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The South Carolina Maritime Museum presents its first temporary exhibit: a photographic display of lumber schooners that visited the port of Georgetown at the beginning of the twentieth century. This first exhibit tells the story of the lumber schooners that sailed in and out of Georgetown between 1890 and 1920 when Georgetown was the biggest lumber port in the Southeast. Sailing ships and steamships transported millions of feet of pine and cypress lumber from South Carolina forests to cities in the northeastern United States. Read more… SCMM members can view the exhibit in the members area of this website: Members Area
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Business After Hours will be held Thursday, June 7th at the SC Maritime Museum in Georgetown at their new location at 729 Front St. in Georgetown. Come out and enjoy delicious food and a great networking opportunity. This event is being co-hosted by SC Federal Credit Union. For more information and to register: visitgeorge.com
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Join us at the South Carolina Maritime Museum on Friday, June 22nd from 6pm until 8pm to celebrate the 2012 Summer Solstice. Welcome Summer from the museum’s back deck overlooking Georgetown’s beautiful waterfront. There will be good food, a variety of libations, music, and many other lovely people besides yourself to frolic with. The party is open to the public. Tickets are $20 for museum members and $25 for non-members if purchased in advance. Tickets will be $30 at the door for both members and non-members.
You can purchase tickets here: ADVANCE TICKETS Or tickets may be purchased at the museum or at the River Room Restaurant.
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Pawleys Island girl, Keels Culberson Swinney, is our 23rd Annual Wooden Boat Show poster artist. We are hosting a party for her at the SCMM on Wednesday, August 29th. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served from 6-8 pm with the unveiling of Keel’s original art at 7pm and poster signing and sales to follow. This an invitation only party for SCMM members and Wooden Boat Show sponsors. Keels first realized her love of art when she underwent major hip surgery at the age of six and was in a full body cast for nine weeks. With the energy of a six year old and the inability to move, she channeled that energy into artistic endeavors and has been creating art ever since. She draws artistic inspiration from many places, such as the beaches of her hometown and from her travels around the world, including the landscapes of Italy, Greece, and Costa Rica. Keels graduated from Converse College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design and Art History, and then studied Studio Art at the College of Charleston. She furthered her education at Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence Italy. Keels and fellow artist, Adrian Dorman, started “Chambre’ Designs” a small business specializing in hand painted furniture and murals. Keels also began “Painted Pets by Keels”, commissioned pet portraits and Keels is a founding member of Ebb & Flow Art Co-op. You can find her work on display in the Gallery at Ebb & Flow Art Co-op in Murrells Keels has been featured as the cover artist for Sasee magazine numerous times and has displayed her work in galleries all over South Carolina.
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What more fun way is there to raise money for a museum than to invent a yacht club and throw a party? That’s exactly what the organizers of the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show set out to do. Held the Friday evening before the show, an incredible array of items for auction are displayed – artwork, dream vacations, boats, wine, golf packages and more. Guests peruse these items while sampling lowcountry cuisine prepared by the area’s complimentary bar. The auction has grown each year and continues to contribute to the Maritime Museum Fund. Due to space, a limited number of tickets are available. Please be sure to inquire early.
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The Harbor Historical Association of Georgetown will present the 23rd Annual Wooden Boat Show on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 11am to 6pm. This year’s show will feature one of the nation’s premier wooden boat exhibits, a wooden boatbuilding competition, children’s model boatbuilding, knot tying, maritime art & crafts, food and music. These events will take place on the waterfront and along Front Street in historic downtown Georgetown. Money raised through sales and donations will benefit the South Carolina Maritime Museum located in Georgetown. On Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm, over 100 classic wooden boats will be displayed in the water, along the boardwalk and on Front Street. Vessels ranging in size from kayaks to yachts, will be exhibited in twelve categories: row, canoe, kayak, surfboard, sail, inboard power, outboard power, classic sail (built prior to 1960), classic inboard power (built prior to 1960), classic outboard power, owner designed and built, and century class (100 years or older). Visitors will be able to meet and talk to wooden boat craftsmen, manufacturers and owners. Maritime arts, crafts and models will also be on display. The Wooden Boat Challenge will begin at noon under the big tent on Broad Street. Two- man teams will race to build a rowing skiff within a four hour time limit. At 5pm the competitors will test their completed skiffs for seaworthiness in a rowing relay across the Sampit River. The teams will be judged on speed of construction, quality of work and rowing ability. Cash prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place winners. The Challenge is open to men and women, family teams, boatbuilders and woodworkers, basically anyone with a love for wooden boats and their construction. Other events include knot tying demonstrations and a knot tying competition, children’s model boatbuilding, gig rows with the New Charleston Mosquito Fleet, food, music and more. At 7pm an awards ceremony and banquet will be held for boat exhibitors, wooden boatbuilding competitors, sponsors and guests. Prizes will be presented to the winners in each of the twelve exhibit categories, to the “People’s Choice Grand Award” winner, the Six Knot Challenge winner, and to the winning Wooden Boat Challenge competitors. Sponsorships for this year’s show are available beginning at $250. Each level of sponsorship receives the following: The Wooden Boat Show is produced by the Harbor Historical Association, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
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New exhibit tells the story of the Port of Georgetown’s most prosperous yearThe South Carolina Maritime Museum opened a new exhibit on Friday, November 30, 2012, titled “1905, Georgetown’s Golden Year”. The exhibit includes 35 enlarged and mounted photographs and other images, showing Georgetown’s waterfront and downtown area during 1905, which was the busiest year in the history of the Port of Georgetown. The exhibit will run through April 2013 and will be free and open to the public. An exhibit opening reception was held for South Carolina Maritime Museum members and guests on Thursday, November 29 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The year 1905 marked the capstone in Georgetown’s history as a port and the peak of Georgetown’s lumber industry. The maritime activity of Georgetown has never again approached the level of 1905. On December 19, 1905, the citizens of Georgetown, directed by Mayor William Doyle Morgan, celebrated the centennial anniversary of the incorporation of “The City on the Sampit” with a grand parade of boats and ships along the Sampit River and another grand parade along highly decorated Front Street. It was the biggest celebration that the town had ever produced. The Museum’s exhibit features photographs of steamships, sailing ships, other vessels, and scenes from along the Georgetown waterfront, including the Centennial Celebration of December 1905 and copies of newspaper articles from 1905, describing the accomplishments of Mayor Morgan. For more information about the new exhibit or to learn more about the South Carolina Maritime Museum contact director Susan Sanders at 843-520-0111, email info@sc-mm.org or visit scmaritimemuseum.com. |
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Grab your beads and your boas and gather your Krewes. The South Carolina Maritime Museum is planning two Mardi Gras walking parades and a “fun”draiser Mardi Gras party for Tuesday, February 12, 2013. The walking parades are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and will take place on the sidewalk along Front Street and on the Harborwalk in historic downtown Georgetown. A Mardi Gras party will be held at the SC Maritime Museum following the 5:30 p.m. parade and will last until 7:30 p.m. Parade participation is free. Party admittance is $20 per person and includes Cajun Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, rice, slaw, cornbread, traditional King Cake and libations. Proceeds will go toward the SC Maritime Museum’s operating budget. The walking parades will begin and end at the SC Maritime Museum. Groups and individuals who plan to participate should meet at the Museum by 12:15 p.m. for the first parade and by 5:15 p.m. for the second parade. Mardi Gras King Kevin Jayroe and Queen Rachel Wildes will lead both parades and will be followed by the SC Maritime Museum’s Krewe of Chèvre, an homage to the Museum’s four legged mascot. Both parades will meander along a three block route in Georgetown’s historic business district between Screven and King Streets. Groups or individuals who would like to participate in the parades should adorn themselves with colorful and eye popping Mardi Gras embellishments, including but not limited to beads, boas, feathers, masks, hats, umbrellas and balloons. On the big day, spontaneous participation will be encouraged and beads will be available at the Museum for those who want to join in the fun. Costume awards will be presented following the 5:30 p.m. parade. Award categories are likely to be created on the spot. For more information, for tickets to the big Mardi Gras party, or to secure your position in the parade following the King and Queen and the Krewe of Chevre, contact Susan Sanders at the SC Maritime Museum at 843-520-0111, visit www.scmaritimemuseum.org, or stop by the Museum at 729 Front Street, Georgetown, SC. Let’s have some fun!
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Set your piggies free at The Burning of the Socks celebration of Spring on Sunday, March 17, from 4 – 7 p.m., on the waterfront at 729 Front Street in Georgetown. The event is a “fun”draiser for the museum, and you will be treated to a pig pickin’ with all the fixins, libations, music by local band Henry’s Attic, and door prizes. Ed Piotrowski, Chief Meteorlologist for WPDE, will be our Master of Ceremonies. Bob Turner, the originaL sock burner from Annapolis, MD, will be our guest of honor. The cost is $30 each for members and $35 for non- (but soon to be) members. But what’s The Burning of the Socks all about? It’s become a coastal tradition, dating back to the mid-1980’s, starting in Annapolis. There, Bob Turner, who managed a boatyard, got tired of the winter blahs. While working on boats all winter, his socks collected sawdust, bottom paint, caulk, fiberglas resins, and other boat yard leavings. In other words, his socks would stand up when he took them off at night. One year, on the first day of Spring, he took off his socks, put them in a paint tray, sprinkled on some lighter fluid, lit them, and then had a beer to celebrate. The tradition began. There are now sock burnings in other boating towns across the country. To commemorate the tradition, “Ode to the Sock Burners” was composed by Jefferson Holland of Annapolis in 1995. The ode is read every year when the socks are lit at coastal parties. Here is our Georgetown version: Them Georgetown boys got an odd tradition
So gather up your crusty ol’ winter socks, come to the South Carolina Maritime Museum on Sunday, March 17, and set your piggies free. Tickets can be purchased at the SC Maritime Museum. For any questions call 843-520-0111.
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FIRST ANNUAL GOLF BENEFIT |
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WEDGEFIELD PLANTATION GOLF CLUB 4 Person Captain’s Choice $60 per Player - chance for “Hole in One”, “Longest Drive”
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TOURNAMENT SPONSOR $500
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Tournament Sponsors:
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Hole Sponsors: Level Utilities
The South Carolina Maritime Museum operates under the umbrella of the Harbor Historical Association, a 501(c)(3) corporation. The mission of this non-profit organization is to preserve and promote the maritime heritage of Georgetownand South Carolina. Proceeds from this event will go toward the operation of the Museum.
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