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Taste of the Town – Summerville, SC

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If you like food and you like fun, then bring the family to Summerville’s 7th Annual Taste of the Town, noon to 4 pm, presented by the Greater Summerville/Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce.

This Veteran’s Day, come show your patriotic spirit as Summerville’s Azalea Park is turned red, white, and blue in support of our Veterans. Enjoy all that Summerville has to offer while sampling the delicious food from Summerville’s top restaurants, listening to live music, playing in our Kid’s Zone complete with jump castles and slides, and meeting our local merchants, artists and entertainers.

Free admission, individually priced “tastes.” Come taste all that Summerville had to offer this fall at this fun family event.

For more information call 843-873-2931 or visit our website at www.summervilletasteofthetown.com

Scarecrows on the Square in Summerville

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Bring the family to downtown Summerville for the annual Scarecrows on the Square contest. Businesses, civic groups, schools, and individuals will have their most creative scarecrows on display from October 18-November 2 in Town Square.

Take a stroll through the rows of scarecrows and vote for your favorites! Votes are just 25 cents each, and all proceeds go to benefit Summerville D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement, and Management).

Sponsored by the Junior Service League of Summerville
10/18/2008 – 11/02/2008
Hutchinson Square
www.SummervilleJSL.com

Ghost Walk in Summerville

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On Oct. 25, Historic Downtown Summerville is treated to the Junior Service League of Summerville Ghost Walk. In support, Summerville D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement and Management) hosts the Harvest Moon Hayride with a spooky concession stand. We have once again expanded our activities to include glow-in-the-dark face painting and other haunted games and activities for children.

Saturday Oct 25th, 6-9 pm.

Free Concert Featuring Common Ground in Summerville

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Last Concert of the Season!
September 15, 2008, Summerville, SC — Summerville D.R.E.A.M. hosts a free community concert featuring Common Ground. The concert will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Hutchinson Square in Historic Downtown Summerville.

Common Ground is one of Charleston’s longest running bluegrass groups blending the traditional sounds of banjo, acoustic guitar and bass with harmonica giving them a unique sound unrivaled in the Lowcountry. The band also features the grassroots harmonies that bluegrass is known for. Covering a multitude of traditional music, Common Ground also compose their own original tunes.

The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited and admission is free. Bring a beach blanket or a lawn chair.
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Summerville D.R.E.A.M. Seeks Photographs for New History Book

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a photographic history book coming out about Summerville should be priceless. With a little help from generous townspeople, the book surely will be.

Summerville D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement and Management) is looking for old photographs that might be used in Summerville, a pictorial history to be published by Arcadia Publishing in its Images of America series, for the 2009 Golden Age of Summerville Festival.

The importance of family collections cannot be overemphasized. Vintage photographs become increasingly fragile and by scanning and reproducing them in a book, they become available for all to see.

Anyone having photographs to be considered for Images of America: Summerville may contact the Summerville D.R.E.A.M. office at jami@summervilledream.org or 843-821-7260.