Coalfields Folklife Festival Schedule

       June 5,6 &7, 2009         

Grundy, VA

SWCC Booth Center 

Located on the

 Appalachian School of Law Campus

Friday Events

Breaks Park Conference Center 

Friday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Spend some time viewing the beautiful locally made quilts on display.

                                   Learn old and new techniques of quilting from local experts. Sponsored by the

                  Crooked Road Quilters Guild of Dickenson County.

SWCC Booth Center

Friday  -  1:00 p.m. - Evening 

Register for Birding events for Saturday & Sunday listed below. 

Visit the Watchable Wildlife Display area and meet DGIF Representative Jeff Trollinger.

Come learn about Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trails, backyard habitat, building bird houses, habitat at home,  feeding birds and wildlife and many other wildlife-related activities.

Meet author Jim Minick and discuss the many aspects of small Appalachian Farms.

Noon - 4:00 p.m.  SWCC Gallery open exhibiting artwork from Russia, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Ghana and the United States.  Also on exhibit and for sale will be a selection of the work of local artisans from the Appalachian Arts Center, a part of Southwest Virginia Community College. The Arts Center showcases over 150 local artisans.  Items for sale in the gallery include:  wood carving, turning, and furniture, paintings, quilts, handmade greeting cards, locally-made bath goods, jewelry, children’s toys, jams, jellies, apple butter, and honey, pottery, glass, drawings, metal work, knit and crochet goods, books by local authors, CDs by local musicians, and much more are created by local craftspeople, artists, authors and musicians.

1:00 p.m. Herbal Healing presentation with Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist, Green Comfort Herb School

2:30 p.m. - Growing Mushroom for Fun and Profit presentation by Andy Hankins, Extension Specialist, Virginia State University

4:00 p.m. - Raising Meat Goats presentation by Fideles Okpebholo, Extension Specialist, VSU

7:00 p.m. - Wildflowers and Botanical Plants of the Cumberland Plateau presented by Dr. Larry Stritch, Senior Botanist, U.S. Forest Service.

Mike Young Bike Trail

1:00 p.m. - Native Plants Hike Learn to recognize our native plants as you walk the trail with Dr. Larry Stritch, Senior Botanist, U.S. Forest Service.

2:30 p.m. - Forest Management Hike Walk the trail with Bill Worrell, Extension Agent, Forestry and Natural Resources and get a first hand look at how a forest should be managed.

4:00 p.m. - Medicinal Herbs Hike Travel the trail with Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist from the Green Comfort School as she shows you our local herbs that may be used for medicinal purposes

Enoch's Branch Recreational Park 

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Live Music

1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.    Meet Dave Sexton - Master of the Hounds and Bench Show Judge for the United Kennel Club - will be on hand to teach you about the 7 breeds of coonhounds, give training tips and care giving advice as well as having owners and dogs available for questions. Two field events will be conducted. Learn while watching live demonstrations.

1:00 p.m. - 5 p.m. Spend time watching the artisans demonstrating their skills - Basket making, Corn shuck doll construction, Dulcimer making and blacksmithing. Also join us for Children's Heritage games from the past.

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Heritage Foods - Demonstrations by Jeannie Mullins

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Heritage cooking with herbs presented by Phyllis Deel.

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.    Buchanan County Public Library     "Telling Our Story "

   Open to the Public

Join Librarian Sherry Bright as she shares hints for telling a story with a few good

story examples thrown in! David Raines will offer banjo music and stories from our region.

Compton Mountain

6:00 p.m. Join a local guide at the Mullins' Farm Trail on Compton Mt. for a casual walk to view and identify local plants and trees.

8:45 p.m.

  Owling 

Join Buchanan County Bird Club Members at the SWCC Booth Center on the Appalachian School of Law Campus for some night time birding as we search for Owls at the Hibbitts Cemetery and on the Mike Young Bike Trail.

Saturday

Scheduled Events

Grundy Baptist Church Relay for Life Teams will sponsor an Early Morning Breakfast Fund Raiser at the Baptist Church beside the Appalachian School of Law Campus

Buchanan County Bird Club Activities

7:00 a.m.    Welcome area open for Buchanan County Birding information 

                                                (SWCC Booth Center)

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Sock Puppet Magic - Make your own puppet and produce a show. Supplies provided.

11:00-11:30 a.m.  Coalfield Critters Puppet Show - Join the local animals as they tell their stories.

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.     Local storytellers share their talents.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Storytelling Competition - Students are invited to share stories for cash, prizes and bragging rights. Judging will be in three levels with a $50.00 1st. place prize in each level.

Level One - Grades 4-6,   Level Two -Grades 7-9, and Level Three - Grades 10-12. Stories may be original or adapted from written literary works. Each story should be between 3 to 5 minutes in length.

Enoch's Branch Recreational Park

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Crafter's Demonstrations

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Heritage Foods Cooking Demonstrations presented by Jeannie Mullins

10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Children's Heritage Games and Live Music

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Heritage Food Cooking Demonstration presented by Jeannie Mullins

11:00 a.m. - Noon Dave Sexton, Master of the Hounds and Bench Show Judge for the United Kennel Club will present information on how to show your dog. Dogs will be available to show you what a judge wants. Bring your dog and get tips from a judge. This program is for any dog, not just coon dogs.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. "Country Dinner" for sale - soup beans and cornbread, boiled "new" potatoes, fried green tomatoes or fried cabbage, lemonade, coffee and fried pies. Sponsored by VCE

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Heritage Foods Cooking Demonstrations presented by Jeannie Mullins/Susan Herndon.

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Heritage cooking with herbs presented by Phyllis Deel.

SWCC Booth Center

9:00 a.m. - Forestry Program for Landowners Be a part of this presentation to learn about how you may manage your property. Presented by Bill Worrell, Extension Agent, Forestry and Natural Resources

10:00 a.m. -  Pastured Poultry Want to know about caring for poultry raised on natural pasture land? Be sure to attend this presentation by Fidelis Okpebholo, Extension Specialist.

10:00 a.m. - Introduction to Herbal Medications. The history and background of herbal use, consumer selection of herbal medication, and a brief overview of how different formulations are prepared. Presented by Dr. Randy Mullins, PHARM D FASCP-  Pharmacist, Biologist and Associate Prof. of  Pharmaceutics at Appalachia College of Pharmacy.

11:00 a.m. - Join Tom Brown for his presentation of Virginia Heritage Apples ---One man's effort to find our lost Virginia apples and restore them to productivity.

11:00 A.M. - Author, Farmer, teacher at Radford University Jim Minick - Birds of Many Feathers:Essays and Poems to Celebrate our Winged Friends - SWCC Booth Center

Noon - 4:00 p.m.  SWCC Gallery open exhibiting artwork from Russia, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Ghana and the United States.  Also on exhibit and for sale will be a selection of the work of local artisans from the Appalachian Arts Center, a part of Southwest Virginia Community College. The Arts Center showcases over 150 local artisans.  Items for sale in the gallery include:  wood carving, turning, and furniture, paintings, quilts, handmade greeting cards, locally-made bath goods, jewelry, children’s toys, jams, jellies, apple butter, and honey, pottery, glass, drawings, metal work, knit and crochet goods, books by local authors, CDs by local musicians, and much more are created by local craftspeople, artists, authors and musicians.

1:00 p.m. Do you want to learn how to make your own Herbal Salves? Be sure to attend this presentation by Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist from Green Comfort Herb School.

2:00 p.m. - Author, Farmer, teacher at Radford University Jim Minick - Stories From the Field: Life on an Organic Blueberry Farm

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Local artist Linda Pritchard will present a demonstration of easy oil painting techniques. Questions during the demonstration are welcome. There will be a display of her work with prints available for purchase. One lucky observer will win the painting done on site. SWCC Booth Center.

3:30 p.m. - Growing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Medicinal Herbs presented by Andy Hankins, Extension Specialist, Virginia State University.

4:30 p.m. Herbs for Women presented by Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist, Green Comfort Herb School.

7:00 p.m. Wildflowers and Botanical Plants of the Cumberland Plateau presented by Dr. Larry Stritch, Senior Botanist, U.S. Forest Service.

Mike Young Bike Trail

9:00 a.m. -Native Plants Hike Learn to recognize our native plants as you walk the trail with Dr. Larry Stritch, Senior Botanist, U.S. Forest Service.

10:30 am  - Medicinal Herbs Hike   Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist, Green Comfort Herb School

  12:00 noon -Ginseng and Goldenseal Planting Demonstration Andy Hankins, Extension Specialist, Virginia State University

1:30 pm - Tree Identification Hike  Bill Worrell, Extension Agent, Forestry and Natural Resources

3:00 pm - Native Plants Hike Dr. Larry Stritch, Senior Botanist, U. S. Forest Service

                       Saturday -   All Day Activities

Enoch’s Branch Recreational Field/Park

Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m. to Noon

  Experience life in the 1860’s with Chapman’s Battery, Virginia Light Artillery - A Part of the Confederate Artillery Unit.

Visit any time and experience the life of an artillery man.  Men will be dressed in full artillery uniforms and the women will be dressed in period civilian clothes.

See what’s involved in preparing to fire a cannon, the men’s positions on the gun, and the wrap up after the firing.

 Scheduled Cannon Shots   

Saturday:    10:00 a.m.           2:00 p.m.        5:00 p.m.

Sunday       10:00 a.m.

(arrive a little before shot times to watch the prep)

Also be sure to check out the Country Cookin' at Enoch's Branch Park and sample some fine food. Learn about drying and cooking with herbs. There will be displays of the food drying methods. (Leather britches, apples..etc.)    There will also be a picture display of the ways and places that foods were housed and stored—spring houses, chicken coops, corncribs, smokehouses, root cellars and can houses, bee gums, well houses….

Some foods on the scene that day will be:  poke salad, hominy, sauerkraut, killed lettuce and creasy greens, chicken and dumplings, biscuits and sawmill gravy, corn on the cob and pickled corn, country ham and red eye gravy, apples in many forms—dried, cakes, sauce, and breads, fried squash, fried green tomatoes, tomato gravy, fried okra and beet pickles, pone bread and soup beans, molasses cake and popcorn balls, strawberry and rhubarb pies. 

Come listen to live music, learn how to braid hair, learn how to make apple butter and play old timey games.

Visit with Robin and Mary Reed, who are juried crafters in the KY Crafted program. Robin is the primary basket maker in this husband and wife team, choosing to work mostly outside on the banks of Ross Creek which runs by the couple's studio. Bark is stripped and collected from tulip poplar and willow trees in the spring and summer. Hatchets and drawknives are used to remove the bark from lumbered or fallen trees in the area rather than from living trees in order to preserve the health of the living trees. Then the bark is cut to the predetermined sizes and shapes, dipped in the creek until it has been softened and folded into many designs that can be used for picking blackberries, gathering vegetables or just as a conversation piece. Sewn together with willow bark, some baskets have handles and lids. The baskets are made for functional and decorative uses and are especially beautiful when filled with corn shuck flowers. With proper care they can last a lifetime.

While Robin produces baskets, Mary is busy creating a variety of Corn shuck flowers, creatures and dolls. These items are made from cut, dried and bleached corn shucks that are left in the fields after the corn has been harvested. Later they are dyed with commercial dyes. Both Reeds have always taken a very conscientious and earth-friendly approach to harvesting the natural materials they use in their handmade items.

James Eaves, Jr., veteran basket maker, was first exposed to black ash basket making by a well known basket maker and storyteller by the name of Bill Smith. James takes black ash tree sections and turns them into a basket. James' basket have juried into the best of West Virginia Crafts at Tamarack, Mountain Made, and Lost River Museum.

Breaks Park 

Learn about quilting from local experts by visiting the Quilt Show in the Breaks Park Conference Center. 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.. Sponsored by the Crooked Road Quilt Guild of Dickenson County.

Appalachian Law School Campus/SWCC Booth Center 

While at the SWCC Booth Center, drop by the DGIF Watchable Wildlife Display and visit with Jeff Trollinger. See the animal tracks, mounts and furs and get stickers and rub on tattoos for the kids. You can be an active part of Virginia's wildlife resources.

Visit Buchanan County Bird Club Area for information on caring for Bluebirds, local bird trails and photography by club members. Also pick up brochures for the travel directions and spots of interest for the Coal Heritage Trail.

John Dickens - Custom  Woodcarver- will demonstrate, display & sell his one of a kind carvings. Watch  as John  turns a piece of wood into a beautiful bird or a hard working mule.  

Be sure to stop by and visit with Teresa Boardwine, AHG, Herbalist Practitioner and Educator. Teresa is an educator, medicine maker and clinical herbalist. Teresa enjoys spending time with people and plants. She teaches and lectures at many venues in and around Virginia. Her consultation business, Green Comfort is operated from her home Apothecary. As the former co-founder and administrator of Dreamtime Center for Herbal Studies, Teresa taught Nutrition and Laboratory Practicum in that business for 7 years. Her education includes completion of several certificate programs with Dominion Herbal School, The California School of Herbal Studies, Emerson School of Herbology, the Natural Gourmet Cookery Institute, and the American Polarity Therapy Institute. With degrees in Home Economics Education and Science, Teresa taught in two international high schools in Germany where she began her exploration of whole food, spiritual growth and natural healing. Her journey led her to live in Europe for 10 years, a life changing experience from which she continues to draw.

Her healing work incorporates the five elements, constitutional diagnosis and plant energy from her studies of Plant Spirit Medicine, Sacred Plant Medicine and Traditional Diagnosis. She has studied with David Hoffmann, Matthew Wood, Amanda McQuade Crawford, Eliot Cowan, Stephen Buhner and Chancal Cabrera. Her incredible teachers have helped to shape the kind of holistic herbalism she practices today.

Teresa treats the whole person and honors the mind, body, spirit connection. Her exuberance for life really comes across in her teaching. She expounds upon the chemistry of a plant as if it were telling its story. Indeed they speak to her and she listens to their longing to be utilized and honored as healers. Teaching is her gift, plants her passion and hands- on medicine making her talent. 

Robin and Mary Reed are juried crafters in the Kentucky Crafted program. Robin is the primary basket maker in this husband and wife team, choosing to work mostly outside on the banks of Ross Creek which runs by the couple’s studio. Bark is stripped and collected from tulip poplar and willow trees in the spring and summer. Hatchets and drawknives are used to remove the bark from lumbered or fallen trees in the area rather than from living trees in order to preserve the health of the living trees. Then the bark is cut to predetermined sizes and shapes, dipped in the creek until it has been softened, and folded into many designs that can be used for picking blackberries, gathering vegetables, or just for a conversation piece. Sewn together with the willow bark, some baskets have handles and lids. The baskets are made for functional and decorative uses and are especially beautiful when filled with corn shuck flowers. With proper care, they can last a lifetime.

While Robin produces baskets, Mary is busy creating a variety of corn shuck flowers, creatures, and dolls. These items are made from cut, dried, and bleached corn shucks that are left in the fields after the corn has been harvested. They are dyed with commercial dyes later. Both Reeds have always taken a very conscientious and earth-friendly approach to harvesting the natural materials they use in their handmade items.

  James Eaves, Jr.'s  first exposure to black ash baskets was from a well known basket maker and storyteller by the name of Bill Smith. James takes black ash tree sections and turns them into a basket. James’ baskets have juried into the best of West Virginia Crafts at Tamarack, Mountain Made, and Lost River Museum.

Visit with apple expert Tom Brown and learn about the oldest apples in our area. See examples of the "Old Timey" apple varieties and learn their history.

Compton Mountain Road

Take a scenic drive along Compton Mt. Rd. (a section of the Birding and Wildlife Trail & a part of the Coal Heritage Trail) and shop to your heart's content at the all day family yard sales. Be sure to take advantage of the guided Plant & Tree ID Walks at the Mullins' Farm at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m.  

Pick up a flyer at the Buchanan County Bird Club table and enjoy the wildlife and history of Buchanan County as you travel this beautiful mountain top road.

Grundy Plaza

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Visit the Moonshine Still on display and learn about its history as well as how it works.

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  A variety of crafts and other items will be for sale along with displays and informational booths .  You will be amazed and charmed by the items created by local artisans.

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Come and join MC Barney Stiltner and enjoy the music of :

The Long Family       Eddie Sheet       Barney Stiltner      Cheyenne         Bink Rush        The Gospel Grass Trio 

Be a part of the audience as the performances are filmed for television. Watch for the show and see yourself on      The Barney Stiltner Show on Channel 68   WLFG-DT

Sunday

8:00 a.m. - Birding the Breaks Park -  Meet at Breaks Park lodge parking area.

8:00 a.m. - Birding Enoch's Branch Park -  Meet at SWCC Booth Center to caravan to park.

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Crafter's Demonstrations - Enoch's Branch Recreational Park

9:00 a.m. - Native Plant Hike along the Mike Young Bike Trail led by Dr. Larry Stritch

9:00 a.m. - Noon  - Visit the Confederate Artillery Camp at Enoch's Branch Recreational Park.

9:00 a.m. - Raising Hair Sheep - program presented by Fidelis Okpebholo of Virginia State University.        SWCC Booth Center

10:00 a.m. - Closing cannon shot fired at Enoch's Branch Recreational Park

10:00 a.m. - Herbs from the Bible presented by Teresa Boardwine, Herbalist. SWCC Booth Center

10:00 a.m. -  Jeff Trollinger's  Watchable Wildlife Display, SWCC Booth Center  

10:00 30 a.m. - Noon Gospel Music - Enoch's Branch Recreational Park                  

11:00 a.m. -  Growing Mushrooms for Fun & Profit - Andy Hankins,. SWCC Booth Center

11:30 a.m. - Noon  Heritage Food Cooking Demonstration presented by Jeannie Mullins at Enoch's Branch Recreational park