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January 17, 2002
Winter festivals of all types arrive to the Old North State
By ALAN HODGE
Special to The Herald
Even though the weather is
chilly, folks are still having fes-
tivals and gatherings of all
types in the Carolinas during
the next several months.
Calling itself the “Largest
Military Invasion in North
America,” the 137th
Anniversary of Sherman's
March across Georgia and
South Carolina will be held
February 23-24 near Aiken, S.C.
The event is expected to draw
10,000 spectators and over 1,000
Civil War reenactors from all
over the South. Over 20 can-
. nons and dozens of horse-
mounted cavalry troops will
add to the excitement.
Spectators can view the
camps from 9 a.m. until noon
each day and are encouraged to
mingle with the Confederate
and Union troops. Battle times
are at 2 p.m., followed by a
grand review. The site is locat-
ed 20 miles east of Augusta,
Georgia just off I-20, on
Highway 78 eight miles from
Aiken. Call 803-641-1111 for
more information or to register.
The website is www.battleo-
faiken.org.
March 15-17 the 40th
Annual Burlington Antiques
Fair will be coming to that
city’s Fairchild Community
Center. The three-day event
will feature antique furniture,
clocks, old silver, quilts, antique
linens, heirlooms and more.
The Fair has a Roadshow on
Friday and Saturday where you
may have your antiques evalu-
ated for $5 per item. There will
be homecooked food available
and other refreshments as well.
The Fair is sponsored by the
Alamance-Caswell Medical
Society Alliance, the N.C.
Medical Society Alliance and
other groups. Call 336-538-8108
to find out more. Tickets are $3
for one day, and $4 for all three
days.
The African-American
Heritage Extravaganza will be
held at Greensboro Cultural
Center's Festival Park on
March 16. The center is located
at 200 North Davie Street. Time
for the event is 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The show will feature dance,
music, storytelling, crafts,
African drumming, vendors
selling African-American foods,
children’s games and crafts,
and more. There will be free
parking, and free admission.
Call 336-373-2044 for additional
information.
For folks with an urge to
travel, the North Carolina RV
Camping Show will be coming
to Charlotte January 25-27,
Fayetteville on February 8-10,
and Raleigh on February 22-24.
The show will feature the latest
in RV models as well as acces-
sories and other information.
Anne Star at Apple Rock
Advertising and Promotion has
more information at 336-851-
9090.
Over 65,000 pounds of oys-
ters will go down folk’s goozels
during the Lowcountry Oyster
Festival at Boone Hall
Plantation near Charleston, S.C.
Taking place on February 10,
the annual event is billed as the
“World's Largest Oyster
Roast.”
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Part of the amusement will
be cooking competitions by
local chefs- with plenty of oys-
ters in the recipes. Steamed oys-
ters will be sold by the bucket
to patrons along with free crack-
ers and sauce. Be sure to bring
your own oyster knife and
gloves to crack the critters open.
_. Other food and drink available
will be beer, soda, hot dogs,
burgers, and barbecue. There
will even be an Oyster Costume
contest.
All money raised by the
Lowcountry Oyster Festival will
benefit Hollings Cancer Center,
Ronald McDonald House, and
the Charleston County Science
Materials Resource Center. Call
843-577-4030 for information.
Clay buffs will do well to
attend the Catawba Valley
Pottery and Antique Festival at
the Hickory Metro Convention
Center. The show will take
place March 23 from 9 a.m. until
5 p.m.
On display will be historical
and antique Southern tradition-
al pottery, antiques including
furniture, textiles, and folk art.
Educational classes on folk art
and pottery will also be part of
the show. A lecture by Charles
Zug, author of “Turners and
Burners: The Folk Potters of
North Carolina” will be present-
ed at 11 a.m. on the day of the
event which is sponsored by the
Catawba County Historical
Association and the North
Carolina Pottery Center.
Beautiful flowers will be the
drawing card for the 52nd
Annual Camellia Show in
Wilmington. The celebration
will take place Saturday,
February 23 from 12 p.m.
until 5 p.m. at the Scottish
Rites Temple on 17th Street.
Admission is free for par-
ticipants. On display will be
over 1,200 blooms of a wide
variety of camelia growers.
Horticultural supplies and
plants will be on sale.
Taking place March 9-10
in Hardeeville, S.C., the 3rd
Annual Native American
Pow Wow has grown in pop-
ularity since its first year.
Members of several tribes are
expected to attend.
Participants will be exchang-
ing tribal customs, some of
which are sacred.
Crafts will also be part of
the show, as will demonstra-
tions of drumming. Many
folks will be in native dress.
The pow wow will be held on
the banks of the Savannah
River at Millstone Landing.
For more information on the
pow wow, call 843-784-2130.
The American Revolution
will come alive in Currie,
N.C. when the 226th anniver-
sary of the Battle of Moore's
Creek Bridge will take place.
The original victory by 100
patriots stopped British
Redcoats in their tracks.
The anniversary com-
memoration will see 18th cen-
tury living history camps,
colonial and Scottish music,
the Guilford Fife and Drum
Corps, and a wreath-laying at
the battle site. Moore's Creek
National Battlefield is located
on N.C. 210 in Currie. Call 910-
283-5591 for more details.
Rated one of the Top 20
events by Southeast Tourism,
the Poplar Grove Plantation
Herb and Garden Fair will be
American Dance Festival
Photo courtesy of NC Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
held March 23 near Wilmington.
This event will feature many dis-
plays and informative booths on
herbs and their uses. Also part of
the show will be cooking
demonstration using herbs.
Another aspect of the event
will be preserving flowers and
making potpourri. Call 910-686-
9518 ext. 26 or visit the website
at www.polargrove.com.
To get a great overview of
all that’s happening in both
Carolinas in the next 90 days,
‘read “Southern Festivals.”
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