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Fashion show entrants are asked to model clothing representative of that worn during the 1850s and will be judged in three categories: Home life; Social/courting; and Church. Prizes will be awarded in four age classifications: Adults, age 40 and up; Young Adults, age 20-40; Teens, age 13-19; and Children, age 12 and under.
All women and girls who enter the fashion show will take part in the 4 p.m. Sesquicentennial Parade later that day, Hooper said.
For entry forms or information about the fashion show, call Hooper (293-5456), Garza (631-4587) or Gail Cooper (497-9664).
An eclectic lineup aimed at pleasing all ages and musical tastes will provide the sound track for the Oct. 20 festival. Performers scheduled during the day at the culminating sesquicentennial event include the Donnie Cray Band, the Fiddling Dills Sisters of Cullowhee, the Willing Servants of Sylva, the Queen Family of Caney Fork, Susie Beckwith of Webster and the Smoky Mountain Dulcimer Club.
Taking the stage at 6 p.m will be Steve Weams and the Caribbean Cowboys, a popular regional group that plays a wide variety of music - everything from classic rock'n'roll and Jimmy Buffett favorites to bluegrass. The Cowboys will perform during and after Sylva Partners in Renewal's traditional pig roast, which will begin at 5 p.m.
The monthlong celebration of Jackson County's sesquicentennial will begin Saturday, Sept. 29, with Western Carolina University's annual Mountain Heritage Day and continue through the Oct. 20 downtown festival, which will include the 4 p.m. Sesquicentennial Parade. Local churches, schools, businesses, Scout troops and others are encouraged to assemble floats and participate. County commissioners will serve as grand marshals, and commercial floats will not be included. Vintage cars and trucks (1969 and older) are welcome. Those wishing to join the parade may call Betty Foxx at 586-2512 or 586-6777 for information or to register.
Other activities during the downtown festival will include the presentation of an official county flag and checkers and other "old-timey" games and contests. The day will also feature music, food and craft vendors.
Another featured event - the Sesquicentennial Heritage Parade - will be held in Sylva on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. and will include only horses and horse-drawn vehicles. Sylva town board member Maurice Moody is heading up the Heritage Parade, and information and registration forms are available at Sylva's City Hall.
"A Day in Webster, Jackson County's Hometown" is the title of a Family Resource Center (old Webster School) program set for Friday, Oct. 19, the eve of Sylva's big celebration. The event will open with walking tours led by Webster Historical Society President Joe Rhinehart from 4 until 6 p.m. The resource center will sponsor a fund-raising supper at 6 p.m. The Ginn Brass Band will perform during the meal.
A 7 p.m. program that night at the historic Webster Methodist Church will feature Asheville Citizen-Times columnist and Sylva native Bob Terrell reminiscing about his boyhood days in Jackson County and traditional music from the Deitz Family of Sylva and dulcimer specialist Susie Beckwith of Webster.
Other sesquicentennial events include a Saturday, Oct. 13, youth performance night in Sylva. Scheduled performers include the Suzuki Fiddlers under the direction of Cathy Arps, and several young solo performers. A musical program featuring the Western Carolina University Brass Quintet will be Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Jackson County Recreation Park in Cullowhee. The Cashiers Community Center will hold a fish fry for the southern end of the county on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Commemorative T-shirts featuring the official sesquicentennial logo are currently on sale for $10 each and are available at Jackson's General Store, Blackrock Outdoor Co., the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Jackson County Recreation and Parks Department. Proceeds from T-shirt sales will help fund the downtown celebration.
Volunteers are needed to help with all aspects of the monthlong celebration. Anyone interested in serving on a committee or helping at one of the planned events is asked to call Jeff Carpenter, recreation department director, at 586-6333.
Jackson County was formed in 1851 from Macon and Haywood counties. Its government was organized in March 1853 during a two-day session at the Daniel Bryson homeplace in Beta. A monument was erected last fall along U.S. 23-74 near the Cope Creek intersection to mark the site of the county's first courthouse.
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