Ray Stevens, two musical plays command stages | Best Bets
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, TUESDAY | 10.14-10.16, 10.18
Bob & Dave, Threshold Singers, school showcase among concerts
▪ CD release party for Bob & Dave Traveling Medicine Show’s “Snake Oil” – with Bobby Shropshire and David La Combe – 7 p.m. Friday at Unity Christ Church of Myrtle Beach, 1270 Surfside Industrial Park Drive, north of Surfside Beach, off S.C. 544, just east of U.S. 17 Business. $15, including snacks. 843-238-8516 or www.unitymyrtlebeach.org.
▪ Ray Stevens, 7 p.m. Saturday at Alabama Theatre, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $49.95, $56.95 or $64.95. 843-272-1111, 800-342-2262 or www.alabama-theatre.com, and raystevens.com.
▪ Long Bay Threshold Singers, as part of “Arts at the Church” series, 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach. 843-254-7407 or thresholdchoir.org/LongBay. Reach host site at 843-650-0313, or email arts.at.the church@gmail.com.
▪ Brunswick County Schools: “High School Showcase of the Bands,” 7 p.m. Tuesday at West Brunswick High School, 550 Whiteville Road, Shallotte, N.C. Free. 910-253-2900 or www.bcswan.net.
SATURDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 10.15, 10.20
Special outings include ‘Paint-Out,’ antiques show
▪ Oil Painters of America’s 12th annual “The Great Paint-Out” – with plein air artists invited – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday (rescheduled from Oct. 8), in Sunset Beach Town Park, on Sunset Boulevard. 910 287-7136, www.oilpaintersofamerica.com, or email billjoan22@cs.com.
▪ Grand Strand Beach Social Dancers’ monthly dance, with music by Steve and Alyce, 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. $7. 843-492-4992 or www.grandstrandseniorcenter.org.
▪ Myrtle Beach Antiques Show, by A Silver Chest of Tampa, Fla., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 20-21 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 22, in fellowship hall at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 3301 33rd Ave. N., Myrtle Beach, at U.S. Bypass. $6 admission, good for all three days. 813-228-0038.
▪ Wine-tasting to benefit Team First Book-Horry County – which helps provide books for children in needy famililes, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Duplin Winery, 4650 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, outside Barefoot Landing. $35. 843-349-2087 or www.firstbook.org/horrycountysc.
NEXT WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY | 10.20-10.21
‘Ghost,’ ‘Addams Family’ musicals grace stages
▪ Theatre of the Republic’s “Ghost the Musical,” Oct. 19-30. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at Main Street Theatre, 335 Main. St., Conway. $23. 843-488-0821 or www.theatreoftherepublic.com.
▪ “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy,” 7 p.m. Oct. 20-21 at St. James High School, 10800 S.C. 707, at Salem Road in Burgess community. $14 adults advance at sjhs.booktix., and $12 seniors and $8 students at door. 843-650-5600 or www.sjhsdrama.com.
MONDAY-THURSDAY | 10.17-10.20
CCU arts outings include chamber choirs’ concert, saxophone ensemble
At Coastal Carolina University’s main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 and S.C. 544 in Conway:
▪ “Finding Their Voices: The Songs of Charles Ives and Percy Grainger,” with CCU’s Jeffrey Jones (baritone), and Kevin Hanrahan (tenor), from Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. Monday in Edwards Recital Hall. $7.
▪ “Of Words and Music” concert by CCU Chamber Choir and Waccamaw High School School, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (rescheduled from Oct. 10), at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 710 Main St., Conway. $7.
▪ CCU Saxophone Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in Edwards Recital Hall. $7.
▪ “On the Razzle” play, rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, Oct. 26-Nov. 4, and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, in Edwards Theatre. $17.
▪ Fall Gospel Choir Concert by Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors, rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13 (from Oct. 16), in Wheelwright Auditorium. Free with ticket from box office.
Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.
SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, WEDNESDAYS | Through 11.02
Two movies series roll on, at Barefoot Landing, Grand 14
▪ At Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach: 7 p.m. (weather permitting) in Carousel Courtyard, with “The Lego Movie” Oct. 15, “The Goonies” Oct. 22, and “Hocus Pocus” Oct. 29. All free. 843-361-7949 or www.bflanding.com.
▪ “Flashback Cinema,” with classics, 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays and Wednesdays at Grand 14 Cinema, at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach: “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” from 1971, on Oct. 16 and 19; “Psycho” (1960) Oct. 23 and 26; and “Halloween” (1978) Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Each at regular movie prices. 843-282-0550 or www.stonetheatres.com/#/flashback-cinema/4592310955, and www.flashbackcinema.net.
This story was originally published October 13, 2016 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Ray Stevens, two musical plays command stages | Best Bets."