Mr. Williams holding his great grandson, Aaron Parker
Spring Planting Days and Easter Egg Hunt
Monday, March 22 - Saturday, March 27, 2010
Monday-Thursday, March 22 - March 25: School Children Days...Farm Tours, Planting Activities, Fun Activities and Easter Egg Hunt (Each child carried their potted plant/vegetable with them.)
163 children from Chavis Elementary and Anderson Primary Schools participated in these events that covered 4-5 of the SC Educational Standards.
Friday, March 26: Ongoing Activities of planting, Tours, and Demonstrations
Saturday, March 27: Church Youth Groups, Girl and Boy Scouts, Organizations, etc.
Spring Garden Planting at 1:00 PM
Easter Egg Hunt - 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Vineyard and farm tours and visits: call for appointment
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7th Annual Williams Muscadine Festival
Labor Day Weekend
September 3-6, 2010, (Friday night to Monday)
U-Pick, School Children Visitations and Educational Tours
For a most memorable, enjoyable and unique experience, come and visit us at the vineyard and farm. Bring a chair and sit awhile as you visit with your family, friends, neighbors and visitors home for the holidays.
While here, you can get your blood pressure checked and receive health promotion pamphlets and brochures.
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Tentative schedule for: 2010 Labor Day Weekend Festival
Friday, September 3, 7:30 PM, Wine Tasting, Lonetta Johnson Williams and Cassandra Williams Rush, Location: Williams Vineyard, 21 Gabriel Place
(Requesting minimum $5.00 donation to purchase children's books.)
Friday, September 3, overnight: Open Pit Pig Bar-B-Q
by Waldo Wendell Williams, Eldridge S. Williams, David A. Williams, Reginald Williams and Friends
Men, have you ever had the experience of staying up all night, bar-b-queing a pig and watching it slow cook over an open pit, as they did at this farm 50+ years ago? You get to assist with 'dressing' it, making the sauce, and adding the final touches. (Bring your tent and spend the night.) You get to take 2 lbs home with you to share with your family and friends........the pig you helped to cook..... all for $25.00.
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Saturday, September 4, 8:00 AM - Midnight
(3:00 PM Friendship United Methodist Church Picnic)
Health Promotion All Day, Elneicia Williams Stuckey, RN and Cassandra Williams Rush, MPH
Wine Tastings Throughout the Day on Saturday
1:00 - 2:00 PM, Book Signing by Cassandra Williams Rush
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Dolls From Our Past: Display and Presentation
by Cassandra Williams Rush, Edith Williams and Lagretta Johnson
All Day Saturday, Face Painting by Augretta Tutson Williams
All Day Saturday, Children's Games and Activities, (Hopscotch, etc.) by LaTonya Williams Parker and Lonetta Johnson
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September 5, Sunday: 1:00 PM - Midnight
Health Promotion Activities, Elneicia Williams Stuckey, RN and Cassandra Williams Rush, MPH
Sunday Afternoon, Children's Games and Activities, (Hopscotch, etc.) by LaTonya Williams Parker and Lonetta Johnson
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, History, Demonstrstions and Activities of the Early Black Farm
by David and Wendell Williams
6:00 PM - 83th Birthday Celebration for Mr. David Williams, Augretta Williams Tutson, Kendra Williams Cornell, Annie Glymph Williams and Fariel Irick Williams
9:00 PM or Dark, Fantastic Fireworks Show, by the grandsons and great grandsons of
Mr. & Mrs. David Williams
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September 6, Monday: 8:00 AM - Dark, U-Pick
Socializing and Winding Down
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U-Pick Schedule (Before and after festival):
August 25 - September 25, 8:00 AM - dark, Mondays - Saturdays.
Sundays: 1:00 PM - dark
U-pick cost per pound=$1.50
We pick cost per pound=$2.00
Please bring your tents, campers and RVs and spend the weekend with us, or just stop in for a short visit!!!
(No hook-ups available)