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The Foxfire Mountaineer Festival is a single-day celebration of the rich heritage of the Southern Appalachian mountains, featuring traditional music from numerous regional performers, showcases and demonstrations of time-honored handicrafts and trades, and all manner of mountain-flavored games and challenges for young and old alike. The Festival also honors the people of Southern Appalachia, represented at the event by the kind folks who have shared their tales and their lives with Rabun County high school students since 1966 and allowed those stories to be shared with the world through the pages of Foxfire books and magazines.
Go ahead and plan on making a day of it — lunch won't be a problem, with everything from BBQ to burgers to pintos-n-cornbread on offer. There will be top-notch bluegrass and gospel music on stage throughout the day, ranging from true traditional to more-current styles, but all mountain-grown, through and through. Keeping the old skills alive, the craftsfolk will be showing finished goods and/or demonstrating their mastery of woodworking, blacksmithing, folk pottery, textile crafts, and many other talents. The outdoor field events give more-adventurous visitors a chance to see how they would fare in the mountains of old, with physical and mental challenges from the past: brute-strength and endurance contests like pole-climbing and log-sawing, skill and speed trials like archery and greased-pig chases, and simple schoolyard fun like three-legged races and sack races.
Read on through this site (navigation at left) for information about last year's event AND
what's in the works for this year's, too.
DATE — Saturday, October 6, 2012
TIME — 10:00am to 5:00pm
COST — $5 per person, $20 MAX per family
ages 5 & under get in free
LOCATION — Rabun County Civic Center,
on US Hwy. 76 W in Clayton, Georgia
Located in Northeast Georgia's scenic mountain region, along travelers' favorite US Highway 441, Clayton is centrally located less than two hours from Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, Asheville, NC, and Knoxville, TN.
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Appalachian Surveying
Bar W Rodeo
Neil & Joanne Bare
Beck's Funeral Home
Dr. Robert & Lucinda Bunnen
The Candy Store
City of Clayton
Clayton Merchants & Business Assoc.
Clayton Pharmacy
The Clayton Tribune
Community Bank & Trust
Michael Cummings
Dairy Queen of Clayton
Deal's Appliance Service
Democratic Party of Rabun Co.
Dept. of Family & Children's Services
Jesse Dixon
Joseph R. Drexler
Betsy Fowler
Foxfire Community Board
The Fun Factory
Dr. Wesley Funk
Goats on the Roof
Charles & Jacqueline Groover
Ingles of Clayton
Allen Hooper
Ingles of Clayton
Jim's Service Center
Kiwanis Club of Clayton
Tonya Welch Lloyd
McDonald's of Clayton
Mary McL McManus
Medlink Rabun Employees
Ricky Mitchell
Maurice Nichols
Dawn Owens
Rabun County Bank
Rabun County Commissioners
Rabun County Farm Bureau
Rabun County Historical Society
Rabun County Sheriff's Dept.
Reeves Hardware Company
Michael Rogers
Rogers Electric
Leon Shirley
Juanita Shope
Lessie Smithgall
Southern Grace Pageants
Starbucks of Clayton
State Farm Insurance
Stephens Federal Bank
Lorie Ramey Thompson
TNW Cabinets
United Community Bank
U. S. Forest Service
Terry Welch Construction
Woodmen of The World / Emma Chastain
William Young
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From its humble classroom
beginning 45 years ago,
generations of Rabun County
students have worked to
preserve the heritage of
Southern Appalachia on the
pages of The Foxfire Magazine,
and then share it with the world
through the Foxfire books.
In celebration of the program's
45th anniversary, Foxfire has
added a new chapter to
this ongoing legacy:
Singin', Praisin', Raisin'
celebrates 45 years of local
students collecting and
preserving the heritage of Southern Appalachia.
The book’s first song-themed section, “A Beautiful Life,” features thoughtful and
touching stories from new,
colorful regional personalities.
“Knoxville Girl” and
“Barbara Allen” relate intriguing
tales and legends of relatively-
rare notable crimes and various
spooky happenings.
“Echoes” contains encouraging
life stories about gospel,
bluegrass, and faith from
several traditional musicians
from around Appalachia.
“Daddy Was a Farmer” relives
the days of Rabun Gap–
Nacoochee School’s storied
Farm Family Program through
the memories of those who
acquired both sustenance and
education while working the
land around the school.
“With His Own Two Hands”
closes the book with a selection
of how-to articles ranging from
building a versatile farming sled
to constructing basic wood-
working tools and braiding
a leather bullwhip.
Visit www.foxfire.org
to order your copy! |
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