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An Appalachian Celebration—
Serving up Family Fun Mountain Style!

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (Tremont) and Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center are partnering up for the annual Appalachian Celebration on July 15, 2011 at 7 p.m.. The event will be hosted at the Heritage Center with all the proceeds from the foot-stomping-good-time being split between Tremont and the Heritage Center.

The Appalachian Celebration is a great event for the family offering up old-time music and storytelling in true Southern Appalachian style.

This year’s lineup includes local musicians and WDVX Blue Plate Special frequenters, Matt Morelock and Todd Gladson with their signature mix of humor and tunes. Storyteller Faye Wooden will be serving up mountain stories, legends and tall tales.

Everyone will want to be a part of this growing tradition and celebrate what makes this area so special. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5 beginning at 6 p.m., with the show starting at 7 p.m. Sandwiches, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase on-site including cookies from Tremont’s kitchen. Visitors are welcome to bring chairs, but no pets, food, drink or coolers may be brought into the event.

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont provides in-depth experiences through education programs that celebrate ecological and cultural diversity, foster stewardship, and nurture appreciation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Connecting people and nature summarizes our mission, which we accomplish through providing hands-on learning experiences with the National Park, focusing on developing in people a greater sense of place, a deepened appreciation and awe for the diversity of life and people, and an ethics of stewardship that follows them home.

The mission of the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center is to preserve, protect and promote the unique history and rich culture of the residents and Native Americans who inhabited the East Tennessee mountain communities that were incorporated into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and its surroundings.