issac of Smithville
*Country Harmonica:
First Place- Rob Pearcy of Smyrna
Second Place- Daniel Amick of Centerville
Third Place-Jesse Dayton of Leitchfield, Kentucky
*Old Time Banjo:
First Place-Daniel Amick of Centerville
Second Place-Conner Steven of Johnson City
Third Place- Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
*Youth Square Dancing:
First Place- A Step Up of Waverly
Second Place-Jackson Hollow of Franklin
Third Place- Steppin’ Time of Waverly
*Gospel Singing (Duet, Trio, & Quartet):
First Place-Harvey Brown Smith of Beechgrove
Second Place-Cornelia Overton and Sarah Cripps of Smithville
Third Place-Ivy Phillips and Jesse Payton of Chapmansboro
*Mandolin:
First Place-Giri Peters of Nashville
Second Place-Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro
Third Place- Daniel Amick of Centerville
*Old Time Fiddle Band:
First Place-The Slim Chance Band of Smyrna
Second Place-Fiddle Feet and Friends of Shelbyville
Third Place- Giri and Uma Peters of Nashville