Experience dynamic natural worlds and celebrate maritime heritage along the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway this winter. Something is always happening in the Byway’s 21 coastal villages. Weather rules the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway. Sometimes the tide comes up and the wind blows fiercely. Families have lived along the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway for generations. Come visit, hear our stories and celebrate winter uniquely.
Holiday and Winter Events along the Byway’s Down East Beginning with a seafood extravaganza on Friday night and running through Sunday afternoon, Waterfowl Weekend fills Harkers Island with good food, beautiful carvings, music, storytelling, artwork and a full spectrum of Down East heritage. Come hungry for Core Sound stewed shrimp, scallop fritters and sweet puppies. Harkers Island comes alive with the Core Sound Decoy Festival and arts, crafts and good food literally line the roads of the island. Admission is free Saturday and Sunday. Friday seafood extravaganza ticketed. Shuttle parking available. Doors open at 9 a.m. each morning. www.coresound.com (252) 728-1500. Core Sound Christmas Beginning with a covered dish breakfast at the Core Sound Museum, Down East celebrates Christmas with story and song throughout the day. Breakfast features Down East light rolls and fig preserves, homemade breakfast pie and pastries with a program that brings back Christmas memories and fellowship. That evening the community, churches and families of the Davis community come together for singing and a closing tree lighting ceremony “on the corner” to remember friends and family. This is a true Down East Christmas day from start to finish. Down East Quilt Appreciation Day Traditional and contemporary quilt traditions are documented and celebrated with the museum’s second Quilt Appreciation Day. Local residents bring their family heirlooms for photographing and documenting while the museum’s education hall is filled with a quilt exhibition. Workshops and seminars by quilt historians will be offered throughout the two days. “Raising the Story” of Menhaden Fishing Carteret County was once the state’s largest producer of menhaden. Local menhaden companies provided hundreds of jobs in the local areas with numerous factories and vessels, including dozens of steamers that came from Virginia to work the lucrative fall fishery. The last factory in Carteret County closed in 2005 and the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritagae Center, with the support of a North Carolina Humanities Council grant, is helping “raise the story” of this important industry with a celebration on Feb. 27, 2010. Captains, crew, pilots, seine menders and factory workers will be on hand to share stories, photos, and answer questions about their experience in this unique fishery. The Menhaden Chanteymen will perform some of the work songs that crewmen used to sing to raise heavy nets of fish before new technology made chanteys obsolete in the workplace. Holiday Events along the Byway’s Hatteras Island Hatteras Connection Seafood Dinner Hatteras Village Christmas Parade and Dance Events on the Byway’s Ocracoke Island Ocracoke Christmas Tree Lighting Ocracoke Christmas Concert Wintertime on Hatteras Island Winter Waterfowl Tour Flatpicking Guitar Concert For accommodations and information: Visit www.outerbanksscenicbyway.org. Call 1-877-629-4386. Write Outer Banks Scenic Byway, P.O. Box 147, Rodanthe, NC 27968. |
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Mailing Address: PO Box 147, Rodanthe, NC 27968 | Phone 1-877-629-4386 | Email Us |
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