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Events for the week of 05/27/2012
| 4th Annual Banner Elk Herb Festival |
 Date: 5/26 - 5/27
The 4th Annual Banner Elk Herb Festival will be on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th, 2012 at the old Banner Elk Elementary School grounds. On Saturday, the hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On Sunday, the hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
The Herb Festival will feature great local bands, lots of arts and crafts vendors, farmers market items, a kid zone and, of course, thousands of herb plants for sale. There will be great local food & non-alcoholic beverages and carnival games and prizes to each participating child.
We are still accepting applications for all Arts & Craft, Fine Art and Farmers Market vendors. For more information and for vendor participation, please contact Holly Palm at 828-773-1906 or email her at holly@beherbfest.com.
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| Beech Mountain: Sunset Concert - The Harris Brothers |
 Date: 5/27 - 5/27
Join the Beech Alpen Inn for their first Summer Sunset Concert of the Season. Music will begin at 5pm, and all are welcome. Enjoy your favorite beverage while listening to a local favorite, the Harris Brothers.
The Harris Brothers are what you might call songsters. They can draw from a vast repertoire of American traditional music – “Americana” is often used to describe their style, but the Harris Brothers just call it music. Their sound is heavily influenced by traditional blues and Appalachian mountain music, jazz, country, and rock n’ roll. No matter what the Harris Brothers play, be it originals or old favorites, they have a special way of making the music their own; it’s stripped down, intense, and real, with no gimmicks.
For more information, please call 828-387-2252
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| Bayou Weekly Summer Concert: The Whip Daddy's |
 Date: 5/30 - 5/30
As you all know that attended last year this is a FREE concert that we put on every Wednesday starting at 6:00 PM throughout the summer. What better way to celebrate hump day then with some live music and ...the coldest drinks in the High Country. So come out, sit on the deck, grab a cold one, and enjoy some music with friends. Our drink specials for Wednesday are Abita Strawberry beer, Hurricanes(on the rocks or frozen), and Wine Amnesty.
This week's music is The Whip Daddy's!
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| Grandfather Mountain: Nature Photography Weekend |
 Date: 6/1 - 6/03
Learn from top nature photographers and photograph nature at its best. On-line registration begins midnight April 1, 2012.
Hear presentations from top nature photographers in the evenings and photograph spectacular scenery and native animals during the day. Images from Friday and Saturday’s photo excursions are entered in an informal contest with winners announced Sunday morning.
Description
Hear presentations from top nature photographers in the evenings and photograph spectacular scenery and native animals during the day. Images from Friday and Saturday’s photo excursions are entered in an informal contest with winners announced Sunday morning.
The Contest:
The Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend includes a friendly but competitive contest. Speakers give presentations during the evening sessions, leaving the days free for participants to practice their skills at one of the most spectacular destinations for photographing nature in the East.
Participants will turn in their digital images at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon on a CD supplied by Grandfather Mountain in the registration packet. Each person selects three images to enter in any combination of four categories (Animals in Habitats, Animals in the Wild, Wildflowers, and Scenics) and two classes (amateur or accomplished).
Images may be touched up using computer software. Be warned that the judges do not look kindly on images that were not taken during the weekend (images of a flower that bloomed in April), contrived images (like placing a zebra on the top of MacRae Peak), or images that have been manipulated to the degree that they violate the spirit of the contest (like bringing the end of a rainbow down in the center of the Swinging Bridge).
You will need to bring (or borrow) a computer to burn your images to CD. Grandfather Mountain can not promise computer time to any participant.
Check in and Registration:
Check in and registration will take place Friday, 3-7 p.m. and Saturday, 8-9 a.m. The location for Friday Check In is MacRae Meadows (gate 3), about 10 yards on the Linville side of the driveway to the Grandfather Mountain Office and 30 yards on the Linville side of the attraction Entrance Gate. In the case of torrential rain, the registration will move to the Nature Museum.
Tickets:
NPW Participant: $115 Pre registration fee covers 3-day park admission, Saturday evening meal, a seat in the auditorium for the programs, and a CD for turning in your contest entries. Family members and guests are welcome with an additional charge:
Guest NPW ticket: $95 covers 3-day park admission, Saturday evening meal, and a seat in the auditorium for the programs.
Guest 3-day park admission only: $30 adult, $15 child. [reg. $45/$21]
Guests for dinner Saturday night: $10
For more details, call 800-468-7325 or 828-733-2013.
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| Grandfather Mountain: Nature Photography Weekend |
 Date: 6/1 - 6/03
Learn from top nature photographers and photograph nature at its best. On-line registration begins midnight April 1, 2012.
Hear presentations from top nature photographers in the evenings and photograph spectacular scenery and native animals during the day. Images from Friday and Saturday’s photo excursions are entered in an informal contest with winners announced Sunday morning. For more details, click to the web site or call 800-468-7325 or 828-733-2013.
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| Tweetsie Railroad - Day Out With Thomas |
 Date: 6/1 - 6/10
All Aboard For...
25-minute ride with a full-size Thomas the Tank Engine. Meet Sir Topham Hatt. There will be storytelling, live music and Build with Mega Bloks.
For more information and to buy tickets, go to the web site or call 1-877-893-3874.
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| Tweetsie Railroad Open 7 Days a Week |
 Date: 6/1 - 6/01
Looking for a way to get out of Dodge? Tweetsie Railroad is just the place! We’ve been taking families on a Wild West train ride for over 50 years.
Tweetsie Railroad allows children and families to let their imaginations run wild and discover all sorts of fun. Kids can be a cowboy … an Indian … or an engineer. Families love riding on our famous steam engine, Number 12. She’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Just looking at her is enough to take you back.
Hop on board Tweetsie’s Wild West Adventure, on a train pulled by one of our historic coal-fired steam locomotives. It’s a trip back in time complete with Cowboys, train robbers and marauding renegades stirring up trouble. You never know what might happen! Ride it as many times as you want!
For more information, call 1-877-893-3874 or visit their web site.
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| Grandfather Mountain: The Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble |
 Date: 6/2 - 6/17
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm.
Our staff naturalists can’t wait to share their excitement for the showy rose-lavender Catawba Rhododendron that blooms its way up Grandfather’s slopes throughout the month of June. Join us for special programs designed to help you get the most out of this memorable sight.
The Catawba Rhododendron is abundant all across Grandfather Mountain, from MacRae Meadows at 4,300 feet in elevation to MacRae Peak at 5,845 feet in elevation. Because the shrub abounds across this broad range of elevations, its purple flowers can be enjoyed at each successive elevation. The first blooms appear at the lower overlooks in late May and the display will arrive at the Swinging Bridge by the end of June.
Join us at 1 pm each day to participate in special programs and activities that celebrate this herald of summer. All programs and guided walks are included in the price of admission.
For details, phone 800-468-7325 or 828-733-2013.
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| Grandfather Mountain: The Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble |
 Date: 6/2 - 6/17
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm.
Our staff naturalists can’t wait to share their excitement for the showy rose-lavender Catawba Rhododendron that blooms its way up Grandfather’s slopes throughout the month of June. Join us for special programs designed to help you get the most out of this memorable sight. For details, phone 800-468-7325.
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| Blowing Rock: Shriner's Parade |
 Date: 6/2 - 6/02
Time: 2 pm
Location: Main Street
Music, go-karts, and clowns combine for one of the best parades you've ever seen! Click the link for more info about the Shriners and their cause
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