35th Festival Dedicated To Senior Citizen Center Chair
This week’s Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival will have an extra meaning as it will be dedicated to the late former Chairman of the Algood Senior Center Board. Melinda Bilbrey had served as the Chairman of the Board for 20 years and passed away last Fall after her second battle with cancer. Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival […]
Algood’s Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival Begins Friday
Over 120 quilts will be on display at multiple Algood locations this weekend during the 34th annual Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival. Festival Coordinator John Allen said this is the largest, longest-running quilt festival in the state. He said the festival began as a fundraiser for the Algood Senior Center and continues to be the primary […]
Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival Postponed To April 2022
The Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival has made the decision to postpone its 32nd show until April 1st and 2nd. Coordinator John Allen said the decision came after tracking rising COVID cases and consulting Putnam County Health Director Lisa Bumbalough. “When you consider the age of the people who come to the Quilt Festival, a majority […]
White Plains Historic Home Resumes Activities
Algood’s White Plains Historic Home will reopen its doors to the public on Saturday. Friends of the White Plains Home Co-Chair Eunetta Jenkins said that after 17 months, they are excited to have visitors return the historic home for tours and sight-seeing. “There are beautiful homes open to the public all over Tennessee, and we’re […]
Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival Cancelled
The 32nd Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival has been cancelled. Festival Coordinator John Allen said cancelling Tennessee’s largest and longest running quilt festival was not easy and required multiple board meetings. “We did not approach it lightly,” Allen said. “Extensive discussions and a great deal of reflection. It was not a unanimous situation until we got […]
