The 38th annual Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival is in progress downtown Smithville.
(Click link at the bottom of the page to see photos from the Friday session of the Fiddler’s Jamboree)
The program officially kicked off at 9:00 a.m. this morning (Friday) but some shade tree musicians, who couldn’t wait, got together to do a little pickin’ and grinnin’ on the courthouse lawn Thursday evening
But they weren’t the only ones getting in on the fun. Over at the 303 building beside the Chamber of Commerce Office, the Community Chorus performed a stirring rendition of patriotic songs before a packed house, in celebration of the Independence holiday weekend.
Preliminaries are being held in the following categories:
Old Time Appalachian Folksinging (solos and duets); Flat Top Guitar; Junior Clogging (ages 13-39); Junior Buck Dancing (ages 13-39); Dobro Guitar; Mountain Dulcimer; Hammer Dulcimer; Novelty Event; Youth Square Dancing, Old Time Fiddle Band; Autoharp; Gospel Singing (solos); Country Harmonica; Old Time Banjo; Gospel Singing (duets, trios, and quartets); and Mandolin. Youth Square Dancing will be a new event this year.
The top three acts in each category will be called back for the finals on Friday night and a first, second, and third place will be awarded.
Almost every street around the public square area will also be lined with craft booths/
WJLE is broadcasting the on-stage music LIVE.
Click here to see photos from the Friday session of the Fiddler’s Jamboreehttp://www.wjle.com/node/7877
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