Murrells Inlet, SC- Bring your
own blanket or chair and enjoy live entertainment during Cool Summer Evenin=
gs
on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, June 17 through August 14 at
Wednesdays’ schedule
includes two plays written by the talented local
playwright, Lori Lewis, and produced and directed by Brookgreen’s Vice
President of Development, Pat Tukey. A
Carolina Pirate: Anne Bonney and Company, will be presented at 7:00 pm in the Live Oak Allee on Wednesday
evenings, June 17 through July 15. This
play tells the story of the high-spirited adventures of pirates Anne Bonney,
Mary Reed, and “Calico Jack” Rackham, who roamed the waters of
present day Murrells Inlet. On Wednesday evenings, July 22 through August 1=
2,
the play The Story of Alice Flagg=
will be presented at 7:00 pm, also in the Live Oak Allee=
. Probably no
ghost story or legend exists among these oaks as long-lived and tragic=
as
the story of Alice Flagg. It is a tale of forbidden love,
family secrets, and the social makeup of those who lived here
more than 150 years ago.
On Thursdays,=
a Nature
Walk at 4 p.m., followed by the popular evening animal program at 5 p.m., w=
ill
give kids a chance to burn off energy just in time to settle down for the S=
tory
Hour at 6 p.m. in the Wall Lowcountry Center Program Shed. There will be a series of guest
story-tellers including Okefenokee Joe’s tales about nature and
conservation, Mike Walker’s ghost stories, Lee Brockington’s hi=
story
of Eliza Pinckney and many others.
On Fridays, t=
he
Concert Series will be at 7 p.m. in the Live Oak Allee. Javier Vega will re=
turn
with a new group of musicians, Ipanema. Other performers on Friday evenings
include the popular Vocal Edition, the steel drum band - Island Trio, the j=
azz
band - Rivers & Company, and acoustic guitar players -Mark Shuler and J=
eff
Houts.
Cool Summer Evenings are
sponsored in part by Drunken Jacks, HTC and WBTW News13.