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Briarwood School's 3rd and 4th Grade Classes, Visit Birdsong Resort and Pearl Farm.
Briarwood 3rd Grade
Briarwood 4th Grade
Briarwood Schools 3rd Grade Class of Ms. Jill Barnett and 4th Grade Class of
Ms. Teresa Jones visited Birdsong Resort and Marina October 31st, 2006 to
take part in A Pearl of a Tour with tour guide and Owner, Bob Keast.
The children learned about the history of Pearls, the pearl cultivation
process and the unique mussel industry that dominates the mid-section of
Kentucky Lake for approximately 40 miles each side of the Kentucky-Tennessee
state line. They also witnessed a remarkable iridescent product of nature as
it emerges from the indigenous Washboard mussel. Tennessee's Official State
Gem - the freshwater pearl - is rarely found naturally from these living
animals, but grown at the only freshwater pearl-culturing farm operation in
the North American continent right here in Benton County Camden, Tennessee.
The tour ended in Birdsong's Gift shop and Museum where the group received
information packets containing information about the pearl farm, Russell the
Mussel along with maps and tourist information about the surrounding area.
Both classes posed for a group photo that each child received to take home
with them as well as being put up on the internet site of www.BirdsongResort.com as a fun reminder of their visit.
For more info and pictures visit: www.BirdsongResort.com and click in the
NEWS or latest PEARL TOURS.
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