Press release:
Christmas at Connemara – A Holiday Tradition
Flat Rock, NC: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will host Christmas at Connemara events on Saturday November 28 and Saturday December 19 each day from 10 am to 1 pm.
Each year during the holidays visitors are invited to experience the holidays in the festive spirit of the Sandburg family. This year visitors will have a new opportunity to enjoy music and events inside the home. While the Sandburg furnishings were packed away this fall, it left plenty of room to move the holiday event inside to fill the rooms. Dulcimer and harp music will fill the house from the living room while visitors can take a seat to enjoy it or spend time on their own exploring the home.
They might find craft tables in the dining room or more music in a bedroom. To complete the festivities the Christmas tree and traditional greenery will still adorn the mantles and corners of the home. Favorite storytellers will present in the garage adjacent to the home where warm cider and cookies will be served.
On Saturday November 28, the New Mountain Strings will provide dulcimer music while visitors make crafts inside the home from 10am to 1pm. In the house garage at 10:30 am; Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers sing holiday music while performing on guitar, banjo and mandolin. At 11:30 am, Black Feather, dressed in her native Cherokee Indian attire, will share stories of Cherokee holiday traditions. Young visitors will find many opportunities for participation in storytelling and sing-a-longs.
On Saturday December 19, Steve and Jean Smith will provide dulcimer and harp music while visitors make crafts inside the home from 10am to 1pm. More music begins in the house garage at 10:30 am with John Perkins performing holiday-inspired folk songs on guitar. At 11:30 am, professional storyteller Becky Stone will share traditional African-American holiday stories and songs accompanied by guitar. Ms. Stone is a member of ‘Tell it in the Mountains’ and has performed at numerous festivals across the state.
This program is supported by the National Park Service, the park’s bookstore operated by Eastern National, Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara and Henderson County Tourism Development Authority.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park Service, is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 225 on Little River Road. The park is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Days. For further information, please telephone 828-693-4178, or visit our website at: www.nps.gov/carl
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