IMAGES Tour of Homes provides peek into seven homes

The boutique was a popular stop on the IMAGES Tour of Homes Dec. 3, with a line at the pay station. CLICK ON ANY PHOTO AND IT WILL OPEN LARGER IN A NEW WINDOW.

The IMAGES Tour of Homes provided ticket holders entry into seven unique and interesting homes decorated by area florists and the homeowners Dec. 3. Hundreds of tickets were sold to those who were curious about the interior of the homes and who wanted to see the latest ideas in holiday decorating.
Homes on this year’s tour included two on beachside — the renovated “Honey House,” on Saxon Drive, owned and decorated by Jeff and Paige Gehris and the charming beach house on Villa Way, owned by Apryl McEligot and decorated by New Smyrna Beach Florist; two near downtown — the historic 1900s renovated two-story home on South Riverside Drive of Anthony and Eveline Kraljic, decorated by Simply Flowers, Roses and More of New Smyrna Beach and the historic 1920 home on Faulkner Avenue of Susan Ward, decorated by Another Secret Garden of Edgewater; two homes in Sugar Mill Country Club — the thoroughly modern and artistic home of Gwen Hughes located on a lake and decorated by Lindley’s Nursery and Garden Center of New Smyrna Beach and the elegant modern home of Dale and Heather Williams, decorated by Pink Flamingo at Petals of New Smyrna Beach; and the Venetian Bay home of Dave LeBlanc and Bill Peterson, decorated with its owners’ substantial collection of Christmas items and “themed” trees.

Monique Fischer of Port Orange (left) and friend shop at the boutique.

Elise Laubach admires an angel created by Cathy Berse and Teresa Bowen at the boutique.

The IMAGES Boutique,held at Atlantic Center for the Arts, was a very popular stop on the tour. Holiday ornaments, hand-made purses and baskets, jewelry, shell angels, decorated aprons, paper lamp shades, and other unique and lovely items created by ACA League members were quickly snapped up. The boutique also featured a silent auction, and offered an elegant array of refreshments to ticket holders.

Homeowner Anthony Kraljic answered tour-goers' questions about the history and renovation of his 1900s home on Riverside Drive.

Homeowner Susan Ward (in white) invited tour-goers to have a "cookie and cider" after they toured her 1920s Faulkner Street home.

ACA staff and IMAGES volunteers would like to thank the seven homeowners for their graciousness in opening their homes for the tour. They would also like to thank the participating florists and businesses that support the Tour of Home; and ticket holders for supporting this year’s tour and making it such a big success.
The tour is the main fundraiser for IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts, which will be held in Riverside Park and downtown New Smyrna Beach Jan. 28 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Jan. 29 from 10 a.m-5 p.m. For more information, to volunteer, or become an IMAGES patron, phone the IMAGES office at 386-423-4733, or visit its website, www.imagesartfestival.org.

Each room in Apryl McEligot's home had a distinctive holiday touch. It was decorated inside and out by New Smyrna Beach Florist. All photos by Sandi Carroll.

Flamingo Follies – great art and beautiful weather

Linda Knight won Best of Show at Flamingo Follies for her sculpture "Tim's House"

Jenny Stine and her colorful sea creatrues

Great weather, great art and lots of fun -  that was this year’s Flamingo Follies, sponsored by the City of New Smyrna Beach with assistance from the Merchants of Flagler Avenue.

Billie Lynn was the juror for the holiday art show. Awards presented are:

Best of Show, Linda Knight, Tim’s House

Purchase Award, Steve Hardock, Jetty Fishermen

Fiber/wearable art, Sharon Argabright, bracelet

Jewelry/glass, Kyle Carni, I Am Food

Oil/acrylics, Marta Crawford, Shining Through

Pastel /graphics, Christophe Cardot, Golden Spools

Photography/ mixed media, Harry Moulis, Night Heron

Sculpture/ceramics, Mina Heuslin, Lantana Lace

Watercolors, Dan Goad, untitled

Honorable Mention: Mike Batt, Rosemarie Brown, Peter Chu, John Davis, Byron Laurence, Mike Nelson, Rosemarie Seaman and Luigi Tumeo

Copyright photos by Sandi Carroll

Kyle Carni of Galleria di Vetro won the award for the Jewelry/Glass category

There was lots of sunshine and great art at Flamingo Follies this year.

Flamingo Follies featured live entertainment both days, Off Shore Duo entertained Sunday.

Jason Lott demonstrates flameworking on the porch at Galleria di Vetro.

Seaside Fiesta poster artist

Judy Shillingburg selected as 21^st annual Seaside Fiesta poster artist

Judy Shillingburg’s watercolor, “Seaside Fiesta,” was selected for the 21st annual Flagler Avenue Seaside Fiesta poster and T-shirt.

Shillingburg, a well-known Florida artist calls Destin,  “The Emerald Coast”, home. With an attention to detail and an eye for color, this prolific watercolor artist has established an easily recognizable style. Her unique works can be seen locally at Anthony Bell Creations, 320 Flagler Ave, New Smyrna Beach.

Shillingburg stopped in to see Bell on her way home from the Miami Boat Show in February, where she was named ROFFS™ (Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.) 2009-2010 “Artist of the Year.” She was delighted that Bell asked her to create the image for the Seaside Fiesta poster.

“We have a festival here in Destin,” Shillingburg said, “ that is always filled with music, kids and lots of fun, so that was my inspiration in creating the Seaside Fiesta poster.”

Her colorful, lively and whimsical watercolor image is perfect for Flagler Avenue, a charming, quaint and fun place to visit.

Shillingburg’s creation features a bright red shrimp wielding a paintbrush, a keyboard playing crab, drum playing lobster, starfish, and three seahorses, one holding a violin with its tail.

Emerald green waters, magenta and apricot sunsets, the myriad creatures of the sea, the roar of the surf, a trophy sport fish at the end of a reel  – these are the visual images that Shillingburg has been painting since 1994.

Over the years Shillingburg has won more than 40 local, regional, and statewide awards for her work.  Shillingburg’s artwork has been selected several times for the annual Destin Seafood Festival official poster, the Destin Mayfest posters, Navarre Fun Fest posters, as well as 1998-2008 South Walton Visitor’s maps, 1998-2008 Destin/Ft. Walton Beach Visitor’s maps, and many others.

Shillingburg’s artwork is colorful and entertaining and is sure to bring a smile and a happy seaside memory.

Shillingburg is self-published with more than 500 limited edition giclée prints available. For more information about Mrs. Shillingburg’s artwork, visit her Web site at www.JudyShillingburg.com.

Seaside Fiesta T-shirts and posters designed by Shillingburg can be purchased in advance at Ta Da Gallery, 113 Flagler; Gone Bonkers (314 Flagler); and The Wicker Basket Boutique (401 Flagler).

Seaside Fiesta will be held from 5-9 p.m. Thursday, June 18 on Flagler Ave., New Smyrna Beach, with the street closing to cars at 3 p.m. The family-orientated block party will feature entertainment, food, games, and crafts. Most of the street’s businesses will remain open and there will be added food and craft vendors along the street.

AcoustiCon

The City of New Smyrna Beach sponsors Seaside Fiesta, with assistance from the Merchants of Flagler Avenue.

Entertainment will include Holy Smoke Band at the gazebo (Pine Street and Flagler Avenue) from 5-9 p.m., AcoustiCon at Seaside Station every half hour from 5-9 p.m. (east end of Flagler Avenue), and the local performance stage will be at Flagler and Peninsula avenues, with the following schedule:

5:30 Dance Factory

6:00 Terri’s Twirlers

6:30 American Martial Arts

7:00 NSB High School Color Guard

8:00 Terri’s Twirlers

For more information on the event, call 424-2175 or visit FlaglerAvenue.com. For T-shirt and poster information, call 427-2256.

Martin Luther King Jr March in NSB

New Smyrna Beach celebrated the life and hopes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the 2009 Freedom March. Marchers gathered in the morning in front of the Black Heritage Museum and made their way with a police escort to Old Fort Park. for the memorial program. The NSB Middle School Stingray Band, under the direction of Barry Strum, played during the march and at the beginning of the memorial program.

NSB Middle School Band

NSB holds annual holiday Boat Parade

Following the NSB Christmas Parade, the annual Boat Parade festively cruised up the Intracoastal Waterway from Edgewater to New Smyrna Beach.

This year’s lighted Boat Parade was sponsored by Everglades Boats.

The Grand Overall winner was the Debbie Rosselle’s “Santa Maria” Pirate Ship.

Bobby Kayat’s small boat with Santa and reindeer won best boat under 24 feet.

Douglas Feindt, whose boat featured carolers, won best boat over 24 feet.

Best Overall - Debbie Rosselle - the Santa Maria Pirate Ship

Bobby Kayat won Best Boat under 24'

Douglasd Feindt's boat won Best Boat over 24' and was filled with Christmas carolers singing holiday music.

This festive boat by David Lawson showed the Florida spirit with lots of pink flamingos

Photos copyright by Sandi Carroll. No reproduction without authorization.

New Smyrna Beach Christmas Parade

New Smyrna Beach has a tradition of having wonderful Christmas Parades, and this year’s Dec 6th parade was no exception. Parade-goers were blessed with beautiful weather for the festive holiday event, which had the theme  “A Wish List for Santa.”

There were police on motorcycles leading the line-up that included fire trucks and emergency vehicles with sirens blaring, Grand Marshall Irene Beckham and several other dignitaries, Scouting groups, decorated boats, floats, the NSB Middle School Band and Stingray Stingers dance team, the NSB High School Barracuda Band and Cheerleaders, dogs along with friends of the SEV Humane Society and horses with the Silver Sands equestrians, a  pirate ship and lot and lots more.

Sacred Heart School won the grand Champion prize with their outstanding North Pole float.

Wise Private School won the Most Original Award for their eye-catching float with elves, Christmas tree and Jack-in-the-box.

Glencoe Classical Academy won the Most Related to Theme Award for their float with its giant present and it “To: The Children” tag.

NSB Rotary Club, with its multi-Christmas trees, packages and toys , popcorn machine and colorful elves won the Adult Service Award.

Congratulations to everyone who participated and worked so hard on their floats. It was a wonderful parade.

NSB school bands and floats, dancers, pirates, horses and Old #5 were all part of the parade

There were Red Hat Ladies, elves from Rotary, the wonderful North Pole float from Sacred Heart School, the Shriners and their mini-mules, Scouting groups and of course Santa flew in with his reindeer to give a hearty Ho, Ho, Ho and Merry Christmas to all.

Light Up Flagler kicked off holiday season

Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, kicked off the “Holiday Season” with live entertainment by school groups and church choirs, strolling carolers, glorious light displays and Santa and his sleigh. The annual event was held Friday, Dec. 5, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

It was a perfect evening for families to celebrate the holiday season. Most merchants held open house , serving refreshments; and were decorated for the season. Merchants vompeted for “best window display” and “best building.” The winners are NSB Florist for best building and Sandy Beach Salon for best window.

There was ots of live entertainment on the avenue by school choruses, church choirs, school performance groups and local martial arts groups. The Dream-A-Wish Foundation was t the corner of Flagler Avenue and Cooper Street with Santa, his helpers and his sleigh. It was the perfect place to take some festive family pictures for the holidays.

NSB Halloween Parade 2008

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Halloween was spectacular on Canal Street in NSB

Everyone was having a wonderful evening!

New Smyrna Beach Uncorked

Get ready to savor the flavor the weekend of Oct. 10-13 at the inaugural New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, a food and wine event. This four-day festival will showcase New Smyrna’s finest chefs and restaurants through a series of food and wine tasting and demonstrations.

Booths will be stationed along beachside’s historic Flagler Avenue from the Indian River to the Atlantic Ocean ending at Seaside Station.
Artists, musicians and street performers will be clustered at the corner lot at Peninsula and Flagler (Waverly Property), the CRA 200 Block site (across from shuffleboard courts), and at Seaside Station. There will be about 65 booths combining artists, musicians, vendors and culinary exhibitors.

New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, Friday, Oct. 10:

Galleria di Vetro “Welcome Reception”, 4-6 p.m., at 310 Flagler Avenue (free). The reception will feature glass blowing demonstrations, chocolate and champagne, live music, and fun for all.

Butler Style Cocktail Party “La Playa Lounge”, 7-10 p.m. ($110 per person). Venue for this event will be located on the 300 block of Flagler Avenue (future site of Beachside Village.) The event will take place under an elegantly staged tent reminiscent of a Mediterranean Style Lounge. Spanish River Grille and Riverside Catering will service the event. Tables will be bistro style with some seating available. More than 16 heavy hor’s d’oeuvres and 40 wines, not available in restaurants, will be offered along with cheese, meat and fruit tables and jazz music will be playing for the entire event. Ticket sales are limited to 250. Parking available along Flagler Avenue or the Valet Service will park cars.
New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, Saturday, Oct. 11

Flagler Avenue Beach Party Blowout: 6-10 p.m. ($25 per person). Traders Beach Club will host this event – Sponsored by Margaritaville. Venue will be located at the Collado Property (corner of Flagler and Cooper Street). Ticket sales are limited to 350.
Bayou Boil: 1-4: p.m. ($45 per person). Chases on the Beach will host this event. Venue for this event will be tented and take place on the Corner of Cooper/Flagler Avenue). Raw Bar will include cracked crab, steamed oysters and smoked lobster dip. Hot bar will include shrimp and sausage etoufee, jambalaya, boiled crawfish. Open cash bar available. There will be blue grass music. Ticket sales are limited to 150.

Pacific Northwest Grande Wine Dinner and Tasting, 7-10 p.m. ($150 per person). Norwood’s Restaurant and Wine Shop will host the “Five Course Meal” with an 8-10 wine pairing. Venue for this event will be tented, staged elegantly and will be located on the 300 block of Flagler Avenue (future site of Beachside Village). This sit down dinner will showcase the finest culinary talents available in the city. Expert Sommelier, Randy Ford, King Estates, will educate and entertain. Guests will receive educational materials regarding the menu, ingredients, the wine, and its pairings. Ticket sales are limited to 100.
New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, Sunday, Oct. 12
Champagne Gala Brunch: 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ($79 per person). The Grille at Riverview, 101 Flagler Avenue will host this champagne tasting and savory brunch. Tickets will be limited to 100. Format will be a sit down experience educational in nature in regards to the courses served and its champagne pairings. Educational materials to be distributed at the event.
International Beer Festival: 1- 4 p.m. ($35 per person/$10 designated driver). The Flagler Tavern and Woodchuck Cider will host this event and the venue will be at Collado Property (corner of Flagler and Cooper St) with bistro style tables, and tasting arrangement along the perimeter. Light food will be available for consumption. Tickets will be limited to 350. Proceeds to be donated to “Gifts of Love”. Educational materials will be distributed at this event.
Luau Celebration and Dinner Show: 6- 10 p.m. ($75 adult/$40 child). The Flagler Tavern and D.B. Pickles will host and service the Polynesian fantasy dinner spectacular. Sponsored by Tommy Bahama Ultra Premium Rum. Venue to be located at Collado Property (corner of Flagler and Cooper St). Tickets will be limited to 250. Polynesian Hula Dancers, fire knife thrower, audience participation, dance lessons, tropical music, lei greeting ceremony and photo opportunities available. It will be a sit down buffet style seating and viewing allowing easy maneuvering around venue.

New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, Monday, Oct. 13
From Ocean to Plate Chef Demo and Lunch Service: 1-3 p.m. ($55 per person). Chef Danny and Chef Erik of Flip Flops Grill & Chill boast their talents illustrating advanced techniques in culinary arts. Lunch service to follow the chef demo. Venue to be located at the 300 Block behind Flip Flops Bar & Grill. Live music and wine flights to be served during the event. Tickets will be limited to 50.
Culinary Tours, Demos and Culinary Instruction: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ($TBA) Monday culinary instruction will take place at Riverside Catering on Orange Street (Canal Street). Classes will be by advanced reservations and are first come basis.
Culinary Demos and Tasting will take place at Malony’s Oyster Bar on Canal Street.
New Smyrna Beach Uncorked, throughout the weekend

Culinary Tours by Segway of Volusia will take place Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday by reservation only, 307 Flagler Avenue – Suite 104, 386-402-8992. Times and fees TBA. Discounts available to those with event tickets. Tours will vary in length 1-1/2 to 3 hrs.
Art Walk on Flagler “Culinary Arts” will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (free) Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Gallery Group of Flagler Avenue will host this event (wwwflaglergallerygroup.com) along the avenue. Chef Demos will take place at the Colony, the Cloisters and Gone Bonkers (times TBA). Music venues will be at Waverly Property, the Gazebo, Collado Property and Seaside Station on Flagler Avenue
There will be 30 VIP Tickets available which will allow access into each of the venues for a discounted combined cost of $535 per person (excluding Segway tours and Monday’s culinary tours, demos and instructions). Tickets for all venues, including VIP tickets, will be available at Galleria di Vetro, 310 Flagler Ave., 386-409-0402 and the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce, 115 Canal Street, 386-428-2449.
Tickets for specific venues will be sold at the host restaurant:
Riverside Catering (La Playa Lounge), 104 N. Orange (off Canal Street) 386-409-5588
Traders Beach Club (Flagler Avenue Beach Party), 317 Flagler Avenue; 386-426-2080
Norwood’s Seafood & Wine Shop (Pacific Northwest Grande Wine Dinner), 440 E. Second Avenue; 386-428-4621
Chases on the Beach (Bayou Boil), 3401 S. Atlantic Avenue 386-423-8787
The Grille at Riverview (Champagne Gala Brunch), 101 Flagler Avenue; 386-428-1865
Flagler Tavern (International Beer Festival & Luau Celebration/Dinner Show), 414 Flagler Avenue; 386-426-2080
Flip Flops Grill & Chill (From Ocean to Plate Chef Demo and Lunch Service), 103 Pine Street; 386-424-0161

For more information, call 800-541-9621 or visit www.nsbfla.com/uncorked.

SEV Camera Club

Copyright photos by Sandi Carroll.

Left – Past President Roland Smith presents the Photographer of the Year Award for the Southeast Volusia Camera Club to Diana Masters. Middle – top point winners for the year, from left, Carol Holmes, Bill Watkins and Diana Masters. Right – officers for 2008 Tammy Copeland, Betty Dollar, President Bill Watkins, Ruth Tremato and club founder Lola Lawrence.

The club meets at the Edgewater Library the fourth Monday of the month, with member photo submission from 6:45-7 p.m., followed by the business meeting, education program and judging of entries.

Assigned competition categories for 2008 are:

February – Shadows

March – Action

April – Hands or Feet

May – Sunrise/sunset

June/July?August will be workshops

September – Warm Blooded Amimals

October – Flowers/Gardens

November – Wide Open Spaces

December – Games

For more information about the club, call Pres. Watkins at 345-4882.