The Noveaux Honkies! (Seriously, how awesome is that name?) Florence After Five is tomorrow night July 30, 2010. Florence After Five welcomes home local talent Rebecca Dawkins and her band, The Nouveaux Honkies as they kick off a month long tour starting right here in Florence with two shows and extending up the coast and [...]
Another Pecan Festival has come and gone, and I think this festival is going to be a long term success! As you know, I think Florence has been woefully lacking in the festival department prior to the Pecan Festival. How can we be a southern town without a festival? Despair no more… we finally can [...]
2009 South Carolina Pecan Festival Entertainment Schedule Stage 1: First Reliance Bank Stage 10:00 a Wilson High School ROTC & Band Invocation Welcome 10:30 a Florence Men’s Choral Society 11:30 a Anisha Green (10 yr. old opera singer) 12:00 n Kelly’s Fine Arts & The KFA Dance Company 12:30 a Flowtown Band (Rock) 1:30 p [...]
On August 3, 2009, the City of Florence will have a Grand Opening for their new downtown police substation. The Grand Opening will be from 5:00-7:30 p.m. The Ribbon Cutting will be at 5:00 p.m. There will be music and you can view art installations by Metamorphosis Art Collective. I am pretty fascinated that Mr. [...]
Downtown Florence has earned National Accreditation according to an article published by SCNow. “We congratulate this year’s nationally accredited Main Street programs for meeting our established performance standards,” Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust Main Street Center, said. “Rebuilding a district’s economic health and maintaining that success requires broad-based community involvement and support, as [...]
Grumpiness was abundant at my house this morning. Usually Saturdays stretch out like a road of abundant possibilities during the summer, but today is different. I told the little Flossips that we had ERRANDS to do, and was met with a chorus of shrieks and whines. “BUT MOMMMMMM. ERRANDS ARE BORRRINGGGG.” Sigh. Of course they [...]
This Friday, June 5, is the second Florence after Five! If you missed the first one, you really should try to make this one. (Come on, please get out of the box and do something fun and different!) There is free admission and lots of people had their kids at the last one, so it [...]
1. Florence After Five presents the very first night of the concert series (note to self: Have not gotten a sitter yet.) (Also, Downtown people, please work on your website.) 2. Saturday is the Black Creek Kayak Festival! (Kudos on the website by the way.) I am REALLY excited about taking the kids and Mr. [...]