2022 Heritage Festival
Schedule of Events
Cultural event, outdoor educational event, entertainment event Union County Heritage Festival
8:00 Start 2022 Wild Turkey 5K Trail Run and Walk
9:00 Open the 9th Annual Union County Heritage Festival
9:00 Ballroom C Heritage Raffle begins
9:45 Main Stage Announce 5K Logo Winner
10:00 Main Stage Sticks and Stones
10:00 Kitchen Chef Kimberly Stoll and Mary Roberts, Cooking Demo
10:00 Children's Garden StoryTime in the Garden, details here
10:00 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
10:00 Pavilion Garden Tour, details here
10:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
10:30 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
11:00 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
11:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
11:00 Children's Garden Nature Bingo
11:00 Kid's Crafts Fairy House Building Contest Begins
11:00 Kitchen Charlotte Petite Chef + Chef Jill Aker-Ray, Cooking Demo
11:30 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
11:30 Ballroom B Be Famous Dancers Show, details here
11:30 Main Stage Southern Songwriters Association
12:00 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
12:00 Children's Garden StoryTime in the Garden, details here
12:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
12:30 Pavilion Garden Tour, details here
12:30 Ballroom B Be Famous Dancers Show, details here
1:00 Main Stage Rob McHale Band
1:00 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
1:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
1:00 Children's Garden Nature Bingo
1:30 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here
1:30 Kid's Crafts Fairy House Building Contest Ends
2:00 Children's Garden StoryTime in the Garden, details here
2:00 Pavilion Garden Talks, details here for details
2:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
2:30 Main Stage Announce Middle School Art Contest Winners
2:30 Main Stage Southern Songwriters Association
2:30 Pavilion Garden Tour, details here
3:00 Ballroom C Raffle Winners Announced
3:00 Pavilion Garden Tour, details here
3:00 Ballroom B Dance Class, details here
3:00 Children's Garden Nature Bingo
4:00 Close the Festival Save the date September 23, 2023
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Garden Talks Schedule
10:00 How to Test Your Soil
Debbie Dillion, NCSU Extension Agent
10:00 Garden Tour
Syl Walker, Extension Master Gardener Program
10:30 Erosion Control
Jake Barbee UC Natural Resource Conservationist
11:00 Tree Pruning 101
Keith O’Herrin, Union County Urban Forester
11:30 Intro to Native Plants
Linda Nelson, President, Wild Ones Charlotte Piedmont Chapter
12:00 All About Daylillies
John Smethurst, Piedmont Daylily Club
12:30 Garden Tour
Kathy Rushing, Union County Master Gardener
1:00 Growing Lavender in Union County
Mary Roberts, Windcrest Farms
1:30 What are Keystone Plants?
Linda Nelson, President, Wild Ones Charlotte Piedmont Chapter
2:00 How to Become a Master Gardener
Debbie Dillion, NCSU Extension Agent
2:30 Garden Tour
Kathy Rushing, Union County Master Gardener
3:00 Garden Tour
Syl Walker, Extension Master Gardener Program
StoryTime Schedule
10:00 am
The Poo at the Zoo
Author: Keri Culp
Chris and Frankie: Sight Word Stories 1&2
Author: Christopher Singleton
Christmas Lights
Author: Brooke Kramb
My Daddy Doesn't Need a Cape
Author: Sheryl Smiley-Oliphant
12:00 pm
Applesauce Afternoon
Author: Brooke Kramb
Chris and Frankie: Can You Help Us Count???
Author: Christopher Singleton
Mystery Book Kathy Gardner
Toulouse on the Loose
Author: Keri Culp
New Baby Coming, New Baby Here
Author: Sheryl Smiley-Oliphant
2:00 pm Excerpts from two Chapter Books
Boots and TZ and the Magic Cat Tree
Author: Keri Culp
No Clues, You Lose: A Joey Jacob Mystery
Author: A.B. Donohue
Free Dance Class Schedule
Hip Hop
10:00 -10:15 am
Ballet/Lyrical
11:00 - 11:15 am
Dance Performance
11:30 - 11:45 am
Jazz
12:00 -12:10 pm
Dance Performance
12:30 - 12:45 pm
Hip Hop
1:00 -1:10 pm
Ballet/Lyrical
2:00 -2:15 pm
Jazz
3:00 - 3:15 pm