Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule Day 4

There was another light dusting of snow in the Smoky Mountains a perfect reminder that it is time for day 4 of the 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week at the Music Road convention center in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. Though we are halfway into the week, we have another action packed schedule for everyone who attends young or old!

More roads in the Great Smoky Mountains national park have opened as some of the snow has melted and it will be a little warmer for the guided hikes today that you must have already signed up for. You can sign up today in the Guitar room by 6 pm for Thursday guided hikes in the GSMNP.

Plenty of new programs being presented today as some updated programs that have been given last year. There is also some great programs for kids as well as Appalachiafest with lots of great music and even some clogging which starts at 4 pm.

Programs of special note today include the Elk in Smokies program presented by park biologist Kim Delozier who is a wealth of information, panel discussion of Pigeon Forge's Early Settlers, and Richard Iceland's lecture on Digital and Film Photography, and Smoky Mountains and history buffs in general will love the panel discussion when electricity, cars, radios and indoor plumbing came into use in the Smokies.

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule for January 12th, 2010:

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


• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Introduction to the Acoustic Guitar. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Dobro Room.


• 9:00 am - 10:00 am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages - Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond. Presented by: Alfred A Stewart - In the Guitar Room. (Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.)


• 9:30 am - 10:30 am UPDATE: Elk in the Smokies. Presented by: Kim Delozier - In the Violin Room.


• 10:00 am - 11:00 am Returning the Osprey to Nest in Tennessee. Presented by: Ken Dubke - In the Ukelele Room.


• 10:00 am - 11:00 am 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.)


• 10:00 am - 11:30 am Herb Clabo - NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Sickness, Death and Dying in the Early Smokies. Presented by: Veta King - In the Harp Room.


• 10:30 am - 11:30 am KIDS TRACK: Kids of All Ages - Hidden treasures from around the world and beyond. Presented by: Alfred Stewart - In the Guitar Room. (Limit 30 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk is required.)


• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Mountain Mushrooms of Tennessee. Presented by: Gabrielle Zeiger - In the Dobro Room.


• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm KIDS TRACK: Wild World of Animals. Presented by: Knoxville Zoo's Zoomobile - In the Violin Room.


• 11:30 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Pigeon Forge from Cornfields to Condos - slide presentation. Presented by: Veta King - In the Harp Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Wildflowers of the Smokies. Presented by: Jack Carman - In the Ukelele Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Successful Hiking. Presented by: Jim Richards - In the Guitar Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 6 Months of Hummingbirds in Your Yard. Presented by: Steve Garr - In the Dobro Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Pigeon Forge's Early Settlers Panel Discussion - Descendants of Pigeon Forge's earliest families participate. Presented by: Veta King - In the Harp Room.


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


• 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Air Quality Update for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Presented by: Jim Refro - In the Violin Room.


• 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Digital and Film Photography - Learn to shoot like a pro. Presented by: Richard Iceland - In the Ukelele Room.


• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Attracting Butterflies and Caterpillars. Presented by: W.C. and Glenna Julian and Lois English - In the Dobro Room.


• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Bears 101 - Their Lives and Interactions with Humans. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard - In the Guitar Room.


• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Introduction to Mandolin. Presented by: Tony Thomas - In the Violin Room.


• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Firsts - A panel discussion about first cars, first electricity, first radio, first indoor plumbing. Presented by: Mrs. Ruth Carr Miller - In the Harp Room.


• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm KIDS TRACK: Let's Sketch a Bird. Presented by: Lousie Bales - In the Music Road Inn Morning Room. (Limit 20 students that are 12 years and older. Pre-registration at the Information Desk is required. All items needed for class will be provided.)


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Founding of a National Park - Video Presentation. Presented by: Tom Harrington - In the Guitar Room.


• 4:30 pm APPALACHIAFEST! - A musical celebration of our heritage.


• 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm Great Smoky Mountain Inhabitants and Their Music by Boogertown Gap.


• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Meigs Post and Meigs Line through the Smokies - Stories from their new book. Presented by: Joe Kelley and Dwight McCarter - In the Dobro/Harp Room.


• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm This Land of Change - Video Presentation. Presented by: Mike Meldrum - In the Ukelele Room.


• 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm The Lost Mill String Band.


• 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm Tales From Lost. Presented by: Dwight McCarter - In the Dobro/Harp Room.


• 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm Music by Tony Thomas and Friends.


• 7:00 pm - Music by the Carolina Bluegrass Boys.