June 30, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
FRIDAY WINNERS OF THE FIDDLERS JAMBOREE WILL BE AWARDED FROM THE STAGE TODAY (SATURDAY) AT 11 A.M.
The first day of the 52nd Annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival was cut short Friday evening after severe thunderstorms moved through.
Zeb Ross and the J. Creek Cloggers, a non-competitive star attraction, was in the midst of its crowd-pleasing performance during the 7 p.m. hour when word came that a severe thunderstorm was approaching from the north and the show had to be halted.
Like prior years, Jamboree organizers tried to wait out the storm, but it wasn’t to be this time with the threat of more severe weather on the way. After a couple of hours, the decision was made by members of the Jamboree Board of Directors to call it a night.
Since preliminaries in all sixteen categories of music and dance competitions had been completed earlier, the Jamboree Board decided that without being able to start and complete the finals, scores from the preliminaries would determine the top three places in each category.
The Friday winners will be announced after the Saturday show starts at 9 a.m.