This is a high def time lapse drive through Gatlinburg, Tennessee from the Sugarlands Visitor Center which serves as Park headquarters for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The turn at Light 3 in downtown Gatlinburg is 13.3 miles to Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.

As always, the video is definitely best seen in high def and full screen!

Consider Gatlinburg for your family vacation – lots to see and do in the Gatlinburg – Pigeon Forge Tennessee area!

Here is a cool excursion fairly near Deer Ridge Mountain Resort.  This is especially great with a convertible or a motorcycle.

Dragon Tail – 318 Curves, 7 Cops – All In 11 Miles – May 2011
Hi Def Time Lapse — The Complete Run
Deal’s Gap, NC To Foothills Parkway, TN
50 Minutes Compressed To 9 Minutes

The following is our video on YouTube.  Much better seen full screen and in hi def!

Dragon Tail – 11 miles of road with 318 curves. A great drive with the top down and especially for motorcycles. One end is at Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort and the other end is at the entrance to the Foothills Parkway. Most of the road is in Tennessee. This was our second time on the tail….the first time was last fall with all the fall foliage. Both time with the top down on the convertible – which accounts for some of the windshield glare. Sorry about that – but was too beautiful a day to leave it up! Last time we drove the Dragon, we saw 3 wrecks – all motorcycles – so be careful. Don’t end up with bits and pieces on the Tree of Shame!

The day we drove this for the photos and movie, we counted SEVEN cops – almost all speed traps. Enjoy – but drive safely. (See if you can spot all seven!)

BTW, Movie Trivia: Where we pull off the road, you can see the dam used in the movie, The Fugitive, with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones – where Dr. Richard Kimble jumped from the dam to escape Deputy Samuel Gerard. The freight train wreck that was staged for the movie is down the road from this shot, just outside of Dillsboro, North Carolina. The train wreckage is still there.

Boondocks Living – With A View

The view here is fantastic…but if you really want to be near the action, near restaurants, entertainment and activities for the kids for your family vacation, just be aware of how FAR you are from all of that when you buy or rent a condo at Deer Ridge.

The following short video shows a Hi Def Time Lapse Drive To Gatlinburg And Pigeon Forge Tennessee. The video is best seen in full screen mode and in hi def.

This video shows the drive time and road scenery of 321 from Deer Ridge Mountain Resort back to civilization. We have the best view in the Smokies – but get your groceries and shopping done on your way here to avoid the LONG drive back to Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Kroger’s, Wal-Mart and Tanger Mall in Sevierville, Tennessee.

Several more videos are planned showing various drive abouts of the Gatlinburg and Great Smoky Mountains National Park – to help with your mountain vacation plans.

Stay tuned – and subscribe to our DeerRidgeOwners Channel on YouTube!

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 Bass

Greg 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: Violin

Monday, 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/Harp

Tuesday, 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 Boys

ALSO – 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/Harp

Wednesday, 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/Harp

Thursday, 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 listening

Saturday, 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/Harp

Hikes

2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week Hike Schedule
Schedule Subject to Change

Hike 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 Bass

Greg 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: Violin

Monday, 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/Harp

Tuesday, 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 Boys

ALSO – 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/Harp

Wednesday, 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/Harp

Thursday, 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 listening

Saturday, 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/Harp

S = Strenuous

Happy Holidays To All Deer Ridge Owners

For more information on this year’s events, click Gatlinburg.

Red Snow At Sunset – This was our first snow of the season – October 18th – straight view of Greenbrier Pinnacle (elevation about 4,805′) off our balcony at sunset. We look SSE – so light refraction / reflection from the setting sun gave it the amazing red coloration.

Note: early snow means most foliage already gone above 2,800′ – We are probably within a week of peak color for 1,200′ to 2,500′ ft elevations.

Want to know more about your view from Deer Ridge – The Greenbrier Area of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park?  Click Greenbrier.  The entrance to Greenbrier is only about 5 miles from Deer Ridge.

If you plan on being at your condo at the Fall Foliage Peak, you better hurry!

Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Spruce Flats Waterfall Trail – Hiked 083009.

An unmaintained trail that is not on any of the hiking maps or books. More strenuous than we expected, lot of rocks to climb over.

About 3 hours round trip including 30 minutes at the waterfall (those are geezer hours – the young and fit (including Jan) could do it in 2/3 my time.)

Probably the second best waterfall we’ve seen so far with all of our hikes all over the Park. Probably Abrams Falls would rank the best – although this one is close!

The upper part of the waterfall is about a 40′ fall – though it is hard to tell scale in this photo.

The trail head is located near the Treemont Headquarters on the way to Cades Cove.  If you haven’t spent any time in the Treemont area, you are in for a treat.

The blue line is our GPS track for the hike…GPS said 1.6 miles each way….Pedometer said 1.8 miles each way…difference is the GPS doesn’t measure all those vertical miles up and down the mountains!

If you note the little dots – that is when the GPS marked our position with the satellites watching our every move. You can see each leg of the trip.

The other part that is interesting: where the dots are wide apart means we are hiking fast….where the dots are close together, we are either resting – or it is a very difficult part of the climb.

Note the white trail of dots?

That is a previous track from a delightful top down drive down a nearby gravel road a couple of weeks earlier.

You can see how close the falls get back to the road…but no obvious way across the fast moving river between the falls and the road.

Our GPS track for the hike – Vertically speaking…..GPS said 1.6 miles each way….Pedometer said 1.8 miles each way…difference is the GPS doesn’t measure all those vertical miles up and down the mountains!

Note the 400′ descent to the falls during the last quarter of the hike. Of course, we had to climb back up it going back! As you can see, we had to literally climb a mountain twice on the RT.