Sponsored by:

Virginia Cooperative Extension

USDA Renewable Resources Extension Act

(RREA)

Coalfields Folk Life Festival

June 4, 5 & 6, 2010

Poplar Gap Park

Grundy Virginia

This festival is a celebration of life in the regions of Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia. The festival is centered in Grundy, an historical coal mining town in Buchanan County. Four tracks of education, presented throughout the festival, will include those which focus on coal mining, agriculture and logging, wildlife of the Cumberland Plateau and Appalachian culture.

Friday

June 4, 2010

Festival Begins at 8:00 a.m.

WORKSHOPS IN THE GYM

Demonstrations begin at 10:00 a.m.

Heirloom Vegetables       Making Mixed Pickles       Bed Turning With Quilts

Corn Shuck Doll Making   Mushroom and Wildflowers    

Production of Freshwater Shrimp    Growing Fish in Farm Ponds   

   History of the Railroad    Growing Cut Flowers    The American Chestnut

UNDER THE TENTS

Shiitake Mushroom Logs

Bugs - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Agricultural Exhibit

Mushrooms & Wildflowers

Hair Sheep

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Dana's Honey Sales

Grafting Apple Trees

Invasive Insect Pest Display

Making Natural Hardwood Lump Charcoal

SWVA Chapter of National Wild turkey Federation

Eastern Coal Council

Consol Energy

H.W. Meador Coal Museum

Tom Brown - Heritage Apples

   Dulcimer Making   Green Ash Baskets

Spinning, Felting and Weaving    Wood-carved Bowls   Rug Twining

Lye Soap Making  Blacksmithing

Heritage Food Products and Presentations

Children's Heritage Activities

OTHER ACTIVITIES

11:00 a.m.   Puppet Show and Puppet Activities

11:00 - 2:00 Field Trial Sheep Dog Demonstration

12:30 and 2:00  Cake Walks

1:00 Reading Time in the Red Caboose

6:00 p.m.  - 10:00 p.m. Storytelling Jerry Vencill and also the Beaver Creek Storytellers

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Watchable Wildlife

Craft and Antique Vendors including Jams and Jellies, Photographs, Cards, Doll Clothing, Doll Beds, Jewelry and More

Vance Petting Zoo

Buchanan County Bird Club Information Tent

Community Groups - Buchanan County and Russell County Chambers of Commerce

Buchanan County Historical Society and SWVA Genealogy Club - Browse their collection of photos, farm implements ad artifacts. Let them shake up your family tree and help you find your roots. Living history for all ages with presenters dressed in period costume. 

Civil War Living History & Encampment - Experience life in the 1860's with Chapman's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery

FOODS AVAILABLE

7:00 a.m. Breakfast: Country Biscuit Sandwiches, Gravy, Biscuit, Coffee, Milk & Juice

12:00 - 3:00 Lunch : Barbeque Chicken Dinner, Cooked on Site

Heritage Desserts

Concession Stand Will Also be Open in Gym

Saturday

June 5, 2010

Festival Begins at 8:00 a.m.

WORKSHOPS IN THE GYM

Demonstrations begin at 10:00 a.m.

Consol Mine Rescue Team

Chocolate Gravy

Quilts of the Coalfields

History of Coal Mining

Corn Shuck Artistry

Mushroom and Wildflowers

Ginseng and Goldens  

       UNDER THE TENTS

   Dulcimer Making   Green Ash Baskets

Spinning, Felting and Weaving    Wood-carved Bowls   Rug Twining

Lye Soap Making  Blacksmithing

Heritage Food Products and Presentations

Children's Heritage Activities

Shiitake Mushroom Logs

Bugs - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Agricultural Exhibit

Mushrooms & Wildflowers

Hair Sheep

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Dana's Honey Sales

Grafting Apple Trees

Invasive Insect Pest Display

Making Natural Hardwood Lump Charcoal

SWVA Chapter of National Wild turkey Federation

Eastern Coal Council

Consol Energy

H.W. Meador Coal Museum

OTHER ACTIVITIES

4-H Drill Team

Bird Walks

Cake Walks

12:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Bluegrass Band Competition

                            Youth Category & Adult Category

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Watchable Wildlife

Craft and Antique Vendors including Jams and Jellies, Photographs, Cards, Doll Clothing, Doll Beds, Jewelry and More

Buchanan County Bird Club Information Tent

Community Groups - Buchanan County and Russell County Chambers of Commerce

Buchanan County Historical Society and SWVA Genealogy Club

FOODS AVAILABLE

11:00 p Beans- 4:00 Soup Beans, Mixed Greens, Fried Corn bread Hoe-Cakes, Sauerkraut, Fried Green Tomatoes, Fried Green Tomatoes Sandwiches, Tea, lemonade, and Heritage Desserts

Concession Stand Will Also be Open in Gym

June 6, 2010

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Old Regular Baptist Sunday Morning Church Service

Everyone is invited to attend an old time church service conducted by the Little David Old Regular Baptist Church with Reverend Frank Newsome and other elders of the church. Reverend Newsome was recognized with a Virginia Heritage Award as being a "Master of traditional art forms" by the Virginia Commission of the Arts in 2009.  A capella singing will be led by Reverend Newsome during the service. Reverend Newsome has appeared as a featured guest at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folk Life and the National Folk Festival in Richmond.

UNDER THE TENTS

   Dulcimer Making   Green Ash Baskets

Spinning, Felting and Weaving    Wood-carved Bowls   Rug Twining

Lye Soap Making  Blacksmithing

Heritage Food Products and Presentations

Children's Heritage Activities

WORKSHOPS IN THE GYM

Demonstrations begin at 1:00 p.m. 

Jam Making

Corn Shuck Artistry 

Quilts of the Coalfields : A Bed Turning

11:00 - 2:00 Be Sure to Join Us for Our Sunday Dinner of Chicken and Dumplings

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

The Buchanan County Extension Office 276 935-5093

The Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce

276 935-4147

Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, veteran status, national origin, disability, or political affiliation. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Alma C. Hobbs, Dean/Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg; R.D. Rudd Interim Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.

Persons needing special accommodations should call in advance to make arrangements to attend.

                                                                                                                                                                                         Photos by Roger Mayhorn