Wilderness Wildlife Week day 5 at The Music Road Hotel And Convention Center In Pigeon Forge TN

Wilderness Wildlife Week is still going strong on day 5 and yes, it is still snowing and even more is on the way. Some of the hikes have been cancelled due to accessibility issues but there is still plenty to do inside where it is warm and dry.

Today only, Wednesday January 12th you can tape your favorite Pigeon Forge memory for an oral history archive of the Great Smoky Mountains if you stop by room 101 at Music Road Hotel and Convention Center anytime between 10:30 am - 4:00 pm.

This Smoky Mountains oral history project is being compiled by the Pigeon Forge Library for the 50th anniversary of Pigeon Forge. What the historians are looking for three to five minute stories such as ordering a hamburger basket from Remacs, watching your first movie at the Midway, your first hair cut at Tebo's barber or a family vacation you took to the Smokies.

It is these first hand impressions of Pigeon Forge when it was a quaint little town on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains that can be enjoyed and studied for future generations. Do you have what it takes to be part of this Pigeon Forge oral history collection? Please help contribute!

• 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.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Before There Were Video Games: A hands on learning experience about toys and other pastimes before the electronic age. Presented by the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Limit 50 must preregister at Information Desk in the Violin Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Scenic Tennessee: Slide presentation. Presented by: Robert Schuffert in the Guitar Room.
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am The Art of Dowsing: Do you have the gift? Presented by Charlie Monday in the Dobro Room. Limit 30 must preregister at Information Desk.
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Saving the Endangered Whooping Crane - The Tennessee Connection and Current Status. Presented by: Ken Dubke in the Ukelele Room.
• 10:00 am - 11:00 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Sheriff Ray Noland Book Review. Presented by: Mrs. Ersa Rhea Noland Smith. Ms. Smith will share stories of her father's experiences as high Sheriff of Sevier County in the Harp Room.
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am Coal Mining Days in Story and Song. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Violin Room.
• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Dixie Highway, Rock City Barns and Burma Shave Signs. Presented by: Kathy Gwinn in the Guitar Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Careful Out There. Presented by: Joe Taft in the Ukelele Room.
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Carolina Bluegrass Boys Concert: ALSO: Appalachian Cloggers come join in on the fun in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Is Your Landscape Escaping? Presented by Kristine Johnson in the Ukelele Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wild Ones Among Us. Presented by: Lynne McCoy. Live animal show in the Harp Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Native American Stories. Presented by: Robert "Red Hawk" Eldridge in the Guitar Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Calico and Bandannas. Presented by: Pat Thomas in the Breakfast Room. A history of calico and bandannas combined with coloring a cotton bandanna for each participant: Limit 15 students must preregister at Information Desk.
• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Old Time String Band Concert. Presented by: Boogertown Gap Band in the Dobro Room.
• 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Bluebirds Year in the Round! Presented by: Steve Garr in the Violin Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Wildflowers of Tennessee. Presented by: Jack Carman in the Ukelele Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: An Overview of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Presented by: Jim Wigginton in the Guitar Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Exploring the Smokies with Physical and/or Mental Challenges. Presented by: Carolyn Templeton in the Harp Room.
• 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm The Cumberland Trail, A State Scenic Trail. Presented by: Tony Hook in the Violin Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Ranger Recollections II. Presented by: Joe Kelley in the Dobro Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Art of Dowsing: Do You have the Gift? . Presented by Charlie Monday in the Ukelele Room. Limit 30 must preregister at Information Desk in the Breakfast Room.
• 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Old Time Hymns. Presented by: Don Huskey, Marcia Huskey Nelson and Roger Helton. These songs of praise are the songs you sang as a child. They filled the little one room churches of the Smokies in earlier times.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Who Lives in These Woods? Creatures Worth Saving. Presented by: Joel and Kathy Zachry in the Guitar Room.
• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm The Perry's Camp Murders. Presented by: Robert S. Allen and Steve O. Watson in the Ukelele Room. Listen and learn of one of Sevier County's most infamous murder cases that took place in 1949.
• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Carolina Bluegrass Boys Concert: ALSO: Appalachian Cloggers come join the fun in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Noted and Peculiar Court Cases of Earlier Times. Presented by: Veta King, Sevier County Circuit Court Judge, the Honorable Rex Henry Ogle and attorneys Mr. John B. Waters, Jr. and Mr. Jerry McCarter tell of early justice of the Peace courts and unusual county court cases of the past in the Violin Room.
• 6:00 pm Friday hike sign ups Holiday Inn Express across the street.
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Transitions: Finding the Familiar in a Changing World - From the Heartland Series. Presented by: Doug Mills in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 6:30 pm Slow Jam. Presented by: Tony Thomas. Bring your own instrument or simply plan to enjoy and listen in the Guitar Room.
• 7:15 pm UPDATE WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: A Celebration of the Heartland Series. Presented by: Bill Landry in the Dobro/Harp Room.

Despite the bad weather, people are already reserving their cabins for next years and taking advantage of the 10% returning guest discount to boot!