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Beach Events

Board & Waves Expo Featuring Surf Artist Drew Brophy

March 1, 2010

What: The east coast’s only consumer expo for surfers. See and feel the latest in surfboards, fins, foam and surf accessories. Also featuring daily:

Surfboard shaping demos
Surfboard art with Drew Brophy
Travel seminar with Surf Express
Sandsculpting display
Free product giveaways
Raffle for surfboard
DJ and Acoustic Surf Music

When: Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18, 2010
Where: Cocoa, Florida (Cocoa Expo [...]

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Barrier Island Center Upcoming Events 2010 – Melbourne Beach, Florida

December 19, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Looking for something to do the day after Christmas? Something that involves nature and walking perhaps? Check out the late December events at the Barrier Island Center web site calendar. They are having a “Who’s Home for the Holidays? hike at the Maritime Hammock Sanctuary pond.
Looking toward January, the Barrier [...]

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Holiday Candlelight Tour of Homes, St. Petersburg, FL

December 9, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Today I purchased our tickets to the Candlelight Tour of Homes. It’s an annual event put on by the Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association of St. Petersburg.  We attended last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that we wouldn’t dare miss it this year.
Buy your tickets and spend [...]

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Sandscupting Festival on Fort Myers Beach

November 4, 2009

Poste by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
It’s going on RIGHT NOW! The 2009 23rd American Sandsculpting Championship and Beach Festival on Fort Myers Beach. I was there two years a go and really enjoyed talking to the artists and seeing their incredible sculptures. It’s WAY beyond sandcastles. Here’s a video I shot with VISITFLORIDA to give [...]

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Seabean Symposium-Live Blogging

October 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
The Sea-bean Symposium is off to a great start this morning. Sue and I are visiting with lots of friends we made last year. I managed to do a video interview with Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer which I’ll be posting in a week or so. The subject of the interview was [...]

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Seabean Symposium Starts Friday

October 15, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
If you enjoy picking through things that have washed up on the beach, come on over to the 14th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival at the Cocoa Beach Public Library (link to Google Map) on Friday and Saturday October 16th and 17th 2009.
Displays and collections are open to [...]

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Meet the Beaners

September 23, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Last week I wrote about the upcoming 14th Annual International Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival and mentioned that I would introduce you to some of the interesting, knowledgeable and talented people you will see at the 2009 Festival on October 16th & 17th (just a few weeks away).
Above are Dawn [...]

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Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival Coming Up in Cocoa Beach

September 14, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
It’s time!
What: 14th Annual International Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival
When: Friday, October 16th (9am to 5pm)  & Sat. Oct 17th, 2009 (8am to 9pm).
Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 North Brevard Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Cost: Free and open to the public.
What are sea-beans and what is this Symposium all [...]

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13th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival–Get Into Birding!

September 2, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
What: The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, considered the largest of its kind in the United States, is a family event that began in 1997 to promote nature and wildlife along Florida’s Space Coast (Titusville, Cocoa, Rockledge, Cocoa Beach, Melbourne & Palm Bay) and to provide educational experiences in [...]

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Ocean Conservancy Fort Desoto Cleanup Sat July 18

July 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
This Saturday, July 18, 2009, the Ocean Conservancy is organizing a clean-up effort at Fort Desoto Park. For more details and to get involved, RSVP to intern-fla@oceanconservancy.org.
There is also additional information in their announcement on Craig’s List.

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