June 28, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The show will go on!
Repairs began to the Fiddlers Jamboree stage Friday after a storm blew through Thursday afternoon knocking down the canopy and the beams that supported it. The front of the stage also sustained some structural damage.
(Video shows forklift vehicle removing supporting beams for the stage canopy blown down by the storn Thursday)
“We had about a 60 mile an hour wind shear hit the stage just head on from a storm Thursday afternoon. It damaged our canopy but the canopy is being removed. We had a little damage to the front of the stage but it’s being repaired now and we’re moving forward with the 48th annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree,” said Sam Stout, Fiddlers Jamboree President and Coordinator.
Although the stage will be ready by the time the festival begins next Friday, July 5th the canopy will not be erected back this year
“ The awning and bracing will not be here this year so everybody on stage will have to wear their sun block or a hat but we’re not going to let a little bump in the road get a Tennessee tradition down,” said Stout.