June 2011

CALENDAR

 

Farmer's Market On Canal St.
every Sat. 9 am - 1pm

This unique Farmers' Market has been a faithful mainstay of the City. Supporting local family farmers and growers of fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, plants, juices, dairy products, eggs and seafood. We also offer a diverse selection of non commercial specialty foods, baked goods, art and high quality handcrafted items both local and global

 
Gallery Walk On Canal St.
every 1st Saturday 4 pm - 8 pm
 
East Coast Cruisers On Canal St. every 2nd Saturdays 4 pm - 8 pm
The city closes off the street to all vehicle traffic with the exception of the Classic Cars themselves. This is an awesome event for the whole family to enjoy, there is food, a D.J. and most of the merchants are open for business during the event.
 
2011 SUMMER CAMP
at the Little Theatre
classes start on June 6, 2011

Theater Co. for Young Actors at the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach
Don't miss out! There's fun for all ages.

 

Class sizes are limited and pre-registration and pre-payment are required. So sign up today.
Attending a WonderLand camp at the Little Theatre will build on already active imaginations while guiding a student toward an understanding of what it takes to act in a play. This process has three steps: the use of body, voice and imagination; the development of characters; and the understanding of how stories go together.
There are three camps scheduled for young thespians during our Summer program this year. They begin on June 6, 2011.
For ages 4-6, starting on June 20, we have scheduled a week of half day classes beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m.
For ages 7-12, the fun begins at 9 a.m. on June 6. Attendees will begin classes in the morning, break for lunch, and continue through the early afternoon until 3 p.m. This is a two-week camp.
For teens, 13 -16 we have scheduled a week of afternoons that will teach some of the basics of auditioning for roles on stage.
Above all, our classes are fun! So click on SIGN ME UP, fill out the enrollment form and mail it with your tuition payment. Scholarships are available for students seeking financial assistance. or detailed information and to sign up go to www.nsbplayers.org/wonderland/wonderland2011

 
 

Downtown Arts District  Gallery Walk is the “go-to” event in New Smyrna Beach !  The galleries located on Douglas and Canal Streets feature monthly solo and group exhibitions, artist talks and live music.  The Gallery Walk has become a community gathering spot for a discerning mix of art lovers, patrons and artists for over 10 years.  Join us every 1st Saturday  3-7 pm for this fabulous free event.

 

VFW Post 4250 Bike Night
Jun 2, 2011 - Jun 30, 2011 5-10pm
Come down to the "Little V" every Thursday night in June (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th) for Bike Night.  There are drink specials, food, fun, music, games, drawings and prizes!



$1.50 rum drinks, $1.00 draft beer, $1.00 hot dogs, $2.00 hamburgers and cornhole tournament.
The "Little V" is located behind the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport at 2350 Sunset Drive.
For more information contact Buffalo at 386.423.1789.


New Smyrna Speedway

located at the intersection of

SR 44 & SR  415.

Jun 2, 2011 6 - 10pm
Open Practice from 6 to 10pm.
Jun 4, 2011 7pm
Modifieds 50/Pro-Trucks 50
Modifieds/Pro-Trucks/Mini-Stocks/Strictly Stocks
Jun 11, 2011 7pm
Limited Late Models/Sportsman/E-Modifieds/Super Stocks/Strictly Stocks
Jun 16, 2011 6 - 10pm
Open Practice from 6-10pm.
Jun 18, 2011 7pm
Limited Late Models 50
Modifieds/Pro-Trucks/Mini-Stocks/Strictly Stocks
Jun 25, 2011 7pm
Bright House Challenge Series Race #4
Super Late Models 50
Sportsman/E-Modifieds/Super Stocks/Strictly Stocks
Jun 29, 2011 6 - 10pm
Open Practice from 6-10pm.

Jun 30, 2011 7pm
13th Annual Clyde Hart Memorial
Florida United Late Model Series 100
Modifieds/Pro-Trucks/Mini-Stocks/Strictly Stocks
For more information call: 386.427.4129 or visit

www.newsmyrnaspeedway.org


Family Spring Expo
Jun 11, 2011 10am - 7pm
Family Spring Expo, free family fun day.  Estimated 1500 families, 150 vendors and exhibitors.
Health & Wellness
Financial Literacy
Bounce Houses, Face Painting
Colleges & Universities
Family Workshops
Gospel Fest from 5-7 pm
Food Vendors
Free Concert with the Heartbeat Boys

Job Fair from 12-3:30pm
The event will take place at the Brannon Center and Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach.
For more information call 386.675.1550 or visit: www.familyexpo.kcsociety.com

 

Sea Side Fiesta - 23rd Annual
Jun 16, 2011 5pm - 9pm


Free admission, live entertainment, food, games, art and crafters.  There will be road closures on Flagler Avenue.

For vendor information call the Parks and Rec Department at 386.424.2175.


19th Annual Bike & Bar Tour
Jun 18, 2011 11am
BIKE AND BAR TOUR STARTING AT JB'S FISHCAMP!



Be there at 11am, we will leave at 11:30.  Stops to include, but not limited to: JB's, Moe's, Chase's, Sea Vista, Flip Flops, Off the Hook, PJ's, Beachside Tavern, Clancy's, Flagler Tavern, Breaker's, Peanuts and possibly others?!?!?!

Not necessarily in that order.

There is no cost to ride, just show up at JB's or join us along the way.  Shirts are available for $12, but are not necessary.  Order by May 15th and send checks to Denis O'Brien, 6396 River Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL   32169.

Sizes available:

Tees: small, medium, large, xlarge, xxlarge, xxxlarge

Tanks: small, medium, large, xlarge, xxlarge, xxxlarge

Chick Tank: small, medium, large, xlarge, xxlarge, xxxlarge

Please include your name and total amount of money included and number and style of shirts desired.

 

Art Walk/ 10am - 5pm

Wine Walk 1pm - 6pm

Flagler Ave. Jun 25, 2011

10 am - 6 pm

Art Walk and Wine Walk will be held on historic Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach from 10am to 6pm.  Attendees can take an enjoyable stroll along the avenue while enjoying the wide variety of art works featured inside galleries, as well as by several visiting artists under canopies, and may also participate in the Wine Walk from 1-6pm.  Wine tasting passports can be purchased for $20 at the tent at the northeast corner of Flagler Avenue and Cooper Street or at Ta Da Gallery, 113 Flagler Avenue.  The Art Walk and Wine Walk information flyer includes the Art Walk prize drawing punch card, so pick one up and get it punched at each of the four sponsoring galleries for a chance to win a prize.  For more information about Art Walk, call 386.428.1770 or visit 

www.flaglergallerygroup.com.

 

 

 
Get Ready to have a Great 4th of July!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Sea Coast Owners and Guests

 

Owners & Guests---

New Face Around Sea Coast

At the end of April our longtime maintenance man decided it was time to hang up his work belt and retire to the joys of free time, a rocking chair and grandkids. We’ll miss Joe around here. His was always a friendly face, and he accomplished his tasks around Sea Coast with skill and the desire to make the place better for all.

We’ve been lucky in finding just the right person to take over for Joe. Beginning a day or two before Joe’s departure Clyde has been our new man on site and we feel lucky to have him with us. He is a local New Smyrna man who comes with a wealth of experience in all areas of building and grounds maintenance and in only a few short weeks has made his mark upon the look of things at Sea Coast. We welcome Clyde and hope he will be with us for a long time. 

So if you see Clyde please introduce yourself and give him a hearty welcome!

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I just happened upon a cool web site that might be of some interest both for owners and guests:
www.yes2menus.com -  then put in volusia. The site has local restaurants listed some with coupons, some with menus or both!
 

Guests — 

When visiting Sea Coast you MUST hang a yellow Sea Coast parking tag on the rear view mirror. These yellow tags are available in the office.

We welcome your comments, suggestions, recommendations  and commendations to the management and don't forget, if you have a guest book in your unit please leave a note.

Thank you

 

Owners ---

Reminder:

PLEASE be sure that when you come to Sea Coast your small red and white Sea Coast sticker is visible on your car. We ask also that you remind your friends, family and guests that when visiting Sea Coast they MUST hang a yellow Sea Coast parking tag on the rear view mirror. These yellow tags are available in the office.

This will help us control uninvited guests and to assure that your own parking space is always available for you.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

June Hardee

Sea Coast Manager

From Our Resident Feature Writer...

 

Feet in the Water

An hour before high tide in Florida, water temperature 73° and near perfect for fun in the sun, for wandering along the surf line. When I lived in Tokyo, I enjoyed walking along crowded streets, building sand castles out of the parade around me. Walking on a beach offers a thousand opportunities to do the same.

There is a lot to see on a beach in early summer and this time eyes are on the faces, shapes, chairs, coolers, kites, toys, tents, and towels, an illustrated catalog of family day at the beach. And at my feet the rush of water swarming over my ankles and legs.

Here is a clan-like gathering of twenty or more family members staked out under and around three Beach Gazebo cabanas, each stocked with all the portable conveniences of home. Two children stretch out on their backs in the surf, half buried in the re-assembling rush of sand, the bubbly retreat of water sucked back into the ocean. Two attractive young women in bikinis, one elaborately tattooed draw lingering appraisal from college boys tossing a football.

A woman stoops and picks up a beanbag, and from a short distance away a fat man calls out that she is moving their game marker. Twin boys decorate their sand castle, shaking out drops of red and blue from small bottles of what looks like food coloring. A grandmother from up north searches for seashells, her milk-white legs below the skirted bathing suit unaccustomed to public exposure and burning sunlight. Here is a well-shaped woman of about forty practicing tai chi, a discipline at odds with the rowdy soundtrack of shouts, whizzing balls and Frisbees and the happy squeal of toddlers.

Not unlike the usual personality of this climate, out of the west comes a slow moving tumble of ominous gray. People all around stare up into the approaching clouds, disappointment shaping their expression. Mothers begin gathering beach toys and fathers start their tussle with the Beach Gazebo takedown. Aunt Peggy is wrapping the sliced watermelon and brother Bill calls the kids out of the blue green water. But there are still hundreds who refuse to stop their play, to give up this day. After all, the rain looks like taking its time getting here.

Back on solid ground and walking along the brick pavers to my door, a towheaded boy of about three says, “Thunderstorm comin’.”

-William Leet

May 2011

 

 

Fickle Sky

The rumble of thunder wakens me early in the morning. Eyes blink open at the same moment a sweep of rain slaps against window glass, and a second later wind beats the palm trees into an angry clatter. Sitting up, I get a wide angle view through an unshuttered window that offers a view of sky, ocean and sand melting together, a view severely limited by the wet turmoil of water and cloud.

I stand at the window wondering about this stormy violence, trying to gauge a path or direction it might follow. In this climate weather is fast moving, here in a moment and blown away after a few agitated minutes. This time the storm has found a comfortable center, a place to stop and pound itself against land and water, flinging defiance at the smug assurances of local weathermen who smile and promise sunny beaches.

Thirty minutes pass before the wind and rain blow themselves out and off to a farther stretch of beach. It’s enough to fool me. I am unwilling to easily give up my routine walk and so hurry out to the soggy sand and point my feet south. From there the view is clearer, stretching away north and south. Apart from myself, not another person is in sight for miles in either direction. A half-mile offshore isolated walls of rain stretch from dark clouds to a darker ocean, but rays of light have found a way through the gloom to etch portions of sky and cloud with silver lining. There is no rain now and I settle into an unthinking pace across sand that is smooth but spongy.

From behind, or far ahead—I can’t tell—a soft growl of thunder catches me off guard and eyes swivel in each direction looking for the flicker of lightning. Few want to be on a beach in a lightning storm, and I take comfort in the absence of any ominous winks or flares. Walking is still easy and seemingly safe, so I ignore a second roll of thunder and the light sprinkle of almost-rain that begins spotting my T-shirt.

A mile from home the light sprinkle has a sudden personality change, and instantly, magically becomes a torrential wall of water that drenches me in the blink of an eye. The rain pounds craters in the sand all around me and poor visibility takes away everything but the fifteen or twenty feet of space I stumble through. Still no lightning, but there’s little room for comfort in this predicament. And now I have the good sense to turn back toward home.

Water sloshes in my shoes, trunks and T-shirt like a second skin plastered tight against my body, and I am worried now the water is going to wreck the iPhone in my pocket. Phone be damned, it’s the loss of pedometer, camera and half a dozen other functions that unsettles me more.

Some distance ahead I vaguely make out the palm trees that landmark home. The rain is no longer pelting, less a curtain than ordinary hard rain. I notice that the birds, the sanderlings and the willets are untroubled by this weather and without pause go about their business of darting through the receding surf, eye out for a sand hopper or small pigfish. Sky once more morphs into puffs and swirls of clouds doing a light and dark waltz. The light wins out and then with the flick of a switch the rain stops. I am fifty feet from home.

I climb the stairs relieved to have something more substantial than sand under my feet. For a minute I stand and stare out at the settling face of ocean and beach. Looks like it might be a beautiful day.

- William Leet

May 2011

 



Atlantic Center for the Arts "Greatest Hits" Summer Art Camp
Jun 7, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011 9am - 2pm


Atlantic Center for the Arts presents its acclaimed Summer Art Camp, weekly day camps for children ages 6-12. The 2011 camp schedule is inspired by the "Greatest Hits" of ACA's 20 years of community programs, selected by parents, former campers, volunteers and instructors. Join us on our hits parade!

Modeled after Atlantic Center's world-renowned interdisciplinary artists-in-residence program, each Summer Art Camp session features three classes that give kids an opportunity to explore ideas of art and culture through hands-on experiences with a variety of art forms. Camps run from June 7 through August 9 (no camp July 4 week), Tuesday through Friday, from 9 AM to 2 PM, and culminate in the Young Masters exhibition.

In "Meet the Masters" sessions, kids will learn about wildlife illustrator James Audubon, fiber artist Miriam Schapiro, and choreographers such as Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham. "Art & Technology" features animation, digital photography, and drumming, while "Journey to the Unknown" encourages kids to discover a new species through sculpture, journaling, and movement. Visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org for a complete listing of sessions and instructors.

The Young Masters exhibition will be held in ACA's Harris House Gallery, featuring art made by participants in sessions 1 - 8. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held during the First Saturday Gallery Walk on August 6, from 4 to 7 PM. The exhibition will remain on view through August 26.

Camp fees are $90/session for ACA members and $100 for nonmembers; limited scholarships are available. The first eight sessions are held at ACA's Community Arts Center at Harris House, in the Yurick Studios, Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach. The final session is held in the award-winning studios at Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach. Summer Art Camp is made possible by the generous support of the County of Volusia, Brighthouse, the Lottie Walega Memorial Trust, and the ACA Volunteer League.

For more information or to register, visits its website, www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org, phone 386-423-1753, or stop by the ACA's Community Arts Center at Harris House, 214 S. Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach.

 Nancy Lowden Norman
Co-Director / Community
Atlantic Center for the Arts
1414 Art Center Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Phone: 386.427.6975 extension 11
Fax: 386.427.5669
E-mail: nlowden@atlanticcenterforthearts.org

 

Gnarly Charley's Surf Series
Gnarly Charley's GROM Surf Series grooms GROMS for surfing competition and life. Charley teaches GROMS all the do's and don'ts and how to succeed in advancing to the next heat in a contest. We also focus on helping GROMS to understand that it is important to be surfing for the fun as well as good sportsmanship. "A good loser is a great winner!"

Contests are held in New Smyrna Beach and will start promptly at 9am. Contest entry fees are $25 per event. $10 per additional division.
Gnarly Charley Surf Contest Training

Individual, personalized coaching by a professional gromscoach to help kids improve their skill and technique for competition surfing. Get the edge you need to advance from 6x East Coast Champ Charley Hajek .
 
Contact Us to Reserve Your Spot Today:
E-mail: gnarlycharley@hotmail.com or call 386-690-SURF2011 Gnarly Charley's Grom Surf Series Schedule

June 4.........North of Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
July 9..........North of Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
July 30........North of Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
August 13 ...North of Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
September 10 ...........Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
October 1 ..................Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
November 5 * ...........Flagler Avenue New Smyrna
*2011 Championships
Download entry form from our website:

www.gnarlycharleysurfseries.com
Hotline: 386. 690. SURF

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Please help us protect the beach environment

  • Don't disturb a turtle that is crawling to or from the ocean or laying eggs. Watch from a distance.
  • Avoid shining lights on the beach at night as this may frighten away nesting females and interfere with the baby turtles' ability to find the sea.
     
  • Avoid walking or cycling in places posted as nesting areas.
     
  • Immediately report any injured or dead sea turtle to the nearest Volusia County Beach Safety employee.
     
  • Do not disturb markers or protective screening over turtle nests. These nests are being studied and protected.
     
  • Avoid walking on the dunes along the beach.
     
  • Don't disturb nesting sea birds
     
  • Don't litter. Cigarette butts, fishing line and other trash can harm the animals and birds along the beach.
     
  • Do your part to spread the word about environment-friendly habits on the beach.

Have a wonderful and safe summer!

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