Each holiday season, Jekyll Island is transformed into Holiday Island with millions of lights, a special tour of the Jekyll Island Club Era cottages, loads of special events, and of course, an extra special dash of southern hospitality! So, when you visit, take the driving tour, don’t miss the “Holidays in History Tour” at the Jekyll Island museum, pick up a Faith Chapel commemorative ornament, and visit www.jekyllisland.com/holidayisland to plan all the events you want to attend.

And enter our photo contest!

We had so much fun at the Christmas Tree Lighting Festival. Watch the video below (courtesty of http://www.ournetnews.com/)!

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Bike Riding on Jekyll Island is one of our favorite things to do! We get exercise, family fun time, and we get to see the historic district, the beach, and some of the most beautiful sites in nature. We rented a “surry” from Jekyll Island Bike Rentals so we could take a video camera with us to try and share how wonderful the ride is with all of you! Forgive the bumpiness. It’s not the trail–it’s the videographer!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4193207826829148229&hl=en

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Read November’s Beachscape Online!

IN THIS ISSUE:
Plus Fours Historic Golf Tournament
Jekyll Island’s Christmas Tree Lighting Festival
Come Hear a Joyful Noise
The Georgia Sea Turtle Center Turtle Update
What are Island Treasures?
The Golden Isles Scholastic Chess Association Tournaments
The JIAA November Exhibit and Program

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Georgia’s JewelAs very good fortune, indeed, would have it, the first cool spell in many months arrived on the same morning that we found ourselves camped out on the Georgia coast in Crooked River State Park. A short drive later and we were ready to launch on one seriously beautiful trails ride around Georgia’s Jekyll Island. The causeway approach to the island, carpeted on both sides with fabulous wildflower stands that seemed endless, let you know that you were nearing something very special and the view from atop the last bridge onto the island revealed the magical crowns of very old timber. (more…)

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http://www.jekyllisland.com/resources/beachscape_october_2007/

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We are proud to publish the winners of the 2nd Annual Shrimp & Grits Cooking Competitions.
Amateur Division:
1st Place - Chris Ford of Saint Simons Island, GA
2nd Place - Laurie Saul of Kinston, NC
3rd Place - Missy Roefler and Jason Smith of Fernandina Beach, FL
Consumer Choice Winner - Joe Barnett of Washington, GA

Professional Division:
1st Place - Christopher Hewitt of the Olde Pink House in Savannah, GA
2nd Place - Paul Paskins of Hampton Island
3rd Place - Tim Thomas of Oak Forest Golf Club on Sea Island
Consumer Choice Winner - Tim Thomas of Oak Forest Golf Club on Sea Island

NEXT YEARS DATES: September 19, 20, 21

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I hope all of you had a chance to enjoy Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival this past weekend. If you did not, you missed out on some great food, great fun and, for me, a great team in action. I can’t say enough about our team, and about our event leader Beth Burnsed.

We also have a great partner is this event, the Georgia Shrimp Association. With GSA’s help, we were able to secure our celebrity chef Uncle Bubba. Bubba was a big hit, selling out autograph books in less that two hours.

And our other partners - Georgia Tourism, Coca-Cola, Michelob/Budweiser, Jim Dandy, Brunswick Toyota, AT&T, Golden Isles Nissan, Ameris Bank, Stratton Hall, Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Latitude 31/Rah Bar - made an event of this size possible.

We also appreciate the work of Monkey Love Media and GCI Group for getting the word out, we had some great event coverage.

Our visitation numbers put the crowd for the weekend event at 11,800. We’ll be getting a full report together soon - and begin work on next year’s festival!

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