Over 40,000 enthusiastic country music fans and arts and crafts lookers and buyers packed court square Saturday at the third annual Folk and Old-Time Country Fiddler's Jamboree...

The crowd of toe-tapping, hand-slapping, sun-drenched Jamboree visitors reached 30,000 by mid-afternoon, and by 10 o'clock had climbed to 40,000 in the cool and shade of nightfall. At sunup Sun- day several thousand hoarse, weary, but still enthusiastic fiddling fans were still on hand at the finale of the 20 hours music marathon.

MANDOLIN: in which there were 13 contestants from five atates: Rick Gordon of Murfreesboro; Clyde Moon of Holly Pond, Ala.; Edward McKinney of Fort Payne, Ala.; and Fred Keen of Gallatin.

GUITAR: in which there were 36 contestants from four states: Rick Gordon of Murfreesboro; Michael McBride of Eagleville; Verdell Bates of Fort Payne, Ala.; and Randall Smith of McMinnville.

DOBRO GUITAR: in which there were seven con- testants from three states: Rick Gordon of Murfreesboro; Johnny Wayne Bellar of Ashland City; Cecil Smith of McMinnville; and Charles Beverly, national dobro guitar champion, of Pound, Va.