Events

The Horry County Museum and K12-South Carolina Virtual Charter School present a free Christmas concert on Tuesday, December 11th. The holiday season is upon us and there’s no better way to share Christmas joy, than with music. Celebrate the season by singing along with local musician Shelley Sasser and enjoy many holiday classics such as Frosty the Snowman, Santa Baby, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and many more.

Hash is only cooked primarily in South Carolina. If you travel across the border into NC or Georgia, you find that few have ever heard of hash. Filmmaker Stan Woodward discovered this anomaly while researching the difference between Brunswick stews cooked regionally. He gathered footage while shooting the Brunswick stew documentaries that led to this unusual film. Updated with new content that answered questions about the unusual place that mustard had in the barbecue sauce and hash ingredients found in the midlands of South Carolina, the story of has was enhanced to include the records of French Huguenot writers who wrote of “hashiers”, which was cooked in Carolina Rice Kitchens by African American artisan cooks who were given poor parts of the hog and told to make an edible concoction that provided a high-protein content for slaves working in the scorching heat. We learn that Hash-cooking migrated inland from plantations to small farms and became commonplace-along with puddin’ and liver mush-as a byproduct foodway cooked as part of the hog-killing that took place in the winter months. Hash today is a common side-dish eaten over rice along with barbecue in South Carolina.

Experience life on the one-horse family farm from 1900-1955 at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm. Junior Farmers is a free, family friendly program open to children ages 5-10 and focuses on the traditions of an early 1900s farm family. Join us on December 15th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM to learn about Christmas traditions on the family farm. Maximum of 15 children, parents must remain with children. To participate, pre-register with Marion Haynes at haynesm@horrycounty.org or 843-915-7861.

The Horry County Museum will host “Scrooge According to Gullah” by Donald Sweeper. In this performance, Mr. Sweeper brings to life the old greedy money miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, from Charles Dickens’ novel, A Christmas Carol. This reenactment has been adopted for the stage in a Chautauqua performance style in which the audience will interpret Scrooge as someone they personally know, (maybe in their own family) or have known in the past.

Enjoy a traditional Christmas music demonstration at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm on Saturday, December 15th. Join us to hear your favorite traditional Christmas music performed live in the church building by Farm Site Manager Wayne Skipper and other local musicians. The program will last from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM and is free and open to the public.

The monthly Active Adult Series at the Horry County Museum will continue on December 18th at 1:00 PM with a program on the Carolina Bays. Join us to learn about these mysterious natural features and learn about the types of wildlife that call them home. The Active Adult Series is held the […]

In Latta, South Carolina in the historic Pee Dee region, a southern stew tradition that served the appetites of rural families located in the swamp communities of Lowcountry South Carolina, is maintained by the Mayor of Latta who has long held the mantle of “Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee”. Filmmaker Stan Woodward follows him as he and his crew prepare a chicken bog (chicken, rice and secret ingredients only known to the stewmaster) for serving at a stump meeting rally for a local US Congressman running for re-election. Such stews are used in conjunction with political rallies in this part of the state, with the chicken bog tradition tracing back to the late 1800s and the democratic stump meeting held annually at Gallivants Ferry, SC.