The Coastal Region

CultureUnit 6

Music

• Beach Music (1930s-1940s)• Shag dancing “Carolina Shag” is an official

state dance.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OF58llit80&feature=player_detailpage

Drama• The Lost Colony is performed in Manteo, North

Carolina, and it is one of the state’s oldest outdoor dramas.

• It is in its 74th year of production.

• The coastal region is also home to the “Hollywood of the East.” Wilmington, NC has hosted the set of several movies, including those of local writer Nicholas Sparks, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as television shows like Dawson’s Creek and One Tree Hill.

This bridge was the site of a Revolutionary Battle in 1776. This location is just outside Wilmington, NC. The Battle of Moore’s Creek was an outstanding Patriot victory. It led to the 2nd Continental Congress, in which North Carolina was the first colony to vote for total independence from Britain. This site is now open for visitors.

Moore’s Creek Bridge

Cultural History

Wildlife Refuges

• The coastal region is home to 10 wildlife refuges.

• Wildlife refuges is where birds and animals are protected (usually by the state).

• Many of these refuges offer touring so people can observe and become educated about the local wildlife.

Unique Celebrations

• Festivals are events held annually (once a year) to celebrate things.

• Some festivals celebrate people, agriculture, industry, arts, music, or history.

• Unique to the coastal region of NC are flotillas.

• A flotilla is parade on the water.

Wrightsville Beach, NCThis holiday flotilla parade has been

held now for 27 years.

Other celebrations

• Celebrating Agriculture\Fishing– Edenton’s Peanut Festival– Chadbourn’s Strawberry Festival – Fair Bluff’s Watermelon Festival– Morehead City’s Seafood Festival

• Celebrating Nature Wilmington’s Azalea Festival Farmville’s Dogwood Festival

Outer bank's Coastal Land Trust Festival

Celebrating people

• Coastal region’s first people groups included the Native American tribes like the Lumbee, Coharie, and the Waccamaw-Siouan. Powwows and festivals are held yearly to celebrate the Native American history as well as the European history of the region. European settlers include: British, Scottish, and Irish.

• The early settlers farmed and fished to survive. Now the seafood industry alone brings in 100 million dollars to NC’s economy.

• Festivals show culture through arts, music, foods, and activities that can be seen and experienced by visiting the festival.

Pepsi: founded in New Bern, NC, in 1898

Famous People of NC

• Michael Jordan (basketball player)

• Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)

• Kellie Pickler (country singer)

• Nicholas Sparks (writer)