Why would a folk band from British Columbia travel 2,700 miles — nearly the length of the United States — to get here?
Because “Dalton understands the music,” said Bruce Coughlan, the songwriter for the band Tiller’s Folly.
Coughlan played alongside band members Laurence Knight and Nolan Murray at the Liberty Tree Festival on Saturday afternoon. Overcast skies and chilly weather didn’t stop families from coming out to the Dalton Green Park downtown to hear the music, something Coughlan “greatly appreciates.”
The festival continues today from noon to 5 p.m.
“We played here in February at the (Dalton Freight Depot) for the Woodsong’s Coffee House concert series,” Coughlan said. “It’s gorgeous here. Dalton is such a pretty town and they get it, they get the music. We live in a media-driven society that’s lost touch with music. To a lot of folks music is background noise, so it’s nice to come down here to folks who understand music feeds the soul.”
Tiller’s Folly are among several folks bands playing at the festival, including the New Binkley Brothers, Chatham County Line and Spatial Effects.
In addition to the music, the festival features plenty of barbecue from several local and regional cooks. Brett Miller, owner of Miller Brothers Rib Shack, said it was a good day.
“We’ve enjoyed the atmosphere so far,” Miller said. “The weather is a bit cold, but it is nice. I think we’ll have a decent turnout before it’s over. It’s good for us to be out because Miller’s has been in business for 30 years and we want to be part of the community. I’d like to invite everyone to come out and give us a try.”
The restaurant has two locations, on Morris Street and Carbondale Road, said Miller, who believes his first time at the festival has been productive. This was also Kassandra Callaway’s first time at the festival, as well as her first time selling candy apples to the public.
“Right now, (my business) is an out-of-the-home kind of thing,” said Callaway. “I’ve got all different kinds of apples for anyone who wants to come out.”
Callaway said one of her best selling apples is called “the everything.”
“It’s a caramel apple with crushed Oreos, pretzels, peanuts, pecans, M&M’s, marshmallows and it’s drizzled in milk and white chocolate,” Callaway said. “It’s very good. We’ve sold a lot so far.”
Callaway heard about the festival from Kristi Thomas, who works as a marketing assistant with the Downtown Dalton Development Authority and helped organize the event with Marketing Director Veronica French.
“So far everything is running smoothly,” French said. “The bands have been great, even if it is a little chilly. We hope to get some more people out here with their jackets on, ready for some good food and good music. We’re here to celebrate Dalton and the Liberty Tree.”
Georgia’s Liberty Tree is a descendant of America’s last original colonial-era Liberty Tree, a symbolic gathering place of the Sons of Liberty during the American Revolution. In 2006, 14 descendant saplings were planted, with one going to each of the original 13 colonies and one to Mount Vernon, Va., George Washington’s home. Dalton was selected to be the home of Georgia’s Liberty Tree. The tree is next to City Hall on the Selvidge Street side.
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Members of the band Chatham County Line perform Saturday night on the Dalton Green during the Liberty Tree Festival. Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen
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Mike Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, flips ribs on the grill Saturday at the Smoke Shack BBQ booth in Dalton. Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen
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Dr. William Blackman, left, explains how amputations were done during the Civil War with a bone saw as Brett Huske looks on at the Hamilton House Saturday. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)
Dr. William Blackman opened a box of tools consisting of medical instruments, including a saw, and proceeded to tell visitors how they were used more than a century ago to amputate limbs for soldiers wounded on the battlefield.
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