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Roger PInckney storytelling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:02 -0500

Author and Lowcountry legend Roger Pinckney will be telling stories and reading from his books, including "Reefer Moon" and "BLUE ROOTS: African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People."

Roger will dock between Savannah, GA and Daufuskie Island, SC, at the Bull Point Marina on Saturday July 31 from 3 to 5.

"It's the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The jasmine is blooming and the moon and the magic are working overtime."

Click for directions to Bull Point Marina, where Highway 80 crosses Bull River, between Savannah, GA and Tybee Island, GA. Map is below.

View Bull River Marina in a larger map

Reefer Moon

By ROGER PINCKNEY

Fiction - Southern novel

208 pages (Hardcover with jacket)

ISBN: 978-0-98-187358-9

Yancey Yarboro is home from the war and growing tomatoes on his father's ground. Susan Drake, married, beautiful and neglected, lives in a beach house not far away. They have never met, at least not yet. When real estate developers come looking for land to expand a golf course, Yancey wonders if he is about to lose everything. But Yancey has four hundred pounds of marijuana salvaged from a dope run gone awry. And he has Gator Brown, near-sighted hoodoo doctor, whose spiritual machinations sometimes fly wide of the mark.

It's the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The jasmine is blooming and the moon and the magic are working overtime.

International Heritage Development Conference

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:07:40 -0500

Speaking in Charleston for the International Heritage Development Conference, sharing "Applying Technology to Traditional Heritage Education, Interpretation and Tourism Initiatives." Examples using new media (blogs, podcasts, social networks) for interpretation for museums, municipalities, events, venues, and case studies in tourism product development... including a hands-on experience. Interesting that things one person takes for granted are note-worthy to another. Hope we have a good dialog, I know I'm ready to run with it.

Droid does (it will soon)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:48:20 -0500

Big choices are being made over here at CityTrex.
We're upgrading from our 2007 version 1.0 to a 2010 version 2.0

For four years we've had 100% user satisfaction.

MP3s playable on iPods are still pretty cool, too.

We're all excited about more location-related services, mobile hand-held devices, rich content and user-generated content.

Not telling all yet - we're really still planning some details.

If you want in, contact us, we'd like all the input we can get.

Well, maybe not everyone on the planet has input, but does this icon tell you anything? If so, we'll listen. And hire. And pay!

Media Internship available for Summer 2010

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:00:23 -0500

Work with an award winning company at the intersection of PR, tourism, and technology.

New media + blogging + podcasting + tourism + economic development.
Contact: http://citytrex.com/contact.php

You'll need:
writing samples, links, references, the ability to communicate an authentic sense of place using new media / social networks.

You'll get:
tell us what you want to get out of an opportunity to work with a leader in new media.

An excellent opportunity for an advanced student.

Georgia Decriminalizes Public Urination

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:12:22 -0500

Georgia Gov. Sonny Purdue provides relief to walking tour users.

This will play well in Savannah during the St Patrick's Day festivities.

Press play or follow the link to this post:

Thanks to the Onion Radio News for this one.

At the Table with Sea Pines, CAPA, and the United Way of the Lowcountry

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:57:53 -0500

Hear Susan Cato of CAPA, Chef Mike Ramey of Sea Pines, Jill Briggs, United Way of the Lowcountry, 5 minutes 24 seconds or click here to hear it in the QuickTime browser.

in conjunction with the Hilton Head Hospitality Association, and the Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival.

Tales of praise for Pat Conroy at The Savannah Book Festival

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:56 -0500

Robert Leleux loves PAT CONROY and The Savannah Book Festival, just make a click and take a listen to hear why:

2 minutes 14 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

This is one of our pre-event promotions for the
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
February 5-7, 2010

Southern Women are a force to be reckoned with

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:56:56 -0500

Here is Lauretta Hannon. Cracker Queen. Southern Writer. Heck of a woman, a force to be reckoned with.
Click and peek at what you're in for at the 2010 Savannah Book Festival.

5 minutes 22 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

This is the first of several pre-event promotions for the
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
February 5-7, 2010

--
Lauretta Hannon
The Cracker Queen--
A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life
thecrackerqueen.com
Southern Indie Bestseller!
Writing Seminars & Critiques
"The funniest woman in Georgia."-Southern Living

storytelling and living well are fine art

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:41:19 -0500

Not all of the best tales are told at the beauty parlor so come to the Savannah Book festival... but first click to listen and get caught up...
Period.
Click and listen while Robert Leleux takes us on a tour of Southern story-swaps with a Savannah connection.

Press play and hear all about it from someone who knows:

4 minutes 26 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

This is one of our pre-event promotions for the

Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
February 5-7, 2010

Georgia cracker loves her some Savannah fans

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:16 -0500

Lauretta Hannon loves readers, book festivals, Savannah, and walking around.

The proof is in the clicking (and hearing):

3 minutes 16 seconds

Poet reading her persona poem

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:29:29 -0500

Click to hear two readings from "Margaret,"
a persona poem by Nagueyalti Warren.

3 minutes 58 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

Nagueyalti Warren, Ph.D., M.F.A.
Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of African American Studies
207 Candler Library

This is one of several pre-event promotions for the
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
February 5-7, 2010

Southern Literature and the Savannah connection

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:32:56 -0500

"Georgia air is hot and heavy with great literature so come to the Savannah Book festival or else you are crazy.
Period."
Click and listen while Robert Leleux takes us on a tour of Southern Literature and the Savannah connection:

4 minutes 22 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

This is one of our pre-event promotions for the

Savannah Book Festival

Savannah, GA

February 5-7, 2010

The Cracker Queen loves Savannah

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:56:01 -0500

"The funniest woman in Georgia," Lauretta Hannon tells us how Savannah had such an impact on launching her career as a Southern Writer.

2 minutes 16 seconds

Or click here to play it via QuickTime in a new browser window.

This is the first of several pre-event promotions for the
Savannah Book Festival
Savannah, GA
February 5-7, 2010

--
Lauretta Hannon
The Cracker Queen--
A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life
thecrackerqueen.com
Southern Indie Bestseller!
Writing Seminars & Critiques
"The funniest woman in Georgia."-Southern Living

Out with the Old

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:55:49 -0500

Old is never out in the land where
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner knew a thing or two about the South.

Most of us will be happy to have 2009 past us. Been a tough row to hoe.
CityTrex has proven our value. Our downloads of tours increased in a down economy - fans of walking tours of Charleston SC and Savannah GA were pleased with the value of an iPod MP3 tour or a smart phone app in enjoying our historic Lowcountry, considered to be THE South.

We're succeeding in our mission to bring "new media technology to traditional industries." Our production and services side of the house (with "house" defined by: laptops + cell phones + mobile broadband) has gained new clients for three slow and steady years. We need to do some fancy branding on that. Good growing pains! Glad to have them!

In With the New.
We have plans in mind...and this involves you.

Until March 2010 we'll offer you a strong incentive to get involved. Try, test, review, reply.

Give us your feedback on our existing tours, share your ideas on new tours (we're always in development), and CityTrex will give you at least a 50% rebate on your iTour purchase. If you're really-really helpful we'll give away the whole kit and kaboodle. Or is that Kitten Caboodle? Get a Tour, Get a Free Kitten? (No, not really).

If you're super-into it we could give you a job, we're growing and need all the down-home high-tech storytelling / production help we can get. It's a fine art and CityTrex is very good at it. Just ask our customers and clients, they love love love us.

Questions, comments, whatnot participation, just click to email.

. . . and thank you all for playing along.

We get by with a little help from our friends.

Our market survey results have been praise, support, and encouraging cheers.

Amazing, isn't it?

Pray for Peace. Wish upon a star.

Now get back to work and make it happen.

Yemassee, SC Town & Country Holiday Home Tour

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:27:01 -0500

Nine area homes, plantations and churches on this tour vary in architectural style, age and size, and will offer many varieties of local flavor in the Yemassee, SC area.   The properties represent three centuries of the area's rich history, dating back to the early 1700's.

Several of the stops opening their doors on the tour offer rare glimpses into the history of the Civil War in the area. And the homes in Town reflect the Town's heydays of the early 20th century.

Stops include: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Huston
House, Old Combahee Plantation, Mays Family Home, Prince William's Episcopal Church, Richfield Plantation, Sloman House, Stoney Creek Independent Presbyterian Church and the Zahler home.
It is a self-guided tour, allowing visitors to tour the sites in any order and proceed at their own pace. A light lunch will be served at Richfield Plantation throughout the afternoon
for an additional $5 charge.

Sponsored by the Yemassee Revitalization Corporation
Saturday, December 12, 2009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tickets:
Advance Purchase: $25/person.
Day of Purchase (while supplies last): $30/person
Lunch: $5 additional to be served at Richfield Plantation.

Tickets can be purchased at Fletcher's Finds Antiques in Yemassee, SC. Credit card orders can be placed by phone or email. Contact the Yemassee Revitalization Corporation at 843.589.4100 or Paula Flowers at 843.812.4080 or email yrc_inc@live.com.
Proceeds benefit the Yemassee
Revitalization Corporation, a local community revitalization non-profit organization dedicated to restoring and beautifying downtown Yemassee, educating its citizens about the history and culture of the area and preserving the natural environment surrounding the Town.