New Bern Antique Car Show

We truly enjoyed the antique car show in New Bern, NC on Sunday afternoon.

Over 500 antique cars were displayed.  The cars came from all over the country.

New Bern, Coastal North Carolina, and the Carolina Colours community offer so many recreational, educational, cultural and historical opportunities, it’s hard to decide how to spend our Sunday afternoons.

Submitted by Larry Beck

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Experience a Dickens of a Holiday in New Bern, NC

Always an exciting time in downtown New Bern, this year is better than ever with Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” story featured in New Bern’s downtown store front windows. Set against the historic backdrop of a true southern coastal town, twenty 6’ story boards walk you through the timeless tale. Enjoy the downtown business district’s evening illumination, horse-drawn carriages and trolley car tours. The Ghost of Christmas Present promises holiday cheer for all.

Float Your Holiday Spirit Lightly Down the Streams

The magical Coastal Christmas Flotilla features colorfully lit boats parading past Union Point Park on the Neuse and Trent rivers. The flotilla includes scores of floating vessels of all shapes, sizes and holiday decorating schemes.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Enjoy the North Carolina Symphony’s Holiday concert. Fun times for all while the orchestra performs everyone’s favorite holiday selections and seasonal sing-alongs. Celebrate your musical spirit with the NC Symphony.

Let There Be Candlelight

Take a step back in history for a memorable 1770 evening in colonial New Bern’s candlelit Tryon Palace. The honor of your presence is requested for the Grand Ball celebrating King George III’s birthday. Grandly decorated, the Palace is fully illuminated and graced with historically distinguished characters, wandering musicians and spirited dancers. Spectacular fireworks light up the evening sky over the Palace lawn culminating in a splendid evening.

Exceptional Hospitality in an Extraordinary Historic Coastal Town

An array of Bed & Breakfast establishments, the Inns of New Bern, adorn themselves for the holiday season. Choose from the many in the downtown New Bern’s business district. Each inn delivers true southern hospitality and uniquely exhibits each owner’s tender love and care for their historic home.

New Bern & Carolina Colours Patiently Await Your Discovery

An historic coastal town, mild changes in the four-season climate, modern healthcare and transportation, relatively low costs of living, a recreationally diverse community, assorted housing opportunities and true southern hospitality place New Bern and the Carolina Colours community in an enviable position for raising families, seasonal escapes and active retirement living.

Home sites: $60’s into the $200’s. Homes: $200s into the $700s.

Invest in New Bern, NC and Carolina Colours for your residential future.

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Secure your Home Site, Condominium, Towne Home, Bungalow Home,

Carriage Home, Neo-Traditional Cottage or Traditional Home today.

For additional info concerning living in New Bern & Carolina Colours

Please email: Jason Wilson | Joyce Costello | Bruce Birnbaum | Larry Beck

We’ll leave the candles lit for you!

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Dickens of a Christmas

Carolina Colours’ home town of New Bern, NC is bustling with festivities  in December!   Get in the spirit with a month long holiday celebration in this historic coastal town which offers something for people of all ages.

November 27 – December 24 – A Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown New Bern – A month long holiday festival with Trolley Tours, Santa in Bear Plaza, Read a Christmas Carol in store front windows, the Gifts of the Magi performance at the New Bern Civic Theatre, Scavenger Hunts, Christmas Parade, Christmas Flotilla, Bed & Breakfast Open House and Tour, and more.

December 4 – 5th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting – 6:00 pm – Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel.

December 5 – Breakfast With Santa – New Bern Riverfront Convention Center

December 5 – 25th Annual Coastal Christmas Flotilla – 5:30 pm-7:30 pm – Union Point Park, Downtown New Bern

December 5 – New Bern Christmas Parade – 3:00 pm – Begins at the intersection of Pollock and First Streets

December 6 – Bed & Breakfasts Holiday Open House – 2-5 pm – The Annual Open House for all of the B&B’s in Historic Downtown is a FREE event

December 11 – The Salvation Army Christmas Food Drive – 4-8 pm – Joe Alcoke’s Auto Center

December 12 & 19 – Tryon Palace Christmas Candlelight Tours – 5-9 pm – Costumed guides will escort visitors through the first floor and cellar of the Palace and Kitchen Office which will be outfitted for the holidays and lit with candle globes and fire baskets to create an ambiance of times past.  There will be plenty of activites outside to enjoy such as the Drum and Fife Corps  who will parade from George Street to the Palace.

December 17 – Victorian Holiday Tea – 2-4 pm – The Courtyards at Berne Village

December 31 – First Night New Bern 2009 -  3 pm to Midnight – All of Downtown New Bern – 25-30 locations scattered all over Downtown will host arts based venues including music, live theatre (plays, skits and storytelling) and arts and crafts stations.

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Join Us as We Celebrate New Bern's 300th Anniversary

Welcome to New Bern, North Carolina. In 2010, New Bern, our state’s second oldest town, will officially be 300 years old! To honor this milestone and our rich history, we’re hosting a year-long celebration and you’re invited. We’ve planned events and activities throughout the year to appeal to a wide variety of interests. Whether you’re a history buff, an outdoor enthusiast, a lover of the arts, a fan of architecture and historic sites, or you simply enjoy strolling quaint streets and a scenic waterfront, New Bern has something to offer you every day. In 2010, we’ve added an extra element of fun and festivities to celebrate our heritage and share it with others…  Visit NEW BERN 300 YEARS to read the rest of the story…

Mark Your Calendar for New Bern's Many Events

Stay current on New Bern’s many monthly events through the New Bern/Craven County Convention & Visitors Center (located inside the New Bern Convention Center).  November’s Calendar includes over 20 special events:

Civil War Movie Series, November 1, 2009, 2:30PM, New Bern-Craven County Public Library

“Anything Goes” Nov. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 2009,  Shows begin at 8pm with 2pm Sunday Matinees, New Bern Civic Theatre

Parlor Talk: 12 Noon, Thursday, November 5, Tryon Palace Commission House Parlor

New Bern Civic Theatre Preview Night: November 5, 2009 at 8pm, November 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 2009 at 8pm, November 8, 15, 22, 2009 at 2pm, New Bern Civic Theatre

16th Annual Reverse Drawing, November 6, 2009 – 6:15 pm, Sudan Shrine Auditorium

The Jarman Opry, November 7, 2009, Doors Open at 6pm, Showtime 7pm-9pm, Masonic Theater

Tryon Palace Thanksgiving Proclamation, November 7 & 21, 2009 at 11am, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens

Tryon Place Theater: Saturdays, November 7, 21, 11AM, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, Visitor Center Auditorium

New Bern Historical Society’s LUNCH & LEARN Program, Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 11:30 am, The Chelsea Restaurant

Lincoln/Douglass Debate Program, 7PM, November 12, Tryon Palace Visitor Center Auditorium

Folk concert – Coyote, Friday, November 13, 2009, concert at 8:00 pm, doors open at 7:00 pm, Trent River Coffee Company

Ornaments, Ornaments, Ornaments!  November 13 – December 24, 2009, Carolina Creations Fine Art and Contemporary Craft Gallery

ArtWalk Downtown New Bern, November 13, 2009 5-8 pm, Downtown New Bern

Women’s Expo, November 14, 2009, 10am-4pm, New Bern Riverfront Convention Center

Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipatation, Friday, November 13, 2009 through Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9 AM-9 PM Monday-Thursday; 9 AM-6 PM Friday and Saturday; 2PM-6PM Sunday. Call for Holiday Schedule, New Bern-Craven County Public Library

African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour, Sunday, November 15, 2PM, Tour begins from the Tryon Palace Visitor Center

African American Lecture: “Race, Labor and Civil Rights, Thursday, November 19, 7PM, Tryon Palace Visitor Center Auditorium

Tryon Palace Thanksgiving Proclamation, November 7 & 21, 2009, 11am, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens

Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, Tryon Palace

Festive Holiday Kick-Off, 9AM-5PM, Friday-Sunday, November 27-29, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens

A Dickens of a Chistmas in Downtown New Bern, November 27 – December 24, 2009

The Jarman Opry Christmas Show, November 28, 2009, Doors Open 6pm, Showtime 7pm-9pm, Masonic Theater

New Bern Prepares for its Annual Ghostwalk

If New Bern’s 2009 Ghostwalk slipped by you, check out what you missed and put it on your 2010 calendar TODAY!

New Bern’s 2009  Ghostwalk Dates/Times:
Friday October 23, 2009 5pm-9pm
Saturday, October 24, 2009 5pm-9pm
Thursday, October 22, 2009 5pm-9pm – Sneak Preview of Cedar Grove Cemetery and Historic Theatres

The Ghostwalk takes place in New Bern’s Downtown and Historic District.  Spend three evenings in the 1920’s as the New Bern Historical Society takes you back in time during its 19th annual Ghostwalk. This self-guided walking tour returns as local actors enliven famous characters of the roaring 20s. Visitors tour downtown historic sites, buildings, churches and homes where they encounter ghosts recalling New Bern during the 1920s.

Admission:
Tickets are good for all three nights: Thursday – cemetery and theatre previews, Friday and Saturday – full tours. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 on days of event, active military (and spouses) and full time students with ID $10, children 3-12 years $5, children under 3 years free.

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Learn more about the New Bern Historical Society

Learn more about New Bern’s Calendar of Events

Visit New Bern/Craven County Convention & Visitors Center (located inside the New Bern Convention Center)

Shackleford Ponies

Ocean Kayaking for the first time was quite a unique experience for Val and me. We started in Beaufort, NC from one of many very nice public boat ramps and proceeded around Parrot Island and Bird Shoals where we saw many different and unique species of birds not found further inland or accessible from the mainland by foot.

It was a very typical September/October day with temperatures in the mid 80’s as we made our way across the channel to Shackleford Island, a shell collectors dream!  On Shackleford we had lunch and enjoyed observing the wild Spanish mustangs, thought to have swum ashore off sinking ships in the 17th century.

Seeing the shoreline of eastern NC is incredible and highly recommended!

Larry and Val Beck

Val Beck

Larry Beck

Celebrate New Bern's 300th Birthday

It’s a Celebration!  In 2010, New Bern, our state’s second oldest town, will officially be 300 years old!  To honor this milestone and our rich history, New Bern is hosting a year-long celebration and everyone is invited.

A host of events and activities are planned throught the year to appeal to a wide variety of interests.  Whether you’re a history buff, an outdoor enthusiast, a lover of the arts, a fan of architecture and historic sites, or simply enjoy strolling quaint streets and a scenic waterfront, New Bern has something to offer every day.

Join the residents of Carolina Colours and New Bern as we pay tribute to our first 300 years and it’s vision for the future.  You’ll find New Bern a city you won’t forget.