PUMPKINTOWN - A Fall Festival Celebrating History, Heritage & Harvest
2012 Schedule of Events
 
6:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Burkett Witt Habitat for Humanity Pancake Breakfast
Madison Park Shopping Center  $5.00 per person
 
8:00 am - 12 Noon
Mr. & Miss Pumpkintown Pageant
Check-in 8:00 a.m.
Carter Insurance parking lot-206 N. White St.
9:00am - 12 noon
 Pageant Judging
11:45  Winners Announced-Bradley's Pit BBQ Stage
Market Park Pavillion
10:00 a.m.
Pumpkintown Opening Ceremony -
Congressman Duncan
and Congressman Fleischman
Dedication of Market Park Phase II
McMinn Reunion at Pumpkintown Parade-MCHS Football  Cheerleaders
 
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
McMinn Regional Humane Society Adopt-a-Thon
Happy Hounds-
E. Washington Ave.
 
10:00 a.m.– 5:30 p.m.
4th Annual Heritage Quilt Guild Quilt Show - The Arts Center
320 N. White Street
 
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
African American Quilt Show
TWC Sherman Fine Arts Building
N. Jackson St.
 
10:00 - 5:30
National Pickleball Tournament Finals
East Washington Street
For more information:
Parks and Recreation Office 423/744-2704
 
10:00 a.m.
Mutt StruttLine-up at Happy Hounds
 
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Mutt Strutt around Courthouse and back to Happy Hounds for dog biscuits & cool water
*must be pre-registered
 
10:45 a.m.
Doggie Costume Contest
Judging begins @ Happy Hounds
 
11:00 a.m.
Historical Walking Tour
with local historian & author Joe Guy
Start at Open Door Cafe'
Corner of Jackson & Madison
 
11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Corn Hole Tournament
East Washington at Five Points Screenprinting
For more information: Danny Chandler - 507-9194
 
11:00 a.m.  Antique Bed Turning at The Arts Center
 
11:00 a.m. 
Living History Reenactments &
Pow Wow
Market Park
 
11:30 a.m.
Doggie Costume Contest Winners announced at
Happy Hounds
 
12:00 Noon
Tennessee Wesleyan College/Kiwanis Club 2nd Annual
Pumpkin Pie RecipeContest Judging-Winners Announced at Title Insurance  Stage
 
12:15 
Mr. and Miss Pumpkintown Pageant Winner Parade
 
12:30
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Contestants to be announced
 
12:45 & 2:00
African American Historical Walking Tours
and Historical Play
12:45-Daphney's Story
Historical play about a freed slave, Daphney Howard, performed by her great-granddaughters
Mars Hill Presbyterian Church-205 N. Jackson St.
Walking Tour afterwards
2:00-First United Presbyterian Church-321 N. Jackson St.
Tickets available at The Quilt Show/The Arts Center
For more information:
Lynn Perkinson-423/506-0719
 
1:30 p.m.
Tour of Cedar Grove Cemetery conducted by Tom Biddle, Laura and Mullie LeNoir
Vans located in parking lot behind White St.
 
1:30 & 3:00 p.m.
Van Tour of the local
Heritage Quilt Trail
from The Arts Center
* see Civil War Quilt Walking Trail page
 
2:00  - 4:00 p.m.
Dulcimer Concert-Harmony & G.R.I.T.S
McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
522 W. Madison Ave.
 
2:00 p.m. 
Living History Reenactments,
Drumming & Dancing
at Market Park
 
2:00 p.m.
African American Historical Walking Tour
First United Presbyterian Church-321 N. Jackson
 
3:00 p.m.
Van Tour of the local
Heritage Quilt Trail
fromThe Arts Center
* see Civil War Quilt Walking Trail page
 
3:00 p.m.
"The Attic Window"
Quilting Demonstration
The Arts Center
 
3:00 p.m
Historical Walking Tour
with local historian & author Patsy Duckworth
Start at Open Door Cafe'
corner Jackson & Madison
 
3:00 p.m.
Community Artist League
Banner Oral Auction-Bradley's Pit BBQ Stage
Market Park Pavillion
 
6:00  McMinn Reunion at Pumpkintown Meet & Greet
Athens Elks Lodge-109 N. Hill St.
 
See you SOON for PUMPKINTOWN 2012!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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