Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Preview Night: Friday, October 24, 2008
2008 Mountain Makins Festival
Information
Festival Features Storytelling And Author's Tent
Festival Sponsors
Photos From Previous Mountain Makins
Festivals Participant/Exhibitor,
Food Vendor, Author's Tent
Instructions & Applications
2008 Mountain Makins Festival Information
The 33nd Annual Mountain Makins
Festival, recipient of the
Southeast Tourism Award of Excellence for 2004, listed as a Great Escape by the New York Times in 2002, and
named by the Southeast Tourism Society as a Top 20
Event In The Southeast for October 2001 and most
recently for October 2008, will be celebrated at
Rose Center on Saturday, October 25,
2008,
from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and Sunday, October 26,
2008, from 11:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M.
Mountain Makins is a folk life/crafts festival celebrating the traditions of Appalachia through traditional music and dance, storytelling, regional authors, fine art, juried crafts, skilled demonstrations, a variety of delicious food, children's activities and more. The festival takes place inside and outside the Rose Center, an 1892 school building which is now an historical museum and cultural arts center.
● The Festival begins with a Preview Reception on Friday, October October 24, 2008 from 6:30 to 9:00 P.M.. Preview is open to anyone who wants first choice of the high-quality, juried crafts being offered at the Festival. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Enjoy an evening of shopping, exquisite delicious food and delightful musical entertainment.
The purchase of a Preview ticket is also a weekend pass into the Festival. Tickets for Preview night are $25 and must be purchased in advance. To purchase a Preview ticket, stop by the Rose Center office or call 581-4330.
There are two stages of music both
Saturday and Sunday. More than 65 juried crafters show their best works.
Crafters exhibit throughout the building and on the surrounding grounds. Crafts
typically represented include cedar items, basketry, stained glass, blown
glass, pewter items, clay sculptures, fiber art, fine art, woodworking, dried
flowers, wooden toys, pressed flowers, jewelry, bath products, oils and herbs,
Teddy bears, tole painting, pottery, wood furniture, gourd painting, paper
cutting, cornshuck items and much more.
More than a dozen demonstrators of traditional crafts
are at work during the festival. Among the demonstrations are chair caning,
broom making, woodturning, wood carving, miniatures, a master beekeeper, lye
soap making, basket weaving, apple butter making, quilting, a blacksmith, and
wheelwright.
Additional attractions include the Davy Crockett Museum, Davy Crockett storytelling by Jim Claborn, and a Civil War Encampment.
Special activities are planned for the children at Mountain Makins. New to the Festival is a Bungee Jumper and a Kiddie Train. Pony rides and horse and buggy rides gallop up and down the street. These are a sure hit with the kids. Craft projects suitable for all ages are offered as well as face painting, pumpkin decorating and games.
Mountain Makins provides a truly fun-filled weekend, offering something for everyone, If you have never been to the Festival, do not miss it! If you have been before, we know you will be back for more! Events and offerings of the Festival guarantee crowd pleasing entertainment and shopping delight for the entire family. Admission is $4 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 through 12, and free for children 5 years and under.
- Over 65 juried crafter exhibitions
- Skilled demonstrations: chair
caning, woodcarving, black smithing, lye soap making, a wheelwright
and other demonstrators as listed above. - Appalachian Storytelling
- Author's Tent
- Children's activities
- Civil War living history encampment
- Entertainment all weekend featuring: bluegrass, gospel, old time bands, and clogging
- Delicious food
As noted above, the festival weekend begins with the Preview Reception on Friday evening. One of Morristown's social events of the year, the evening includes a buffet, musical entertainment, and advance viewing of the crafts. Tickets are available in advance at Rose Center.
Storytelling And Author's Tent
Returning to the Festival this year is Storytelling on both Saturday and Sunday. Ten of the area's most talented storytellers will be featured at Mountain Makins this year. Pull up a chair and enjoy an endless variety of Appalachian legends and stories that will tickle your funny bone, inspire, and entertain your entire family.
The variety and quality of stories and storytellers are comparable to the many storytelling festivals that are now occurring around the country. Come and listen and you will discover why storytelling is becoming one of the fastest growing forms of family entertainment. The storytelling tent will be located on Jackson Street.
A popular attraction at the festival is our Author's Tent, featuring works from regional author's. A huge selection of topics will be offered.
Whether your likes are novels, mystery-suspense, historical, Appalachian facts and trivia, humor, science fiction, cookbooks, or regional points of interest, the Author's Tent will have the authors present to sign their books. Located on Jackson Street, the Author's Tent houses reading for all tastes.
Rose Center is very grateful for our Mountain Makins Festival sponsors. Thank you for your generous support!
Photos From
Previous
Mountain Makins Festivals
To view photographs from previous Mountain Makins Festivals, click on any of the thumbnail images below to view the larger image. We hope to see you at the 2007 festival. It's going to be better than ever!
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Participant/Exhibitor, Food
Vendor,
& Author's Tent
Instructions/Applications
For information on participating in the festival (crafter, musician, food vendor, or serving as a volunteer), you may download exhibitor/participant and/or food vendor instructions and the application directly from this site, or, you may contact Sharon Pritchard at (423) 581-4330 or e-mail her at sharon@rosecenter.org. If you send e-mail to Sharon, please include your name, address, phone number and your interest.
Download then print the instructions/application below in a format that is compatible with software installed on your computer. Please note that if you are using Microsoft Works or an older version of Microsoft Word , you are advised to download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader and install the software on your computer. Then, download the Mountain Makins .pdf instructions/application below. The Microsoft Word document below is compatible with Word versions 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. The WordPerfect document is compatible with all versions of Corel WordPerfect.
Participant/Exhibitor
Mountain Makins'
Participant/Exhibitor instructions & application Pdf file
(right-click the link and "Save Target As" and save to a folder on your
computer. Then use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the file.),
Mmapplication.pdf (172
KB).
Mountain Makins' Participant/Exhibitor
instructions & application as Microsoft Word documents (right-click
the link and "Save Target As" and save to your desktop or to a folder on your
computer. Then go to the desktop or folder on your hard drive where you saved
the file, and left double click on the file to open it in Microsoft Word.),
Mmapplication.doc (131
KB).
Mountain Makins'
Participant/Exhibitor instructions & application as
WordPerfect documents (right-click the link and "Save Target As" and
save to your desktop or to a folder on your computer. Then go to the desktop or
folder on your hard drive where you saved the file, and left double click on
the file to open it in WordPerfect), Mmapplication.wpd (162
KB).
Food Vendor
Mountain Makins' Food Vendor instructions &
application Pdf file (right-click the link and "Save Target As" and save to a
folder on your computer. Then use Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit
Reader to open and print the file.), MMFoodVendorApplication.PDF 10
KB).
Mountain Makins' Food Vendor instructions
& application as Microsoft Word document (right-click the link and
"Save Target As" and save to your desktop or to a folder on your computer. Then
go to the desktop or folder on your hard drive where you saved the file, and
left double click on the file to open it in Microsoft Word.), MMFoodVendorApplication.doc (25
KB).
Mountain Makins' Food Vendor
instructions & application as WordPerfect document (right-click the
link and "Save Target As" and save to your desktop or to a folder on your
computer. Then go to the desktop or folder on your hard drive where you saved
the file, and left double click on the file to open it in WordPerfect),
MMFoodVendorApplication.wpd (9
KB).
Author's Tent
Mountain Makins' Author's Tent instructions &
application Pdf file (right-click the link and "Save Target As" and save to a
folder on your computer. Then use Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit
Reader to open and print the file.), AuthorsTentApplication.pdf (11
KB).
Mountain Makins' Author's Tent instructions
& application as Microsoft Word documents (right-click the link and
"Save Target As" and save to your desktop or to a folder on your computer. Then
go to the desktop or folder on your hard drive where you saved the file, and
left double click on the file to open it in Microsoft Word.), AuthorsTentApplication.doc (24
KB).
Mountain Makins'
Author's Tent instructions & application as
WordPerfect documents (right-click the link and "Save Target As" and
save to your desktop or to a folder on your computer. Then go to the desktop or
folder on your hard drive where you saved the file, and left double click on
the file to open it in WordPerfect), AuthorsTentApplication.wpd (9
KB).
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