Best Bets | State park goes to the birds on Saturday

SATURDAY | 11.21

‘A Bounty of Birds!’ at Myrtle Beach State Park

“A Bounty of Birds!” will take wing across Myrtle Beach State Park, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, and many events are free with park admission of $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, $3 ages 6-15:

▪ “Birdwatching Basics,” 8-10 a.m., for ages 10 and older.

▪ “Backyard Bird ID,” 11-11:30 a.m., for ages 8 and older.

▪ “Live Raptors in Flight,” 1-2 p.m., with demonstrations by the Center for Birds of Prey from Awendaw (for admission for this, bring one canned food donation for Lowcountry Food Bank).

▪ “Risky Bird Business,” 3-3:30 p.m., for ages 6 and older.

▪ “Owl Prowl, “ 6:30- 8 p.m., for ages 8 and older, for $5 per person, with registration by Friday.

Find the park on U.S. 17 Business, just south of city limits, across from Seagate Village. Details at 843-238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 11.20-11.22

Christmas fair, tree lightings, concerts on tap

▪ Voce Angeli “Music Makes the World Go ’Round” concerts, each $5: 7:30 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, 1001 Fifth Ave., Conway (843-488-4251; and 3 p.m. Sunday at Seaside United Methodist Church, 1300 Seaside Road S.W., Sunset Beach, N.C. (910-579-5753).

▪ “Children’s Christmas Village Fair,” benefiting Coastal Dance Centre’s Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre programs and scholarships, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, at Inlet Square mall, at U.S. 17 Bypass and U.S. 17 Business in Murrells Inlet. Free. Also, “Afternoon Tea” with “Nutcracker” characters, 2 p.m. Nov. 29 at Inlet Square, for $20, with reservations due Nov. 27. Studio at 843-839-5678 or 843-651-2006, or www.cybt.org; and mall at 843-651-6990 or www.inletsquaremall.com.

▪ Annual “Lighting of the Landing,” 6 p.m. Saturday at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach, with fireworks at 7 p.m. 843-272-8349 or www.bflanding.com.

▪ The Market Common annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, 6-8 p.m. Saturday in front of Grand 14 Cinema, on Howard Avenue in Myrtle Beach. 843-839-3500 or www.marketcommonmb.com.

▪ “A Classy Christmas,” Serendipity Singers’ 10th annual yuletide concert, 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach. Free. 843-357-2561 or www.serendipitysingersofsc.com.

SATURDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 11.21, 11.26

Two big breaths of bluegrass in next week

The monthly Rivertown Bluegrass Society concert this Saturday, welcomes the Morris Brothers at 5 and 7:15 p.m, and Nu-Blu at 6 and 8 p.m., at Horry-Georgetown Technical College’s Burroughs & Chapin Auditorium, off U.S. 501 in Conway. Admission is $12 for ages 12 and older, otherwise free. Details at 843-457-2854 or www.rivertownbluegrasssociety.com.

Also, a Thanksgiving weekend tradition continues with the 46th annual S.C. State Bluegrass Festival, Nov. 26-28, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North (843-918-1225):

▪ Nov. 26 – Flatt Lonesome at noon and 5:30 p.m., Al Batten & the Bluegrass Reunion 12:45 and 6:15 p.m., Spinney Brothers 1:30 and 7 p.m., Big Country Bluegrass 2:15 and 7:45, Feller & Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos 3 and 8:30, and the Grascals 3:45 and 9:15.

▪ Nov. 27 – Ted Jones & the Tar Heel Boys noon and 5:30 p.m., Lonesome River Band 12:45 and 6:15 p.m., Darin & Brooke Aldridge 1:30 and 7 p.m., Goldwing Express 2:15 and 7:45, Marty Raybon & Full Circle 3 and 8:30, and Old Friends (Crowe, Lawson & Williams) 3:45 and 9:15.

▪ Nov. 28 – Malpass Brothers noon and 5:30 p.m., Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road Band 12:45 and 6:15 p.m., Little Roy (Lewis) and Lizzy (Long) Show 1:30 and 7 p.m., Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver 2:15 and 7:45, Jimmy Fortune Trio 3:15, (Jamie) Dailey & (Darrin) Vincent 8:30, and Jimmy Fortune with Dailey & Vincent 9:15.

Daily: $40 general admission and $45 reserved seating for ages 16 and older, or $90 and $95, respectively, for a three-day pass; $20/$25 daily for ages 7-15, or $45/$50 for three-day pass; anyone 6 or younger free with paying parents; and $5 parking daily, but free for vehicles with handicap designation. 706-864-7203 or www.adamsbluegrass.com/South-Carolina-State-Bluegrass-Festival.html.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY | 11.21-11.22

Special events include two dance night delights

▪ Sensory friendly outing for families with children who have autism: 8-9:30 a.m. Saturday at Ripley’s Aquarium, at Broadway at the Beach, on 29th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach, for $7. 609-744-0099, or email beckylarge66@gmail.com.

▪ Fish Fry for African American Community Coalition, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church, 4182 U.S. 17 Business, Murrells Inlet. $9. 843-421-6013.

▪ Photos with “Santa Paws,” benefiting Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach (843-249-4948 or www.humanesocietynmb.org), on Saturday and Dec. 5 at Wags & Whiskers, 710 Fifth Ave S., North Myrtle Beach. $20. Call 843-280-7686 for appointment.

▪ Grand Strand Senior Beach Social Dance Group’s 20th anniversary dance, for all ages, 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach. $7. 843-492-4992.

▪ Eighth annual “Horry County Dancing with the Stars,” benefiting Horry County K-12 Foundation, 8 p.m. Saturday at Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, 8121 Amalfi Place, Myrtle Beach. $125. Also, vote for a favorite dancer for $10 at www.horrydancing.com. 843-449-9675.

▪ “Peta’s People” benefit, for orphanage in South Africa, noon-8 p.m. Sunday at Pawleys Island Tavern, 10635 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island, with live music by Acoustic Muffin, Band on the Rum, Brock Butler, Cannonball, Gray Click, Brian Roessler, Skitch, Sons of Atom, and Sweet Sweet. 941-932-6795 or www.facebook.com/events/1630798987189442/.

NEXT THURSDAY | 11.26

North Myrtle Beach to open ‘Christmas Wonderland’

Fans who are missing Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland – which set up 2011-14 in Myrtle Beach but is only as close as Simpsonville and Charlotte in 2015 – might like “Christmas Wonderland” by the city of North Myrtle Beach and Little Spider Creations.

This spectacular spread across the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex, at S.C. 90 and Robert Edge Parkway, opens Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving, operating 5:30-10:30 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays through Dec. 13 – then daily, Dec. 17-31.

Activities include a hayride lights show, a 3D “Walk to the North Pole,” “Under the Sea” puppet show, “Rudolph’s Buddies” petting zoo, and paintball attraction.

Free admission. Wristband prices are $26 or $31 for ages 13 and older ($21 or $26 for North Myrtle Beach city residents), $13 or $18 ages 5-12, free standard wristband for ages 4 and younger with adult purchase; and $10 paintball challenge.

Details at 843-281-3805 or www.nmbwonderland.com.

This story was originally published November 19, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | State park goes to the birds on Saturday."