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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>“National
Banjo Champion, Charles Wood”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Saturday May 17 at the Hagood Mill Historic <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Site & Folklife</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Pickens County Cultural Commission</span></b> invites you to a special,
and free, day of milling, music and memories<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>at
the<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife
Center</span></b>. The Mill will be operating, rain or shine, on <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Saturday, May 17 </span></b>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Come join the friends
of the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pickens County Museum</span></b> as <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>“Music in the Mountains 2008” </span></b>continues
with the Hagood Mill playing host for a free concert on the outdoor stage by <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>national banjo champion, Charles Wood</span></b>. Mr.
Wood has won the banjo competition at Merlefest and the national competition in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Winfield</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Kansas</st1:State></st1:place>.
He has appeared on the “David Letterman Show” and the
“Prairie Home Companion” show on National Public Radio. Charles
Wood is absolutely one of the world’s greatest banjo players…and
he’s from right here in the Upstate! He will perform at 1:00. Opening at
12:00 will be the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“Classic
Stringers,”</span></b> a diverse home-school string orchestra directed by
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Donna Ringenberger. </span></b>Bring a lawn
chair or blanket and hear some great music!<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>The
Hagood Mill does record the “Third Saturday” music for the archives
of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pickens</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
of Art & History. One and all are also invited to join in the jam(s) at the
site. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Come see the mill
site’s newly restored <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Daniel Pratt
cotton gin</span></b>, which will run several times throughout the day. This
rare 1890’s gin has been restored over the last two years by Hagood Mill
volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Hagood
Mill's own SC Folk Heritage Award Recipient in Split Oak Basketry, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Gale McKinley</span></b>, of Neals Creek Community in
Anderson, has been awarded the SC Arts Commission's Traditional Arts
Apprenticeship Grant for 2007-2008. The grant consists of a Master Artist,
Apprentice, and Project Manager. Gale's apprentice is her sister's son, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Gary Fisher,</span></b> of Easley, and her Project
Manager is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Norma Hughes-Smith</span></b> of
Belton. Both Gale and Norma are SC Community Scholars. As a climax to his year
of study and as a way to gain experience in presenting folklife to the public, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gary</st1:place></st1:City> will be
demonstrating his skills for the visitors to the mill. There will be a display
of Gale’s baskets in the Visitors Building.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
Another of “Hagood Mill’s own,” <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Mr. Johnny Hester</span></b>, along with author, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jerry Vickery</span></b>, will be present for a book-signing
of their new book, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“The Forgotten
Society of the Keowee River Valley: a biography of a sharecropper, Johnny V.
Hester.” </span></b>Johnny, known at the mill as “the bee
man,” grew up with his family in the Keowee River Valley, living the hard
life of sharecroppers, working someone else’s land, their life totally
depending on “making a crop” for their landlord. Johnny’s
family was (in his words) “the bottom rung of the ladder.” Hagood
Mill strives to interpret pioneer and rural mule-farming days, and this book truly
captures the love, joy, pain and sorrow of “hard times” in the
South Carolina Upstate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 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 <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>blacksmithing</span></b>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>bowl-digging</span></b>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>flintknapping</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>moonshining</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>quilting</span></b>,
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>spinning</span></b>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>weaving</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>woodcarving,</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>open</span></b>-<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>hearth</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>cooking, musical
instrument building</span></b> and more! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> There promises to be
lots to do and lots of fun! So, head on out, grab a plate of <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Kannarney’s Barbeque </span></b>and enjoy a day
at the Mill. Show your support for the Mill and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Pickens</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> by joining them at
this monthly <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>T</span></font>hird
Saturday event. The Hagood Mill operates, rain or shine, the third Saturday of
every month and is <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>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. </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Hagood Mill is </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>open Wednesday through Saturday from
10:00 until 4:00, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>to tour the buildings and grounds
and to visit the Mill Site Gift Shop.<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
</span></font></span></font></b></strong></span></font><strong><b><font
color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:red;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>
“Music in the Mountains 2008”</span></font></b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> is sponsored by a private benefactor<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>.</span></font><font color=red><span
style='color:red'> </span></font>The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pickens</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
of Art & History is funded in part by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Pickens</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> For additional information
please contact the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hagood Mill</span></b> at <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>(864) 898-2936</span></b> or the <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Pickens County Museum</span></font></b></strong>
at <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>(864) 898-5963</span></font></b></strong>.<font
color=red><span style='color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Visit
Charles Wood’s web site at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.charleswoodbanjo.com/">http://www.charleswoodbanjo.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Or view
his performance with “Men with Banjos Who Know How to Use Them” on
the David Letterman Show (featuring Steve Martin, Pete Wernick, Charles Wood
(center), Tony Ellis and Earl Scruggs at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlqQ1_vZVE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlqQ1_vZVE</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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