Here are the results for South magazine’s 2010 Greatest List featuring your picks for the greatest in Home Design and Beauty and Bliss.

Step through the gates of Savannah’s Grayson Stadium and you’re entering somewhat hallowed ground.

Spend a few minutes with Savannah Sand Gnats President John Katz, and you’ll realize he’s extremely proud of this year’s team. In fact, all it takes is a simple query about how the season’s going so far to get him talking. Enthusiasm and pride rises in his voice as he responds.

SOUTH SEATS SHOWDOWN

Win your chance to get a group of South Seats for our sponsored Sand Gnats Game June 24th.  We want to here from the biggest fans of the Sand Gnats on Facebook and Twitter!

FACEBOOK FACEOFF!

Send us your favorite picture from a Gnats game whether you were cheering for the home team or enjoying some of the great deals at Grayson Stadium for a chance to win a group of 4 tickets! Enter from June 16-20. Winners will be notified via Facebook and should respond within 12 hours.

TWEET FOR THE TEAM

Tweet us @south_mag why you should win the South Seats, 4 prime seats at the June 24 th Sand Gnats game!! Enter 6/21-23. Winners contacted via Twitter by 6/24.

Summertime means warm weather, spending time outdoors, and hot dogs. Summertime is also when the one event that combines all three of those happens: baseball! Thankfully, Savannah’s very own home team The Sand Gnats have many upcoming games where you can come out, cheer for the team, and stretch in the 7th inning.

Sand Gnats Home Game Schedule

Congratulations to all of our winners of South’s first annual Great Staycation Giveaway.  Thanks to all the great  hotels, restaurants, shops and businesses that helped make this possible!  Check out what they won!

WEEK SEVEN WINNER: Katie Kellog, Savannah, GA

STAY: 1 night stay Marshall House
EAT: Dinner for 2 at 700 Drayton
PLAY: 4 Free passes to Savannah Fun Tours Scavenger Hunt
SHOP: $50 Gift Certificate to See Jane

WEEK 6: Drawing 5/20/10

STAY: 2 night stay Desoto Hotel Tybee
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Cafe Locos
PLAY: 1/2 day tour with Sea Kayak Georgia
SHOP: $75 Gift Certificate to Sea Side Sisters

Congratulations to all of our winners so far! Here’s what they won:

WEEK 1: Amy Brock, Savannah GA

STAY: 2 night stay at the Mansion on Forsyth
EAT: Dinner for 2 at 700 Drayton
PLAY: 2 Tickets to The Wailin Jennys concert April 16th from Lucas
Theatre
SHOP: $75 gift certificate 24e

WEEK 2: Chris Lambecht, Platte City MO

STAY: 2 nights stay Staybridge Inn Suites Historic District
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Il Pasticio
PLAY: 2 passes on Savannah Movie Tours
SHOP: $75 at La Belle Sorelle

WEEK 3: Paula Kreissler, Savannah GA

STAY: 2 night stay at Avia Hotel
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Molly McPhersons
PLAY: Half-day Trip for 2 with Savannah Fun Tours Scavenger Hunt
SHOP: $75 gift certificate at 24e

Week 4: Regina Bryan, Savannah GA

STAY: 1 night stay at Westin Savannah Harbor Resort and Spa
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Bayou Café on River Street
PLAY: Round of Golf or Heavenly Spa by Westin @Westin
SHOP: Free Verizon Wireless smartphone

WEEK FIVE WINNER: Steve Hall, Melbourne,FL

STAY: 2 night stay Hyatt Hotel
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Belfords for up to $100
PLAY: 2 Free passes to Savannah Foody Tours
SHOP: $40 Gift Certificate to Savannah Bee Company

WEEK SIX WINNER: Michelle Sill, Savannah GA

STAY: 2 night stay Desoto Hotel Tybee
EAT: Dinner for 2 at Cafe Locos
PLAY: 1/2 day tour with Sea Kayak Georgia
SHOP: $75 Gift Certificate to Sea Side Sisters

5 Ways to Catch a Wave

Catch up on how to make the most of Georgia’s coastal surf. Get the lowdown from pro skimboarder Austin Keen and other Tybee Island beach bums.

Saltwater Kayak
As with stand-up paddle boarding, saltwater kayakers enjoy the luxury of sitting above the water allowing them to view the South’s natural beauties, dolphins, red fish and even some alligators, from their boat. “A Southern waterman is way different than anyone else in the world. It’s not your stereotypical Hollywood Surfer. We have to be a little bit more in tune to our environment, watching all the elements, all the time—kind of like a mini-meteorologist,” says Shane Parris, owner of North Island Surf and Kayak.
Parris and his highly qualified staff of watermen say the Georgia coast is perfect for kayaking, and spend their time helping paddlers explore the water near Fort Pulaski, over by the north jetty, or even around Little Tybee. It’s an excellent way to experience a small part of the 100 miles of coastline Georgia has to offer. “It’s the thrill of being out on the water, no fuel; it’s a onetime cost,” Parris says.

Savannah is certainly an eclectic town, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the diverse, thriving music scene that calls the city home. From bluegrass to hip hop, there is something for every music taste to be found here, and South wants you to experience it all. Specially marked copies of this month’s The South magazine contains our first ever Sounds of the South compilation CD, a limited-edition disc featuring 13 of the most notable and popular bands who call (or have called) Savannah home.

The collection starts with “Spilt Milk,” a track from Savannah-raised Kristina Train, a singer/songwriter/violinist with a gorgeous, soulful voice. Train, now residing in New York, signed with the prestigious Blue Note Records label almost eight years ago. Luckily for us, she has finally released her debut album, Spilt Milk, which the Boston Herald has called “timeless music, recorded beautifully and sung perfectly.” She will be returning to her hometown for the 2010 Savannah Music Festival.

A good female bartender has a special skill set they don’t teach you in bartending school: Guts, gusto and a good sense of humor. Get to know the bold ladies behind some of Savannah’s busiest bars.

Jade Kersey

Club 309 West, 309 West River Street
Bartending Since: 2004

Why Bartending: When her mother opened Club 309 West seven years ago, Kersey was forbidden from working the rather risqué watering hole. The SCAD fashion student soon convinced her mother otherwise and joined the close-knit staff. “It’s really like a big family at 309,” she explains.

The Southern-born dance is half a century old, but still jumpin’ and jivin’ in the Lowcountry.
If you haven’t heard of shag dancing, one thing is for certain: You aren’t from the Carolinas. Shagging came into fashion in the 1950s after originating in and around Myrtle Beach with rebellious boys and girls in canvas shoes and bobby socks. It became the official state dance of South Carolina in 1984, and the state music is—you guessed it—beach music.
So how did the dance fever shimmy its way down to Savannah? By way of devoted Savannah Shag Club members Gloria Moak and her partner, Walter Purcell.