It's time to dust off your boots and get ready for a right fine celebration...
We're fixin' to have ourselves a grand ol' time on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, from 2 PM to 8 PM on King Street in downtown Mount Jackson! Mark your calendars, folks, 'cause it's BUCK RYAN DAY! We're celebrating what would have been our very own three-time national fiddle champion, Buck Ryan's, 100th birthday! 🎻
And if that weren't enough to get your toes tappin', we're also celebrating the 200th Anniversary of our beloved Union Church! That's right, two big milestones in one down-home celebration!
This ain't just any celebration, folks, it's a genuine Mount Jackson get-together you won't want to miss. We’ve got a whole heap of fun planned!
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
2:00 PM / Official Start of the Day: Union Church Bell / Welcome from Mayor Donnie Pifer
Special MC - Mr. Ben Miller (Valley Pike Music)
MUSICAL GUESTS
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM / Herb & Hanson
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM / Brittany Leigh Frye
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM / Cutch Tuttle & Tuttle Family String Band
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Kailee Dishmon and the Ryan Dishmon Band
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM / The Rogue Farmers
ACTIVITIES
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Union Church (Music, History, Displays, Presentations)
100 FREE CUPCAKES – First come, first served!
Burkett’s Store (Buck Ryan Display & Mount Jackson History)
Cake Walk – Join the fun!
2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Vendor Market – Support our local businesses!
Vintage Cars & Motorcycles – A sight to see!
Casual Street Games (free play): Cornhole, checkers, and more!
Old Time Jam Space – Folks are encouraged to bring their instrument(s), pull up a chair and jam a bit.
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Hogback Mountain Pony Rides – Yeehaw!
Face Painting – Get your creative face on!
VENDOR MARKET
Valley Pike Music, Old Shed Leather Guild, Nana Blue Greenhouse, Sweet & Savvy, Fort Valley Nut Company, John Henry General Store, Fern Gully, Nana Blue Greenhouse, Jeffrey Deiner Woodworking
NONPROFIT FRIENDS
Shen-Paco Industries, Mount Jackson Community Library, CREW Community Center, Mt. Jackson Rescue & Fire, Mount Jackson Museum. The Mount Jackson Hometown Partnership will have limited edition Buck Ryan fiddle ornaments for sale--so don't miss your chance to snatch up on of those keepsakes! :)
FOOD/BEVERAGES
Pork & Pies, Tom’s Chili Dogs, Sugar Creek Snowy & Sweet Ice Cream Shop, and Jessica’s Lemonade Stand
STEP INSIDE Union Church to enjoy....
2:00 Ringing of the Union Church bell
2:05 Welcome by Mayor Donnie Pifer
2:15 History of the Union Church - a talk by Barb Pifer
3:00 Who was Daniel Gray...a Revolutionary War soldier buried in the Union Church cemetery. - a talk by SAR representative Ros Poplar
3:30 Harmonia Sacra - an A Cappella group
4:00 Civil War History - a talk by Military Historian Bill Potter
4:30 Olde Tyme Hymn Sing
5:00 Displays
Other happenings include...
Photograph prints of the Union Church, Docents in costume, History of the Mount Jackson Garden Club and its involvement with the Union Church. Also...don't miss the Union Church 2024 ornaments for sale!
We're expecting a big crowd, all ready to enjoy a day of FRIENDS, FUN, and FIDDLES! Bring your lawn or rockin' chair, your family, friends, and come on down! We can't wait to see y'all there!
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