Rose Center - Mountain Makins Festival 2008

Mountain Makin's Festival

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

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, 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.

Mountain Makins Scenes From Prior Years 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.

Mountain Makins Festival Features 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.

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Festival Features

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.

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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.

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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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Mountain Makins Participant Application

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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