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May 25, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

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June 1, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Too Much Silvia

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June 8, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Fat Jack

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June 15, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

The Imitations

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June 22, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Continental Divide

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June 29, 2012- Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Holiday Band

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July 6, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Craig Woolard Band (CWB)

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July 13, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Band of Oz

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July 20, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Gold Rush

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July 27, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Blackwater Rhythm & Blues

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August 3, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Carolina Breakers

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August 10, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Davis Messina Band

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August 17, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Sea Cruz

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August 24, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Atlantic Groove

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August 31, 2012 – Ocean Isle Beach Concert Series

6:30PM – 8:00PM On the stage in the parking lot at Museum of Coastal Carolinas on Ocean Isle Beach

Legends of Beach

Couples Getaway Package

Bring your significant other to the beach for a relaxing, renewing weekend of togetherness and adventure with our Couples Getaway Package at The Winds Resort Beach Club on Ocean Isle Beach, NC

May 15 – June 8, 2012, the rate per person is from $198.00

June 9 – June 28, 2012, the rate per person is from $267.00

Package Includes:

Click Here To Book This Package Online!

*Accommodations Are:

Two people in an oceanfront Jasmine Guest Room, Wisteria Mini Suite, Azalea Petite Suite or an Island View Camellia Guest Room.

Optional Add Ons (Available Online):

1) Add a bottle of Champagne to have waiting in your room:

2) Add dinner for two at choice of two nearby restaurants:

Roberto’s Italian Ristorante:

Dinner Includes: Wine and Beer (2 Drinks per person), your choice of Steak, Seafood, or Pasta from The Winds Menu, Salad or Soup, Dessert and Coffee. Reservations available Tuesday through Saturday.

Sharky’s Waterfront Restaurant (overlooking the intra-coastal waterway)

Dinner Includes: Entrees (any menu item), 4 Glasses of House Wine (per two people: 4 people receive 8 Glasses/8 receive 12 Glasses), Salad, Dessert, Non-alcoholic Beverages.

Click Here To Book This Package Online!

Call our Reservations Desk for details on our “Hot Summer Free Night Special” and booking at: 800.334.3581

Valid Dates: 06/09/2012 – 08/10/2012 Arrival Days: Any day of week Length of Stay: 7 nights min. / 14 nights max. Rates are subject to change and based on availability.

Offer not valid on existing reservations and may not be combined with other offers. Date restrictions may apply.

People come from far and wide to visit the Oyster Festival, a favorite festival to anyone who has been.

The coastal waters of Brunswick County provide an abundance of the marine mollusks each year bringing over 30,000 people to Ocean Isle Beach to celebrate the tasty treat.

The North Carolina Oyster Festival will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts, vendors, festival food, NC Oyster Festival Road Race, NC Oyster Festival Tennis Tournament, Surf Contest, a girls Beauty Pageant, a kid’s areas, the Oyster Shucking Championship, and an Oyster Stew Cook-off.

For complete list of events and vendors go to: http://www.ncoysterfestival.com

Entertainment line up has not yet been announced however top national talent as well as regional and local entertainers will be on the bill.

Last year’s headliner was Country music star Josh Kelly who performed in addition to a number of top regional bands:

Admission is only $5 for adults and free for children under the age of 8. The festival goes from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and from 9am to 5pm on Sunday.

The festival will be located on Ocean Isle Beach on 2nd Street.

Come out have a great time and find out what makes the oyster Brunswick County’s gem!

For more information or for Oyster Festival merchandise contact the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce.
Below are listed accomodations you can come out have a great time and find out what makes the oyster Brunswick County’s gem!
Rooms, Suites & Resort Houses

A Tropical Escape Closer Than You Think! Oceanfront rooms and suites overlooking palm trees, lush tropical gardens and our breathtaking island beach. Also Four, Five and Six Bedroom Resort Cottages with full kitchen, living room and large whirlpool spa. Rates include complimentary hot breakfast buffet & use of all amenities Three Pools (one indoor), Whirlpools etc. The Garden Bar and poolside Tiki Bar both feature a light menu & mixed drinks. 310 E. 1st St, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 1-800-334-3581 http://TheWinds.Com Email: Info@TheWinds.com

The Winds Resort Beach Club offers a choice of oceanfront suites overlooking palm trees, subtropical gardens and our breathtaking powder-sand island beach or, for groups, our spacious 4, 5 and 6 bedroom Resort Cottages.

All stays include a Hot Southern Breakfast Buffet and use of all of The Winds Amenities: Three Pools (one indoor), Garden Bar Restaurant and poolside oceanfront Tiki-Bar.

The Winds’ deserves its reputation as “A Tropical Escape closer than you think!”

Golfers love our FREE Summer Golf Program!

To see this month’s Martha’s “Best Buy Picks” for Ocean Isle Beach CLICK HERE!

To have this list emailed to you in her monthly “Martha’s Picks” Newsletter just sign up in the box provided on the right side of her website!

Written by longtime locals and true insiders who offer personal and practical perspectives that readers trust.

The Insider’s Guide to NC’s Southern Coast & Wilmington takes you to the clean, quiet, family oriented beaches of North Carolina’s Southern Coast and introduces you to the intriguing city of Wilmington, including the historic downtown riverfront.

Regular Cover Price: $15.95

On Sale:

$9.95 Buy it at http://Islands-Art.com

The Gold Star of Excellence Award was developed for the first time in 1998 to honor Lodging members who received no complaints for cleanliness all year through the joint Ethics Committee of the MBAHA and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Joint Ethics Committee of the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce receives and monitors complaints.

We are proud to be noted for a “Spotless Reputation,” receiving no complaints for cleanliness.

She found that the dune in front had eroded somewhat leaving it in a precarious position and tilted.

The bench had fallen backward and had become uprooted.

So she began looking for volunteers to help relocate the Kindred Spirit mailbox to a more stable location.

“Jack” (as her friends call her) is not one to sit around waiting for someone else to take action so on a Thursday morning in early September, DeGroot, and a group of friends headed out to Bird Island armed with shovels.

They relocated the mailbox just a few feet from its old location (with the blessing of the Kindred Spirit’s anonymous guardian).

Pictured are volunteer Mailbox Restoration Team members Laura Lewis, Sandy and Kathy Lonsinger, Sharon Maple, Frank Nesmith, Sandy Raymond, Carol and Pete Scott, and Patrick Szymansk.

The volunteers then proceeded to re-situate the wooden bench that normally sits beside it and generally cleaned things up.

The notebooks of the Kindred Spirit are once again ready for new handwritten messages from beachcombers, thinkers and day dreamers of all kinds.

By the way, if you’re not familiar with DeGroot’s books, check out this website: http://islands-art.com

So What Is The Kindred Spirit Mailbox?

Know one knows who placed the mailbox on Bird Island (an uninhabited island at the west end of Sunset Beach, NC). The person who put it there wrote “Twenty seven years ago I walked the tide line of Bird Island. In the distance – right on the low tide line – I saw the silhouette of a rural mailbox. However, I never could reach it – for it was a mirage. The very next weekend, I “planted” the original Kindred Spirit mailbox”.

The mailbox is filled with notebooks, pens and pencils along with the stories and tales of all the travelers who’ve journeyed to this place. Each entry begins with the phrase “Dear Kindred Spirit.”

These journals are filled with prayers, wishes, thanksgivings, personal stories and more – each writer adding his or her own bits of wisdom to the collection.

An empty wooden park bench sits just in front of the Kindred Spirit mailbox, offering its oceanfront seat to visitors who’ve journeyed to this spot so they’re able to read the stories and share their own.

Then, once the notebooks and journals are complete, they’re mailed to their mysterious owner – the Kindred Spirit – who lovingly reads, collects and saves each spiralbound book of stories.

So Where Is The Kindred Spirit Mailbox?

If you’d like to visit the Kindred Spirit mailbox yourself, come over the Sunset Beach bridge, take a right at the oceanfront. From the last public Sunset Beach access make a right and head southwest. It’s about an hour walk there and back. Like most things in life, it’s about the journey, especially in a world where every thing else seems instantaneous. After a mile and a quarter, you’ll see a second flag pole, and you’ll find the mailbox there at the foot of it.

So if you’re feeling like you just need to escape from the daily grind, go and get away. Watch a sunset, hold hands with someone you love and maybe even write a letter to someone you’ve never met.

A new “Virtual” Kindred Spirit Mailbox is now up at: http://thekindredspirit.net/the-mailbox-is-here - Now you can access The Kindred Spirit from anywhere in the world!

He retired from the fast-paced New York life and moved to coastal Ocean Isle Beach where he opened The Winds Resort. He loves the coastal life but he still takes time to do his art, his life’s passion.

WRAL.com out of Raleigh has featured the advertising guru in an episode of The Tarheel Traveler, check out his interview on the link below and find out what it was like to be a real madman.

Tales of the Silver Coast – A Secret History Of Brunswick County

By Miller Pope – From the earliest days of European exploration to the golf courses and beach resorts in this fascinating and fast-growing region, Brunswick County has attracted settlers, invaders, and visitors of all descriptions.

In these pages you’ll read about Steve Bonnet, the “Gentleman Pirate,” who hid his ships in Brunswick’s moss-draped creeks but unfortunately underestimated the ebbing tide; Coast Guard mounted on horse-back patrolling Ocean Isle’s beaches hunting for spies landed by German submarines; “Mrs. Calabash,” who’s said to have lent her name to the famous sign-off for Jimmy Durante’s classic radio shows; and Topsy the Elephant, who swam for the Brunswick riverbank after breaking loose from circus handlers in the 1920s.

Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County, from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to successive administrations of the Lords Proprietors, the royal governors, the British crown, and the leaders of a new nation—many at whom hailed from this small but influential corner of North Carolina. Discover Brunswick’s rich Civil War history, scenic roadways and waterways and current-day towns and townships.

Tales of the Silver Coast, recounts the tales of privateers and plantation owners, politicians and Prohibition rum-runners and the many colorful people and diverse places of southeastern North Carolina.

Hard Cover $14.95

We want your help in naming our “turtle” with a  “Name Our Turtle” contest. We’ve put a form up for you to submit your suggested name. The Winner will have the honor of having named the Sea Turtle and will receive a free Winds T-Shirt!

We will continue to accept entries for one more week, through August 12th, and then have the Winds’ Staff pick the winner (employees are not eligible to win.

Click here to submit your suggested name for our adopted Sea Turtle.

The nest adoption helps provide funds for The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization which provides, through appropriate management activities and education, a safe and protected environment for all sea turtles that frequent the island of Ocean Isle Beach.

Jim and Deb Boyce, Island Coordinators who are licensed by the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, Non-game and Endangered Species section, work with a team of approximately 50 trained volunteers in a year-round effort to protect sea turtles.

Volunteers are especially active between May and late September, when female sea turtles dig their nests and lay their eggs. In addition to identifying and marking nests on Ocean Isle Beach, volunteers also protect hatchlings from predators, transport sick and injured sea turtles to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center at Topsail Island, and educate the public about these amazing creatures.

For more information, visit www.oibseaturtles.org. Deb Boyce has told us that so far this year there have been 17 nests discovered and when another one is identified it will be designated as our “adopted nest”.

Last year’s Winds’ Turtle was named ”Windy”. She came ashore the night of June 28th and laid a nest full of 86 eggs!!!!

Deb  Boyce told us that 50 days from the date that the eggs are laid they will begin to watch for a ‘boil over’ or mass hatching to begin and usually they hatch around the 55th day. However if the hot weather continues they could hatch as early as 49 – 50 days from being laid.

These photos are actually of Windy heading back out to sea after digging her nest in the sand, laying her eggs and then covering them up to protect them.

The photos were taken by the the Zvoch family from Michigan who were visiting Ocean Isle Beach on vacation. We’d like to thank them for sharing these incredible photos with us!

Click here to watch a video of a live sea turtle at Ocean Isle Beach

For more info on The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization click here:  http://www.oibseaturtles.org