Upcountry- "Old Time Country Christmas" at Hagood Mill

Allen Coleman, directory of the Pickens Country Museum of Art and History sent his monthly E-mail yesterday advising me that the Pickens County Cultural Commission invites every one to a special, and free, day of milling, music and memories at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center Hagood Mill. The Mill will be operating, rain or shine as usual during our monthly third Saturday scheduled on, December 16th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This 1845 gristmill is one of the oldest mills still producing grain products in S.C.

Join the friends of the Pickens County Museum as “Music in the Mountains 2006” concludes with the Hagood Mill playing host for a free, “Old Time Country Christmas” in the Visitor Building from 12:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Hosted again this year by musician, Ed Harrison, the program will consist of Appalachia Irish and Scottish musical traditions and will include Bill Landrum - story teller, Daniel Hendrix - uillean pipes, Melissa Hendrix - vocal & key board, Rebbeca Hendrix - vocal & tin whistle, David Hendrix - tin whistle, Bill & Connie Lowe – vocal, guitar & banjo, Ed Harrison - uilleann pipes, Kathy Shapiro - hammer dulcimer, and outdoors, Matt Icard - Great Highland bagpipe and Scottish small pipes. Don’t miss this wonderful program! Hagood Mill does record the “3rd Saturday” music for the archives of the Pickens County Museum of Art & History.

The Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folklife and traditional arts demonstrations each month, including blacksmithing, bowl-digging, flintknapping, moonshining, quilting, spinning, weaving, woodcarving, and open-hearth cooking.

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