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OPS
sponsors a number of
special events free
to the public , some of which are summarized below.
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Since
2000, the Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival has rapidly become for many the highlight of a Spring trip to Ocracoke.
The
Eighth Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival is scheduled for June
1st
through
the 3rd, 2007.
For more information, please check out the Ocrafolk website.
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OPS sponsors and manages many festivities during Ocracoke's famous July 4th celebrations.
OPS assists with the Street Parade, the Sandcastle Competition, the Sky-Diving, the announcing of prizes, the ever-popular visit from Blackbeard himself, and many other activities.
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Art Shows
The
Ocracoke Museum
hosts art exhibits
by local & North
Carolina artists.
Photographs,
paintings, and
carvings are
featured in these
shows, which open to
the accompaniment of
music, flowers,
refreshments and a
chance to meet the
artists. These
openings receive
support from the NC
Arts Council, an
agency funded by the
State of North
Carolina and the
National Endowment
for the Arts, which
believes that a
great nation
deserves great art. |
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Porch Talks
Throughout the
summer season, the
OPS museum hosts
weekly porch talks
on topics of local
and historical
interest.
For a schedule of
topics and
presenters, please
click
here. |
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The ever-resourceful members of the Ocracoke Needle & Thread Club donate at least one unique Ocracoke-style quilt to OPS for a raffle each year.
This is one of our
most popular and
successful fund
raisers.
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Annual Christmas
Tree Lighting &
Wassail Party
Each
December OPS kicks
off the holiday
festivities with its
community Christmas
tree lighting and
Wassail party.
Traditional
Christmas carols,
homemade cookies and
hot wassail punch
contribute to this
old fashioned
holiday
get-together.
This year's event
will be held on
Wednesday, December
5th |
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OPS & The Ocracoke
Island Family
Resource Program
have teamed up to
organize this year's
community litter
pick-up within the
village and on the
beach.
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