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October Sky Festival - DanTraveling Travel Coalwood, West Virginia

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October Sky Festival This weekend More Details Here http://www.coalwoodwestvirgini... Listen to Homer Describe his latest Novel Red Helmet -filmed by Steve Date. http://www.homerhickam.com/boo... Put a New Yorker in the coal mines of West Virginia! I know it is on our list of must read. We visited the annual October Sky Festival or the Rocket Boys Reunion as it is know up there in Coalwood West Virginia. For those that aren't familiar with this event, it is an annual reunion of folks from Coalwood , the folks from the movie October Sky, and the actual Rocket Boys themselves. Our visit includes segments of Homer Hickam signing autographs, Homer is the best selling Author of The Rocket Boys, later made into a movie by Joe Johnson called October Sky (the one with Jake Gyllenhaal and Laura Dern) also Scott Miles, who played Homer's (Jake's) older brother in the movie there were also NASA astronauts, Virginia Tech Students, children with rockets from all over and the townsfolk as well.

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: dmccoig

Length: 09:58
Rating: 4.67
Views: 15206

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lskin1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for this great video.
jdawgsworld (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
cool
evilborg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
uhh this video is almost a year old and already seen it so why did I just now get a email about this saying its a new one? weird
qwertynads3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Awesome vid, lived it!
ajdpadbury (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
An excellent video Dan, interesting and a pleasure to watch:)
MerryGoRnd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for your note advising me of this new video. I came across Coalwood online looking for books of my local libraries. I read all about it and about Coalwood, War and the other small mining towns around there. Funny thing is, the other day I just picked up a copy of The Rocket Boys just like the one you were holding from my library to read! I was interested in reading it. I know he wrote a second book and someone else recently wrote a different book about Coalwood too. Very interesting!
SunriseSunsetGal (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dan as always thank you for your video. Yes, I agree with you last comment. I too am from the south, moved north just like many. I agree that we are as good as anyone too! Great line. thanks again, Janet aka SunriseSunsetGal
bubbajimmy8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
been there plenty of times
boomchickawowwow24 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i went to the festival. it was so much fun. homer hickam is my hero. ive read all his books. hes thre coolest ever. im only 12 lol.
SuRihtanil (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Coalwood is still a small town and has people living there... not alot there its a very small town.

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