WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Museum’s annual Christmas Open House will be held on Dec. 7, from 3 to 5 p.m. The 1830 museum building will be decorated by members of Fairfield County’s three garden clubs in live greenery typical of early Southern homes.
The dining room will feature a table laden with holiday hors d’oeuvres and Christmas punch, and the parlor will be the setting for the acoustic Southern Soul music of two talented artists, Vollie McKenzie, a native of Winnsboro, and Roger Bellow.
McKenzie was born in the Winnsboro mill village where both his parents sung in the Nazarene church. McKenzie played collegiate basketball for Erskine College from 1968 – 1972. He has performed his music at clubs and festivals since the 1970s opening for artists like Doc Watson, sharing the stage with Jonathan Edwards, and filling in for no-shows for Bogan and Armstrong at Charleston Folk’s concert series. McKenzie has produced several recording projects over the years.
Bellow is a native Chicagoan who grew up during the Folk Revival Movement of the 1960s and the great Chicago Folk Festivals. In 1995 the SC Arts Commission bestowed on him the Folk Heritage Award for his advocacy for folk music.
The holiday open house is sponsored by the Fairfield County Historical Society, the Fairfield County Genealogical Society, and garden club volunteers. It is free to the public.
The Museum is located at 231 S. Congress St. in downtown Winnsboro.
