The 13th Annual Hurricane
Shoals Art in the Park festival will be held on Sat. and Sun., Sept. 20 and
21, 2003.
Highlights include the Heritage Village's
19th Century buildings, a 5K footrace, "Funland," arts and crafts booths,
and performances. This year's event will also include a "Hands on
History" program featuring historic children's games, songs, stories,
crafts and other activities in an 1840s log cabin. The program runs
on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is sponsored by the Crawford Long
Museum in Jefferson.
For more information on the festival, call 706-335-5563 or 706-335-6723.
For vendor space information, contact Deanna at 706-548-2807.
Hurricane Shoals Park is located on GA Hwy 82 Spur between Maysville and
Dry Pond. The park may also be reached via GA Hwy 98 between
Maysville and Commerce at Yarbrough's Crossing.
Scenes from the 10th Annual
Art in the Park Festival
September 15 & 16, 2001
Hurricane Shoals Park near Maysville
Members of the 44th Georgia Volunteers explain the types of clothing worn
and equipment used by soldiers during the Civil War.
Whether a life was lost or a soldier needed support, the Chaplain's Tent
could be found at many encampments.
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A greeter stands in period costume on the porch of the Freeman Log Cabin.
The cabin was built around 1840 and was moved from Nicholson, GA.
Inside, a video played showing Clyde Freeman going about his daily routine
inside the cabin. Freeman, a mute, was the last of the Freeman
family to live in the cabin, occupying it until his death in 1991.
The cabin never had any electricity or running water. (Right)
 A room in the Freeman cabin is devoted to quiltmaking, an
enjoyable pastime for many. Here, children are allowed to create
their own quilt patterns on construction paper.
John Mitchell, Banks County extension agent, hammers a trivet out of
iron. The trivet could then be used to sit a coffee pot or skillet
upon over a campfire.
 Among
the arts and crafts items available for sale were "necktie chairs and
stools" and "footed planters."
Travis Knapp of Madison GA creates a spray-painted poster.
Knapp's solar system designs were quite popular among visitors and sold
for around $20. |
