Honors

Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny

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Uncle Dave Macon Days Heritage Award Winner 2022
Joining the ranks of Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs, Uncle Shuffelo was the recipient of the prestigious Uncle Dave Macon Days
Heritage Award for their lifetime work in preserving old-time music and dance. They have been instrumental in the preservation of
Old-time Buckdancing and Clogging with the formation of the Thomas Maupin Festival, an event now happening annually in Unionville, Tennessee.
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Band Championships

Tennessee State Fair Bluegrass & Fiddlers' Jamboree - Nashville, Tennessee

Bluegrass Along the Harpeth - Franklin, Tennessee

DeKalb County Fiddlers' Convention - Fort Payne, Alabama

Great Southern Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree - Smithville, Tennessee

State of Tennessee Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - Clarksville, Tennessee

Tennessee Valley Fiddlers' Convention - Athens, Alabama

Uncle Dave Macon Old-Time Music Festival - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Williamson County Fair Bluegrass Festival - Franklin, Tennessee

After several years of success at contest festivals, 

the Hootenanny ceased entering band contests after 2018.


Austin Derryberry

Grand Old Opry 

Grand Master Fiddle Performance - Nashville, Tennessee (Sept. 4, 2021)

Traditional Fiddle Champion

Grand Masters Fiddle Championships - Nashville, Tennessee (2019)

Old-Time Fiddle Champion

Bells Bend Farm and Fiddle Festival - Nashville, Tennessee (2018)

Classic Old-Time Fiddle Champion

Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention - Athens, Alabama (2018)

Old-Time Fiddle Champion of the South

Great Southern Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - Chattanooga, Tennessee (2018, 2015)

Fiddle Champion (YouTube)

Upper East Tennessee Fiddlers' Convention - Flag Pond, Tennessee (2018, 2017)

Fiddle Champion

Johnson County Old Time Fiddlers' Convention - Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee (2017)

Old-Time Fiddle Champion

DeKalb Co. Fiddlers' Convention - Fort Payne, Alabama (2016, 2015)

Old-Time Fiddle Champion

Georgia String Band Festival - Calhoun, Georgia (2016, 2014)

Old-Time Banjo Alabama State Champion

Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - Athens, Alabama (2015)

Old-Time Banjo Champion

DeKalb Co. Fiddlers' Convention - Fort Payne, Alabama (2015)

Old-Time Singing Champion

Williamson County Fair - Franklin, Tennessee (2015)

Folklife Traditional Arts Apprenticeship (Luthier)

Tennessee Arts Commission (2016)


Conner Derryberry

Youth Banjo National Champion

Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree - Smithville, Tennessee (2017)

Old-Time Banjo Champion

Great Southern Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - Chattanooga, Tennessee (2017)

Youth Musician Champion

Uncle Dave Macon Festival - Murfreesboro, Tennessee (2016)

Macon-Doubler Scholarship Award (Banjo)

Uncle Dave Macon Festival - Murfreesboro, Tennessee (2016)


Megan & Courtney Williams

Old-Time Singing Champions

Williamson County Fair - Franklin, Tennessee (2014)


Courtney Williams Derryberry

National Buck Dancing Finalist

MaupinFest - Unionville, Tennessee (2019)

Flatfoot Dancing Champion

Tennessee State Fair Bluegrass & Fiddlers' Jamboree - Nashville, Tennessee (2017)

Folklife Traditional Arts Apprenticeship  (Dance)

Tennessee Arts Commission (2016)


Comprehensive Awards Listing