Day 2 of the 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule

Day 1 of the 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge was a huge success even though it was quite cold in the Smokies and day 2 has just as much excitement and great indoor activities to keep you out of the bad weather.

Latter on during the week as the temperature climbs back to the normal mild winter weather we have here in the Smokies you will want to take advantage of the free guided hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park during Wilderness Wildlife Week. Did we mention all the great fun and activities during Wilderness Wildlife Week are free? They sure are!

If you are like me there are more will often be more than one activity taking place that you like and you will have a hard time choosing what you want to attend. Of special note will be the bear lecture today by Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard, the Close Up and Macro Photography Workshop with Andrea Shetley and the Whistle over the Mountains program about logging in the Smokies.

No matter what lectures or demonstrations you attend during Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge Tennessee, you will have a great time at the right price. Since the weather will be getting better, you can sign up for guided hikes on Tuesday by 6:00 pm in the Guitar Room.

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule for January 10th, 2010

• 7:00 am - 9:00 pm The Information Desk is open.


• 8:30 am - 10:30 am Stream Stocked Trout Fishing. Presented by: Greg Ward - In the Ukelele Room.


• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sunday Morning Singing. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Dobro Room.


• 9:30 am - 11:00 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Hikers Guide to Wild Food and Medicine - Illustrated talk on "trail nibbles," wild foods and seasonings, and trail medicine. Presented by: Ila Hatter - In the Violin/Guitar Room.


• 10:00 am - 11:00 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Joy of Photography. Presented by: Tom and Pat Cory - In the Harp Room.


• 10:30 am - 11:30 am KIDS TRACK: Wild Ones Among Us - Meet Them! Presented by: Lynn McCoy - In the Dobro Room.


• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Civil War in the Mountains. Presented by: A. Christine Tipton - In the Ukelele Room.


• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm If You Were a Bear. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard - In the Violin Room.


• 11:30 am - 12:45 pm Identifying Local Birds of Prey. Presented by: Stephen Lyn Bales - In the Guitar Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Cherokee Stories. Presented by: Lloyd Arneach - In the Dobro Room.


• 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of "C". Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Harp Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Birds the Word - Celebrating our fine-feathered friends in story and song. . Presented by: Doug Elliott - In the Violin Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm All About Raptors. Presented by: Katie Cottrell and Kathy Strunk - In the Guitar Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm The Art of Photography and Image Enhancement. Presented by: Pat Gordy and Ron Plasencia - In the Ukelele Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Close Up and Macro Photography Workshop. Presented by: Andrea Shetley - Room: Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. (Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk required the day of the workshop.)


• 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: A Tribute to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Hills N' Hollows Mountain Music and Storytelling. Presented by: Mike and Kathy Gwinn - In the Dobro Room.


• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier. Presented by: Arthur McDade - In the Harp Room.


• 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Old Harp Shaped Note Singing - East TN shaped note singers sing traditional hymns that were used in old time singing schools around Great Smoky Mountains region. Presented by: Old Harp Singings in Blount, Sevier and Knox Counties. Conducted by David Sarten - In the Violin Room.


• 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Fly Casting. Presented by: Greg Ward - In the Guitar Room.


• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Wildflowers of the Southern Highlands. Presented by: Jack Carman - In the Ukelele Room.


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm KIDS TRACK: Learn About Bears through Activities. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard - In the Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. (Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.)


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Long Live John Barleycorn - Of lawns, weeds, and wheat fields. Presented by: Doug Elliott - In the Dobro Room.


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Water Sources to Attract Song Birds. Presented by: Regina Garr - In the Harp Room.


• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Whistle Over the Mountains - Updated presentation of Bill Hook's slide-show on logging in the Smokies, originally presented at Elkmont Campground. Presented by: Jim Thurston - In the Ukelele Room.


• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Sanctuary - Meditations from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Stories, Descriptions, and Photos. Presented by: Greg Johnson - In the Violin Room.


• 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: My Ordeal as a Lost Hiker. Presented by: Morgan and Matthew Briggs - In the Guitar Room.


• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Coal Mining Days in Story and Song. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Violin Room.


• 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Blue Ridge Journey. Presented by: Charles Maynard - In the Dobro/Harp room.


• 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Bears We've Met - Stories of Encounters. Presented by: Joel and Kathy Zachry - In the Violin Room.