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"REAL Charleston News - Early Fall 2007"
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
CHARLESTON...
Fall brings
cooler temperatures and a colorful variety of events throughout
the Charleston area, as it's time to get out and enjoy a
wonderful mix of cultural events, recreation and fun. Activities
literally get a big boost with the annual Scottish Games and
Highland Gathering in
Mount
Pleasant at Boone Hall Sept. 15th, as a hallmark of
this ancient Scot tradition is the heaving of mammoth stones,
logs, bales and iron in an impressive test of strength that
dates back thousands of years. There's also traditional Scottish
garb, music, dancing in a very social one-day event. For
information, call 843-552-2563.
Enjoy
world-class jazz musicians and food from some of Charleston's
finest chefs at the second annual ChazzFest at the Family Circle
Tennis Center on Daniel
Island, Sept. 22nd. This cozy outdoor venue is a favorite
for concert-goers and is ideal for the sultry sounds of jazz
that will fill the air along with outstanding culinary flavors
as well as an assortment of crafts displays and workshops
celebrating the traditions of Southern culture. For ticket
information, call 843-554-6060.
The charming
beauty of Charleston's historic landscapes an living spaces
shows forth in the Preservation Society of Charleston's 31st
annual Fall Tour of Homes and Gardens, Sept. 27th through Oct.
28th, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings only. Guided tours
in candle light settings feature dozens of the city's most
venerated sites and offer a wonderful experience in some of the
most exquisite interiors and exteriors anywhere. For tickets and
information, call 843-722-4636.
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More to explore, see and do:
Edisto Island Serpentarium
and Charleston Outdoors
CHARLESTON TRIVIA
Charleston lies on a fault
line known as the Woodstock fault, which geologists have
determined was caused by a subterranean lava "bloom" that
cracked tectonic plates millions of years ago. The adjusting
layers caused a severe earthquake in Charleston on August 31,
1886, destroying hundreds of homes throughout the city and
damaging many more. Because of the shaking effect that the
earthquake shocks had in knocking down walls in many homes,
thereafter a number of houses in the city were adorned with
metal rods passing through joists and connected by bolts on
outer walls. These earthquake bolts can be seen in the form of
stars, crosses or round plates on many older homes around
Charleston.
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