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02-03-2025
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The ‘Best of Bay' student art exhibit opens
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – For the next three weeks, the spotlight is on local young artists in downtown Panama City. The Best of Bay Art Show opened at the Center for the Arts on Saturday. For decades, Bay District Schools teachers have been hand-selecting student artwork to put on display. 'The pieces are selected based on representing that variety and showing the best of what we think our students can show so that they can take a look at it in comparison to all the other schools and hopefully be inspired,' Art Educator at Northside Elementary & Bay County Art Educators Association Secretary Kathleen Mcnulty Mann said. PCB Scottish Festival hosts first ever 2-day event Bay County elementary, middle, and high school art is showcased in the exhibit. It features a variety of art, including photography, sculptures, paintings, and more. It means a lot to students to share their work with the community. 'It was my art project in my school, and we needed to cut out these shapes and make them a pattern. We could choose patterns or make our own patterns. So, I chose some of them but made this one by myself,' student Zhasmin Arutiunian said. 'It's really exciting,' student Tahlia Ellington said. 'It's like amazing,' student SueAnna Robinson said. 'This is such an exciting opportunity for the kids because their artwork is being displayed the way that professional artwork is displayed. And we want our students to feel and see themselves as just the same as a professional artist. There are all kinds of the same value to you, not only to our community. And to their school, but we hope to themselves,' Mcnulty Mann said. And teachers say the exhibit is just as exciting for them. 'As art teachers, we absolutely love it. Any chance for our students' work to be showcased I think sometimes visual art is easy to forget about because it's not maybe in your face as performing arts or dance performance might be, but quietly we are actually working with hundreds of students at every school,' Mcnulty Mann said. FWC discusses plan to authorize regulated black bear hunting The exposition is free, and educators encourage the community to explore the display. 'It's such a positive representation of what it means to be a child in Bay County. And we're looking at it through their eyes,' McNulty Mann said. The art will be on display at the Center for the Arts until March 22nd. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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02-03-2025
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Festivities continue at PCB Scottish Festival
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – The kilts and bagpipes were in full display Saturday at the 31st annual Scottish Festival. The celebration kicked off Friday night, marking the first time in festival history that the event spanned two days. Gates opened at 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach. The event featured pipe bands, highland games, kids' activities, axe throwing, a petting zoo, and dozens of vendors to explore. The main event kicked off at noon with the opening ceremonies, followed by Irish dancing and live music throughout the day. PCB Scottish Festival hosts first ever 2-day event Officials say the reason it's the largest and longest-running Scottish festival in the Panhandle is because of the local representation. 'Most people don't know it, but there is a very large Scottish community in Panama City, and there's very large ones everywhere, just not everybody knows it. We have many, many clan tents of families, the Scottish families, representing their families. You can come in and find out if you don't know, just go to any one of them and they'll get your name and they'll look it up and they'll tell you which clan you belong to,' PCB Scottish Festival Committee Member Bill McCurdy said. The festivities wrapped up at about 5:30 Saturday evening. If you want to learn more about the clans or the festival, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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01-03-2025
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PCB Scottish Festival hosts first ever 2-day event
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – For the first time ever, the Panama City Beach Scottish Festival has expanded to two days. It started Friday night and goes through Saturday. Event goers can expect to see axe throwing, live music, a petting zoo, traditional Scottish food, and the fan-favorite Highland Games this year. WCFR contain camper fire on Oak Grove Rd., Darlington It began Friday with the first Calling of the Clans ceremony. The ceremony allows attendees to show their pride for their ancestors and family names while sharing their love for Scottish culture and tradition. 'It was calling them in just as kind of a joyful celebration to kick off the games and to have our families and clans here with us. To do that, they got a chance to do their clan cry and their war chant. And it was really something to see. I really enjoyed it,' PCB Scottish Festival Committee Member Bill McCurdy said. This is the 31st Scottish festival, and it hasn't always been in Panama City Beach. Before 2016, the festival was held at the Grace Presbyterian Church in Panama City. 'It was hard because I didn't want to leave the church, but the, the first of all, just outgrowth outgrew the grounds and it was hemorrhaging money. So we had to make a choice. So we moved over here to the courts. The church is always invited to come in and participate, and we don't charge them a vendor fee,' McCurdy said. Saturday's schedule is jam-packed; gates will open at 9 a.m., and live music will start at 10 a.m. The opening ceremony will be at noon, followed by live music throughout the day, but the most popular activity will be the Highland Games. 'It's individuals. They come over to the class, they compete, and they come from all over the country. And they're all competing, you know, for points… the best of the day, they get the big sword, the big claymore, and they get to walk around and get bragging rights,' McCurdy said. FWC discusses plan to authorize regulated black bear hunting He says the representatives of the different families are also a big attraction. 'These guys are very knowledgeable. They know about their families. They know the history of Scotland. They know the histories of their clans and their families, their tartans, what it all means to them. And some of them, it means a whole lot,' McCurdy added. The festival will wrap up Saturday at around 5:30 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
