2nd Annual Valentine's Weekend Getaway
Friday, February 13th - Monday, February 16th
Valentine's Weekend Getaway
“Follow your Heart to the Mountains”
Friday – February 13, 2009
10:00am-4:00pm Land of Waterfalls Photography Show (Transylvania Community Arts Council)
10:00am-5:00pm Sweetheart of a Sale
10:00pm-9:00pm "Sweat"heart Indoor Recreation Tour
4:00pm-7:00pm Special Gallery Walk
6:00pm-8:00pm Champagne & Chocolate Tasting (Main Street Ltd.)
Saturday – February 14, 2009
10:00am-4:00pm Land of Waterfalls Photography Show (Transylvania Community Arts Council)
10:00am-5:00pm Sweetheart of a Sale
10:00am-5:00pm Transylvania Scavenger Hunt
10:00am-9:00pm "Sweat"heart Indoor Recreation Tour
11:00am-2:00pm Frog Love in the Pink Beds (Cradle of Forestry)
12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch with BLT-to-Go "Love in a Different Light" (Docks Restaurant)
3:00pm-4:00pm Porter Center: “The Eagle 1925 ” Valentino silent heartthrob ($5 Admis.)
New original organ score. (Tickets go on sale at 2:00pm and doors open at 2:30pm)
8:00pm-11:00pm Sweetheart Dance & Dancing with Our Stars (Brevard Little Theatre/American Legion Hall) Admis. $10
Sunday – February 15, 2009
10:00am-5:00pm Sweetheart of a Sale
10:00am-9:00pm "Sweat"heart Indoor Recreation Tour
11:00am-2:00pm Dupont Lovers Walk & Hot Chocolate
11:30am-1:30pm Lunch with BLT-to-Go "The Diaries of Adam & Eve " (Docks Restaurant)
Monday – February 16, 2009 (President’s Day)
10:00am-5:00pm Sweetheart of a Sale
10:00am-9:00pm "Sweat"heart Indoor Recreation Tour
Specials
(828 area code)
Accommodations:
A Cabin in Willoughby Woods 877-6247 – “Heart’s Desire” 3 nights of tranquility for $300, Curl up in Willoughby Woods!
Dogwood Mountain Lodge 205-746-5548 – 3 night Romance Package: 3 nights lodging & Fireside Romance Basket. $675 plus tax
Greystone Inn 800-824-5766 – “Buy One Night & Get One Night Free,” also “Enhance the Romance: rose, champagne, and chocolates - $50”
Red House Inn 883-9349 – “Honey for Your Honey” Free jar of Busy Bee Farm honey with a two-night stay!
The Cabins at Seven Foxes 877-6333 – Either 20% off nightly rate/stay 2 nights get 3rd for free, plus chocolates and sparkling wine setup
Restaurants/Food:
Blue Ridge Comforts Fudge Kitchen 862-6520 – “Sweet Valentine’s Deal” Buy a pound of fudge, get ½ pound for free!
Bracken Mountain Bakery 883-4034 – Raspberry Mocha Latte “Buy one, get one free”
D.D. Bullwinkel’s 862-4700 – Buy 1 pound of fudge, get ½ pound of fudge for free!
Docks Restaurant 883-4447 - Valentines Week Special: Four Course Dinner Package. Receive a Glass of Champagne with your Appetizer and a Glass of Wine with your Entree!
Downtown Chocolates 877-2378 – “Sweets for Your Sweetie" Specialty Valentine's Day truffles & lollipops, gift baskets, and assorted truffle gift box with edible Valentine's Day card. Download this coupon and redeem for special discount!
Glen Cannon Country Club 883-8175 - "Valentine's Dinner"
Kiwi Gelato 877-4659 - Take home a quart of homemade gelato or sorbetto for $9.60!
Poppies Market 885-5494 – “Cupid’s Cuisine: Fundraiser for Mountain Sun Community School
Quotations Coffee Café 883-8966 - Chocolate Covered Strawberry Hot Chocolate & Mochas “Buy 2 and get the 2nd ½ off!”
Rocky’s Soda & Grill 877-5375 – “Two-in-a-Basket” Specials, Plus Buy 1 “Sweet” Treat and get the 2nd treat ½ off!
The Quarry 877-2244 - Valentine Specials: A rose for the lady and two complimentary chocolate covered strawberries to end your meal. Two wine specials: $20 a bottle. Jacey Langford on the piano 6:00pm (2/14). Reservations recommended.
Retail:
# 7 Arts Co-op 883-2294 – “It Takes Two” Bring a friend and register for matching gift certificates!
Hunters & Gatherers 883-3709 – Lover’s Lane Sale and samplings of Aphrodisiac Cake.
Also 20-50% off Ruby and Garnet Jewelry on Friday and Saturday ONLY
Love’s Jewelry & Gifts 884-4601 – “Love is in the Air!” 20% off Storewide and your choice: $12.99 a pair for either Diamond OR Ruby earrings, Engraving & Boxing/Wrapping FREE!
Main Street Ltd Inc 884-4974 - Champagne & Chocolate Tasting: Valentine's Day boxed chocolates for sale & special sales on wine and champagne
Moose Tracks 862-4720 – “The Perfect Pair” Sale: Buy one pair of shoes (and/or socks) for you, get the 2nd pair for your sweetie at 25% off!
O.P. Taylor’s 883-2309 – “Buy 2 Sweet Webkinz and Get 1 Free”
Pure Pets 884-7333 - "Love Your Pet Pawty!" Contests, drawings, & treats! Free Indoor Bath Area All Day.
The Forest Place 884-5713 – “Get Outside and Fall In Love with Nature – All Field Guides, Trail Guides and Forest Maps 25% Off”
The Pink Flamingo 883-4515 – Drawing for Sweetheart Basket
Three Bears Den 862-8447 – Special 30% off for any item with any red, pink, or purple on it!
Stones 884-8988 – 20% off everything, unless it’s red, then 25% off!
White Squirrel Shoppe 877-3530 – Free gift with all purchases over $5
Spas/Health:
Aesthetics Medical Spa 883-2951 – “Be my Valentine Specials!” Chemical Peel & Microderm Combination $75 or Laser Package 20% off
Craig & Craig Artistry 384-1997 – “One Year Anniversary: Because we love our Customers!” Free bottle of “Scalp Spa Treatment” along with a Shiatsu Detox Service
Elements Spa & Shop 884-2701 –Valentine’s Specials: Couple’s Massage (1 hour) $140 or (1.5 hours) $190 or Spa Sampler (1/2 hour Massage & Facial) $85
La Petite Spa 883-2238 – Special Valentine’s Day packages – “Just the Two of Us,” “My Pretty Valentine,” “Escape to Chocolate,” “Cupid’s Relief,” and “Valentine Retreat.” Appointment only
Monarch Natural Healing, LLC 877-2300 – $150 Valentine’s Special: One-hour Couples Hot Stones or Deep Tissue Massage, 15 Min Far Infrared Sauna, and Aromatherapy and Pot of Tea
Local Attractions:
Mud Dabbers Pottery 884-5131 – "I Heart Clay" Pottery Class for Adults, Saturday, Feb. 14, 1:30-3:30 pm. Learn to make valentine- inspired pottery pieces using hand building techniques. Cost is $40 per person. Couples who register together get a 10% discount.
WSQL 1240 AM 877-5252 – “Date Night: Dinner and a Movie Give-Away” (Dinner at local restaurant and 2 movie tickets to Co Ed)
Champagne & Chocolate Tasting
Begin your romantic weekend at Main Street Ltd., with a Champagne Tasting featuring French Champagne, Spanish Cava, and Italian Prosecco. Bliss Chocolat , a local chocolatier will be joining us for this decadent event. A few nibbles of Bliss Chocolat and you’re on your way to a heavenly weekend in Transylvania County!
Sweetheart Dance & Dancing With Our Stars
Come dance to the romantic songs throughout the ages with ballroom DJ Roger Buckner. Vote for your favorite “star” as our local celebrities are partnered with dancing professionals. A great way to raise “fun” and “funds” for Transylvania Community Arts Council Summer Art Programs for kids. Admission $10/person (includes one glass of wine)
Transylvania Scavenger Hunt
Discover the “treasures” of our county as you explore the nooks and crannies to find hidden icons on your walks. Participating businesses will provide either a token gift to participants coming into their business or by being only a "clue giver" for scavenger hunt destinations. Visit shops, restaurants, tourist attractions and be the first to win the $100 gift certificate.
Frog Love in the Pink Beds
February pulls frogs out of their hiding places to find mates and lay eggs in woodland waters. Come to the Cradle of Forestry in Transylvania County’s scenic, historic Pink Beds valley to explore this age old phenomenon and importance of this ecosystem.
Land of the Waterfalls Photography Show and Gallery Walk
You don’t have to wait for our regular 4th Friday of the month. Enjoy a mini-tour of the downtown art galleries. Special exhibits include the Land of the Waterfalls Photography Show.
"Sweat"heart Indoor Recreation Tour
Visit these 5 indoor recreation facilities: Brevard Tennis & Athletic Club, Brevard Rock Gym, Strykes Again Family Fun, The Fitness Factory, and Zero Gravity Skate Park. Rock your heart, get Board, Stryke up the night, grab your Cue, wax your Wheels, Pedal your medal, String in the Love. Win the grand prize of one night stay at the romantic, historic Inn.
Rudolph Valentino’s "The Eagle 1925"
This Valentine’s Day matinee from 1925
features the silent screen’s all-time sex symbol, Rudolph Valentino, in one of his finest films. A highly enjoyable camp-fest, this silent flick is full of romance, revenge, and intrigue. Valentino stars as Vladimir Dubrovsky, a young Russian Cossack officer who rejects the Czarinas’ amorous attention and is promptly branded as a deserter in this silent tale of love and revenge. He escapes to the Russian countryside and becomes the “Black Eagle”, a masked vigilante who seeks to avenge his father’s death. This romantic adventure was Valentino’s 2nd to last film.
Original, live accompaniment will be provided on the spectacular Brevard College Kirkpatrick-Coleman Pipe Organ, the Porter Center's visual centerpiece. A glorious $1.2-million Kirkpatrick-Coleman Pipe Organ, and world-class instrument designed by master organ-builder Daniel Jaeckel, featuring three manual divisions, 69 ranks and 3,539 pipes.
Our accompanist, Dr. Vance Reese, is a church and temple organist, an opera coach,and a singer. When he's not doing all the above, he plays the organ for silent movies. This movie will make this his sixth silent movie that he has accompanied for the Porter Center, Reese also created the music score for last year's Valentino flick, "The Son of the Shiek." Vance plays organ at Christ School, Arden, and Congregation Beth Ha Tephila, Asheville. He also accompanies productions for the Asheville Lyric Opera and the Asheville Choral Society, plays double bass for the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, and teaches music theory at Mars Hill College. He lives in West Asheville in the Westwood Cohousing Community with Jean, his wife, and Jonathan, his son.
Brevardians may remember Vance from his days as the choirmaster/organist at St. Philip's Episcopal Church, as bassist and conductor of the Brevard Chamber Orchestra, and as adjunct professor of music at Brevard College.
The film will be introduced by a local silent movie buff, Chip Kaufmann, a native of Greenville, SC, who has lived in Asheville since 1983. Most of that time has been spent as a classical music announcer at public radio station WCQS. He was one of the judges at the initial Asheville Film Festival in 2003 and is currently a film critic for Rapid River Arts Magazine as well as President of the Hendersonville Film Society. Kaufmann has been interested in silent movies since the age of 10 and has over 250 silent film DVDs in his personal collection. He has also introduced four films for the Porter Center at Brevard College's silent film/organ series: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Son of the Sheik, The Black Pirate, and Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. After the film he will provide an informative Q&A session!
Dupont Lovers Walk & Hot Chocolate
*NOTE: If it is raining on Sunday morning, the walk will be cancelled.
What healthier way to spend time with your loved ones than to walk in the winter wonderland of Dupont State Forest? Waterfalls and panoramic views will delight your soul as you encounter the breathtaking beauty of what makes Transylvania County.
Treat your Valentine to a Waterfall Visit...
Experience the beauty of High Falls in the winter and enjoy exploring the wonders of DuPont State Forest. Friends of Dupont Forest (FODF) members will be at the High Falls Shelter from 11 am to 2 pm serving hot chocolate from Quotation’s Coffee Café and providing information about the forest.
The shelter is just a 15 minute walk from the Buck Forest Parking lot. After you go through the gate, listen for the courting croaks of the Carolina Wood frogs in a small pond on the left of Buck Forest Road. Walk to Triple Falls Road on the left. Enter the forest and walk a short distance, then bear to the right on High Falls Road to the shelter. FODF members can tell you how to extend your hike to include Triple Falls, Hooker Falls, the covered bridge and other interesting areas of DuPont Forest. Picnic tables are available if you want to bring a lunch for you and your valentine. Directions to Buck Forest Parking Lot from Brevard: Follow 276 south for 12 miles and turn left on Cascade Lake Road, turn right after 2.5 miles on to Staton Road. Buck Forest Parking area will be 1.3 miles on your right. For more information visit Dupont State Forest.
Sweetheart of a Sale
Downtown Brevard welcomes you to their best winter sale ever. Check out the unique gift items that only our one-of-a-kind shops can offer. Since it’s President’s Weekend as well, you’re sure to find some sweetheart of a deal.
BLT-to-Go
How better to spend a Valentine’s weekend than to find out what really happened between the “original” couple in "The Diaries of Adam & Eve," and “Love in a Different Light” provides a couple of different offbeat looks at relationships.
“Love In a Different Light: A program of short plays providing an offbeat look at relationships”
Fear Itself by Jacqueline Ahl
- Winner, 2005 Brevard Little Theatre New Play Competition (One-Act Category).
- Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest 77th Annual Writing Competition (Stage Play Script Category)
- Performed by Gene O’Hare and Kathleen Moore
- A mature couple copes with a surreal situation that challenges their love for each other and their understanding of the world.
Matterhorn by Rich Orloff
- Winner, 2005 Palm Springs National Short Play Festival (Audience Favorite).
- Performed by Danielle Myers and Joe Narsavage
- Stuck in a never-ending line at Disneyland, a husband and wife are just on the verge of killing each other--until they devise a novel solution to their marital woes.
Wondering What’s Up by Paul Brink
- Author’s Belated Suitor won Brevard Little Theatre’s New Play Competition (One-Act Category), 2006.
- Performed by Joe Narsavage and Jill Lusby-Brink
- An old-fashioned father learns something new about his son…and wishes he hadn’t.
Brevard Little Theatre's traveling troupe, BLT-to-Go, will perform three plays, all by prize-winning playwrights. Be prepared to get someone else’s “take” on love, sex, and marriage—not necessarily in that order!
The Diaries of Adam & Eve, by Mark Twain
This timeless one-act play, written by one of America’s most beloved writers and performed by Brevard Little Theatre's traveling troupe, BLT-to-Go, provides an intimate look at the relationships between humankind’s first couple as told in their own words.
Dine at Docks Restaurant and let Brevard Little Theatre’s To-Go productions keep you laughing all weekend long.
Thanks!
Media Sponsor:
WNC Magazine
For those Businesses that want to participate in the Scavenger Hunt
The Heart Of Brevard will be sponsoring a scavenger hunt during the Valentine's Day Getaway Weekend February 14 and 15 and all Chamber of Commerce members are invited to participate. Participating businesses must be open both Saturday and Sunday that weekend and be willing to provide a token gift to participants coming into their business. Businesses can also participate by being only a "clue giver" for scavenger hunt destinations.
Those businesses interested in participating should contact Lynne Montague-Clouse.
Download information here for a complete description of the Scavenger Hunt and requirements for businesses who wish to participate.
Businesses please submit your interest by January 30th.
