JACKSON COUNTY'S

Sesquicentennial Celebration

October 19, 20, 21

Friday, Oct. 19 - A DAY IN WEBSTER

Family Resource Center, Webster

4 p.m. - Walking Tours

6 p.m. - Dinner and music by Susie Beckwith

7 p.m. - Growing Up in Jackson County with Bob Terrell; Music by the Deitz Family and organist Frank Berry

Saturday, Oct. 20 - CELEBRATION

Daylong festival in downtown Sylva

8:30 a.m. - Registration for chainsaw contest, Mark Watson Park

9 a.m. - Craft vendors, demonstrations begin

9:30 a.m. - Spirit Filled

10 a.m. - Fiddling Dills Sisters and Cullowhee Valley Boys

11 a.m. - The Donnie Clay Band

11 a.m. - "Sisters of the Swish" Fashion Show at First Baptist Church

Noon Ceremony - Sesquicentennial Proclamation; Presentation of county flag; Dramatic reading of Sesquicentennial Proclamation by Howard Allman; introduction of festival royalty and student elected officials; speech by Jay Denton, chairman, Jackson County Commissioners

1 p.m - Smoky Mountain Dulcimer Club

1:30 p.m. - Queen Family

2:30 p.m. - Susie Beckwith

3 p.m. - The Willing Servants

4 p.m. - Sesquicentennial Parade

5 p.m. - Sylva Partners in Renewal Pig Roast

6 p.m. - Caribbean Cowboys

Sunday, Oct. 21 - STEPHEN FOSTER

Sylva Presbyterian Church, Sylva

4 p.m. - musical program featuring the music of Stephen Foster performed by Balfour and Carol Lynn Knight and guest musicians.

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