Winter Heritage Festival celebration of Cades Cove, Tremont and Townsend in full swing

Townsend Tennessee is the place to be this weekend of for historical, musical and education fun along with guided tours of Cades Cove, Elkmont and Tremont in the Great Smoky Mountains national park.

Experience the people of the Great Smoky Mountains national park, their music and all about their lives and have a great time doing it!

Listed below is the schedule for Saturday February 7th.

Programs at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center

• 9:00 am -ll:00 am: "Growing Up in Cades Cove , With the Park" presented by Ruth Caughron Davis and Judy Myers Johns
• 1l:00 am -1l:30 am: "Growing Up" presented by questions and answers
• 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: "Dulcimer Music" presented by Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: "Hiking the AT" presented by Debbie Way and Pam Reddoch
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: "North Carolina Smokies, the Other Side" presented by Allen Coggms
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm: "Peace of Ground" Video

Programs at Cades Cove (Meet at Primitive Baptist Church)

• 1:30 pm - 3:00pm: "Cemetery Stroll" with GSMNP Ranger Ann Schlichting

Programs at Cades Cove Heritage Tours

• 1:00 pm - 4:00pm: "Trip around the Loop with Special Guest, to be announced" Meet Cades Cove Heritage Tours at depot. Call (865) 448-8838 for reservations.

Programs at Hemlock Hall. Dancing Bear

• 9:00 am - 10:00 am: "Tuckaleechee Cove Archeology" presented by Dr. Boyce Driskell
• 10:00 am - 11:00 am: "Native American Flute Music" presented by Randy McGinnis
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: "Early History of Great Smoky Mountains National Park" presented by Steve Cotham

Programs at Little River Railroad Museum (All programs begin at the Museum)

• 10:00 am - l:00 pm: "Elkmont Tour" presented by Raymond Palmer
• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: "Tremont Walking Tour" presented by Ron Briggs
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: "Townsend Walking Tour" presented by Don Headrick
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: "Whistle Over the Mountains" presented by Jim Thurston

Programs at Look Rock

• 4:00 pm - 5:30pm: "Photography from the Foothills Parkway" presented by Ann Froschauer. Meet at Look Rock Parking Area. (Inclement weather which is doubtful, meet at the gate at the Walland end of the Parkway)

Programs at Talley Ho Inn

• 8:00 am - 9:00 am: "Winter Stretch and Warm-up", Yoga/Pilates Class for all levels with Maria Talley.
• 10:00 am - ll:00 am: "Traditional Mountain Remedies" presented by Ila Hatter
• 1l:00 am - 12:00 pm: "Early Bird Gets the Worm" presented by Kim Hainge
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: "Hills, Hollers, and Harmonies, Music of the Smoky Mountains" presented by GSMNP Ranger Lisa Free
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: "Founding of a National Park" presented by Tom Harrington.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: "This Land of Change" presented by Mike Meldrum
  
• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: "Mountain Tunes and Tales" performed by, The Woodpickers

Programs at Wesley Woods

• l:00 pm - 2:00 pm: "History Hike in Capshaw Valley" with Bill Hayes. Meet at Tipton Lodge