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Mardi Gras on The Yorktown

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 11, 2019 by Lowcountry Boil

Join The Bands of Wando Foundation for a Mardi Gras Celebration on Friday, February 15th from 6:30-10:30pm aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point in Mount Pleasant. Keep music education strong in our community while enjoying traditional New Orleans cuisine, dancing and jazz music featuring Cameron and the Saltwater Brass. Don’t miss your chance to bid on wonderful vacations and other unique opportunities during the silent and live auctions hosted by emcee Richard Todd, a local radio personality. Laissez les bon temps rouler! Black Tie optional.

Click here for tickets starting at $75 and sponsorship opportunities starting at $250. For additional information about the gala, click here.

The Bands of Wando Foundation is a South Carolina nonprofit corporation organized for charitable and educational purposes, and is established to promote music education to students. In order to participate in regional competitions, the Wando band needs financial support as the Charleston County School District only provides $25 for each high school band member. These funds do not begin to cover the financial need for Wando students to compete at this level. Additional funding is also required to attract top musical directors, pay additional staff, offer lessons purchase instruments, and other necessary equipment. Last year, the Wando band was a Bands of America national finalist as well as Bands of America South Carolina regional grand champion, regional finalist & class champion.

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The Bands of Wando Inaugural Fundraiser

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2018 by Lowcountry Boil

The Bands of Wando Foundation will be holding the inaugural Fundraising Gala on Friday, May 4th from 7-11pm at Omar Shine at Patriot’s Point in Mt. Pleasant. The event will feature live entertainment provided by The Robert Lewis Jazz Quintet with additional guest artists, a live auction, catering provided by Charleston Bay Gourmet, and a cash bar. With 200 guests expected in attendance, the goal at this black tie optional event is to raise $35,000 to cover costs of various needs for the Wando High School Band as well as the middle school bands from Cario, Laing, and Moultrie Middle Schools that feed into and support the Bands of Wando program.

The Bands of Wando Foundation is a South Carolina nonprofit corporation, 501(c)(3), and is organized for charitable and educational purposes, and is established to promote music education to students.  The 2018 Bands of Wando fall schedule includes two semi regional competitions in North Carolina, the Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Wando’s own Lowcountry Invitational. In order to participate in these events, the Wando band needs financial support as the Charleston County School District only provides $25 for each high school band member. These funds do not begin to cover the financial need for Wando students to compete at this level. Additional funding is required to attract and secure musical directors, pay additional staff, purchase instruments, offer lessons and purchase other necessary equipment.

Click here to purchase Bands of Wando Foundation Fundraising Gala tickets for $100 each or sponsorship from $250-$1000. For additional information, please contact Michelle.A.Romano12@gmail.com or 716-432-4334.

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Southern Fried Chicken Challenge

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2017 by Lowcountry Boil

The Southern Fried Chicken Challenge will take place at The Grove at Patriot’s Point on Saturday, January 14 from 1pm-6pm as local chefs and restaurants face-off to determine who has the best fried chicken in the Lowcountry. The Southern Fried Chicken Challenge will feature Charleston’s top chefs and restaurants, live music by Plane Jane Band and Tidal Jive and so much more.
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Attendees will have the chance to sample and vote for their favorite fried chicken dish from top restaurants including Bohemian Bull, Fleet Landing, The Mac Daddy Food Truck and much more. Guests will also have the opportunity to shop and dine at the Vendor Village with local artisan food and retail vendors from Granna’s Gourmet, HB2 LLC, King of Pops, Molly and Me Pecans, Right Coast Collective Jewelry, SnoBar Southeast and The Mason Jar by Fatboys and more.

Advance tickets for the Southern Fried Chicken Challenge are available for purchase online and are going fast. General Admission tickets are $20 per person and $75 for VIP now through Friday. VIP Tickets include entrance into the festival, VIP area access and open bar. Tickets can be purchased the day-of (if available) for $25 for General Admission and $85 for VIP Tickets. To purchase tickets, please click here.

The Southern Fried Chicken Challenge benefits The Green Heart Project and MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. The Green Heart Project integrates school farms as outdoor classrooms in an effort to teach students the virtues of hard work, respect, and success.  MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital is dedicated to enhancing the health of children throughout South Carolina, and supports excellence in pediatric patient care, teaching and research. Sponsors for the event include Crews Chevrolet, Charleston Affair, David Aylor Law Offices, Republic Garden & Lounge, Snyder Events and Verizon.

To purchase tickets and for more information about the event including the full festival lineup, visit SouthernFriedChickenChallenge.com

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11th Annual SOS Memorial Day Weekend Party

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 20, 2015 by Lowcountry Boil

10941823_858890834169126_7345558227080642176_nShare Our Suzy Presents the 11th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Party with Indecision, Five Way Friday and The Archetypes  on Saturday, May 23rd at 5:00pm – 10:30pm at The Grove at Patriot’s Point. 100% of net proceeds for this event will directly benefit breast cancer patients in South Carolina. Tickets are just $45 through Friday and will go up to $60 on Saturday. Tickets include food, beer and wine.

Music schedule:
5:00 to 6:15PM – Archetypes
6:45 to 8:00PM – 5 Way Friday
8:30 to 10:30PM – Indecision

Share Our Suzy was founded in memory of Suzy McGrane who was diagnosed with breast cancer in her late twenties, while uninsured. SOS helps South Carolina breast cancer patients and their families by providing assistance to ease their journey from diagnosis to recovery. For information please go to www.shareoursuzy.org.

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Charleston Mac Off

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 24, 2014 by Lowcountry Boil

178The 5th Annual Charleston MAC-OFF is scheduled for October 25, 2014 from 2pm to 7pm at the Grove at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant. Last year, over 4,000 people gathered to sample traditional and gourmet offerings of Mac & Cheese and award bragging rights to The Best Mac & Cheese in Charleston.

No other food combines love, comfort, and Southern roots like Mac and Cheese. This melt in youth mouth mainstay is a classic that is served as a side dish, a pasta entre, a casserole, fried appetizer or even dessert on many Charleston menus. So we have created an event that gives tribute to our love of this versatile cheesy dish and we are seeking to crown the best of the best.

The MAC-OFF gives Charlestonians the chance to get out and enjoy the crisp weather with great comfort food, music, beer and wine, and other activities. This annual event promotes and supports local restaurants, Southern food culture, the local economy and our nonprofit partner, Lowcountry Local First.

This year enjoy music by Jared Blake from The Voice and Adalya, a cooking demo by Southern Season and a crowd of local businesses and vendors.

Three Prizes Awarded: Best Mac & Cheese Critics Choice, Best Mac & Cheese People’s Choice & Best Local Ingredients Critics Choice.

General Admission $10 (plus online processing fee of $2.95)

Food, drink and Mac & Cheese tasting tickets are $1 (There is an opportunity to buy these online in savings bundles).

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Hogs for the Cause

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2014 by Lowcountry Boil

Hogs for the Cause, New Orleans’ annual springtime barbecue extravaganza benefiting pediatric brain cancer research, will expand to Charleston this fall with a barbecue celebration Oct. 4 at Patriot’s Point in Mount Pleasant.

PITMASTERS:

RODNEY SCOTT of Scott’s Bar-B-Que

Scott’s Bar-B-Que was founded in 1972 by Ella and Roosevelt “Rosie” Scott in Hemingway, SC. Rosie’s uncle taught him the downhome technique of slow cooking whole hogs over a wood-burning pit. The community just couldn’t get enough of Rosie’s barbecue. After hand crafting his own barbecue pits, Rosie Scott has spent all of his adult life serving some of the best barbecue the Carolinas have to offer.

JIMMY HAGOOD of Food for the Southern SoulUnder Food for the Southern Soul™, Hagood has combined all his talents in producing and distributing his Blackjack Barbecue and Charleston Favorites product lines. From his Shrimp Sauce and Dry Rubs to Stone-ground Grits, Charleston Gold Rice and Artichoke Relish, Hagood is keeping the tradition of soulful southern food alive

JOHN HAIRE of Nick’s BBQ

Jim ‘N Nick’s started cooking pork “low and slow” in 1985 when Nick, along with his dad Jim, reclaimed an old dry cleaners on Clairmont Avenue in Birmingham, AL where they opened the first Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q. Today, with 30 restaurants in 7 states, Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q has become a Southern institution.

CONYERS FAMILY BBQ

Howard Conyers, PhD began manning the family’s burn barrel at an early age. He cooked his first hog with his father’s assistance at age 11 and has spent the rest of his life pursuing his twin passions of rocket science and traditional South Carolina whole hog barbecue. The Conyers family uses a light tomato sauce on their hog. Well, that and as many hours of low and slow smoke as it takes.

AARON SIEGEL of Fiery Ron’s Home Team BBQ

MARK BEHR of Sweatman’s BBQ

LYNN AND NORTON HUGHES of Shulers Bar-B-Que

BANDS:

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS

Boasting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, Drive-By Truckers became one of the most well-respected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s.

HEARTLESS BASTARDS

Anchored by the powerful vocals and incisive songwriting of Erika Wennerstrom, the Heartless Bastards are a roots rock band whose tough, emotionally resonant music incorporates elements of blues, hard rock, garage punk and country as filtered through tales of a hardscrabble life lived in the American Midwest.

THE SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND

The Soul Rebels started with an idea shared between founding members Derrick Moss and Lumar LeBlanc – to play the music they loved on the radio in the New Orleans Brass Band tradition that they grew up on. Together with a group of young, like-minded players from all over New Orleans, they formed the Soul Rebels and set out to make their mark on the music they love.

SOL DRIVEN TRAIN

Sol Driven Train’s music weaves through genres like images in a Tom Robbins paragraph. The versatile 5-piece band, based in Charleston, SC, features rotating lead vocalists, and multi-instrumental talent spread across horns, strings, and percussion. Combining rich varieties of American pop and folk music into their own port-town sound, Sol Driven Train has carved out a unique musical identity within the American roots music scene.

DEAD 27S

Dead 27s began in 2012 when members from various bands decided to play together at a birthday celebration called Face Funk. The band immediately clicked and was asked to play a Jimi Hendrix tribute show. The show was a huge success and word of mouth quickly spread about this group around Charleston, SC. Dead 27s’ sound is described as a Southern blend of rock and soul.

The purpose of Hogs for the Cause is to provide aid and relief of those variable expenses and economic burdens which families face while their child is being treated for pediatric brain cancer. Currently, Hogs For The Cause operates as the premier funding source for pediatric brain cancer outreach services in the United States and has given grants to over 200 families in need in just 6 years and partnered with several hospitals nationally, including MUSC Children’s Hospital.

Tickets start at $30 and are on sale here. For more information please visit hogsforthecause.org.

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Party At The Point with Drivin N Cryin and Luke Cunningham

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on June 26, 2012 by Lowcountry Boil

The summer concert series ends on Friday, June 29th at 6pm with southern rock titans DRIVIN N CRYIN and local favorite LUKE CUNNINGHAM at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina on Patriot’s Point in Mount Pleasant!!

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Awendaw Green And Patriots Point Present Homegrown Music Showcase

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 11, 2011 by Lowcountry Boil

Awendaw Green always puts on great Barn Jams, shows and festivals. The great thing about the upcoming Homegrown Music Showcase this Sunday is that you don’t have to drive far as it’s in Mount Pleasant at Patriot’s Point. Attendees will see a very diverse group of artists at a singer in the round set up where three artists rotate every 45 minutes from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Joining in the Patriots Point Veterans Day week celebration, this event is presented by Awendaw Green and Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum.

Image Credit: Awendaw Green

“This year we moved the annual Awendaw Green Music Fest to Patriots Point by invitation from Mac Burdett, the executive director of Patriots Point. After Mac volunteered at one of our early fests and liked the vibe, he wanted us to connect some of our good people to his great cause through music,” said festival organizer and Awendaw Green founder Eddie Green. “It will be friend raiser and a fundraiser for their Institute of History and Science and the brand new 501c-3 Awendaw Green Arts Institute.”

As there are 14 wooded acres at Patriots Point, the event will take place in a spot right next to the harbor by the U.S.S. Yorktown so it is similar to being in the woods in Awendaw. Green basically wanted to make the day like their Barn Jams where it is very connective, fun and good for all. In addition to the talented musicians, there will be food trucks, local arts and crafts and lots of other activities throughout the day. Green continues by saying, “We have much hope that this event will spread our music outreach to many new ears, showcase many well known and other deserving artists while helping Patriots Point.”

Eddie Green, Photo Credit: Kaitlyn Gandy for Charleston City Paper

Musical Line Up:

7:00 Mark Bryan, Hank Futch and friends

6:15 Danielle Howle, Elise Testone, Zach Bodtorf

5:15 Mac Leaphart, Doug Jones, Reid Stone, John Wesley Satterfield

4:30 Travis Allison, Thomas Champagne, Tyler Boone

3:45 Lindsay Holler, Rachel Kate Gillon, Johnnie Mathews

3:00 Asheville Trio: Kellin Watson, Pierce Edens, Leigh Glass

2:15 Jordan Igoe, Corey Webb, Mike Thompson

1:30 Will Lewis, Chris Holly, Aaron Levy

12:45 Ed Hunnicutt, David Bethany, John Brannen

12:00 Becca Bessinger, Pete Ballou, Tom Mackell

11:20 Nic Skey, Hunter Ford, Matt Hopkins

10:40 Brady Smith, Tony Talley, Mitch Wetherington

10:00 Bogan Mask, Stuart Johnson, Samuel Johnson

TICKETS: $5 or $20 combo ticket to the music fest and the USS Yorktown (normally an $18 ticket). Purchase here.

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7th Annual Suzy McGrane Memorial Party

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 17, 2011 by Lowcountry Boil

Memorial weekend sets the scene for one of Charleston’s favorite fundraisers as Share Our Suzy presents the 7th Annual Suzy McGrane Memorial Party on Saturday, May 28th from 5:30-11:30pm at Lookout Pavilion at Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina located at 20 Patriots Point Road in Mt. Pleasant. In addition to supporting a great cause, the event also features cocktails, local food, and live music from Indecision & Gaslight Street. Advance tickets are $35 (food & drinks included) and $25 (drinks included) and are available at etix.

Suzy McGrane: Photo provided by SOS

Suzy McGrane was a local photographer who was diagnosed with breast cancer and ultimately lost her battle in her early twenties. What started as Save Our Suzy is now known as Share Our Suzy. The goal of SOS is to bridge the financial gap and allow breast cancer patients to focus solely on recovery and not the financial stress brought on during this very difficult battle. Funds raised cover the critical areas that insurance companies do not by providing assistance to those with every day needs such as wigs, prosthetics, childcare, gas cards, utility bill assistance, medication assistance and more. Share Our Suzy’s mission is to raise money and resources to assist and support breast cancer patients in South Carolina from diagnosis to remission.

Photo Courtesy: Banner Photography

One of the originators of the jam band movement, Indecision‘s innovative music is a unique blend of rock, jazz, blues and extended jams complete with rich and complex lyrics. Indecision has shared the stage with musicians such as Widespread Panic, Phish, Blues Traveler, Dave Matthews Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Neville Brothers, The Connells, Jupiter Coyote and more.

Photo by Reid Stone

Not all Southern rockers fit into an expected mold and that is exactly the case for the rhythm and blues five-piece, Gaslight Street. By incorporating Southern music traditions with their own life experiences, these long time friends have shown that Southern rock still has a place in the American music pantheon. Gaslight’s hard rock edge and fast guitar leads keep their loyal core of music loving fans thirsting for more.

What: Share Our Suzy’s 7th Annual Suzy McGrane Memorial Party

Where: The Lookout Pavilion at Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina at 20 Patriots Point Road in Mt. Pleasant

When: Saturday, May 28 · 5:30pm – 11:30pm

Tickets: Day of ticket prices are $50 (food & drinks included) and $40 (drinks included)

For more information about the organization or performers, check out www.shareoursuzy.org, www.indecision.com and www.gaslightstreet.com.

OUR MISSION: TO HONOR THE SPIRIT OF SUZY MCGRANE
BY RAISING MONEY AND RESOURCES TO
ASSIST AND SUPPORT BREAST CANCER
PATIENTS FROM DIAGNOSIS TO REMISSION

OUR VISION: TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

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1st Annual Gopher Ball

Posted in Sales & Events with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 24, 2011 by Lowcountry Boil

The First Tee of Greater Charleston will host the Inaugural Gopher Ball at the Patriots Point Pavilion in Mt. Pleasant on Friday, January 28th from 8:00PM – 12:00AM. The Gopher Ball will feature a Caddyshack themed costume party with entertainment provided by Right On Band, who was recently named the “World’s Greatest 70s Show Band”. The event also features an open bar, light hors d’oeuvres, and a night golf contest on the famed 18th hole at Patriots Point Link. All proceeds from the event go to support The First Tee Scholarship Fund which provides program scholarships and equipment to those participants in need.

Tickets are $50 in Advance. Click to purchase securely through PayPal.

The First Tee of Greater Charleston is a 501(c)3, nonprofit, youth development organization whose mission is to positively impact the lives of local youth by providing structured character education programs that promote core values and life skills through the game of golf. For more information about the organization and event, visit www.CharlestonFirstTee.com.

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