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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Seventh
Annual Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>A day of family fun coming up on <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>THIS COMING SATURDAY</span></font>, October 18</span></font></i></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><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'> The <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Pickens County Museum of Art & History</span></b>
invites you to a special, and free, day of milling, stories, tall tales and
lots of 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,
October 18 </span></b>from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.<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'> As part of the
Museum’s <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“Music in the
Mountains”</span></b> series, the celebration of tradition will continue on
this day at the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>“Seventh Annual Hagood
Mill Storytelling Festival.”</span></b> The hills around the ole mill
will echo with the whispers, howls ‘n hollers of some of the
Carolinas' best storytellers sharing bits about all sorts of folks, mountain
funnies and mystical places. <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'> Returning to again host
what has become one of Hagood Mill’s favorite annual events is
storyteller, musician and radio personality, John Thomas Fowler. <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'> Hailing from Boiling
Springs, SC,<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>with family ties to
the western North Carolina mountains,<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> John
Thomas Fowler’s </span></b>storytelling is a blast of old-time energy of
yesteryear introducing traditional yarns and folktales from the Carolina
region. He also is an old-time mountain banjo and harmonica master, and plays
several other traditional instruments occasionally blending them into his
programs. John’s stories and old-time songs, geared for audiences young
and old, are simple stepping stones of history and southern culture. John is
also a researcher and collector, writer and host an old time radio show on NC
public radio station WNCW 88.7 FM. <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'> This year’s
festival will feature a blast of talented tellers gracing the stages,
porches and shade trees at the mill. Joining John and the Hagood Mill
regulars will be <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Dianne</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Hackworth</span></b>, joining us all the way from
Clinton, TN; Spartanburg’s <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Evelyn</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Parks</span></b> and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Donna</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Marie</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Todd</span></b> of Black Mountain, NC.<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'> Although she has honed
her skills with a Master's degree in Storytelling, <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Dianne Hackworth</span></b> comes to storytelling traditionally, having
learned many of her stories from her parents and grandparents while growing up
in Tennessee. She keeps all these stories alive by passing them on to others!
As well as telling stories for programs and festivals, she also shows others
their own hidden talent for storytelling. She teaches storytelling classes
throughout the Southeast in schools, libraries, and various other venues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Touring throughout the Southeast telling stories for all ages,
Dianne blends Multi-culture Folktales with Appalachian Tales, Musical Ballads and
more. She uses storytelling not only as exciting entertainment, but also as an
educational method<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>and a way of
preserving and recounting the past. She offers confidence, encouragement, and
guidance to others, enabling them to tell their own stories. Through her
exhilarating tales and teaching, Dianne encourages everyone to participate in
one of the world's oldest art forms.<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'> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Evelyn Parks</span></b> has been telling array of
stories for more than 30 years and consider herself a humorous storyteller. She
was the main storyteller at the United Way's Olympic Torch Festival and has
recently performed at festivals including Augusta Baker's Dozen, The Price
House Fall Festival and Stone Soup. She has also participated in numerous
statewide conferences and seminars sharing her love of storytelling. <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'> Evelyn is currently an
employee of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries, and has been a salaried
employee for over 30 years. She says that she owes her new innovative style of
storytelling to the celebrity storytellers Augusta Baker, Jackie Torrance, John
Fowler, Dixie Page and one amazing organization, Toastmaster
International. Without their guidance, she says she would not be a storyteller.<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'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> Donna Marie Todd’s</span></b> tales are original creations
filled with song. She received her performance training at the Peabody
Conservatory and is known as “The Singer of Stories.” Her
stories emphasize the strength found in family, faith, and the Bible. She is a
teaching artist in the schools and the editor of ‘<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Biblical Storyteller’</span></i></b>.
Visit <a href="http://www.donnamarietodd.net/"
title="http://www.donnamarietodd.net/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.donnamarietodd.net</span></font></a> to learn
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>
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Continuing the theme of the day, talking about and signing copies of their
books, will be several regional authors<font color=navy><span style='color:
navy'> including </span></font>Dot Jackson, Bobbie McNeil and Jerry Vickery.<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'> Join in the fun from <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m</span></b>. for this <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>FREE</span></b> day of tall tales, whoppers and good
ol’ stories along with the monthly dose of milling, music and memories. 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>
and more! Also enjoy the opportunity to 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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<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 size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 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. <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'> 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 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 <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>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></b>Hagood Mill is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>open
Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 until 4:00, </span></b>to tour the
buildings and grounds and to visit the Mill Site Gift Shop.<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'> For additional
information please contact the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Hagood Mill
Historic Site & Folklife Center</span></b> at <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>(864) 898-2936</span></b> or the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Pickens
County Museum</span></b> at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>(864) 898-5963</span></b>.
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