Cannon Carriage Classic Aug. 26

By Margaret hobbs Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Ellen Wolfe drives her carriage in last year?s Cannon Carriage Classic coming up in Woodbury Aug. 26.

The 14th annual Cannon Carriage Classic will be held Aug. 26 at Cannon County?s Valhalla Farm. The Woodbury carriage driving show has grown to be very popular with spectators from the region, with guests coming from all over the Midstate. The show provides an opportunity to see horses and ponies pulling carriage of all types, as they compete.

This year?s show features entertainment by McMinnville?s Silver and Gold Band, augmented with members of the Cannon County Community Band. The band will play between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. A demonstration on mule driving will be given by the Middle Tennessee Muleskinners at noon. Area craft vendors will also be set up for shopping opportunities.

?If you like horses and carriages, this is the only place you?ll see them in Tennessee,? said Jim Keithley.

The show is sponsored by the Cannon Carriage Driving Center with free admission and parking. Directions to Valhalla Farm are: Five miles past Woodbury on Hwy. 70; turn left at flashing caution light on Hwy. 64 and follow signs.