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SUMMARY:Daufuskie 5th Annual Autumn Festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
X-CDAILY-CONTACTNAME:The Binyah Foundation
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CONTACT:The Binyah Foundation\, 1.843.647.1008
CATEGORIES:Family Event
URL:www.DauFusKie360.net
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DESCRIPTION:First Saturday of November\n\nDAUFUSKIE’S FIFTH ANNUAL AUTUMN F
 ESTIVAL BRINGS MUSIC\, FOOD\, FAMILY FUN\n\nDAUFUSKIE ISLAND\, SC – Freepo
 rt Marina will host Daufuskie Island’s fifth annual Autumn Festival on Sat
 urday\, November 7\, 2009 from noon to 5 p.m.\n\nThe Autumn Festival is sp
 onsored this year by a new non-profit organization\, the Binyah Foundation
 \, created to support the Daufuskie Island and Sea Island area’s historica
 l\, structural\, natural\, wildlife and ecological preservation efforts. F
 estival proceeds will go to the Binyah Foundation and other Daufuskie Isla
 nd non-profit organizations. \n\n...\, “Just like Daufuskie\, the annual A
 utumn Festival is a one of a kind experience. There’s no better place to s
 pend an autumn afternoon than relaxing with family and old and new friends
  around the traditional festival bonfire.”\n\nRenowned Gullah author and s
 ixth generation Daufuskie Island native (or “Binyah”) Sallie Ann Robinson 
 will be on hand to sign her cookbooks and offer samples of her delicious c
 ooking. Ms. Robinson\, a motivational speaker and “celebrity executive che
 f\,” was a student of Pat Conroy and a character in The Water Is Wide. www
 .sallieanncooks.ning.com/    \n\nHilton Head Island’s popular Chilly Willy
  Band will perform at the Festival. After 20 years together\, the band pro
 mises a vast repertoire of dance music\, rock and roll\, blues\, Zydeco\, 
 country and standards for dancing the afternoon away.\n\nThe price of admi
 ssion includes a place at the community oyster table\, which is heaped wit
 h oysters just-roasted over the “festival bonfire”. Kids will enjoy storyt
 elling\, a bonfire marshmallow roast\, a scavenger hunt and puppet making 
 and entertainment with Yostie the Puppeteer. www.yostiesfunstuff.com \n\nP
 rizes will be given away for those guests who register and are present to 
 win. Among the prizes will be Sallie Ann Robinson’s cookbooks\, t-shirts\,
  Daufuskie souvenirs\, free admission to the Festival for up to four peopl
 e\, and two three-night stays for up to four guests at Pet’s Night Out in 
 historic Valle Crucis in the North Carolina mountains. \n\nVendors will be
  selling Island foods\, arts and crafts. Among them are sweetgrass basket 
 weavers Corey and Karen Alston. Corey is from Charleston\, but his grandfa
 ther was a Daufuskie “Binyah.” Corey grew up hearing tales of the island b
 ut never visited until the November 2006 Autumn Festival when he brought t
 raditional Gullah sweetgrass baskets to sell. He and his family spent the 
 weekend exploring Daufuskie and now attend both Daufuskie Day and the Autu
 mn Festival.\n\nFestival admission is $5 for adults and free for kids ages
  12 and under when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at the g
 ate or in advance at www.Daufuskie360.net and www.TicketLeap.com. \n\nFree
  boat dockage during the Festival is available at Freeport Marina/ Cooper 
 River Landing / ICW36. For ferry reservations\, to schedule historic Islan
 d tours\, or to reserve a golf cart\, call Freeport Marina at 843.342.8687
 . Ferries reservations are also available at Palmetto Ferry Co. Call 843.7
 57.7819.\n\nA limited number of vendor spaces are still available. Contact
  843.647.1008 for more information.
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