Showing posts with label Oka Kapassa. Show all posts
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Monday, December 16, 2024

2016 Christmas Letter Activies for the year

On January 1, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Franklin, Tennessee, to the Thoroughbred Theater to watch the action, adventure, Sci-Fi, and fantasy movie Star Wars Force Awakens.


In February, I took several classes at the Apple store 

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On March 4, 2016, I toured the Rippavilla Plantation in Springhill, TN.

On March 8, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, Mt Pleasant, Columbia, and Spring Hill, TN. 


On April 1 & 2, I attended Mule Day and Mule Day Parade in Columbia, TN. 

On April 5, Hubby and I traveled to Red Bay, Alabama, to Tour the Tiffen Motor Plant.

On April 12, Hubby and I traveled to Elkmont, Alabama, to tour the Belle Chevre Goat Cheese Factory. 


On April 9, I attended the Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Athens, Alabama, and Earth Day in Sheffield, Alabama. 

On April 17, I attended the Athens Cemetery Stroll. 

On April 30, I attended the Stroll at Athens State University.

On April 23, Hubby and I traveled to South Pittsburg, Tennessee, for the Cornbread Festival.

On May 20 & 21, I attended the UNA Storytelling festival

May 20, That afternoon, hubby and I attended Jacob and Lindsey’s wedding rehearsal at East Florence Depot.

On May 21, Hubby and I attended the Wedding of Lindsey Smith and Jacob Hughes at Oliver’s Barn. 


On June 25, I attended the Helen Keller Festival in Tuscumbia, Alabama.


On June 28, Hubby and I traveled to Scottsboro, Stevenson, Menton, Fort Payne, and Section Alabama.


On July 23, I attended several functions of the W. C. Handy Festival.


On August 19, Hubby and I attended the Watermelon Festival in Russellville, Alabama.


On September 1, Hubby and I rode to Corinth, Mississippi, where we toured several historic sites. 


On September 5, 2016, Hubby and I traveled to Smith Lake in Cullman to attend the Sweet Tater Festival.


On September 8, I rode to Huntsville to tour the Scare Crow Trail at the Botanical Gardens. 

On September 9, Hubby and I attended a performance by Arvel Bird, a Celtic Indian.


On September 10, I attended Oka Kapassa in Tuscumbia, the British Car Show in Rogersville, and the birthday party for Joe Wheeler at the Wheeler Plantation.


On October 1, Hubby and I traveled to Centerville, Tennessee, to attend the Banana Puddin’ Festival, Car Show, and Quilt Show. 


On October 5, I traveled with a group of women from our church to 

2800 Pittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, KY, to tour the Creation Museum. We spent the night in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.


On October 6, We traveled to 1 Ark Encounter Drive, Williamstown, Ky 41097, to tour Noah’s Ark. 


On October 15, Hubby and I traveled to Nashville to take a Monterey Fall Foliage Excursion train ride. 


On October 22, I rode to Lawrenceburg to take the Mimosa Cemetery stroll. 


On November 9, Hubby traveled to Huntsville to go to NASA and Bridge Street. 


On November 12, I took the Pathway to Prayer trolley Tour in Florence, Alabama. 


On November 15, Hubby and I traveled to Nashville to tour the Opryland Hotel's three gardens decorated for the Christmas Holidays and to walk through the ICE HOUSE with carvings of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and the Christ manger scene. 


November 24, Thanksgiving Dinner at Mike with family 


On November 26, My sister-in-law and I rode to Huntsville to walk through Christmas Tree Tinsel Trail, Madison’s Christmas Card Lane, and shop at Bridge Street.


On November 29, Hubby and I rode to Lebanon, Tennessee, to tour the town and Chad’s Winter Wonderland of Christmas Lights. We rode to Nashville to drive through Jellystone’s Dancing Christmas Lights, then on to Opry Mills for Shopping. 


On December 1, Hubby and I attended the Athens Christmas Parade.


On December 2, Hubby and I attended a prayer for Peace at Pope's Tavern and the lighting of a Christmas Tree at both Pope’s Tavern and Wilson Park.


On December 3, I attended a talk about George Colbert at the Visitors Center.

On December 5, I attended Christmas Dinner and exchanged gifts with my Church Class.

On December 7, Hubby and I attended a Christmas dinner and Christmas Program at our church.

That morning, I attended our Lady's bible Class Christmas luncheon.


On December 9, Hubby and I attended the Florence Christmas Parade.

On December 10, Hubby and I attended Dickens of a Christmas from 9-12, and from 2-4 PM, we attended the Leipers Fork Parade.


On December 11, I took my granddaughter's pictures for graduation.

December 12-14: Hubby and I spent a couple of days in Gulf Shores. We rode to Theodore to walk through the Christmas lights at the Bellingrath Gardens. We spent a few hours on the beach, watching a miniature train show and walking through Heritage Park.


December 17, My granddaughter Hannah Hughes will graduate from UNA on 12/17/2016 at 2:30 PM with a degree in Elementary Education.


December 24, We will have  Christmas with the kids and grandkids. 

December 19-24: Hubby is taking off for Christmas Vacation.

On December 25, My middle son will be celebrating his 47th birthday.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 


Saturday, September 10, 2016

2016 September 9, Friday Arvel Bird Celtic Indian

Last night we sat on the front lawn of the Florence Library to watch a performance of the celebration of the Native American heritage, culture, and history. 
The performance featured musician Arvel Bird (Paiute) and storyteller Amy Bluemel (Chickasaw). The event was sponsored by the Oka Kapassa Festival, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and Florence Public Library.
Arvel Bird (Piaute)
Arvel Bird (Piaute)
A Native Dancer

Amy Bluemel a Native American Story Teller,  entertained us by telling us a story about Flint the Giant. 
About how a small Indian boy overcame his fear of the giant. 
She also told a story about fire and how each animal tried to retrieve an ember of fire.
The buzzard attempted to retrieve the fire but it burnt the feathers off his head. The Crow attempted to retrieve the ember but he swallowed the ember and he lost his voice.
The opossum attempted to retrieve the ember and it but off his furry tail. 
Grandmother Spider weaved a basket and returned with the ember of fire but no one wanted to attend the fire so, it burned out.

Amy is a registered member of the Chickasaw Nation and she performs at schools, libraries, camps, and museums. 
Amy Bluemel a Native American Story Teller
If the stories fall silent, who will teach the children? Chief Dan George.

We also saw a tribal dance performed by a young American Indian. 

The performance lasted until 7:00PM.  We stopped at Wendy's for a fifty-cent chocolate frosty.

2024 Christmas Journal Activies

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