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Price: $13 Regular\; $8 Motorcycle Ride Up RateGauthier
has always been a unique lyricist, with an ability to illuminate even moments of devastation and despair in beautiful hues. That gift is evident throughout Between Daylight and Dark, her latest album, though her perspective has shifted somewhat. "As a writer, I'm figuring out what my job is today, in this instant," she explains, "What I did yesterday does not matter. I am more in the moment. I know instinctively when I'm onto something, and then I have to chase that feeling down until I find what it is I need to say in the song. My songwriting changes as I change, and though it's odd to admit it, I discover a lot about who I am in my songwriting. I can see how I've changed by looking back at how my songs have changed. The songs on this record are a little more fragile, a little more tender, and a lot more hopeful."

For more information about these artists, please visit www.marygauthier.com and www.myspace.com/erickbakermusic

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Price: FREEMuskogee-born and Bakersfield-raised is a pedig
ree that most country singers would kill for. Stacie Collins lives up to that heritage. Exuding confidence and contagious enthusiasm, Collins makes beer-and-whiskey music that blends sassy hillbilly vocals, gut-bucket blues and southern rock style, while singing and wailing away on the harp.

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Price: FREEJamie McLean is most widely known as the guit
arist for the New Orleans jazz, funk institution The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He has recorded with everyone from Norah Jones to Dr. John and has performed with The Black Crowes, Widespread Panic, North Mississippi Allstars, Robert Randolph\; among many others. Having always been a songwriter, singer and front man, Jamie began to focus on his roots and in the early part of 2004 he formed his own group the Jamie McLean Band. Jamie's music is rich with rock and roll, dirty blues, beautifully crafted original songwriting.

For more information about this artist, please visit www.jamiemclean.com

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As naturalists we have the opportunity and desire to show ot
hers the many natural wonders that intrigue us. At times we are asked to present our knowledge regarding particular subjects. The next best thing to being in the field is a well-done slide presentation. Photography is an important tool for many naturalists and one worth pursuing both for the presentation of our subjects and for the pure enjoyment of this creative outlet. We will explore basic techniques and skills of photography for naturalists and how to use these skills to showcase your specific natural topics. We'll begin in the classroom. Bring your camera-you'll be out in the field as well! Instructor: Liz Domingue, M.S., wildlife and conservation biology, is a naturalist, educator, photographer, and writer. She has gained her outdoor experience while hiking, paddling, and backpacking. Through photography, observation, and research, Liz has studied wildlife, plants, and the natural world throughout the United States and abroad. Her photography is published in a variety of books, magazines, newspapers, and brochures.
COURSE #291907 FEE: $49
Sat., August 30, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Smoky Mountain Field School
Phone: (865) 974-0150
Fax: (865) 974-0154
E-mail: Smoky@utk.edu

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Price: $13 Regular\; $8 Motorcycle Ride Up RateWhat bett
er way to celebrate SMHD's 4-year anniversary than with the Grammy award winning Kentucky Headhunters. Join us for an evening of pure Southern rock.

For more information on this artist, please visit www.kentuckyheadhunters.com

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In this intermediate course, we will focus on refining your
basic photography skills as a naturalist. Experience this more in-depth look at how you can improve your skills of observation and hence your abilities as a naturalist through the use of photography. Most of our time will be spent in the field applying your skills and improving upon your ability to capture natural images through the lens. Bring a 35mm camera (film or digital), tripod, and your favorite lenses. Pre-requisite: Photography for Naturalists or equivalent experience. Instructor: Liz Domingue.
COURSE #291907-1 FEE: $49
Sun., August 31, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Smoky Mountain Field School
Phone: (865) 974-0150
Fax: (865) 974-0154
E-mail: Smoky@utk.edu

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Backpack into an old growth forest, past ruins of early sit
es and the popular Hen Wallow Falls in the eastern Cosby region of the Park. This eight-mile easy-to-moderate overnighter gives novices an opportunity to learn from seasoned backpackers and the pros a chance to add to their experience and knowledge of natural history. Participants will provide their own gear and meals. We will tent camp about midway through the trip in a backcountry campsite. Register early, as space is limited to six participants. Instructors: Joel and Kathy Zachry, both M.S., are husband and wife naturalists who have backpacked the Park together since 1982 and completed section hiking the 2,175 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 2005.
COURSE #291911 FEE: $98*
Fri. & Sat., September 5 & 6

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Tony McManus - "The best Celtic guitarist in the world" - - JOHN RENBOURN.It's hard to say much more than that. Tony is a must see Celtic guitarist who will hypnotize and mesmerize you. To find a unique voice on so ubiquitous an instrument as the acoustic guitar is quite
an achievement: to do so within a centuries old idiom where the instrument has no real history is truly remarkable. In little over ten years as a professional musician Tony McManus has come to be recognized throughout the world as the leading guitarist in Celtic Music. From early childhood his twin obsessions of traditional music and acoustic guitar have worked together to produce a startlingly original approach to this ancient art. In Tony's hands the complex ornamentation normally associated with fiddles and pipes are accurately transferred to guitar in a way that preserves the integrity and emotional impact of the music

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865-983-9644

In the simplest terms, orienteering is the process of using
a map and compass to travel from one place to another. Traditionally, orienteering has been associated with competitive events where participants race cross country with map and compass to find targets in the shortest period of time. Through lectures, classroom activities, and field exercises, you will learn the fundamental skills of both competitive and wilderness orienteering. Instructor: Neal Buckingham has more than 15 years experience in training civilian and military groups in land navigation, orienteering, and search and rescue techniques.
COURSE #291867 FEE: $49
Sat., Sept. 13, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Climate and age of the Appalachian chain created a diversity
of plant species that is greater here than anywhere in North America. This diversity of life has sustained man for 10,000 years. Spend a day discovering how to identify plants and trees Native Americans and early settlers used for dye, food, medicines, crafts, and other items of daily life. Sample delicious wild flavors appropriate to the seasons. The instructor will share the herblore from "medicine men" and "granny women" while the group searches the woods and fields of this temperate rain forest for its hidden treasures. Instructor: Ila Hatter is an interpretive naturalist, artist, storyteller, and wildcrafter with more than 28 years experience teaching the cultural heritage of native plants. Ila is author of Roadside Rambles, a wild foods cookbook, and a video series: Wild Edibles and Medicinals of Southern Appalachia and Mountain Kitchen. She hosted three Folkway programs for PBS/UNC-TV, and has appeared on CNN, Turner/South, RFDTV, and A&E.
COURSE #291881 FEE: $49
Sat., Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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IONA - IONA's music is a unique, acoustic weave of the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany (France), the Isle of Man, Asturies and Galicia (Spain), as well as their transplants in America. Blending songs, dance tunes, and aires into a rich and stunning tapestry, their style is outstanding in an arena where these traditions are seldom intertwined.

Conceived in 1986, IONA was the musical offspring of lead singer, bouzouki, guitar and bodhrán player Barbara Ryan and wind section, Bernard Argent. With fiddlers Jim Queen (banjo and vocals as well) and Cassie Smith-Christmas and bass guitar player Chuck Lawhorn, IONA has become the leading Celtic group in the Mid-Atlantic region. They are all seasoned performers: entertainers who involve their audiences with the history and cultural backgrounds of the music, with teaching words to the songs -- even those sung in a Celtic tongue, with leading simple Breton dances, with humor, and with every emotion in the spectrum