[Scmusenet] A Gospel Celebration at the Hagood Mill - Saturday August 19

[Allen Coleman]

DATE:  August 15, 2006                             

FOR RELEASE:  Immediate

CONTACT: Ed Bolt, Hagood Mill Site Manager

Phone: (864) 898-5963   

E-mail: edb at co.pickens.sc.us  

 

 

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"Gospel Celebration" at Hagood Mill

 

The Pickens County Cultural Commission invites you to a special, and free, day of milling, music and memories at the Historic Hagood Mill. The Mill will be operating, rain or shine, on Saturday, August 19th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This 1845 gristmill, with its' 20 ft. overshot wooden waterwheel, is one of the oldest mills still producing grain products in S.C.

 

Join the friends of the Pickens County Museum as "Music in the Mountains 2006" continues with the Hagood Mill playing host for a free, musical "Gospel Celebration" on the outdoor Cabin Stage from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m.  The show will feature the Cross Roads Singers, Minister Mary King, The Calvary Trio and Alton Childress. Hagood Mill does record the "3rd Saturday" music for the archives of the Pickens County Museum of Art & History. Remember to bring your lawn chair, so you can sit back and enjoy the day!

 

A special treat for the day will be John Owen, from "Carolina Carvers," doing chain saw "bear" carving from 10:00 to 12:00. John will be available afterwards to show some pieces, talk about his work and answer questions.

 

Hagood Mill operates just as it has for the last century-and-a-half. Miller, Alan Warner, will be conducting tours, answering questions and giving corn-grinding demonstrations throughout the day. Fresh stone-ground corn meal, grits and wheat flour will be available, as well as Hagood Mill cookbooks and a variety of other mill related items. 

 

Members of the Upcountry Quilters Guild will continue their work on a very special quilt to be raffled the third Saturday in October to sponsor folklife programming at the mill site. The pattern, "Goose in the Pond" is a bed size quilt with 81 pieces per block, made of reproduction Civil War era fabrics. Raffle tickets will be available from the quilters at the mill. 

 

The Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folklife and traditional arts demonstrations each month, including blacksmithing, bowl-digging, broom-making, flintknapping, moonshining, quilting, spinning, weaving, woodcarving, open-hearth cooking and more! Also enjoy the opportunity to see the progress made on the restoration of the complete 19th Century cotton ginning operation, including gin, in-feed, compactor and baler. When restoration is complete, the gin will become part of the Mill's regular attractions and will certainly bring back memories of the days when cotton was king and the southern textile industry was just beginning. 

 

There promises to be lots to do and lots of fun! So, head on out, grab a plate of Kannarney's Barbeque and enjoy a day at the Mill. Show your support for the Mill and the Pickens County Museum by joining them at this monthly 3rd Saturday event. The Hagood Mill operates, rain or shine, the third Saturday of every month and is located just 3 miles north of Pickens or 5 ½ miles south of Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy 11 off SC Hwy 178 on Hagood Mill Road. Hagood Mill is now open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00, to tour the buildings and grounds and to pick up those "mill products." Additional folklife and music programming will begin soon.

 

The Hagood Mill folklife programs and "Music in the Mountains 2006" are sponsored by the Duke Power Company and the kindness of a benefactor desiring to remain un-named.

 

For additional information please contact the Pickens County Museum at (864) 898-5963 or by e-mail at picmus at co.pickens.sc.us <mailto:picmus at co.pickens.sc.us>  

 

 

 

 

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