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         New tours around town include one featuring the characters and locations of Pat Conroy’s latest book, “South of Broad.” It’s a 2 hour walking tour, professionally narrated leaving from the Mills House.      Firefly Distillery is offering tours and tastings on Wadmalaw Island. You can also visit the Irvin-House Vineyards and Winery at the same site.      Charleston Art Tours offers 2 hour walking tours led by professional artists.     Based on the popular pub tours in Europe, The Original Pub Tour of Charleston has arrived in the Holy City.     And finally, the Charleston Pirate tour leads explorers through the city. Don’t miss Capt. Bob the blue & gold macaw.       All month, the Nathanial Russell House and the Aiken-Rhett House will be dressed for the season and ready to show off. On the 4th and 11th, you’re invited to a Christmas 1860 Candlelight Tour—The Story of Christmas Past at the Edmondston-Alston House at 21 East Battery. You can interact with the costumed interpreters as they tell the stories of Christmas in the 1860s. See the home lit as it was then from 6:30-8:30.          Drayton Hall’s Spirituals Concert will be on the 5th and 6th at 5:30 and an additional concert at 3pm on Sunday. On the 18th, from 6:30-8:30, Middleton Plantation will come alive by torchlight, candlelight and starlight as their costumed interpreters take you back to Christmas1782.  

Filed under: Around Town, Lowcountry Lifestyle on December 15th, 2009