Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro, Tennessee has taken the Grand Champion Fiddler title at the Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival for the second consecutive year.
After taking first place in the Junior Fiddle competition and the coveted Neal Dudney Award again this year, Phillips won the Berry C. Williams Memorial Award after a Fiddle-Off with Senior Fiddle winner Tony Haley of Mount Juliet. The final fiddle showdown took place at the close of the event, just before midnight on Saturday.
Other Saturday winners were:
Junior Old-Time Appalachian Flatfoot Dance (Ages up to 39):
First Place-Chris Stewart of Lebanon
Second Place-Jason Wade of Paris, Tennessee
Third Place-Hillary Klug of Shelbyville
Senior Old-Time Appalachian Flatfoot Dance (Ages 40 & Over):
First Place-Ruth Alpert of Santa Barbara, California
Second Place-Danny Campbell of Murfreesboro
Third Place-Eileen Stewart of Cumberland City, Tennessee
Senior Buck Dancing (Ages 40 & Over):
First Place-Ruth Alpert of Santa Barbara, California
Second Place-Traci Warren of Burns, Tennessee
Third Place-Tommie Scruggs, Jr. of Hartsville
Senior Clogging (Ages 40 & Over):
First Place-Tammy Scruggs of Gallatin
Second Place-Darrin Stryker of Crossville
Third Place-Tommy Jackson of Franklin
Bluegrass Banjo:
First Place-Tyler Collins of Allons, Tennessee
Second Place-Trevor Holder of Ringgold, Georgia
Third Place-Kurt Stephenson of Dyersburg
Junior Fiddlers (Ages 13-39):
First Place-Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
Second Place-Hillary Klug of Shelbyville
Third Place-Tyler Andal of Nashville
Flat Top Guitar:
First Place-Tyler Andal of Nashville
Second Place-Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
Third Place-Daniel Amick of Centerville
Contest Fiddle (Neil Dudney Award):
First Place-Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro
Second Place-Tyler Andal of Nashville
Third Place-Hillary Klug of Shelbyville
Bluegrass Band:
First Place-Mountain Cove Bluegrass of Signal Mountain
Second Place-Lonesome Highway of Bumpus Mills, Tennessee
Third Place-Blue Collar Bluegrass of Sparta
Senior Fiddlers (Ages 40 & Over):
First Place-Tony Haley of Mount Juliet
Second Place-Marcia Denton of Murfreesboro
Third Place-Richard Dahl of Logan, New Mexico
Square Dancing:
First Place-Harpeth River of Franklin
Second Place-Rhythm N Motion of Cookeville
Third Place-Sarah's Stompers of Dickson.