August, 2010 Events
By: Stan Deatherage ( More Entries )
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We are now loading the events for August. Stay tuned by checking back in the Events Calendar to discover all the activities, many events are free to the public, that make Beaufort County the place to be; at that very moment. A unique offering in Beaufort County is the Pickin' on the Pamlico event, held Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 5:30pm until 10:00 pm on Washington's Waterfront next to the North Carolina Estuarium.
A band is scheduled (TBA) for the event. Last year the band, 360 Degrees, was scheduled to perform. It had rained a bit at the onset of the event, so the band did not play. What became a very curious event is when the band, 360 Degrees, started packing up the equipment to leave before it was time for them to play, even the rain was lifting in this transient summer storm. Incredibly, with the skies clearing, the band packed up and left with their check for their underformed performance, and for the last two hours of the event, there was no band.
360 Degrees will always be known in these parts as "the band that would not stay, the band who would not play." I just hope: That the next band that comes this year will not be paid in advance like 360 Degrees, and that 360 Degrees will no longer be asked to perform in this area. Of course, in the words of P.T. Barnum, "there's a sucker born every minute." I'm sure we have our generous portion here Down East.
Incidentally, there are many very capable local groups of musicains that would love to play the Pickin' on the Pamlico event, who would actually play the music for the pay they would recieve. Novel concept, eh?
Just a reminder.
The view of North Carolina Estuarium from Water Street: Above. The late summer sunset along the waterfront boardwalk and the docks in Washington, NC: Below.
A band is scheduled (TBA) for the event. Last year the band, 360 Degrees, was scheduled to perform. It had rained a bit at the onset of the event, so the band did not play. What became a very curious event is when the band, 360 Degrees, started packing up the equipment to leave before it was time for them to play, even the rain was lifting in this transient summer storm. Incredibly, with the skies clearing, the band packed up and left with their check for their underformed performance, and for the last two hours of the event, there was no band.
360 Degrees will always be known in these parts as "the band that would not stay, the band who would not play." I just hope: That the next band that comes this year will not be paid in advance like 360 Degrees, and that 360 Degrees will no longer be asked to perform in this area. Of course, in the words of P.T. Barnum, "there's a sucker born every minute." I'm sure we have our generous portion here Down East.
Incidentally, there are many very capable local groups of musicains that would love to play the Pickin' on the Pamlico event, who would actually play the music for the pay they would recieve. Novel concept, eh?
Just a reminder.
The view of North Carolina Estuarium from Water Street: Above. The late summer sunset along the waterfront boardwalk and the docks in Washington, NC: Below.
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Beaufort County Concert Association announces their 34th season! ( 9 am ) |
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Jonas See Color with friends: The Rocket Boys - The Goodnight Anthem - The Future is Me - Morning in May - Death On Two Wheels all paly the Lincoln Th ( 5:30 pm ) |
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Beaufort County Board of Commissioners meeting ( 5 pm ) |
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Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh, NC hosts 2010 Mayhem Festival ( 1 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 2 pm - 4:30 pm ) |
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National Night Out - Bobby Messano - Greenville Toyota Amphitheater ( 8 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 2 pm - 4:30 pm ) |
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Tea Party meeting at the East Carolina Inn ( 7 pm ) |
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Nathan & Hayden Drake - BCTMA Performance ( 8 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 10:30 am ) |
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Big Fish FM Summer Soundfest at Summer Camp Albemarle, Newport, NC ( 12 pm ) |
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Historic Washington Ghost Walk ( 8 pm ) |
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The Mac & Tammy McRoy Band ( 8 pm ) |
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The Breakfast Club plays the Lincoln Theater at 126 East Cabarrus Street in downtown Raleigh, NC ( 9 pm ) |
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Washington City Council Meeting ( 4:30 pm ) |
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Belhaven Town Council Meeting ( 7 pm ) |
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NC Esturarium Reptiles and Amphibians ( 1 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 2 pm - 4:30 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 2 pm - 4:30 pm ) |
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Lizzy Ross plays the Union Alley Coffeehouse in Downtown Washington, NC ( 8 pm ) |
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John Howie Jr. & Billie Feather play at Washington's Union Alley Coffee House ( 8 pm ) |
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Edwin McCain plays the Lincoln Theater at 126 East Cabarrus Street in downtown Raleigh, NC ( 9 pm ) |
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Rocky Hock Playhouse presents David (A Man After God's Own Heart) ( 10:30 am ) |
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Dual Signing with Marni Graff and Jayne Davis Wall ( 12 pm - 3 pm ) |
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Downtown Washington - Pickin' on the Pamlico ( 5:30 pm - 10 pm ) |
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Chambergrass entertains at the Union Alley Coffee House in Downtown Washington, NC ( 8 pm ) |
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Year of the Classics Film Series “The Yearling” (1946) ( 7 pm - 9 pm ) |
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Bethany Bradsher ( 6 pm - 9 pm ) |
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Music in the Streets in Downtown Washington ( 6 pm - 9 pm ) |
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Ever Amber plays the Turnage Theater in Downtown Washington, NC ( 8:30 pm ) |
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Raleigh Tax Shredding Party ( 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm ) |
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Sweet Potato Pie sings at R.A. Fountain General Store in Fountain, NC ( 7:30 pm ) |
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Historic Washington Ghost Walk in Downtown Washington ( 8 pm ) |
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Craicdown play at Downtown Washington's Union Alley Coffee House ( 8 pm ) |
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Dancing with Our Stars - WHS auditorium ( 8 pm ) |
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Pirate Palooza ( 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ) |
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Belhaven Town Council Meeting ( 7 pm ) |
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Beaufort County Commissioners meet in their Chambers ( 7:30 am ) |
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25th Anniversary Winterville Watermelon Festival ( 9 am ) |
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NCACC Conference at the Greenville Convention Center ( 2:15 pm ) |
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Grovesound performs at Washington, NC's Downtown Union Alley Coffee House ( 8 pm ) |
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Russ Varnell & His Too Country Band ( 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ) |
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Public Hearing for the Beaufort County Medical Center, Bldg. 10, Beaufort County Community College |
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