a project of The University of West Alabama

   

Sucarnochee Folklife Festival

 

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Noon.........Black Belt Symposium with Gin Philips, author of The Well and the Mine (Bell Conference Center)

Friday, April 16, 2010

Noon..........Dr. Alan Brown presents a talk on "Alabama Outlaws" (Callaway House; bring a lunch)

7 p.m..........Sucarnochee Revue (Bibb Graves Auditorium; General Admission $5; UWA students free with current ID)

Saturday, April 17, 2010

7 a.m...........Registration for Sucarnochee 5k Run

8 a.m...........Sucarnochee 5k Run commences

9:30 a.m......Dedication of Bored Well

10 a.m.........Cornbread Cook-off  ($5 entry fee; Three categories include traditional, specialty, best recipe )

10 a.m.........Music begins; art demos begin; vendors open; appraisal fair

7 p.m...........Ghost Tour with Dr. Alan Brown (meet at Bored Well on Courthouse Square)

 

Artisans

Eleanor Chickaway.............................Native-American Baskets

Bob Taunton................................................Dulcimers & Banjos

Daniel Livingston.....................................................Raku Pottery

Bud Rogers............................................................Woodworking

Allen Ham..........................................................................Potter

Estelle Jackson..................................................................Baskets

Martha Wheeler...................................................................Quilts

Alabama Art Casting................................................Metal Casting

Headlining Musicians

Sucarnochee Stage Hands..........................10 a.m.

Jackson County Line...................................11 a.m.

True Vine Fellowship Singers......................12 p.m.

Rubber Soul..................................................1 p.m.


Accommodations
If you need accommodations for the week of the Festival, please contact Comfort Inn or Livingston Motel.
Comfort Inn
645 Alabama Highway 28 East
Livingston, AL 35470
(205) 652-4839
Livingston Motel
Highway 11
Livingston, AL 35470
(205) 652-9621

Directions to Livingston
The Courthouse square is located on U.S. Highway 11 in downtown Livingston, Alabama. It is 116 miles southwest of Birmingham, 130 miles west of Montgomery, and 37 miles east of Meridian, Mississippi.
 
 








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