
Sponsored
by the
League of the South and the Balm of Gilead Trust.
“THE BIGGEST
EVENT
OF THE YEAR”
Labour Day Weekend, 31
August and 1 & 2 Sept., 2007
WHERE:
At the Top of the World Farm
Located between Lawrenceburg (“Crossroads of Dixie”)
and
Waynesboro, Tennessee, the Confederacy’s geographic
centre.
While spaces last you
can enjoy free camping at the Farm that includes running water,
outhouses, showers, and firewood. Grounds open 31 August 2007
·
Friday,
August 31, folks start arriving (free camping on site),
·
Friday
evening,
informal music jam – country, Old Time, Blue grass, or other – around
campfires and in the main tent. Bring your instruments & join in. Acoustic
only.
·
Saturday,
Sept. 1
agrarian demonstrations, wagon rides, skillet throwing context, pig-kissing
contest
·
Saturday evening,
all the trimmin’s barbecue dinner,
featuring pasture-fed pork and chicken raised right here on the Top.
·
Saturday
night the big ball (your Hoedown proper) with a War Between the States
period band, UNRECONSTRUCTED. Period dress not required. Can’t dance?
Don’t worry, the dance mistress will teach you.
Ages 3
to 103 guaranteed a good time. All others take your chances
·
Sunday
morning, Sept. 2, Our pastor will celebrate Holy Communion . All baptised
Christians are affectionately invited to the Lord’s Table.
·
Besides the Hoedown, the Top of the World Farm’s neighbourhood boasts
hundreds of sights within easy driving range: Plantation Alley; Bishop
Polk’s home church in Mount Pleasant; the Battlefields of Franklin, Stones
River, and Shiloh; Pulaski, where the Confederacy’s boy spy, Sam Davis, was
hanged; the Natchez Trace Parkway, and on and on. (I’m not even going to
mention the Museum of Snuff in Nashville, only two hours away, or the
Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard south of Tuscumbia).
SPECIAL: Are you a Christian man or woman fed up with dating? Wondering if
you will ever find a spouse who shares your faith and culture? We don’t
promise anything, but lots of eligible young men and women attend the
Hoedown. We know at least one couple who met there a few years ago and now
is happily married. What can it hurt to take a look, and have a good time
in the process/
COST:
$10/individual; $50/family ; $7/plate for the BBQ supper (includes
drink and dessert)
Price includes admission to Friday night Jam Session, all events on Saturday
and the big dance.
Write or call for all the area attractions in and around Lawrenceburg.
Vendors welcome!
8999 Ella
Gallaher Rd. Westpoint, TN 38486 (888) 218-9226
moneychanger@hughes.net
Call for a map to the farm
1-888-218-9226