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The 2008 Runabout takes place in historic downtonw Kingsland on March 15th. The major attraction is of course the car show, but there’s lots of fun for the whole family at this event including Old Fashion Games, Clowns, Face Painting, Home-Based business expo, a Lawn Mower Race and much more.
for mor information visit www.kingslandgeorgia.com or call 912-729-2848.
Savannah, Georgia – The opening weekend of the 2008 Savannah Music Festival (SMF) now features a standout country music reunion in place of the originally scheduled appearance by Marty Stuart and deceased country music legend Porter Wagoner. An Evening with Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart is a special acoustic duo performance including the platinum-selling artist and Georgia native Travis Tritt alongside the inimitable Stuart.
Georgia Events highlighted in this epeisode
1:Mardi Gras Festival
St Marys
Feb 1-2, 2008
Event 2:Savannah Book Festival
Savannah
Saturday Feb 2, 2008
http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/aboutsbf.asp
Event 3:Tybee Island Marathon
Tybee Island
Saturday Feb 2, 2008
http://www.runtybee.com/
The two-day Arts, Crafts and Food Expo offers cultural demonstrations, i.e., sweet grass basket weaving, indigo dyeing and fishnet weaving, authentic Gullah and African crafts, as well as an offering of traditional Gullah foods and musical entertainment. There are also more than 50 vendors on hand selling authentic Gullah crafts and food, a Kiddie Land activities for children, teen activities, and staged performances every half hour. This year’s performances will include McIntosh County Shouters, Willie Cohen, Bill Dupont, Ayolema African Dance Theater, Louise Cohen, Barbara Patterson, and The Voices of El Shaddai.
Admission – Adults $10.00/Children $5.00
Historic Honey Horn, 100 William Hilton Parkway (intersection of Cross Island Parkway & 278)
Saturday, February 16, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, February 17, Noon – 5 p.m.
For more information visit the Gullah Celebration website.
SAVANNAH, Ga. –The Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies and the SCAD Museum of Art and will host an exhibition as part of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival. The exhibition, titled “Poetic Visions: Focus on Black Women Artists,†will be on display Feb.1-14, 2008, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A reception will be held Feb. 5, 5-6 p.m. Both the exhibition and the reception will take place at the SCAD Museum of Art’s temporary gallery on the third floor of Jen Library, 201 E. Broughton St., and are free and open to the public.