Dashboards and Saddlebags the Destination Magazine™ Issue 007 October 2011 | Page 8

Destinations really enjoy strolling the exhibits or taking in one of the wine and food seminars. It all awaits you at Great Grapes! on October 4th. Enjoy Hundreds of Wines, Over 50 Exhibits with Thousands of your fellow wine lovers! www.uncorkthefun.com Scotland County Highland Games Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 13040 X-Way Road John Blue House and Grounds Laurinburg, NC 28353. This is just the kind of event you would expect to find in the county that has one of the largest concentrations of Highland Scots in North America. It’s the premier celebration of Scottish and Celtic cultures in the Upper Cape Fear and Pee Dee regions. If you’ve never experienced a Highland Games, you owe it to yourself to join us. Watch our lads compete in traditional events, such as tossing the caber (a massive tapered pine pole) and the sheaf toss throwing a 20-pound bale of straw straight up using a pitchfork! Of course, what would the games be without the piping and drumming, dancing, and tartan glory associated with this unique culture. www.visitnc-soul.com/ events/scottish_games.html 32nd Annual Sonker Festival Sat, October 1, 1pm – 5pm Edwards-Franklin House Mount Airy, NC 27030. Old Time and Bluegrass Music, Quilters, Civil War Exhibit, Flat Foot Dancing, Scottish Heritage, Sonkers, Beverages and Coffee. Presented by the Surry County Historical Society. What is a sonker? Talk to Cama Merritt, president of the Surry County Historical Society, about this deep-dish fruit pie. She can teach you the recipe and tell you where you can taste test sonkers – at the annual Sonker Festival. This is a daylong festival honoring the Appalachian deep-dish pie called the “sonker,” with old-time stringband music and dance. The cost is FREE! The Edwards-Franklin House, 4132 Haystack Rd, Mount Airy, NC, is 7 miles west of Mount Airy. Take NC 89 west out of Mount Airy. Turn left onto Beulah Rd. about 1 mile after passing under I-77. Drive approximately 1 mile on Beulah Rd. and turn west onto Haystack Rd. Follow Haystack Rd. for about 3 miles. Immediately after you cross a bridge, the EdwardsFranklin House will be on the right. Contact Surry County Historical Society 336-789-4304 Mountain Thunder Car Show Oct 1 – 2 Commerce Street, Old Fort, NC. Sponsored by the Route 70 Cruisers, all makes and models of cars,trucks and motorcycles are invited to join the fun, no entrance or admission fees! There will be food, crafts and a “swap meet” area for treasure hunters. [email protected] 8 Dashboards and Saddlebags The Destination Magazine