ALDHA THANKS!!

Thank’s to everyone who joined us this past Saturday to watch “Trail Magic, the Grandma Gatewood Story” at the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. Special thanks to ALDHA coordinator Betsy Kane, and Larry Luxenberg, President of the Appalachian Trail Museum, for giving us the Museum Symposium time slot at the “Gathering”. If you missed us…

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Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association “Gathering”

We are looking forward to meeting the many folks coming this weekend to the “ALDHA” Gathering (http://www.aldha.org/gathering.html) . We will be at the “Gathering” Saturday Oct. 10th to present our “Trail Magic, the Grandma Gatewood Story” documentary as part of the AT Museum Symposium section of the weekend at Shippensburg (PA) University 3-5pm. Hope you…

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Film Preview of Trail Magic

We are excited about sharing “Trail Magic, the Grandma Gatewood Story”. It will be playing this Saturday at 10:30am at the Lake Erie Arts and Film Festival in Sandusky, Ohio, you can buy tickets online at lakeeriefilm.org or at the box office. The film will be shown in the former Calvary Temple at the corner…

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What a night, Trail Magic Live at AMC Pinkham Notch

Just got back from Pinkham Notch NH. We really enjoyed meeting many families, through hikers and day trippers. Thank you for joining us for the first showing of “Trail Magic” on the AT! Here on the trail heading out on the Old Jackson Road

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Coming soon to a theater near you….

“Trail Magic” debuted with two sold out shows at the TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center in Sheffield Village, Ohio Friday May 29th. Marjorie Gilliam Wood, Emma’s great grand daughter, who was featured in the film was there along with writer Kelly Boyer Sagert, producer Bette Lou Higgins and director Peter Huston. A q&a was run between…

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60th Anniversary of Grandma Gatewood’s walk

This May will mark the 60th Anniversary of Grandma Emma Gatewood’s record-setting walk on the Appalachian Trail. Before her 1955 hike, no woman had ever hiked the 2,050 miles from Georgia to Maine by herself! Celebrate this milestone with us — get yourcommemorative T-shirt or hand-made Infinity Scarf with any donation of $20 or more…

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Trail Magic Premiere In the News

Hi, Everyone, Steve Fogarty of the Elyria Chronicle Telegram wrote a great article about us:  Film highlights first woman to walk Appalachian Trail alone – Chronicle-Telegram It took a lot longer to make a movie about pioneering hiker Emma “Grandma” Gatewood than it did for the petite woman to walk the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail alone…

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There’s Magic on stage in Dayton in MAY

Priscilla Kaczuk as Grandma Gatewood in TRAIL MAGIC on May 15, 2017! Trail Magic — The story of Emma Gatewood If anyone deserves to be in the movies, it’s Grandma Gatewood! Grandma Emma Gatewood was the first woman to solo thru-hike the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail in 1955 at the age of 67 after raising 11…

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