The 46th annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival is coming up Friday, June 30, & Saturday, July 1, on the courthouse square in downtown Smithville. The two-day event will feature competitions in several instrumental, singing and dancing categories. The festivities officially get underway on Friday morning with opening ceremonies at approximately 8:45 a.m. The first category of competition begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
For the sixth year in a row, DTC TV will be airing the Jamboree LIVE, from kickoff to sign off, both on DTC3 and DTC3 HD (ch. 303) and via web stream at www.dtc3.tv. Customers of DTC TV will be able to watch the entire festival on DTC3, and non-customers can enjoy the festival, free of charge, via web stream.
The 16 categories of competition scheduled for Friday, June 30, are as follows:
– Old Time Appalachian Folksinging (Solo)
– Junior Clogging (ages 13-39)
– Junior Buck Dancing (ages 13-39)
– Old-Time Appalachian Folksinging (Duet, Trio, Quartet)
– Dobro Guitar; Mountain Dulcimer
– Hammer Dulcimer
– Novelty Event (Spoon Clacking, Jug Blowing, Washboard, Tub, Saws-Appalachian Related Only)
– Autoharp, Gospel Singing (Solo)
– Country Harmonica
– Old Time Banjo
– Youth Square Dancing (4 Couples – 8 Total Dancers)
– Gospel Singing (Duet,Trio, and Quartet)
– Mandolin
– Old Time Fiddle Band
(Preliminaries followed by Finals in all 16 categories)
The competition resumes on Saturday morning, July 1, at 9:00 a.m., featuring 11 more categories of regular competition, plus seven categories in the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners, one of the highlights of the two-day event. The Jamboree will conclude with the Grand Championship Fiddle-Off, for the Berry C. Williams Memorial Trophy.
The schedule for Saturday, July 1, is as follows:
– Junior Old Time Appalachian Flatfoot dance (ages up to 39)
– Senior Old Time Appalachian Flatfoot dance ( ages 40 and over)
– Senior Buckdancing (ages 40 and over)
– Senior Clogging (ages 40 and over)
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR COUNTRY MUSICIAN BEGINNERS (Ages 12-Under)
– Beginner Buck Dancing
– Beginner Clogging
– Beginner Dobro Guitar
– Beginner Mandolin
– Beginner Five-String Banjo
– Beginner Flat Top Guitar
– Beginner Fiddle
(Finals in all 7 Beginner categories will follow the preliminaries)
– Bluegrass Banjo
– Junior Fiddlers (ages 13-39)
– Flat Top Guitar
– Contest Fiddle (for the Neil Dudney Award)
– Bluegrass Band
– Senior Fiddlers (ages 40 and over)
– Square Dancing (4 Couples-8 Total Dancers)
(Preliminaries followed by Finals in all 11 regular categories)
– Fiddle-Off for Grand Championship and the Berry C. Williams Memorial Trophy
The Jamboree will also feature many craft booths, several food booths, pickin’ and grinnin’ under the shade trees around the courthouse square and much more!
Make plans to attend the 46th annual Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival, but for those who cannot attend, or may not stay for the entire event, tune into DTC3 or DTC3 HD (ch. 303) on DTC TV for wall-to-wall coverage of the Jamboree, or stream the Jamboree LIVE online at www.dtc3.tv.
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