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We hope everyone had a great time at this year’s Beach Music Festival and BBQ Bash. Here’s a video of some of the teams in the BBQ competition. A big congrats to D.W. Kountry Cookers of Perry, GA for taking home the coveted prize- “the surfing pig trophy!”
With the Beach Music Festival and BBQ Bash just weeks away, we will be periodically bringing you sneak previews of some of the teams competing in this year’s BBQ competition. Earlier this week, we introduced you to the Lang BBQ team. Now, we’re introducing you to another BBQ heavyweight.
Right On Q – Darien, GA
This team owns a popular small town BBQ joint and catering business that has attracted quite the following recently. With close to 400 Facebook fans and dozens of glowing reviews on Yelp, it will be hard to take down this hometown favorite. Locals and tourists alike rave about the restaurant’s slab ribs, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches and BBQ brisket. And of course, their award-winning Brunswick stew.
“Hands down, this is the best BBQ I’ve had. I wouldn’t be surprised if this place gets featured on a “Throw Down” episode with Bobby Flay or anything on the Food Network sometime soon.” (courtesy of one Yelp reviewer)
You better believe this team will utilize their arsenal of good ‘ole fashioned BBQ food and Southern hospitality to try and beat out the competition.
Do you think your BBQ recipe will put the other teams’ to shame? It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s competition. The cooking, or should I say, smoking begins on August 20th.
With the Beach Music Festival and BBQ Bash just weeks away, we will be periodically bringing you sneak previews of some of the teams competing in this year’s BBQ competition.
Teams are traveling from across Georgia and even North Carolina to showcase their BBQ cooking skills. All hoping that they have the winning recipe. Let’s meet one of the teams.
Lang BBQ Smokers- Nahunta, GA
With 22 years of experience, these Barbecue connoisseurs will not be easy to take down. While some teams swear by their top secret dry rub or sauce, this team relies on their smoker to draw out great flavors. With four different custom smokers to choose from, this team definitely will have no shortage of that signature rich smoky taste.
Do you think your BBQ recipe is a winner? It’s not too late to sign up for this year’s competition. The cooking, or should I say, smoking begins on August 20th.
Disclosure: Lang BBQ Smokers is also a sponsor for this year’s Beach Music and BBQ Festival.
Join us for the third annual Shell-e-brate Earth Day Family Festival! This shell-e-bration features recycled crafts, earth-tastic activities and eco-entertainment for the whole family!
Sea you there from Noon to 4pm in Jekyll Island’s historic district at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center! The event is free with paid admission to the Center. $6 for adults, $4 for children 4-12, and children 3 and under are free.
Visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center’s website for more information.
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The 34th annual Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival will strum in the New Year with harmonic voices and catchy rhythms. Concerts begin at noon on Thursday and continue through Saturday evening.
Top bluegrass bands featured are Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dailey & Vincent, the Travelin’ McCourys, and Blue Highway.
Saturday night’s headliner is Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Enjoy numerous arts and crafts booths and select from an array of festival food.
We enjoy producing this festival on Jekyll Island,” said Susan Anderson of Adams and Anderson, LLC. “The weather on Jekyll Island is great this time of year and many of our guests from the north like to get away to somewhere warm.”
date I December 31, 2009 – January 2, 2010
tickets I One day: adults, $35 (General Admission), $40 (Reserved), $25 (Children 6-13). Three days: $85 (General Admission), $95 (Reserved), $50 (Children 6-13). Tickets can be reserved in advanced or purchased on-site.
more I www.aandabluegrass.com The event is family friendly. No alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed.
Jingle Bell Ride – Event Registration by Acteva.
The Jingle Bell Ride, scheduled for Saturday, November 28th at 9:30am, is an eighteen mile, casual, family ride around Jekyll Island. The one to three hour ride will be held in conjunction with the Jekyll Island Christmas Tree lighting Festival. The ride is being held to offer a fun family activity, and to promote, not only Jekyll Island, but also the Coastal Georgia Greenway, which when complete, will offer pedalers and hikers paved paths from south in St. Marys, Georgia to a point north of Savannah, Georgia.
Registered participants will receive a high quality long-sleeve T-Shirt decorated with the Jingle Bell Ride and Coastal Georgia Greenway logos.
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All of Georgia’ Golden Isles have a lot to offer. Jekyll Island is a huge state-owned property with history, beauty and a slower, elegant-but-not-necessarily-expensive lifestyle. There’s something for just about everyone here – and fall lodging specials too. Just about five hours from Atlanta – but a world away. (see map.) Among the activities you don’t want to miss — 
7. Croquet. Yes, that game you played in the backyard. There will be a tournament October 23 – 25 with nationally-known players and a clinic in the mornings to help you with your game. Bring your whites.
6. Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding and Nature Festival, October 8- 12. This includes a number of outings with experts to off-the-path places like Ossabaw, Blackbeard, Cumberland and Wassaw Islands as well as a canoe trip in the Okefenokee. There’s a dolphin kayak trip, raptor-watch and other nature walks. A great way to get traffic and city bosses out of your system.
5. Folklore, Rumor & Myth Ghost Tours. The Jekyll Island Museum is holding a special ghost tour Fridays in October for ages 10 and up. Call 912-635-4036 to make your reservations. This is a very old island, and it was developed by wealthy people – so the quality of ghosts you’re going to run into is, shall we say, a cut above the average ghost? See the Jekyll Island Museum Ghost Tour.
4. Golf. For many people, Jekyll Island is synonymous with great golf. This year the weather has been good for the courses, so the four courses are in great shape. And they have a special for the rest of September allowing you to golf all day for $38.
3. Fishing. There are good deep sea fishing guides, among them Capt. Mark Noble. (Check out the others on the CVB’s website.) Or just chill on the beach with a pole.
2. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Yes turtles. Before you skip this, let me say that I went there last year on an assignment. My feelings about turtles weren’t really warm and fuzzy. I was glad they’re around and want them to stay, but I didn’t want to cuddle them. Just passing through the gift shop on the way in, though — I was struck with Cupid’s arrow. Those big, wet eyes and they are so vulnerable to humans on the planet. Go on into
the hospital and look at these babies…big and little. Read some of their stories. You will come out of there a turtle hugger. You can adopt a turtle or just follow their stories on the blog. This is not a zoo. The turtles are here to be rehabilitated. On September 20, they plan to release three of the most popular - Pumpkin, Nightwatch and Skidaway.
1. The Wild Georgia Shrimp & Grits Festival. I just happened on this last year and I’m not going to miss it again. Amazingly, we have a shrimp industry in this state but except for a few stores, the shrimp you buy come from Thailand or somewhere else. You’ve got to taste these delicacies. This will turn you into a shrimp snob. Lines are long but well worth it. (Photos courtesy Jekyll Island Authority.)
By LINDSEY ADKISONWhen the Foreback family heard about the Jekyll Island Shrimp and Grits festival, they knew it was something they couldn’t pass up. In fact, they made it a focal point of their fall vacation.
“We’re from the Atlanta area and our girls go to school year around and they have fall break now. When we called the Jekyll Island Club Hotel to register for our hotel, they told us about the festival,” Pam Foreback said.
“We thought it would be fun. So we brought our dogs down and we’re having a great time.”
The Forebacks weren’t the only ones drawn to the event. Hundreds of people descended on the tiny island for fun, music and, of course, the food.
On Friday night, vendors lined the pathways throughout the historic district, selling everything from candles to furniture.
But they weren’t just there to sell their wares.
Pam Foot and her husband work for Logan Turnpike Mill and drove eight hours from Blairsville to take part. They were hoping to combine a little business with pleasure.
“We were invited by the Jekyll Island Club. A lot of chefs use our grits for their recipes,” Foot said.
“There really is no down side to it. It’s like a vacation for us. I haven’t been to the beach in a really long time.”
Throughout the weekend, the mood was light. Events included shrimp eating contests, music and cooking contests.
On Saturday and Sunday, there were BMX Bike demonstrations. There were also shows by the Disc-Connected K9 Frisbee Dogs.
One of the weekend’s highlights was a release by the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.
Hundreds of spectators hit the beach to watch three rehabilitated amphibians, Pumpkin, Skidaway and Nightwatch return to the ocean.
Camden County residents Erica Crews and her young daughters, Julie Ann and Andy, were on hand to wish them luck.
“We recently visited the turtle center, so I wanted the girls to see it,” Crews said.
As a whole, the expanded festival seemed a rousing success.
Jekyll Island spokesperson Eric Garvey said even though no numbers are in, this year’s event was likely the largest ever.
“It looks like this year’s event was up about 20 to 30 percent over last year and the weekend total will approach 15,000 to the festival,” he said.
“The additional activities were planned to give everyone a better festival experience with plenty to do and to bring people back for several days. We planned the additional activities because we anticipated a larger crowd this year. The festival has received tremendous publicity, so we were expecting large crowds.”
One of the new features of the weekend was a shuttle service that took patrons from the parking area of at the Jekyll Island Convention Center to the festival area in the Historic District.
Garvey said that it ran relatively smoothly.
“The shuttle system worked very well. Like any transportation system, there are bugs to be worked out. This was our first organized shuttle system on this scale and with more revitalization projects beginning this year, we will be utilizing shuttles to manage parking and move people around the island,” he said.
“Guests seemed to have no problem with it and it allowed use to utilize more of the Historic District for festival activities.”
Contest winners:
* The professional cooking contest award went to Cargo Portside Grill.
* The People’s Choice winner was Tasteful Temptations.
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nice and peacefull relaxing ……