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A Gullah Christmas

DECEMBER/JANUARY 2012-13

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CONTRIBUTORS December/January 2012-2013 Cindy Reid has been published in About Town, skirt!, Salon.com and TheCoastal Mariner. A graduate of Mills College in Oakland, CA, she spent most of her career working with authors in the retail book business before becoming one herself. She has a daughter who lives in the state of Washington. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, she now makes her home on St. Helena Island, SC.

Cindy Reid Susan Deloach was born Susan Bessinger in Beaufort, where she still resides with her husband Larry and sons Hudson and Tucker. Susan has a gift for capturing the personality and unique essence of her subject whether on location or in the studio.

Her portraits are as diverse as the personalities of the people she photographs - some are edgy, some joyful, but all have one thing in common: the sensitive, skilled and thoughtful approach of the artist behind the camera.

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Susan Deloach John Wollwerth is a photographer raised in New York, now living in Beaufort. He specializes in wedding and commercial photography, with additional background in portrait and stock photography. His work has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, the Minneapolis Tribune, Coastal Living, and South Carolina Homes and Gardens. John is involved with the Photography Club of Beaufort and the Professional Photographer of South Carolina. He is also involved with humanitarian and missions work in Africa. He lives with his wife and three children.

John Wollwerth Located in Port Royal, SC, Paul Nurnberg’s national and local clients include Beaufort Memorial Hospital, JCB Inc., Spring Island, TCL, and The Tefair Museum of Art. In addition to work for dozens of trade and business publications, he also photographs for many consumer magazines including: People, Southern Accents, Coastal Living, Food Arts, and Elegant Bride. During the year Paul teaches photography classes at ArtWorks and through his studio and photographs select weddings and individual portraits.

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CONTENTS December/January 2012-13

features

8 Robyn Clevenger

Tells All About The Diving Experiences

15 Heidi Charest

World’s Fastest Female Firefighter

Memorial Hospital’s 20 Beaufort Valentine Ball

24 Meet Perry Alspach The Cigar Box Guitar Maker

30 Phillip Jenkins The Duke

36 Artist Profile Marilee Sartori

departments

7

Publisher’s Page

39

Low Country Weddings

47

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PUBLISHER’S Thoughts

On the Cover

Finding The Spirit

Aunt Pearlie Sue celebrates a Gullah Christmas!

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Here we are, the holidays are here again! I don’t think I am ever prepared for the season as it seems to arrive earlier each year.

And, as history repeats itself, it has snuck up on me again.

I have also found myself getting harder and harder to get in the spirit each year. But, this year it seems a bit easier.

I have really gotten excited about the holidays while working on this issue.

I started getting in the spirit one day as I ran into a friend of mine that reminded me of the Julie Hales, PUBLISHER approaching holiday season, Anita Prather, known to some of you as Aunt Pearlie Sue. Talking with her that day reminded me of the spirit of the season….and what all it brings to the Low Country!

Aunt Pearlie Sue’s “Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish….Freedom Coming” musical performance will be held on December 7th. The full-stage, original musical brings you soul-stirring, foot-stomping singing and dancing. You don’t want to miss this Christmas presentation that includes a wonderful meal and a market place…all at USCB Performing Arts Theatre. Read all about his on page 48.

The Festival of Trees kicks off their annual celebration on December 1st with the Jingle Jog. The gala will take place on December 3rd…..and the 4th through the 8th you may enjoy a leisurely look at the trees. They also have several other things planned….read all about this on page 56.

Main Street Beaufort, USA brings us the 27th annual “A Night On The Town.” This long standing tradition starts at 6:00 pm on December 7th. Main Street also brings Beaufort the “Light Up The Night” boat parade on December 8th and the annual “Beaufort Christmas Parade on the 9th. Read all about these on page 52.

The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be having their annual Christmas concerts on December 13th and December 16th. Both performances will be held at University of South Carolina’s Performing Arts building. Support your local symphony and enjoy their holiday program, “Tis The Season.” Read all about this on page 60.

How can one not get excited about the season in Beaufort when you have so much going on….right here at home. What wonderful holiday festivities this beautiful city has planned.

I am looking forward to seeing you out and about this season…..enjoy all that the holidays in Beaufort have to offer.

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Diving For

Treasures and Fun Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON Photos by JOHN WOLLWERTH

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nce upon a time Wooly Mammoths, Mastodons, and Megalodons remains came to rest in this part of the earth. It sounds like a science fiction fairy tale, but black water diver Robyn Clevinger, can assure you it is not a fantasy. She dives in the rivers in South Carolina, as well as most of east coast states, and finds amazing fossils - huge prehistoric teeth and skeletal remains of these ancient creatures that are nestled in our river and creek beds. Robyn explains that these remains are here, not because they are indigenous, but because every culture documents a great flood and they got deposited all over.

“At first, I started looking for teeth so I got a salvage license and a permit. The first tooth I found was in Georgia. Regulations differ by state but in South Carolina your permit requires that you keep a log which has to be turned in quarterly. The state may take any artifacts you find; consequently many divers do not seek permits and report what they find. In the beginning I used the pieces I found to acquire my diving gear. I’ve donated many items to fundraisers for breast cancer, cystic fibrosis and the Wounded Warrior Program. A near perfect seven inch tooth once sold in auction for thousands of dollars. I take the pieces to schools also and have given pieces to children as well other individuals who have a keen interest.” Robyn explains, “There is nothing like seeing the joy on someone’s face when you let them pick a piece to keep for themselves.”

Not only does she find bones and teeth, but also lots of other artifacts from the civilizations that existed here in the lowcountry. Her collection includes parts of Native American/Indian smoke pipe stems, pottery shards and some nearly whole pieces, and old bottles.

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Other treasures include sting ray barbs, whale teeth, whale bones, assorted vessels, a key and some broken pieces of jewelry. She has baskets and buckets of bones, vertebrae, teeth, and the more difficult to identify - fossilized whale poop. She’s found some ancient sand dollars the size of dinner plates, and shark teeth 60 - 80 feet long. “Different sedimentary layers hold different things, bones will be in one, teeth in another.

Some bottles are covered in barnacles because they’re found nearer to the surface and they’ve been exposed to air; the ones that have never been exposed have a slick surface.”

Finding these artifacts is not for the faint of heart, it’s extremely difficult to dive in water where you can barely see your hand in front of your face, which is why it is called “black water diving”. Robyn describes it like this, “You have a brief window: imagine being in a pitch black room with water swirling all around you.

When you turn on your flashlight, everything looks foggy. You’re wearing gloves and feeling around in the mud, when you’re digging your fingers in and you’re actually fanning the bottom to get the water to rise up off the bottom in the current. It’s just about impossible to see, so you’re relying heavily on your sense of feel.

In these waters you work hard to fight the current and consequently need to wear extra weights.”

What in the world induced a small framed, very feminine, woman to want to risk her life to explore the remains of extinct gigantic creatures? “I’m an adventurer! I love scuba diving - for me it’s freeing.

It makes me very happy.” Adventurer is probably an understatement - the woman is fearless. In 2003, Robyn got certified for search and rescue and is a member of the Beaufort Search and Rescue Team,

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“I’m an adventurer! I love scuba diving - for me it’s freeing. It makes me very happy.”

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which means she dives to retrieve victims of drownings.

Robyn has also served as a volunteer diver for the South Carolina Aquarium. “The aquarium is great. It’s not only a place where people can learn about the animals native to our area but they also help rehabilitate sea life and release animals back into their natural habitat.” It was also pretty neat to see the look on a child’s face when you locked eyes with them as they gazed through the glass of the tank.”

This is the stuff reality TV shows, History, Discovery and Science Channels are made of, literally. Her expertise at diving and her reputation for finding things, were recognized by Discovery’s Science Channel and she was part of the team that filmed the documentary America’s Lost H Bomb. “When we were filming, we were diving off the coast of Tybee Island. We took bottom samples that were tested for radiation levels and dove multiple underwater searches of the area. At one point the area was surrounded by government boats with men wearing all black, they took over the site and dove day and night for weeks. Finally they released the site back to us but we didn’t find anything.” What, exactly, were they looking for? According to Marabella Productions and Discovery’s Science Channel: “THERE’S A MISSING WMD, but you’d never guess where…

In 1958, a damaged U.S. B-47 bomber jettisons a nuclear bomb off the coast of Savannah Georgia containing 350 pounds of conventional explosives and an undisclosed quantity of highly enriched uranium. The bomb’s explosive yield is 100 times that of the Hiroshima bomb For weeks, the U.S. Navy and Air Force searched for the bomb in the silty waters around Tybee Island.

Deemed ‘irretrievably lost,’ the 7,600 pound nuclear Tybee bomb is still out there…” Robyn states, “We got to interview the pilot, he took us to the locations and recounted the night of that infamous flight. It was amazing to hear him recount the details like it was yesterday.” She has participated in multiple shows about diving for artifacts and fossils in dark water as well as something new is in the works with Discovery that is currently being kept quiet until it airs this fall.

Ancient creature remains, nuclear bombs, underwater currents, practically zero visibility, and sharks all abound in her environment. What is the most dangerous element of diving here? “Alligators!” Robyn explains, “There are alligators all over the place here in the rivers. I don’t mind the sharks, a shark might take a bite out of you and decide you are not in it’s food chain but an alligator will bite and roll without the intent to every let go; I try never to dive if I see an alligator during mating season because they get really aggressive. I had an encounter with an eight foot alligator; I was underwater in a submerged tree, my arms and legs were over a limb when I felt something on my back. We dive in groups and we always joke around with each other, pulling fins and stuff, so I thought it was one of the guys so I jabbed my elbow back. Then I sensed feet in front of my shoulders and behind my legs and then I felt the tail go over my head! I knew I needed to get out of there but I didn’t know where it had gone or if it was coming back. When I did get to the surface and over to the boat, the guys in the boat asked if I’d seen that eight foot alligator that followed me into the water. They should have warned me that he was there because they saw him slide off the bank after me when I went in. “But it all turned out okay”, she laughs.

“I enjoy sightseeing too, but I prefer searching for ‘treasures’ in dark water.” Sightseeing is what Robyn explains as clear water diving where you can see everything around you. She’s been to several foreign countries as well as areas in the states to clear water dive but even when she dives clear water she seeks out the

“local treasures.” “Local treasures are those things that you aren’t able to find somewhere else”, she explains. “I always go with a list of things to look for that I can’t find elsewhere so in a sense I am still treasure hunting.”

Equally at home above and below the water, Robyn is woman of many talents. Although she is self-taught in the field of archeology, Robyn has a degree in Business Management which comes in handy to help fund her diving passion. She gives financial presentations for members in the military, and she and her husband, Craig Valentine, also have a mariculture clam plantation and nearly 100 acres where they farm and cultivate oysters in the local rivers. Her devotion to exploration and her underwater findings are constantly bringing history from the dark recesses where they have been resting, to the light of present day.

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Heidi Charest Story by CINDY REID Photography by SUSAN DELOACH

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t has been called “the toughest two minutes of sports.”

Take the five most physically demanding aspects of one of the world’s most demanding jobs and do them all in two minutes or under. That pretty much describes the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge.

In November, Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District firefighter Heidi Charest received the 2012 Grand National Championship Award from the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge. Heidi modestly says, “This is the first year that it was my goal to receive that award, and I was able to because I accrued the most points for placing first in four of the Scott’s Regional Races,” as if she had won a game of horse shoes or corn hole. But what this local firefighter leaves out is that she - Heidi Charest- is the world’s fastest female firefighter.

By the nature of their demanding job firefighters must be physically fit, commonly training on their off time in order to stay in good shape. At any given moment they may called upon to drag a hose, scale multiple flights of stairs or carry a victim to safety. Born from “the need to develop a physical ability test to determine whether a job applicant had the requisite capabilities to perform the essential job functions of a firefighter” (www. scottfirefighterchallenge.com), the SFCC gives firefighters from all the country, and the world, the opportunity to compete against each other in five grueling events unique to firefighting. “… the Challenge seeks to encourage firefighter fitness and demonstrate the profession’s rigors to the public. Wearing ‘full bunker gear’ and the SCOTT Air-Pak breathing apparatus, pairs of competitors race head-to-head as they simulate the physical demands of real-life firefighting by performing a linked series of five tasks … as they race against themselves, their opponent and the clock.”

While wearing full bunker gear (coat, pants, boots, helmet and air pack) participants have to do the following five tasks in as short of time as possible: 1. Stair Climb- climb a 5 story tower with a High Rise Pack (a folded 42 pound hose).

2. Hose Hoist- using hand over hand , pull up a 42 pound hose box 5 stories.

3. Forcible Entry-slam a 9 ½ pound sledgehammer into a 160’ beam until it moves 5 feet.

4. Hose Advance-sprint 140 feet through a serpentine of cones, pick up a charged hose line, and drag it 75 feet through “saloon doors” and hit a target.

5. Victim Rescue- pick up a 175 pound mannequin and drag it backward 100 feet.

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Heidi says, “All the obstacles are something you will come across in a fire scene. The women compete on exactly the same course, using the same equipment, because that is how it is in real life as a firefighter.”

According to the people at Scott, most firefighters could do the course in 5 to 6 minutes, to be competitive participants usually complete it in 3 minutes or less .Heidi’s first place times were: Tyler TX 10/12/12 Time 2:55:10, Charleston WVA 08/17/12 Time 2:58:50, Montgomery AL 07/13/12 Time 3:19:10, North Charleston SC 05/18/12 Time 3:05:34.

In addition she and partner Brandon Cummingham, a military firefighter at Fort Gordon, Augusta GA are the National Record holders for the Co-Ed Tandem, time 1:26:81.

There are several videos posted on YouTube that show just how hard this is to do, and just how easy Heidi and the other competitors make it look.

Role Model Originally from Seekonk, Massachusetts, Heidi and her husband of twelve years, Richard Charest, came to Beaufort via the United States Marine Corps. Richard, a USMC Mobility Officer for MAG-31, was stationed here from 2001-03 and then back again in 2007. Heidi says, “When we moved back here I was looking for a full time job and I wanted to apply to the fire department. Being a certified EMT Basic; I was encouraged by the fire department so I took the course at TCL and started volunteering at the Lady’s Island fire department. That led to being hired in 2008.

In regards to competing, I did the state race in July 2008 but it wasn’t until 2009 that I tried the Scott On Target Challenge. “ Chief Bruce Kline says, “We are so fortunate to have Heidi as a firefighter with the Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District.

While her physical prowess is obvious, her amazing attitude and ability to motivate all those around her make for one amazing person. Whether she is fighting a blaze or talking to children about fire safety, Heidi radiates professionalism and sincere dedication to our profession and those we serve.”

In 2010, Heidi was one of only twelve female firefighters in the nation chosen for the 2011 Female Firefighters Calendar. Heidi says, “It wasn’t easy to get into the calendar. I had to get two letters of recommendation from the fire department, two from the community and make a short video. The reason I did it was because a portion of the proceeds from the calendar sales

“I go out to the camp every year. It is inspiring to me that despite the children’s’ unfortunate injuries that they look up to me. These children are my role models, my motivation.” goes to help burn victims.”

Locally a portion of the proceeds from the calendar sales went to Camp Can Do, a camp for children ages six to seventeen who have been treated for a serious burn injury. The camp is located at St Christopher’s Camp at Seabrook Island outside of Charleston.

Heidi says “I go out to the camp every year. It is inspiring to me that despite the children’s’ unfortunate injuries that they look up to me. These children are my role models, my motivation.”

When asked what she says to little girls who see her at the fire station, Heidi says “I say ‘You can be one too!’ Girls see me and all the other female firefighters and I tell them ‘you can do it!’

When people find out we have five female firefighters at Lady’s Island they are shocked.” She pauses for a moment, and says, “I love it that my work day isn’t routine. It’s like the famous line from Forrest Gump, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get!’”

Fit as a Way of Life Heidi spends many hours a week training and staying in shape. “That’s why I work out, so I can do my job, “she says, “I like being active and it keeps me healthy. I do miss it when I’m not training- I can’t wait to get back to working out!”

In addition to her regular work outs, Heidi is also a coach at CrossFit Beaufort, “a fitness community formed by local Law

Enforcement Officers and Firemen” where there are no mirrors, no machines and no TVs’. Their philosophy is that “you are the machine” and their training routines can be used by anyone, from grandparents to cage fighters. Heidi says, “I came into CrossFit about a year ago and I was hooked. It is like big fitness family here, we cheer each other on . We are friends and we are here for each other.” She says, “ I had to become certified through Crossfit in order to lead classes, and it has been very rewarding, I like coaching, because I get to watch people achieve their goals. “ Betsy and Teddy Binette are the owners of Crossfit Beaufort, and Betsy says “Heidi is a tremendous coach, she has been an asset to Crossfit and she really is a people person. And it goes without saying that she is an amazing athlete.”

Heidi says, “I go to yoga as well, I try to make it once a week because stretching plays a huge part in our agility. I have seen a huge difference since adding yoga. I eat a more natural diet and am rarely sick”. She follows the Paleo Diet, which is essentially “back to basics, lots of fresh vegetables and no sugars or dairy products.” Active for years with animal programs, Heidi and Richard share their home with five Italian Greyhounds. She says, “They are all rescues, and even though they are the little ones they can out run me!” It is hard to believe that anything can outrun this outstanding athlete!

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Beaufort Memorial Hospital Valentine Ball planned for February 9 • Story by MARIE MCADEN •

The social event of the season is coming our way. The 24th Valentine Ball will take place February 9 at the historic Lyceum on Parris Island. As the signature fundraiser of the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation, the affair includes all the usual gala accoutrements—live music, decadent desserts and a silent auction.

“We do a lot of other things to build community support for Beaufort Memorial, but the Ball is our identity,” said Foundation Executive Director Alice Moss. “It’s what people associate with the BMH Foundation.”

Proceeds from this year’s ball will go towards the expansion and relocation of LifeFit Wellness Services, the Hospital’s medically supervised fitness and wellness center. Along with individual and group exercise, nutrition advice and personal counseling, LifeFit offers free health-related lectures, cancer education and support groups, smoking cessation programs, parenting classes and health fairs.

Around 700 people are expected to attend the soiree and the trademark pre-ball dinner parties held in private homes throughout the Beaufort area.

Organizing the fundraiser is a mammoth endeavor that requires the help of hundreds of community volunteers. Among them are the 50-some residents who will host the private dinner parties that serve as the warm-up for the gala.

Directing the 2013 affair are co-chairs George and Mary Lee Grove and BMH President and CEO Rick Toomey and his wife Dr. Linda Hawes.

“It’s such a great event,” said Hawes, who has attended the ball every year since moving to Beaufort in 2008. “It’s by far the best fundraiser I’ve ever been to.”

What sets the event apart from other charity functions is the pre-ball dinners held in some of the area’s finest residences.

Between six to 12 couples are invited to each party, making it an intimate setting to meet new people. The hosts choose the menu for their own dinner and pick up the tab for all the food and beverages.

“It’s a lovely way to start the evening,” said Mary Lee Grove, who has hosted parties in past years and previously served as chairman of the ball’s dinner party committee.

Since its inception in 1990, the Valentine Ball has raised $3.7 million. The money has been used to upgrade technology throughout the hospital and expand and improve facilities and services in a wide range of areas from the cardiac cath lab to pediatric rehabilitation.

“Having a high-quality hospital is so important in a community,” Grove said. “The funds we raise from the Valentine Ball allow Beaufort Memorial to make a lot of capital improvements that improve care for all of us.”

The festivities begin at 6 p.m. with the pre-ball dinners. At 9, guests will make their way to the Lyceum for the main event where they will enjoy a selection of decadent desserts, dancing to live music and a silent auction.

“It’s going to be a fabulous evening,” Hawes said. “The ball is always so much fun.”

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Valentine Ball to support LifeFit Wellness Services • Story by MARIE MCADEN •

As it has done for more than two decades, Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation will use the proceeds from its 2013 Valentine Ball fundraiser to upgrade and improve the community hospital’s healthcare services.

But this time, the focus will change from treating disease to preventing it.

Funding from the Feb. 9 black tie gala has been earmarked for LifeFit Wellness Services, the hospital’s community prevention program which includes a medically supervised fitness and wellness center.

“Our goal is to help people stay healthy and reduce their risk for chronic disease,” said LifeFit Senior Director Mark Senn.

“That can involve everything from nutrition and exercise to smoking cessation and stress management.”

This spring, LifeFit will be relocated from the Beaufort Medical Plaza to a larger space in the new Beaufort Medical & Administrative Center being built across the street from the hospital. The Wellness Center will take up the first floor of the four-story, 80,000-square-foot building.

“We have about 1,400 members and are adding 20 to 30 a month,” Senn said. “We’re as full as we can be in our current space.”

With the move, LifeFit will expand from 10,000 square feet of space to 17,000 square feet. The Valentine Ball proceeds will help pay for additional exercise equipment, including 14 spin bikes.

“We will have spin classes for the first time,” Senn said.

Mark Senn, Senior Director of LifeFit Wellness Services at BMH in the current 10,000-square foot facility.

LifeFit will move into a new 17,000-square foot space across the street from its present location in the spring, with Valentine Ball proceeds underwriting additional equipment for the new facility. “We have about 1,400 members and are adding 20 to 30 a month,” Senn said. “We’re as full as we can be in our current space.”

LifeFit Wellness Services current occupies a 10,000square foot space in the Beaufort Medical Plaza on the Hospital Campus. It will move into a new 17,000-square foot facility across the street from its present location in the spring, with Valentine Ball proceeds underwriting additional equipment for the new facility.

“Spin is one of the most sought after programs being offered in fitness facilities today. Additionally the additional space will accommodate the continued expansion of other group exercise classes which have become very popular.”

Moreover, the Foundation funding will allow LifeFit to enhance some of its supporting health services. Along with individual and group exercise, LifeFit offers free community health-related lectures, cancer education, support groups for residents with cardiac, cancer and pulmonary challenges, smoking cessation classes, prenatal education classes, a summer camp for children with asthma and community health fairs.

One of its most popular programs is the LifeFit Mobile Wellness Unit, which travels throughout Beaufort and Jasper counties offering free or low cost health screenings to area residents.

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In a one-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012, the mobile unit served 4,800 people.

Most recently, LifeFit Wellness Services began offering Community Transitional Care for patients with chronic congestive heart failure, pneumonia and obstructive pulmonary disease. To try to reduce hospital readmissions, a nurse practitioner visits the patients while they are in the hospital to go over the doctor’s orders, set up follow-up appointments and arrange for extra care at home if needed.

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CIGAR BOX MUSIC with Perry Alspach

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So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of it, take me a little piece of plank, nailed it onto that cigar box, and I got me some screen wire and I made me a bridge back there and raised it up high enough that it would sound inside that little box, and got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune and I played from then on.”

— Lightnin’ Hopkins

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orn of the combination of poverty, ingenuity and the drive to make music, the cigar box guitar traces back, back even before the blues. The first example in popular culture is an etching published during the Civil War of soldiers around a campfire, listening while one strums on what is clearly a cigar box instrument. In fact, the Smithsonian has one on display from 1861.

The actual cigar box wasn’t in use until the 1840’s, before that cigars were shipped in barrels, and the first cigar boxes were made of wood. Eventually “How To” plans were published in newspapers throughout the country and cigar boxes were used to make guitars, fiddles and banjos. Legend has it that B.B.King’s first instrument was a cigar box guitar made by his father, as the $2 price of a used guitar made it out of reach.

The cigar box guitar was fading out of use and of memory until the efforts of musicians interested in the homespun sound and the “do it yourself” folks rediscovered this uniquely American instrument in the early 2000’s. It has since become a national movement, so much so that there is a “Masters of the Cigar Box Guitar Tour.” a 2008 documentary film, “Songs Inside The Box,” and an annual event in Huntsville, Alabama, the “Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza.”

And right here on St.Helena Island there a craftsman who is keeping the tradition alive through his artistry by creating original cigar box instruments, one instrument at a time. These are not musty museum pieces, rather these are meant to be played, and played hard, whether it be the blues or a funky soul tune.

PERRY ALSPACH Perry and his wife, Fred’e, have made their home on St. Helena Island for the last 25 years. They built their gorgeous wooden house at the edge of the water, with the entire front wall made of glass to better enjoy the view. On a recent visit at sunset, the marsh hues were as subtle and as golden as the wood walls, making the house seem as if it was an organic extension of the marsh. At one time, Perry made copper fish art pieces which adorn the walls of their home, where they pick up the light and add to the warmth of the room.

Originally from the Homestead, Florida area, Perry met Fred’e, his wife of 40 years there. He grins and says “The first time I saw her she was changing the shear pin in an outboard motor,” which impressed him. Perry has an extensive background in boating;

he is a boat captain, a boat builder and a shrimper. He says his next project is, “to finish my boat,” a 31 foot Stapleton named the “Coot.” In fact, he says “Fred’e and I just put the engine back in it” so progress is underway.

Also a motorcycle enthusiast, Perry recently made his annual pilgrimage to Daytona, Florida for Bike Week, and he has run the quarter mile drag bike track at 104 MPH, up at the Rockingham track in North Carolina. And if you are lucky you might see him driving around St. Helena in his vintage 1941 Deluxe Coupe Packard, which can also be seen occasionally at the classic car shows on Lady’s Island and Port Royal.

But it is building things that keeps Perry the busiest and his recent career as a cigar box guitar maker is opening up a whole new world for him and the musicians who love to play the instruments he makes.

CIGAR BOX MUSIC “Several years ago, I was looking for something to make for my daughter Ardi for Christmas and I saw these cigar box guitars online. She had taken guitar lessons for years and I thought this would spark her interest,” Perry says. Intrigued by the project, he continued making the instruments. He says, “I’ve trimmed houses, built custom cabinets and got to the point where I couldn’t do much heavy stuff so I started piddling around with this.”

He credits the website www.cigarboxnation.com for getting him started. There are free plans available on the site which shows novices exactly how to make them. Thirty five instruments later, Perry now has his own page (under “Perry Alspach”) on the website where he communicates with other aficionados from as far away as France and Australia.

CRAFTSMANSHIP Each instrument takes a full week to complete and he says, “Each one is different, because I use different woods for different instruments,” he continues, “One model has pieces of mahogany that came from a boatyard I used to work at, the wood is 30 or 40 years old” Another has a completely different look , “This one I made using pieces of scrapped cabinet wood on the neck-that’s what gives it the beautiful golden color.” Perry shows a model that is a combination of oak and ipe, which is a very hard and

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“Every one is different, and I have made 35 and none are the same. I just keep trying to improve it.” heavy wood. “I use ipe because it is so pretty, for the fret boards.”

Without any advertising his instruments are finding homes, sometimes in a serendipitous way.

One of Perry’s instruments is used by Phil McDonald, bassist for the band The Sapphire Bullets of True Love, a 13 piece R&B soul band (featuring the Bonaventure Horns) out of Savannah.

“That came about because I was at the music store in Savannah and got to talking to Phil and I ended up making a custom made bass for him,” says Perry.

Phil says, “Perry and I became acquainted four years ago when he came into my place of employment, Portmans Music store in Savannah. He was looking for strings and parts for his cigar box guitars. He had an early example of the instruments he was building and I had a chance to play the instrument. I was immediately interested in having a bass version built for me personally. We conferred over the next few weeks by phone and Perry brought the bass prototype for me to play. After some tweaking, I put the instrument in my bass arsenal and use it often. Perry has become a dear friend and his cigar box guitar vision far exceeds any I have encountered. With everyone jumping on the cigar box bandwagon, they could take a note out of Perry’s’ playbook and learn how it is really supposed to be done.” At a recent show in Savannah, Phil let loose on a bass solo using his custom Frogmore Guitar Factory bass and it sounded wholly original and spectacular.

Also Perry says, “I made a six string for a guy who ended up not buying it so I took it to the Music Co-Op and it sold right away.

So I made another six string and someone from New York bought it. Life is funny!” Another time, “Just for the heck of it I made a banjo, not a cigar box instrument, and a professional musician came into the co-op and played it, then bought it on the spot.”

As Perry says, “My instruments are reasonably priced, in fact a

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bit cheaper than others out there, especially considering the work and the materials I use. You can buy even cheaper ones though, ones without frets and you can make your own. I encourage people to get the plans and try their hand at it! What I try to do is to make them as high quality as possible, using materials like 15 year aged oak.” Every guitar Perry makes has his logo “Frogmore Guitar Factory” on the back and prices range up through $300.

(They are available at the Music Co-Op, 1350 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal, SC.) MAKING MUSIC Not really a musician himself, Perry says he was a drummer “years and years ago” and still has a drum set in his workshop.

Always open to learning something new he says, “Now I am working on learning to play the bass, through self teaching, I’ve got all the tapes. “As for his cigar box instruments, he says “Every one is different, and I have made 35 and none are the same. I just keep trying to improve it.”

He is currently working on a real rock star guitar for a 14 year guitar player who had asked Perry if “he could make anything.”

Perry said he could try and when the young man came back to him with a meticulously drawn plan, Perry got started. The body and the neck are constructed, so he is well on his way.

When asked what gives him the most satisfaction from his instruments he says, “When Kirk plays it. Seeing him play my instrument makes tears come to my eyes.” Kirk Dempsey, one half along with Adam Granade of the duo the “Bull Grapes,” has been playing his Frogmore Guitar Factory guitar all over town and always gets an enthusiastic response. He says, “It is a one of a kind experience. No two are alike and it is a work of art.” He stops for a moment and smiles broadly.” That’s how I feel about it.”

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hil “The Duke” Jenkins puts the “P” in personality. The first African-American radio announcer in Beaufort County, he is all about pizzaz. His outgoing personality and high wattage smile explain his popularity as a WBEU radio announcer and as a musician. Although Phillip Jenkins has been known for many things in his lifetime, not the least of which is that he is a rakish man-about-town dressed to the nines in his dapper outfits. He loves his music and he loves his clothes; and at age 83, Phil “The Duke” can still spin a tune and a tale.

Born in 1929 in Orlando, FL to Phillip and Sarah Bell Jackson Jenkins, Phil and his sister Willie Lee Fyall grew up in Port Royal, SC, where they moved when he was an infant. Phil believes that until her recent passing, their aunt Alice Wilson, was the oldest living resident of Port Royal. Another aunt in Port Royal was the well known “Pinky” Jackson who lived on 12th Street in the “Ma Pink House” and was famous for feeding everyone who came to her. “Grandma Pinkie,” Phil explains, “was a full blooded Cherokee Indian. She washed her hair in sand, not water.” “Grandma Pinkie” adopted Herbert Jackson as a young boy. Herbert, who also know as Tootie Frootie and another legend in Port Royal, daily herded Pinky’s cows to graze. After Pinkie’s death, Herbert continued to guide the non-existent cows down the streets all the while singing beautiful hymns.

Meanwhile, Phil was playing music of his own. “I started playing as a kid, I was about eight years old and the first instrument I played was a washtub G string bass. Then in 1948 I played in the band at the Robert Smalls School; first I played the tenor saxophone and later the b flat baritone sax.” Who were his inspirations? “Rupert Jones from Charleston and my music teachers, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Davis.” His love of music was such that at one time, before he went into the military, he recounts wistfully but with his characteristic smile, “I ran away from home and went to Miami, Florida where I played with the well known band, The Twisters. I couldn’t stay there long because my grandmother wondered where I was, so I had to come home.” Phil has also played with other notable musicians such as Earl Davis and the Pazant Brothers.

Nor did he miss a chance to play during his stint in the army when he played in a military band, the Engineers. As a Korean War Veteran, Phil received a Bronze Star, which was given to him by the President of Korea “For Heroic or Meritorious Achievement of Service.” After this military service, Phil came

back to Port Royal and shared his love of music over the air waves at WBEU. “After I came back from the military I went back to school on the GI BIll. Mr. Trask built a radio station here and I went to ask him for a job. He told me I needed to pass a test and get a license. So I hitchhiked and walked to Savannah to get that license. I passed the test, I got the license and I got the job.” In 1955 Billboard Magazine acknowledged: “Phillip Jenkins, WBEU, who plays baritone sax in a local dance band every night, recently hosted Amos Milburn and Fats Domino on his program.” When asked what he liked best about being on the radio, Phil answered “I love music, I love to entertain people. I was a celebrity, in fact I’m still a celebrity even though hardly anyone knows my last name; I’m still Phil ‘The Duke.’”

With wife, Keturah Folbert, and a growing family, Phil realized that he could earn a better income elsewhere. So from 1955 until 1983 he moved his family to New York went to work for the Teamsters Union 816 in Brooklyn. When asked if he had ever participated in the local custom of making moonshine or whiskey in this area, he laughed and said “No, but my job in New York was hauling whiskey to the bars from the piers.” In 1983 Phil retired as a disabled veteran and moved back to Beaufort. However, their children, Isaac, Gertrude, Barnetta, Robert, Phillistine, Phillip, Edith, Kevin, and Dwayne are now scattered around the country.

There are twenty grandchildren, forty seven great-grandchildren, and eight great-great grandchildren.

In a home filled with photographs and all manner of memorabilia collected over time, there is an area in his living room dedicated to sound equipment and lots and lots of old records. “I’m a jazz addict” Phil replies when asked about his favorite music. “I love the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Page and Charlie Parker.”

Having spent fifteen years doing volunteer work for the Veterans driving a bus to take veterans to the VA hospital, now when not moving to the music, Phil enjoys outdoor pursuits such as fishing, crabbing and shrimping. He also like to read, especially novels. A corner of his living room holds the spillover from his closet and pairs of shoes in all colors and textures are arranged like a piece of art; accompanying all the shoes are coordinating hats and suits. Some of his favorite haunts these days are Amvets, the American Legion and the VFW. On Friday nights Phil “The Duke” likes to get dressed up and go out dancing to the music that will always reside in his soul.

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She IS art.

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here is a slight misconception that Marilee Sartori is an artist.

The proper perception is that she is art, from the top of her head, with her trademark spiky hair, to her bejeweled expressive hands, right on down to her sparkly pink shoes.

Marilee adores glitz and glam, a quality you can’t just stand back and admire in her, because her very manner is infectious.

When she laughs, you will join her and not even know why, other than it just feels so good. And just like that, her art feels good too. Her art is her house, her family, her decorating, her presentation, her cooking, her beautifully written thank you notes and a myriad of paintings. As one might imagine, her art is as fluid as her many talents, she does not have a “style.” One day she might paint a huge red and gold palm tree, the next a tutu clad ballerina frog; another day she can be found with a series of paint brushes in her mouth while she works on a complex wall mural, or a lush seascape, or a modernistic woman hailing a cab in the city.

Marilee Sartori notices things; she takes them all in and returns them back to life, in life as well as on canvas. When she

and her husband, Don, entertain, it is like walking into a piece of art. Fifty years of marriage has melded them into a perfect team.

However easy she may make everything seem, that is anything but the case.

When Marilee was born it was discovered that her birth mother had tuberculosis, and mother and daughter had to be immediately separated. Her father didn’t know what to do with a tiny baby and a wife who was thought to be terminally ill, so Marilee was given to family friends to raise. As luck would have it, Marilee’s story has continued to have many happy endings; one of which was that an antibiotic was discovered in time to save her birth mother’s life. A brief summation is that Marilee was adopted by the family friends, but was able to maintain some contact with her birth

parents.

Although her adopted mother was a celebrated artist in Marilee’s hometown of Paducah, Kentucky, Marilee didn’t follow suit for many years. “My mother sent me to one art school after another, but they kept sending me home with notes that said something like ‘Don’t waste your money.’ Then she tried to teach me to paint, but that didn’t work either. My mother was the oldest of nine children; in those days being an artist was not a popular option so my mother went to secretarial school, but painting was her passion. It was not until some years later that I followed in her footsteps. In the meanwhile, having been in Catholic School all my life, I begged and begged to go to college at the University of Kentucky. When I got there, I did everything but study because for all those years with the nuns you couldn’t do anything but learn, fancy that!” Marilee laughs. “So at Christmas break of my freshman year, my father showed up at U of K to pick me up and after Christmas I was safely ensconced at the good Catholic girls college, Webster College in St. Louis, MO.”

I think there’s artistic value in everyone, they may just not have found it yet.�

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Not one to go down without a fight, Marilee again laughs as she remembers, “The very first night I was there, the girls in my dorm got me a blind date. I wasn’t so keen on him that first night because he only went out with me because he was the one with a car and no date. The second date occurred because I lost a bet to him about how the movie we went to see on the first date would end. The second date was much better than the first and I took Don home to meet my family that Easter.”

Don graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in aeronautical engineering, Marilee with a degree in interior design, and in 1963, Don joined the Navy where he immediately went into flight training in Pensacola, FL. When Don retired from the Navy, he and Marilee moved to Bucks County in Pennsylvania and bought an old farmhouse where Marilee put her creativity to work and quietly took the town by storm. Then, in 1981, Marilee went to DeSales University and got her B.S. in Business Management and Human Resources.

“It wasn’t until 1990 that I decided to give art another go. I was shopping with my friend, Deb Holbert, and she was looking at all these pretty hand painted baskets.

She was going to buy one but they were very expensive so I told her I would paint one for her. I went to the craft store and bought a tube of paint in every color they had. I came out of that store with so many bags! I painted the basket, Deb loved it and I had all this leftover paint! Then someone wanted a hand painted chef for a display at a trade show, so I bought a roll of 36” long canvas, cut the shape of the chef out of the canvas and painted his face, his apron covered with lobsters, and he was quite a hit! The woman made $5000 gift baskets for clients and she ordered 27 of my chefs! So I started making fishermen, sea captains, and Santas; the reason they were so popular was the faces, which were made out of clay. The first one I made, I left in the kiln too long and fried it; it came out all shriveled and cracked but I loved it!

I made another and paid attention to the timing and that was how my characters were born.”

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Then she started painting furniture, which had been her mother’s love. In 1993, Marilee was invited to show at a Christmas boutique at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA where her characters and hand painted furniture did very well.

Marilee’s art gave a great boost to Lydia’s Guild in Doylestown, PA who were trying to raise money to rehab a church. They had a huge art show which was so successful that it morphed into raising money for women and children in trouble. In ten years they raised $650,000 of which Marilee had contributed 25% of her sales.

“For four years I was the top selling artist.

By then I was doing small paintings also, no larger than 12 x 14 inches because I was

afraid to do anything bigger. I was also producing seven lines of Santa Clauses and I added a new one to each line every year.”

Marilee believes that “Art is love made visible.” Her wisdom is that “It takes a lot of love for what you’re doing to keep doing it. It can be very frustrating, but if you keep at it, it will come. I think there’s artistic value in everyone, they may just not have found it yet.”

Travel being one of their mutual passions, in 1998 Don and Marilee were on one of their trips up and down I-95 visiting Don’s parents in Florida. They took one of their characteristic side ventures, choosing Beaufort because Marilee had recently read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. “Beaufort was mentioned in the book so I wanted to see it; I loved it right away!

Then, on a trip to Hawaii, we met Arlene and George Hull who were stationed there at the time. They moved to Beaufort and we came to visit; finally on a visit in 2003, Arlene made an appointment with a real

estate agent for us. Arlene said to me ‘You always say you want to move here, but you never do anything about it so I took care of the problem for you,’ and we were introduced to our now dear friend, Mike McFee. We put an offer in on our house that day and as we were driving back up I-95 we were notified that our offer was accepted.”

“I closed my businesses and retired from all my PA interests. The second day here I joined the Beaufort Art Association (BAA) and got involved in the community.

Meeting people and community involvement is like one link in a bracelet to another. Don and I volunteer for all the big events; Beaufort is just the sweetest community and my favorite place in the world. I think you need to learn something new every day, it’s what keeps you going.

Now, when people ask me now what I’m going to do next, I tell them, ‘I’ve retired two or three times, that’s enough!’ I started in fashion design and ended up in business designing training programs.”

Don and Marilee’s two children also have an eye for art; daughter Suzanne, an ER pediatrician in Chesapeake, VA, is a collector of hand blown glass. When he was in college, son Joe, who now lives in Easton, PA, surprised his mother. “One day I walked into the living room and saw a detailed drawing of a fox done in colored pencil sitting on the piano.

Joe had left it there for me to find, and I was stunned; I had no idea he was such a talented artist! Some people can play the piano by ear; Joe does ‘art by ear.’”

Marilee understands that “It takes a lot of courage to put your art out there; it’s not for the faint of heart because you open yourself up to criticism. And, unfortunately, not everybody has the time to pursue the art inside them.” Fortunately for us here in Beaufort, we can see the result of Marilee’s courage at Breakwater Restaurant, the BAA satellite galleries such as the Lowcountry Medical building, and the gallery Atmosphere. She is also always a contributor to the BAA Spring Art Show at the Greene Street gym.

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elcome to Bella Luna Cafe’, a popular eatery in St. Helena serving locally-sourced SouthernItalian dishes! Nestled on the main street of the small community of Frogmore, Bella Luna is located on Sea Island Parkway, the main thoroughfare leading to the exclusive islands and residential communities of Dataw Island, Harbor Island and Fripp Island as well as the growing communities on St. Helena Island. The cafe’ opens daily at 8 a.m. Monday thru Saturday and closes at 9:30 pm. Owner Maria Jackson and her staff have been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner since June 2009.

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Maria feels very connected to the coastal community she now calls home. After 18 years in the entertainment industry she relocated her family from Los Angeles in 2004 and settled into living in the Low Country. Her mother had moved back to the area several years before, and Maria had grown to love Beaufort and the surrounding areas during summer vacations spent visiting her grandparents.

Having spent nearly two decades living and dining in Los Angeles, a “food-progressive” area, Maria was excited to utilize local resources and be able to put a farm-to-table mentality into her new concept for developing a restaurant.

The best foods in Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands Bella Luna or “The Beautiful Moon” is aptly named, reflecting the beauty of local sunsets and the vital role that the moon plays in island living. Maria reflects with appreciation, “We are extremely fortunate to have such a selection of locally grown produce and an abundant supply of fresh fish; the choice to utilize what is so prolific here seemed to lend itself to Italian. Although we feature classic Italian dishes, we are able to utilize the local tomatoes in our marinara sauce, the eggplant squash, zucchini, okra, onions, corn, herbs, fruits and anything else that comes out of the ground, on a tree, vine or bush into all of our featured dishes.”

The legendary marinara sauce is featured on the lunch menu in such dishes as Chicken Parmesan or the Meatball Grinder. Handmade pizzas are topped with fresh local vegetables and creamy cheeses. Crisp fresh salads are dressed with house-crafted dressings, and Bella Luna Ravioli is the darling of the dinner menu with pillowy cheese and meat raviolis in a roasted red pepper sauce.

“We have had such overwhelming success with locally grown seasonal items, we owe the local farmers a huge “thank you” for the opportunity to showcase their hard work.”

Bella Luna is pleased to be part of South Carolina’s “Fresh on the Menu” program, with at least 25% percent of their menu being prepared using certified state-grown foods (http://www.certifiedscgrown.com/).

Because every dish is made to order, the staff at the cafe’ take pride in being able to accommodate most dietary requests and restrictions. The head chef has created such special requests as tofu parmesan, cauliflower soup and black sesame crusted tofu with hints of wasabi and appreciates the challenge of meeting those needs.

Shrimp and Grits are a favorite on the breakfast menu, and locals rave about the Veal Parmigiana and Spaghettini. The full bar offers a great selection of wine and a generous offering of traditional or seasonal beer on tap or bottled.

Maria feels that one of the greatest accomplishments as a business owner is in giving back to the community by being able to utilize local resources. She likes to “learn something new and turn it into something exciting and offer it back into the lives of the guests that have taken the time to stop”. Bella Luna frequently donates services and/or products for many local charity events.

“Owning a restaurant is a lot of hard work”, she continues. “Finding the right staff to surround yourself with, to continually seek inspiration and taste a lot of cooking and baking has been such a rewarding experience in the form of being able to meet and get to know each and every person that walks through our doors and takes a seat.”

Bella Luna is more than just a restaurant.

It’s a place for locals and visitors to stop by and take a moment to say hello, ask for directions, share in the stories of where they are from, why they are here, or why they keep returning year after year. More importantly, Bella Luna is a place to connect with all generations and discover the common thread - food. Nella vita c’è il cibo, nel cibo c’è l’amore!

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The full-stage, original musical, Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish….

Freedom Coming, is intended for people of all ages and races who want to catch the holiday spirit. This musical theatre presentation will be held on Friday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort’s Performing Arts Center.

The production stars Aunt Pearlie Sue, nationally acclaimed storyteller, and her Gullah Kinfolk, a professional singing cast of 20 members, who bring history alive on stage. This musical performance depicts the last Christmas before the Civil War. It’s an historical account of December of 1860 and South Carolina has just seceded from the Union. The War or Freedom is the talk by both servant and master. The audience will get a glimpse into the “Quarters” and “Big House.”

Through soul-stirring, footstopping singing and dancing, the

audience is drawn into the excitement of the Yuletide season on a South Carolina Sea Island plantation. The show has become a holiday favorite with travelers near and far who wish to experience the spirit of the season. People have traveled from as far as London, England to see this performance.

The night will start with a “Taste of Gullah” as the doors open around 6:45. There will be tables of food form 8 different caterers on hand to choose from. The assortment will be anything from chicken to rice dishes to collard greens and gumbo…..along with some mouth-watering pies and cakes…..anything you would find on a Gullah Christmas dinner table.

There will also be a market place where local artisans will be showcasing their wares.

The market place will feature paintings, jewelry, baskets and other items, all available at special Christmas pricing.

At 8:15, the curtains go up and the show begins! See history come alive on stage.

Experience the excitement of what was going on at Christmas time on the plantations of the Low Country.

Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Admission is $10 for those aged 7 to 17.

Ticket prices include the “ Taste of Gullah” Soul Food Buffet and the “Da’ Market Place” Artists Showcase.

For reservations and information on hotel and meal packages, contact the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce at (843) 986-1102 or www.bcbcc.org or the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce at (843)525-8500 or www.beaufortchamber. org.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Community Circle of Hope Coalition’s Youth Program.

The performance lifts off the holidays in historic downtown Beaufort in conjunction with other annual events, including the popular Night on the Town from 6 to 9 p.m.

December 7, Light up the Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. December 8 and Beaufort’s annual Christmas parade at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 9. For more information on these events, contact www.downtownbeaufort. com.

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Pearlie Sue! Aunt Pearlie Sue is the creation of Anita SingletonPrather, a native of the Sea Islands in Beaufort, South Carolina. Based on her grandmother, Aunt Pearlie Sue’s character has entertained audiences with Gullah-flavored folktales for over 20 years from the schoolhouse to the White House.

In addition to being a renowned master storyteller, Prather is an educator, historian, business woman, writer, singer, actress and director/producer. She is the founder and artistic director of the musical performance group the Gullah Kinfolk. As a storyteller and singer, Prather has performed at many festivals, the Beaufort Gullah Festival, Penn Heritage Days Festival, Woodlands Festival and Spoleto USA international arts festival in Charleston, SC just to name a few . Her original movie, My Man Done Wrong, has been a part of the film festival circuit to include the Jamerican Film Festival in Kingston, Jamaica; Black Hollywood and San Francisco Film Festivals in California. She has appeared in the Hollywood film Forrest Gump and also on television Food Network Channel Holiday special, Christmas Across America, hosted by Rachel Ray. In addition to her participation in many SCETV educational documentaries, Prather’s one-woman show, Tales from the Land of Gullah, has been broadcast on PBS nationwide and is also the title of her award-winning DVD and a traveling museum exhibit created around her animated character.

This exhibit originated at the Children’s Museum of Houston, Texas in 2007 and has toured for three years throughout the United States and Canada in the top nine children’s museum. It was estimated, that at least a million young people were introduced to the Gullah culture through this interactive exhibit. She is also co-producer, writer and featured storyteller on three Gullah CD’s and six DVD’s. She has partnered with South Carolina Educational Television to create an interactive website on their children’s Knowitall.org/gullahnet that also features her animated character.

Prather, a mother of 3 and grandmother of 7, is also the curriculum coordinator for the Education of Gullah Culture Through the Arts in the Beaufort County School District. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Howard University and a master’s + 30 degree in education from the University of South Carolina. She is a member of New Covenant Fellowship International Ministries of Beaufort where she has been ordained as a licensed minister of the Gospel. She serves as worship leader and trustee board member.

Through her Gullah heritage, Prather continues to be a “Keeper of the culture,” creatively entertaining and educating audiences around the world of all ages and nationalities about the rich unique African experience in America.

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And the suprise’s don’t stop there. Where’d You Get That is 4000 square feet of shopping delight with items from around the world.

Owners Beth & Ed Hancock and partner Geraldine Purdy work as a team to keep all of the varied inventory organized and displayed. “Since we purchased this store a year ago, we have had an exciting time giving it our vision. We also have ventured out into home furnishing packages for rentals and staging as well as estate management.” according to Beth “We are so fortunate to be in a growth mode and are ever grateful for all of our customers and consigners”

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Silver Bells Ring in the 25th Annual Festival of Trees Benefiting Friends of Caroline Hospice Festival of Trees, Beaufort’s premier philanthropic event of the season, offers a sparkling lineup of merriment during a weeklong holiday wonderland at the Charles Lynn Activity Center, located at 1001 Hamar Street, Beaufort, SC. 2012 Honorary medical co-chairs for the Festival of Trees are Dr. and Mrs. Eric Billig (Beaufort Memorial Hospital) and Dr. Marcus Newberry III (Lowcountry Medical Group) and fiancée Ms. Elizabeth Z. Harding. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Dennis are serving as 2012 voluntary co-chairs.

The Festival of Trees kicks off holiday pursuits at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 1st with a Jingle Jog (5K walk or run or a 1 mile fun walk or run) through Historic Port Royal, beginning and ending at the Farmer’s Market at Heritage Park on Ribaut Road by the Naval Hospital. In addition to race prizes, competitors will vie for best costume, best stroller décor and largest group. The Jingle Jog is followed by the opening gala on Monday, December 3rd and a week of gourmet, gifts and gorgeous trees. Closing ceremonies are on Saturday, December 8th, featuring a live broadcast from the festival by the Coast radio station (94.5) and a day of family-friendly activities.

The elegant (black-tie optional) Opening Night Gala and silent auction officially opens the Festival on Monday evening from 6:30 until 9 pm December 3rd. Tickets are limited ($50 per person, $90 per couple and $60 at the door), so be sure to make your reservations early.

From Tuesday, December 4th to Saturday, December 8th, Festival patrons may enjoy a leisurely lunch among the trees, shop at the Gift and Gourmet, buy a tree for their family or, new this year, buy a tree for a military family to say thanks for sacrifices made as a loved one serves our country. On Thursday evening, December 6th - take in the Christmas Concert at Beaufort High School - featuring the Blue Dots. Festival of Trees volunteers will provide concessions and all proceeds benefit Friends of Caroline Hospice.

General admission to the Festival is $5, military $3, group and youth $2 with group discounts available to schools and seniors.

Back by popular demand, a new tradition launched in 2011, Festival of Trees Holiday Butts can be pre-ordered for $30 and picked up on Sunday, December 2nd at the Festival. Go to the Festival of Trees link to place an order on-line or via phone.

“Festival of Trees is such a special way to share the spirit of giving with family, friends and children. I encourage everyone to drop in to enjoy the simple beauty of the trees,” said Dr. Eric Billig, event volunteer co-chair. “Celebrate the season by helping to provide free hospice care and free child and adult bereavement counseling.”

Sally Mitchell-Dennis, event co-chair, added, “This year Festival of Trees will celebrate its Jubilee year, 25 years of supporting the needs of friends, neighbors and community members with life-threatening illness.” The Festival has raised over $955,000 for Friends of Caroline Hospice. They extend their appreciation to the tremendous number of past and present volunteers, honorary chairs and the thousands of community members attending each year who make this possible.

Want to become involved? Volunteer opportunities are still available for the 2012 events. Go to the Festival of Trees web site or call Candy Pethe at 812-6505 to learn more (or email her at festivaloftreesvolunteer@gmail.com).

Visit the Festival’s website at www.festivaloftreesbeaufort.com to preview some of the exceptional items that will be available at this year’s silent auction; to see a full schedule of activities and entertainment throughout the week; Jingle Jog registration; volunteer opportunities; and a list of this year’s sponsors.

Friends of Caroline Hospice is the only organization in the area that does not charge participants and provides quality end of life care, grief counseling and caregiver support 100% as the result of donations. Festival of Trees is a major part of this contribution.

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Marcus Newberry III and Ms. Elizabeth Z. Harding

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Beaufort Symphony Orchestra Presents

‘Tis The Season Holiday Classics Thursday, December 13th 7:30PM Sunday, December 16, 3:00PM

Both Performances Will Be Held At USCB “’Tis the Season Holiday Classics” Farandole Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Vocal Selections/Roger Moss:Baritone • Have yourself a merry little Christmas, • I’ll be home for Christmas • O come, o come, emmanuel • The Christmas song Dances from “Nutcracker” and Pas de Deux from “Nutcracker” Intermission The Bells of Christmas Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Vocal Selections/Roger Moss:Baritone • let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!, • it’s Christmas time , • O holy night • Winter Wonderland • Sleigh Ride • A Christmas Festival • A Holiday Sing Along

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BSO will drive the car to all the concerts and other festivals throughout the year. You can also see the car at Stokes Honda on 170 and you can donate at Stokes Honda to pickup a ticket (see Michael Coxwell).

You can donate via paypal on our website or you can call Greta Maddox at 843-476-1310 (BSO board member) to donate and pick up tickets. We have several businesses that will hold tickets: Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Aaron Bliley (dentist), Merrill Lynch, Seaside Getaways and all board members.

Ringing in the Holidays:

Symphony Style Story by CYNTHIA MILLS, a Beaufort Youth Orchestra Parent

Beaufort, South Carolina – Beaufort Symphony Orchestra is bursting with the season’s spirit as they usher in the holidays with delicious hot chocolate, cookies, and Merry Christmas music during their “’Tis the Season” concerts. These performances are the perfect place to bring the family for some warm cheer and safe holiday fun. Join the orchestra at USC Beaufort’s performance hall on Thursday, December 13 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm. The cost of admission for children and students up through college is only $5.00. Admission for adults is $37.50. You can purchase tickets online at www.BeaufortOrchestra.org or at the door.

Holiday music is timelessly classic and familiar, so these concerts are a wonderful, fun way to introduce children to the classical style. Almost everyone has a favorite holiday or Christmas song that always gets the feet tapping and the soul singing, especially for the little ones. BSO hopes to play something special for children of every age. So get the kiddos all dressed up in festive clothes and let the holiday music of our full symphony orchestra inspire them.

Classical music is often considered boring or stuffy in the fastpaced, modern world of thumping stereos and shouted lyrics.

Ironically though, classical music surrounds people every day.

Television is one of the first places many children are exposed to it. Movie scores from all different genres use full orchestra arrangements to enhance the show. Music adds suspense to mysteries. It brings thrill to action scenes. It tugs at the heartstrings for romances and causes eyes to tear up in mournful scenes. Classical music, in full orchestra arrangements, can play on emotions and make a person feel truly alive as no other music can.

Beaufort and its residents are fortunate to have a full orchestra such as Beaufort Symphony Orchestra to kindle the spirit through music. The students of Beaufort County are immeasurably blessed to also have the Beaufort Youth Orchestra (BYO). This is a daughter organization of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra.

Youth from all over Beaufort County are allowed to audition twice a year for the youth orchestra (next audition will take place on January 3 at Beaufort High School . Each musician who is selected into BYO, spends months meeting for several hours with Fred Devyatkin and the youth orchestra to rehearse their music and refine their skills. At the end of each session, the youth orchestra hosts two performances that are free and open

to the public. The youth orchestra and Beaufort First Orchestra (geared toward younger, newer musicians) are both excellent opportunities for children who have discovered the love of music.

They learn with other children, challenge themselves to improve, and grow in their musical abilities. For more information or to schedule an audition, contact Ron Maddox at 843-263-2190.

Both of these youth groups, as well as the parent organization Beaufort Symphony Orchestra, require some extra finances in order to continue performing and inspiring young musicians.

To continue with the orchestra’s programming, they need to raise $20,000 this performance season. We will have several opportunities to help fund the continued musical talents at the holiday performances. Our youth orchestra students will be serving FREE Hot Chocolate and cookies at the Christmas concert, so we encourage you to bring your entire family for this fun event. We even have sing-a-long music for everyone to join in as the finale of the concert!!! Another way to close this $20,000 gap is to donate $49 for a drawing to win a new Honda Fit Sport.

These donations are tax deductible and checks are written to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. You will also have the chance to win a weekend for four at either Fripp Island or Harbor Island, or a 42” flat screen television with these same tickets We are creating a special Holiday Gift bundle as a way to support the BSO. For a $150-donation you will receive two tickets to Beaufort Symphony Orchestra’s February concert and two tickets for a chance to win the Honda Fit Sport. Keep this holiday gift for yourself or give to someone special! Either way, the gift will be truly appreciated by the recipient and the orchestra.

Each month, the orchestra will hold a drawing to give away an additional small thank-you gift to someone special who has donated to support us through this fundraiser. The earlier you donate, the more opportunities you will have to win. You can donate at the concert, or on our website, www.BeaufortOrchestra.org, or contact Greta Maddox at 843-476-1310 for tickets.

Please join us for the holidays. Help us support the continued efforts to promote orchestra music and inspire the younger generation by teaching a passion for music. Our goal is to keep Live Symphonic music as the treasure we all know it to be in our beloved hometown of Beaufort, South Carolina.

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