Other vote getters included MayFest, the Novello Festival of Reading, the Renaissance Festival, and the CPCC Spring Literary Festival. Let 'em wear themselves out. McDowell Park More than 55,000 people a year visit the 1,000-acre McDowell Park and Nature Center, enjoying its picnic shelters, campground, playground, and seven miles of nature trials. When you want to get away from the traffic. . . South End A repeat winner.
Kids especially love the restored trolley.
The splendid Carolina Theater movie palace opened in 1927, and underwent renovation in 1961. A highlight of the past year was the production of Dracula on Halloween night by the Moving Poets company. The Fist , starring Bruce Lee. The Gang of Five came in second.