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he says with a chuckle, and eight years later, he was flying around the country to carve pumpkins, including the ones for the movie "Hocus Pocus." He got so good, he adds, that he even holds patents for tools related to carving pumpkins. While Brown enjoys creating intricate, detailed pumpkins like the series he did of Silver Dollar City landmarks, he especially loves the demonstrations in the Red-Gold Courtyard, during which he teaches observers the tricks of his trade. It all comes back to his belief that when you light a jack-o-lantern, it helps push back the darkness. Find out more at barrybrowncreative. com. Angie McGuire Junkyard Farmgirl Angie McGuire was for many years a farmer, and rusty, dusty metal was nothing that interested her. Then her father retired from the family business, the farm up by Lamar, Mo., was downsized to 750 acres, and McGuire needed a new direction in life. She found it in taking those cast-off materials and turning them into art. Then she started teaching others how to do the same thing, and Junkyard Farmgirl was born. In addition to arts and crafts shows and workshops where she teaches participants how to do what she does with a plasma cutter, McGuire will be showcasing her work at Silver Dollar City this fall for the first time. It took several years of Silver Dollar City courting her when she was still too busy farming, and then an event in Iowa in October 2020 that convinced her the Harvest Festival was something she wanted to do. "There was a Silver Dollar City vibe in watching me make the product that was delicious," she wrote in Show Me the Ozarks magazine. "And many returned for custom cuts. "They brought tea pots, watering cans, hubcaps, a car muffler, vintage oil cans, garden sprayers, a grain bin lid and stock tanks," she wrote. "I cut flowers, butterflies, unicorns, Santa and a farm scene complete with a windmill. I ran on a creative high field by constant engagement and inspiration. "I wanted more of that." McGuire will be on the square at Silver Dollar City this weekend and back the weekend of Oct. 26-30. In between, she'll be in Western Kansas, Kansas City, back in Iowa and at her shop on the square in Lamar. Find out more about her at junkyardfarmgirl. com. SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 2, 2021 WHAT'S UP! 37 Harvest Continued From Page 6 Angie McGuire, who calls herself and her business Junkyard Farmgirl, will bring her plasma cutting skills and her luminaries made from rusty, dusty antiques to Silver Dollar City for the first time this year. (Courtesy Photo/Angie McGuire) PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAbecca ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jocelyn Murphy 479-872-5176 jmurphy@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAJocelyn REPORTER Lara Hightower 479-365-2913 lhightower@nwadg.com DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER Master pumpkin carver Barry Brown brings his expertise back to Silver Dollar City for this year's Harvest Festival, which continues through Oct. 30 with crafts and country music in the daytime and thousands of lighted pumpkins at night. (COURTESY PHOTO/SDC) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. COVER STORY