Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge Tennessee Schedule for Day 1 Saturday, January 7th, 2012

High up on the peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains there is still some snow and this weekend is the start of the 22nd annual Wilderness Wildlife Week. This means if you are planning on taking one of the free guided hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park, make sure to pack boots!

Wilderness Wildlife Week is a free week long event that takes place in Pigeon Forge Tennessee consisting of exhibits, demonstrations, musical performances and guided hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park.

Since the quality of the performances and lectures is so high and amazing popular for people interested in music, photography, nature, travel, hiking, camping, fishing, history, storytelling and more, this event is not being promoted very much as it is generally filled to capacity.

Last year's unusually rough winter weather during Wilderness Wildlife Week meant that some guided hikes were cancelled and a few presenters were unable to show up due to closed roads. So far it looks a though the weather in the Smokies is going to cooperate as the next week looks seasonable warm.

Music Road Hotel and Convention Center is where all of the classes, performances and lectures will take place. The Music Road Hotel and Convention Center is located at: 303 Henderson Chapel Road in Pigeon Forge, TN 37863.

Since Wilderness Wildlife Week is so wildly popular with hikers, the guided hikes require that you preregister the day before the hike right across the street from Music Road Hotel and Convention Center is the Holiday Inn Express.

Information Desk is open from 7:00 am – 9:00 pm and the Vendor/Exhibit Hall is open from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.

• 8:00 am – 11:00 am: Learn to Use Map and Compass. Presented by: Terry and LaValla Edgington in the Harp Room. Limit 40. Must pre-register at Information Desk.
• 8:30 am – 10:30 am: Fly Fishing in the Smokies. Presented by: Greg Ward in the Violin Room.
• 9:00 am – 1:00 pm: Nature Photography Workshop. Presented by: Kendall Chiles, Tom and Pat Cory, Danny Dempster and Harold Stinnette in the Guitar Room.
• 9:00 am – 10:00 am: Rock Formations of the Smokies: Geological Past of Smoky Mountains. Presented by: Harry Moore in the Dobro Room.
• 9:00 am – 1:00 pm: Photo Exhibit Entry and Setup in the Cello Room (An entry form must be submitted with each photo entered.)
• 10:00 am – 11:15 am:: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Cades Cove Teachers. Presented by: Dorothy Gregory Sutton in the Ukelele Room.
• 10:30 am – 11:30 am: Discovering October Roads: View Fall Colors of East Tennessee. Presented by: Fred Brown and Harry Moore in the Dobro Room.
• 11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Beginning Mountain Dulcimer. Presented by: Deby Libby, Ginny Cliett and Linda Smith in the Violin Room. Limit 25. Must pre-register at Information Desk. Limited number of dulcimers available. Observers are welcome.
• 11:30 am – 12:30 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: A Hysterical History of Words. Presented by: Kathy Gwinn in the Harp Room.
• 11:30 am – 12:45 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. War within the Family: Civil War Gregorys. Presented by: Mary Greggory in the Ukelele Room.
• 11:30 am: Sunday Hike Sign ups at Holiday Inn Express
• Noon – 1:00 pm: Introduction to the Autoharp. Presented by: Tony Thomas and Judy Carson in the Dobro Room
• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Margaret Stevenson: The Walkingest Woman in the Smokies. The Story of the First Lady to Complete All 800 Miles of Maintained Hiking Trails in the Smokies. Presented by: Bill Deitzer in the Harp Room.
• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Everybody’s Fishin’: A Cross-Cultural Fishing Extravaganza Celebrating Fish Fisherpersons and Other Wonderful, Watery Critters. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Violin Room.
• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Kids Track Kindergarten – 5th Grade Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Learn About Bears Through Hands-On Activities. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard from the ABR in the Breakfast Room. Limit 20. Must pre-register at Information Desk.
• 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: The Serpent Handlers. Presented by: Fred Brown in the Dobro Room.
• 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Searching for Panthers in the Smokies. Presented by: Dr. Don Linzey in the Guitar Room.
• 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Cades Cove Photos and Photographers. Presented by: Missy Tipton Green in the Ukelele Room.
• 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: The Discovery of the Gray Fossil Site. Presented by: Harry Moore in the Harp Room.
• 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Civil War in the Mountains. Presented by: Chris Tipton in the Violin Room.
• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: National History Day Students: Talented Local Students Share Their Knowledge of How to Document Your Local History. Presented by: Sabrina Gray in the Dobro Room.
• 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. The Upland Chronicles: Vibrant Local History and Heritage of Sevier County’s Past. Presented by: Carroll McMahan in the Guitar Room.
• 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Fly Casting. Presented by: Greg Ward in the Breakfast Room.
• 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program .Uncle Noah and Sarah Brown Burchfield. Presented by: Larry Sparks and Judy Myers Johns in the Ukelele Room.
• 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Out of the Dark: A True History of the White Caps and Blue Bills: At Last This Long Repressed History of Outrageous Depravity and Unsurpassed Heroism in This Region’s History Can Be Talked About in Public. Presented by: Don Williams in the Harp Room.
• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. A Tennessee Music Sampler: Stories and Songs. Presented by: Hills-N-Hollows in the Violin Room.
• 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. The 1500 Year Old Silver Bible: A Chronicle of the Emotional History of the Earliest German/Gothic (and Perhaps English) Language Document, Including Its Translation, Disappearance and the Miraculous Rediscovery of This Piece of Christian History. Presented by: Peter and Gudrun Seifert in the Guitar Room.
• 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Woodslore and Wildwoods Wisdom: Celebrating the Natural World Through Stories, Songs and Lore. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Dobro Room.
• 6:00 pm: Monday Hike Sign ups – Holiday Inn Express.
• 6:45 pm: Bagpipe Performance. Presented by: Charles Smith in the Dobro/Harp Rooms.
• 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Comments: Terry Maddox, Executive Director of Great Smoky Mountains Association; Jim Hart, Director of Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Dale Ditmanson, Superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Dobro/Harp Rooms.
• 7:30 pm: Opening Remarks. Presented by: Ken Jenkins in the Dobro/Harp Rooms.
• 7:45 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program. Wolves 2011: Update on Ecology and Politics in the Upper Midwest. Presented by: Peggy Callahan in the Dobro/Harp Rooms.

Since this program will go on for another week and there are still some cabins left to rent in the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge area, book right now for this week and get 10% off!

Day 2 of Wilderness Wildlife Week In the Pigeon Forge Smoky Mountains.

Wilderness Wildlife Week day 2 is another fun filled exciting day of activities, guided hikes and classes about the Great Smoky Mountains and a little snow won't spoil the fun - as a matter of fact the picture perfect beauty of a snow dusted Smoky Mountains is just what photographers have been waiting for!

Feedback from those that attended Wilderness Wildlife Week yesterday has been extremely positive and it seems that each year it just keeps getting better! A suggestion is that you may want to pack in a lunch today and especially tomorrow and Tuesday, as the road will be a little worse with all the new snow we are expecting the next 48 hours.

As if you cannot get enough, today there will be 2 programs on Black Bear that live in the Smokies and some great slide shows and photography programs on this day 2 of the 21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

• NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK SPECIAL PHOTO EXHIBIT: Pigeon Forge Fifty Years of Progress in the Cello Room 9:00 am- 6:00 pm.
• 8:30 am - 10:30 am Stocked Trout Stream Fishing. Presented by: Greg Ward in the Guitar Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sunday Morning Singing. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Dobro Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am NEW pm: Bear Ecology. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard in the Harp Room.
• 9:00 am -10:00 am Wildflowers of the Southern Highlands. Presented by: Jack Carman in the Violin Room.
• 9:30 am -10:30 am: Marking Time: A Guide to the Historical Markers in East Tennessee. Presented by: Fred Brown in the Ukelele Room.
• 10:30 am -11:30 am: NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Discovery of the Gray Fossil Site. Presented by: Harry Moore in the Dobro Room.
• 10:30 am -11:30 am Images of Light: Slide Presentation. Presented by: Tom and Pat Cory in the Harp Room.
• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: A Hiker's Guide to Wild Food and Medicine. Presented by: Ila Hatter in the Violin Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Improving Your Photography. Presented by: Bill Fortney in the Guitar Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Civil War in the Mountains. Presented by: A. Christine Tipton in the Ukelele Room.
• 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Nature Writing Workshop: Putting your outdoor experiences into words. Presented by: Jeff Rennicke in the Dobro/Harp.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Long Live John Barleycorn- Of Lawns, Weeds and Wheat Fields: Song and Stories. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Violin Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Digital Technician: Slide presentation. Presented by: Bill Fortney in the Guitar Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Butterflies: How to Attract Them. Presented by: Lois English and W.C. and Glenna Julian in the Ukelele Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Kiddin Around: Hands On Introduction to Mountain Music and Instruments. Presented by: Lost Mill String Band in the Breakfast Room. Limit 20 and you must preregister at Information Desk. Parents are encouraged to accompany kids.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Whistle over the Mountains: Story of Elkmont Logging Days. Presented by: Jim Thurston in the Harp Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Old Harp Shaped Note Singing: A group of People from Sevier County sing the way their ancestors did early in the last century. Presented by: David Sarten in the Violin Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Sanctuary in the Smokies: Photographs and Readings from "Sanctuary: Meditations from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Presented by: J. Greg Johnson in the Guitar Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Cardinal's: Everyone's Favorite Red Bird. Presented by: Steve Garr in the Dobro Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Hens, Hives and Herbs: History and Life in the 1940's: W.C. and Glenna Julian and Donna Stinett in the Ukelele Room.
• 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm World Class Smallmouth Bass: Greg Ward in the Breakfast Room.
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm NEW KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Batteries Not Included Fun with Games and Toys. Presented by: Mike Meldrum in the Harp Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Weeds for Your Needs-Useful Wild Plants: Songs and Stories. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Dobro Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm NEW KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Children's Sing-Along: Adults welcome. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Violin Room.
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Switzerland Hiking Photo Tour. Presented by: Shannon Harris in the Ukelele Room.
• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Tales From Two Smokies Trail Completers. Presented by: Bill Deitzer and Tommy Small in the Guitar Room.
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: "Encounters - More on Bears" . Presented by: Joel and Kathy Zachry in the Guitar Room.
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Ken Jenkins Program in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 6:00 pm Tuesday hike sign ups Holiday Inn Express across the street.
• 7:45 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Growing Up Wild: Connecting Kids with the Great Outdoors: The joys, frustrations, and challenges of raising a NEW generation of young people who understand, enjoy, and feel connected to the natural world around them. Presented by: Jeff Rennicke in the Dobro/Harp room.

A picture perfect winter vacation in the Smokies, a great gathering of people for free and a great deal on cabin rentals, why aren't you here?

The 21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week starts today in Pigeon Forge Tennessee

The hottest ticket is the Great Smoky Mountains is at one of the free classes, lectures, activities or on the bus to one of the many guided hikes on the 21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week.

Some of these events that run from January 8th - 15th, 2011 will be standing room only and for good reason: the best of the best will be presenting, guiding and performing and everything taking place at the Wilderness Wildlife Week is free!

This year's Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week will take place again as it has for years at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center a block off the parkway in Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

What is new is that the location to sign up for any one of the more than 50 guided hikes taking place in the Great Smoky Mountains national park will be held at Holiday Inn Express across the street from Music Road Hotel & Convention Center.

This year’s hikes will have the added challenge of plenty of fresh snow. It is very likely that some of the hikes will be canceled or alternate hikes will be made as roads such as Newfound Gap Road between Gatlinburg and Cherokee are closed right now due to snow and ice and there is presently no access to Greenbrier and Cades Cove.

With the inclement weather, some of the lectures may have to be postponed, canceled or speaker may have to be substituted, but no matter what, if you love nature, photography, history, music, crafts, hiking or great stories, there is something for every one of all ages at this year’s 21st Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week Pigeon Forge Tennessee.

The Information Desk at the convention center is open from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm and the Exhibit Hall is open from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm.

Saturday January 8th, 2011 Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule:

• 8:00 am - 11:00 am Learn to Use a Map and Compass. Presented by: Terry and Lavalla Edgington in the Ukelele Room. Limit 50 that must preregister at Information Desk.
• 7:00 am - 9:00 pm The Information Desk is open.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Rock Formations of the Smokies: Geological Past of Smoky Mountains. Presented by: Harry Moore in the Dobro Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Photoshop for the Nature Photographer Presented by: Larry Perry in the Violin Room.
• 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Nature Photography Workshop. Presented by: Kendall Chiles, Tom and Pat Cory and Harold Stinnette in the Guitar Room.
• 9:00 am - 11:30 am Fly Fishing in the Smokies Presented by: Greg Ward in the Harp Room.
• 9:00 am - 1:00 PM: Photo Exhibit Entry and Set Up - (Entry form must be submitted with photo) in the Cello Room.
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am Discovering October Roads: View Fall Colors of East Tennessee. Presented by: Fred Brown and Harry Moore in the Dobro Room.
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am Introduction to the Acoustic Guitar. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Violin Room.
• 11:30 am Sunday hike sign ups at Holiday Inn Express across the street from the convention center.
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Groundhogology: Songs and Tales. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Dobro Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Update on Searching for Panthers in the Smokies. Presented by: Dr. Don Linzey in the Ukelele Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm KIDS TRACK: Animal Olympics: Comparing Human Senses and Abilities to Those of Wild Animals, Interactive. Presented by: Ann Schlichting in the Harp Room. Limit 30 Children: Must Preregister at Information Desk.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm KIDS TRACK: Learn About Bears Through Hands-ON- Activities. Presented by: Anne Allison and Kathy Sherrard in the Breakfast Room. Limit 20: Kindergarten-6th Grade: Must Preregister at Information Desk.
• 1:30 am - 2:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Weather Signs: Learning How to "Read the Signs" for Changes in Weather for Hiking and Camping. Presented by: Ila Hatter in the Violin/Guitar Room .1:30 pm -2:30 pm Serpent Handlers: Serpent Handling Religion in Appalachia. Presented by: Fred Brown in the Dobro Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Grand Canyon Adventure, North to South, East to West, Top to Bottom a View for Everyone. Presented by: Bill Deitzer and Bob Turney in the Harp Room.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Avent Cabin: The Inhabitants, Heritage and Folklore of a Historic Smoky Mountain Cabin Near Elkmont. Presented by: Carroll McMahan in the Ukelele Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Sunday Morning at "Moon"- Shine Missionary Baptist Church: Stories and Songs. Presented by: Mike and Kathy Gwinn in the Dobro Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: National History Day Students: Talented Local Students Share Their Knowledge of How to Document Your Local History. Presented by: Sabrina Gray in the Violin Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Hands On History: Make a Quill Pen with Instructions and Materials to Make a Quill Pen. Presented by: Pat Thomas in the Breakfast Room. Limit 12 which must preregister at Information Desk.
• 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Fly Casting. Presented by: Greg Ward in the Guitar Room.
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UPDATE: Civil War in the Mountains. Presented by: A. Christine Tipton in the Ukelele Room.
• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Waterton Lakes, Canada to Alaska and Return: A Photographic Travel Log. Presented by: Bob and Gloria Epperson in the Harp Room.
• 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Ballads of the Great Smoky Mountains. Presented by: Boogertown Gap Band in the Violin Room.
• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: KIDS TRACK: Booger a Tall Tale of the Mountains: Story Reading and Nature Program for Children and Adults: Wildflower Project. Presented by: Mary Phillips in the Breakfast Room. Limit: 25 Children ages 6-12 and 15 Adults. Must Preregister at Information Desk.
• 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Wildwoods Wisdom: Exploring Our Spiritual Connection to Nature. Presented by: Doug Elliott in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 6:00 pm: Monday hike sign ups - Holiday Inn Express
• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Comments. Presented by: Terry Maddox, Executive Director of Great Smoky Mountains Association: Jim Hart, Director of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Dale Ditmanson, Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 7:30 pm: Opening remarks. Presented by: Ken Jenkins in the Dobro/Harp room.
• 7:45 pm: NEW: Keynote Program. "With NEW Eyes: Finding a Sense of Place in Nature": This presentation is composed of beautiful original photography and intriguing stories, Jeff takes us along a journey to some of the most beautiful places on earth and helps the listener find their own sense of a place close to home. Presented by: Jeff Rennicke in the Dobro/Harp room.

The 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Day Schedule

The 2010 Wilderness Wildlife Week lectures, classes and demonstrations taking place at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge Tennessee have been a welcome break for those that braved the unusual cold in the Smoky Mountains.

Wilderness Wildlife Week is part of the Winterfest celebration that takes place all around the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee in Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Sevierville.

While every Wilderness Wildlife Week has been great, this year about 80 new programs have been added to an already exciting schedule!

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule for January 9th, 2010

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


• 8:00 am - 10:00 am Fishing the Smokies. Presented by: Greg Ward - In the Harp Room.


• 8:00 am - 11:00 am How to Use a Map and Compass. Presented by: Terry and Lavalla Edgington - In the Ukelele Room. (Limit 40 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.)


• 9:00 am - 10:00 am Rock Formations of the Smokies. Presented by: Harry Moore - In the Dobro Room.


• 9:00 am - 10:30 am The Art of Photography: An image critique for artistic enhancement. Presented by: Pat Gordy and Ron Plasencia - In the Guitar Room.


• 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Nature Photography Workshop. Presented by: Kendall Chiles, Harold Stinnette, Tom and Pat Cory - In the Violin Room.


• 10:30 am - 11:30 am Serpent Handlers. Presented by: Fred Brown - In the Dobro Room.


• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Update: Recent Evidence of Cougars in the Southern Appalachians. Presented by: Dr. Don Linzey - In the Harp Room.


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm KIDS TRACK: Animal Olympics - Comparing human senses and abilities to those of wild animals - Interactive! Presented by: Ann Schlichting - In the Ukelele Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Marking Time: An examination of East Tennessee's Historic Markers. Presented by: Fred Brown - In the Dobro Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: What Makes the Smokies Like No Other Park. Presented By Bill and Rosemary Dieter - In the Harp Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Seasons of the Smokies. Presented by: Bob and Gloria Epperson - In the Guitar Room.


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Great Things are done when Men and Mountains Meet - Calligraphy Workshop. Presented by: Pat K. Thomas - In the Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. ( Limit 15 students. Age 12 and up. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.)


• 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Weather Signs: Learning how to "read the signs" for changing weather in hiking and camping. Presented by: Ila Hatter - In the Violin Room.


• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The History of Mt. LeConte Lodge. Presented by: F. Carroll McMahan - In the Ukelele Room.


• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Discovering October Roads. Presented by: Fred Brown and Harry Moore - In the Dobro Room.


• 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Easy Hiking in the Alps. Presented by: Gudrun and Pete Seifert - In the Harp Room.


• 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm World Class Stream Small Mouth Bass. Presented by: Greg Ward - In the Guitar Room.


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Introduction to Close Up and Macro Photography. Presented by: Andrea Shetley - In the Ukelele Room.


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Civil War in the Mountains. Presented by: A. Christine Tipton - In the Violin Room


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Wildwoods Wisdom: Stories, songs, and lore celebrating the natural world. Presented by: Doug Elliott - In the Dobro Room.


• 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Hiking Switzerland. Presented by: Shannon Harris - In the Harp Room.


• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Appalachian People and Their Herbs. Presented by: W.C. and Glenna Julian - In the Ukelele Room.


• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tracing Your Cherokee Heritage. Presented by: Lloyd Arneach - In the Violin Room.


• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEW KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Kiddin' Around - A hands on introduction to mountain music and instruments for kids. Presented by: Jerry and Joan Paul, Lost Mill String Band -In the Music Road Hotel Breakfast Room. (Limit 20 students. Pre-registration at Information Desk required.)


• 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Woodlsore and Wildwoods Wisdom: Singing about catfish, possums, crawdads, hoop snakes, and bee swarms. Presented by: Doug Elliott - In the Dobro Room/Harp.


• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Wilderness Wildlife Week Opening Comments Presented by: Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dale Ditmanson, Director of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Jim Hart, and the Executive Director of Great Smoky Mountains Association Terry Maddox. In the Dobro Room/Harp.


• 7:30 pm Opening Remarks and Slide Presentation. Presented by: Ken Jenkins - In the Dobro/Harp Room.

Remember if you are a supporting member of Friends of the Smokies which help fund the national park you get 10% of your cabin rental in the Smokies for Wilderness Wildlife Week!