The 26th Annual Granville Heritage Day Antique Car & Tractor Show will occur in Historic Granville on May 24th at 6800 Granville Highway. The car show will offer 63 classes of competition with three place trophies in each class. Registration for the show will be from 9:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m. with an entry fee of $20.00 for first car and $15.00 for second. Each car receives one free admission to the Heritage Day Festival. The first 300 cars will receive a unique dash plaque. The show field is on the banks of the Cordell Hull Lake in a beautiful setting for a car show.
This year's show will honor Roy Pennington of Livingston who is a longtime antique car collector and the memorial honoree is the late David Denney who was a longtime collector and also a major part of conducting the show in the past. Both of these will have some of their antique cars on display. Trailer parking is available. The show title sponsors are Bates Ford of Lebanon and Shenandoah Mills of Lebanon. Corporate sponsors for the show are Wilson County Motors-Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Hyundai, J & D Specialized Equipment Hauling, Roland Digital Media, AZ Office Supply,and Diamond Plastics. Class sponsors are Dr. Roger McKinney, Granville Bed & Breakfast, Granville Gift Shop & Southern Shops. The show is conducted by Mid Tenn Region AACA Car Club. For more information call Randall Clemons at 615-945-8492.
Heritage Day also offers a Antique Tractor & Engine Show that has occured for the last 26 years. The show is sponsored by Hix Brothers Tractor Service of Cookeville. The show will honor long time collector Ralph McKee of Milton. The show will award the following awards: Oldest Tractor, Oldest Exhibitor, Most Unique Tractor, Longest Driven, Most Unique Engine, Ugliest Tractor and Youngest Exhibitor. Special awards are Brandon Powell John Deere Award, Johnny Mitchell Farmall Award and Highest Club Participation Award.
Each participant will receive a dash plaque. The show is from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m . For more information contact Steve Koons at 615-509-5097.
Granville Heritage Day also offers the Uncle Jimmy Thompson Bluegrass National Fiddle Competition which will include the dedication of the Music Pathways Marker in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Uncle Jimmy being the first performer on the Grand Ole Opry. Coun Special guests will be Bill Anderson, Keith Bilbrey, and others. The show will honor Greg Hallums longtime fiddle musician. The festival
will also honor the 100th Anniversary of Sutton General Store and the 100th Anniversary of Purity Dairy. Purity has recently moved the
Purity Dairy Museum in Granville. Granville Pioneer Village will be operating with a dozen old time artisans demonstrating, craft booths, memorial service, great food and the ten venues that Granville now offers. There is a fee for admission and parking.
