Children crowd around World Famous Whistlers' Erin Dean, 2007 commodore of the Beaufort Water Festival Thursday evening during their performance.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Island Packet

The 56th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Lowcountry Supper.
Sarah Welliver, The Beaufort Gazette

Beaufort's Tommy and Sheri O'Brien dance Monday night to the Motown music of Deas-Guyz at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Tommy O'Brien said he started bringing his own dance floor to the Beaufort Water Festival about five years ago. "I got tired of dancing on the grass," he said.
SARAH WELLIVER/The Beaufort Gazette

Reggie Deas, lead vocalist of Deas Guyz performs to a packed Waterfront Park during the Beaufort Water Festival's Motown Monday concert.

Laura Moretz,(CQ) right, of the International Canine Stars shows how many flying disk Hammer, a 4-year-old Dutch shepherd, can catch in his mouth during a Beaufort Water Festival demonstration Sunday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Hammer was able to catch six of the disk and carry them at one time. (CQ)

Bob Bible, center, was named the Beaufort Water Festival Commodore for 2011 by former commodore Sammy Gray during a brief ceremony Saturday afternoon. At left is Bible's wife Colleen.

Jack Little attends the 55th Annual Beaufort Water Festival on Tuesday night.

A plate of food and flat surface to set it on was all that was needed during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Here, the pilings of the sea wall worked just fine.

Carter Kolb, 6, has her hands full at Thursday night's the Lowcountry Supper.

Wennie Liza Abo-Abo Rodriguez, 6, performs at the water festival Wednesday night.

Water Festival volunteers take down the stage Sunday, signaling the end of the festival for another year Sunday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. (CQ)

As her last official act, Beaufort Water Festival Commodore Sherri Little, right, throws a wreath of flowers into the Beaufort River in memory of those who have lost their lives at sea during the past year. The ceremony started the annual Beaufort Water Festival's annual Blessing of the Fleet.

The Rev. Tim Tebalt, left, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church on Lady's Island, blesses a shrimp trawler during the Beaufort Water Festival's Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday in the Beaufort River near the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

TThe shrimp trawler Wild Hogg(CQ) tows an inflatable shark and killer whale just for fun during the Beaufort Water Festival's Blessing of the Fleet in the Beaufort River near the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Boats of every size and description took part in the Beaufort Water Festival's annual Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday in the Beaufort River near the sea wall of the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.(CQ)

Lance Cpl. Heather Lewis, left,(CQ) holds back Jeff, a Military Working Dog as Lance Cpl. Steven Lilley(CQ) tries to get away during a demonstration on the final day of the Beaufort Water Festival on Sunday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Beaufort Water Festival Commodore for 2011 Bob Bible and wife Colleen.(CQ)

Bob Bible, center,(CQ) was named the Beaufort Water Festival Commodore for 2011 by former commodore Sammy Gray(CQ) during a brief ceremony Saturday afternoon. At left is Bible's wife Colleen(CQ) Bible.

Bob Bible, center,(CQ) was named the Beaufort Water Festival Commodore for 2011 by former commodore Sammy Gray(CQ) during a brief ceremony Saturday afternoon. At left is Bible's wife Colleen(CQ) Bible.

Participants toss their bean bags towards a hole in a piece of plywood during the first ever Corn Hole tournament during the Beaufort Water Festival on Saturday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park(CQ) .

Members of the Beaufort New Direction Nazarene Church brought their own shade with them as they make their way through Bay Street on Saturday during the annual Beaufort Water Festival parade. (CQ)

Burke Fitzpatrick,(CQ) team captain of the Carolina Skydivers, talks about the temperature changes from 6,000 feet to the ground after jumping into the center of the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park during the final weekend of the 55th annual Beaufort Water Festival. (CQ)

Julie Schott(CQ) blows bubbles while waiting for the Beaufort Water Festival parade to start with her husband, former Water Festival Commodore Wilmot(CQ) Schott on Saturday along Bay Street in downtown Beaufort.

Terry Curtis of the Carolina Skydivers, floats gently into the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park during the Beaufort Water Festival's air show Saturday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Thousands of people line the sea wall to watch the air show during the final weekend of the 55th annual Beaufort Water Festival on Saturday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. (CQ)

Greg Connell of Trenton, S.C.,(CQ) pilots his Pitts Special biplane into a tight maneuver during the air show during the final weekend of the 55th annual Beaufort Water Festival on Saturday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.(CQ)

Sherri Little, right, is soaking wet after finishing the Beaufort Water Festival Bed Race on Friday down Bay Street in Beaufort.

Participants in the annual Beaufort Water Festival Bed Race must come to a complete stop and run one complete lap around the bed before they sprint to the finish line on Bay Street.

The M&M Band from Columbus, Ga.,(CQ) opened the Beaufort Water Festival's River Dance on Friday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Here, saxophone player Joe Buzzard(CQ) and lead guitarist Martin Ortiz(CQ) get into their music.

It wouldn't be the annual Beaufort Water Festival without boats anchored just off the sea wall of the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. These boaters were taking in the sounds of the M&M band Friday. (CQ)

These three women were the first to get up and line dance to the M&M Band(CQ) during the Beaufort Water Festival's River Dance on Friday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Looking like a bunch of green flowers, Carolyn Jones of the Beaufort Zonta Club(CQ) holds her Beaufort Water Festival wrist bands for the River Dance on Friday afternoon at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Chris Skrip, right, dumps a bucket of water onto Beaufort Water Festival Commodore Sherri Little and the Pirettes Friday during the annual Bed Race down Bay Street in Beaufort.

Wennie(CQ) Liza Rodriguez, 6, played Beethoven's Fur Elise(CQ) during the Beaufort Water Festival's Talent Night on Wednesday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Former Water Festival commodore Keith Cummins,(CQ) center, had the solo as he makes his way through the crowd during the performance by The Whistlers during the Beaufort Water FestivalŐs Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

A plate of food and flat surface to set it on is all that was needed during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Here, the pilings of sea wall worked just fine.

The Whistlers,(CQ) a troupe of former Water Festival commodores, is always a crowd favorite during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper.From left are Keith Cummins, Erin Dean and Will Schott.(CQ)

Thousands of people attend the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. After the traditional meal of shrimp, corn and sausage, the crowd was treated to a performance by The Whistlers, a troupe of entertainers made up of former Water Festival commodores. (CQ)

Georgianna(CQ) Coates, left, serves watermelon to Chloe and Trent Davis(CQ) during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Thousands of people line up before the gate opened for the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. (CQ)

Norma Allen,(CQ) right, and her husband Mike go through the food line during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Carter Kolb,(CQ) 6, gets ready to munch on her watermelon but has a piece of shrimp shell stuck on her other hand during the Beaufort Water Festival's Lowcountry Supper on Thursday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Cody Mojica,(CQ) right, got a little overheated after working with the Beaufort Water Festival's production crew Wednesday at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Production supervisor Van Brown,(CQ) center, said Mujica had been working very hard and had earned the brief respite.

Before a rain storm ended the Beaufort Water Festival's Talent Night early, Wennie Liza Rodriguez, 6, wowed the crowd as she played Beethoven's Fur Elise on Wednesday at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Wennie was the first place winner in the age 6-9 category.