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Tybee Island to Host 2012 Beach Bum Parade
Friday, May 18
2012 Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade.
This popular annual tradition on Tybee Island will feature a parade as well as a massive island-wide water fight. Spectators lined up along the parade route on Butler Avenue will be armed with squirt guns and hoses, as will parade participants on floats. Don’t miss this family-friendly water fight, which has been a tr
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Tybee Island Launches “Less Than a Tank Away” Giveaway, Featuring Free Beach Getaway for Four, $100 Gas Cards
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Tybee Island, Georgia’s “Easy to Reach Beach,” has announced a special giveaway offer, just in time for summer.
The “Less Than a Tank Away” giveaway will offer weekly $100 gas card prizes to winners who register online at TybeeVisit.com. All winners will qualify for a
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March 30th, 2012 @
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By Carey Adams
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - Georgia Power is supporting a project to enhance the waters off Tybee Island.
The company is providing resources and water quality analysis via the Environmental Affairs group and the Georgia Power environmental laboratory in Smyrna for water testing along the estuarine waterways off the island.
“Georgia Power is interested in the health of our waterways, and this project a
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March 30th, 2012 @
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Tybee Island to Host 8th Annual Turtle Trot 5K and Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release on April 28
WHAT: 8th Annual Tybee Island Turtle Trot. Tybee Island will proudly host the 8th Annual Tybee Island Turtle Trot 5K beach walk/run event, which benefits the Tybee Island Marine Science Center. The Tybee Island Turtle Trot officially kicks-off coastal Georgia’s sea turtle nesting season, which runs from May through Octobe
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March 23rd, 2012 @
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The tickets for the Tybee Island Historical Society’s Tall Ship Salute are now on sale. This event will be held on May 7th at the Tybee Lite Shrine Club at 12PM. Come and spend an afternoon with them as they salute the tall ships as they sail past Tybee. The Savannah Tall Ships Challenge ends Monday with the Parade of Sail beginning at 11:40am with the last ship leaving port at 2:46pm.
The Salute includes a t
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March 15th, 2012 @
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Sunset Tours at the Tybee Lighthouse
Now announcing Friday Sunset Tours at the Tybee Lighthouse. These tours are limited to 25 guests only and will give you an opportunity to experience a personal tour and climb to the top of the lighthouse to take in a beautiful Tybee Island sunset. The cost is $25 per person. There are only 13 chances to do this this year the dates are:
March 13
April 20, 27
May 18, 25
June 22,
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March 9th, 2012 @
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to Showcase Historic, Contemporary Homes on Saturday, June 9
The 15th Annual Tybee Island Tour of Homes, featuring a variety of historic and contemporary architectural styles. Guests are welcome to begin the tour at the home of their choice and will receive a map along with a list of homes printed on the back of the ticket. Proceeds will benefit The Rising Tyde Community Food Pantry and the Tybee Island Marit
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February 29th, 2012 @
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Tybee Island to Host 10th Annual Irish Heritage
Celebration Parade on March 10
WHAT: The parade will include floats, marchers and musical bands. Families are encouraged to dress in green and come out and celebrate. This event is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Saturday, March 10, 2012
3 p.m.
WHERE: Butler Avenue, Hwy. 80
Tybee Island, Georgia
MORE INFO: Visit www.TybeeVisit.com or call 912-786-5444
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February 24th, 2012 @
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St. Paricks Day 2012 Tybee Island to Savannah, GA
Shuttle Information
Old Savannah Tours will be running a shuttle from Tybee to Downtown Savannah and back to Tybee for St. Patrick’s Day.
Details are as follows:
Friday, March 16th
Times: 6:00 PM- 1:00 AM – Every 30 minutes
Cost: $15.00 one way – $20.00 round trip
Pick Up Locations:
Tybee Lighthouse
DeSoto Beach Hotel
Ocean Plaza Resort
Drop Off Loc
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February 17th, 2012 @
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February 17, 2012
Media Contact: Susan Hancock or Kara Ford
Abshire Public Relations
912.844.9549 / 912.659.2126
abshirepr@att.net
Tybee Island Announces Rain Plans for 4th Annual
Mardi Gras Tybee Festival This Weekend
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Tybee Island, an island paradise located just 20 minutes east of historic Savannah, has officially a
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February 13th, 2012 @
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February 10, 2012
Media Contact: Susan Hancock or Kara Ford
Abshire Public Relations
912.844.9549 / 912.659.2126
abshirepr@att.net
Tybee Island Debuts New App for iPhone,
iPad and Android Users
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Tybee Island, an award-winning beach vacation destination located just 20 minutes east of historic Savannah, recently debuted a new app for iPhone, iPad and Android users. The app,
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February 7th, 2012 @
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January 24, 2012
Media Contact: Susan Hancock or Kara Ford
Abshire Public Relations
912.844.9549 / 912.659.2126
abshirepr@att.net
Tybee Island to Celebrate 4th Annual Mardi Gras Tybee Festival
February 17 – 18, 2012
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Tybee Island, an island paradise located just 20 minutes east of historic Savannah, will celebrate the 4th Annual Mardi Gras Tybee Festival with a speci
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January 18th, 2012 @
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February is Perfect for the Critz Tybee Run Fest
by Amy Brock · January 17, 2012
Link to Original Article: Savannahsecrets.com
Tybee Island will host the 2012 Critz Tybee Run Fest February 3-4, offering a series of races over two days totaling a marathon distance of 26.2 miles.
This year, the popular event will feature a 5K, 10K, half-marathon, 2.8 mile beach run and 1 mile run. The Critz Tybee Run F
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December 30th, 2011 @
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Tybee Post Polar Plunge Special Offers
Tybee Island would like to extend a warm welcome to all the Tybee Polar Plunge participants! Please be sure to take advantage of the following special offers available at participating island businesses.
DINING/SHOPPING
ATLANTIC BEACON GALLERY
1604 Butler Ave
912.786.9386
50% off the “I Survived the Polar Plunge!” print for Polar Plunge participants. Be sure to show us
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December 27th, 2011 @
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Tybee Island and the New Year’s Eve fireworks from Mid-Morning Live on WTOC-TV this morning!
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December 9th, 2011 @
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Tybee Island to Host 12th Annual Tybee Polar Plunge on New Year’s Day, Attendees Will Attempt New World Record
WHAT: 12th Annual Tybee Polar Plunge. This popular annual event features an invigorating New Year’s Day dip in the Atlantic Ocean off Tybee Island, Ga. This year, all registrants get to participate in a Guinness World Records® Official Attempt to break the record for the “Largest Gathering of Pe
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November 30th, 2011 @
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Saturday, December 3
Georgia Tourism’s holiday promotion to stop on Tybee Island, Georgia
What: The state’s official holiday campaign is making a stop on Tybee Island. Come out and take your picture with Izo the traveling snowman at the Tybee Gym located at the Tybee Island YMCA at 5th Street. Izo will ride on The Crab Shack’s float in the Tybee Island Christmas Parade. Visitors are encouraged to take pictu
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September 26th, 2011 @
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Tybee for the Holidays Offers Family-Friendly Fun to
Brighten the Holiday Season
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – For the third consecutive year, Tybee for the Holidays will offer plenty of family-friendly fun to brighten the holiday season. Special holiday activities planned from Thanksgiving Day through New Year’s Day make the holiday season an ideal time to visit Tybee Island, Ga., a vacation paradise located just 20 min
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August 16th, 2011 @
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Media Contact: Susan Hancock or Kara Hooper
Abshire Public Relations
912.844.9549 / 912.695.7881
abshirepr@att.net
7th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival Set for
October 6 –9, 2011
WHAT: 7th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival, an adventure-filled weekend featuring an array of adult and family-friendly activities and entertainment. Highlights include The Pirate Charles, an authentic p
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August 16th, 2011 @
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July 28, 2011
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Concert on the Tybee Island pier will be the first annual Shine for Scott Savannah concert
to raise monies to help families battling colon cancer, research, and educate the public
about this disease.
Shine For Scott began as a benefit concert in Augusta in 2010 to help Scott Walden and
his family, who battled colon cancer for 18 months before succumbing to this disease
June 3, 20
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