Best Bets | Celebrate St. Pat’s in North Myrtle Beach, The Market Common
SATURDAY, WEDNESDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 03.12, 03.16, 03.17
St. Patrick’s Day, Easter celebrations abound
▪ 28th annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival, Saturday on Main Street, with parade at 9 a.m., and festival 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Also: contests for leprechauns (adults only) and shepherd’s pie eating at 2:15 and 2:30 p.m., respectively (Register for either by 1:30 p.m. at booth at Hillside Drive or 2 p.m. near Flynn’s Irish Tavern, 421 Main St.). 843-280-5584, 843-280-5673 or parks.nmb.us/Page.aspx?id=14.
▪ Seventh annual Irish Fest, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common. Free admission. 843-267-7443 or www.myrtlebeachbeerfest.com/irish-fest.html, and 843-839-3500 or www.marketcommonmb.com.
▪ “St. Pat’s Bonfire,” noon-5 p.m. Saturday at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River, just west of North Myrtle Beach Middle School, with music 12:15-4:15 p.m. by The Stringwood Trio. $3, or free with donation of two canned/dry good items for food bank. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.
▪ Briarcliff Saints Dixieland Band St. Patrick’s Day concert, 4 p.m. Monday at Horry County Memorial Library North Myrtle Beach branch, 910 First Ave. S. Free. 843-915-5281 or www.hcml.org.
▪ Easter Egg Hunt, 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Horry County Memorial Library Little River branch, 107 S.C. 57 N., in back of Ralph Ellis County Building. 843-399-5541 or www.hcml.org.
▪ St. Patrick’s Day Feast, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7288, 900 Carter Drive, Calabash, N.C. $11. 910-579-3577.
▪ Third annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner veterans benefit, noon-4 p.m. March 17 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10420, 4359 U.S. 17 Bypass S., Murrells Inlet. Meals $11 for corned beef, $10 shepherd’s pie, with takeout available. 843-651-6900.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, NEXT THURSDAY | 03.12, 03.13, 03.17
Check out home tour, ‘Boys & Girls Together’ show
▪ 16th annual “Spring Tour of Homes” benefit for Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, covering seven Myrtle Beach residences, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. $40 advance or $45 day of tour. Also, buffet luncheon at Pine Lakes Country Club available for tour patrons, 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. for $20 with reservations at 843-238-2510. www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org/Events/fundraising.cfm#Home.
▪ “Wild Bill Hickok,” with David Soma, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at Murrells Inlet Community Theatre, 4462 Murrells Inlet Road, in community center, south of Bellamy Avenue and the Murrells Inlet U.S. Post Office. $15. 843-651-4152 or www.mictheatre.com.
▪ “Boys & Girls Together” concert by Low Country Barbershop Chorus and Sound of the Strand Sweet Adelines, 4 p.m. Saturday at Surfside United Methodist Church, 800 13th Ave. N., Surfside Beach, at U.S. 17 Business. $15, or $12 seniors. 843-605-7700 or www.lowcountrychorus.org, and 843-946-7487 or www.soundofthestrand.org.
▪ Spring Fashion Show Luncheon, by Temple Emanu-El, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Myrtle Beach, 12:15 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s Inn, 6803 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach. $25 with reservations at 843-357-2562 by Monday.
▪ Rick Alviti & The Rick Alviti Showband’s “That's The Way it Was” Elvis tribute, 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Alabama Theatre, in Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $34.95. 843-272-1111, 800-342-2262 or www.alabama-theatre.com.
▪ 28th annual Pee Dee Street Rodders’ “Run to the Sun” Car and Truck Show – benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March 17-19 at former Myrtle Square Mall site, on Kings Highway, between 21st and 29th avenues North, in Myrtle Beach. Free to see. 843-687-8118, 843-669-3564, 843-665-4401 or www.peedeestreetrodders.com.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY | 03.10-03.12
Entertainment benefits highlight shag, Gullah, ‘Hoedown’
▪ At North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum, 799 Second Ave. N., North Myrtle Beach: Kathy Tiso’s “The Pearl of Little River” murder mystery dinner, 6:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, for $45, with reservations at 843-427-7668; and “Hogs for History” barbecue, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, for $10 donation, with delivery available in North Myrtle Beach/Little River area. www.nmbmuseum.com.
▪ 33rd National Shag Dance Championships, raising funds for scholarships – 8 p.m. Thursday, for $15 general admission; and 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, for $20 and $25, respectively – at Spanish Galleon, in OD Beach & Golf Resort, 98 N. Ocean Blvd., North Myrtle Beach. 843-222-6706 or www.shagnationals.com.
▪ “Gospel and Gullah in Georgetown,” for The Mitney Project. Friday – “Rejoice & Shout” film at 2 and 4 p.m. at Georgetown County Library, 405 Cleland St., for free; Supper with Carolyn “Jabulie” White, storyteller, and Glenda Cox, comedienne, 6 p.m. at Mitney Center, 102 S. Merriman Road, for $30, including meal; and “Crowns” play, 8 p.m. at Winyah Auditorium, 1200 Highmarket St., for $25. Saturday – John P. Kee and New Life Community Choir, 7 p.m. at Pawleys Island Community Church, 10304 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island, for $20, $25 or $30. 843-546-7900 or www.gospelgeorgetown.com.
▪ Fourth annual “Hoedown” dinner, dance and auction, for Barnabas Horse Foundation, 6-10 p.m. Saturday at Oceanside Village, 1711 U.S. 17 Business S., Surfside Beach – across the road from Bi-Lo at the Beach; turn east on Melody Lane at the traffic light from U.S. Business 17, and make a right into the development. $25 ages 13 and older, and $10 ages 12 and younger with paid adult. 843-241-3331 or www.barnabashorse.org.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY | 03.11-03.12
Youngsters star in plays on various stages
▪ River Oaks Elementary School’s second annual “Showcase of Talent,” 7 p.m. Friday at Ocean Bay Middle School, 905 International Drive, west of U.S. 17 and S.C. 31. $5. 843-903-6300.
▪ Aynor Elementary School’s “The Lion King Jr.,” 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday at Aynor High School, 201 Jordanville Road. $5 adults, $3 students. 843-488-7070.
▪ Stagestruck Players’ “Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior,” 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through March 20, at Brunswick Little Theatre, 8068 River Road SE, Southport, N.C. $20 adults, $12 students with ID. 910-447-2586 (BLT6) or www.brunswicklittletheatre.com.
WEDNESDAYS-SUNDAYS | Through 03.31
Myrtle Beach State Park abloom in nature programs
Myrtle Beach State Park, on U.S. 17, just south of city limits, is getting back into the groove with its array of programs, mostly in the nature center, with this schedule for March:
▪ Wednesdays – “Gator Gossip,” 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; and “Fish Cleaning Demonstration,” 2-2:30 p.m. March 23 and 30 only, by pier.
▪ Thursdays – “Hermie the Hermit Crab,” for ages 4-6, 11:30 a.m.-noon; and “Feeding Time,” 2-2:30 p.m.
▪ Fridays – “Backyard Bird ID,” for ages 8 and older, 2-2:30 p.m.; and “Learn to Throw a Cast Net,” 11:30 a.m.-noon March 18 and 25, on beach by pier.
▪ Saturdays – “Geocaching 101,” for ages 8 and older, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at activity center, next to nature center; “May the Forest be with You,” for ages 8 and older, 1-1:45 p.m.; and “Tales from the Sea,” 2-2:45 p.m.
▪ Sundays – “What Dwells in a Shell?” 2-2:45 p.m.
All are free with park admission: $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, $3 ages 6-15 (Also, annual state park passes are $75 or $99). Park hours are 6 a.m.-10 p.m. daily through summer, with the nature center open 1-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays, and 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturdays.
Details at 843-238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com.
This story was originally published March 10, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | Celebrate St. Pat’s in North Myrtle Beach, The Market Common."