Entertainment at Prater’s Mill Country Fair this Saturday and Sunday will offer Appalachian-style cloggers and musicians on stage, as well as dulcimer and rhythm bones players on the grounds.
The Prater’s Mill country Fair, begun by volunteers in 1971 to raise funds to restore the 1855 mill and surrounding buildings, offers continuous entertainment, canoe rides on Coahulla Creek, pony rides for children, southern cooking, living history exhibits, handmade crafts, and original art of 200 artists and artisans.
Visitors can take self-guided tours including the water powered grist mill, Shugart Cotton Gin, the country store, and the Westbrook Barn, complete with live animals and a petting zoo.
Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $7, children 12 and under are free. Visitors are urged to dress casually and wear comfortable shoes. Parking and shuttle rides to the Mill entrance are free.
Prater’s Mill is located at 5845 Georgia Hwy. 2, 10 miles northeast of Dalton, about 30 miles south of Chattanooga. Interstate travelers should take I-75 to the Tunnel Hill-Varnell exit #341; drive north 4.5 miles to the intersection with Hwy. 2 at Varnell; turn right and continue 2.6 miles to the mill, a total distance of 7 miles from I-75.
For more information, call 706-694-MILL (6455), e-mail info@PratersMill.org, or visit the website at PratersMill.org/fair.
Saturday schedule:
9:30 - 10:30 Snakes of Georgia
10:40 - 11:30 Cory Hansird
11:40 - 12:10 Choo Choo Cloggers
11:50 - 12:30 Cory Hansird
12:20 - 1:00 East Ridge Cloggers
1:10 - 1:40 Dixie Style Cloggers
1:50 - 2:50 Medley of Joy
3:00 - 3:30 Chickamauga Rock & Kuntry
3:40 - 4:20 Cory Hansird
4:30 - 5 Dixie Style Cloggers
5:10 - 5:40 Carpet Capitol Cloggers
Sunday schedule:
9:30 - 10:30 Snakes of Georgia
10:40 - 11:30 Ryan Scoggins & Co.
11:40 - 12:10 Carpet Capitol Cloggers
12:20 - 1:20 New Day Gospel Singers
1:30 - 2 Red Carpet Express Cloggers
2:10 - 3 Ryan Scoggins & Co
3:10 - 4 New Day Gospel Singers
4:10 - 5 Carpet Capitol Cloggers