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Spas -- The New Amenity |
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| Arts in the Carolinas |
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| Building Trends in the Carolinas |
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| Carolina Furniture Primer |
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| Chefs and Fine Dining |
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| Destinations & Attractions |
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| Festivals in the Carolinas |
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Furniture Buying
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| Geography of the Carolinas |
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| Golf 18 -- Voted Spectacular |
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Spoleto USA -- New Article |
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| Wineries in the Carolinas |
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Have banjo, will pick:
Old-time music never got old in the Carolinas. Bluegrass and old-style
country music can still be found in spontaneous and regularly scheduled
concerts in both states. Here, a pro takes a turn at the Union Grove Music
Festival in North Carolina.
Photo courtesy of
N.C. High Country Host, Inc. |
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Every Memorial Day Weekend
in Anderson, SC, come and
enjoy one hundred beautiful hot-air balloons, exciting concerts by the nation's
top entertainers, fireworks, fabulous food, sponsor displays, amusement rides, and also
the US Disc Dog Freedom Weekend Nationals, (Frisbee Dog Contest).
Photo courtesy of
Freedom Weekend Aloft |
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| Festivals Create Fun |
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here is no middle ground on the subject of boiled peanuts. Either you love
the slippery, salty legumes, or you don’t!
The same is true of okra. Long a
staple of Southern cooking, those who travel here from other locales find the
green morsels to be tasty – or just plain slimy! Again, there’s just no in-between.
However, whether you like them or you don’t, here in the Carolinas,
you can find a party to celebrate their general existence.
That’s something visitors discover very quickly. Give them a theme and Carolinians
can find a way to have a party. A word of warning, however: Just because it has the word “festival”
in its name doesn’t mean you’ll find anything highbrow on the premises and many of these annual
events have been going on for years.
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outh Carolina’s Chitlin’ Strut in Salley and Okra Strut in Irmo,
or even the North Carolina Seafood Festival, all provide a sense of what to expect. (And it won’t be
culture, at least in the white-tie-and-tails sense.)
For those who like a little highbrow now and then, a few standouts are worth a trip on their own.
Arguably the most famous and most important is Spoleto Festival USA, held in Charleston, South
Carolina, for the past 25 years in May and June. Spoleto offers world premieres in theatre and
opera, groundbreaking (and earth-moving) dance, intimate concerts and recitals in magnificent
Southern gardens, and artists all over the city.
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Piccolo Spoleto, held at the same time, offers an enormous variety of events
held throughout the city.
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Indeed, Time magazine reported that during the festival, “the city’s downtown blooms with life;
clowns, sidewalk musicians and children fill the streets. It is a relaxed, yet serious approach that marks
Spoleto at its best.”
In the mountains of North Carolina, the Appalachian Summer Festival makes July
even more rewarding in the Blue Ridge. Held on the Appalachian State University campus,
the festival features live performances by such artists as The Paul Taylor Dance Company,
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Diamond Rio, and others. This festival has repeatedly been named
one of the top 20 events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Back in the Midlands of South Carolina, the 3 Rivers Music Festival, held in April in Columbia,
boasts more than 100 acts on eight stages, ranging from youth superstars to baby boomer
favorites. Gospel music reverberates from a local church, while down the street, a folksinger
strums, and further on, a thundering rock band pulses.
Where there is music, art, culture and an appreciation for what it does for the soul, there
will be festivals to showcase the talent that lives in the Carolinas. It’s so good that plenty
of talent travels here, just to be a part of it all.
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november 4, 2002 |
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Katherine O. Pettit has worked as a writer, magazine editor, printer and
public relations consultant. The Columbia resident has published
more than 250 articles in magazines and newspapers. Her writing
explores a variety of subjects including travel, lifestyles, business
and management.
Have some fun.
Get some expert feedback. Post your Carolina Arts and Festival questions,
comments and experiences on the "Carolinas
Message Board."
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