We’ve never been at Deer Ridge when they were having this week long convention. It is mostly free and meets in Pigeon Forge at the Music Road Hotel & Convention Center. We’re looking forward to attending and participating. If you plan on being at Deer Ridge that week, we invite you to join us.
Robert and Janet
(Click Wilderness Wildlife Week to see the actual website for this information and updates.)
Wilderness Wildlife Week, the ultimate Smoky Mountain experience, is a series of activities sure to connect Pigeon Forge visitors with the wide, wonderful world of the great outdoors.
In 2010, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of this very special event. Visitors will enjoy more than 100 experts sharing their knowledge of the outdoors in more than 175 seminars, lectures and hands-on workshops. Get up close to nature with your choice of more than 50 guided walks and hikes. Music lovers will enjoy tunes performed by authentic Smoky Mountain musicians at AppalachiaFest.
Wilderness Wildlife Week offers activities for all ages and attracts thousands of nature lovers to Pigeon Forge each year. The International Festivals & Events Association has recognized the event for its environmental and educational efforts. Visit this page again to learn more Wilderness Wildlife Week details as they develop.
Free Classes
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Take-in (Cello Room): 9:00am – 1:00pm Sunday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 11:30am. Please be in the Guitar room by this time Monday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:00am – 10:00am Fishing the Smokies
Greg Ward – Room: Harp
8:00am – 11:00am How to Use a Map & Compass
Terry & Lavalla Edgington – Room: Ukelele
Limit 40 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
9:00am – 10:00am Rock Formations of the Smokies
Harry Moore – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:30am The Art of Photography: An image critique for artistic enhancement
Pat Gordy & Ron Plasencia – Room: Guitar
To submit images prior to the program log on to http://www.pset.org
9:00am – 1:00pm Nature Photography Workshop
Kendall Chiles, Harold Stinnette, Tom & Pat Cory – Room: Violin
10:30am – 11:30am Serpent Handlers
Fred Brown – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 12:00pm Update: Recent Evidence of Cougars in the Southern Appalachians
Dr. Don Linzey – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm KIDS TRACK: Animal Olympics – Comparing human senses and abilities to those of wild animals. Interactive!
Ann Schlichting – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Marking Time: An examination of East Tennessee’s Historic Markers
Fred Brown – Room: Dobro
1:00pm – 2:15pm NEW: What Makes the Smokies Like No Other Park
Bill & Rosemary Deitzer – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:30pm Seasons of the Smokies
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm NEW: Great Things are done when Men & Mountains Meet – Calligraphy Workshop
Pat K. Thomas – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Age 12 and up. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
1:30pm – 2:30pm NEW: Weather Signs: Learning how to “read the signs” for changing weather in hiking and camping
Ila Hatter – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 3:00pm The History of Mt. Leconte Lodge
F. Carroll McMahan – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm Discovering October Roads
Fred Brown and Harry Moore – Room: Dobro
2:45pm – 3:45pm NEW: Easy Hiking in the Alps
Gudrun & Pete Seifert – Room: Harp
3:00pm – 5:00pm World Class Stream Small Mouth BassGreg Ward – Room: Guitar
3:30pm – 4:30pm Introduction to Close Up & Macro Photography
Andrea Shetley – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm Civil War in the Mountains
A. Christine Tipton – Room: Violin
4:00pm – 5:00pm Wildwoods Wisdom: Stories, songs, and lore celebrating the natural world
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Hiking Switzerland
Shannon Harris – Room: Harp
5:00pm – 6:00pm Appalachian People and Their Herbs
W.C. & Glenna Julian – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm Tracing Your Cherokee Heritage
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Violin
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Kiddin’ Around – A hands on introduction to mountain music and instruments for kids.
Jerry & Joan Paul, Lost Mill String Band – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
5:45pm – 6:45pm NEW: Woodlsore and Wildwoods Wisdom: Singing about catfish, possums, crawdads, hoop snakes, and bee swarms
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:00pm – 7:30pm Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Comments:
Speakers – Terry Maddox, Executive Director of Great Smoky Mountains Association; Jim Hart, Director of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Dale Ditmanson, Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Opening Remarks and Slide Presentation
Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/Harp
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Tuesday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:30am – 10:30am Stream Stocked Trout Fishing
Greg Ward – Room: Ukelele
9:00am – 10:00am Sunday Morning Singing
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
9:30am – 11:00am NEW: Hikers Guide to Wild Food and Medicine – Illustrated talk on “trail nibbles,” wild foods and seasonings, and trail medicine.
Ila Hatter – Room: Violin/Guitar
10:00am – 11:00am NEW: The Joy of Photography
Tom & Pat Cory – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am KIDS TRACK: Wild Ones Among Us – Meet Them!
Lynn McCoy – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm Civil War in the Mountains
A. Christine Tipton – Room: Ukelele
11:30am – 12:30pm If You Were a Bear
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:45pm Identifying Local Birds of Prey
Stephen Lyn Bales – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 1:30pm Cherokee Stories
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 2:00pm Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of “C”
Tony Thomas – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Birds the Word – Celebrating our fine-feathered friends in story and song.
Doug Elliott – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm All About Raptors
Katie Cottrell & Kathy Strunk – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm The Art of Photography and Image Enhancement
Pat Gordy & Ron Plasencia – Room: Ukelele
To submit photos prior to program log on to http://www.pset.org
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
2:00pm – 3:30pm NEW: A Tribute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Hills N’ Hollows Mountain Music & Storytelling
Mike & Kathy Gwinn – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbriar
Arthur McDade – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 4:00pm Old Harp Shaped Note Singing – East TN shaped note singers sing traditional hymns that were used in old time singing schools around GSM region.
Old Harp Singings in Blount, Sevier & Knox Counties. Conducted by David Sarten – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 4:30pm Fly Casting
Greg Ward – Room: Guitar
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wildflowers of the Southern Highlands
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm KIDS TRACK: Learn About Bears through Activities
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Long Live John Barleycorn – Of lawns, weeds, & wheat fields
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro
4:00pm – 5:00pm Water Sources to Attract Song Birds
Regina Garr – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm Whistle Over the Mountains – Updated presentation of Bill Hook’s slideshow on logging in the Smokies, originally presented at Elkmont Campground
Jim Thurston – Room: Ukelele
4:30pm – 5:30pm NEW: Sanctuary – Meditations from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Stories, Descriptions, and Photos
Greg Johnson – Room: Violin
4:45pm – 5:45pm NEW: My Ordeal as a Lost Hiker
Morgan & Matthew Briggs – Room: Guitar
6:00pm – 7:00pm Coal Mining Days in Story & Song
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: Blue Ridge Journey
Charles Maynard – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm – 8:30pm Bears We’ve Met – Stories of Encounters
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: ViolinMonday, January 11, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Wednesday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar Room by this time. 8:30am – 9:30am Green Power Switch
Lucas Harkleroad – Room: Guitar
9:00am – 10:00am Teton and Yellowstone National Parks – slide presentation
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am Lost Species, Bird Program
Paul James – Room: Ukelele
9:30am – 10:30am The Spirits of Cades Cove – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Harp
10:00am – 11:00am NEW: Whose Scat is That?
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am How to Write About Your Outdoor Experiences
Dr. Glenn Himebaugh – Room: Guitar
10:00am – 11:00am The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
10:30am – 11:30am Native American Stories
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 11:30am Restoring Native Plant Communities in the Smokies
Kristine Johnson – Room: Ukelele
11:00am – 12:00pm NEW: What a Sevier Place to Live! A History of Sevierville
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Harp
11:30am – 12:30pm The Fontana Project
Jerry Span – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: Update on the Smokies ATBT – The project whose mission is to document all forms of life in GSMNP
Todd Witcher – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 1:30pm What’s in Your Pack?
Lee Lewis – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 1:30pm Creating a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife
Phyllis Rollins – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm Wildflowers of Tennessee
Jack Carman – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Of Ginseng, Golden Apples, and Rainbow Fish – Ancient tales and mountain treasures
Doug Elliott – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm Woodpeckers – Nature’s Home Builders
Steve Garr – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up and Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
1:45pm – 2:45pm Where’s Mommy? Rehabilitation of Orphaned Wildlife
Phylis Rollins – Room: Ukelele
2:00pm – 3:00pm The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Meet in the hallway next to the Cello Room
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Oh! Possum Live Animal Show
Lynne McCoy – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Herbs, Hives, and Hens: Will explore hunting for herbs, bee hives, and hen nest of the early mountain people
W.C. & Glenna Julian & Donna Stinett – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 3:30pm Introduction to Old Time Banjo
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 3:45pm X-C Skiing and Hiking in the GSMNP
Wendell Liemohn – Room: Guitar
3:15pm – 4:15pm The Back of Beyond – Horace Kephart in the Smokies
Arthur McDade – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: New-Heart Songs of the Smokies
Bob & Sharon Brittle – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm KIDS TRACK: Learn about Bears through Activities
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
4:00pm – 5:00pm Ranger Recollections #1
Joe Kelley – Room: Harp
4:00pm – 5:30pm Old String Time Band Concert
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Down by the Old Mill Stream – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Guitar
4:45pm – 5:45pm Hike Twentymile – Learn about the remote area of the GSMNP known as Twentymile
Jerry Span – Room: Ukelele
5:30pm – 6:30pm NEW: The Scrab and Sacred Sphere of Dung Beetles and the Source of Life
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm Music of our American Roots
Lost Mill String Band – Room: Violin
7:00pm NEW: Heaven and Nature Sing – updated program
Judy Felts, Lee Porter, & Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/HarpTuesday, January 12, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Thursday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 9:00am – 10:00am Introduction to the Acoustic Guitar
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages – Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond
Alfred A. Stewart – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
9:30am – 10:30am UPDATE: Elk in the Smokies
Kim Delozier – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am Returning the Osprey to Nest in Tennessee
Ken Dubke – Room: Ukelele
10:00am – 11:00am The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
10:00am – 11:30am Herb Clabo – NEW: Sickness, Death & Dying in the Early Smokies
Veta King – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages – Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond
Alfred A. Stewart – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
10:30am – 12:00pm NEW: Mountain Mushrooms of Tennessee
Gabrielle Zeiger – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm KIDS TRACK: Wild World of Animals
Knoxville Zoo’s Zoomobile – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:00pm NEW: Pigeon Forge from Cornfields to Condos – slide presentation
Veta King – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Wildflowers of the Smokies
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Successful Hiking
Jim Richards – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm Six Months of Hummingbirds in Your Yard
Steve Garr – Room: Dobro
1:00pm – 2:30pm NEW: Pigeon Forge’s Early Settlers Panel Discussion – Descendants of Pigeon Forge’s earliest families participate.
Veta King – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Inn Morning Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
1:30pm – 2:30pm Air Quality Update for the GSMNP
Jim Refro – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 5:00pm Digital & Film Photography – Learn to shoot like a pro
Richard Iceland – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Attracting Butterflies and Caterpillars
W.C. & Glenna Julian & Lois English – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm Bears 101 – Their Lives & Interactions with Humans
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Guitar
3:00pm – 4:00pm Introduction to Mandolin
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
3:00pm – 4:30pm NEW: Firsts –a panel discussion about first cars, first electricity, first radio, first indoor plumbing
Mrs. Ruth Carr Miller – Room: Harp
3:30pm – 5:00pm KIDS TRACK: Let’s Sketch a Bird
Lousie Bales – Room: Music Road Inn Morning Room
Limit 20 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required. All items needed for class will be provided.
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Founding of a National Park – Video Presentation
Tom Harrington – Room: Guitar
4:30pm APPALACHIAFEST! – A musical celebration of our heritage. 4:30pm – 5:45pm Great Smoky Mountain Inhabitants & Their Music by Boogertown Gap
6:00pm – 6:20pm Lost Mill String Band
6:30pm – 6:50pm Tony Thomas & Friends
7:00pm – ??? Carolina Bluegrass BoysALSO – Clogging with Appalachian Cloggers
5:00pm – 6:00pm Meigs Post and Meigs Line through the Smokies – Stories from their new book.
Joe Kelley & Dwight McCarter – Room: Dobro/Harp
5:30pm – 6:30pm This Land of Change – Video Presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Ukelele
6:15pm – 7:15pm Tales From Lost
Dwight McCarter – Room: Dobro/HarpWednesday, January 13, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Friday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar Room by this time. 8:30am – 9:30am Pig Tales – Wild hog control in GSMNP
Rick Varner – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:00am Hypothermia…I’m Not Cold
Lee Lewis – Room: Guitar
9:00am – 10:30am NEW: Welcome to the School of Hard Knox – A History of Knoxville
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Dobro
9:30am – 10:30am GSMNP: State of the Park
Bob Miller – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am Saving the Endangered Whooping Crane – The Tennessee Connection
Ken Dubke – Room: Ukelele
10:15am – 11:15am NEW: The Hidden Garden-Learning to Look and See
Dr. Alan S. Heilman – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am How to be Safe in Parks
Pete Rogers – Room: Guitar
11:00am – 12:00pm Concert & Clogging Instruction
Carolina Bluegrass Boys & Appalachian Cloggers – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:30pm Creating Digital Slideshows – Pro Gold and other approaches
Andrea Shetley – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: The Cumberland Trail, a State Scenic Trail
Tony Hook – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm Scenic Tennessee – A travel guide video presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story & Song
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 1:30pm The Best Way to Hike with Llamas
Sandy Sgrillo – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm Appalachia Bear Rescue – Giving bears a second chance
Lisa Stewart – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm Denali National Park – a slide presentation
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Young Artists Coloring Session
Louise Bales – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at Information Desk is required. All needed materials will be provided.
2:00pm – 3:00pm Old-Time Music & Nature
Boogertown Gap – Room: Dobro
2:00pm – 3:00pm Sevierville: Then & Now Video Presentation
Jimmie Temple – Room: Harp
2:00pm – 3:00pm Black Bear Management in GSMNP
Bill Stiver – Room: Guitar
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Early Gospel Songs of the Smokies
Bob & Sharon Brittle – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Using Photo Editing Software
Dale Knight – Room: Ukelele
3:00pm – 4:00pm KIDS TRACK: Those Ain’t Teddy Bears in GSMNP
Mike Meldrum – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
3:30pm – 4:30pm Ranger Recollections #2
Joe Kelley – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbriar
Robin Goddard – Room: Harp
4:00pm – 5:00pm Bluebirds for Everyone
Steve Garr – Room: Ukelele
4:00pm- 5:15pm Walking in Beauty – Images of the natural world slide presentation
Don McGowan – Room: Guitar
4:00pm – 5:30pm An Armchair Tour of Cades Cove – video presentation
Allen R. Coggins – Room: Violin
5:15pm – 6:15pm Concert & Clogging Instruction
Carolina Bluegrass Boys & Appalachian Cloggers – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm New Knees for Old Hikers
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: New Beginnings – An old man takes a hike
Doug Mills – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Please bring your own instrument or simply plan to listen and enjoy.
7:45pm A Celebration of the Heartland Series
Bill Landry – Room: Dobro/HarpThursday, January 14, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Saturday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:00am – 11:00am Basic Visual Tracking
Joe Kelley, Dwight McCarter, Pete Rogers and Bob Swabe – Room: Ukelele
Dress to go outside.
9:00am – 10:00am NEW: Black Bear Management in Tennessee
David Brandenburg – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:30am NEW: Before There Were Video Games
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center – Room: Violin
9:00am – 1:00pm Photography Workshop
Don McGowan, Kendall Chiles & Harold Stinnette – Room: Guitar
9:30am – 10:30am Scenic Alabama – A Travel Guide Slide Presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 12:00pm NEW: What a Nutty Trail Mix – Characters on the Appalachian Trail
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Harp
11:00am – 12:00pm Snakes! Do They Really Do That?
Joe Taft – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm NEW: Preserving History Through a National History Day Project – Road Scholars
Maranda & Elisa Vandergriff and Elijah Gray – Room: Violin
11:00am – 12:00pm The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
11:30am – 12:30pm Old Timey Spelling Bee
Robin Goddard – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm Old Gatlinburg – a panel discussion about Gatlinburg in the old days by some of the town’s oldest families
Theresa Williams – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Appalachian Funnies – a clean joke contest for young and old
Emcee Jim Hedrick – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Building Web Pages for Photographers
Dale Knight – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required the day of the workshop.
1:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: Gardening for Monarch Butterflies
Ina Warren – Room: Dobro
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Meet the Knoxville Zoo’s Bird Show
Knoxville Zoo – Room: Violin/Guitar
2:00pm – 3:30pm NEW: The History of Pittman Center panel discussion
Glenn Cardwell – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 4:00pm Shooting the Camera
Jim Eastin – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm Civil War Period Music
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: Let’s Make a Quill Pen
Pat K. Thomas – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must have a penknife or similar.
3:30pm – 5:00pm Ballads of the Mountains
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 5:00pm NEW: Place Names Betray Former Mountain Industries
Allen R. Coggins – Room: Guitar
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Country Cookin’ – panel discussion about “Cannin’ and Cookin’” in the kitchen of the Good Ole Days
Veta King – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm How to be Safe in Parks
Pete Rogers – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: The Circle of Life, The Bear Facts – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Dobro
5:00pm – 8:00pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 1
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
6:00pm – 7:00pm The Whaley Family Singers of Greenbriar – In stories and song they tell of their early ancestors in the Greenbriar Community
Whaley Family Singers – Room: Ukelele
7:00pm NEW: Updated The Spiritual Side of Nature Slide Presentation
Chuck Summers & Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Please bring your own instrument or plan to listen and enjoy.
8:30pm Lore of the Stars and Moon
Stuart Carroll – Room: Ukelele
Dress to go outside.Friday, January 15, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm 7:00am – 11:00am NEW: Managing the Search Function: Study some of the Smokies most famous search & rescue operations.
Joe Kelley, Dwight McCarter, Pete Rogers & Bob Swabe – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
8:30am – 10:00am Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of “C”
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
9:00am – 10:00am The Amazing Diversity of Fall Creek Falls State Park – slide presentation
Stuart Carroll – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:30am The Wolves of Bays Mountain
Rhonda Goins – Room: Harp
9:30am – 10:30am Hiking and Photography – slide presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Ukelele
10:30am – 11:30am The History of the Banjo
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
11:00am – 12:00pm KIDS TRACK: Silly Safaris Show – Live Animal Show
Silly Safari – Room: Dobro/Harp
11:00am – 12:00pm Tennessee Town and Country Scapes
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: You Will Have a Hard Road to Travel – The battle between Tennessee and North Carolina over the routing of Blue Ridge Parkway.
Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 2:00pm Your Studio in a Cooler
Jim Eastin – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm Bird Songs of the Smokies
Mark Dunaway – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm Unusual Camping Tricks and Gizmos
Larry “Coyote” Smith – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: The Blue Ridge Parkway – Design and Development
Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required day of the workshop.
1:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: Gardening for Monarch Butterflies
Ina Warren – Room: Dobro
2:15pm – 3:15pm Do it Yourself: Building a Backyard Bird Habitat
Mark Dunaway – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm Lakes, Lighthouses & Landscapes of the North Woods – slide presentation
Kendall Chiles – Room: Guitar
3:30pm – 4:30pm Bald Eagle Recovery – Fragile Link to Success
Bob Hatcher – Room: Dobro/Harp
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: Workflow Not Work Slow – Lightroom releases you from the computer so you can shoot
Colby McLemore – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 6:30pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 2
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
3:45pm – 4:45pm Attracting Wild Birds that Don’t Eat Seed – slide presentation
Regina Garr – Room: Ukelele
4:00pm – 4:45pm A Discussion on Current Fisheries Issues in the Smokies and Beyond
Matt Kulp – Room: Guitar
4:45pm – 5:30pm KIDS TRACK: Wings of America: American Eagle Foundation – Live Bird Show
American Eagle Foundation – Room: Dobro/Harp
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Turn Your Radio On – Hills N Hollows Mountain Music & Storytelling
Mike & Kathy Gwinn – Room: Violin
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Buffalo Mountain Park (Pre & Post Fire) – slide presentation
Brad Jones – Room: Guitar
6:00pm – 7:00pm NEW: The Seasons of the Great Smoky Mountains – slide presentation
Chuck Summers – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm NEW: Women of Cades Cove – Missy Tipton Green
Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Ukelele
7:15pm – 8:15pm NEW: Chestnut Flats – In the Cades Cove community: Dave Post
Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Ukelele
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Bring your own instrument to join in or simply enjoy listeningSaturday, January 16, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 3:00pm Photo Pickup: 4:00pm – 6:00pm 9:00am – 10:00am The Appalachian Trail – An entertaining adventure
Jeff Alt – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am Photoshop for Nature Photographers
Larry Perry – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:00am Black Bear Biology
David Whitehead – Room: Ukelele
9:00am – 10:00am Discovering the Cumberlands – slide presentation
Stuart Carroll – Room: Guitar
9:30am – 11:30am Beginning Mountain Dulcimer
Ginny Cliett, Deby Libby, & Linda Smith – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:30am NEW KIDS TRACK: Games for the Young at Heart
Brad Jones – Meet in the hallway next to the Cello Room
Dress to go outside.
10:30am – 11:15am Hiking Tips for the Whole Family
Jeff Alt – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 11:30am NEW: Taking it to the Next Level
Bill Fortney – Room: Guitar
10:30am – 12:00pm Bays Mountain Raptors – Live Bird Show
Bays Mountain Raptors – Room: Harp
10:30am – 12:30pm NEW: Light Room for Nature Photographers
Marilyn Kay, Bart Baldwin & David Hartfield – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Nathan Sparks – Cades Cove Frontier Man 1828-1891
Larry Sparks – Room: Violin
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Light & Composition
Bill Fortney – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm KIDS TRACK: Silly Safaris Show – Live Animal Show
Silly Safaris – Room: Dobro/Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm Wild Hog Biology
David Whitehead – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Young Artists Coloring Sessions
Louise Bales – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Hug-A-Tree and Survive for Kids
Joey Holt – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: A Wildlife Habitat for Every Season – slide presentation
Steve Garr – Room: Guitar
2:45pm – 3:45pm Exploring Nature in 3D – Scenic wildlife and close ups
Lee Pratt & Andrea Shetley – Room: Harp
3:00pm – 4:00pm Heartbreak and Hilarity – Humor and tragedy as reflected in song and folk tales
The Trantham Family & Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Dobro
3:00pm – 4:00pm An Overview of Primitive Wilderness Skills
Larry “Coyote” Smith – Room: Ukelele
3:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 3
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: The Trail Less traveled – The North Carolina Bartram Trail – The travels of William Bartram
Tim Warren – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 6:00pm: Photoshop for Nature Photographers
Bart Baldwin, David Hartfield & Marilyn Kay: Guitar Room
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Remote Trail Camera Use
Ben Shrader – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm Tony Thomas in Concert
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
5:00pm – 5:45pm NEW: The Perry’s Camp Murders – One of Sevier counties most infamous murders that happened in 1949
Robert S. Allen & Steve O. Watson – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: White Oak Sinks History
David Ledbetter, Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: The Great Smokies – A portrait in words
Charles Maynard – Room: Violin/Guitar
7:45pm NEW: Ken Jenkins Slide Program
Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/HarpHikes
2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week Hike Schedule
Schedule Subject to ChangeHike Ratings
E = Easy
EM = Easy to Moderate
M = Moderate
MS = Moderate to Strenuous
S = Strenuous
Please Note: The number of hikers permitted may change due to availability of transportation.
Sunday, January 10
Sign Up for these hikes on Saturday, January 9 at 11:30am in the Guitar Room Time Hike Length of Hike Hike Rating Hike Leader 7:30 – 2:00pm Charlies Bunion 8.8 M Shannon Harris 7:30 – 3:30pm Lower Mt. Cammerer 7.0 M Ed McFarland 7:30 – 3:30pm Mt. Cammerer 11.0 S Charlie Maynard 10:00 – 5:00pm Old Sugarlands/Rock House 7.0 MS Roger and Mae Snyder 11:30 – 4:30pm Maddrom Bald/Old Settlers 3.0 EM Joey Holt 11:30 – 4:30pm Little River/Cucumber Gap 5.0 EM Joel and Kathy Zachry 11:30 – 4:30pm Historic Elkmont/Little River 4.0 EM Bill Deitzer 6:00 – 9:00pm Owl Prowl 1.0 E Steve Garr Monday, January 11
Sign Up for these hikes on Saturday, January 9 at 6:00pm in the Guitar Room 7:30 – 3:30pm Curry Mtn/Meigs Mtn/Lumber Ridge 9.3 MS George Owen 7:30 – 5:30pm Rocky Top via Anthony Creek 13.0 S Marty Silver 8:00 – 1:30pm Cades Cove Bus Tour Bus Trip E Tom Harrington 8:00 – 2:30pm Cades Cove Photo Tour 1.0 E Richard Iceland 9:00 – 3:30pm Trillium Gap/Brushy Mtn. 10.0 MS Jim Burbank 10:30 – 3:30pm Courthouse Rock 3.0 MS Dwight McCarter 10:30 – 5:30pm Porters Creek 6.0 MS Ed McFarland 10:30 – 5:30pm Rhododendrum/Injun Creek 7.0 MS Doug Duncan 12:30 – 3:30pm Old Elkmont Town 1.0 E Glenn Cardwell 11:30 – 3:30pm Riverwalk and Railroad Museum 1.0 E Caroline Templeton 6:00 – 9:00pm Owl Prowl 1.0 E Steve Garr Tuesday, January 12
Sign Up for these hikes on Sunday, January 10 at 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room Time Hike Length of Hike Hike Rating Hike Leader 7:30 – 4:30pm Cove Mtn/Laurel Falls 12.5 S Marty Silver 8:00 – 2:00pm Middle Prong 5.0 EM Bill Deitzer 8:00 – 3:00pm Ramsey Cascades 8.0 MS George Owen 9:00 – 3:45pm Porters Creek 7.4 M Marti Smith 9:30 – 2:00pm False Gap Prong 2.0 E Dr. William and Susan Morrow 9:30 – 4:30pm Teds Creek to Injun Creek 5.0 MS Frank Carter 10:00 – 2:30pm Follow the old road to Elkmont 2.0 E Alma Williamson 10:00 – 5:30pm Courthouse Rock Off Trail 5.0 MS Lee Lewis Wednesday, January 13
Sign Up for these hikes on Monday, January 11 at 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room 7:30 – 2:30pm Huskey Gap/Cucumber Gap 6.5 M George Owen 7:30 – 2:30pm Blanket Mountain 8.0 MS Ellie Doughty 9:00 – 4:00pm Ramsay Cascade 8.0 MS Marty Silver 9:30 – 1:30pm Injun Creek 1.5 E Glenn Cardwell 9:30 – 2:00pm Ft. Harry History Tour/Sugarlands Valley 1.0 E Caroline Templeton 9:30 – 2:00pm Gatlinburg Trail/Sugarlands 4.0 EM Bill Deitzer 11:00 – 4:30pm Trillium Gap/Grotto Falls 4.0 EM Jim Burbank 6:00 – 9:00pm Owl Prowl 1.0 E Arthur McDade Thursday, January 14
Sign Up for these hikes on Tuesday, January 12 at 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room Time Hike Length of Hike Hike Rating Hike Leader 8:00 – 2:30pm Walker Sisters 4.5 M Arthur McDade 8:00 – 3:00pm Metcalf Bottoms/Laurel Falls 7.6 M Jim Richards 8:00 – 4:00pm Greenbrier Off Trail 6.0 M Mike Povia 8:00 – 4:00pm Copeland Creek 8.0 MS Kenny Jones 10:00 – 2:00pm Twin Creeks Trail & Lab 2.0 E Dr. William and Susan Morrow 10:00 – 5:00pm Lower Mt. Cammerer 7.0 M Ed McFarland 10:00 – 5:00pm Grotto Falls/Trillium Gap 7.5 EM Bob Turney 12:00 – 2:30pm Jakes Creek 2.0 EM Jim Jenkins 6:00 – 9:00pm Owl Prowl 1.0 E Steve Garr Friday, January 15
Sign Up for these hikes on Wednesday, January 13 at 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room 7:30 – 5:30pm Scott Mountain 8.3 MS Liz Dominque 7:30 – 5:30pm Laurel Falls / Walker Sisters 7.5 M Joel and Kathy Zachry 8:00 – 3:30pm Rhododendrum / Injun Creek 7.0 MS Doug Duncan 9:30 – 5:30pm Mids Branch/Sugarland Mtn./Huskey Gap/Springhouse Branch 8.0 S Roger and Mae Snyder 10:00 – 3:30pm Porters Creek 6.0 MS Ed McFarland 10:00 – 5:30pm Llama Trek 4.0 M Sandy Sgrillo 11:30 – 3:30pm “Shared Memories” Bus Tour – Gatlinburg to Cosby Bus Trip E Glenn Cardwell 6:00 – 9:00pm Owl Prowl 1.0 E Steve Garr Saturday, January 16
Sign Up for these hikes on Thursday, January 14 at 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room Time Hike Length of Hike Hike Rating Hike Leader 7:30 am – 2:30 pm Albright Grove 7.0 MS Charles Maynard 8:00 – 4:00pm Winter Birding in Cades Cove 2.0 EM Dr. Fred Alsop and Mark Dunaway 9:30 – 1:00pm Cosby Off Trail 2.5 EM Joey Holt 9:30 – 2:30pm Trillium Gap/Grotto Falls 4.0 EM Jim Burbank 9:30 – 4:30pm Henwallow Falls 4.2 M Arthur McDade Children and Family Hike 1.0 E Jeanne Renfro 10:30 – 1:30PM Hike Ratings E = Easy EM = Easy to Moderate M = Moderate MS = Moderate to Strenuous Saturday, January 9, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Take-in (Cello Room): 9:00am – 1:00pm Sunday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 11:30am. Please be in the Guitar room by this time Monday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:00am – 10:00am Fishing the Smokies
Greg Ward – Room: Harp
8:00am – 11:00am How to Use a Map & Compass
Terry & Lavalla Edgington – Room: Ukelele
Limit 40 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
9:00am – 10:00am Rock Formations of the Smokies
Harry Moore – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:30am The Art of Photography: An image critique for artistic enhancement
Pat Gordy & Ron Plasencia – Room: Guitar
To submit images prior to the program log on to http://www.pset.org
9:00am – 1:00pm Nature Photography Workshop
Kendall Chiles, Harold Stinnette, Tom & Pat Cory – Room: Violin
10:30am – 11:30am Serpent Handlers
Fred Brown – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 12:00pm Update: Recent Evidence of Cougars in the Southern Appalachians
Dr. Don Linzey – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm KIDS TRACK: Animal Olympics – Comparing human senses and abilities to those of wild animals. Interactive!
Ann Schlichting – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Marking Time: An examination of East Tennessee’s Historic Markers
Fred Brown – Room: Dobro
1:00pm – 2:15pm NEW: What Makes the Smokies Like No Other Park
Bill & Rosemary Deitzer – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:30pm Seasons of the Smokies
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm NEW: Great Things are done when Men & Mountains Meet – Calligraphy Workshop
Pat K. Thomas – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Age 12 and up. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
1:30pm – 2:30pm NEW: Weather Signs: Learning how to “read the signs” for changing weather in hiking and camping
Ila Hatter – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 3:00pm The History of Mt. Leconte Lodge
F. Carroll McMahan – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm Discovering October Roads
Fred Brown and Harry Moore – Room: Dobro
2:45pm – 3:45pm NEW: Easy Hiking in the Alps
Gudrun & Pete Seifert – Room: Harp
3:00pm – 5:00pm World Class Stream Small Mouth BassGreg Ward – Room: Guitar
3:30pm – 4:30pm Introduction to Close Up & Macro Photography
Andrea Shetley – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm Civil War in the Mountains
A. Christine Tipton – Room: Violin
4:00pm – 5:00pm Wildwoods Wisdom: Stories, songs, and lore celebrating the natural world
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Hiking Switzerland
Shannon Harris – Room: Harp
5:00pm – 6:00pm Appalachian People and Their Herbs
W.C. & Glenna Julian – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm Tracing Your Cherokee Heritage
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Violin
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Kiddin’ Around – A hands on introduction to mountain music and instruments for kids.
Jerry & Joan Paul, Lost Mill String Band – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
5:45pm – 6:45pm NEW: Woodlsore and Wildwoods Wisdom: Singing about catfish, possums, crawdads, hoop snakes, and bee swarms
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:00pm – 7:30pm Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Comments:
Speakers – Terry Maddox, Executive Director of Great Smoky Mountains Association; Jim Hart, Director of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Dale Ditmanson, Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Opening Remarks and Slide Presentation
Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/Harp
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Tuesday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:30am – 10:30am Stream Stocked Trout Fishing
Greg Ward – Room: Ukelele
9:00am – 10:00am Sunday Morning Singing
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
9:30am – 11:00am NEW: Hikers Guide to Wild Food and Medicine – Illustrated talk on “trail nibbles,” wild foods and seasonings, and trail medicine.
Ila Hatter – Room: Violin/Guitar
10:00am – 11:00am NEW: The Joy of Photography
Tom & Pat Cory – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am KIDS TRACK: Wild Ones Among Us – Meet Them!
Lynn McCoy – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm Civil War in the Mountains
A. Christine Tipton – Room: Ukelele
11:30am – 12:30pm If You Were a Bear
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:45pm Identifying Local Birds of Prey
Stephen Lyn Bales – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 1:30pm Cherokee Stories
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 2:00pm Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of “C”
Tony Thomas – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Birds the Word – Celebrating our fine-feathered friends in story and song.
Doug Elliott – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm All About Raptors
Katie Cottrell & Kathy Strunk – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm The Art of Photography and Image Enhancement
Pat Gordy & Ron Plasencia – Room: Ukelele
To submit photos prior to program log on to http://www.pset.org
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
2:00pm – 3:30pm NEW: A Tribute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Hills N’ Hollows Mountain Music & Storytelling
Mike & Kathy Gwinn – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbriar
Arthur McDade – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 4:00pm Old Harp Shaped Note Singing – East TN shaped note singers sing traditional hymns that were used in old time singing schools around GSM region.
Old Harp Singings in Blount, Sevier & Knox Counties. Conducted by David Sarten – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 4:30pm Fly Casting
Greg Ward – Room: Guitar
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wildflowers of the Southern Highlands
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm KIDS TRACK: Learn About Bears through Activities
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Long Live John Barleycorn – Of lawns, weeds, & wheat fields
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro
4:00pm – 5:00pm Water Sources to Attract Song Birds
Regina Garr – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm Whistle Over the Mountains – Updated presentation of Bill Hook’s slideshow on logging in the Smokies, originally presented at Elkmont Campground
Jim Thurston – Room: Ukelele
4:30pm – 5:30pm NEW: Sanctuary – Meditations from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Stories, Descriptions, and Photos
Greg Johnson – Room: Violin
4:45pm – 5:45pm NEW: My Ordeal as a Lost Hiker
Morgan & Matthew Briggs – Room: Guitar
6:00pm – 7:00pm Coal Mining Days in Story & Song
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: Blue Ridge Journey
Charles Maynard – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm – 8:30pm Bears We’ve Met – Stories of Encounters
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: ViolinMonday, January 11, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Wednesday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar Room by this time. 8:30am – 9:30am Green Power Switch
Lucas Harkleroad – Room: Guitar
9:00am – 10:00am Teton and Yellowstone National Parks – slide presentation
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am Lost Species, Bird Program
Paul James – Room: Ukelele
9:30am – 10:30am The Spirits of Cades Cove – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Harp
10:00am – 11:00am NEW: Whose Scat is That?
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am How to Write About Your Outdoor Experiences
Dr. Glenn Himebaugh – Room: Guitar
10:00am – 11:00am The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
10:30am – 11:30am Native American Stories
Lloyd Arneach – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 11:30am Restoring Native Plant Communities in the Smokies
Kristine Johnson – Room: Ukelele
11:00am – 12:00pm NEW: What a Sevier Place to Live! A History of Sevierville
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Harp
11:30am – 12:30pm The Fontana Project
Jerry Span – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: Update on the Smokies ATBT – The project whose mission is to document all forms of life in GSMNP
Todd Witcher – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 1:30pm What’s in Your Pack?
Lee Lewis – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 1:30pm Creating a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife
Phyllis Rollins – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm Wildflowers of Tennessee
Jack Carman – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Of Ginseng, Golden Apples, and Rainbow Fish – Ancient tales and mountain treasures
Doug Elliott – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm Woodpeckers – Nature’s Home Builders
Steve Garr – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up and Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
1:45pm – 2:45pm Where’s Mommy? Rehabilitation of Orphaned Wildlife
Phylis Rollins – Room: Ukelele
2:00pm – 3:00pm The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Meet in the hallway next to the Cello Room
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Oh! Possum Live Animal Show
Lynne McCoy – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Herbs, Hives, and Hens: Will explore hunting for herbs, bee hives, and hen nest of the early mountain people
W.C. & Glenna Julian & Donna Stinett – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 3:30pm Introduction to Old Time Banjo
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 3:45pm X-C Skiing and Hiking in the GSMNP
Wendell Liemohn – Room: Guitar
3:15pm – 4:15pm The Back of Beyond – Horace Kephart in the Smokies
Arthur McDade – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: New-Heart Songs of the Smokies
Bob & Sharon Brittle – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm KIDS TRACK: Learn about Bears through Activities
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
4:00pm – 5:00pm Ranger Recollections #1
Joe Kelley – Room: Harp
4:00pm – 5:30pm Old String Time Band Concert
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Down by the Old Mill Stream – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Guitar
4:45pm – 5:45pm Hike Twentymile – Learn about the remote area of the GSMNP known as Twentymile
Jerry Span – Room: Ukelele
5:30pm – 6:30pm NEW: The Scrab and Sacred Sphere of Dung Beetles and the Source of Life
Doug Elliott – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm Music of our American Roots
Lost Mill String Band – Room: Violin
7:00pm NEW: Heaven and Nature Sing – updated program
Judy Felts, Lee Porter, & Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/HarpTuesday, January 12, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Thursday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 9:00am – 10:00am Introduction to the Acoustic Guitar
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages – Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond
Alfred A. Stewart – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
9:30am – 10:30am UPDATE: Elk in the Smokies
Kim Delozier – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am Returning the Osprey to Nest in Tennessee
Ken Dubke – Room: Ukelele
10:00am – 11:00am The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
10:00am – 11:30am Herb Clabo – NEW: Sickness, Death & Dying in the Early Smokies
Veta King – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages – Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond
Alfred A. Stewart – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
10:30am – 12:00pm NEW: Mountain Mushrooms of Tennessee
Gabrielle Zeiger – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm KIDS TRACK: Wild World of Animals
Knoxville Zoo’s Zoomobile – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:00pm NEW: Pigeon Forge from Cornfields to Condos – slide presentation
Veta King – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Wildflowers of the Smokies
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Successful Hiking
Jim Richards – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm Six Months of Hummingbirds in Your Yard
Steve Garr – Room: Dobro
1:00pm – 2:30pm NEW: Pigeon Forge’s Early Settlers Panel Discussion – Descendants of Pigeon Forge’s earliest families participate.
Veta King – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Inn Morning Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.
1:30pm – 2:30pm Air Quality Update for the GSMNP
Jim Refro – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 5:00pm Digital & Film Photography – Learn to shoot like a pro
Richard Iceland – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Attracting Butterflies and Caterpillars
W.C. & Glenna Julian & Lois English – Room: Dobro
2:30pm – 3:30pm Bears 101 – Their Lives & Interactions with Humans
Anne Allison & Kathy Sherrard – Room: Guitar
3:00pm – 4:00pm Introduction to Mandolin
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
3:00pm – 4:30pm NEW: Firsts –a panel discussion about first cars, first electricity, first radio, first indoor plumbing
Mrs. Ruth Carr Miller – Room: Harp
3:30pm – 5:00pm KIDS TRACK: Let’s Sketch a Bird
Lousie Bales – Room: Music Road Inn Morning Room
Limit 20 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required. All items needed for class will be provided.
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Founding of a National Park – Video Presentation
Tom Harrington – Room: Guitar
4:30pm APPALACHIAFEST! – A musical celebration of our heritage. 4:30pm – 5:45pm Great Smoky Mountain Inhabitants & Their Music by Boogertown Gap
6:00pm – 6:20pm Lost Mill String Band
6:30pm – 6:50pm Tony Thomas & Friends
7:00pm – ??? Carolina Bluegrass BoysALSO – Clogging with Appalachian Cloggers
5:00pm – 6:00pm Meigs Post and Meigs Line through the Smokies – Stories from their new book.
Joe Kelley & Dwight McCarter – Room: Dobro/Harp
5:30pm – 6:30pm This Land of Change – Video Presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Ukelele
6:15pm – 7:15pm Tales From Lost
Dwight McCarter – Room: Dobro/HarpWednesday, January 13, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Friday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar Room by this time. 8:30am – 9:30am Pig Tales – Wild hog control in GSMNP
Rick Varner – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:00am Hypothermia…I’m Not Cold
Lee Lewis – Room: Guitar
9:00am – 10:30am NEW: Welcome to the School of Hard Knox – A History of Knoxville
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Dobro
9:30am – 10:30am GSMNP: State of the Park
Bob Miller – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:00am Saving the Endangered Whooping Crane – The Tennessee Connection
Ken Dubke – Room: Ukelele
10:15am – 11:15am NEW: The Hidden Garden-Learning to Look and See
Dr. Alan S. Heilman – Room: Harp
10:30am – 11:30am How to be Safe in Parks
Pete Rogers – Room: Guitar
11:00am – 12:00pm Concert & Clogging Instruction
Carolina Bluegrass Boys & Appalachian Cloggers – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:30pm Creating Digital Slideshows – Pro Gold and other approaches
Andrea Shetley – Room: Violin
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: The Cumberland Trail, a State Scenic Trail
Tony Hook – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm Scenic Tennessee – A travel guide video presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story & Song
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
12:30pm – 1:30pm The Best Way to Hike with Llamas
Sandy Sgrillo – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm Appalachia Bear Rescue – Giving bears a second chance
Lisa Stewart – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm Denali National Park – a slide presentation
Bob & Gloria Epperson – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Young Artists Coloring Session
Louise Bales – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at Information Desk is required. All needed materials will be provided.
2:00pm – 3:00pm Old-Time Music & Nature
Boogertown Gap – Room: Dobro
2:00pm – 3:00pm Sevierville: Then & Now Video Presentation
Jimmie Temple – Room: Harp
2:00pm – 3:00pm Black Bear Management in GSMNP
Bill Stiver – Room: Guitar
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Early Gospel Songs of the Smokies
Bob & Sharon Brittle – Room: Violin
2:30pm – 3:30pm NEW: Using Photo Editing Software
Dale Knight – Room: Ukelele
3:00pm – 4:00pm KIDS TRACK: Those Ain’t Teddy Bears in GSMNP
Mike Meldrum – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
3:30pm – 4:30pm Ranger Recollections #2
Joe Kelley – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbriar
Robin Goddard – Room: Harp
4:00pm – 5:00pm Bluebirds for Everyone
Steve Garr – Room: Ukelele
4:00pm- 5:15pm Walking in Beauty – Images of the natural world slide presentation
Don McGowan – Room: Guitar
4:00pm – 5:30pm An Armchair Tour of Cades Cove – video presentation
Allen R. Coggins – Room: Violin
5:15pm – 6:15pm Concert & Clogging Instruction
Carolina Bluegrass Boys & Appalachian Cloggers – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm New Knees for Old Hikers
Joel & Kathy Zachry – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: New Beginnings – An old man takes a hike
Doug Mills – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Please bring your own instrument or simply plan to listen and enjoy.
7:45pm A Celebration of the Heartland Series
Bill Landry – Room: Dobro/HarpThursday, January 14, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm Saturday Hike Signups: Doors will close at 6:00pm. Please be in the Guitar room by this time. 8:00am – 11:00am Basic Visual Tracking
Joe Kelley, Dwight McCarter, Pete Rogers and Bob Swabe – Room: Ukelele
Dress to go outside.
9:00am – 10:00am NEW: Black Bear Management in Tennessee
David Brandenburg – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:30am NEW: Before There Were Video Games
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center – Room: Violin
9:00am – 1:00pm Photography Workshop
Don McGowan, Kendall Chiles & Harold Stinnette – Room: Guitar
9:30am – 10:30am Scenic Alabama – A Travel Guide Slide Presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 12:00pm NEW: What a Nutty Trail Mix – Characters on the Appalachian Trail
Kathy Gwinn – Room: Harp
11:00am – 12:00pm Snakes! Do They Really Do That?
Joe Taft – Room: Dobro
11:00am – 12:00pm NEW: Preserving History Through a National History Day Project – Road Scholars
Maranda & Elisa Vandergriff and Elijah Gray – Room: Violin
11:00am – 12:00pm The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift?
Charlie Monday – Room: Cello D
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.
11:30am – 12:30pm Old Timey Spelling Bee
Robin Goddard – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm Old Gatlinburg – a panel discussion about Gatlinburg in the old days by some of the town’s oldest families
Theresa Williams – Room: Harp
12:30pm – 1:30pm Appalachian Funnies – a clean joke contest for young and old
Emcee Jim Hedrick – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: Building Web Pages for Photographers
Dale Knight – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required the day of the workshop.
1:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: Gardening for Monarch Butterflies
Ina Warren – Room: Dobro
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Meet the Knoxville Zoo’s Bird Show
Knoxville Zoo – Room: Violin/Guitar
2:00pm – 3:30pm NEW: The History of Pittman Center panel discussion
Glenn Cardwell – Room: Harp
2:30pm – 4:00pm Shooting the Camera
Jim Eastin – Room: Ukelele
3:30pm – 4:30pm Civil War Period Music
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: Let’s Make a Quill Pen
Pat K. Thomas – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must have a penknife or similar.
3:30pm – 5:00pm Ballads of the Mountains
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 5:00pm NEW: Place Names Betray Former Mountain Industries
Allen R. Coggins – Room: Guitar
4:00pm – 5:00pm NEW: Country Cookin’ – panel discussion about “Cannin’ and Cookin’” in the kitchen of the Good Ole Days
Veta King – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm How to be Safe in Parks
Pete Rogers – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: The Circle of Life, The Bear Facts – slide presentation
Mike Meldrum – Room: Dobro
5:00pm – 8:00pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 1
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
6:00pm – 7:00pm The Whaley Family Singers of Greenbriar – In stories and song they tell of their early ancestors in the Greenbriar Community
Whaley Family Singers – Room: Ukelele
7:00pm NEW: Updated The Spiritual Side of Nature Slide Presentation
Chuck Summers & Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/Harp
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Please bring your own instrument or plan to listen and enjoy.
8:30pm Lore of the Stars and Moon
Stuart Carroll – Room: Ukelele
Dress to go outside.Friday, January 15, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 6:00pm 7:00am – 11:00am NEW: Managing the Search Function: Study some of the Smokies most famous search & rescue operations.
Joe Kelley, Dwight McCarter, Pete Rogers & Bob Swabe – Room: Guitar
Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.
8:30am – 10:00am Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of “C”
Tony Thomas – Room: Violin
9:00am – 10:00am The Amazing Diversity of Fall Creek Falls State Park – slide presentation
Stuart Carroll – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:30am The Wolves of Bays Mountain
Rhonda Goins – Room: Harp
9:30am – 10:30am Hiking and Photography – slide presentation
Robert Schuffert – Room: Ukelele
10:30am – 11:30am The History of the Banjo
Boogertown Gap – Room: Violin
11:00am – 12:00pm KIDS TRACK: Silly Safaris Show – Live Animal Show
Silly Safari – Room: Dobro/Harp
11:00am – 12:00pm Tennessee Town and Country Scapes
Jack Carman – Room: Ukelele
11:30am – 12:30pm NEW: You Will Have a Hard Road to Travel – The battle between Tennessee and North Carolina over the routing of Blue Ridge Parkway.
Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Guitar
12:30pm – 2:00pm Your Studio in a Cooler
Jim Eastin – Room: Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm Bird Songs of the Smokies
Mark Dunaway – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm Unusual Camping Tricks and Gizmos
Larry “Coyote” Smith – Room: Violin
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW: The Blue Ridge Parkway – Design and Development
Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:30pm Close Up & Macro Photography Workshop
Andrea Shetley – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required day of the workshop.
1:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: Gardening for Monarch Butterflies
Ina Warren – Room: Dobro
2:15pm – 3:15pm Do it Yourself: Building a Backyard Bird Habitat
Mark Dunaway – Room: Ukelele
2:30pm – 3:30pm Lakes, Lighthouses & Landscapes of the North Woods – slide presentation
Kendall Chiles – Room: Guitar
3:30pm – 4:30pm Bald Eagle Recovery – Fragile Link to Success
Bob Hatcher – Room: Dobro/Harp
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: Workflow Not Work Slow – Lightroom releases you from the computer so you can shoot
Colby McLemore – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 6:30pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 2
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
3:45pm – 4:45pm Attracting Wild Birds that Don’t Eat Seed – slide presentation
Regina Garr – Room: Ukelele
4:00pm – 4:45pm A Discussion on Current Fisheries Issues in the Smokies and Beyond
Matt Kulp – Room: Guitar
4:45pm – 5:30pm KIDS TRACK: Wings of America: American Eagle Foundation – Live Bird Show
American Eagle Foundation – Room: Dobro/Harp
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Turn Your Radio On – Hills N Hollows Mountain Music & Storytelling
Mike & Kathy Gwinn – Room: Violin
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Buffalo Mountain Park (Pre & Post Fire) – slide presentation
Brad Jones – Room: Guitar
6:00pm – 7:00pm NEW: The Seasons of the Great Smoky Mountains – slide presentation
Chuck Summers – Room: Dobro/Harp
6:00pm – 7:00pm NEW: Women of Cades Cove – Missy Tipton Green
Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Ukelele
7:15pm – 8:15pm NEW: Chestnut Flats – In the Cades Cove community: Dave Post
Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Ukelele
7:30pm Slow Jam
Tony Thomas – Room: Guitar
Bring your own instrument to join in or simply enjoy listeningSaturday, January 16, 2010
Information Desk: 7:00am – 9:00pm Photo Exhibit (Cello Room): 9:00am – 3:00pm Photo Pickup: 4:00pm – 6:00pm 9:00am – 10:00am The Appalachian Trail – An entertaining adventure
Jeff Alt – Room: Dobro
9:00am – 10:00am Photoshop for Nature Photographers
Larry Perry – Room: Harp
9:00am – 10:00am Black Bear Biology
David Whitehead – Room: Ukelele
9:00am – 10:00am Discovering the Cumberlands – slide presentation
Stuart Carroll – Room: Guitar
9:30am – 11:30am Beginning Mountain Dulcimer
Ginny Cliett, Deby Libby, & Linda Smith – Room: Violin
10:00am – 11:30am NEW KIDS TRACK: Games for the Young at Heart
Brad Jones – Meet in the hallway next to the Cello Room
Dress to go outside.
10:30am – 11:15am Hiking Tips for the Whole Family
Jeff Alt – Room: Dobro
10:30am – 11:30am NEW: Taking it to the Next Level
Bill Fortney – Room: Guitar
10:30am – 12:00pm Bays Mountain Raptors – Live Bird Show
Bays Mountain Raptors – Room: Harp
10:30am – 12:30pm NEW: Light Room for Nature Photographers
Marilyn Kay, Bart Baldwin & David Hartfield – Room: Ukelele
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Nathan Sparks – Cades Cove Frontier Man 1828-1891
Larry Sparks – Room: Violin
12:30pm – 1:30pm NEW: Light & Composition
Bill Fortney – Room: Guitar
1:00pm – 2:00pm KIDS TRACK: Silly Safaris Show – Live Animal Show
Silly Safaris – Room: Dobro/Harp
1:00pm – 2:00pm Wild Hog Biology
David Whitehead – Room: Ukelele
1:00pm – 2:00pm NEW KIDS TRACK: Young Artists Coloring Sessions
Louise Bales – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 15 students (12 years and older). Pre-registration at Information Desk required.
2:00pm – 3:00pm KIDS TRACK: Hug-A-Tree and Survive for Kids
Joey Holt – Room: Violin
2:00pm – 3:00pm NEW: A Wildlife Habitat for Every Season – slide presentation
Steve Garr – Room: Guitar
2:45pm – 3:45pm Exploring Nature in 3D – Scenic wildlife and close ups
Lee Pratt & Andrea Shetley – Room: Harp
3:00pm – 4:00pm Heartbreak and Hilarity – Humor and tragedy as reflected in song and folk tales
The Trantham Family & Dr. Harley Jolley – Room: Dobro
3:00pm – 4:00pm An Overview of Primitive Wilderness Skills
Larry “Coyote” Smith – Room: Ukelele
3:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower – DAY 3
Don Taylor – Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room
Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project. Items needed: Carving tools and paint brushes.
3:30pm – 4:30pm NEW: The Trail Less traveled – The North Carolina Bartram Trail – The travels of William Bartram
Tim Warren – Room: Violin
3:30pm – 6:00pm: Photoshop for Nature Photographers
Bart Baldwin, David Hartfield & Marilyn Kay: Guitar Room
4:15pm – 5:15pm NEW: Remote Trail Camera Use
Ben Shrader – Room: Harp
4:30pm – 5:30pm Tony Thomas in Concert
Tony Thomas – Room: Dobro
5:00pm – 5:45pm NEW: The Perry’s Camp Murders – One of Sevier counties most infamous murders that happened in 1949
Robert S. Allen & Steve O. Watson – Room: Ukelele
5:00pm – 6:00pm NEW: White Oak Sinks History
David Ledbetter, Cades Cove Preservation Association – Room: Violin
6:30pm – 7:30pm NEW: The Great Smokies – A portrait in words
Charles Maynard – Room: Violin/Guitar
7:45pm NEW: Ken Jenkins Slide Program
Ken Jenkins – Room: Dobro/HarpS = Strenuous
Robert & Janet, Neil,
You will all enjoy WWW. I have been going since ’03. It is free. The presentations are actually very good. Interesting topic seminars. There are also booths set up by vendors.
The hikes are set up for mainly folks that are a bit reluctant to go on their own, yet want to feel the flavor of the mountains with the comfortably of a guide. Qualified leaders. They will bus you from your hotel to the trailhead and back, so no one has to drive. They have it timed correctly, so you will know what time you will get back to the hotel.
Enjoy!
Anyway…hope to see you there at some point. Nice attraction.
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Well, Certainly PLENTY To Do….
Thanks for sharing…. Sounds like fun, I am able to stay 2 more weeks, will decide what days I can go, I’ll e-mail you later..