[Scmusenet] "St. Patrick's Day Open Music Stage & Wool Dyeing" at Hagood Mill - Saturday March 17

[Allen Coleman]

RELEASE DATE:  March 12, 2007                             

EVENT DATE:  March 17, 2007

CONTACT: Ed Bolt, Hagood Mill Site Manager, at 864.898.2936 , edb at co.pickens.sc.us 

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"St. Patrick's Day Open Music Stage & Wool Dyeing" at Hagood Mill

 

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 Saturday, March 17th 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, "St. Patrick's Day Open Stage" in the Visitor Building at 12:00 a.m., followed at 1:30 with an "encore" performance by "bluesmen" Steve McGaha and Freddie Vanderford. (If the weather's really nice, the "open stage" portion may be on the outdoor stage...the bluesmen will be recording indoors) This is a chance for the mill site's regulars (and visitors) to get up and share a few tunes. 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. So, wear something "green" and come on out.

 

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.

 

In the old days, this is the time of year when the women got together and started to dye the wools from their sheep that had just been sheared and washed. On this St. Patrick's Day, the mill site's spinners will demonstrate the process of dyeing wool in several colors in roving and skeins. The history of dyeing will also be told.  At the Hagood cabin, spinning will be in process...items made of handmade wool will be on display and many will be for sale.

 

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. 

 

There promises to be lots to do and lots of fun! So, head on out, grab a hotdog or 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 at 138 Hagood Mill Road. Hagood Mill is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00, to tour the buildings and grounds or to purchase mill related products. Additional folklife and music programming has begun on the "First Saturdays." Watch for scheduling.

 

"Music in the Mountains 2007" is sponsored by an "anonymous" benefactor and a donation from the Duke Power Company.

 

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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