The 4th Annual Boone Heritage Festival Held Sun, Oct. 12 Celebrating Southern Appalachian Heritage

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High Country Press
Boone, NC
The Fourth Annual Boone Heritage Festival Held Sunday, Oct. 12 Celebrating Southern Appalachian Heritage
By Madison Fisler Lewis
Sept. 30, 2014.

The fourth annual Boone Heritage Festival will celebrate southern Appalachian heritage and the history of Daniel Boone on Sunday, Oct. 12. The festival will take place all day from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and is a great event for the entire family to enjoy.

The event will feature vendors, storytelling, live music, crafts, demonstrations and much more at the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum in Boone. The event is completely free of charge and is open to the public.

Demonstrations at the event will include pewter molding, wool spinning and weaving, flintknapping, flintlock rifle firing, leatherwork and tatting. The many hands-on activities at the event will include a mock archaeological dig, scarecrow building, pumpkin carving, cornhusk crafts and much more. New this year will be a musical petting zoo where guests can try fiddles, mandolins, banjos and traditional Appalachian instruments...

...There truly is something for everyone at this educational, cultural event. For more information, contact the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum at 828-264-2120 or [e-mail].

Check out photos from last year’s festival! http://www.hcpress.com/upcoming-events/the-fourth-annual-boone-heritage-festival-held-sunday-oct-12-celebrating-southern-appalachian-heritage.html