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Tickets available beginning Sept. 2 for Balsam Range concert at arts center

Mountain Heritage Day 5K, Fun Run to be held on campus Sept. 27

Mountain Heritage Day includes foods contest, other competitions
 
Quilting

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rain or Shine
Western Carolina University
Call (828) 227-3193
Email mglover@email.wcu.edu

 

 

Join us for the 34th annual event Sept. 27, 2008

Balsam Range band photo
Image: Visitors check out antique cars at car show Image: Dixie Darlin' clogger keeps time with the music
Image: An aerial shot of WCU's Mountain Heritage Day festival
Mountain Heritage Day is always
the last Saturday in September.
Held on WCU's campus in Cullowhee, N.C., Mountain Heritage Day is a combination old-fashioned mountain fair and showcase for authentic Southern Appalachian folk arts. Admission to the festival grounds is free.

The festival regularly attracts more than 25,000 visitors, just as the first hint of autumn is touching surrounding mountain peaks. It takes place in the heart of one of the nation’s premier vacationlands, with the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Cherokee, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located just minutes away.

A visit to Mountain Heritage Day, combined with stops at other local attractions, makes for a fine early fall weekend in the North Carolina mountains!

Rated as one of the top 200 craft events in the U.S., the festival’s most vital role is in linking generations and helping maintain authentic folk arts of the mountains. WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center once again will provide demonstrations and exhibitions of traditional mountain crafts and skills such as woodcarving, basket making, blacksmithing, quilting, and weaving.


5K Race & Fun Run

Runner graphicFun Run begins at 8:30 a.m.; 5K race starts at 9 a.m.

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