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Friday Jun 29, 2012 – Thursday July 5, 2012
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Cupcake/Craft Days: Cupcake on Lincoln St. in The Vista
Today June 28, 2012 – Friday June 29, 2012
Bring your child to Cupcake in the Vista today or tomorrow between 10am and 1pm, and you can participate in cupcake decorating or crafts. Drop in today, Thursday for Treasure Day and you’ll design a treasure box, jewelry box or cupcake bank, find a treasure, redeem your treasure for a cupcake and drink and enjoy eating your cupcake! Friday isDecorate Your Own Day where you’ll decorate your own cupcake, have your picture taken with you and your cupcake, decorate a picture frame for your picture and enjoy eating your cupcake! Moms and Dads will have fun too! $10 per activity for 1st child; $8 each additional child. Includes craft, cupcake and drink. Parent or guardian must accompany kids. (803) 212-4949
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ZooVie Night: Riverbanks Zoo
Friday June 29, 2012
Puss in Boots
Grab your lawn chair and enjoy family-friendly, outdoor movies at the Zoo! Concessions will be available for purchase. Admission: $3 Riverbanks members / $5 general public.
Tickets are available at the gate only. Visit the Zoo website for info.
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Celebrate Your Liberty on The Lake!
Saturday June 30, 2012 11am – 7pm
Liberty Tap Room is super-excited about their new sister location, Liberty Tap Room on the Lake, coming soon to the shores of beautiful Lake Murray! Join them on the new site at Lake Murray Marina on Marina Road to kick off your 4th of July weekend!
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Pulled Pork BBQ & Oyster Roast
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Burgers and Hot Dogs Available for Kids
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Budweiser Mobile Bar and Budweiser Girls
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Live Entertainment : Pantasia Steele Drum Band1pm - 4pm and Parrot Heads in Paradise 4pm-7pm
Like their new facebook page and find out all the details leading to their grand opening!
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Fireworks!
Saturday June 30, 2012
Lake Murray: At dusk (approx. 9:15pm) – Fireworks, launching from both Spence & Dreher Islands.
Wednesday July 4, 2012
Freedom Festival See description below: fireworks show at 9:00pm.
Fort Jackson’s Hilton Field (Gates 2, 4, or 5) | 10000 Lee Road
Salute to the Nation (a canon salute to each state and territory in the Union), music by the 282nd Army Band, and a phenomenal 30-minute fireworks display! FREE. Gates open at 4pm and fireworks start at dark.
Lexington County Peach Festival: See description below: fireworks at 10 pm
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.jpg) Enjoy the fireworks this year from the comfort of the Spirit of Lake Murray!
See the Fireworks from Aboard the Spirit of Lake Murray!
Saturday June 30, 2012
You don’t have to be out there bobbin’ around in your rowboat, trying to stay afloat while you watch the fabulous fireworks explode over the lake! This year treat yourself to a dinner cruise aboard the Spirit of Lake Murray, enjoy live entertainment with Red Farley, have a beer or glass of wine, and sit or stand back and watch the awesome fireworks display fill the night sky! Only $65 includes everything! Visit the Spirit of Lake Murray websitefor more info.
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 Ronnie McDowell performs live at Village at Sandhill’s Freedom Festival on the 4th of July!
Freedom Festival: Village at Sandhill
Wednesday July 4, 2012
Village at Sandhill’s annual Freedom Festival returns on Wednesday, July 4th with a day of carnival rides, a free concert featuring country music star and Curb Records recording artistRonnie McDowell at 7pm, and capped off by the mid-state’s premier fireworks show at 9:00pm. In addition to a Nashville musical performer in Ronnie McDowell, another added twist to this year’s Freedom Festival Celebration is a high-energy carnival featuring over a dozen rides for kids of all ages. Village at Sandhill is definitely the place to celebrate our nation’s birthday this year on July 4!
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 The Lexington County Peach Queens deliver a basket of peaches to Gov. Nikki Haley
54th Annual Lexington County Peach Festival: Gilbert
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Arts and crafts, children’s rides, great foods, a parade, three stages of entertainment, an antique tractor and farm equipment display, a car show, a Revolutionary War reenactment, cannon firings, a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a fireworks show add up to one wonderful day of fun in Gilbert, SC – beginning at 9:30am with the parade and ending at 10pm with fireworks! Everything’s peachy – peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach slush, peach parfaits, peach zip, peach berry split, peach sundaes, peach tea, peach almond delights, peach fruit bar, fresh peaches, as well as festival foods like BBQ and hot dogs. Visit the Peach Festival website for more info.
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 This is a 3D bird… so if you have your glasses handy, give it a try!
Purple Martin Cruises Begin!
Thursday July 5, 2012
Step aboard the Spirit of Lake Murray, the lake’s premier dinner yacht, and be treated to an excellent dinner of roast beef, chicken breast, sides and dessert, as you sail around gorgeous Lake Murrary. When the sun begins to set, the boat will head for Bomb Island, so guests can watch the internationally known spectacle – jillions of purple martins coming in to roost for the night. Watch as the amazing clouds of birds swish and swoosh about the sky before settling into the trees. Bomb Island is home to the largest colony of purple martins in the world. Just $49 covers a 2 1/2 hour ride with dinner, soda and tea. For reservations, visit the Spirit of Lake Murray website.
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Camp Chaverim: A Very Special Summer Camp!
Enrolling Now!
Summer camp is often the highlight of a child’s year. Camp Chaverim programs have quality and safety as our foremost objectives. Challenging recreational activities encourage each camper’s growth and development. Creative cultural programs culminate in the joyful celebration of Shabbat each week. At the same time, children do not have to be Jewish to attend: Camp Chaverim welcomes everyone regardless of race, religion, creed, or national origin. Friendships and experiences shared at Camp Chaverim have a positive impact that last a lifetime. Camp Chaverim: A complete summer camp experience! Visit theJewish Community Center’s webpage for more information! Camp Chaverim welcomes children of all faiths and backgrounds.
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Fashionably Late Dining: Save 15% Off Your Entire Bill After 9PM!
Stay up late and eat for less at Mr.Friendly’s!
Or Cellar on Greene! Or Solstice Kitchen!
One thing that drives every restaurant crazy is when a good night of business ends at 9pm! We hate it when we are standing around til close! Yes! We want late business! Any good restaurant does! So here’s a little something for you folks who join us “late night”
Take 15% off your entire bill for up to four persons when you ARRIVE AT 9PM OR LATER AND ENJOY AT LEAST ONE ENTREE PER TWO PERSONS! Click for details
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 Sign up for an empowering tennis experience with LATA!!
Junior Team Tennis: Fall Registration Now!
Now – August 10, 2012
Do you know a young tennis player or tennis player wannabe? Lexington Area Tennis Association (LATA) is preparing for another great season of USA Junior Team Tennis! They play out of the Lexington County Tennis Complex and public facilities in Lexington County, with an emphasis on Fun, Fitness and Friends! The 2012 Fall season will begin September 21, 2012 and is open to players ages 6-17. Skill level from very beginner (QuickStart), beginner to advanced. Visit the LATA website for all the details!
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MUSIC & ARTS CAMP: Shandon United Methodist Church
Monday July 9- Friday 13 1:00-4:00 p.m.
For Rising 1st-6th Grades
Music Galore - Singing, rhythm instruments, Orff instruments, choir chimes, musical games.
Art: Trash to Treasure - Have fun turning recyclable materials into visual art pieces displayed in the Shandon art gallery (3rd-6th grade). Younger children will also enjoy a variety of art activities.. Refreshments & Recreation, too. $25 per child. To register or for more information, contact Debbie by July 3 at 256-8383 or drountree@shandon-umc.org Shandon United Methodist Church. 3407 Devine Street. www.shandon-umc.org
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The Civil War in 3D: SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum
Now – June 2, 2013
Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln and other iconic figures from the Civil War, and the devastation of war. See the Civil War jump off the screen in “Civil War in 3D,” the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum’s latest exhibit. Opening June 22, the exhibit features a nearly 30-minute revolving 3D show of over seventy-five stereographs. The show, featuring an original soundtrack with sound effects, brings to life each image and offers a unique look at America’s most defining moment in history. Viewing stereographs with a stereoscope creates a unique 3D effect and it was a popular amusement in America from the 1860s through the 1930s. This exhibit combines 3D stereograph viewing with modern technology to display the collection of Civil War stereographs. Each stereograph has been digitally processed to display in the originally-intended format, but in a theater setting. The exhibit also includes a stereoscope and several stereographs. “Civil War in 3D” is the third in a series of exhibits the museum is presenting during the Civil War’s 150th anniversary.Visit the Confederate Relic Room website for information.
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Fabulous Ongoing Events, Upcoming Events, News and Special Offers!
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Save the Date! Rick Springfield at Tin Roof!
Friday July 6, 2012
In 1981 after years of struggle, the stars perfectly aligned andRick Springfield found himself sitting on top of the world. In the midst of recording what would become the quintessential pop/rock album Working Class Dog, Rick was cast to the play the young, eligible Dr. Noah Drake on the popular daytime drama “General Hospital.” That same year, MTV debuted and changed the dynamic of the music industry forever. Rick skyrocketed to the top of Billboard’s charts with “Jessie’s Girl” and “I’ve Done Everything For You,”. Rick continued to produce hit after hit, and solidified his place as the preeminent power-pop artist of the decade and today remains the genre’s greatest pioneer. See Rick live on Saturday July 7 at Columbia’s own Tin Roof - A Live Music Joint in the Vista.Buy your tickets here.
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Almost an Evening: Trustus Theatre
Last Weekend – Show Closes Saturday June 30, 2012
3 shows, 3 directors, 1 cast, 1 hilarious evening! From popular filmmaker and screenwriter Ethan Cohen (The Coen Brothers – “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”, “The Big Lebowski”, “No Country For Old Men”) comes a hilarious evening of one-acts. In Almost an Evening three short plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits somewhere for a long time – is it Heaven or Hell? In Four Benches, a voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. and U.K. In Debate, cosmic questions are taken up as an actor plays a challenging role: GOD. Not much is learned, but boy it’s a good time! All Wednesdays at 7:30pm, All Fridays and Saturdays at 11:15pm. Visit the Trustus website for info or check out the facebook page.
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Avenue Q: Trustus
Now – Saturday July 21, 2012
Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, “Avenue Q” is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. “Avenue Q” is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet sexpert), Lucy the Slut (need we say more?), and other colorful types who help PRINCETON finally discover his purpose in life! Featuring puppets created by The Columbia Marionette Theatre! “Avenue Q” will leave you rolling in the aisles with the most original experience in the Midlands this summer! Visit Trustus for more.
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 A Musical Your Entire Family Will Love!
Camp Rock: Workshop Theatre
Opens July 13, 2012 – July 28, 2012
Workshop Theatre presents a classic story of rivalry and power, Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical opens with Mitchie and her friends arriving at Camp Rock, ready to spend another summer jamming out and having the time of their lives. But the new, flashy Camp Star across the lake now threatens Camp Rock’s very existence. To keep the doors open, Mitchie steps up, rallies her fellow Camp Rockers, and gets them into top shape for the ultimate showdown! Go toWorkshop’s website for more information.
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Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat: Town Theatre
Opens July 13, 2012 – July 29, 2012
Don’t let the summer pass without taking in the story of Jacob and his favorite son, Joseph. Based on the book of Genesis, this exciting musical follows the story of a young man with a knack for having prophetic dreams. He incurs the jealousy of his eleven brothers who sell him into slavery in Egypt where his talents eventually save the country from famine and secure him a position as Pharaoh’s right-hand man. In due time, he is reunited with his now contrite and guilt-ridden brethren.
Its catchy music by Andrew Lloyd Webber utilizes a variety of musical styles and genres including rock ‘n’ roll, country-western, reggae, disco and even a French art song. Go to Town Theatre’s website for more!
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