The Outer Banks 2008 Official Travel Guide - (Page 54) OUTER BANKS CULTURAL & VISUAL ARTS From the moment you step foot on our magical barrier islands, you sense that the land is ripe with cultural treasures waiting to be discovered! You have to wonder if America’s first English Colonists felt it too, 423 years ago… See and hear how 112 men, women, and children set sail across an ocean, to scratch out lives full of new promise in the New World, only to mysteriously disappear without a trace. It’s a story spun every summer at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. Paul Greene’s symphonic outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, is the longest running in the country. Elizabethan Gardens, a tribute to the Virgin Queen, are designed like a true English garden. Walk among camellias, hydrangeas, roses under the watchful gaze of historic statues. Visit the exquisitely carved likeness of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World. Local Artist Marcia Cline The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau holds a free public performance of the North Carolina Symphony each year, the first week in June. Listen to classical music on a blanket under the stars, at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Bring a picnic basket and enjoy the park as there’s plenty of room for the children to stretch their legs and play before the show! With more than 40 art galleries from Duck to Hatteras Island, take home handcrafted works of local artisans. Paintings, sculpture, jewelry. From Gallery Row in Nags Head to the quaint shops in the villages along Duck, Manteo and Hatteras Island, you can hunt for just the right treasure for yourself or as souvenirs for loved ones. You’ll find diverse arts-related special events in the destination’s year-round calendar of events. The arts calendar is rounded out with monthly art exhibits at Roanoke Island Festival Park Art Gallery. 54
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