Issue 61, November 5, 1998

The always excellent Dickens Christmas Show is coming to the Convention Center November 12 - 15. Holiday arts and crafts, food vendors, the Festival of Trees, and the great, great grandson of Charles Dickens are featured. Call 843-448-9483.

The Savoy Theater at Fantasy Harbour has been purchased by a Las Vegas company that will premiere a new magic show, "Spellbound", next June 7. The show will replace "Big Band at the Savoy" which had previously played there.

A Florida based company will begin operating a casino ship off the shore of South Carolina in the next few days. La Cruise, Inc., won a court ruling allowing them to sail from Murrells Inlet out to international waters (3 miles offshore), where they will anchor for a few hours and operate casino gambling games. The state government is appealing the ruling.

The ground floor of the Myrtle Beach Pavilion parking garage has been transformed into an ice-skating rink from now until January 3. There is also a gingerbread village and food court open. Cost is $5 for skating, $1.50 to see the gingerbread village. Open 10 to 10 daily. Call 843-918-1241 for more info.

Land has been cleared for half of the run of the new Conway Bypass road project.

The Outback Steakhouse chain will be opening a third outlet at the beach on US 17 at Cherry Grove.

The city of North Myrtle Beach is planning new public parking facilities in the Windy Hill area.

As a counterpoint to the unruly Biker Fest that occurs along the strand on Memorial Day weekend, the Council of Myrtle Beach Organizations is planning to organize a veterans celebration event that it hopes will attract thousands of veterans to the beach on that weekend over the coming years.

Upcoming House of Blues concerts:

Nov. 7:  Tricky, Whale
Nov. 13:  Days of the New
Nov. 14:  Gregg Allman
Nov. 15: A Tribe Called Quest
Nov. 20: Original P-Parliament and Funkadelic
Nov. 21: Far Too Jones
Nov. 27: Chris Isaak
Nov. 28: The Embers

Jim Hodges, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Governor David Beasley, won the election Tuesday. His campaign was heavily financed by video poker interests. Beasley was an anti-gambling religious conservative who battled video poker. Expect to see friendlier treatment of the industry in the new administration.

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