2009 Schedule
Wilderness Wildlife Week
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
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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 – Rood 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
Cesar Palacio, 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 Creative Digital Photography Computer Workshop
Richard Iceland – Room: Guitar
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
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All schedules are subject to change.
