August 1 - August 15
Jekyll Island Club Hotel Club Juniors
Kids can enjoy day camp with the Jekyll Island Club Hotel - swimming, arts and crafts, nature walks and more! 912-635-2600.

August 1
Ron Anglin, Juggler
A favorite of school children and festival goers across Georgia, juggler Ron Anglin will keep you spellbound. 10:30a.m., Jekyll Island Club Hotel. For more information call 912-635-2600.

August 1
Salt Marsh Ecology @ Tidelands Nature Center
A study of the salt marsh. Concepts include major plants, marsh animals, crabs, mussels, and birds. Make a fiddler crab! 10:45a.m. - 11:45a.m.. For more information call 912-635-5032.

August 2
Summer Waves’ Safety Day!
Come to Summer Waves to partake in the festivities and join Dan Vaden in honoring the GSP, DNR, Red Cross, Fire Dept, and Glynn County Police. For more information call 912-635-2074.

August 2
Guitar Hero and Karaoke at Summer Waves
DJ Bert and Summer Waves have so much fun and gives away great prizes at the guitar hero competition and karaoke at Summer Waves Water Park! Guitar Hero, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.. Karaoke, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.. For more information call 912-635-2074.

August 2-3
Franklin Pond String Quartet Concert
The Faculty Quartet of Franklin Pond Chamber Music will present a concert in Faith Chapel. Tickets are $10.7:00 p.m. For more information call 912-635-3920.

August 8
Pirate Goodie and the Magic Chest
Come along with Pirate Goodie Twoshoes and his parrot Pete on an amazing undersea adventure. 10:30 a.m., Jekyll Island Club Hotel. For more informationcall 912-635-2600.

August 8
Herpetology 101: Reptiles & Amphibians @ Tidelands Nature Center
What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, a toad and a frog? Make snake bracelets! 10:45a.m. - 11:45a.m.. For more information call 912-635-5032.

August 9
Cool Down and Rock Out
DJ Bert and Summer Waves gives away great prizes at the guitar hero competition and karaoke at Summer Waves Water Park! Guitar Hero, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.. Karaoke, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.. For more information call 912-635-2074.

August 14
Beach Music Festival Early Bird Concert
Jekyll Oceanfront Clarion Resort. Join shag club members and start your beach music weekend early. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. For more information call 1-877-4JEKYLL.

August 15
Life Under the Water @ Tidelands Nature Center
Learn all about fish. Discover the three different classifications of fish. Make fish prints! 10:45a.m. - 11:45a.m.. For more information call 912-635-5032.

August 16
Beach Music Festival Free Concert
Enjoy a FREE beachside concert featuring The Swinging Medallions the Rickey Godfrey Band, and Second Chance! For more information call 1-877-4JEKYLL or visitwww.jekyllisland.com/beachmusicfestival

August 30
Guitar Hero and Karaoke at Summer Waves
DJ Bert and Summer Waves gives away great prizes at the guitar hero competition and karaoke at Summer Waves Water Park! Guitar Hero, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.. Karaoke, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.. For more informationcall 912-635-2074.

August 30 - September 1
Jekyll Island Gold Cup Adult Soccer Tournament
Regional and National adult soccer teams go for the gold as they compete in this three day tournament For more information visit www.gacups.com.

September 19 - 21
Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival
A weekend celebration of two of Georgia’s most beloved foods. The festival features a cook-off, live entertainment, and a kid-friendly fun zone. For more information call 1-877-4JEKYLL.

October 19 - 21
The Pulitzer Legacy in Georgia
The Georgia Review presents “The Pulitzer Legacy in Georgia” featuring Pulitzer Prize-winners Stephen Dunn, Natasha Trethewey, Edward J. Larson, Hank Klibanoff, and others. Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Reservations are required. For more information call 1-800-542-3481 or visit www.uga.edu/garev.

October 7
WAY Radio Beach Concert
WAY Radio, Brunswick’s source for Christian Radio, host a concert on the beach from 2-5 p.m. featuring top sChristian artists Mark Harris, Laura Story, and Mikeschair. For more information visit www.wayradio.org or call 912-342-1083

October 10 - 12
Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding Festival
This festival has a little bit of everything for the casual nature enthusiast to the most experienced birdwatcher. For more information call 1-877-4JEKYLL

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Jekyll Island is bringing the Golden Isles the biggest, best beach concert in years. Why? Because it is free. The 2008 Beach Music Festival is hitting the coast hard with musical sounds from the Rickey Godfrey Band, Second Chance, and the Swingin’ Medallions.

Providing entertainment for everyone is The Rickey Godfrey Band’s specialty. The unique combination of musical influences shared by the groups’ five full-time, professional musicians gives the band a sound the makes the waves go crashing. An energetic, talented, and entertaining group, they have been touring throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe since the 1970’s and are now looking forward to playing in the Golden Isles.

Second Chance is back again. Opening for the 2007 Beach Music Festival, they are returning again to do what they love best: sing. With the smooth sounds of songs like “I Love Beach Music” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” this group showcases everything from vocals to saxophone to bass guitar.

Rocking beaches all over since 1965 the Swingin’ Medallions is the epitome of beach music. Drawing inspiration from early R&B, the band has been described to have a beach music, frat rock, shag sound that keeps the crowds moving.

The fun starts Thursday night with an Early Bird Party for shag club members. If you’re a member of a shag club, join other club members at the Jekyll Oceanfront Resort on Thursday, August 14. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 per couple. Friday Festival-goers can enjoy the Beach Music Festival Golf Tournament. Friday morning, August 15th, participants can play in the most talked about summer golf tournament in South Georgia. Tee times begin at 9:00a.m. until 11:00a.m. at the Indian Mounds course. Registration is $80 per player with lunch provided by Morgan’s Grill. Registration includes two tickets to the Friday night Kick-Off Party. Tournament tee times can be made by calling the golf course at 912-635-2368.

The Friday Night Beach Music Festival Kick-Off Party starts at 8:00 p.m. in Atlantic Hall at the Jekyll Island Convention Center. Enjoy a shag contest and the delightful sounds of the Swingin’ Medallions in concert. Tickets can be purchased online.

Bring your family to the beach Saturday, August 16th, to enjoy this free, live music event and make memories that will last a lifetime. For more information visit www.jekyllisland.com/beachmusicfestival or contact the Jekyll Island Visitors Information Center at 1-877-4-JEKYLL.

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Christopher Hewitt, professional chef at the Olde Pink House in Savannah, Georgia will be a tough act to follow this year.

Falling in love with cooking came to Hewitt at the age of 12-years-old. Though he was not allowed to cook in the kitchen in his youth, Christopher was exposed to cooking through his family’s restaurant business. His dad, also a chef, caught him cooking eggs on the radiator in his room and his career began.

Graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he has been working at the Olde Pink House for a little over two years. Hewitt was featured on two Iron Chef episodes on the Food Network, in which he cooked with world-renowned top chef Bobby Flay in New York and Japan.
Enjoying the relaxation that Jekyll Island offers, Mr. Hewitt is preparing for the upcoming competition where he wowed the taste buds of judges with his impeccable Southern Sushi in 2007. Judges can begin salivating again as Hewitt plans something spectacular to reclaim his title.

For more information on Shrimp and Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival, visit www.jekyllisland.com/shrimpandgrits or call the Jekyll Island Visitors’ Information
Center at 1-877-4JEKYLL.

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Do you want to test your culinary skills at the 2008 Shrimp and Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival? You can enter the amateur or professional cook-off and prepare your favorite shrimp-and-grits meal. The amateur cook-off will be held on Saturday, Sept 20th beginning at 10 a.m and 3:30 p.m.. Professional chefs will compete on Sunday, Sept 21st beginning at 12:00 p.m. Contestants will be judged on recipe/ingredients, taste, originality and presentation.

To enter, visit www.jekyllisland.com/shrimpandgrits.

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Local restaurants celebrate the most craved seafood in the south- Wild Georgia Shrimp. Golden Isles restaurants are taking part in September’s Wild Georgia Shrimp Month by offering special shrimp dishes featuring only Wild Georgia Shrimp. No matter what your taste buds crave, fried, grilled, or sautéed, they have it all.

Visit one or all of these local restaurants to enjoy the delightful tastes of shrimp cooked to perfection. Participants include:

Blackwater Grill
New Orleans BBQ Shrimp appetizer
260 Redfern Village, St. Simons Island
912-634-6333

The Grand Dining Room at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel
Speciality Jekyll Shrimp and Grits dish
371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island
912-635-2600

Seajay’s Waterfront Café and Pub
Seajay’s Shrimp Salad Croissant
1 Harbor Road, Jekyll Island
912-635-3200

Blackbeard’s Seafood Restaurant
One-of-a kind Shrimp and Grits dish
200 N Beachview Drive, Jekyll Island
912-635-3522

Latitude 31/ Rah Bar
Array of dishes including romano crusted shrimp appetizer, desert fire fettuccine, surf n surf, children’s fried shrimp, peel n eat shrimp, jumbo Georgia White Shrimp, and low country boil.
1 Pier Road, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
912-635-3800

Time Out Sport Grill
Shrimp Carbonara; sauteed jumbo shrimp tossed with tomato, bacon, peas, mushroom and a cream sauce served over fettuccine.
975 N Beachview Dr, Jekyll Island
912-635-2531

This is an event you do not want to miss. The Shrimp and Grits festival will be September 19-21. For more information visit www.jekyllisland.com or contact the Jekyll Island Welcome Center at 1-877-4-JEKYLL.

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The 2008 Shrimp and Grits art contest winner is Ed Hose! Chosen from hundreds of entries Mrs. Hose, a freelance artist, has always been a creative thinker. She graduated with a degree in illustration and design from Tyler School of Art in 2001 and has been working in digital illustration for 11 years. Though she has worked with a multitude of mediums, including pottery, glass, oils, acrylics, collage, sculpture, and even food, she enjoys working in digital formats because, “I don’t like cleaning up after myself,” states Hose. A mixture of elaborate details, imagination, and brilliant colors bring her art to life and makes all, young and old, fall in love.

Ed’s clients include a wide array of categories ranging from the Japan Times in Japan, and the Bucks County Council on Drugs and Alcoholism in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to local Brunswick, Georgia businesses like Color Me Happy Pottery and even the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.
Check out her wonderful creation by purchasing a 2008 Shrimp and grits t-shirt and poster during the festival, September 19-21. For more information contact the Jekyll Island Welcome Center at 1-877-4-JEKYLL.

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The Faculty Quartet of Franklin Pond Chamber Music (made up of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians) will present a concert in Faith Chapel Saturday, August 2 at 7:00 for $15/person. The Student Showcase concert is Sunday, August 3 at 7:00 also in Faith Chapel for $10/person.
Tickets are available for sale at Goodyear Cottage in the Historic District, Jekyll Realty and Parker Kaufman Realtors at the shopping center. Seating is limited so advance reservations are encouraged.

Franklin Pond, an Atlanta-based classical string quartet program for talented young musicians, will return for the fourth year to rehearse and perform on Jekyll Island. Already this year Franklin Pond has performed at the Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year, rehearsals are held for four student string quartets. Each quartet rehearses together throughout the summer and participates in a 4-day retreat to Jekyll Island, where they perform in the Historic District. Franklin Pond is a non-profit organization.
The Jekyll Island Arts Association is co-sponsoring this program with the Museum Department of the Historic District because we feel the importance of helping in the development of musical art.

For additional information please call Alice Jarrett at 912-635-9944 or visit www.franklinpond.org.

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The Jekyll Island Arts Association will proudly host the August 1 - August 31 exhibit of oils and pastels painter, Denise Champion and wood carver, Jim Branham. The gallery is in Goodyear Cottage in Jekyll’s lovely historic district.

Jim Branham realized that he had a knack for carving after he accepted the challenge of learning to use a set of tools he inherited from his father-in-law. He soon discovered that he loves it and is happiest in his shop, coaxing art from discarded driftwood. He now has seven years of carving experience and many awards such as the Woodcraft Magazine regional title. Several stores carry his carvings, and he has been commissioned to make special pieces. You’ll be delighted to see the detail added to make each piece a unique work of art.

Plein air painter, Denise Champion, is very attune to the changes of light and color around her. She states that “the small whispers of color in the shadows and the loud voices of the light are what excite and inspire” her. She enjoys sharing her vision of color - “a solitary journey that is only completed when shared with others.” As well as being one of the featured exhibitors in August, she has invited other painters to join her at Goodyear cottage on August 9 at 9:00am to plein air paint with her.

Everyone is welcome to attend an artists’ reception that will be held on August 3rd from 1 - 3pm. Visit us then, or during the regular hours of the gallery and shop in Goodyear: Monday - Friday from noon to 4pm and weekends 10am - 4pm. Admission is always free. For more information, call 912-635-3920.

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Jekyll Island has endless natural beauty to offer guests. With over 10 miles of stunning beaches, you’re sure to get a glimpse of sand dollars, hermit crabs, and starfish. Please remember to admire these creatures on the beach, but do not take them home. Removing wildlife from it’s natural habitat destroys the fragile ecosystem of our coastlines.

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Early Risers Can Enjoy Hatchling Walks

These tours offer a look at the sea turtle conservation efforts and research programs on Jekyll Island. Early morning risers will explore barrier island ecology while visiting the island’s active turtle nests. The tours include opportunities to assist with data recording and to witness a nest excavation of a hatched nest!
Walks will be conducted on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday throughout August, and September (Walks after mid-September are tentative based on hatching and may be cancelled). Time varies between 7am-10am, depending on the tide. Location will also vary depending on which nest has hatched and is ready to be excavated.
Participants will be asked to meet at the designated site 15-30 minutes prior to the walk to check-in (you will receive a phone call a couple of days before your walk with directions to the site) and gather as a group with the Walk Guide to begin the walk on time. The walk will consist of a 30-minute beach ecology walk/talk leading up to an active nest that has been hatching on its own for a minimum of 5 days. The group will be met by the Turtle Patrol Interns who will conduct the post-hatching excavation on the nest. Group size is limited in order to maximize the experience for participants and in compliance with Georgia Department of Natural Resources permit restrictions.

Cost is $10 adults (ages 13+), $5 children (12 and under). Price does not include general admission to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center)
*Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information, visit www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org or call the Georgia Sea Turtle at 912-635-4444.

Arribada Adventures

Looking for something fun and educational to do as a family this summer? Come join us for Arribada Adventures at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center! While sea turtle biologists typically use the term “arribada” to describe the mass nesting of hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center Education Team is using it to introduce our new summer programs! Arribada Adventures is geared toward families and has been designed for turtle enthusiasts both young and old! These two hour programs will introduce you and your little hatchlings to Georgia’s turtles! Become an expert Turtler through hands-on activities, games, crafts, and outdoor exploration. Space is limited and reservations are required. For registration and location information, please call 912-635-4444.

Cost: $10/adult, $5/child*. Saturdays 9:00am -11:00am
*Please note that price does not include general admission to the Center.
August 2: Lend ‘em a Flipper
Learn how YOU too can help our fine, flippered friends by participating in a beach sweep and creating
recycled sea turtle art.
August 9: Giving Sea Turtles a Chance
Come learn what the Georgia Sea Turtle Center is doing to help sea turtles. Participate in a mock sea turtle rescue and learn what we do to rehabilitate a turtle!

Education and Conservation

Georgia Sea Turtle Center Educators Alicia Marin and Sarah Mathias had the opportunity to attend and present at the National Marine Educators Association Conference, One World, One Water held in Savannah this year. Sarah presented “Swim into Learning with Sea Turtles,” an update on the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the education programs we offer children. Alicia presented her Masters Thesis, “Sun, Sand and Sea Turtle: Educating Caribbean Youth through Nonformal Environmental Education.”
The Georgia Sea Turtle Center Education Department is proud to announce that during their first year of operation, approximately 4500 children from 78 individual schools! With that in mind we greatly look forward to the upcoming school year and encourage teachers to bring their students to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center for a visit.
If you are an educator interested in arranging a trip and lesson at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, contact the Center at 912-635-4444.

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