October 15, 2011: Woolly Worm

After sitting in traffic for 3 hours to drive all of 15 miles and a lot of kindness from a few sheriff's officers, we all managed to arrive in Banner Elk for the Woolly Worm Festival. The Woolly Worm Festival is a fundraiser  for local non-profits.  Alexandra's dance studio, High Country Dance Studio, performs at the event.

The Woolly Worm is actually a caterpillar.  It is believed that the severity of the winter can be predicted by the intensity of the black on the Woolly Worm.  If the woolly worm has more brown on its body than black, then it will be a fair winter.  If the woolly worm has more black than brown, the winter will be harsh.  I have no idea which worm "worm" won the contest, so I don't know how harsh the winter is suppose to be.

Here's the highlight, a video of Alexandra doing her dance.