The Sun News | 02/09/2007 | GET OUT: Local shows, events, attractions
Penny Ditch  |  by www.myrtlebeachonline.com. All rights reserved. 12.02 | 12:42

THE ALABAMA THEATRE, Barefoot Landing, U.S. 17, North Myrtle Beach, will present "One, The Show," featuring all genres of music including country, rock, gospel, broadway, motown and more, at 7:30 p.

m. today, Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets range from $43.

35-$36.85 and children prices are available. Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform Saturday at 7 p.

m.; tickets range from $26-$31.65.

272-1111, 800-342-2262 or www.alabama
-theatre.com.


THE CAROLINA OPRY, northern intersection of U.S. 17 and U.

S. 17 Bypass, Myrtle Beach, will feature The Carolina Opry Show at 8 p.m.

Saturday and Tuesday-Thursday; preshow begins at 7:45 p.m. "Good Vibrations" musical variety showtimes is at 8 p.

m. today. Tickets range from $37.

95 to $40.95. 913-4000, 1-800-843-6779 or .


DOLLY PARTON'S DIXIE STAMPEDE DINNER AND SHOW, northern intersection of Kings Highway and U.S. 17 Bypass, Myrtle Beach, dinner and equine show will take place at 6 p.

m. today, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. Preshow starts 45 minutes before each show.

Tickets are $36.99 for ages 12 and older ($41.99 preferred seating); $19.

99 for ages 4-11 ($24.99 preferred seating); ages 3 and younger free (prices do not include tax and gratuity). 497-9700, 800-433-4401 or .


HOUSE OF BLUES, 4640 U.S. 17 S.

, Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach. This week: today, Teen Night, $10, 8 p.m.

; Thursday, Everclear with Jonny Lives!, Alternate Routes and Neon Culpa, $15, 7 p.m.

doors/8 p.m. show.

272-3000 or .
LEGENDS IN CONCERT THEATER, 301 U.S.

17 N., Surfside Beach. Showtimes are 8 p.

m. today, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 6 and 9 p.m.

Saturday; and 2 and 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Through March 31 the lineup includes Bobby Darin, Tina Turner, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Rod Stewart. Admission is $33.95-$38.

95 for ages 17 and older and $14.95-$19.95 for ages 3-16.

1-800-960-7469, 238-7827 or .
MEDIEVAL TIMES DINNER AND TOURNAMENT, 2904 Fantasy Way, Fantasy Harbour, off U.S.

501, Myrtle Beach, dinner and jousting show. Reservations suggested. Times are 6 p.

m. today, Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday. Locals receive 50 percent off during February.

Prices are $44.95 for ages 13 and older; and $27.95 for ages 3-12 (taxes and gratuity not included).

236-8080, 800-436-4386 or .
THE PALACE THEATRE, at Broadway at the Beach, U.S.

17 Bypass and 21st Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, will present The Dean Martin Variety Show at 6 p.m. today and Monday-Thursday.

Admission is $26 for adults and $10 for ages 12 and younger. A dinner buffet is also available before the show for an additional $6. Le Grande Cirque features acrobats, contortionists, trapeze artists, aerialists and more.

Show times are 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Monday-Thursday with additional shows at 10 a.

m. Wednesday and 2 p.m.

Thursday. Admission is $33-$44 for ages 13 and older; $10 for ages 3-12; and $26 for Wednesday matinee. 448-0588, 800-905-4228 or .


KART-TRAX FORMULA RACING, 3901 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, indoor facility featuring electric go-karts. Open 11 a.

m.-10 p.m.

today-Sunday and 4-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday.

Children 42-54 inches ride junior karts at $5 for four minutes; children older 54 inches and adults ride faster karts at $13 for individual races, $50 for five races, $100 for 12 races (races can be shared among multiple drivers). 916-1111 or visit .
NASCAR SPEEDPARK, U.

S. 17 Bypass at 21st Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, feature an unlimited wristband for $30, which includes all tracks and attractions, except Thunder Road and the NASCAR Silicon Speedway, and the rock climbing wall, mini-golf and kiddie rides. Individual tickets are available for $3 each, nine tickets for $20 or 25 tickets for $50.

Children 3 and under are free. Hours are 10 a.m.

-6 p.m. today and Monday-Thursday and 10 a.

m.-8 p.m.

Saturday. 918-8725 or visit
beach.html.


ALLIGATOR ADVENTURE, Barefoot Landing, U.S. 17 South, North Myrtle Beach, is a reptile park featuring hundreds of American alligators of all sizes.

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.

m. today-Sunday; tickets sold until 4 p.m.

Admission is $15.95 for ages 13-54; $13.95 for ages 55 and older; $9.

95 for ages 4-12; free for 3 and younger; locals half-price with ID. 361-0789 or visit www. alligatoradventure.

com.
BETWIXT THE RIVERS, 234 Schofield Road, Marion, offers a moonlight dinner paddle, canoe, and kayak tours along the Little Pee Dee River. Tours are five to 10 miles long and take three to six hours including breaks and playing in the water.

Call for available tours and prices. 423-1919.
GHOSTS AND LEGENDS THEATRE, Barefoot Landing, U.

S. 17, North Myrtle Beach. The "Ghost Show" features Lowcountry tales every half-hour from 10 a.

m.-6 p.m.

daily through February. $9 for ages 13 and older, $6 for ages 12 and younger. Ghost walk takes place at 5:30 p.

m. Admission is $18 for ages 13 and older; $13 for ages 12 and younger. Reservations required.

Blackbeard Seance, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Reservations required.

Adults only, $45. 361-2700, visit www.GhostShows.

com or .
GREAT AMERICAN RIVERBOAT COMPANY, Waccatee Zoo, 8500 Enterprise Road, off S.C.

707, Socastee, features The Jungle Princess, which sails from the Waccatee Zoo along the Intracoastal Waterway. Boarding begins 30 minutes prior. The cost for one-and-half-hour sightseeing cruises, $15 adults, $8 ages 3-12 and free for ages 3 and younger; dinner buffet cruises, $35 adults, $25 for ages 3-12 and free for ages 3 and younger; sunset cruises, $17 for adults, $9 for ages 3-12 and free for 3 and younger; hot lunch cruises, $27 for adults, $21 for ages 3-12 and free for 3 and younger; ghost story cruises, $15 for adults, $8 for ages 3-12 and free for 3 and younger.

Schedules vary daily. 650-6600, 800-685-6601 or visit mbriverboat.com.


INGRAM PLANETARIUM, at the Village at Sunset Beach, N.C., N.

C. 179., features an 85-seat domed theater and science exhibit hall that teaches a better understanding of Earth, the solar system and the universe.

Feb. 17 at 5 p.m.

, the planetarium will hold a dome show, which will feature telescope viewing.
2 p.m.

| "The Sky Above Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood"
3 p.m.

| "Solar System Tour"
1 p.m. | "Orion Friends"
2 p.

m. | "Solar System Tour"
3 p.m.

| "How to Use a Star Finder"
4 p.m. | "Sunset at Sunset"
Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and $3 for children.

910-575-0033 or visit .
LAZER FX-LAZER TAG, 964 Lake Arrowhead Road, Myrtle Beach, features Lazer FX-Lazer Tag features 7500-square-foot, five-ramp, multi-level, indoor maze. Hours are 5 p.

m.-11 p.m.

today and Thursday; noon-11 p.m. Saturday; and noon-8 p.

m. Sunday. Reservations are accepted for private outings on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Admission is $7.99 per person for a one-mission pass; $19.99 for a three-mission pass; and $23.

50 for an unlimited-play pass. Group rates available. 467-2229 or visit .


MAGIQUEST, Broadway at the Beach, U.S. 17 Bypass and 21st Avenue North, Myrtle Beach.

A live-action game with more than 150 wand-activated effects that let players interact with videos in a three-dimensional fantasy world. Magiquest opens 1 p.m.

today and Monday-Thursday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Prices are $25, which includes a 90-minute experience, a wand and three duels; $13, which includes a 90-minute experience and three duels; or $12 for a wand, $9 for an hour of play and $1 per duel. 913-9460 or 1-866-353-6244 or visit .
MAZE MANIA, 3013 U.

S. 17 S., Garden City Beach, features a fence maze that changes daily.

Open 10:30 a.m.-8 p.

m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 before noon; $6.

95 after noon; $3.95 for children 5 and younger; and $10 for miniature golf and the maze all day. 651-1641 or .


RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM, Broadway at the Beach, U.S. 17 Bypass and 29th Avenue North, Myrtle Beach.

Sharks, rays and other underwater creatures are on display. A moving walkway runs through a 330-foot tube in the main tank, and visitors can touch the rays and horseshoe crabs in touch tanks. Hours are 9 a.

m.- 9 p.m.

today and Saturday and 9 a.m.- 7 p.

m. Sunday-Thursday. Admission is $17.

99 for ages 12 and older; $9.99 for ages 5-11; $3.99 for ages 2-4; free for ages 2 and younger; half price with local ID.

Prices plus tax. 916-0888 or visit .
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT!

OR NOT MUSEUM, Ocean Boulevard and Ninth Avenue North, Myrtle Beach, includes more than 500 exhibits, oddities and off-the-wall artifacts. Hours are 10 a.m.

-5 p.m. daily.

$12.99 for ages 12 and older, $7.99 for ages 6-11 and free for 5 and younger.

(Prices plus tax.) Ripley's has two additional attractions on Ocean Boulevard: Ripley's Motion Master Moving Theater, open 10 a.m.

-5 p.m. daily, and Ripley's Haunted Adventure, open 10 a.

m.-5 p.m.

today-Sunday. Prices are $12.99 for ages 12 and older and $7.

99 for ages 6-11. Children under 6 are not permitted. 448-2331.


RIVER RATS, one mile off S.C. 22 on S.

C. 905, is a guided, ecological, scenic fishing trip. Tours start at 8 a.

m.-noon Tuesday-Thursday. Guests operate a two-person mini-pontoon boat along the Waccamaw or Pee Dee rivers and shoot skeet, fish and eat lunch.

Equipment is provided. Half-day and overnight trips are available. Overnight trips, which are 3 to 8 miles long, include a night on the River Rats' houseboat, a bonfire, two full meals, wildlife viewing, fishing, skeet shooting and a catfishing preparing and cooking lesson.

The cost is $55 for ages 12-80 and $40 for ages 6-11. All reservations must be made by 2 p.m.

the previous day. 365-1717 or visit .
SWAMP FOX TOURS, 624 Front St.

Georgetown, at the corner of Queen Street and Front Street. Take a tour of the historic district of Georgetown on the blue-and-white tram. Tours depart on the hour from 10 a.

m.-4 p.m.

, Monday-Saturday (weather permitting). Admission is $10 for adults; $5 for ages 6-12; and free for ages 5 and younger. Travel down oak-tree-lined streets as the tour guide shares historical information about homes and buildings.

Locations on the tour include the Rice Museum, the Prevost Gallery and the homes of Mary Mann, Kirton-Hamilton, Savage-Smith and Sampson West. 527-1112 or visit .
WACCATEE ZOO, 8500 Enterprise Road, off S.

C. 707, Socastee, privately owned zoo featuring exotic animals such as apes, tigers, camels and the petting zoo variety. Open 10 a.

m.-5 p.m.

daily. $7 for ages 13 and older and $3.50 for ages 1-12.

650-8500 or visit .
HAMPTON PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE, 15 miles southwest of Georgetown off U.S.

17, near McClellanville, state historic site of a Lowcountry rice plantation. Hours are 9 a.m.

-6 p.m. daily, and house tours are 11 a.

m.-4 p.m.

daily. Ages 16 and older, $4; ages 6 -15, $3; ages 5 and younger, free; and S.C.

residents ages 65 and older, $2.50. Grounds admission free.

546-9361.
HOBCAW BARONY VISITOR CENTER, U.S.

17, 35 miles south of Myrtle Beach, operated by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation, features exhibits on local history and ecology, salt- and fresh-water aquariums, a touch tank and hands-on table of treasures. Tours of Hobcaw House are Tuesday-Friday; times vary, so call for a schedule.

Admission is $15. Reservations required for tours. 546-4623 or visit .

The visitor center museum open 9 a.m.-5 p.

m. Monday-Friday. Free admission.

546-4623.
ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR, Reef Resort, 2101 S. Ocean Blvd.

, Myrtle Beach, will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.

m. and will feature handmade crafts, shell creatures, paintings, jewelry and more. Free.

448-1765. 449-7323.
GULLAH/GEECHEE RICE CELEBRATION will take place March 30-April 1 in Parkersville Park, Pawleys Island, and will celebrate the contributions and historical significance of African-Americans in Georgetown County.

For more, visit .
KIDZTIME FESTIVAL will take place from 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Saturday at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach and will feature a host of children's events staged in various tents.

Admission is free. 444-3200.
SILVER COAST WINERY, 6680 Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach, N.

C., will hold "Wine and Chocolate Pairing" on the hour Saturday and Sunday with the last pairing at 5 p.m; tickets are $15 and reservations are required.

Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.

m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m.

Sunday. 910-287-2800 or .
Send your event information to , or fax it to 626-0356 Attn: Sara Elisabeth Potts.

Deadline is noon Monday, two weeks before the event. Include time, date, location and street address of event, admission price and a daytime phone number that we may publish.

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