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Nashville Girl Wins Jamboree Fiddling Title for Beginners
July 7, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A Nashville girl won the top Jamboree award Saturday as the best fiddler in the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners.
Uma Peters won the coveted James G. “Bobo” Driver Memorial Award, named for the man who started the children’s competition during the 1980’s as part of the annual Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival. Members of Mr. Driver’s family presented the award to Peters.
Meanwhile Joshua Palmore of Springfield was named “Entertainer of the Year”. The award is presented to the best overall instrumental entertainer among winners in the dobro guitar, mandolin, five string banjo, and flat top guitar competition. The award was named this year in memory of the late Nolan Turner, a long time Fiddlers’ Jamboree supporter and photographer. Palmore won the Flat Top Guitar and Dobro Guitar contests and received second place in the Mandolin category.
The National Championship for Country Musician Beginners showcases the talents of children up to age twelve in seven categories of competition.
This year’s winners are as follows:
Fiddle: First Place- Uma Peters of Nashville; Second Place- Radnor Walters of Lebanon; and Third Place- Haven Graves of Goodlettsville
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Buck Dancing: First Place- Jacob Fennell of Dickson; Second Place Delana Ballington of Columbia, and Third Place- Arlee Fowlkes of Hurricane Mills
Clogging: First Place- Arlee Fowlkes of Hurricane Mills; Second Place- Delana Ballington of Columbia; and Third Place- Kaelin Wade of Paris, Tennessee.
Dobro Guitar: First Place- Joseph Palmore of Springfield; Second Place- Kevin Beddingfield of Flag Pond; and Third Place- David Wheeler of Smithville.
Mandolin: First Place-Sarah Brooke Richardson of Arrington; Second Place- Joshua Palmore of Springfield; and Third Place- Kevin Beddingfield of Flag Pond.
Five String Banjo: First Place- Uma Peters of Nashville; Second Place- Conner McMeans of Athens, Alabama; and Third Place- Kevin Beddingfield of Flag Pond
Flat Top Guitar: First Place- Joshua Palmore of Springfield; Second Place- Joseph Palmore of Springfield; and Third Place- Kevin Beddingfield of Flag Pond
13 Year old Carthage Boy Wins Fiddler 5K
July 7, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A 13 year old Carthage boy won the 20th annual Fiddler 5K and One Mile Fun Run Saturday morning.
Matthew Sinclair ran the course in 19:35 seconds
Meanwhile 44 year old Tracy Watson of Shelbyville won the race among females. She ran the course in 22:35 seconds
Winners in other categories were:
TOP MALE MASTERS (Age 40 and older): 56 year old Jackie Dawson at 19:52 seconds
TOP FEMALE MASTERS (Age 40 and older): 58 year old Tamra Smith of Shelbyville at 25:47 seconds
One-Mile Fun Run (age 12 and younger) winners:
TOP MALE: 10 year old Gabe Taylor of Readyville at 7:57 seconds
TOP FEMALE: 11 year old Sylvia Evans of Smithville at 8:40 seconds
Funds raised will support Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County
To learn more visit www.fiddler5k.com or click the link below at
http://www.tnracetiming.com/results/icalrepeat.detail/2018/07/07/158/-/f…
Flags Presented Jamboree Visitors from Thailand, California, and Memphis (VIEW VIDEO HERE)
July 7, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The official opening ceremony for the 47th annual Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival scheduled for Friday evening was delayed by almost 24 hours due to rain but it went off without a hitch Saturday afternoon before a large crowd
Members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department Honor Guard posted colors as State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver sang the national anthem. A prayer was also offered followed by welcoming remarks by representatives of the Jamboree, Chamber, state lawmakers, and local public officials.
State Representative Weaver and State Senator Mark Pody presented flags flown over the state capitol to persons who traveled the greatest distances inside and outside the country to get here.
Robert and Elaine Donhoffner of Memphis and Daniel Prather of Riverside California each received a Tennessee State flag while Yiwhaa Redmon of Thailand received a United States flag. Her father is Larry Redmon from DeKalb County who is a Colonel in the U.S. Military.
The Community Chorus then entertained the audience with a patriotic musical program.
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