FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK TO HOST 29TH ANNUAL
MOUNTAINEER FOLK FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 7-9 FESTIVAL CELEBRATES TRADITIONAL MOUNTAIN LIFE
Pikeville, Tenn. – Fall Creek Falls State Park will host its 29th annual Mountaineer Folk Festival on September 7-9, 2007. The festival features old time music, pioneer skills demonstrations, crafts and great country cooking. All activities will be held in the park’s village area.
The Festival kicks off on Friday night, September 7, with a square dance featuring the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers and the Blue Creek Ramblers. There will be a special guest appearance by Roy Harper.
The music continues Saturday on two stages featuring some of the best old time and bluegrass music in the region. Performers include Leroy Troy Boswell, Roy Harper, Tom Owens, Tom McCarroll and JoAnn Beach as well as the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers and Lantana Drifters string bands and bluegrass by Cumberland, the Edmons Family, Brown Grass and Mid-South.
On Sunday, Jim Ricketts, Chosen Generation, John Lathim and the Mt. Crest united Methodist Choir will perform on the Anderson Stage. The Boardwalk stage will feature the West Girls, Avery Trace, Hickory Wind, Leroy Troy Boswell and more.
In addition to the music, demonstrations throughout the weekend will feature sorghum molasses making, herding sheep with dogs and blacksmithing. There will be a Civil War encampment complete with periodic cannon firings. Approximately 90 craft booths with a wide variety of local wares will be spread throughout the festival location and local churches and non-profit organizations will man food booths, serving home-cooked creations.
The festival is sponsored by the “Friends of Fall Creek,” the Tennessee Arts Commission and Fall Creek Falls State Park, which has been voted by its users as one of the top family destinations in the Southeast. Protected within its boundaries are beautiful waterfalls, tremendous canyons, and dense forests. Facilities located within the park include a campground, a hotel and conference center and cabins.
The park is located 40 miles south of Cookeville, and 65 miles north of Chattanooga atop the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau.
For more information about the Mountaineer Folk Festival or other information about the park’s numerous programs, visit the Web site at www.tnstateparks.com/FallCreekFalls or call (423) 881-5708. For reservations at the Fall Creek Falls State Park Inn, please call 1-800-250-8610.
| For more information contact: Tisha Calabrese-Benton
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