Day 6 of the 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge Tennessee

Yesterday was yet another incredibly entertaining and exciting day in Pigeon Forge Tennessee for Wilderness Wildlife Week. Warmer weather meant more hikers and even then, the lectures and demonstrations were packed.

One of the biggest hits yesterday was the llamas that hike with you in the Smokies and all of the fantastic musical entertainment highlighting Appalachian music that was played in the Smokies for more than 100 years.

Today there are some many overlapping great choices you will wish you were cloned! One of the major highlights today will be the 4-hour free photography workshop with presented by the master of the wide-angle lens Don McGowan along with Ken Chiles and Harold Stinnette. The building web pages for photographers will also be standing room only as well as Country Cookin' panel discussion.

If you want to hike with a group on the last day of Wilderness Wildlife Week this Saturday be in the Guitar room by 6 pm.

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule for January 14th, 2010

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


• 8:00 am - 11:00 am Basic Visual Tracking. Presented by: Joe Kelley, Dwight McCarter, Pete Rogers and Bob Swabe - In the Ukelele Room. (Dress to go outside).


• 9:00 am - 10:00 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Black Bear Management in Tennessee. Presented by: David Brandenburg - In the Harp Room.


• 9:00 am - 10:30 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Before There Were Video Games. Presented by: Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center - In the Violin Room.


• 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Photography Workshop. Presented by: Don McGowan, Kendall Chiles and Harold Stinnette - In the Guitar Room.


• 9:30 am - 10:30 am Scenic Alabama - A Travel Guide Slide Presentation. Presented by: Robert Schuffert - In the Dobro Room.


• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: What a Nutty Trail Mix - Characters on the Appalachian Trail. Presented by: Kathy Gwinn - In the Harp Room.


• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Snakes! Do They Really Do That? Presented by: Joe Taft - In the Dobro Room.


• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Preserving History through a National History Day Project - Road Scholars. Presented by: Maranda and Elisa Vandergriff and Elijah Gray - In the Violin Room.


• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift? Presented by: Charlie Monday - In the Cello D Room. (Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required.)


• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Old Timey Spelling Bee. Presented by: Robin Goddard - In the Ukelele Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Old Gatlinburg - a panel discussion about Gatlinburg in the old days by some of the town's oldest families. Presented by: Theresa Williams - In the Harp Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Appalachian Funnies - a clean joke contest for young and old. Presented by: Emcee Jim Hedrick - In the Violin Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Building Web Pages for Photographers. Presented by: Dale Knight - In the Ukelele Room.


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


• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Gardening for Monarch Butterflies. Presented by: Ina Warren - In the Dobro Room.


• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm KIDS TRACK: Meet the Knoxville Zoo's Bird Show. Presented by: Knoxville Zoo - In the Violin/Guitar Room.


• 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The History of Pittman Center panel discussion. Presented by: Glenn Cardwell - In the Harp Room.


• 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Shooting the Camera. Presented by: Jim Eastin - In the Ukelele Room.


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Civil War Period Music. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Dobro Room.


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Let's Make a Quill Pen. Presented by: Pat K Thomas - In the Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. (Limit 15 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must have a penknife or similar.)


• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Ballads of the Mountains. Presented by: Boogertown Gap - In the Violin Room.


• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Place Names Betray Former Mountain Industries. Presented by: Allen R Coggins - In the Guitar Room.


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Country Cookin' - panel discussion about "Cannin' and Cookin'" in the kitchen of the Good Ole Days. Presented by: Veta King - In the Harp Room.


• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm How to be Safe in Parks. Presented by: Pete Rogers - In the Ukelele Room.


• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Circle of Life, The Bear Facts - slide presentation. Presented by: Mike Meldrum - In the Dobro Room.


• 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Woodcarving, Humming Bird and Flower - DAY 1. Presented by: Don Taylor - In the Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. (Limit 10 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required. Must take all 3 classes to complete the project and you need to bring carving tools and paint brushes.)


• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Whaley Family Singers of Greenbrier - In stories and song they tell of their early ancestors in the Greenbrier Community. Presented by: Whaley Family Singers - In the Ukelele Room.


• 7:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Updated The Spiritual Side of Nature Slide Presentation. Presented by: Chuck Summers and Ken Jenkins - In the Dobro/Harp Room.


• 7:30 pm Slow Jam. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Guitar Room. (Please bring your own instrument or plan to listen and enjoy.)


• 8:30 pm Lore of the Stars and Moon. Presented by: Stuart Carroll - In the Ukelele Room. (Dress very warm as we will go outside.)