Getting Ready to Close for the Winter!

Participated in a hands on field day at Beech Mountain Beekeeping on Saturday, August 17. During the class participants learned how to apply pesticides for mites, treatments for nosema, feeding and food supplements for winterizing bees.  

Getting ready to apply Apiguard, a natural non-toxic treatment, used to control varroa mites in honeybee colonies. 

Installed a mouse guard to prevent mice from entering the hive. The girls are busy on this autumn day bring in pollen from the goldenrod.

Added a weatherproof hive wrap to help protect the bees from the fall and winter elements.

The Flying Dutchman

I loved seeing Wagner's The Flying Dutchman presented by the Piedmont Opera. The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer)  which premiered in Dresden in 1843 is an opera in three acts with music and libretto by Richard Wagner. The running time is about 3 hours with two intermissions. It is sung in German with English translations projected above the stage.

The staging was impressive and even the imagery with the  three large projection screens drew numerous "wows!" from those in the audience, The music in this production, both vocal and instrumental, really delivered as shown in the video. 

"Conched Out In The Keys" Trip

Wednesday, October  9^th

 6pm-11pm  Cuban Luau @ Smokin’Tuna With Coastline and Dan E Lockemy

11pm-Until… After Party at Ricks with Ray Scott

Thursday, October 10^th 

12noon-4pm YourBeachMusic.com Pool Party w/Ray Scott 

7pm-11pm King Tyrone “Under the Stars” with /Dan E. Lockemy

Friday, October 11^th

12n-4pm YourBeachMusic.com Pool Party with Ray and Coastline

5pm-8pm Sunset Cruise

8pm-Until… Duval Bar Crawl with Everybody!

Saturday, October 12^th

7pm-9pm “Coastline Karaoke” at the Reach Ballroom

9pm-11pm Farewell Gazebo Party (featuring Coastline Acoustic)

Sunday, October 13^th 

7am-10am “Bye Bye Breakfast” (Hugs and Kisses w/ Everybody!)

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" Cast List

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is hilarious Christmas tale that is good for all ages. A couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdman's collide with the Christmas story head on!"

Cast List:

Father - Roger Sims

Mother - Jenna Sims

Beth - Sarah Rhymer

Charlie - Jack Price

Ralph - Jackson Barnes
Imogene - Kimmie Yokley
Leroy - Kenan Sims

Claude -  Dylan Lowe

Ollie - Christian Lowe

Gladys -  Rachel Rogers

 Alice - Christen Thompson

Mrs. Armstrong - Marcia James
Mrs. Slocum - Amber Scott
Mrs. Clark - Gloria Klingler

Mrs. Clausing - Angela Hodges

Mrs.McCarthy - Kelly Keegan

Maxine - Regan Heberle 

Elmer - N/aN/a

Hobie - Asher Sims
David -  Cole Rigsbee
Beverly - Lauren Griffith
Fireman - Matt Norcross
Shirley-  Junebug Grubb
Juanita - Tatum Davis
Doris - Cameron Sims
Reverend Hopkins - Gary Rhymer
Ensemble - Victoria Danielik
Ensemble - Tatyana Jackson
Ensemble -  Abby Ray
Ensemble - Allyn Sims
Ensemble - Victoria Uchman

Ensemble -  Micah Welborn

Director: Justin Bulla
Stage Manager:  Tina Evans

Autumn Foraging

Last week the "girls" were busy bringing in loads of bright orange pollen filling the frames in the hive up with nectar from fall plants on this beautiful autumn day. No foraging today with temperatures below freezing in Banner Elk, North Carolina.