Ozark Folk Center State Park April 21-27th Schedule

Tuesday – April 21, 2015   

Dulcimer Jamboree April 23-25

Join us April 23-25 for the finest in both hammered and mountain dulcimer music. Classes are offered for all playing levels and styles and include both hammered and mountain dulcimer classes. Instructors perform afternoon and evening concerts. This weekend also includes dulcimer performance contests and feature concerts withAubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly. Equal parts instrumentalists, dancers and vocalists, the duo of Atwater and Donnelly are one of the most well rounded practitioners of traditional folk music and dance on the scene today. Aubrey and Elwood will perform April 25 from 2-3 p.m. Craft Village Music Pavilion and from 8-9 p.m. as the Feature Performers in the Large Auditorium.

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Skillet Restaurant Buffets for Dulcimer Jamboree April 23-26, 2015

• Breakfast served 7:00 a.m. –11:00 a.m.
• Lunch served 11: a.m. –3:30 p.m.
• Dinner served 4:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m.

Lunch $9.95 – Homemade potpie, meatloaf, mashed potatoes & Gravy, Green beans, corn, rolls, dessert and full salad bar

Dinner $12.95 – Hamburger steak, grilled chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, Vegetable blend, corn, fried squash, dinner rolls, salad, and dessert

Friday April 24

Breakfast  $7.95 Two kinds of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits, sausage gravy, Grits, cinnamon rolls, mixed fruit and juice

Lunch $9.95 Chicken & Dressing, baked ham, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy, Green beans, cowboy corn, dinner roll and cranberry sauce. Plus full Salad Bar, & Dessert

Dinner $12.95  Catfish, chicken strips, popcorn shrimp, pinto beans, hushpuppies, Corn on the cob,  Vegetable blend,  French fries, pickled green Tomatoes , coleslaw Plus full Salad Bar, & Dessert

Saturday April 25

Breakfast  $7.95 Two kinds of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, biscuits, sausage gravy, Oatmeal, blueberry muffins, mixed fruit and juice.

Lunch $9.95 Tender Steak strips, BBQ Baked chicken, BBQ Beans, corn, dinner roll, Mashed potatoes w/gravy, homemade potato salad & Cole slaw, rolls Plus full Salad Bar, & Dessert

Dinner $12.95 Poppy Seed chicken, Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Grilled Sausage peppers and mushrooms, Onions and mushroom, wild rice, mashed potatoes w/gravy, baby carrots, green beans,  rolls Plus full Salad Bar, & Dessert

Sunday April 26

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Yarb Tales – Cleavers
This time of year, observant hikers and gardeners are noticing long, slender stems with thin hirsute leaves draping across other low growing vegetation in the garden and in open places in the woods. The leaves, usually eight, occur in whorls around the stem at every node. The white flowers are not large, yet are noticeable because they are borne on short stems that grow up from the whorls of leaves. The flowers produce sticky seed pods that germinate early, every spring. The plants pull up easily, are covered with prickles and will cling to clothing like Velcro®. These herbs are called cleavers or bedstraw; the Latin name is Galium aparine.

Because these plants always populate our gardens in early spring, they are considered weeds. They came with the Europeans, probably moving across the continent in the fur of grazing animals. Early settlers used the dried stems to stuff pillows and mattresses. Herbalists tincture the tops or make infusions with the fresh stems and leaves to treat swollen glands, kidney stones, bladder infections and certain kinds of cancers. The herb is also diuretic. Only the fresh plant is used, as it is the juice that contains the active chemicals which include citric acid (Vitamin C) and asperuloside, an anti-inflammatory.

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Registration Open for Kids Clay Camp, June 8-12, 2015

Come play in the mud!

Join us for a 5-day exploration of the many ways to work with clay, geared for folks from 8-14 years old. Students will have the opportunity to focus or experiment with using the wheel and hand building techniques.

Pre-registration is required. Class is limited to 5 students.

Class details

1. Mornings Only! From 9 a.m. to noon.
2. Ages 8-14 years old
3. Throwing on the wheel and basic hand building methods will be covered.
4. Total cost $180 – includes a $20 nonrefundable registration fee to the Ozark Folk Center State Park when you call to register; $125 class fee and $15 materials fee due directly to Judi when you arrive for class.

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Performing this Week
Tuesday, April 21

Noon Program – Shawn Hoefer – Obadiah T. Fassbinder and his modern medical miracle.
Daytime Musicians – Whoa Mule!

Wednesday, April 22

Evening Concert –

• Nathan Cobb & Friends
• Scott Pool & Gabi Pervis
• Odell Jackson
• Mary Parker & Friends

Evening Concert –

• Rick Thum
• Jack & Mary Giger
• Mulligan Stew
• Jess Dickinson
• Jeff Hames

Friday, April 24

Noon Program – Kathleen Connole – Native Plants and Peoples

Evening Concert –

• Aubrey Atwater & Elwood Donnelly
• Dennis Moran
• Larry Conger
• Duane Porterfield

Saturday, April 25

Young Pioneers children 7-14 for more information click here for schedule click here

Evening Concert –

• Judy Klinkhammer Tribute

Schedule Subject to Change

A season pass includes both Crafts and Music $75 for adults and $35 for children 6-12.

Skillet Restaurant  Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. – good old southern country cooking.

Homespun Gift Shop Open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – featuring items from Arkansas crafts people

Cabins at Dry Creek Open daily & year-around for comfortable, quiet lodging.

Loco Ropes Highline Adventure open 7-days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Noon program on the Bessie Moore Deck next to the School House

Daytime Musicians are located on the outdoor stage behind the Auditorium

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Richland Group