Azalea Festival

This weekend, April 6-10, 2011, was the Azalea Festival in Wilmington, NC.  I attended this event on Saturday and Sunday.   There was an art show, shag dance competition, and Street Fair.

The shag dancing competition was very interesting.  This was my first time experiencing such an event and witnessing shag dancing. 

Wilmington was packed with people, one account was that over 400,000 people visited the city during the Festival.


The Festival was a prime example of Old South Tradition melded with a New South Atmosphere, the art show was a prime example of this mess of cultures and featured many different styles and genres.