Harmon Field

Heritage Days

March 24 - 27, 2011

Thursday through Sunday

FREE  TO  THE  PUBLIC
(Crafts and Food for sale; Donations for Barn Dance)

Educational activities - Bring your students for a day of fun and learning!
More information will be posted soon!

Rotation start times (40-minute sessions in each of the following areas - Crafts, Games, History):

• Only group rotations on Thursday will be 11:30, 12:30, and 1:30

Schools Participating:  None registered

Buses:  Drop your students at Harmon Field entrance near the tennis courts. Park your buses on the equestrian end of Harmon Field.

Lunch:  Lunch will not be provided, nor will time be provided for a lunch break during the rotation times. If your group is to begin at 11:30 a.m., please have your students eat their lunch at one of our many picnic areas and be ready for rotation to begin promptly at 11:30 a.m.

Starting Station:  All classrooms will line up at their designated cone in the parking area by the open-air gym for instructions prior to rotations. Please make sure your classroom is in line at their designated cone promptly at your start time - either 8:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.

Rotation:  A bell will ring at ten minutes past the hour to designate time for the presenters to stop and for the groups to move on to their next designated station. We ask that you be at your next designated station no later than half past the hour in order to keep everything flowing smoothly. This will allow 20 minutes to move between stations. If students need a bathroom break, please have them move through the bathrooms quickly. There are bathrooms in the open-air gym that may be utilized if the bathroom building is too crowded.

Stations:  Civil War Camp; Crafts (Basket weaving, Blacksmith, Pottery, Weaving); Games

Educational activities - Bring your students for a day of fun and learning!
More information will be soon!

Rotation start times (40-minute sessions in each of the following areas - Crafts, Games, History):

• First group rotations will be 8:30, 9:30, and 10:30

• Second group rotations will be 11:30, 12:30, and 1:30

Schools Participating:  None registered

Buses:  Drop your students at Harmon Field entrance near the tennis courts. Park your buses on the equestrian end of Harmon Field.

Lunch:  Lunch will not be provided, nor will time be provided for a lunch break during the rotation times. If your group is to begin at 11:30 a.m., please have your students eat their lunch at one of our many picnic areas and be ready for rotation to begin promptly at 11:30 a.m.

Starting Station:  All classrooms will line up at their designated cone in the parking area by the open-air gym for instructions prior to rotations. Please make sure your classroom is in line at their designated cone promptly at your start time - either 8:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.

Rotation:  A bell will ring at ten minutes past the hour to designate time for the presenters to stop and for the groups to move on to their next designated station. We ask that you be at your next designated station no later than half past the hour in order to keep everything flowing smoothly. This will allow 20 minutes to move between stations. If students need a bathroom break, please have them move through the bathrooms quickly. There are bathrooms in the open-air gym that may be utilized if the bathroom building is too crowded.

Stations:  Civil War Camp; Crafts (Basket weaving, Blacksmith, Pottery, Weaving); Games

• 9:00 a.m. - Camp Opens

  • Spend the day and you will see what life in a Civil War camp was really like. Chat with the soldiers as they prepare for battle, clean their rifles, or get their horses ready for the fight.

  • Carriage rides will be offered by Carolina Horse and Carriage throughout the day, except during Soldier Drill and Battle times. Take a leisurely ride, approximately ten minutes, around Harmon Field for only $5 per person. Reminisce what it was like more than 100 years ago. Bring your children and grandchildren to share in the experience! Driver/Owner:  Elizabeth Hawkins.

  • Foothills Mountain Barbecue will be providing food throughout the day.

  • Crafters, displaying and selling wares from the 1880's, will be present.

  • Harmon Field Community Building will host a Civil War Museum, and Harmon Field's own museum will make its debut this weekend.

• 10:00 a.m. - Soldier Drill

• 2:00 p.m. - Battle

• 5:00 p.m. - Barbecue Supper provided by Foothills Mountain Barbecue - $6 per plate, does not include drinks

• 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. - Barn Dance - Five dollar donations (includes instructions if you have never participated in a Barn Dance before). Come in your 1800's attire, if possible.  WILL MOVE INSIDE IF WEATHER DICTATES!

  • Callers:  Raquelle and Heather Sheen

  • Musicians:  Austin Freer and the Back Porch Pickers

• 9:00 p.m. - Camp Closes