For the first time in the history of the festival, a mother and daughter competed against each other for the coveted Berry C. Williams Award at the 41st annual Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree last week.Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro took the Junior fiddling title Saturday and went on to clinch Best Overall Fiddler crown in a fiddle-off against her mother, Marcia Denton, also of Murfreesboro, who had won the senior fiddling competition earlier in the day.Jamboree Coordinator Jack Barton presented the award to the younger Denton at the end of the competition, around 10:45 p.m. Saturday.The Grand Champion Fiddler crown went to Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro in the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners, in which children up to age 12 compete in seven categories.Phillips won the coveted James G. "Bobo" Driver Memorial Award, named for the man who began the youth competition at the Jamboree during the 1980s.The award was presented by members of Mr. Driver's family, including Russell Ambrose, Adam Driver, Jimmy Driver, and Bert Driver.Phillips also won first-place awards for Beginner Buck Dancing and Clogging, and second-place honors in the Beginner Dobro Guitar.Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana, took the Entertainer of the Year Award for the second year in a row.Entertainer of the Year is presented to the entrant judged best overall among the winners of the dobro guitar, mandolin, five string banjo, and flat top guitar competition.Ramey not only received first-place honors in all four of those categories, he placed second in fiddling as well.This year's winners in the National Championship for Country Musician Beginners are as follows:*Fiddle: First Place - Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro; Second Place - Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana; Third Place - Jalee Roberts of Murfreesboro.*Buck Dancing: First Place - Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro; Second Place - Ally Johnson of Springfield; Third Place - Jalee Roberts of Murfreesboro*Clogging: First Place - Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro; Second Place - Brayden Chunn of Greenbrier; Third Place - Amy Fisher of Smyrna.*Dobro Guitar: First Place - Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana; Second Place - Ivy Phillips of Chapmansboro: Third Place- Jake Ramsey of Smithville.*Mandolin: First Place - Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana; Second Place -Bethany Ward of Columbia; Third Place - Anna Claire Stockoff of Brentwood*Five String Banjo: First Place - Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana; Second Place - Josiah Newman of Scottsville; Third Place - Wallace Layman of Kodak.*Flat Top Guitar: First Place - Kyle Ramey of North Vernon, Indiana; Second Place - Bethany Ward of Columbia; Third Place - Anna Claire Stockoff of Brentwood.Other Saturday Winners are as follows:*Junior Fiddlers (Ages 13-39): First Place - Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro; Second Place - Hillary Bevels of Shelbyville; Third Place - Corrina Logston of Nashville.*Junior Old-Time Appalachian Flatfoot Dance (Ages up to 39): First Place - Chris Stewart of Nashville; Second Place - Kris Jamison of McEwen; Third Place - Jacob Campbell of Murfreesboro.*Senior Old-Time Appalachian Flatfoot Dance (Ages 40 & Over): First Place - Ruth Alpert of Santa Barbara, California; Second Place - Jay Bland of Kennesaw, Georgia; Third Place - Stanley Reece of Whitleyville.*Senior Buck Dancing (Ages 40 & Over): First Place - Jay Bland of Kennesaw, Georgia; Second Place - Stanley Reece of Whitleyville; Third Place - Ruth Alpert of Santa Barbara, California.*Bluegrass Fiddle (Neil Dudney Award): First Place - Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro; Second Place - Hillary Bevels of Shelbyville; and Third Place - Corrina Logston of Nashville.*Senior Clogging (Ages 40 & Over): First Place - Tammy Scruggs of Bethpage; Second Place - Sherry Guenther of Monterey; Third Place - Eileen Stewart of Nashville*Bluegrass Banjo: First Place - Kurt Stephenson of Dyersburg; Second Place - Weston Stewart of Anderson, Alabama; and Third Place- Jeremy Stephens of Danville.*Bluegrass Band: First Place- The Grasscutters of Cookeville; Second Place- The Ward Family Bluegrass of Columbia; Third Place - Ellis Porch of Dyersburg.*Senior Fiddlers ( Ages 40 & Over): First Place - Marcia Denton of Murfreesboro; Second Place - Perry B. Cooper of Knoxville; Third Place - Don Saddler of Cookeville.*Square Dancing: First Place - Rocky Top Revue of Franklin; Second Place - Harpeth River of Franklin; Third Place -Tennessee Toe Tappers of Adams.On the first day of the Jamboree, which began at 9 a.m. and concluded at around 10:30 Friday evening, competitions were held in 16 music and dance categories.Myra Bates of American Samoa, Lynn Rickard of Seattle Washington and Roger Wolfe of Memphis were presented long-distance awards, which go to the Jamboree attendees who travel the greatest distances, both from inside and outside the country, to get to the festival.The awards were presented by State Senator Mae Beavers and State Representatives Terri Lynn Weaver and Mark Pody.The winners in each category are as follows:*Old Time Appalachian Folk Singing (Solo/Duet): First Place - Graham Sherrill of Nashville; Second Place - Daren Gallman of Shelbyville; Third Place - Sierra Tomlin of Springfield.*Flat Top Guitar: First Place - Andrew Rigney of Normandy; Second Place - Rob Pearcy of Smyrna; Third Place - Jonathon O'Neal of Onieda.*Junior Clogging (Ages 13-39): First Place - Chris Stewart of Nashville; Second Place - Tanner Dunn of Cookeville; Third Place - Kris Jamison of McEwen.*Junior Buck Dancing (Ages 13-39): First Place - Jacob Campbell of Murfreesboro; Second Place - Sierra Tomlin of Springfield; Third Place - Kody Hash of Elk Creek, Virginia.*Dobro Guitar: First Place - Weston Stewart of Anderson, Alabama; Second Place - Rob Pearcy of Smyrna; Third Place - Jason Sanders of Lancaster.*Mountain Dulcimer: First Place - Rob Pearcy of Smyrna; Second Place - Kurt Stephenson of Dyersburg; Third Place - Sarah Morgan of Sharps Chapel.*Hammer Dulcimer: First Place - Kyle Paxton of Thompson Station; Second Place - Howard Friedman of Knoxville; Third Place - Beth James of Newport.*Novelty Event: First Place - Hillary Bevels of Shelbyville; Second Place - Nate Clark and Payton Clark of Cookeville; Third Place - Tara Guinn of Gaston, Indiana.*Youth Square Dancing: First Place - Main Stage Fusion of Springfield; Second Place - Main Stream of Springfield; Third Place - Main Stage Explosion of Springfield.*Old Time Fiddle Band: First Place - Slim Chance Old Time String Band of Smyrna; Second Place - The Hogslop String Band of Nashville; Third Place - Keg County String Band of Lyles.*Autoharp: First Place - Bill Rothe of Estille.*Gospel Singing (Solo): First Place - Matthew Campbell of Murfreesboro; Second Place - Sarah Jane Cripps of Smithville; Third Place - Samantha Lewis of Smithville.*Country Harmonica: First Place - Daniel Amick of Pleasantville; Second Place - Isaac Vick of Lyles; Third Place - Rob Pearcy of Smyrna.*Old Time Banjo: First Place - Graham Sherrill of Nashville; Second Place - Daniel Rothwell of Smyrna; Third Place - Daniel Amick of Pleasantville.*Gospel Singing (Duet, Trio, & Quartet): First Place - Kurt and Corinna of Dyersburg; Second Place - Larry and Cheryl Chunn and Lindsey Batts of Greenbrier; Third Place - Sierra Tomlin of Springfield.*Mandolin: First Place - Daniel Amick of Pleasantville; Second Place - Abby Ward of Columbia; Third Place - Rob Pearcy of Smyrna.