[Scmusenet] 'A Spring String Thing', THIS SATURDAY April 21at the Hagood Mill

[Allen Coleman]

"A Spring String Thing" at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center

A day of milling, music & memories with Nick Hallman and the Nickpickers

 

   The Pickens County Cultural Commission invites you to a special, and free, day of milling, music and memories at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center. The Mill will be operating, rain or shine, on THIS COMING SATURDAY, April 21st 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.

 

   Come join the friends of the Pickens County Museum as "Music in the Mountains 2007" continues with the Hagood Mill playing host for a free concert on the outdoor stage by SC Folk Heritage Award winning multi-instrumentalist, Nick Hallman and the Nickpickers from 12:00 to 2:00. Hallman plays seventeen different instruments, but look for him to spend most of his time on his favorite, the fiddle. Nick, as a teacher, has taught many of the Upstate's best fiddlers and guitarists. Bring a lawn chair and come hear some really fine fiddlin' and pickin'! Hagood Mill does record the "3rd Saturday" music for the archives of the Pickens County Museum of Art & History. One and all are also invited to join in the jam(s) at the site. 

 

   Hagood Mill operates just as it has for the last century-and-a-half. In the old mill, 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.

 

   The Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folklife and traditional arts demonstrations each month, including blacksmithing, bowl-digging, flintknapping, moonshining, quilting, spinning, weaving, woodcarving, open-hearth cooking, musical instrument building 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. 

 

   If you're coming to the Pickens Azalea Festival on Saturday, make sure to check out the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center too! And, if you're a mill "regular," don't forget about the Azalea Festival with entertainment Friday evening, Saturday and Saturday evening!

 

   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 Third 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 at 138 Hagood Mill Road. Hagood Mill is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00, to tour the buildings and grounds and to visit the Mill Site Gift Shop. Additional folklife and music programming has begun on the "First Saturdays," including free monthly workshops from 1:00 to 4:00 by Fiber Friends, a group of fiber artists who meet at the mill each month and musical instrument building (lutherie) demonstrated by Harold Wayne Turner. 

 

    "Music in the Mountains 2007" is sponsored by a private benefactor. 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.

 

   For additional information please contact the Hagood Mill at (864) 898-2936 or the Pickens County Museum at (864) 898-5963.

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