La Chateau Hillbillie

The first Open-Barn-Doors party at Ulla Barn was held in October 2001 as a thank-you to friends and neighbors for their support in the barn renovation and construction of the Pigpen Penthouse. This party evolved into an event that has been featured in the New York Times, Ohio Magazine, and Reportage magazine. The party has become a tradition for the second or third Saturday of every October, and has now been supplemented with an April party, to be held the first Saturday of every April. Here is the latest announcement, so heed and show up; if you wait for a personal invitation, you may be left out!

Ninth Annual Autumn Open-Barn-Doors
Saturday, October 16th, 2010.

To celebrate the glorious time of year that is Autumn in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio, I am opening the barn doors of Ulla Barn to one and all . Formal invitations will not be distributed, but all those that can maintain polite decorum or some semblance of good public conduct will be welcome.

Food and drink will start at one; music and dancing will start at seven.

Contributions of food, drink, labor, activities, and/or money will not be expected nor essential for attendance, but they will be highly appreciated; bring whatever the spirit moves you, including friends.

John Fridy and His Band, our customary and highly regarded source of music will be playing for your listening and dancing pleasure.

The Spicewood Kitchen, with 6-burner stove and oven, plus two gas grills, a smoker, and an open fire, are available to those that would like to demonstrate their culinary skills. But please inform me ahead of time, in order to avoid a conflict of schedules.

The party will be held rain or shine, so dress accordingly. But the barn is heated against truly inclimate weather.

Sporting event possibilities: Corn hole; darts; horseshoes; pool table; volley ball.

Please: For the safety and comfort of all, no dogs, and, please, no kids after seven.

Location is 51211 Boston Hill Road, Sardis, Ohio (2 miles west of Hannibal on Boston Hill Road).

Phone: (740) 483-1565

E.mail: garymacgarymac@sbcglobal.net

Your host: Gary McIntire