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Thistle Cove Farm's Appalachian Heritage Festival "If It's Not Handmade, One At A Time, You Won't Find It Here!"
According to Sandra Bennett of Thistle Cove Farm, last year
the Appalachian Heritage
Festival had 30+ vendors and 700-800 visitors from 7 states and the
District of Columbia. This year even more vendors and visitors are expected to
attend. The Festival features crafts and antiques that would have been made and
used 150 years ago. Crafters demonstrate, and sell, everything from split oak
baskets too quilts. Last year the woodworker made a grain shovel from a single piece of popular,
watch a blacksmith at his forge, a leatherworker shows off his hand tooled
leather saddles, spinners turn wool into yarn, weavers make scarves, a woman
hooks rugs while another knits a pair of socks. Someone else carves walking
sticks and dolls show off their handmade clothes. There's handmade pottery, hand
knitted scarves and lots more for sale! If you're hungry, eat some brown beans and cornbread cooked
over a pit fire or have a hot yeast donut. There are other festival foods as
well (hamburgers, hot dogs, etc.). If you grow weary, sit a spell on a straw
bale and listen to the old time bluegrass sounds of Smokey's Mountain Boys or
take a turn down the valley on a wagon. The children will enjoy riding the
ponies or helping press apples on an antique apple press. Photo opportunities abound at every turn on this working
horse and sheep farm. It's a day for the memory book and to restore a little
sanity to harried lives. Slow down a bit and enjoy listening to the sounds of
the day and the animals; reflect on how your grandparents lived. Come...find Sanctuary at Thistle Cove Farm and the
Appalachian Heritage Festival. If you're a vendor who thinks your wares would fit in well,
contact Thistle Cove Farm at the addresses below. If you're a visitor and want more information or
would like to see some Festival 2000 photos, visit their website at www.thistlecovefarm.com
or e-mail them at festival@netscope.net
or call them at 540.988.4121. They always have time for a friendly voice! The Appalachian Heritage Festival celebrates all things Appalachia and is held October 5, from 10 to 5 at Thistle Cove Farm in Tazewell County, VA. (Maps of the location of Thistle Cove Farm are located on their web page.) |
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