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Wednesday, 09/26/07

Country ham and children=92s home take starring = roles

=91Pig Pen=92 welcomes all football-loving=20 festivalgoers

By JILL = CECIL=20 WIERSMA
Staff Writer

SPRING HILL =97 There's plenty to do = for those who=20 want to make a whole day of it at the fourth annual Spring Hill = Country=20 Ham Festival.

The 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 6 festival moves this = year from=20 Rippavilla Plantation to the Tennessee Children's Home campus. = Admission=20 is free, but parking is $5, benefiting the children's home.

Here's a list of highlights for the event = sponsored by=20 John Maher Builders:

=95 Country ham and biscuits made by The = Loveless Cafe's=20 "Biscuit Lady," Carol Fay.

=95 See how many of Fay's ham biscuits you can = eat in two=20 minutes at a biscuit-eating contest.

=95 Learn how ham is cured at a booth = sponsored by=20 Community South.

=95 Clear your throat for a hog-calling = contest sponsored=20 by Mid State Title and Escrow.

=95 For the kiddies, "All aboard the train" is = sponsored=20 by the Rotary Club of Spring Hill. Also visit the Kids Zone, = sponsored by=20 Williamson Medical Center.

=95 Local arts and crafts will be featured at = several=20 booths.

=95 For sports fans, Charter Communications = offers the Pig=20 Pen, featuring ESPN on their big-screen TV. No one will have to = miss a=20 minute of the UT/Georgia game. Bring your favorite chair and make = yourself=20 comfy.

=95 New this year is a coloring contest = sponsored by=20 Davis-Kidd Booksellers and Loveless Cafe. The coloring contest = page can be=20 downloaded from http://www.countryhamfest.com/. All coloring = contest=20 pages will be displayed at the festival and everyone wins a = prize.

=95 It will be story time all day with = readings from=20 Swine Tales at a booth sponsored by Davis-Kidd = Booksellers.

=95 Music and dance will fill the air = throughout the day,=20 sponsored by Maury Regional Hospital, Spring Hill Imaging Center = and=20 Spring Hill Urgent Care.

A lineup of performances includes the = Nashville Arts=20 Association, NSAI Hall of Fame songwriter Jerry Foster presenting = the=20 Spirit of the Opry show, Taylor Ware (Yahoo's national yodeling = champion),=20 The Singing Cowboy and a special guest artist to close the = show.

=95 Fireworks will close the day out, = sponsored by Regions=20 Bank, Publix, Kroger, Gateway Church and Dentistry by = Design.

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Taylor=20 Ware, then 11, in her neighborhood barn in Franklin on Aug. = 8, 2006.=20 The America's Got Talent star will be a = special=20 guest at this year's festival. (SHELLEY MAYS / FILE / = THE=20 TENNESSEAN) 3DEnlarge=20

Harper=20 Simpson, 2, of Spring Hill nervously watches Wilbur eat a = french fry=20 as she sits for a photo with the celebrity pig during last = year's=20 Spring Hill Country Ham Festival. (JEANNE REASONOVER / = FILE /=20 THE TENNESSEAN)

Contact=20 Jill Cecil Wiersma at 771-5460, 790-7207 or jwiersma@tennessean.com.=20


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