[Scmusenet] "A Banjo Extravaganza" Featuring Charles Wood - April 18 at the Hagood Mill

[Allen Coleman]

A "Banjo Extravaganza" featuring National Banjo Camion, Charles Wood

Saturday April 18 at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center

 

   Come join the friends of the Pickens County Museum as "Music in the Mountains 2009" continues with the Hagood Mill playing host for a free day of fun and great music Saturday, April 18. With roots that go back to Africa and a couple of centuries of development in this country, the banjo may be the only truly "American" musical instrument. From 12:00 till' 3:00 on the outdoor stage, enjoy a "Banjo Extravaganza," featuring two-time national banjo champion, Charles Wood. Mr. Wood takes the three-fingered "bluegrass" banjo to a new level of melodic force. Rounding out this banjo celebration will be performances of other types and styles of banjo music including an "old time" (pre-bluegrass) banjo performance and demonstration by music historian, Dean Watson, a performance on the four-string "plectrum" (jazz) banjo by Christopher Brotherton and folk and gospel music on the tenor banjo by Bill Carson. Bring out that stringed instrument and join in one of the jams at the site.

 

   Bring a lawn chair or blanket. The entertainment will run from 12:00 till' 3:00.The site itself will be open from 10:00 until 4:00 with the old gristmill running and a variety of folklife demonstrations. If you're in town for the Azalea Festival, make sure to check out the mill site too!

 

    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, chair-caning, moonshining, broom-making, quilting, spinning, knitting, weaving, woodcarving, open-hearth cooking, musical instrument building and more! Hagood Mill's 1890 Cotton Gin will run several times throughout the day.

 

   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. 

 

   "Music in the Mountains 2009" 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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