Hill Fire is the perfect venue for your tour group. During the first weekend in October, a group can take in the Carrollton Pilgrimage and a Hill Fire show. Just contact us and we will help set up your weekend.
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20 Years ago.
A new play is presented every October with an encore performance in March of the following year. This gives you two chances to book a group each season.
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This show marks our 20th season. The first Hill Fire cast took the stage on October 4, 2003 at the old Montgomery County Show Barn on Alberta Drive in Winona. Hill Fire has evolved over time. It is now played in historical downtown Winona in a climate controlled building - so unlike the open air show barn where the cast and audience braved the elements. And here we are - twenty years later - with a brand new cast taking the stage with a brand new play.
“New Beginnings” is set in Winona in 1904. It is spring time in the South and the citizens are looking forward to the warmer season. However, before they have a chance to enjoy themselves, tragedy strikes. For the third time since its founding, Winona is ablaze. The citizens react quickly and manage to extinguish the fire before it engulfs the entire town. Unlike the 1888 fire that destroyed forty of the fifty businesses, only seven buildings are lost this time. The citizens are angry that the town officials haven’t taken the necessary precautions to insure their safety and that ire leads to heated arguments. Ultimately, the people ban together to rebuild what was lost and to celebrate the beginning of something new.
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Welcome to Hill Fire!
Hill Fire is a folk life play produced semi-annually by the Montgomery County Arts Council in Winona, Mississippi. It is based on the real stories of people who live in the South. A new play is locally written each year from collected stories and written history and depicts the lives, history, and traditions of Southerners and their families.