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2005 Press Releases2005 Sun Fun Festival Wraps Up June 7, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – This year marked the highest-ever number of participants in the annual Sun Fun Festival pageants, with 57 young ladies competing for the title of Miss Sun Fun USA 2006 or Miss Sun Fun Teen USA 2006. For the first time, the winners of the Sun Fun pageants will compete for the Miss South Carolina USA and Miss South Carolina Teen USA titles and then possibly go on to the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants. The pageants were part of the Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival®, which concluded Monday.
Marlana Carter of Tega Cay won the Miss Sun Fun Teen USA 2006 title as well as Miss Photogenic. She is a junior at Fort Mill High School. McKenzie Byrd of Myrtle Beach took home the title of Miss Congeniality.
The U.S. Army’s famous parachute team, the Golden Knights, sky-dived onto the beach to kick off the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Sun Fun Air Show Saturday. Following the Golden Knights, festival goers were treated to an aerobatic performance featuring Scott Gerow Air Shows, Eric Beard’s Russian Thunder, Jim Varden Air Shows, Iron Eagle and an A-10 demonstration team.
Another new event was a Gospel Fest, which joined the Sun Fun Beach Run and Family Festival by the Sea as North Myrtle Beach events.
The Paris High School Marching Tigers all the way from Paris, Ill., took home the Division A award in the band competition. Syndicated radio co-hosts John Boy and Billy were parade grand marshals and also received a star on the Sun Fun Celebrity Boardwalk, along with longtime festival officials Marilyn Chewning and Capt. V.W. Strickland. Team Mouk of Myrtle Beach won first-place in the Sun Fun Beach Volleyball Tournament in Surfside Beach, part of Surfside Super Sunday. Second place went to Side Out of Albemarle, N.C., and Seaweed of Wilmington, N.C., took third. Other events during the festival included contests for best sandcastle, best sun tan, best legs, biggest bubble and watermelon and hotdog eating contests, just to name a few. The five-day festival, which ran June 2-6, culminated Monday with The Sun News Sun Fun Kids Fair at Fuller Park in Surfside Beach, an event geared toward children 12 and younger. The Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival was sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, with additional sponsorships and generous support from numerous businesses, organizations and volunteers. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood for 64 years as the unified voice of the Grand Strand’s business community. The chamber serves Myrtle Beach , North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. For more information, call (843) 626-7444 or visit myrtlebeachinfo.com. Chewning, Strickland
May 26, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Longtime Sun Fun Festival officials Marilyn Chewning and retired Capt. V.W. Strickland each will be honored with a star on the Sun Fun Celebrity Boardwalk this year for their contributions to the annual event. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Sun Fun Festival Council made the announcement and presented plaques to the honorees at a recent gathering in the chamber’s Oak Street office. “It is our privilege to induct Marilyn and Capt. Strickland as Sun Fun Celebrity Boardwalk honorees,” said Stephen Greene, vice president of festivals and special events for the chamber. “They have been a positive influence and contributed significantly to the festival and the Grand Strand community.”
Retired from the Myrtle Beach Police Department, Strickland has led the Sun Fun Parade in his patrol car every year since 1955, with the exception of one, when he was recovering from an illness. He began his career with the police department in 1955 and retired from full-time duty in 1983. Since then, he has served as a part-time officer, assisting with various special events and assignments. The stars honoring Chewning and Strickland, along with celebrity honorees John Boy and Billy, will be unveiled during a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, in front of the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. The 54th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival will run June 2-6. For more information, call 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. Register for Sun Fun Beach Run May 19, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Entry forms are available for the annual Sun Fun Beach Run, which is set for Saturday, June 4. The race will include a 5K run and 5K walk beginning at 8:30 a.m., and a 1-mile run beginning at 9 a.m. Races will start at City Park on the beach at Ocean Boulevard and 1st Avenue South in the Ocean Drive section of North Myrtle Beach. Entry fees for the 5K run are $12 in advance and $15 the day of the race. Fees for the 5K walk or 1-mile run are $8 in advance and $10 the day of the race. For two races, the entry fee is $15. All participants will receive T-shirts, and winners will receive awards. The age groups for the 5K run are 14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and over. The 1-mile groups are 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and over. The Sun Fun Beach Run is sponsored by the North Myrtle Beach Parks and Recreation Department, Bell & Bell Pontiac, Condo Vacation Rentals and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Applications can be downloaded from the Sun Fun Festival Web site, sunfunfestival.com, or picked up at the North Myrtle Beach Community Center on Possum Trot Road. For more information, contact Greg Barnhill at (843) 280-5570 or Race Management Systems at (843) 423-6790. Other sporting events at this year's Sun Fun Festival include the annual volleyball tournament and the beach tennis, which mixes the sports of volleyball, tennis and badminton on the beach. The Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival® will take place June 2-6 throughout the Myrtle Beach area. For more information, call (843) 626-7444, or visit sunfunfestival.com. Red Barons, Golden Knights To Paint Sky at Sun Fun May 18, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The U.S. Army’s “Golden Knights” Parachute Team and the Red Baron Pizza Squadron will paint the sky red and gold during this year’s Myrtle Beach Pavilion Sun Fun Air Show, one of many highlights of the Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival, slated June 2-6. In their first Grand Strand appearance since 2001, the Golden Knights will parachute onto the beach in front of the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Saturday, June 4, sporting their trademark yellow-gold ’chutes and jump suits. Meanwhile, the Red Baron Pizza Squadron will perform “clover leafs,” “avalanches” and other exciting aerobatic maneuvers. The air show’s spot on the Sun Fun Festival schedule is 2-4 p.m. Saturday. It takes place over the ocean and beach at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion, 9th Avenue North and Ocean Boulevard. Spectators can view the action anywhere along the oceanfront between Pier 14 and Second Avenue Pier. Other stars in the sky at this year’s air show will include the Iron Eagle Aerobatic Team, Jim Varden Airshows, the U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog, Eric Beard’s Russian Thunder, Scott Gerow of Wilmington, N.C., and Hollywood stuntman Steve Hinton, flying a P-38 Heritage Warbird. For more than 44 years, the U. S. Army Parachute Team has been entertaining people with precision demonstrations. The team adopted its nickname, “Golden Knights,” to signify its reputation for bringing home gold medals from skydiving competitions. The Golden Knights have performed in more than 14,000 shows in all 50 states and 48 countries. The team performs more than 27,000 jumps before an estimated 12 million people each year. The longest-running non-military act in history, the Red Baron team flies fully restored Boeing Stearmans. Built between 1941 and 1943, these planes were a primary training aircraft in the United States, Canada and Europe during World War II. Bill Gordon and Billy Segalla comprise the Iron Eagle Aerobatic Team. They fly Super Christen Eagle I aircraft powered by 320-horse power engines, modified from original 200-hp Lycoming engines. The planes’ cruising speed at 200 hp is 200 miles per hour. Returning to Sun Fun will be Eric Beard, flying Russian Thunder, a Yak 54 manufactured in 1996 in Saratov, Russia. One of only six Yak 54s flying in the world, the aircraft is nearly twice the size of other monoplanes and capable of executing “high G” turns, multiple rolls, gyroscopic tumbles and other maneuvers. Maj. Jim “Penny” Varden is an A-10 pilot in the U.S. Air Force who flew more than 25 missions over Iraq in 1997-1998. In his spare time, he participates in air shows, flying a Pitts plane from master designer Curtis Pitts. Also flying a Pitts at this air show will be Scott Gerow of Wilmington, N.C. Also appearing this year will be a U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog and the P-38 Heritage Warbird from World War II, flown by Hinton. Other festival highlights will include the Miller Lite/Smirnoff Ice Sun Fun Concert Series with country artist Buddy Jewell, beach music bands and numerous other performers; the Miss Sun Fun USA and Miss Sun Fun Teen USA pageants; the Wendy’s Sun Fun Parade; and dozens of other events. Syndicated radio co-hosts John Boy and Billy will serve as parade grand marshals and will emcee the festival’s Friday and Saturday night concert series on a new oceanfront stage at the Pavilion. Another new component of the 2005 festival will be Show Center, an area cordoned off downtown along 8th and 9th Avenues North and Ocean Boulevard where vendors will sell food, arts and crafts and other merchandise, and a variety of displays and activities will be showcased. Show Center hours will be 11 a.m.-midnight Friday and 9 a.m.-midnight Saturday. Additionally, there will be a gated children’s area adjacent to the Pavilion with dozens of activities. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood for 64 years as the unified voice of the Grand Strand’s business community. The chamber serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. New Sun Fun Apparel Debuts May 10, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - As the Grand Strand gears up for the Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival®, residents and visitors can get into the spirit by donning snazzy new Sun Fun T-shirts, hats and accessories. For 2005, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce partnered with Native Sons of Myrtle Beach to produce a line of Sun Fun apparel, including the official 2005 Sun Fun Festival T-shirt. In addition to the official design, the company created several logo variations to adorn shirts and other apparel. The official Sun Fun T-shirts and other festivalwear are available now at Native Sons' Broadway at the Beach location and will be sold at various times during the festival at a new Sun Fun Festival Merchandise Store, located on the oceanfront at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. In addition, the merchandise soon will be available on the festival Web site, sunfunfestival.com. The official 2005 T-shirt is white with a small logo on the front and a large logo on the back. The logo features a sunrise over the ocean and the words "Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 2005." It sells for $16. Many other styles of shirts are available, including golf shirts and children's shirts, along with items such as hats, cinch sacks and beach bags. "The professionally created apparel is a perfect complement to the Sun Fun Festival, which is growing in an exciting new direction," said Stephen Greene, vice president of festivals and special events for the chamber. "We expect the T-shirts and other merchandise to be extremely popular with locals and visitors before, during and long after the festival." The Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival will run June 2-6. Highlights will include the Miller Lite/Smirnoff Ice Sun Fun Concert Series with country artist Buddy Jewell, beach music bands and numerous other performers; the Miss Sun Fun USA and Miss Sun Fun Teen USA pageants; the Sun Fun Air Show featuring the U.S. Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team and other aerial acts; the Wendy's Sun Fun Parade; and dozens of other events. John Boy and Billy, wise-cracking co-hosts of the syndicated "John Boy & Billy" radio show, will serve as parade grand marshals and will be honored with a star on the Sun Fun Celebrity Boardwalk. They also will emcee the festival's Friday and Saturday night concert series on a new oceanfront stage at the Pavilion. Another new component of the 2005 festival will be Show Center, an area cordoned off downtown along 8th and 9th Avenues North and Ocean Boulevard where vendors will sell food, arts and crafts and other merchandise, and a variety of displays and activities will be showcased. Show Center hours will be 11 a.m.-midnight Friday and 9 a.m.-midnight Saturday. Additionally, there will be a gated children's area adjacent to the Pavilion with dozens of activities. For more information about the Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival, call (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood for 64 years as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The chamber serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. North Myrtle Beach Gospel Fest May 5, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The glorious sounds of gospel music will fill Main Street in North Myrtle Beach on Sun Fun Sunday (June 5) when Bill Pinkney’s Gospel Drifters and other artists chime in at the first North Myrtle Beach Gospel Fest. “Gospel Fest will be an exciting addition to North Myrtle Beach’s Sun Fun lineup, which already includes the Sun Fun Beach Run on Saturday and the Family Festival by the Sea on Sunday,” said Elaine Carter, chairwoman of the 54 th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival®. “What better way to round out these great events than with an inspirational gospel performance?” A member of the Original Drifters, Bill Pinkney formed the ensemble that became The Gospel Drifters, and together they have produced several gospel CDs and made countless appearances. Joining The Gospel Drifters for Gospel Fest will be saxophonist Dan Traxler, nominated several times for Christian Country Music Instrumentalist of the Year, and singer Charlie Benford, a Conway native who has performed throughout the region both solo and in various ensembles. Co-sponsored by the city of North Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the event will run from 4-7 p.m. in the Horseshoe area of Main Street. Attendees may bring beach chairs or towels to sit on. Admission is free. The 54th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival will run June 2-6. For more information, contact Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. Music to Take Center Stage At 2005 Sun Fun Festival May 3, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - If a parade, air show, beach games and beauty pageants are all that come to mind when you think of Sun Fun, think again. The 54 th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival ® is going to rock your socks off - if anyone is foolish enough to wear socks during this annual intro to summer. Music will be a major component of the 2005 festival, with concert series planned Thursday, Friday and Saturday (June 2-4) on a brand-new oceanfront concert stage at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. Nashville recording artist Buddy Jewell is one of many acts that will perform during the Miller Lite/Smirnoff Ice Sun Fun Concert Series. The winner of USA Network's "Nashville Star" competition in 2003 and a nominee for the Country Music Association's Horizon Award and Academy of Country Music's Best New Artist award, Jewell will appear Saturday night, June 4, along with The Wrights, a husband-and-wife duo, and John Love, a versatile performer from Morehead City, N.C. "We are thrilled to have another major sponsor on board to help underwrite these concerts," said Sun Fun Chairwoman Elaine Carter, referring to Miller Lite/Smirnoff Ice. "Everybody loves music, so this year we decided to give it a bigger role in the festival." The music making will begin Thursday night, June 2, with the Swinging Medallions Reunion Concert from 7:30-10 p.m. Regional favorites the Necessary Brothers will entertain festival-goers from 1-4 p.m. Friday, and Too Much Sylvia, Coastline and Hotel California, performing a Salute to the Eagles, will play from 7-11 p.m. Friday. The Saturday night series featuring Jewell, The Wrights and Love also will run from 7-11 p.m. Various military ensembles and other acts will play throughout the festival as well. Syndicated radio show hosts John Boy and Billy, who will be grand marshals of the Wendy's Sun Fun Parade, will emcee the Friday and Saturday night concerts. Admission to the Miller Lite/Smirnoff Ice Concert Series is free. Attendees are encouraged to bring beach chairs or towels (coolers will not be allowed). Another new component of the 2005 Sun Fun Festival will be Show Center, an area cordoned off downtown along 8 th and 9 th Avenues North and Ocean Boulevard where vendors will sell food, arts and crafts and other merchandise, and a variety of displays and activities will be showcased. Show Center hours will be 11 a.m.-midnight Friday and 9 a.m.-midnight Saturday. For more information about the 54 th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival, call (843) 916-7239 or visit the festival Web site, sunfunfestival.com. Radio’s ‘John Boy & Billy’ Are Sun Fun Grand Marshals April 27, 2005 “John Boy and Billy are very popular with radio listeners along the Grand Strand and throughout the Southeast,” said Elaine Carter of Wendy’s, chairwoman of the 2005 festival. “They will bring lots of fun to this year’s Sun Fun Festival.” The “John Boy & Billy” show airs in dozens of markets in 19 states. Locally, it can be heard on WYAK-FM (103.1), K-Country, which is sponsoring the duo’s Sun Fun appearance. In addition to serving as grand marshals for the Wendy’s Sun Fun Parade, John Boy and Billy will be honored with a star on the Sun Fun Celebrity Boardwalk and will emcee the festival’s Friday- and Saturday-night concert series. Along with the Wendy’s Sun Fun Parade, other festival highlights will include the Sun Fun Air Show featuring the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights Parachute Team and other aerial acts, the Miss Sun Fun USA and Miss Teen Sun Fun USA pageants, Surfside Super Sunday, Family Festival by the Sea, Sun Fun Kids Fair, Miss Bikini Wahine, fireworks, a volleyball tournament and traditional beach activities such as sand castle building and watermelon eating contests. New to Sun Fun in 2005 is an area called Show Center that will run along 8th and 9th Avenues North, where food, merchandise, arts and crafts and other vendors will be set up Friday and Saturday, and music will be performed at night. Children’s activities and displays by military groups and others also are planned. Friday evening, June 3, a concert by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson will be performed at Coastal Federal Field in conjunction with Sun Fun. For more information about the 54th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival, contact Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com.
Hawaiian Tropic and Wendy's
March 22, 2005
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Hawaiian Tropic and Wendy's, two longstanding supporters of festivals hosted by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, have signed on as major sponsors of the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival®. Hawaiian Tropic has agreed to be the event's presenting sponsor, and as such will lend its name to the entire festival, which for 2005 will be called the Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival. Wendy's has signed on as an official sponsor of the Sun Fun Parade. As a result, that event will be called Wendy's 54th annual Sun Fun Festival Parade. For many years, Hawaiian Tropic has sponsored the Miss Sun Fun and Miss Bikini Wahine pageants and participated in the Sun Fun Parade. Wendy's also has been a Sun Fun participant, as well as a sponsor of the annual Canadian-American Days Festival® and other chamber events. "This marks the first time that Sun Fun has sponsors contributing at this level," said Stephen Greene, vice president of festivals and special events. "These are well-established, nationally known corporations, and their names will add prestige to our festival. At the same time, these sponsors will benefit from added publicity prior to and throughout Sun Fun." The Hawaiian Tropic 54th annual Sun Fun Festival will run June 2-6. As part of a new branding strategy for the festival, a new Sun Fun logo was unveiled recently and will appear on all future festival promotions. Another addition is a Web site created solely for the Sun Fun Festival, sunfunfestival.com. "The new Web site is bright, attractive and instantly accessible," Greene said. "It will give visitors the latest information about Sun Fun events, so they can plan accordingly." This year, the Miss Sun Fun Pageant will be a preliminary event to the Miss USA Pageant, and a new Miss Teen Sun Fun USA will be added to the festival lineup. The Sun Fun Air Show will feature seven acts, including the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights. A slate of top-notch musical entertainment also is planned, along with the Wendy's Sun Fun Parade and the ever-popular beach games and other activities. Earlier this month, the Southeast Tourism Society named the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival one of the Top 20 Events for June 2005. Sun Fun has been a consistent winner of the Top 20 Events designation since the awards were first presented in 1985. The Top 20 Events represents the best festivals the Southeast has to offer," said Stephanie Brown-Newton, coordinator of the Top 20 Events program. The Southeast Tourism Society publishes the list of winners quarterly and distributes it to more than 300 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations and other media outlets, as well as to 125 AAA publications. The list also is published on the STS Web sites: southeasttourism.org and on escapetothesoutheast.com. For more information about this year's Sun Fun Festival, including additional sponsorship opportunities, contact Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. 54th Sun Fun Festival® Among Top 20 Events for June 2005 March 4, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Southeast Tourism Society has chosen the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival® as one of the Top 20 Events for June 2005. “What an honor it is for the Myrtle Beach area to again be chosen for this prestigious award,” said Elaine Carter of Wendy’s, chairwoman of this year’s Sun Fun Festival. “Sun Fun is the longest-running festival on the Grand Strand, thanks to the efforts of hundreds of volunteers who work tirelessly to make this event a success. We are just thrilled that summer starts here!” The Sun Fun Festival has been a consistent winner of the Top 20 Events designation since the awards were first presented in 1985. “The Top 20 Events represents the best festivals the Southeast has to offer,” said Stephanie Brown-Newton, coordinator of the Top 20 Events program. The Southeast Tourism Society publishes the list of winners quarterly and distributes it to more than 300 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations and other media outlets, as well as to 125 AAA publications. The list also is published on the STS Web sites: southeasttourism.org and on escapetothesoutheast.com. Sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the 54 th annual Sun Fun Festival will run June 2-6. This year, the Miss Sun Fun Pageant will be a preliminary event to the Miss USA Pageant, and a new Miss Teen Sun Fun USA will be added to the festival lineup. The Sun Fun Air Show will feature seven acts, including the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights. The historic Sun Fun Parade will be another crowd-pleaser, thanks to efforts made this year to draw bigger and better high school bands to march in the parade and participate in a competition. A slate of top-notch musical entertainment also is planned, along with the ever-popular beach games and other fun activities. For more information about this year’s Sun Fun Festival, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Festivals Manager Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. Vendors Sought for Myrtle Beach’s 54th Annual Sun Fun Festival® Feb. 11, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Food and merchandise vendors who would like to be a part of the Myrtle Beach area’s 54th annual Sun Fun Festival® are encouraged to apply now. For more vendor information contact Hubert Bullard, Sun Fun Festival Vendor Director at 843-385-3180 or by e-mail at hbullard@sc.rr.com. Sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the Sun Fun Festival® will take place June 2-6. Vendors are needed Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. The vendor location is near the Myrtle Beach Pavilion, 9th Avenue North and Ocean Boulevard. Highlights of this year’s Sun Fun Festival® will include the traditional Wendy's Sun Fun Parade, the Sun Fun Air Show, the Miss Sun Fun USA and Miss Teen Sun Fun USA pageants, concerts and numerous beach games and other activities. For more information about the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival®, including sponsorships, call (843) 916-7239 or visit sunfunfestival.com. Exciting Extras Planned For 54th Sun Fun Festival® Feb. 9, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Myrtle Beach area’s hugely popular Sun Fun Festival® is on its way to becoming humongous, as new events are added to make the 2005 event truly the best ever. Now in its 54th year, Sun Fun serves as a summertime kickoff for South Carolina’s Grand Strand. This year’s festival dates are June 2-6, so make plans now to join the celebration. While the final details are being ironed out, here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store for festivalgoers. This year, the Miss Sun Fun Pageant will become a preliminary event to the Miss USA Pageant, and a new Miss Teen Sun Fun USA will be added to the festival lineup. Directing both pageants will be Paula Miles, who has been associated with Miss USA preliminary pageants for more than 25 years. Currently, she is the state director of the Miss South Carolina USA, Miss North Carolina USA and Miss Louisiana USA pageants, including the Miss Teen divisions of each. Miss USA is a subsidiary of the Miss Universe Organization. The Sun Fun Air Show, a perennial favorite, will feature eight high-flying acts in 2005, including the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights! The historic Sun Fun Parade will be as crowd-pleasing as ever, thanks to efforts made this year to draw bigger and better high school bands to march in the parade and participate in a prestigious competition. Lots of other surprises are planned for the parade, so don’t miss it! If you’re a music-lover, you’ll flip over the lineup that festival planners are cooking up this year. Mum’s the word for now, but when June rolls around, be ready to B-O-O-G-I-E! Finally, it just wouldn’t be Sun Fun without tons of beach games and other fun activities, such as bubblegum-blowing, watermelon-eating and sandcastle-building contests, along with beach relays, bocce ball and volleyball tournaments. Good times are guaranteed! The 54th annual Sun Fun Festival® is sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call (843) 916-7239 or visit myrtlebeachinfo.com. S.C. Artists May Enter Sun Fun Logo Contest Jan. 6, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH , S.C. – Amateur artists from throughout South Carolina are invited to enter the 2005 Sun Fun Festival® Logo Design Contest. The first-place prize will be $400, and the second-place prize will be $100. Another $100 prize will be awarded for the best design by an artist age 15 or younger. (All entrants are eligible for the $400 grand prize, but no one can win more than one prize.) The following words must be incorporated into the design: 54th Annual Sun Fun Festival®; 2005; and Myrtle Beach Area, S.C. Logos should be in color. The design must be entirely original; reproductions of any kind (such as clip art) are not permitted. The winning logo will become the property of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and may be reproduced on promotional items for the 2005 festival. The contest deadline is Feb. 4. Entries may be hand-delivered to the chamber’s Myrtle Beach office ( 1200 N. Oak St.) or mailed to: Sun Fun Festival®, P.O. Box 2115, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578. Sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival ® is set for June 2-6. For complete contest guidelines, contact Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239, or visit myrtlebeachinfo.com. New Sun Fun Logo Sought January 6, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH , S.C. – The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting bids from professional graphic artists for a new Sun Fun Festival® logo. The logo selected will be used on Sun Fun Festival® promotions and will become the official logo of the event. The chamber will retain rights to the logo and all associated elements. Logo designs should feature a sun as the focal point and the words Sun Fun Festival®. The logo should be developed in the following formats: four-color, two-color and black-and-white. It must be adaptable for use in festival merchandise (such as t-shirts, banners, embroidery, souvenirs, etc.) and all forms of media (including print, Web, TV, billboards, etc.). From the time that the winning design is selected, the finished logo must be delivered within four weeks. Along with bid proposals, graphic artists should include cost breakdowns and samples of similar logos or artwork they have created. Bid proposals are due by Feb. 4. Please fax to Stephen Greene at (843) 448-3010, or mail to Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Festivals & Special Events Division, P.O. Box 2115, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29578. The Sun Fun Festival® is sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call (843) 916-7239. S.C. Artists May Enter Sun Fun Logo Contest Jan. 6, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH , S.C. – Amateur and professional artists from throughout South Carolina are invited to enter the 2005 Sun Fun Festival® Logo Design Contest. The first-place prize will be $400, and the second-place prize will be $100. Another $100 prize will be awarded for the best design by an artist age 15 or younger. (All entrants are eligible for the $400 grand prize, but no one can win more than one prize.) The following words must be incorporated into the design: 54th Annual Sun Fun Festival®; 2005; and Myrtle Beach Area, S.C. Logos should be in color. The design must be entirely original; reproductions of any kind (such as clip art) are not permitted. The winning logo will become the property of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and may be reproduced on promotional items for the 2005 festival. The contest deadline is Feb. 4. Entries may be hand-delivered to the chamber’s Myrtle Beach office ( 1200 N. Oak St.) or mailed to: Sun Fun Festival®, P.O. Box 2115, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578. Sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival ® is set for June 2-6. For complete contest guidelines, contact Holly McMillan at (843) 916-7239. Sun Fun Pageant Becoming Preliminary to Miss USA Jan. 5, 2005 MYRTLE BEACH , S.C. – The Myrtle Beach area’s Miss Sun Fun Pageant will become a preliminary event to the Miss USA Pageant, and a new Miss Teen Sun Fun USA will be added to the annual Sun Fun Festival® lineup. Directing both pageants will be Paula Miles, who has been associated with Miss USA preliminary pageants for more than 25 years. Currently, she is the state director of the Miss South Carolina USA, Miss North Carolina USA and Miss Louisiana USA pageants, including the Miss Teen divisions of each. Miss USA is a subsidiary of the Miss Universe Organization. “Having the Miss Sun Fun Pageant become a preliminary event to Miss USA is definitely a feather in our cap,” said Stephen Greene, vice president of festivals and special events for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the Sun Fun Festival. “It brings added prestige to the festival, which will help us achieve our goal of making Sun Fun one of the best festivals in the country.” A former resident of Myrtle Beach who now lives in Aiken, Miles has fond memories of Sun Fun. “I'm thrilled to be affiliated with the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce by working with the 2005 Miss Sun Fun Pageant,” she said. “I was raised in Myrtle Beach, and my father was the chairman of the Sun Fun Festival back in the 1950s. My sister [Janice McDonald] was Miss Sun Fun in 1978. Having worked with the Miss Universe Organization for more than 25 years, I'm thrilled to welcome Miss Sun Fun to the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA system.” The 54th annual Sun Fun Festival® is set for June 2-6. Pageant dates have not been announced, but both the Miss Sun Fun USA and Miss Teen Sun Fun USA finals will take place the same evening. For more information about the 54th annual Sun Fun Festival®, call (843) 916-7239.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – John Boy and Billy, wise-cracking co-hosts of the syndicated “John Boy & Billy” radio show, also known as the “Big Show,” will lead the parade as grand marshals and take part in other events at the 54th annual Hawaiian Tropic Sun Fun Festival ®, slated June 2-6.
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