About Emma
We need your vote- “I am the Appalachian Trail”
Our 3 minute contest video was edited for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy “I am the Appalachian Trail” video contest. The ATC contest features many videos that share a personal view point about the hikers experience. We decided that we should enter Emma Gatewood, whose story has helped shape a generation of hikers trail experiences. We…
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DON’T FORGET TO VOTE… “I am the Applachain Trail” Video Contest Grandma Gatewood entry! https://apps.facebook.com/easypromos-premium/entries/16348 We have entered the “I Am The Appalachian Trail” video contest on Facebook with a trailer for our upcoming PBS Documentary about Legendary Hiker Emma Gatewood. You can help us win by voting between September 16 and November 8, 2013.…
Read MoreGet Some “Trail Magic”- True North August 22-25
Got to see a rehearsal of “Trail Magic” last night at TrueNorth and I’m sooo excited! Anne McEvoy is bringing Emma Gatewood to life and Kathie Dice is helping to tell the story wonderfully. Rick Fortney is doing a wonderful job helping them to re-create Emma’s life. It will be a great show — I…
Read MoreДве женщины- Grandma Goes Global
It is amazing how Emma Gatewood inspires so many people. She ended up being featured in a blog from Russia by Sergey_Bp about a friend of his that is doing a long bike ride. Here is the link to that blog translated roughly into English by Google. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsergey-bp.livejournal.com%2F193440.html&act=url For those of you that read Russian,…
Read More“Trail Magic” in Pulse Magazine
Jeff Gallatin of PULSE magazine wrote a nice article about our TrueNorth “TRAIL MAGIC” program about Emma Gatewood. You can find it at: http://www.pulselorainmag.com/Main/Articles/142.aspx
Read MoreWe have a cast! Trail Magic, the play, premieres August 24th
We now have a cast! True North just called to say that Anne McEvoy was offered the part of Emma Gatewood and Kathie Dice was offered the part of the Narrator! Both of these ladies are wonderful and have done other historical programs. I’m sure they’ll both be wonderful in the parts!
Read More“Trail Magic” — A Festival Dedicated to the life of Emma Gatewood
produced by Eden Valley Enterprises and TrueNorth Cultural Arts at the French Creek Nature & Arts Center 4530 Colorado Ave. Sheffield Village, OH 44054 Emma Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Come join us for this celebration of her life! Auditions “Trail Magic” a new play by Kelly…
Read MoreLessons Yogi Bear Taught Us
Yogi: “Hey Boo Boo, I see a pic-a-nic basket.” Boo Boo: “Yogi the park ranger does not want us bothering the humans” Yogi: “We’re not bothering them, we’re entertaining them”. On our trip to Mt. Katahdin last fall we had a chance to meet up with Bruce Grant, from MATC. In the course of our…
Read MoreKatahdin’s Trail Magic
We just got back from a shoot in Millenocket Maine and Baxter State Park this past week. The weather was decent, the fall foliage was spectacular, and the people at the park could not have been nicer. We set out to connect with the through hikers coming in across the Hundred Mile Wilderness. We met…
Read MoreWhat Emma’s life and home looked like
Two weeks ago writer/producer Bette Lou Higgins and I had the pleasure of meeting Emma Gatewood’s grand-daughter Marjorie Wood down in Gallipolis, on the Ohio River. Not only did Marjorie have an amazing archive of Emma things including the famous red beret, but many of her trail diaries, press clippings, original photos, even 8mm movies. …
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