Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 16: EVENTS
Guide to Past Events at PMSS

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TAGS: Guide to past events, special and annual events, community events, Aunt Sal’s Day, May Day, Christmas, Fair Day, Dogwood Breakfast, Thanksgiving, Nativity Play, pageants, plays, centennials, Jubilee, music, dramatics, Creech Reunion, Earth Day, Fourth of July, Commencements, Silver Jubilee, Vespers, weddings 

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EVENTS Guide to Past Events

The EVENTS – GUIDE TO PAST EVENTS provides links to pages that describe aspects of special and annual events at Pine Mountain Settlement School. Included are sub-categories such as Christmas, Commencements, Theater, Fair Days, May Day, Thanksgiving, and Vespers.

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EVENTS Guide to Past Events

ANNIVERSARY EVENTS:
AUNT SAL’S DAY 1931
DRAMA Fiftieth Anniversary Play for Pine Mountain Settlement School 1973
EVENTS Silver Jubilee 1938 (25th Anniversary of Founding of PMSS)  
See also: “CREECH” below

ANNUAL PAST EVENTS: [See EVENTS ANNUAL Guide]
ANNUAL WEEKEND EVENTS:
BLACK MOUNTAIN Wildflower Weekend
FALL COLOR Weekend
LUCY BRAUN Weekend [In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun]
SPRING FLOWER Weekend
WILDFLOWER Weekend

CHRISTMAS:
GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS AT PMSS
CHRISTMAS NATIVITY PLAY c. 1932 –
CHRISTMAS MUMMER’S PLAY 1940, 1948
BRINGING IN THE YULE LOG
STAPLETON REPORT …1930 “THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS on Line Fork …”

COMMENCEMENTS:
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS 1925 – 1945
1942 COMMENCEMENT

COMMUNITY. WHAT IS COMMUNITY? (“Dancing in the Cabbage Patch” Post)

CREECH:
CREECH CENTENNIAL 1945
CREECH REUNION 1913 – Present
CREECH FAMILY

DOGWOOD BREAKFAST:
GUIDE TO DOGWOOD BREAKFASTS AT PMSS

DRAMATICS:
CELEBRATION 1936 PMSS Pageant
CHRISTMAS Mummers’ Play
CO-OP Plays
DRAMA Fiftieth Anniversary Play for Pine Mountain Settlement School 1973
PAGEANTS A Pageant of Pine Mountain 1930
PAGEANT ON PMSS BY GRADES 5-8 1919
‘THE PINK RIBBON‘ A One-Act Play by John A. Spelman III
WELLS RECORD 16 PMSS Dramatics 1913 – 1928

ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS:
EARTH DAY AND MARY ROGERS (“Dancing in the Cabbage Patch” Post)
EARTH DAY Guide c. 1972 –
FALL COLOR WEEKEND
BLACK MOUNTAIN WEEKEND
IN SEARCH OF WILD MUSHROOMS
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LUCY BRAUN
WILDFLOWER WEEKEND

FAIR DAYS:
COMMUNITY FAIR DAY History
GUIDE TO COMMUNITY FAIR DAY at PMSS (Community Day)
FAIR DAY 1935 — Narrative by Alice Cobb
FAIR DAY 1949 — Preparing for Displays

FAIR DAY RECORDS BY YEARS:

	1930	1950	1970	1990	2010
	1931	1951	1971	1991	2011
	1932	1952	1972	1992	2012
1913	1933	1953	1973	1993	2013
1914	1934	1954	1974	1994	2014
1915	1935	1955	1975	1995	2015
1916	1936	1956	1976	1996	2016
1917	1937	1957	1977	1997	2017
1918	1938	1958	1978	1998	2018
1919	1939	1959	1979	1999	2019
1920	1940	1960	1980	2000	2020
1921	1941	1961	1981	2001
1922	1942	1962	1982	2002
1923	1943	1963	1983	2003
1924	1944	1964	1984	2004
1925	1945	1965	1985	2005
1926	1946	1966	1986	2006
1927	1947	1967	1987	2007
1928	1948	1968	1988	2008
1929	1949	1969	1989	2009

HOLIDAYS:
CHRISTMAS at Pine Mountain Settlement School Guide
FOURTH OF JULY AT PMSS
THANKSGIVING at Pine Mountain Settlement School 1915 – 1939
STAPLETON REPORT – December [?] 1930 “THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS on Line Fork …”

MAY DAY:
EVENTS: MAY DAY Guide 
MAY DAY 1923
MAY DAY 1932
MAY DAY 1939
MAY DAY 1940
MAY DAY 1941
MAY DAY 1944
MAY DAY 1945
MAY DAY 1948
MAY DAY 1949

OTHER EVENTS:
SORGHUM MOLASSES – THE “STIR-OFF”

PAGEANTS: 
(See: DRAMA Guide)

PRESERVATION WORKSHOPS:
WINDOWS RESTORATION WORKSHOP
DRYSTACK STONE-WORK

RELIGIOUS EVENTS:
(See: RELIGION Guide, VESPERS)

THEATER:
(See: DRAMA Guide)

VESPERS:
RELIGION Guide
VESPERS William Hayes Service
WELLS RECORD 18 PMSS Religious Life 1913 – 1928

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See Also:
ALUMNI Relations
DRAMA Guide
EVENTS – Overview

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