Wilderness Wildlife Week at The Music Road Hotel And Convention Center In The Pigeon Forge TN Day 6

With only 3 days left of Wilderness Wildlife Week taking place at the Music Road Hotel And Convention Center In Pigeon Forge Tennessee, the improving weather Friday and Saturday will be a big relief to the attendees, although we still expect snow in the Great Smoky Mountains for the rest of today.

Today's schedule of classes, lectures, demonstrations, music and guide hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park will keep any enthusiast of photography, nature, history, science and Smokies culture will be kept at the edge of their seat.

Some of the highlights of today's Wilderness Wildlife Week programs will be the Overview of Primitive Wilderness Skills presented by Larry "Coyote" Smith, the Elk in the Smokies program presented by the Great Smoky Mountains national parks wildlife specialist Joe Yarkovick who specializes in elk management and eduction, and Survival Lessons from an Aircraft Accident which will be presented by Joe Taft.

• 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Information Desk Open
• 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Vendor/Exhibit Hall Open
• 9:00 am - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Special Photo Exhibit: Pigeon Forge Fifty Years of Progress in the Cello Room.
• 8:00 am - 11:00 am Introduction to Tracking People in the Outdoors. Presented by: Joe Kelley in the Harp Room. Dress to go outside.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story and Song. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Dobro Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am An Overview of Primitive Wilderness Skills. Presented by: Larry (Coyote) Smith in the Guitar Room.
• 9:30 - 10:30 am Green Power Switch: ReNEWable Energy. Presented by: Lucas Harkelroad in the Violin Room.
• 10:15 am - 11:15 am UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Hidden Garden II: Learn to See. Presented by: Dr. Alan Heilman in the Ukelele Room.
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Autoharp: Making Instant Music. Presented by: Judy Carson in the Dobro Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Survival Lessons from an Aircraft Accident. Presented by: Joe Taft in the Violin Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Scenic Alabama Slide Presentation. Presented by: Robert Schuffert in the Guitar Room.
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Creating a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife. Presented by: Phylis Rollins in the Harp Room.
• 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Identifying Local Birds of Prey. Presented by: Stephen Lyn Bales in the Ukelele Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm O! Possum! Live Animal Show. Presented by: Lynne McCoy in the Guitar Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Banjo in Appalachia. Presented by: Boggertown Gap Band in the Dobro Room.
• 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Where's Mommy? Rehabilitation of Orphaned Wildlife. Presented by: Phylis Rollins in the Harp Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Hands om History: Calligraphy and Penmanship. Presented by: Pat Thomas in the Breakfast Room. History of calligraphy combined with brief instruction and materials to practice letter formation and write out a quote about the mountains. Limit 15 must preregister at Information Desk.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: "Wild Wonders". Presented by the Knoxville Zoo Bird Show in the Violin/Guitar Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: HERITAGE: The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier. Presented by: Robin Goddard in the Dobro Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Bicycling Adventures On and Off the Road. Presented by: Elle Colquitt in the Harp Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: "What Matters Mathers Most" Creating a National Park System. Presented by: Kathy Gwinn in the Ukelele Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Let's Sketch a Bird. Presented by: Louise Bales in the Breakfast Room. All material provided: Limit 20 students 12 years old and older. Must preregister at Information Desk.
• 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Traditional Entertaining and Storytelling from the Smokies. Presented by: Smoky Mountains Storytelling Association in the Guitar Room.
• 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Hiking the Appalachian Trail Slide Presentation. Presented by: Bert Kunze in the Violin Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Hosting Hummingbirds! Presented by: Regina Garr in the Ukelele Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Spirits of Cades Cove: Slide Presentation. Presented by: Mike Meldrum in the Dobro Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm UPDATE WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Elk in the Smokies - Home Again. Presented by: Joe Yarkovick in the Harp Room.
• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Cherokee: Learn of the history of the Cherokees in the Great Smoky Mountains and the formation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation. Presented by: Jon Elder in the Harp Room.
• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Eagle-Facts and Legends. Presented by: Bob Hatcher in the Ukelele Room.
• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Old Time Music by Multi Instrumentalist. Presented by: Roger Helton in the Dobro Room.
• 6:00 pm Saturday hike sign ups Holiday Inn Express across the street.
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Whaley Family Singers: Old Hymns and Songs of Faith in the Violin Room.
• 7:30 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Spiritual Side of Nature. Presented by: Chuck Summers and Ken Jenkins in the Dobro/Harp Room.
• 8:30 pm Lore of the Moon and Stars. Presented by: Stuart Carroll in the Guitar Room. Dress to go Outside.

With additional snow and many of the Great Smoky Mountains national park roads closed, expect that more of the guided hikes may be called off today.

Did you know if you stay for a week or more to enjoy the Wilderness Wildlife Week that you can rent a cabin for less than $10 a day?