Help Decorate for 4 Big December Events

Please come and help decorate the Walden's Ridge Civic League on Sunday, December 1 at 1:00. The December calendar if full of wonderful activities, and The Civic League must be ready. See the special  events below.

Wayside Presbyterian Church Christmas  Concert is Saturday, December 7 at 6:00 PM in the Walden's Ridge Civic League Auditorium.

Scriptorium Hall Defense Day , scheduled for Thursday, December 12, is a private event not open to the public.  Students give presentations on one of their papers. They then defend their work, responding to impromptu questions from the tutor and the audience.

As Isaac Family Christmas is Wednesday, Dec. 18 & Thursday Dec 19 at 7:00 PM . Information and tickets https://www.asisaac.com/new-events

Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus look forward to seeing you on Friday, December 20 beginning at 5:00. Enjoy food, s'mores, music, lights, a bonfire, special hay ride to view larger-than-life-sized inflated characters, Blue Cumberland band, Gingerbread house contest, crafts, tree lighting and caroling. 

Smoke on the Mountain is a BBQ contest and Music Festival held every autumn. Other seasonal events are Merry Mountain Christmas, coming up on December 20, 2024, and Tell It on the Mountain Scheduled for April 4, 2025. The Birthday Bash on the Mountain  will be in June 2025.

Winners of the BBQ contest for 2024 are, left to right, WRES represented by Jim Gault for  Best BBQ Pork Butt and best BBQ Chicken; Grain Inn represented by Will Gailmard, for Best BBQ Ribs; and Steve Ellis with Blue Sky for 1st Place Overall and Best BBQ Brisket . 

BBQ is not the only attraction. The kids love playing in the sand pile and with all the riding toys, swings and slides under the shade of an oak tree while their parents visit and picnic together.

Volunteers and Sponsors - What would we do without them? Here Kent Kersten and Johanne Albright welcome guests. A special thank you to our wonderful Sponsors is on the sign behind them.

Six inflatables and riding toys were great hits at the Birthday Bash on June 22. The Birthday Bash is held annually to celebrate construction of the Auditorium in 1921.

Murphy Ridge performed  for the first time at WRCL, and they were very well received.  We hope to have them back soon.

Lions Club members Bill Leonard and Fred Wildman reinforce the Lions motto "We Serve" by cooking hamburgers and hot dogs. Annette Wildman, representing the Walden's Ridge Guild, sister organization of the WR Civic League, serves the crowd.

Rides in the hay wagon are always one of the favorite activities at the Civic League events. Here Andy Jones pulls the wagon with a beautiful antique tractor loaned by Dave Evans. 

      Storytellers entertained at the third annual TELL IT on the MOUNTAIN  April 5, 2024. We look forward to hosting another storytelling event next spring.

        WRCL offers four seasonal events every year: TELL IT on the MOUNTAIN in spring; the BIRTHDAY BASH in summer, SMOKE on the MOUNTAIN in fall, and a MERRY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS the last Friday before Christmas.

Signal Mt. Mirror published a story about saving the structures at Walden's Ridge Civic League. The buildings are badly in need of restoration.

A Happy Fiddler remains only as a Ghost on the front of the Auditorium. Note the siding is badly deteriorated and needs replacing. 

Thanks to Senators Bo Watson & Randy McNally and Representatives Patsy Hazlewood & Cameron Sexton for Tennessee Senate Proclamation honoring 100 years