FARM 2009 COMMUNITY Fair Day

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FARM 2009 Community Fair Day

FARM 2009 Community Fair Day

Notes Fall 2009, page 6: “Community Fair Day.” [2009_notes_fall_006-cropped]

FARM 2009 Community Fair Day
August 29, 2009


TAGS: 2009 Community Fair Day, Pig roast dinner, informational booths, crafts displays, book sale, farm displays, mountain gospel music, Bledsoe Fire Department, games, cake walk and horse-drawn wagon rides, foodways, competitions, Homemakers Club quilt raffle, local artisans, volunteers, in-kind gifts, judges, Notes 2008


INTRODUCTION: 2009 Community Fair Day

The Community Fair Day is one of many annual events that has a long history at Pine Mountain Settlement School. It started in 1917 as an extension of the Harlan County Fair and the School’s “Farmer’s Day.”

While the fundamental program of the Fair has remained remarkably consistent, the scale and scope of the Fair have varied from year to year as interest in fairs waxed and waned in the School, the community, and the nation. It appears that the tradition is going strong in the 2000s.

TRANSCRIPTION: 2009 Community Fair Day

From “Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School,” Fall 2009, page 6. [See above image.]
 

Community
Fair Day

A large crowd turned out for the annual Fair Day celebration on August 29th. Nolen Lodge’s pig roast dinner was a big draw, as were the many informational booths, crafts exhibits, and book sale. Terry and Gene Harris performed mountain gospel music while children explored the Bledsoe Fire Department truck and enjoyed games on the playground. The cake walk and horse-drawn wagon rides offered fun for all ages. Community members competed for blue ribbons for their handmade crafts, baked goods, fresh produce, canned goods, photographs and flowers.

Local artisans Johnnie and Louis Lewis, Valerie Smith, Cindy and Rodney Mott, Jennifer McDaniels, Jeanette McDaniels, and David Lewis displayed quilts, wood carvings, brooms, handmade furniture, corn shuck flowers, jams and jellies, and pottery.

Etta Turner won the Pine Mountain Homemakers Club quilt raffle. Raffle proceeds will be used to buy tents for the School and to fund the homemakers club.

We thank the volunteers who helped make Fair Day a wonderful community event. Al Cornett from Tri-City Funeral Home in Harlan provided tents and Harold Lewis of Flav-O-Rich Inc. donated ice cream. Competition judges were Raymond and Donna Cox, Theresa Howard, and Jeremy Williams from the Harlan County Cooperative Extension Office.. Alpha Sigma Tau, Epsilon Zeta chapter of the University of Virginia at Wise, helped PMSS staff throughout the day.

[Caption] Jeremy Jones and David Smith of J Bar S Outfitters provided wagon rides around campus.


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FARM AND FARMING Guide
FARM Guide to Community Fair Days
FARM COMMUNITY FAIR DAY History

See Also:
ART and CRAFT Guide
COMMUNITY – What is Community? – Post
FOODWAYS