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Great Smokies and Nature Celebration Day
Friday, May 1, 2009
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Old Timers Day
Friday, May 2, 2009
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Tuckaleechee Cove Day
Friday, May 3, 2009
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June 17-21, 2009
ChristyFest™ is an annual festival held in Townsend, Tennessee to celebrate Christy the novel by Catherine Marshall, as well as the TV series and movies. Each year cast members, producers, writers, directors and crew from both productions come to ChristyFest™ to share memories, mingle with fans and enjoy the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains where the TV Series was filmed in Townsend, TN. The Festival explores related material such as mountain crafts, herbal medicines, music, history and early mountain culture. Events and presentations feature nationally known experts in a variety of subjects of interest to Christy enthusiasts. You can learn more about the Festival at the Christy Fest Web.

Great Smoky Mountains
Accessibility

Much of the Smokies can be enjoyed from your vehicle and from accessible facilities and programs. Activities range from viewing scenery to exploring the intricacies of the forest floor to learning about the resourceful people who made a living from this wilderness. The National Park Service continues to make more areas accessible. MORE

 

 
 

Great Smokies and Nature Celebration Day


Friday, May 1, 2009
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE


Special activities to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the beauty of nature.

  • 9:00am—11:00am:  Wildflower Walk on Chestnut Top Trail with Tom Harrington; limit 25 (call 865-448-6134 to reserve a spot).  Meet Townsend Visitors Center.
  • 10:00am:  Hedgewood Gardens Tour.  Meet Townsend Visitors Center.

11:00am: Clogging Demonstration and Instruction: Jack Patton at the Stage

  • 1:00pm—5:00pm:  White Oak Sinks Hike (moderate) with Ann Froschauer; limit 15 (call 865- 448-6134 to reserve a spot)  Meet Townsend Visitors Center.
  • 1:00pm—4:00pm:  Featured Author and Booksigning:  Steve Cotham, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, historic photographs from the McLung Collection
  • 2:00pm:  Hedgewood Gardens Tour.  Meet Townsend Visitors Center.

Plus, all of these favorite Festival events:

Bluegrass Music on the stage and pickin’ on the porch and in the grove

Evening Concert by special guest Steve Kaufman, three time national flatpicking guitar champ

Arts and Crafts Booths along the Bike Path

“Smokin’ in the Smokies” BBQ and other good food

Cake Raffles and Bake Sale for Hearts and Hands Scholarship Fund

Arts and Crafts Demonstrations in the Exhibit Room

Basketry:  Bonny Kate Sugg

Woodcarving:  Lendel Abbott

Quilting:  Ila Mae Morton and Maetta Conrad

Rug Hooking:  Carol McBride

Weaving:  Effie Suttles

Spinning:  Dale Liles

Charcoal/Pencil Art:  Andy England

Antique Cars, Smoky Mountain Model A Club. In front of the Visitors Center

Appalachian Demonstrations around the grounds

Mountain Berry Basket Making and Poetry:  Bill Alexander

Lye Soap Making and Old Time Skills:  Sallie Swor

Bee Keeping and Bee Hive Observation:  Tony Holt

Blacksmithing, Hugh Bowie

Spinning with Angora rabbit fur, Sheri Liles

Cornmeal Making:  Ronald Fowler

Cades Cove Preservation Association Exhibits

Appalachian Bear Center activity Booth

 

 
 
                             


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