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Dragon boat race added to Beaufort Water Festival

Dragon boat teams will take to the water and race in this year's Beaufort Water Festival.

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BEAUFORT NEWS

Water Festival a financial "shot in the arm" for businesses

With Beaufort's annual 10-day party wrapped up as of Sunday, downtown merchants and organizations are reporting mixed economic impact but overall success.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Water Festival leaves another year in its wake

Decorated boats paraded in the Beaufort River for a sprinkling of holy water and a chance for prize money Sunday as one of the Beaufort Water Festival's oldest traditions -- the blessing of the fleet -- helped usher in the end of the 57th annual, 10-day event.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Water Festival's Grand Parade douses crowds with delight

Participants in the Water Festival Grand Parade basked in sunshine and applause Saturday morning as they thoroughly soaked onlookers along the parade route.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Hundreds turn up for River Dance as Water Festival winds down

Dozens of people stopped Friday night near the intersection of Charles and Bay streets downtown and looked toward the sky, some holding their cell phones aloft to capture a picture of Mother Nature gracing one of the Lowcountry's biggest annual events.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Beaufort Water Festival hosts Lowcountry Supper

At 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Steve Mendoza and his wife, Mae, of Beaufort, were lined up and ready to eat, even though it would be another hour and a half until they received their plate of shrimp, sausage, potatoes, onions and corn.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Beaufort Water Festival welcomes local performers at Talent Show

Malik, 15, and Tyrek, 13, Pinckney started miming a little more than a year ago, but Wednesday's Beaufort Water Festival Talent Show was their first competition.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Despite rain, Beaufort residents celebrate Tropical Tuesday at Water Festival

It was hard to miss one group of nine folks walking around Tropical Tuesday at the Beaufort Water Festival : six pairs of matching baby-blue shorts, six screaming purple, blue and green Hawaiian shirts and leis all around.
ENTERTAINMENT

The Design to bring crowd surfing to Water Festival River Dance

Crowd surfing might be the name of the game in Beaufort on July 20 at the 57th annual Beaufort Water Festival's River Dance.
FEATURES

Frogmore Stew for 3,500? No problem

Frogmore Stew always has had a special place in the hearts of Beaufort residents Stacey Patterson Canaday and Mel Arant, both of whom are heading up Thursday's Lowcountry Supper at the Beaufort Water Festival, which will feature the traditional Lowcountry dish.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Beaufort Water Festival welcomes performances for Motown Monday

It only took a few bars of "Papa was a Rolling Stone," for Jan Kelly, 68, to jump to her feet Monday night in the middle of the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.