Coastal Companion

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Blue Monday Jazz & Wine Concert – Amelia Island, FL

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Get ready for the Amelia Island Jazz Festival with a tribute to the music of Nat “King” Cole by Les de Merle Band. Blue Monday Jazz & Wine Concert takes place on Monday August 25th at 7 pm at Intercoastal Wine Company in historic downtown Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, FL. Seating is limited, so make sure to get your tickets early.

The dynamic Les de Merle Band with Bonnie Eisele & Special Guests performs at Intercoastal Wine Co, 10 N. 2nd Street, Fernandina Beach
904-321-1300.

Tickets are also available at the UPS Store on Sadler Road. For more information, visit www.ameliaislandjazzfestival.com

2008 River Festival – Lands End, SC

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Beginning, Friday, August 29th at 5:00, we will have a good ole fashioned fish-fry featuring local entertainment.

On Saturday, August 30th from at 11:00am until 7:00pm, an all day festival of singers, dancers, musicians and storytellers will entertain visitors. There will be craft vendors and food vendors offering a variety of hand-made crafts and delicious Lowcountry cuisine.

located just off of Lands End Road (Lands End Woodland Beach Drive), six(6) miles south of Penn Center on St. Helena Island.

Call for more information call (843)838-4503 or visit the website.

Hawkfest 2008 – Hilton Head Island, SC

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On Saturday August 23rd Hawkfest returns to Hilton Head Island, SC. This is a back-to school kickoff celebration for the whole family and a fundraiser for the public school system.

It includes a 5K run, great food, entertainment, watermelon and pie eating contests, waterslides and games for the kids, and a casino tent for adults.

For more information call 689-4938 or click here to view the poster for Hawkfest 2008.

Medicinal Plants Program – Hilton Head Island, SC

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A presentation on the plants, trees, shrubs, flowers and roots grown mainly in the Lowcountry will be given by Dr. Jeanne Audet on Aug 20th at 3 p.m. at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. A discussion will take place on how they were used as medicines by the Native Americans and those that still are used today in modern mainstream medicine. A brief history of the Native Americans in this area, and the pharmacopeia formed over the years and the role of the medicine man will be part of the presentation. Reservations may be made by calling the Museum at 843-689-3033 ext 221 for this $5.00 per person program.