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If there were ever a platonic ideal of a Lowcountry weekend, this is it.
Want to see a symphony perform? Be at St. Luke's on Saturday. Feeling more like an artist's reception? We'll see you Sunday at SoBa. Hitting the links? Feel free to join the island's rugby team (we've been assured this is not full-contact golf) Saturday at Golden Bear Golf Course. Want some fresh oysters and shrimp and grits? St. James Baptist Church will be celebrating freedom with a good old fashion Gullah breakfast Saturday morning.
Saturday
HHSO Youth Concerto Competition finalists perform: 1:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 50 Pope Road Nine instrumentalists selected from 63 high school aged musicians from 12 states and Europe will perform their selections live. Each competitor submitted one movement of a standard concerto, which was evaluated by a jury of professional musicians.
The nine instrumentalists will perform their selections on violin, flute, cello, trombone and bassoon from compositions written by Sibelius, Dvorak, Vieuxtemps, Elgar, Weber, Larsson and Hue.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.hhso.org, reserved by calling the box office or purchased at the door the day of the performance. Preferential seating is available if purchased online or reserved before the concert.
Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding Event: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 4. The Beaufort County Division of Solid Waste and Recycling is holding a special electronic goods collection and document-shredding event at two locations.
Residents are encouraged to bring their broken computers, televisions and other electronic appliances for disposal. A new law enacted last year prohibits dumping appliances in the landfill or at county convenience centers. Secure shredding of personal and tax documents will also be provided at no charge at the event.
Two county public works sites will accept the items: the Public Works North site at 140 Shanklin Road near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and the Public Works South site at 9 Benton Field Road off Burnt Church Road, Bluffton.
For more information or for instructions regarding the recycling or disposal of large quantities, call the Beaufort County Division of Solid Waste and Recycling at 843-255-2734.
Hilton Head Rugby Club golf tournament: 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at Golden Bear Golf Course. Join the hardest-hitting club on the island for a laid-back day on the links. Cost is $90/person, which includes golf, beer and snacks on the course, and a social at Murphy’s Irish Pub immediately following the tournament. The social includes a barbecue dinner and beverages. For details, call 843-301-3862 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
National Freedom Day: Three events will mark the celebration of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery;
Ol’ Fashioned Gullah Breakfast – Mitchelville Style, beginning at 8 a.m. Admission: $10. Place: St. James Baptist Church Annex, 209 Dillon Road. Prepared by Gullah Ooman Chef, Louise Cohen, and other Native Islanders, this breakfast will feature stewed oysters, shrimp and grits, fried fish, biscuits and beverages.
Film: Remnants of Mitchelville, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission: Free will offering
Gospel Concert, 7 p.m. Admission: Free will offering. Place: First African Baptist Church. This event celebrates and honors the spiritual thread that binds the African ancestors and the Gullahs of today through traditional popular and historical homegrown gospel music, as well as traditional songs and chants, featuring the First African Baptist Church Gospel Chorus, The Community All Stars and The Golden Aires.
Sunday
“Color Melange:” Reception for the artist from 3-5 p.m. at the Society of Bluffton Artists Gallery at Church and Calhoun streets. The Society of Bluffton Artists presents “Color Melange,” gorgeous landscape and still-life motifs in oils and pastels by Bonnie L. Mason through March 10. Mason’s goals are simple: “to see and paint what is significant to me and take joy in discovering new subjects while maintaining a close connection to nature, my best teacher.”
