Betty Bradford, tenor, and her husband Edward Bradford, base, will sing with the New Day Gospel Singers at the Prater’s Mil Country Fair on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Entertainment at Prater’s Mill Country Fair, coming up Saturday and Sunday, will offer musicians and Appalachian-style cloggers on stage and auto harp player Pat Bryant on the mill porch.
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 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 seven miles from I-75. For more information, call 706.694-MILL (6455), e-mail pratersmill@PratersMill.org or visit the website at www.PratersMill.org.
Saturday:
9 a.m. Mill Pickin'
10 a.m. Snakes of Georgia
10:30 Choo Choo Cloggers
11 a.m. Double Cross
11:45 Carpet Capitol Cloggers
12:15 p.m. Rock and Kuntry Cloggers
12:45 Shelby Leeann
1:30 p.m. East Ridge Cloggers
2 p.m. Dixie Style Cloggers
2:30 p.m. Heather Roark Nodelman
3 p.m. Shelby Leeann
3:45 p.m. Sound Check
4 p.m. Double Cross
4:45 p.m. Sound Check
5 p.m Mary Kate Farmer
Sunday:
9 a.m Mill Praise
10 a.m. Bro. Rickie Phipps
11 a.m. Medley of Joy
12 p.m. Aimee Garner
1 p.m. New Day
2 p.m. Red Carpet Express Cloggers
2:30 p.m. Double Cross
3:15 p.m. Medley of Joy
4: p.m. Aimee Garner