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Posted: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:20 am
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The annual Big Cypress Tree Fall Festival is right around the corner. The festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Big Cypress Tree State Natural Area on Hwy. 445 five miles west of Greenfield.
This year’s festival will feature reptiles, birds of prey, the “Foxfire Newgrass Band” from Nashville, arts and crafts, local singing talent, Greenfield Project Graduation food, and more.
The festival is an event the whole family can attend and enjoy. Opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 4 p.m., the festival invites everyone to bring their lawn chairs and spend some time at our local state park. Admission is free.
Arts and crafts open at 9. The reptiles program and birds of prey program will be presented by Reelfoot Lake State Park and will begin at 11:30. The visitor will be able to safely see these beautiful animals at close range. The magnificent Bald Eagle will be one of the birds you will enjoy seeing up close.
This is an opportunity to take some great pictures of some beautiful animals native to our area. The “Foxfire Newgrass Band” returns to the festival after impressing festival visitors last year. Foxfire got together in 1976 and plays a family friendly, audience participation show from the 50’s to the present.
They do impressions of Waylon, Willie, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Eddie Arnold, and George Jones. Foxfire has sung with Tom T. Hall and has been the warm-up band for George Jones. Foxfire will start their concert at approximately 12:30.
Greenfield Project Graduation will be cooking and selling food at this year’s Festival.
To reserve a free booth for arts and crafts, call 731-235-9216 and leave a message with your name and phone number. You can also reserve a booth by emailing the park at Bill.McCall@state.tn.us.
Everyone is invited to come and enjoy a relaxing stress-free time at the Big Cypress Tree Fall Festival.
For more information, call 731-235-0771, 731-235-2700 or 731-235-9216. Or email the park manager at Bill.McCall@state.tn.us.
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