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Highlights

TOP PICK FOR KIDS

NOVEMBER 15–16

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For details, visit harbisontheat
or call [phone].

NOVEMBER 28–30

South Carolina State
Bluegrass Festival

Bluegrass fans will have plenty to be thankful for when they see the lineup at this
year’s South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival.
Three days of concerts at the Myrtle Beach
Convention Center start on Thanksgiving
Day and lead up to a Saturday night performance by headliners Dailey & Vincent (left).
For details, visit adamsbluegrass.com
or call [phone].

NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 30

Roper Mountain
Holiday Lights

A mile and a half of twinkling
colored lights lure visitors to the
top of Roper Mountain in Greenville,
where a Winter Wonderland awaits.
Take photos with Santa and his sleigh,
roast marshmallows for s’mores, and stroll by
giant holiday greeting cards. Perennial visitors will be
pleased to know the sparkling caterpillar, a fan favorite, is back in 2013.
For details, visit ropermountainholidaylights.com or call [phone].

DECEMBER 7 and 14

Robbin Knight

Christmas
Candlelight Tours

DECEMBER 7–8

Spirituals Concert at Drayton Hall

The setting is perfect for this concert of African-American spirituals and
Gullah music—the basement of well-preserved Drayton Hall in Charleston,
a pre-Revolutionary plantation. Featuring Ann Caldwell and The Magnolia
Singers, the 30th annual event includes informal tours of the property.
For details, visit draytonhall.org or call [phone].

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What was Christmas like in the
S.C. backcountry in 1780 and 1840?
Costumed interpreters at Historic
Brattonsville will dramatize holiday
celebrations at five lantern-lit
sites on the property, including
a Revolutionary encampment, a
tavern party, a plantation house and
slave quarters. Join in by dipping
candles, making paper ornaments
or visiting with a period Santa.
For details, visit chmuseums.org/
brattonsville or call [phone].