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As a preferred partner of Alabama Theatre, we are proud to let our guests take advantage of their Free Kids tickets for August. Book directly with Alabama Theatre seven days in advance and your kids are free....that's a $17.95 savings per ticket! Contact Alabama Theatre at (800) 342-2262 or visit Alabama-Theatre.com for more information on this great deal!
The Hot Summer Nights program has kicked off in Myrtle Beach this week and offers some great family fun at the beach. The program runs into August and offers five nights of great activities at Plyler Park in the heart of Myrtle Beach. The schedule is:
Sunday Nights
7 pm - 10 pm (through August 16)
Street performers, caricatures, balloon artists, stilt walkers, face painting, jugglers and more.
Monday Nights
7 pm - 10 pm (through August 17)
Kids Carnival - Kid friendly fun, including inflatable jumping rooms
Tuesday and Saturday Nights
8 pm - 12 am (through September 5)
Oceanfront Concert Series - Jazz, Reggae, Rock, Pop, Country and R&B
Wednesday Nights
9:30 pm (through August 19)
Fireworks Night - billed as the Beach's Biggest and Best Fireworks Display
Click Here for more information and the concert series schedule.
The Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce recently announced the summer Sun Fun concert series sechedule for 2009. These FREE concerts are sponsored by the hosts of the events Celebrity Square, Hard Rock Cafe and Broadway at the Beach and are held each Friday and other select dates at 7 pm now through the end of the summer. The schedule is as follows:
| June 12 | Tru Sol |
| June 19 | Coastline |
| June 26 | Black Label |
| July 3 | Too Much Sylvia |
| July 4 | The Tams |
| July 5 | Alabama/Blues Brothers Tribute |
| July 10 | Mark Roberts - Breeze Band |
| July 17 | Tony Howard SHow |
| July 24 | Super Glide |
| July 31 | Spare Change |
| August 7 | Key West Band |
| August 14 | Rolling Stones Tribute |
| August 21 | Soul Function |
| August 28 | Tim Clark |
We are offering a $39 rate with local identification for any folks who are displaced from their homes due to the fires, and will do so as long as we possibly can if longer term accommodationsare needed. Please call us direct at (843) 918-8000 for more information.
For folks who are driving into Myrtle Beach this weekend, please adjust your travel route to enter the Myrtle Beach area via Highway 501 South. No areas east of the Intracoastal Waterway are in jeopardy (where we are located), and all roads and businesses remain open on this side of the waterway.
For those folks who are not in the area, but would like to help please Click Here to contact the American Red Cross of Horry County.
The May issue of Golf Digest has been released and Myrtle Beach has once again showed why so many call our area "The Golf Capital of the World" by having seven courses named to "America's Top 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses". Golf Digest produces this list every two years and Myrtle Beach continually dominates the rankings. For a comparison of how impressive it is to have 7 courses ranked within a 42 mile span, the entire state of California has 9 courses on the list while Florida had only four courses make the list throughout the whole state.
The courses to receive this great honor are: The Heritage Club (33), The Dunes Golf and Beach Club (38), Tidewater (41), Caledonia Golf and Fish Club (66), Grande Dunes Resort Course (77), Fazio Course at Barefoot (96) and Dye Club at Barefoot (99). Not only is The Caravelle a member to the prestigious Dunes Club, but we are also partners with all seven courses on the list and our golf director can arrange tee times for you on any of these great layouts. Oh, and there just happen to be another 95 or so other great courses that we can arrange tee times for you.
To reserve your times, contact our golf director at golf@thecaravelle.com or by calling 800-507-9145.
Myrtle Beach's former Hard Rock Park is receiving a face lift and a brand new name after one year of operation. The park was recently bought out by new owners and the vision is to create a more family friendly, more diverse environment than their predecessors. Freestyle Music Park was announced today as the new moniker for the park and with the new name came some hints at some new rides, new shows and changes to various areas of the venue. Freestyle Music Park will make its debut with its new identity over this coming Memorial Weekend.
As details develop on the park, we will continue to post updates. Tickets will be offered at a significantly discounted rate at our resort and our pricing should be available in the coming weeks ahead.
Popular South Carolina music band, Hootie and the Blowfish are headed back to the Grand Strand this week as they host the 15th Annual Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am charity golf tournament at the Dye Club at Barefoot. This year will mark the 7th year that the event has been hosted on the Grand Strand, raising over $2.5 million in that time for junior golf and education charities, with last year's event raising funds over $450,000 alone.
The event kicks off on Sunday, April 12 with a Masters Viewing Party at the House of Blues followed by the fundraiser auction and will continue on Monday, April 13 with the celebrity golf tournament and will conclude Monday night with a concert put on by event hosts Hootie and the Blowfish.
The stars will be out in full force, as celebrities such as Samuel L. Jackson, Sterling Sharpe, Branford Marsalis, Jerome Bettis and many more will compete with PGA Tour golfers such as Chris DiMarco, Woody Austin and female golf legend Annika Sorenstam.
Spectator tickets are available through The Dye Club by calling (843) 390-3200.
Play Ball!
Our hometown professional baseball team is set to throw out their first pitch of the 2009 season with Opening Day on April 9 and one of Myrtle Beach's best family entertainment values begins its 11th season at BBT Coastal Field.
To celebrate the beginning of the season, the Pelicans have all sorts of great entertainment on tap for the first week of the season, including an appearance by one of the owners of the Pelicans who is better known for his Hall of Fame caliber NFL Career, Jerome Bettis.
The Pelicans will have giveaways, special Easter activities and tributes during the course of the season opening week. For more details, visit www.myrtlebeachpelicans.com and get yourself into the action!
The weather is starting to turn warm and we are excited about some improvements that are currently underway on our pool deck. In an effort to make continual improvements to our property beyond our $8 Million renovation in 2007, we decided that our ever popular pool deck needed some attention. We are nearly complete with a renovation to the entire deck where we have replaced our traditional concrete deck with brick pavers that are starting to turn out really great. While we are taking care of the deck we are also resurfacing a variety of the water amenities on the deck, including the whirlpool and both lazy rivers. The photo below provides a good look at the new deck, which will be open for action by this weekend!
