It's time for one of Tybee Island's biggest parties of the year, but you'd never know it. Tybee residents dread the traffic and lewd behavior. But others say partiers should be welcomed and people should lighten up. It's time for one of Tybee Island's biggest parties of the year, but you'd never know it. Restaurant marquees advertise Mother's Day specials.
Motels pitch cheap deals.
Ignore Orange Crush, the signs seem to say, and it might go away. Island officials expect as big a turnout as last year, when at least 8,000 partiers came and tripled the island's population for two days. After years of being an informal gathering, the first formally organized Orange Crush is held. Approximately 3,000 people attend when only about 300 are expected. Savannah State withdraws its support of the event.