Branson’s Silver Dollar City festival welcomes Madison County crafters
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Pam Coppedge, of Granite City, shows off some of her sea salt scrub, made with Dead Sea salt, on the opening day of Silver Dollar City’s National Craft and Cowboy Festival.
Edwardsville resident Johanna Johnson talks to people while spinning wool threads using Native American tools at Silver Dollar City. Johnson enjoys talking to park visitors and telling them about her craftsmanship, she said.
Johanna Johnson prepares her spinning wheel at Silver Dollar City during its National Craft and Cowboy Festival. Johnson became interested in fiber arts as a young girl growing up in the Netherlands.
Johanna Johnson, of Edwardsville, prepares her spinning wheel at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Johnson is one of more than 125 visiting craftsmen for the amusement park’s current National Craft and Cowboy Festival, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 28.
If you go:What: Silver Dollar City’s National Craft and Cowboy FestivalWhen: Wednesdays through Sundays until Saturday, Oct. 28 Where: Branson, MissouriInfo: Festival features more than 125 visiting craftsmen; www.silverdollarcity.com.
BRANSON, Missouri — While growing up in the Netherlands, Johanna Johnson recalled her family of crafters, who were heavily involved in knitting and related crafts.
Now the Edwardsville resident is bringing some of that tradition to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, as one of more than 125 visiting craftsmen for the 1880s theme park’s National Craft and Cowboy Festival, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 28.
The festival brings specialty craftsmen from around the country. In addition to Johnson, another Madison County crafter, Pam Coppedge, of Granite City, is at the festival.
The festival is a long-running tradition at the park.
“We started this festival in 1963,” said Director of Entertainment and Events John Ancona. “It has gone through a few name changes, but the foundation of this festival is crafts, homemade crafts.”
Crafts have always …
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