FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              Contact: Lance Ragsdale

                                                                        Assistant to the President for Development

                                                                                  662-547-9464

Annual French Camp Pioneer Day – May 10, 2008

FRENCH CAMP, MS – The annual French Camp Pioneer Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the historical village in French Camp, MS.

            The mission of the French Camp Pioneer Day is to organize an annual, first class event; to support pioneer style arts and crafts in Mississippi, the beauty of acoustic instruments, their history and prevalence in the South, and to promote the annual festival throughout the state, creating an on-going resource that serves to support the ministry of French Camp Academy.

            Among the activities featured are chair caning, leather working, candle making, basket weaving, civil war weapons, lots of food, plenty of live dulcimers and acoustical music.  We strive to show what life was like in the 19th century through living history presentations all through the day.  The event is open to the public.  Concessions will be available.

            For more information, please contact Keith Collier at 662-547-6835. 

            French Camp Academy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, strives to provide a Christian school-home for young people, mostly teenagers, who need love and structure, helping young people grow in wisdom, stature and in favor of God and man.  French Camp Academy operates a historical area for tourists on the Natchez Trace, 90 miles north of Jackson and 80 miles south of Tupelo. The Log Cabin Gift Shop, the Council House Café, Greenwood LeFlore Carriage House and the James Drane Home are among its attractions.