The Friends of the Cumberland Trail http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org sharing and preserving the ecology, history, and folklore of Tennessee's Cumberland Trail Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:47:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New Online Trailhead Parking Registration Process http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/2012/04/new-online-trailhead-parking-registration-process/ http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/2012/04/new-online-trailhead-parking-registration-process/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:36:22 +0000 fct_admin http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/?p=4093 Are you planning to stay the overnight at a campsite on the trail?  If so, please use the new trailhead parking registration process on this site.  By registering in advance, the CT park rangers will know that your car isn’t abandoned and that a hiking party is out on the trail.  Simply go to this [...]]]> Are you planning to stay the overnight at a campsite on the trail?  If so, please use the new trailhead parking registration process on this site.  By registering in advance, the CT park rangers will know that your car isn’t abandoned and that a hiking party is out on the trail.  Simply go to this page (http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/camping/) and submit your form and the CT staff will get your information.

]]> http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/2012/04/new-online-trailhead-parking-registration-process/feed/ 0 Introducing…Your Latest Host for The Cumberland Trail on WDVX 89.9 Clinton/102.9 Knoxville http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/2012/02/introducing-your-latest-host-for-the-cumberland-trail-on-wdvx-89-9-clinton102-9-knoxville/ http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/2012/02/introducing-your-latest-host-for-the-cumberland-trail-on-wdvx-89-9-clinton102-9-knoxville/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:25:37 +0000 fct_admin http://www.friendsofthecumberlandtrail.org/?p=3995 Hi Friends! I’d like to take this chance to introduce myself. My name is Marcianne O’Day and I’m your weekly host for The Cumberland Trail radio show on WDVX throughout 2012. For my day job, I work for the show’s originator Bob Fulcher at The Cumberland Trail offices. Bob spends his days (and many of [...]]]> Hi Friends! I’d like to take this chance to introduce myself. My name is Marcianne O’Day and I’m your weekly host for The Cumberland Trail radio show on WDVX throughout 2012.  For my day job, I work for the show’s originator Bob Fulcher at The Cumberland Trail offices.  Bob spends his days (and many of his nights) as a ranger, tirelessly managing the building and maintenance of the 300 miles that will make up the completed trail. I spend my days managing the trail’s audio/visual archives and providing media services.  I also have a hand in the forthcoming record-label that will make many of the exclusive and priceless records from these archives available for purchase– so stay tuned for more news on that.

I graduated from East Tennessee State University, where I majored in philosophy, and I have a minor in Bluegrass, Old Time, & Country Music from ETSU’s famed program.  While I was there, I was lucky to be one of the founding members of the ETSU Celtic Band, and I’m one of the players featured on their first album release– A Carrying Stream. I won’t lie, I’m fantastically proud of being a part of that record and feel very fortunate that we got to tour through Scotland and Ireland to support it. These days, I play in the regional Irish traditional music band, Sigean, and with my former ETSU band-mates. I can’t get enough of music, generally-speaking.

I hope you’ll feel free to keep up with me here, and contribute your comments and insight.  I’ll be blogging about the happenings of the Cumberland Trail, the artists we play and feature, upcoming Sandrock Recordings, and park music events.  I really want this to be an interactive, community experience here, so please feel welcome.  Also, if you’re on facebook, I’d love to hear from you there as well.  :0)

See ya on the trail!

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The Cumberland Trail is making history and you can be part of it. Never before has a “State Park – State Trail” been created by a partnership between volunteers and state government. The Cumberland Trail project has benefited from contributions of volunteer time and private donations of property and funding at historic levels. It’s the only park in the nation with its own weekly radio broadcast – a 30-minute interpretive music festival presenting the wonderful voices of our neighbors.  Many other “firsts” can be accomplished by the Cumberland Trail with your help. The Cumberland Trail needs you.

Imagine a foot trail traversing the mountain tops, river gorges, meadows, and valleys of the Cumberland Plateau through 11 East Tennessee counties. Consider the rich history, the musical heritage, the thousands of plants, trees, and creatures unique to the Cumberland Plateau, and the need to preserve, protect these resources and to educate Tennesseans and visitors, and you can begin to understand the breadth of this project.

There’s a LOT to do. We want the Cumberland Trail to be a household name in communities throughout Tennessee-a park that is used, maintained, promoted, and cherished by its communities and visitors.



! News and Upcoming Events !

 

The Head of Sequatchie will be open Saturday February 18 2012 from 10am till 3pm cst. There will be chili served around 1:30 pm for
anyone who wants to attend. The Head of Sequatchie will also be open Saturday Febuary 25, 2012 all day from 8am till 4pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

 

The Head of Sequatchie will be open on December 17, 2011 from 8:00am to 5:00pm

 

The Head of Sequatchie will be open November 25th from 8:00am to 5:00pm

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Head of the Sequatchie “Music and Stories in the Valley” October 27, 2011

 

October 9, 2011 Inaugural Hiketoberfest


The Indians of Devilstep Hollow Program – July 2, 2011 at 10:00

 

Owl Prowl Event held at the Head of Sequatchie – June 17, 2011 at 8:00pm



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