Willie Nelson

A blockbuster list of top-name musical acts have been added to The Ampitheater at The Wharf lineup for Summer 2009! Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp are booked for July 31.  In May, light rock harmonies from the 1970’s will be served up by Three Dog Night.  They group  appears at The Ampitheater at The Wharf on May 24.

Chicago/Earth, Wind & Fire take the stage on June 5. Styx/REO Speedwagon and Steely Dan have back-to-back dates on June 18 and June 19. Previously announced concert dates include Sugarland (May 15), Montgomery Gentry (July 4) and Kenny Chesney (August 6). For ticket information call Read the rest of this entry »

AHSAA Softball in Gulf Shores

Two top-rated Alabama High School Athletic Association events come to Gulf Shores, AL  in May!  AHSAA 1A-6A State Track Championship is May 7-9.   The AHSAA Regional Softball Championship is May 8-10.  Volunteers are needed for both events.  The Alabama Gulf Coast Sports Commission  and the City of Gulf Shores are hosts to both athletic events.   Read the rest of this entry »

(Gulf Shores, AL) The small waterway appears on Civil War-era maps of the

Gulf Coast.  It depends on a small cut-through to the Gulf of Mexico, known as  “Little Lagoon Pass” or locally as just “The Pass,”  for a fresh influx of salt water.  It has plenty of room for sail boats, windsurfing, power boats and jet skis.  Fish, shrimp and crabs call it home.  New condominiums on the south shore give Gulf Shores visitors a waterfront view to compliment the Gulf of Mexico view, while homes that have withstood decades of hurricanes line its shores on the north. Read the rest of this entry »

(Fort Morgan,  AL)  True, one reach the white sand beaches of Alabama’s gem cities, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, by turning off I-10 and heading due south.  Why not try shooting an approach from the west for a scenic and safe alternative to asphalt?  The Mobile Bay Ferry runs year-round between the historic Civil War forts that continue as silent guards at the mouth of Mobile Bay:  Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan. Read the rest of this entry »

(Fort Morgan, AL)  A humble historical marker on the white sands just outside Fort Morgan, AL is a pilgrimage for many members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon national social fraternity.   It is here, in the waters of Mobile Bay, that this national social  fraternity’s founding father became the first Alabama soldier to die in the Civil War.

Noble Leslie DeVotie, a C.S.A. chaplain with the Independent Blues and the Governor’s Guard of Selma, Read the rest of this entry »