Where:  James Island County Park

 When:   November 14, 2008 – January 4, 2009

Magic is the discovery of the extraordinary. It’s a moment when everything else is forgotten and when wonderment is shared. Magic embraces and connects us.

Find your magic in the millions of sparkling lights and hundreds of displays at the Holiday Festival of Lights.  The Holiday Festival of Lights is so much more than a three-mile driving tour!  We invite you to experience the wonders of the season as you park your car, stretch your legs, and journey through Santa’s Village and Winter Wonderland.

Over the years the Holiday Festival of Lights has become one of the must-see events for everyone’s holiday season in Charleston.  This event started in 1990 with only 18 light displays.

Nineteen years later, with over two million lights and 600 light displays, the Holiday Festival of Lights has become a Lowcountry tradition for many families.  We hope that you take the time to experience all this event has to offer.  From the train ride to the sand sculpture, the carousel to the enchanted forest, there is something for everyone.

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Blackbaud,
the Charleston-based firm that designs software for nonprofit
organizations, is ranked No. 73 in Forbes magazine’s list of America’s
200 Best Small Companies for 2008.

The
list includes companies with sales between $5 million and $750 million
and a stock price of $5 as of Sept. 29, according to the magazine. The
ranking is based on return on equity, sales growth and profit growth
over the past 12 months and also over five years. Another factor is a
company’s stock performance as compared with that of its industry
peers.

This
is the third consecutive year that Blackbaud has made the list.
Blackbaud was ranked No. 21 in Forbes’ 2007 list of America’s 200 Best
Small Companies.

Of
the companies in the magazine’s 2007 list, 83 did not make the cut this
year. Nineteen grew too large, and eight fell of the listing because
they were acquired. Thirty-seven companies appeared on the list for the
first time this year.

Blackbaud
announced today that it will report its third-quarter financial results
after the U.S. financial markets close on Nov. 3.

http://charlestonbusiness.com/

SECOND ANNUAL Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA

The second-annual Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA will be played May 26-June 1, 2008, at RiverTowne Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

One of the deepest fields in golf, last year’s tournament roster included all 50 of the top-50 players in the Rolex World Rankings and 94 of the top 100. Not only was this due to the fact that so many players hold ANNIKA in such high regard, but the $2.6 million purse – second to only the major championships in 2007 – didn’t hurt either. This year, the same combination will be in effect, all but guaranteeing an unforgettable field well worth watching.

Nicole Castrale outlasted world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa in a one-hole playoff to win the 2007 event, her first LPGA victory. Coming to the 71st hole one shot behind, Castrale made a clutch 12-foot birdie putt to author a two-shot swing when Ochoa bogeyed, eventually forcing the playoff.

The Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA was born as a way for Annika Sorenstam, LPGA Hall of Famer, winner of 69 LPGA tournaments, 10 major championships and arguably the best player of this era to give back to the game. Each year, she honors a legend of the women’s game that helped make it into what it is today.

In her first event, ANNIKA honored LPGA Founders Bettye Danoff, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Betty Jameson, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork and Louise Suggs as the first Tributees.

Come see the second-annual Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA. It’s got it all: a beautiful, world-class host course, one of the deepest fields in golf, and the world’s greatest players from today and yesterday.

Who is playing in the tournament?

ABOUT GINN RESORTS

The Ginn Company is a privately held resort development and management firm which specializes in exclusive leisure lifestyle and vacation destination communities across the U.S. From private residential communities to resort destinations offering unparalleled ownership and vacation opportunities, the common denominator throughout every Ginn Resort is service. The company’s principals have more than three decades of experience in creating extraordinary large-scale, recreation-oriented communities. Current Ginn Resorts communities include Cobblestone Park in Columbia, S.C. as well as Belvidere Club & Resort, which encompasses RiverTowne Country Club, The Cottages on Charleston Harbor and Patriot’s Point Golf Course in the Charleston area. The company also owns and operates Hammock Beach, The Conservatory at Hammock Beach and Yacht Harbor Village near St. Augustine, Fla., Reunion Resort & Club, Bella Collina north of Orlando and Tesoro and Tesoro Preserve in Port St. Lucie on Florida’s historic “Treasure Coast.” The company also owns and operates Mahogany Run Golf Course in St. Thomas and has several projects under development in North Carolina, Vermont, Colorado and in the Bahamas. www.ginnclubsandresorts.com

About Ladies Professional Golf Association

Featuring the world’s best women golfers, the LPGA’s membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals. The LPGA Tour in 2005 features 34 events, with total prize money of $45.1 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised approximately $160 million for charity. From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world’s preeminent women’s professional sports organization. The LPGA has grown from its roots as a playing tour into a non-profit organization involved in every facet of golf. The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) membership boasts a total of nearly 1,200 women golf professionals who serve as teachers, golf professionals, club managers and coaches. Through the LPGA T&CP membership, the LPGA is working to increase the involvement of women and youth in golf, as well as contribute to the growth of the sport overall. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the LPGA, log on to www.LPGA.com.

About Belvidere Club & Resort

Opened in November 2001, RiverTowne Country Club is nestled on 600 acres of pristine woodlands along the Wando River in Mount Pleasant, S. C., offering fertile salt marshes, forests of mature pines, oaks, palmettos and a variety of native trees. Located only 20 minutes from historic Charleston, in the heart of South Carolina “Lowcountry,” RiverTowne Country Club has been designed to provide an architectural character influenced by the antebellum buildings and residences of Charleston, with traditional roofs, stucco, lapboard siding and intricate wrought iron detailing, combined to create residences of distinctive personalities.

RiverTowne Country Club’s golf course is a 7,244-yard, par 72 Arnold Palmer Signature design named the 2004 South Carolina Golf Course of the Year by the South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association. RiverTowne is owned and operated by The Ginn Company as a daily-fee course and is the heart of the residential-recreation-oriented community. RiverTowne Country Club offers three distinctive swimming pavilions, two tennis centers, Clubhouse and restaurant and the community features walking and biking trails and two community docks. A total of 704 single-family homes and 111 condominiums are planned.

Just minutes away are The Cottages on Charleston Harbor, 10 cottages that can accommodate six and offer a host of amenities, such as a spacious master suite, two and a half baths, private screened porches that overlook Charleston Harbor and an unprecedented level of hospitality. The Cottages also have a clubhouse and a pool with harbor views.

information provided by: http://www.ginntribute.com/about/