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The Townsend Winter Heritage Festival takes place this week, Thursday through Sunday, February 4-7, 2010.

A celebration of the history, people, and traditions of Townsend TN, Cades Cove, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

All programs require pre-registration.  Most are free;  events with food will have a charge, so call the host businesses to make reservations.

Schedule is subject to change.

There will be presentations, exhibits, hikes, demonstrations and much more.

Download the full program booklet (PDF) here:

Winter Heritage Booklet 2010

Please call the Townsend Visitors Center at (865) 448-6134 or (800) 525-6834 for more information.

Blessings,

Denese

Need something to do today?

There will be an Open House/Craft Fair today, January 31st, 2010 from 2-4pm at the Highland Manor Inn Conference Center in Townsend, Tennessee.

Several vendors will be there including; Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Premier Designs and Southern Living. You’ll find homemade and gift items such as jewelry, hair bows, baby items, and many more.

Everyone is welcome and there will be refreshments and door prizes.

Traveling north through Townsend on 321, Highland Manor Inn is located at 7766 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy -on the right, just past the Valley View Lodge.

In case of bad weather, you might want to call the motel to be sure the Open House hasn’t been cancelled –(865) 448-2211.

Blessings,

Denese

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee is hosting a free event this Friday and Saturday January 29-30, 2010.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center to host ‘Hurry-Back-Spring-Fling’

The Heritage Center is located at 123 Cromwell Dr. in Townsend (just off Hwy 73, between the traffic light and GSMNP entrance) and is open 10am-5pm.

Please call (865) 448-0044 for more information.

Blessings,

Denese

Every Saturday night, in season, you can enjoy free music at the Pickin’ Porch, located behind Wood ‘n Strings Dulcimer Shop in Townsend.

Tonight, listen to Native American flute music performed by Randy McGinnis –music starts at 7:00pm.

Wood ‘n Strings is located at 7645 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy. in Townsend.

Blessings,

Denese

The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend will present two special tours this Saturday.

There will be an  “Old Town” tour at 9:00am, focusing on the old lumber mill in Townsend, and a tour of the old logging camp at Tremont will start at 10:30 am.

Townsend museum hosts special tours Saturday

There is no charge for the tours and they are repeated on the fourth Saturday of every month.

Blessings,

Denese

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is offering free tickets to the Dolly Parton-headlined "rededication" ceremony to mark the park’s 75th anniversary.

Tickets available for Smokies Rededication

Act fast –first-come, first-served and limited to 2,000.

Blessings,

Denese

Update:

Tickets for Smokies rededication no longer available

Are you in the Townsend, TN area? Do you have little ones?

Every other Tuesday through May, the Mary E Tippitt Memorial Library in Townsend holds preschool and afterschool children’s programs.

Today’s preschool program is from 10:15am to 11:30am and is about shapes, colors and numbers.

The afterschool program, from 3:15pm to 4:15pm, is about  transportation and people you respect.

Programs include storytime, craft projects and fun!

The library is located at:

120 Tiger Drive
Townsend, TN 37882
Phone: (865) 448-1441

There is no charge to attend the library programs, you don’t have to be a Townsend resident to attend and if you live or own property within a 45 min. drive of the METM Library, you can apply for a free library card.

For more information:

Mary E Tippitt Memorial Library Children’s Programs

Blessings,

Denese

Don’t forget, today is the Book and Bake Sale at the Mary E. Tippitt Memorial Library in Townsend.

Here are just a few of the homemade goodies that will be for sale:

Sale is from 9am to 5pm, go early for the best selection.

Blessings,

Denese

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a special program scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 15 at the Sugarlands Visitor Center –all about birds of prey.

Attend a Birds of Prey program at GSMNP

For more details, please call the Sugarlands Visitor Center at 865-436-1291.

Blessings,

Denese

The Mary E. Tippitt Memorial Library, our local library in Townsend, is holding a Book and Bake sale this Friday, August 14, from 9am to 5pm.

You’ll find both new and used books at the sale and they’re usually priced from $.50 to $3.00.

A few of the books I’ve found at past sales include; a 1955 edition, in very good condition, of “Familiar Quotations” by John Bartlett; a hardcover edition of “Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible”, also in very good condition, and a new hardcover copy of “The New Way Things Work” by David Macauley.

The library is not a big library, so they don’t have a ton of books for sale, but they do have a good selection of both fiction and non-fiction to choose from.

If you go, don’t forget to pick up some goodies at the bake sale. We’re going to make…something, probably cow patties (you know, those yummy chocolate/oatmeal no-bakes), they’re sooo easy to make…and sooo good!

So, if you’re in the Townsend area, join us this Friday at the METM Library Book and Bake Sale for some good books and good treats!

Blessings,

Denese