Swampland Video: Historic Homes

Swampland has three new videos on historic homes in our community, since May has been designed as the Fourth Annual National Preservation Month. In these videos Robert Kelly-Goss talks to the owners of the Charles Harney House, 1853, the Grice Fearing House, 1798, and the Kramer House, 1902 (click on the house names to see what he writes).

Check out Robert's Swampland Videos:

Part 1: Charles Harney House - May 5th 2008

Part 2: Grice-Fearing House - May 12th 2008

Part 3: Kramer House - May 16th 2008

Swampland Video: Rose Buddies

A little old I know but here is a video (taken of the Rose Buddies first day for this season) from Swampland, a Daily Advance blog written by Robert Kelly-Goss. In the video you will see Susan Hartley the Office Manager for the Elizabeth City Area CVB and our Mayor Steve Atkinson! So, please check it out!

Rose Buddies Video - April 11th 2008

ECACVB Holiday

In Observance for Memorial Day our office will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2008. Sorry for the inconvenience.
We hope everyone will enjoy your weekend!!

- Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

July 2008 - Bocce Ball Tournament

Let's Party!

On Saturday, July 19, 2008, a Bocce Ball tournament will be held at Waterfront Park, Elizabeth City to raise funds for Special Olympics. Mayor Steve Atkinson is Master of Ceremonies along with special guests. A key to the City will be presented.

We are committed to do this for the next five years, making it bigger and better every year.

Bocce Ball is a simple, informal fun game, where a small white ball (golf ball size) is tossed on a grass court 8 x 60 feet. Two teams roll 4 balls a piece (soft ball size) to the small white ball closet in order to score points. Bocce ball is a very popular game on the east coast as it has been throughout the world. Lots of fun and anybody can do it. Entry fee is $100.00 for each 4-member team.

We are looking to have 100 4-member teams to compete in an elimination tournament. Your team is guaranteed three games. Hopefully, if your team has any luck, many more.

Teams will be matched against friends and competitors. Like ... Doctors against Nurses, Banks against Banks, Insurance agencies against Insurance agencies, Law office against Law office, Realtors against Realtors, Golfers against Golfers, etc.

We'll have vendors who will provide food for the entire family. Nutritional drinks, fancy drinks for children and drinks for adults.

Available also are opportunities for corporate sponsorship at Gold, Silver and Bronze levels for sponsorship of multiple teams, to a VIP tent hosted by Montero's of Elizabeth City, and the Weeping Radish of Currituck. Join in and socialize with your friends and competitors and congratulate the losers with bragging rights. (The game is all luck.)

All donations are tax deductible. Donations for directly to the Sheriff's Department to be presented to the Special Olympics.

Whether you are a single team or a corporate sponsor, please consider to come and shake hands with our Sheriff's and their staff. Let them know how much we appreciate their dedication and hard work trying to protect us. More information is forthcoming.

Robert Tadlock
Sponsor: Robert Tadlock Insurance Agency
Phone: 252-338-7775

Please remember these special needs people live daily with challenges we will never endure.
Please Help!

June 6 AOA Events

Jane Filer, international artist, will give a demonstration and lecture on Friday, June 6 at 3:00 pm at the AOA Main Street Stage, 609 East Main St. Cost is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students. Jane is an extremely inspiring and motivating artist/teacher. For emerging and accomplished artists, collectors and art lovers. Call 252-338-6455 for more information.

On June 6, AOA will present SPLASH. A colorful and fun exhibit will open at the AOA Gallery featuring three fabulous artists; Carolyn Peel, Judy Abrahams and Judy Bauman. The opening reception Friday, June 6 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm will be more like a party than an art opening. Fun – Vibrant - Splashy with color and affordable art and entertainment from the not quite famous (best little local garage band) and appropriately named “Go Figure.” Band members George & Blair Jackson, Phyllis and Dave Bosomworth, Sylvia Berry, Karl Brandspigel, Nita Coleman, Jessie Lindley-Curtice, David Hood and Mike Owney play several instruments from the saxophone to the washboard! Call 252-338-6455 for more information.

Museum of the Albemarle’s New “Our Story” Exhibit Offers One-Stop History Lesson

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Museum of the Albemarle’s New “Our Story” Exhibit Offers One-Stop History Lesson
-- More than 750 artifacts tell the story of northeastern North Carolina’s Albemarle region --
(Elizabeth City, N.C., May 21, 2008) – Travelers to northeastern North Carolina now have a starting point for exploring the region’s abundance of historic sites and waterfront settings. The Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City has just opened “Our Story,” a thoughtful and handsome exhibit that weaves together the history of 13 counties surrounding the Albemarle Sound.

A permanent feature of the museum’s second floor, the 6,200 square-foot exhibit uses illustrated murals, muted lighting, photography and more than 750 artifacts to depict the Albemarle region’s maritime, canal, railroad, automobile and tourism eras.

“‘Our Story’ is the history of the region. It is a story of how northeastern North Carolina communities adapted to the challenges and opportunities of its unusual home,” said Don Pendergraft, the museum’s exhibit design chief.

Throughout the gallery, dark blue carpeting represents the water, and cork flooring the land – symbolic of residents’ ever-changing relationship with the rivers, sound and sea. As visitors make their way through the eras, eye-catching displays reveal such gems as a pine dugout canoe; the cannon recovered from the ship purported to be Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge; the smokestack from the C.S.S. Albemarle; a miniature replica of the James Adams Floating Theatre, the inspiration for author Edna Ferber’s popular novel, “Show Boat”; a horse-drawn “steam pumper” fire engine; and a 1954 Moth Boat, a small sail boat that was developed in Elizabeth City.

Visitors can walk into the Jackson House, a 1755 farmhouse that spanned both the Colonial and Federal time periods. The farmhouse and nearby ca. 1840 smokehouse are original structures from the area. The exhibit also features a 1950 restaurant counter and stools from the Comstock Confectionary, once a popular local soda shop.

Displays of period clothing and ample use of photographs further depict life in the respective time periods. Attached to many of the displays are photograph “flipbooks,” allowing visitors an opportunity to learn more about the large images they see.

“Our Story” was made possible through the Museum of the Albemarle’s capital campaign that raised more than $1.5 million in private funds.

The Museum of the Albemarle (www.museumofthealbemarle.com) is located at 501 South Water Street in Elizabeth City, N.C. The northeastern regional branch of the North Carolina Museum of History, the museum interprets the history of 13 counties in northeastern North Carolina, considered by many to be the birthplace of English America. Admission is free. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. For information, call (252) 335-1453.

Special Elizabeth City Getaway Packages
In conjunction with the opening of the Museum of the Albemarle’s “Our Story” exhibit, the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau is offering a “One If By Land, Two If By Sea” accommodations package at participating inns, B&Bs and hotels. Rates, based on a two-night stay for two guests, start at $180, plus tax. Guests can add on a personalized historic walking tour and British tea, offered by De’Tours of Elizabeth City, and a Carolina Carriages’ horse-draw carriage tour of the Elizabeth City waterfront. Call the Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-866-ECity-4U (1-866-324-8948) or (252) 335-5330 or go to www.DiscoverElizabethCity.com.

Elizabeth City is located in northeastern North Carolina on the Pasquotank River, halfway between Norfolk, Va., and the Outer Banks. Elizabeth City has six National Register Historic Districts and is home to the Museum of the Albemarle, Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City State University Planetarium and Port Discover Hands-on Science Center. Nature-based travelers are drawn to the area’s proximity to the Dismal Swamp and the abundance of outdoor recreational offerings.
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PHOTOS
To receive a photo selection of the “Our Story” exhibit, contact Elizabeth Evans at (757) 625-7068 or evanspr@cox.net