Coastal Companion

Your ultimate guide to the coast

The Equinox Quintet Featuring Jeremy Davis – Savannah, GA

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Equinox Jazz, featuring Saxophonist Jeremy Davis is an organization that exposes this region to our state’s contribution to “America’s most original art form.” Equinox hosts concerts that are tremendously entertaining for listeners young and old. It’s also a voyage into the history of our music heritage.

For this very special event on Sunday November 23rd at 5:00 pm, tenor-man Jeremy Davis is joined by Savannah musicians:
Rick Lollar (guitar)
Dave Potter (drums)
Will Goble (bass)
Clay Johnson (trombone and vocals)
Jeremy Davis (Saxophone)

Jeremy Davis relocated to Savannah in September of 2005. As the leader of the 20 piece Equinox Jazz Orchestra, Jeremy has headlined theaters, festivals and music venues all across the Country. Jeremy’s work as the President of the Friends of Johnny Mercer allows him to pursue his passion for the great American songbook, tradition jazz standards and jazz education.

He has shared the stage with artist ranging from David Sanborn, Ellis Marsalis, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Fred Wesley and Harry Waters to George Clinton, Govt Mule, Col. Bruce Hampton, Derek Trucks and many more. Heavily influenced by Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith and Miles Davis his Equinox Jazz small combos have been equally well received in Savannah and up and down the East Coast.

For More Information: www.coastal-jazz.org or call 912.675.5419.

The concert will be held on Sunday, November 23rd at 5 pm at Four Points by Sheraton Historic Savannah – 520 West Bryan Street. (Bryan & MLK). The concert is free for Coastal Jazz Association members and $10 for non-members. Attendees who join CJA while at the concert will also be admitted for free.

The Tuskegee Airmen – Charleston, SC

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Have house guests over the Thanksgiving weekend? Bring the crew down to the Museum for a visit to From Slave to Sharecropper: African Americans in the Low country after the Civil War, then watch The Tuskegee Airmen. This movie picks up at the end of our exhibit period and tells the remarkable World War II story of the U. S. Army Air Corps Fighting 99, the first squadron of African American combat fighter pilots. Did you know the Tuskegee Airmen had a Low country connection? Over 500 Tuskegee Airmen received advanced combat training at Walterboro Army Air Field from 1944-1945 before they were sent into action in the European theater. RATED PG-13.

FREE for Charleston Museum members and FREE with admission ($10/adults, $5/children, under 3 free) Call (843) 722-2996 for more information!

The Civil War in Jacksonville – Jacksonville, FL

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The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will present a special living history weekend event — “The Civil War in Jacksonville.” The event will be held at Fort Caroline National Memorial and will showcase how the Civil War impacted Jacksonville and northeast Florida during the years 1861-1865. The event will be free and open to the public 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.

Call 904.641.7155 for more information.

Summerville Christmas Parade – Summerville, SC

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The 2008 Summerville Christmas Parade will take place on Sunday, December 14 and will begin at approximately 2 p.m. The parade had over 3,000 actual participants and attracted between 15-20,000 spectators last year making it one of the largest parades in the state of South Carolina. This parade is hosted by the Summerville D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement and Management) and the Summerville Fire Department.

This year’s theme is “A Main Street Christmas.” All community members are encouraged to promote their organization or business and holiday spirit by participating in the parade. Participants can enter a decorated float, have employees wear a holiday costume and distribute candy or come up with their own creative entry. All parade entries will be judged by adherence to theme, originality/creativity/overall effort and visibility. Only entries decorated in the holiday spirit will be allowed in the parade. Prizes will be awarded to the top entrant for Best Adherence to Theme, Most Creative, Most Original and Best Overall.

Entry fees are $35 for a school or church group, $50 for non-profit or civic organization and $100 for a business (DREAM business members $50). There is also an option to contract a commercial float with driver and signage for $500. Commercial floats are “first come, first serve.” Registration forms must be received no later than Monday, November 17, 2008 at 5 p.m.

To receive a 2008 Summerville Christmas Parade registration packet, to contract a commercial float or for further information, please call the Summerville D.R.E.A.M. office at 821-7260 or Jack Pratt at 308-3399.

Brookgreen Gardens’ Nights of a Thousand Candles – Pawleys Island, SC

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December 5-6; 12-13 & 18-20 from 3 – 10 p.m., Nights of a Thousand Candles will kindle your holiday spirit as Brookgreen celebrates the tenth year of the festival. Thousands of candles will illuminate garden paths and festive lights will brighten the winter sky, plus performances by the popular choral ensemble, Vocal Edition, and piano concerts performed by Rocky Fretz. Bill Oberst, Jr. will return as Scrooge in his one-man rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. There will be an exciting series of additional performances each night. For a complete list of the entertainment, dinner menu options, and other information, please visit entertainment visit www.brookgreen.org or call (843) 235-6000.

Tickets are $15 for ages 13 and over; $6 for children ages 6-12, and children 5 and under are free.
Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Landmark and non-profit institution, is located on U.S. 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina.