Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree Suspended-Changes To Online Competition For 2020

April 15, 2020
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The board members of the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree & Crafts Festival voted last week to suspend the 49th Annual Smithville Jamboree & Crafts Festival in Downtown Smithville, Tennessee on July 3-4th, 2020 due to the effects of COVID-19 across the nation, and the world. An online “virtual competition” is in the planning stages to offer contestants the ability to perform and compete for various awards and national titles. WCTE-PBS is considering a televised special during the fourth of July weekend featuring footage across multiple decades to celebrate the great moments during the festival’s four decade span.

“In lieu of the live two-day festival, the board is pursuing opportunities of hosting an online competition platform that will allow dancers and musicians the opportunity to upload their performances to compete for multiple national bluegrass awards.” said Marketing Director Shan Stout, “We are collaborating with our media partners to see how this can translate into a broadcast or webcast special feature. Due to obvious time constraints, and unknown variables, we do not yet know if this is a real possibility, but are working very hard to make it happen in a very short amount of time. If anyone in the community has expertise in online competition platforms, or would like to help with this special project, please reach out to us via our FaceBook page.’

“It was a very difficult decision that we do not take lightly,” said President & Coordinator Sam Stout, “The health and well-being of our community is our first priority, and this has made next year’s 50th celebration even more important in our eyes. I look forward to coming together again in 2021 to celebrate this wonderful milestone with all of the talented musicians, dancers, crafters, vendors and fans that have kept this festival alive for so long. We hope that people go online in the coming months to see how they can compete and perform. We look forward to seeing all the submissions, even if we can’t all be together on the courthouse square this year.”

For more information, contestant rules, and the most recent updates concerning the “Virtual Jamboree Competition”, follow their FaceBook page: Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree, or visit their website at: www.smithvillejamboree.com.

April 15, 2020
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Tennessee Vols football fans will again have the opportunity to hear legendary broadcaster John Ward’s signature call, “Give him six!”

The Vol Network has announced a weekly radio series called “Vol Network Classics”.

The aim is to give Tennessee fans the chance to relive some of the great moments and games from UT’s history. Each week, a replay of a famous football or basketball game will be broadcast.

The series is planned for a 10-week run starting this week on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/ FM 101.7 and the Vol Network.

It will debut with the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, the site of the first BCS National Championship that pitted the Vols against Florida State. It was also the last on-air call for Ward, who died in 2018.

Other football games include the 1986 Sugar Bowl win over Miami, the 1991 “Miracle at South Bend” against Notre Dame and the 2001 victory against Florida.

On the basketball side, Tennessee’s first game at Kentucky’s Rupp Arena in 1977, a top-ranked matchup vs. Memphis in 2008 and the 2019 SEC Tournament semifinal against Kentucky will all be aired at some point.

April 15, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A fire Tuesday evening caused extensive damage to a Smithville home.

The Smithville Volunteer Fire Department was summoned to the residence of Brenda Robinson at 511 Green Meadow Drive.

Robinson was home at the time but escaped with minor injuries. She was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control but the interior of the home was heavily damaged.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation but was believed to have started from an accidental ignition.

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