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in Colonial yesteryear in a house built 40 Roosevelt and other leaders of the 20th outdoor setting in the world. Brookgreen County, N.C. Symphony Series and Pops
years before the Revolutionary War. After century. The cruise continues over to view Gardens’ collection includes more than performances are held at the MBHS
your tour, enjoy lunch with Lowcountry the smokestack of the USS Harvest Moon, 1,400 works by more than 450 sculptors. Music & Arts Center. Chamber orchestra
favorites in the restaurant on the grounds. a Civil War Flagship of the South Atlantic Explore this extraordinary place through concerts are presented in various
Hopsewee Plantation was part of an Blockading Squadron 1864-1865, resting on daily programs, by walking the Lowcountry locations and churches in the area.
entire culture built around the rice trade. the bottom of Winyah Bay for more than a Trail and traveling by pontoon boat deep For a night at the theater, look no
You can discover more of the colorful history century, then crosses the Winyah Bay to glide into the preserve. further than the Swamp Fox Players,
of the rice culture in Georgetown County by the historic Battery White, an artillery Inc., an integral part of the cultural life
through maps, dioramas, artifacts and battery built in 1862-63 by the Confederates MUSIC & THEATER of Georgetown County. The Swamp LORDS PROPRIETORS
other exhibits at the Rice Museum. Expand to defend Winyah Bay during the Civil War. Music is the lifeblood of any culture Fox Players produce four full theater
your understanding of a plantation society While tours of the Hobcaw Barony and there is plenty to be found in the productions each season at the historic
based on the rice crop, then take home a property require reservations, there are also Hammock Coast. Strand Theater. The Strand Theater also
bit of Georgetown County history from The unique ecology programs at the beach, Pawleys Island is known for the Pawleys maintains a schedule of independent
Prevost Gallery and gift shop. marsh, and forest that can be experienced films, foreign films and documentaries.
Island Festival of Music and Art, one of the
The rice culture was primarily built at the Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center for
East Coast’s most beloved music and arts OTHER ENTERTAINMENT
from the labors of enslaved people. Visit free and without reservations.
festivals. Now in its 28th year, this festival IN THE AREA
the Gullah Museum in Georgetown to learn showcases nationally acclaimed artists
about the unique Gullah/Geechee culture, Within Hobcaw Barony Discovery such as multi-Grammy award-winners The It’s just a short trip from the
which was developed among the African- Center, discover a 1,200-gallon Spinners, The Drifters and Edwin McCain, Hammock Coast into Myrtle Beach,
American slaves of the plantation era and aquarium and marsh midden, pine which offers entertainment options Arts & Culture
handed down to their descendants. The and cypress ecosystem exhibits, who headlined the 2018 festival. The festival worthy of its status as a resort
Gullah people contributed to the area’s spicy attracts thousands of locals and visitors to destination. From the Children’s Museum
cuisine, colorful art, and the cadence of and information on the property’s the Lowcountry each fall to hear the music of South Carolina to the Burroughs-
language spoken here. Learn about the role history and research. and enjoy the additional arts programming. Chapin Art Museum to the House of
The Long Bay Symphony presents Blues and all the theaters with Vegas-style
the Gullah/Geechee people played in the
introduction and development of the cattle, Another early 20th century historic site classical works, pops, and youth programs shows, you will never lack for cultural
indigo, and rice culture, as well as their role is Atalaya, designed as a working artist’s for symphony patrons in Georgetown and opportunities on South Carolina’s
in the introduction of public education in haven and used as a winter home by the Horry counties as well as in Brunswick Grand Strand.
South Carolina. founders of Brookgreen Gardens. Copied
Then pay a visit to Hobcaw Barony to see from a Spanish Moorish fort and now part
the only remaining former slave village on of Huntington Beach State Park, Atalaya is
the Waccamaw Neck, as well as the stables open year-round, and is especially vibrant
and grounds of Bellefield Plantation. Public during the annual Atalaya Arts and Crafts
access to the 16,000-acre Hobcaw Barony Festival. For more information, visit
property, now a wildlife preserve known for www.atalayafestival.com.
its research, education and conservation,
is available only through guided tours, PARKS & GARDENS
including Rover Tours’ three-hour cruise Just across Highway 17 from Atalaya and
from Georgetown across the Winyah Bay Huntington Beach State Park, Brookgreen
to the Hobcaw Barony pier and one-hour Gardens, a National Historic Landmark,
tour of the Hobcaw House, built in 1930 by is home to the only accredited zoo on
Bernard Baruch for a winter hunting retreat the Carolinas’ coast and one of the most Long Bay Symphony
and visited by Winston Churchill, Franklin significant collections of sculpture in an

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