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THE GOSPEL SOUND of the Ml. Calvary No. 2 choir, a staple of the annual festival, draws a crowd by the general store.
Blue Crob Festival A Hit Once
Again
BY SUSAN USHER
Handwovcn swccigrass baskets
started at SI5. A plate of crawfish
served with hot butter and cocktail
sauce could be had for S4, washed
down with an iced lemonade or a
Foster's.
That's Little River's annual Blue
Crab Festival, home of good food,
good bargains and good music, in an
unbeatable setting.
Mt. Pleasant residents Marie,
Margaret and Patricia Jefferson kept
steadily at work fashioning their tra
ditional baskets?the smallest re
quires a day's work?as visitors
plundered contentedly through their
spread of wares. Just around a cor
ner, Fur-man Thornton was demon
strating his handmade dulcimers and
Clcte Waldmiller of Sunset Beach
was spreading the word for the Bird
Island Preservation Society. They
were just a few of the 125 festival
exhibitors who spread their wares
and brochures among the gnarled
live oaks and along the main drive
of the waterfront business district.
Food vendors, 25 in all, plied an
insatiable crowd (an estimated
45,000 guests came through the vil
lage over the two days) with their
choice of crustaceans, from the festi
val's namesake cooked by various
means to liny boiled crawfish,
steamed or curried shrimp, shrimp
and grits, as well as clams, calamari,
mussels marinara, conch chowder,
grilled mullets, and the usual festival
fare.
Mt. Calvary No. 2's Gospel Choir
belted out standards to an enthusias
tic following Saturday afternoon
from the small stage at the general
store. Across the way, listeners
sought shade beneath a large carni
val tent as Glenn Todd &
Whitewater played a mix of country
and crossover.
Those of tired of shopping or
snacking followed Sally Nord's ex
ample. Nord was enjoying the sea
breeze from the comfort of a water
front dock. At this perch away from
the crowds, but still in listening dis
tance of the music, passing vessels
and a bold boater or two provided
bonus entertainment.
Nord is co-chairman of this year's
N.C. Oyster Festival, and was look
ing over the festival with a keener
eye than the casual stroller, on the
alert for arts and crafts talent and
fresh ideas.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHtR
BASKET BARGAINS! Marie, Margaret and Patricia Jefferson (background) of Ml. Pleasant, S.C.,
continue weaving as festival regulars Liz llanke and Mark Rinda of IJttle River inspect their array of
handmade sweetgrass baskets.
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DEBBIE AND JOE CUSEO of Myrtle Beach take time out on a
waterfront dock.
Free Jazz Concert To Kick Off Drive
An evening of jazz, with music
by Faction with BCC Visiting Artist
Jon Thornton, will kick off the
Brunswick Arts Council's 1993-94
membership drive.
The free concert, with refresh
ments provided, will be held
Saturday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Moose Lodge on Long Beach
Road, Southport. The council will
be accepting memberships that
night.
Now in its 11th year, the council
serves as a funding source for arts
programs in the county and works to
promote support for, and participa
tion in, community arts events. Its
work is coordinated by a volunteer
board of directors led by President
Steve Skillman, and arts events arc
promoted through a periodic mem
ber newsletter. Along with funds it
raises through various means, the
council also serves as the distribut
ing point for state Grassroots An
Program funds.
This year grants ranging from
S500 to SI,500, distributed by the
Brunswick Arts Council, supported
a pops concert by the Brunswick
Concert Band; "Sounds Local," a
WHQR Public Radio program fea
turing regional culture and the arts;
the Associated Artists of Southport
children's art classcs; Brunswick
County Parks and Rccreation
Department's Very Special Arts
Festival and the Brunswick County
Schools' cultural arts program.
That grant helped provide a
North Brunswick High School Band
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spring conccrt, the West Brunswick
High School Chorus Christmas and
spring conccrts; an honorarium for
Ben Owen, gucsl conductor for the
first All-County High School Band
conccrt held May 15; a student pro
duction of "Steel Magnolias" at
West Brunswick High School; two
school performances and an after
school workshop by "Poetry Alive,"
a troup from Ashcvillc; and
"Cultural Arts Day," an annual event
that integrates traditional social
studies with cultural customs and
performances.
Memberships are available in
several categories: individual, S10;
sponsor, S25; patron, S50; friend,
SI00; benefactor, S250; and grand
bcncfactor, S500 or more.
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LODGE
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A.F. & A.M.
A Stated Communication of
Shallotte Lodge No. 727 will be
held Tuesday, May 25, 1993, at
7:30 p.m. at 5072 Main Street,
Shallotte. All qualified Master
Masons are invited to attend.
By order of the Master.
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