[Scmusenet] "Things that go Bump in the Night" - THIS THURSDAY EVENING - October 19 at the Pickens County Museum

[Allen Coleman]

Ghosts, haints and goblins

topic of museum program

 

Ghosts, haints, boogers, spooks and goblins will share the spotlight
when the Pickens County Museum of Art & History presents "Things that Go
Bump in the Night" Thursday evening October 19 at the museum.

 

Activities get underway at 5 p.m. as author John Boyanoski of Piedmont
signs copies of his recently published book "Ghosts of Upstate South
Carolina."  He might even read one of his stories to get things started.

 

At 6 p.m. story teller/folk historian/musician Dean Watson of Easley
will begin spinning yarns, sharing some of the most chilling ghost
stories imaginable.  These will vary from Mark Twain's famous story "The
Golden Arm" to "Spearfinger, Stone Skinned Witch of the Cherokee".  

 

He also will profile some very local ghosts who are said to frequent
Pickens County Museum and Hagood Mill.

 

Watson, a member of the Pickens County Cultural Commission and panelist
for the selection of the South Carolina Arts Commission's annual Jean
Laney Harris State Folk Heritage Award, teaches a five-session class on
regional folklore and legends through Clemson University's Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute and is co-founder of the Piedmont Harmony
project, one of the largest folk life research programs in South
Carolina.

 

At the close of his program Watson will provide certain "security
blanket" procedures for children to make sure all the "boogers and
haints" don't visit after dark.

 

Copies of Boyanoski's book "Ghosts of Upstate South Carolina" will be
available at The Museum Shop.

 

The author, a native of Pennsylvania, is a writer for "The Greenville
Journal."  He became interested in ghost tales as a youngster when he
listened to members of his family tell them in the evenings.  It took
him more than two years to collect and write the 40 stories that make up
his book.

 

"Things That Go Bump in the Night" is part of the Pickens County
Museum's continuing effort to provide a variety of interesting and
educational programming for the community.  

 

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History is funded in part by Pickens
County, members and friends of the museum and a grant from the South
Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National
Endowment for the Arts.

 

The museum is located at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens, at the
intersection of Johnson Street and Highway 178. 

 

For additional information about the museum and its programs call (864)
898-5963.

 

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