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18 Game Changers Sean Colas’ sweet career move

21 Thoughts from the Man Cave Take advantage of summertime — now

37 CURRENTS’ 2016

Movers + Shakers Find out who’s making a splash at the lake

64 At the Lake A month of things to do at Lake Norman

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Channel Markers Movers, shakers and more at the lake

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11 Kelsey Maiorano

comes home to play

12 Guardian ad Litem gives kids a voice

Dine + Wine Eating, drinking, cooking and fun

24 The Galley with

34 Trends + Style Treats for tailgating

Lynn and Glenn

68 Lori’s Larks Lori K. Tate goes to

Block & Grinder

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28 On Tap

The Growler Revolution

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30 In the Kitchen

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Lake Spaces

How we live at the lake

44 Game On

The sky is the limit for Denver’s Patrick Vellia

54 Dwellings

Gracious living in Davidson’s countryside

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Gracious living in Davidson’s countryside

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that on the first Saturday of every August, we would celebrate The Tater Tots’ half-birthday with a cookout at the lake. Though February is a fine month to be born in, we felt that we needed a summer celebration.

Couple that with the fact that my honorary grandfather, the late Richard Griffin, always celebrated his halfbirthday because he was born on Christmas day, and you’ll understand why we call the party Griffin Fest. It’s a day our family and friends look forward to every year. We splash around in the water before eating hot dogs and cupcakes, as we try to squeeze all the fun out of the little bit of summer we have left before school starts.

And even though we prohibit presents, our 6-anda-half-year-old twins rank the party up there with a visit from Santa. They start talking about it as early as March, and the excitement builds from there.

I’m not saying John and I are the best parents in the world for throwing this party for our children, but I am saying that we had a great idea.

Lots of people have great ideas, but few people act on them. It takes a lot of factors to bring a great idea to fruition — hard work, dedication, money and determination. Throwing a yearly party for kids isn’t

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A FEW MONTHS AFTER OUR TWINS WERE BORN, MY HUSBAND, JOHN, AND I CAME UP WITH AN IDEA. We decided

terribly difficult but starting a foundation, film series or community-wide festival is, which leads me to the focus of our August issue — Movers + Shakers — People Making a Splash at the Lake.

The Lake Norman area grows every day in all sorts of ways, and with that growth comes opportunity, along with a variety of needs. We studied our community and found so many people doing incredible things to provide those opportunities and fill those needs that we decided to take a closer look at these individuals.

Starting on page 37, you’ll read about nine people who are enriching our community by organizing food truck Fridays, bringing independent films to the area, raising money for mothers who have debilitating diseases and more. Whether it’s their fulltime position or not, these folks give their time and talent to an effort in which they believe.

When I look around our community, I see so many venerable organizations that began with a great idea — Davidson Community Players, the Lake Norman YMCA and The Ada Jenkins Center, just to name a few. All three of these organizations began because a group of people had a common vision and worked together to achieve it.

It takes a certain kind of person to take a thought and give it legs. As I spoke with the Movers + Shakers we selected for this year, I left each interview feeling inspired and grateful. Inspired because one day I might act on one of my own ideas, and grateful because I live in a beautiful place where others do act on their ideas. We can’t all start a successful organization or networking group, but we can all do something.

As you begin planning your fall, think about how you can be a mover and a shaker in your own life. Maybe you can water your sick neighbor’s plants. Maybe you can start a game night in your neighborhood. Maybe you can get a group of friends to walk in the park every week. Whatever it is, don’t let your ideas fall to the wayside. Act on them in whatever way you can. You’ll be surprised at what can happen.

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Kelsey Maiorano performs Friday, August 26 at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius. For more information, visit www.mtzionumc.net.

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Oboist Kelsey Maiorano is a native of Davidson and recently returned from being abroad for a year. Her first stateside concert will be in Cornelius on August 26.

Oboist extraordinaire Kelsey Maiorano performs her first stateside concert after being abroad for a year in Cornelius on August 26. In collaboration with David Gilliland of Davidson College, Maiorano, a Davidson native, will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bernhard Henrik Crusell and Antonio Pasculli, among others.

A high school graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Maiorano earned a Bachelor of Music degree with presidential honors from the Lynn Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida in 2015.

Joseph Robinson, the former principal oboist for the New York Philharmonic has called Maiorano an “oboe force of nature.” Go see for yourself.

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For the Children The Guardian ad Litem program gives kids a voice

AUGUST 2016

Now a retired school principal, Lake Norman-area resident Kathy Wilkes saw many situations where children were abused or neglected by their families. While she did her best to help them, she admits there was only so much she could do in her position.

Shortly after retiring, Wilkes began volunteering as an advocate with the Guardian ad Litem program in Iredell County (which also covers Alexander County), where she says there is a great need for more volunteers. Unlike a foster parent, those serving as a Guardian ad Litem don’t live with the children with whom they work. Instead, they meet with them at least

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once a month and learn what their wants and needs are.

Working with police detectives, DSS caseworkers, school administrators, therapists and physicians, the Guardian ad Litem can then make

recommendations to the judge assigned to the case.

“Volunteers are the voice of a child in court,” explains Wilkes, who is currently working with five GAL children.

The requirement to be a Guardian ad Litem is simple, she says, you only have to be an adult who desires to help a child in need. You don’t even have to be a resident of Iredell County to volunteer with the department. Training is approximately 30 hours and a background check is required.

Volunteering and meeting with the child or attending court hearings typically takes 10 to 12 hours per month and can be flexible. Currently, there are approximately 30 kids in Iredell/Alexander County in need of volunteers.

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Whether the titles are formal or not, they’re helpful in navigating your way around the water — and interesting as well.

That’s why we love this sign from The Lady Ship Inc. at BLACKLION in Huntersville. It features names like Stumpy Creek, Steam Plant, Hot Hole, ISO Bridge and Davidson Creek. Not only is it colorful, but it will keep your guests entertained as they try to figure out exactly where these places are. Who’s up for a little lake trivia?

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Beneath The Surface

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The North Mecklenburg and South Iredell area has changed tremendously since the first plans to dam the Catawba River and create Lake Norman were made more than 50 years ago. Many old, familiar landmarks are gone. Often, the only reminders of the people, places and events that shaped the area live on in the names of streets or schools or neighborhoods.

Hager’s Ferry and Sherrill’s Ford call our attention to the importance of early river crossings.

The busiest street in Cornelius still bears the river’s name.

Memories of the people who helped create the lake live on in place names, too. Here’s a couple of the stories behind some of the more prominent place names associated with the Lake Norman Area.

Lake Norman — Lake Norman was named for Norman Atwater Cocke (1884-1974). Cocke spent more than 50 years working for Duke Power and its predecessor company, Southern Power. A Virginia native and New York Law School graduate, Cocke began working for Southern Power as an attorney in 1906, very early on in the company’s history.

He helped develop Duke Power’s forestry program, an important part of the company’s land-clearing activities in creating the chain of 13 man-made, power-generating lakes along the Catawba River. He also directed the Piedmont and Northern Railroad, a Southern Power project that provided electric rail service from Charlotte to the western part of the state.

Cocke rose through the ranks to

Photography courtesy of Duke Endowment

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Norman Atwater Cocke

become president of the company in 1947 and retired in 1957, shortly before construction began on the lake that would bear his name.

Bill Lee Freeway — The next time you’re stuck in rush hour traffic on I-77 in the Lake Norman area, take a look at one of the small green signs naming this the “Bill Lee Freeway.” Bill Lee’s (1929-1996) full name was William States Lee III, which was already a well-known name at the Duke Power Company when he started work there in the late 1950s. Lee’s grandfather, William States Lee I, had been one of the original engineer’s of predecessor company Southern Power.

Though Bill Lee’s passion was already in nuclear power in the late 1950s, he took the job overseeing the creation of the hydroelectric Cowan’s Ford Dam and Lake Norman. He also built one of the first houses on the lake, and, according to local lore, because he was so confident in the accuracy of the lake’s engineering, had his boat dock built before the waters began to rise.

Lee remained with the company for years and served as president from 1978 until his retirement in 1994. — Chuck McShane Chuck McShane is director of research at the Charlotte Chamber and the author of A History of Lake Norman: Fish Camps and Ferraris. Contact him at chuckmcshane@gmail.com .

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many other nights, Sean Colas deftly navigated the highways between Virginia and North Carolina after wrapping up his day as a pharmaceutical sales representative, trying to make his son’s tee-ball practice at the Lake Norman YMCA. It was that deliberate, yet delicate dance parents do every day, trying to show up for their families after giving their all at work. Colas made it just in time, and as he started up the hill to the ball fields, he felt something pop in his knee.

A tweak, he thought. That tweak was actually a torn meniscus and, soon enough, Colas was having knee surgery.

The recovery required Colas to be homebound for two weeks. During that time, he had plenty of time to watch Bar Rescue on television and consider his own rescue.

“I had a lot of time to think.

I started thinking that it would be great if I were home more, as I was doing two to three overnights a week at that point.

I started feeling like ‘I just don’t like this anymore. It’s kind of a drag,’ ” recalls Colas, 39.

As he watched entrepreneurs get help with their businesses on television, Colas remembered a disappointing candy store experience he’d recently had where the customer service was poor. An idea formed, and he started having deep conversations with his wife and family.

“When I was talking to my wife, she was shocked that a candy store was what I picked, and she said, ‘you have to put

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Sean Colas left pharmaceutical sales to open SugarPop’s in Mooresville.

together a business plan.’ The biggest priority was making sure that we were able to do it financially. My whole thing was as long as we are able to pay the bills at our house, that would be the ideal,” explains Colas.

After lots of conversations and some careful research, Colas had the blueprint for what became SugarPop’s Candy and Catering in Downtown Mooresville.

“You can get candy anywhere, so we wanted to build a store where you could get unique

candy and feel like they care about the customer,” says Colas, who opened the store in November 2012. Though SugarPop’s has a brick and mortar location, the business goes beyond the traditional candy store. In addition to selling local goods and soda floats at the shop, SugarPop’s offers wedding favors, welcome bags, personalized sweets like chocolate-covered Oreos and jumbo-sized marshmallows, and candy buffets and bars for corporate events, weddings and parties.

“We wanted to have a fun place to work and a fun place to go and to create an experience, memory and smile for people. If you are having a bad day, you can come in here and get perked up. If a kid has a good report card, it’s a good reward to put a smile on their face and build a memory with their parents or grandparents,” says Colas. “We want to be part of a family’s memories. Twenty-five years down the road, they say, ‘Hey, remember when we used to go to that candy shop.’ ” While he is creating those special memories for his customers, Colas is also building them for his own family in the candy shop, as his three young sons help to replenish stock and ring up a customer. And now that Colas doesn’t travel for work, he is able to more easily make school performances, bedtime rituals and tee-ball practices.

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Summertime Sadness?

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FLEETING DAYS OF SUMMER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

by Mike Savicki

IF YOU ARE READING THIS COLUMN, WHICH I SINCERELY HOPE YOU ARE DOING IN A TIMELY FASHION DURING THE SUMMER, I’ll go out on

a limb and wager, despite the fantastic weather, you are more than likely reading indoors with air conditioning humming in the background.

You’re not on a blanket or patch of grass under the shade of a green-leafed hardwood. And you’re not under a seasonally blossoming crepe myrtle, or even under a beach umbrella with your feet

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buried in the sand. Instead, you are in an incandescently lit room at home with the digital thermometer set at a comfortable 72 degrees.

Or maybe you are reading this in the office where, instead of working, you are taking a well-deserved break from scanning the social media pages, which you have been doing to take a much needed break from doing your actual work — work you haven’t begun to do and it’s almost lunch. And in the background, yes, an air conditioner is buzzing at a comfortable 72 degrees.

You aren’t to blame. It is a widely and commonly known fact that since 2000, Americans take at least one less week of annual vacation.

We spend more hours of

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our day indoors, almost intravenously connected to our wireless devices. And if Wi-Fi doesn’t reach the sand and surf, neither do we.

But if you are one of the few who is reading this outdoors, whether on the lake, a beach, by a pool or even on a patch of grass under the shade of a green-leafed hardwood or seasonally blossoming crepe myrtle, then all credit to you. I’ll gladly admit I’ve lost my wager. To collect your winnings, please send my editor a color-enhanced selfie of you reading this column outdoors, at which point she will happily post it online to social media so that all your friends who are trapped inside will see it and become jealous.

The reality is that as August began, summer was already dashing towards its 2016 finish. The summer solstice was at least two paychecks

plus a long holiday weekend or two ago. And your once green grass is now reminding you, with its dead spots and brown turf fungus, that even with extra watering you won’t see green stripes again until the cool fall nights return.

Which for any summer lover, we hope never arrives.

To find creative ways to maximize the enjoyment of whatever summer is left, I reached out to those who know and promote the season in ways we might not ourselves think.

“There is a more casual and relaxed feel to summer that most men don’t take advantage of,” says Tyler Hampton of Dixieland Clothing Company.

“So with this season, why not step out of your comfort zone and be a bit bolder when you dress for a summer night?”

Case in point, as Tyler talked about how guys are afraid

to stray from blue shirts and either stone or khaki pants, I was glad we were talking by phone because I was wearing a blue shirt with khaki pants.

“To wear some of the bolder patterns it takes more of a confident man to begin with, but that’s not to say there isn’t a place for pushing towards a pink or pink-striped shirt, seersucker shorts or even a made-to-order pair of brightly colored patterned pants that take you back to images from Animal House or Caddyshack,” he adds.

“You are always going to get comments when you dress a bit differently, and sometimes those comments raise your summer confidence level.”

The Cycle Path’s Mark Sullivan told me that with the longer days of summer comes an opportunity to enjoy the simple pleasure of riding a bicycle.

“Cycling has always appealed to my sense of exploration and adventure,” he says. “On a bike you have the freedom of being able to move around and go places you can’t in a car. And bikes can unlock that list of things you once liked to do as a kid.”

Kudos to those kids riding bikes in cul-de‑sacs as the sun sets.

So, because summer, unlike any other season, affords us the opportunity to trade air conditioning for some sun or shade, to ditch business casual for showy summer classic apparel, to get back on a bike, and to do so much more, I encourage you to get out there and make the fleeting days of summer count.

Don’t say you haven’t been warned. There’s nothing worse than summertime sadness come fall.

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Block & Grinder Langtree opens up shop, p. 24

Photography by Glenn Roberson

The Growler Revolution, p. 28 Wine and barbecue at Smoke, p. 29 Citrus Sunshine Jars, p. 30

The elk game burger with pickled jalapeĂąo aioli served with pommes frites at Block & Grinder Langtree.

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New Kid on the Block Block & Grinder brings its local touch to Langtree

by Lynn Roberson photography by Glenn Roberson

BLOCK & GRINDER LANGTREE HAS DRAWN ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE ARCHETYPAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUTCHER SHOP, where local

people come for fresh steaks, chicken, chops and ground meat.

In a true butcher block to meat grinder concept, every meat found in the restaurant and at the retail counter at Block & Grinder is handcut by its staff and sourced from highly reputable farms and ranches locally and across the nation.

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“This is a restaurant built around a butcher shop, an old-school butcher shop,” says owner Jed Kampe, who opened the first Block & Grinder in Cotswold in Charlotte in 2013. A Winston-Salem native and UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus, Kampe in 2010 moved to Charlotte, where he owned a butcher shop.

His restaurants evolved from there.

Staying true

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At the Langtree location, Kampe and his team have expanded on the initial concept while staying true to the relationships that are essential to their success.

“With all the relationships we have with the local farmers and vendors, we will be able to eventually bring in more than just the proteins at the counter here,” Kampe says. “We have a lot of people who live here at Langtree or elsewhere on the lake.

We can be their one-stop shop. If they want something we don’t carry, we can source it pretty quickly, such as wild game that’s harder to find.”

The new restaurant is significantly larger than the original, allowing a larger retail area and more expansive restaurant features, such as a private dining space with full audio/video. Its motif is crisp, upscale and contemporary, with quieter dining spaces and a chef ’s table, which requests reservations.

While the restaurant currently is open just for dinner, plans call for expanding the hours to lunch, Sunday brunch and late night.

A tasty collaboration

Owner Jed Kampe with General Manager Sam Bilski, Assistant General Manager Apollo Suen and Chef de Cuisine Ethan Moyer.

Foie gras (Block & Grinder style): pecan butter, strawberry and honey jam, and brown butter brioche.

Executive Chef Ben Philpott, who oversees the cuisine at both restaurants, and Chef de Cuisine Ethan Moyer, collaborate to present the set menu and seasonal featured dishes.

The in-house grinds include the beef burger, a Cajun bison burger, a lamb burger and a game burger that varies to include meats such as elk and kangaroo. Chef ’s selections include dishes such as chicken confit, trout and a pork chop.

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Salads, artisan cheeses, breads and fresh local produce, along with chicken liver mousse, pimento cheese and pickled vegetables in jars add a lighter touch. Pork belly, fried oysters and beef tenderloin tartare come as small plates, as do the deviled eggs with goats cheese, prosciutto, truffle and herbs.

“This is a showplace for the Block & Grinder restaurant concept,” General Manager Sam Bilski says. “We’re able to source enough produce and enough product to supply us. This focus has a lot to do with embracing what’s around us, what has been here in North Carolina for centuries.”

The focus on fresh, organic and local extends to the beer, wine and craft cocktails. One of the most popular drinks, the gin basil smash, features Cardinal Gin from Southern Artisan Spirits in Kings Mountain.

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Ass Clown Brewing Company has been filling growlers since it opened more than five years ago.

THE GROWLER REVOLUTION FILL ONE UP FOR FRESH BEER FUN AUGUST 2016

by Mike Savicki

Skip the six-pack, forget the case of nine, 12 or 24 cans or bottles, and don’t bother with a half or full keg either. If you are in search of the freshest beer possible — poured especially from the brewer for you — then grab a growler, fill it with your favorite craft and enjoy.

Ass Clown Brewing Company’s Matt Glidden has been filling growlers since he opened the doors more than five years ago.

“To me, a growler is all about getting the freshest beer you possibly can and taking it home with you,” Glidden explains. “A 32-ounce growler is great if you want to come home, have a couple pints then call it a night, and a 64-ounce growler should be just enough to share with your wife or a buddy. No matter how you approach it, a growler is that simple, that fresh and that fun.”

Not all growlers are the same and understanding the science of a proper fill will enhance enjoyment. “Flip tops are the crème of the crop,” Glidden says. “They are better than a screw top that most people associate with the growler because they seal quickly after filling.

Then, combined with how you fill it and how much open space you leave at the top, you’ll get the best fill and longest-lasting flavor.

“Leaving just enough open space at the top is important, too,” he continues.

“You start by filling from the bottom with a hose to push the air up and out then stop when there’s about one inch of open space remaining.

Leave too much or too little air and the beer will go flat much quicker. In my opinion, a properly filled growler might

last up to two weeks.”

And if you are wondering how the growler got its name, Glidden says it came from the “hissing” or “growling” sound the jug emits when it is opened.

With more than a handful of craft breweries in the area, plus bottle shops, “pour houses,” and even a growing number of grocery stores that now boast growler filling stations, there are literally hundreds of options for personalizing your beer in a bottle.

“It’s a brewer’s preference if he will fill any growler you might bring in, but I always tell my customers if it’s clean and I know you are going to enjoy it, then I’ll be glad to fill your growler with whatever you choose,” Glidden says.

“I’m just glad you are taking an interest in trying our beers in a different way.”

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Wine Time

Smokin!

HERE’S THE ANSWER TO THE ETERNAL QUESTION OF WHICH WINE TO PAIR WITH BARBECUE

by Trevor Burton

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So, I’ve spent time with the wine list at Smoke Modern Barbeque at Birkdale Village coming up with an answer. Actually, Smoke is a good laboratory for this much-needed research, as the restaurant offers a choice of barbecue flavors that range from mild to, well, smokin’.

Wine with barbecue might sound a little strange. Most people’s image of barbecue is of a somewhat stout figure noshing on a dish at a picnic table while quaffing on a cold brew. That is not Smoke — far from it. This place is definitely upscale, as demonstrated by its wine list. I’ve tried just a few of Smoke’s wines for pairing and here’s what I came up with.

With milder dishes, I jump for a glass of dry rosé or one of Smoke’s sparkling wines, a rosé from Spain. That might seem an odd choice, but both have enough red wine character to handle savory meat, also handling the zip and zing from vinegar that you find in North Carolina barbecue. These wines also act as a palate cleanser so that each bite of barbecue is as fresh as the first one. Nice.

Move up a notch in oomph and you’re in the area of Smoke’s most popular wine, its privately blended wine from the Napa Valley in California. The wine is called Smoke Modern BBQ Private Label Meritage. This wine speaks volumes.

Normally, a “house wine” at a restaurant is the cheapest on the list and generally lives up to its billing.

Not so with this guy. It’s priced in the middle of the wines on the list, $44 for a bottle or $11 for a glass.

It is, by design, a “value wine” and is offered pretty close to Smoke’s

cost. Staying with the value theme, all wines are half price on Monday evenings, by bottle or by glass.

There are a couple more wines that also go well with a mediumheat dish. A wine that I migrate to is a Zinfandel, and there is one on the wine list. Another is a Merlot from the Columbia Valley in Washington. I think wines from the state of Washington are some of the best bang for buck on the planet, and I’m always up for an internal happy dance when I see one.

When you move to the warning zone on the heat scale, there are some other options. Tannins in that style of wine tend to act as an amplifier of the heat, packing a real wallop to your taste buds.

Staying in that counter intuitive vein, I go for a wine with a little sweetness and smoothness to it.

On this list I’m drawn to Smoke’s Riesling. Yes, a delicate white wine with a powerful meat dish — don’t believe all that stuff about white wine going only with fish.

Those are my findings to date.

There’s plenty of opportunity for more exploring. And, you can always ask for help from your server or from one of the managers.

One of the things that I learned when I met with Smoke’s General Manager, Paul Desseyn, was that his serving staff is trained by my wine buddy, Mark Orsini. That’s another indicator of the quality of Smoke’s wine list. Orsini is one of the most knowledgeable sommeliers in the area. He and I have been know to run wine seminars together — always a blast.

An answer at last! Forget that stout figure and the picnic table. Wines take barbecue to a whole new level. That, to me, is joyful. Enjoy.

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Smoke’s privately blended wine from the Napa Valley in California is a “value wine.”

WHILE IT MAY NOT BE EARTH SHATTERING, IT’S A QUESTION THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT.

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In the Kitchen with Jill Dahan CITRUS SUNSHINE JARS

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Ingredients Citrus Curd

¼-cup (about 4) fresh organic limes or lemons, and grated rind of 1 fruit (organic also means no wax on the fruit) 2 large responsibly laid eggs (The chicken does have something to do with it.) ¼-cup organic powdered sugar (Organic is definitely worth the effort here.)

Crust

1 1/2 cups good quality granola (I like Purely Elizabeth brand, as it is the first probiotic granola with good-for-your-gut ingredients — try the Maple Walnut, it’s divine.)

Photography by Jill Dahan

This perfect harmony of sweet and tart is a little gem of sunshine that can be served in a trendy portable jam jar for breakfast or as an al fresco snack or dessert. Quick, easy, mouthwatering and “good for your bod” with only four ingredients, it will make your kitchen come alive with the scent of grated citrus.

Lemons and limes are chock full of vitamin C and antioxidants and those gut-loving little probiotics in the granola add a good dose of healthy fiber, too. For a couple of extra quickies worth noting, the curd can be spread on toast or pancakes, folded into yogurt, or dolloped in meringues. So when life gives you lemons, make sure and make lemon curd!

Instructions Mix the citrus juice, sugar and eggs until thoroughly combined. Pour the mixture into a cast iron enamel pan like a Le Creuset and heat on medium-low heat, whisking continually until just steaming and thickened. This takes about 4-5 minutes. Immediately

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Dollop the curd mixture into the prepared jars or piecrust. Chill until ready to serve and top with a bit of whipped cream or coconut cream taken off the top of a can if desired. Makes about 4-6 small jars. ill Dahan lives in J Cornelius and is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life. You can learn more about her at www.jilldahan.com.

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3. Panthers Picnic Tote, $34.99, Rivals Sports & Home, 19420 Jetton Road, Suite 103, Cornelius, look for Rivals Sports & Home on Facebook.

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by Lori K. Tate There’s always something exciting happening in the Lake Norman area, and behind those exciting things you’ll find people —movers and shakers who are filling needs, solving problems, creating awareness and simply making our community a better place.

Read on to learn how these folks are making Lake Norman the best it can be.

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THE MAN WITH THE PLAN

Case Warnemunde brings out the best in Old Town Cornelius When you hear acronym OTC, you immediately think “over the counter” drugs. But Case Warnemunde wants to change that — at least in the Lake Norman area. The founder and CEO of Bella Love, Inc. (a physical social network based in Cornelius), has plans to roll out a branding campaign this fall that will rename Old Town Cornelius (everything east of I-77 in Cornelius) OTC. "People can call it Old Town Cornelius or

OTC for short," says Warnemunde. “I’m from Cincinnati. There’s a place called OTR there, Over the Rhine, so we’re looking at what a lot of other communities have done.”

In addition to geographic branding, Warnemunde says the website www. oldtowncornelius.com will be a hub for everything going on in OTC and that there will also be a strong social media campaign.

In 2012 Bella Love hosted two Tawba Walk Art Crawls. Sponsored by the Town

of Cornelius and Kadi Fit, the first event in October drew 1,000 people, while the second one in December attracted 1,200. Both Art Crawls featured live music and local artists’ booths and were held in Old Town Cornelius so local businesses could show off their wares.

“After several years of hosting these [ festivals], we are now on our 12th Tawba Walk Arts & Music Festival,” says Warnemunde, adding that the last one

serve a variety of needs here in the area and to connect with various cultures, whether it’s the culinary arts or visual arts [or something else],” says Warnemunde. “There’s just such a demand for people wanting to come out and walk around and experience their community.”

For Warnemunde personally, the evolution of Old Town Cornelius has been rewarding beyond measure. “It’s been very serendipitous how things have worked out from kind of randomly moving from my hometown to this area. What I just love is not only meeting so many great people with exceptional talent and passion and ideas, but I can actually be a part of those ideas and be able to see them come to fruition,” he says. “To take a community that really didn’t have a lot going on and create all of these events and open up around businesses and help connect the dots along the way, that’s been the most exciting thing to see, whether it’s been just inspiring someone to do what they love or to try to help them make a living doing it."

For more information regarding Bella Love, Inc., look for its page on Facebook.

Upcoming Bella Love, Inc. Events in Old Town Cornelius: • Food Truck Wednesdays – every Wednesday at Oak Street Mill • Bella Love’s Open Mic Night— every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 8 p.m. at Kadi Fit • 2nd Annual Old Town Cornelius Jazz Festival — August 20, 4-9 p.m. at Smithville Park • Tawba Walk Arts & Music Festival — September 17 at Oak Street Mill • Laketoberfest Beer & Music Festival — October 15, 4-9 p.m. at Bailey Road Park

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attracted more than 5,000 people. “The events have just taken on a life of their own.

It’s been apparent that there was a very evident need for this community to connect in that sort of way. There was a void in just good quality family friendly entertainment.

I think that’s a big part of our success is that there’s always something for the entire family to do at any of our events.”

In addition, Bella Love offers Lunch in the Lot on Wednesdays at Oak Street Mill, where you can purchase lunch from a food truck and eat with your neighbor. The group recently hosted its fourth Food Truck Invitational, and it also was responsible for last year’s Laketoberfest Beer & Music Festival, which drew 7,000 people at Bailey Road Park. Other favorites include the Old Town Cornelius Jazz Festival and Second Friday Street Festival, a pop-up festival at Oak Street Mill featuring a food truck court, live bands, arts and crafts, and kids activities.

“We’ve started a lot of annual events to

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Saluting Lake Norman’s Small Business

Movers Shakers Mark Mosaybei Sales Leader, Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

Debbie Monroe - Broker/REALTOR, SFR

Mark is originally from Houston, TX and has lived in the Lake Norman area since 2000.

He’s been in the automotive industry since 1999 and with Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram since 2001. Mark has been Chrysler Certified since 2000 and with over 5000 sales has been in the top three Sales Professionals in the Southeast Business Center. He spends his extra time with his wife Amy and pooch Bear. His favorite hobby is bowling and he holds a national tour title as well as eleven regional bowling titles.

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In today’s world, real estate agents may work for several companies over the course of their career, but Lake Norman Realty’s agent Debbie Monroe has been with them for 29 years. In those 29 years, she has been named Salesperson of the Year 24 times! Her warm friendly nature, thorough knowledge of the Lake Norman real estate market, and her desire to help clients find the home of their dreams has created many repeat clients for her over the years. Some clients purchasing as many as 10+ properties. She has sold more properties for Lake Norman Realty than any other agent. In addition to her successful real estate career, she has given back to the Lake Norman Community through her service with Boy Scout Troop 72, as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and involvement in community affairs.

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The Great Frame Up opened for business at Birkdale Village in 2004. Customers include individuals, local stores, businesses, and corporations located in the area. TGFU owners Rich and Sandi have extensive experience in custom framing methods and materials. They are specially focused on preservation and conservation methods, up-to-date techniques and have 13+ years of experience. TGFU creates unique and pleasing designs to enhance the artwork, while appealing to the customer’s unique style and preferences. Rich and Sandi attribute their success to the fact that they make customer service a top priority. TGFU provides quality framing work at a reasonable price. This makes for happy customers that give great referrals.

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Erskine Smith, a native of Mooresville, began his career in local government in 1987 as Zoning Administrator. Since then, he has served as Planning Director, Assistant Town Manager and Interim Town Manager before being named Mooresville Town Manager in June of 2011.

Erskine achieved many accomplishments during his career with Mooresville. He witnessed the creation or expansion of facilities like the Mooresville Public Library, The Charles Mack Citizen Center, Town Hall, several fire stations, and the development of Mazeppa and Cornelius Road parks. Together he and the town board purchased two new community centers, renovated the Mooresville Golf Course, and created a multitude of economic development projects. Erskine plans to retire in December 2016. Jeff Shoe of Mooresville Ford said, “The Town of Mooresville has been extremely fortunate to have had such a caring leader as Erskine Smith. Erskine’s decisions throughout his career were always based on what was best for our community.”

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Since Poppies opened 11 years ago many things have changed, but one constant has been the women behind the scenes. Brie makes monograms happen and rarely peeks out from behind the curtain. She has been loyal to Poppies for over 10 years. She works hard and keeps the machines humming all while recently stepping up to help manage the store. Sometimes you get lucky and hire an employee and end up gaining a friend!

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Every child should be given the opportunity to succeed. At the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson, LEARN Works Program Director Diane Means works hard to ensure that at-risk elementary and middle school children are given those opportunities. Diane leads a team of nine instructors that provide reading instruction, tutoring and enrichment activities for 125 students. She has worked at Ada Jenkins for 16 years and was recently awarded the Community Service Award by the Bonner Foundation.

In her spare time, Diane enjoys swimming, cycling, and playing board games with her husband and their two children. She loves to read and is passionate about inspiring all children – her own, and her students – to love reading too.

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Carolina Age Management Institute would like to introduce 704-896-3433 their Newest ‘Movers & Shakers’. info@personalizedbypoppies.com (from L to R) Vanessa Nozet, Amy Hackney, Licensed Estheticians, and Sally Wesselman, RN, Nurse Injector Specialist. Vanessa and Amy specialize in Laser Skin Rejuvenation, Vaginal Rejuvenation, Laser Hair Reduction, and medical grade esthetic treatments as well as skin care products. They have 18 combined years of experience.

Sally’s specialty is Botox and Dermal Fillers with 12 years of experience.

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Paul Summerville joined the Mooresville/LN Exchange Club in 1993. He became extremely involved in Exchange and just completed his term as the Club President. He received many district awards such as Outstanding Club President and Division VI Director of the Year.

Paul led the club to achieve the NC District Exchange Club of the Year and the National Service Award. Paul explained that these accomplishments would not be possible without the entire membership workinga in UNITY FOR SERVICE. Paul stated, “For many years I’ve been very blessed to be able to take from the Mooresville community, to have a rewarding career in the Graphics Industry, to live in the most beautiful part of the world. Being involved in Exchange gives me an opportunity to give back to my community, by helping it become a better place to live.”

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AN INTIMATE FIT

Marla Brown and Robert Maier offer a cinematic fix

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Life is all about timing, and that’s certainly the case with Robert Maier and Marla Brown.

The two first met at Armour Street Theatre in Davidson three years ago. Brown was working as Davidson Community Player’s interim artistic director while starring in company’s production of Wit. Maier had just started the Davidson Film Club.

Armour Street’s busy schedule only allowed Davidson Film Club one Saturday a month for a movie showing, and there was no guarantee how long that agreement would last. Knowing Brown was also the founder and managing artistic director of the Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius, Maier mentioned showing a film series in the space. Brown was interested, but her plate was full so she suggested they talk about in the future.

Maier then took his idea to the Cornelius Arts Center, and the folks there were up for it, even though the space was not optimal with its bad sightlines and half walls. Regardless, folks came to the film series, which was known as Indies + Docs. Eventually the series grew out of the space, and Maier returned to Brown to see if the time was right. It was.

That was May of 2015 and since then

they’ve show 15-plus films, as well the movies they show in various film classes such as Introduction to Film as Art, History of Film and Survey of Great Films. Maier is the perfect person to teach these courses, as the Davidson resident teaches filmmaking at Gaston College, where he is also the coordinator of its broadcast program. In addition, he worked with filmmaker John Waters (think Polyester and Hairspray) for 15 years and penned the book Low Budget Hell: Making Underground Movies with John Waters. Now he’s also the cinema director at Warehouse PAC, a non-profit.

Maier caps his Warehouse classes at 30 and says he hopes for 25 people for each public screening of a film. Brown is happy to have alternative programming for the theatre. “One of the things I had wanted to do for the Warehouse brand anyway was to go toward multi-media because intimacy is our brand,” she explains. “It’s being able to experience these plays that we select up close and personal. When we select scripts that are relationship based, character based, things like that, it lends itself to multi-media.”

Maier subscribes to a couple of daily

blogs that focus on independent and foreign films to help him select movies for the series. He also reads the Sunday edition of The New York Times for leads.

Surprisingly, one of the biggest draws has been the showing of documentaries.

While it’s yet to be seen if this new venture is sustainable over a long period of time, Maier and Brown plan to do everything they can to keep it around. “People say, ‘why do you put so much time into this?’ I say, ‘well look at the people on the town board, they put a lot of time into things. I don’t play golf. I don’t fish. I don’t run marathons. I’m not a bon vivant that’s up on all the wines,” says Maier with a laugh. “The thing that keeps me going is that at the end of a film, people say, ‘thank you so much for bringing this to us.’ ” he following films are scheduled for this T month at Warehouse Performing Arts Center: The Lady in the Van starring Maggie Smith — August 5, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; August 6, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; August 7, 2:30 p.m. The Winding Street — August 19, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; August 20, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; August 21, 2:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.warehousepac.com.

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THE WEDDING PLANNER

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Erin Padgett knows weddings. And the Huntersville resident also knows Lake Norman. Following her instincts, she merged that knowledge into a company — Erin Padgett Events. The Huntersville company focuses on planning events (think corporate soirees, birthday parties and any type of celebration that has to do with nuptials).

Padgett founded her business three years after graduating from UNC Charlotte and working for various marketing and printing companies. “I learned a ton about design from working at those places,” explains Padgett, who grew up in nearby Concord. “I worked for another wedding planner for a little over a year and then they went out of business and I decided to start my own business.”

With two additional planners and four assistants on her team, Padgett says they do 30 to 40 events a year, with the majority of them being weddings. And while some of her clients get married in Charlotte, many of them tie the knot in the Lake Norman area, and that’s exactly what Padgett promotes.

“I’ve been here [the Lake Norman area] 10 years, and I realized that there were so many really awesome opportunities, not only from a venue standpoint and how beautiful some of the properties were, but all the other vendors that work within the wedding industry that were in Lake Norman,” she says. “Unfortunately, there’s a little bit of a thick line between Lake Norman and Charlotte.”

Padgett set out to change that by co-founding a networking group with Phaedra Pistone, owner of Classic Bride & Formals in Cornelius, two years ago called Lake Norman Wedding Professionals.

“We started it with five of us just sitting around a table kind of chatting and it grew, and now we have 100 people that rotate in and out of our monthly meeting,” explains Padgett. “It’s really cool because it’s a collaboration. There’s no competition. There are other wedding planners in there that I’m friends with. …There’s work for everyone.”

Padgett admits that she’s a “spread the love” kind of person and that the networking group has introduced her to Lake Norman wedding venues she didn’t know existed. The more she knows about what the area has to offer, the more she can do to make Lake Norman a wedding destination.

“I just thought this was kind of missing,” Padgett says. “Lake Norman didn’t’ really gather together as a team, so I tried to start that team.”

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Greg O’Connor and his wife Pam planned to move to Denver, Colorado and open a sports performance center. When the deal for their building fell through, they learned that their daughter Allison had been assigned to teach in Charlotte with Teach for America. They quickly researched the area and moved to Cornelius in July 2010.

A retired bonds trader, Greg was up for a new challenge, and the result of that is Champions Sports Performance & Training Center in Cornelius. “We know exactly who we are. We are a bright, loud, shiny, place where people of all ages can go to feel better about themselves through our programs from 7 years old to people in their 60s in our adult program,” he says. “We empower people. …We don’t just run drills. We empower them so they feel good about coming.”

Greg and his team train an entire spectrum of people, including professional athletes, college athletes vying for spots on Olympic teams, high school football team starters, kids who simply want to move, moms who want to stay fit, seniors who want to remain active and more.

Their success earned them the 2014 Lake Norman Business of the Year from the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce.

Two years prior to winning the award, Greg began searching for ways to give back to the community. “That’s part of my mission,” he says. “You can train anybody.”

His search led him to Davidson’s Jeni Cooper, and her non-profit organization called Angels in Need, which serves children with special needs and their families both locally and abroad. Cooper got the word out that Champions wanted to train special needs kids free of charge. Ever since then, Saturday mornings from 10 -11 a.m. at Champions has been known at the Angels Hour.

The number of participants varies from week to week, as do the physical and mental challenges these kids face,

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Greg O’Connor trains athletes of all kinds to be their best

but that doesn’t stop them from swinging kettle bells and doing push-ups. “I know if they’re game, we’ll train them,” says Greg, adding that Champions also trains young adults from Davidson’s IGNITE, a program operated by the Autism Society of North Carolina. “When I train them, I train them like I train anyone else.”

One teen with autism, who discovered Champions through the Angels Hour, is returning after being away for a year and a half. He wants to make his high school’s track team, and he knows that Champions can help him do it. Other Angels kids have decided to pursue personal training, for which Greg offers at a discounted rate.

In addition, Greg has bused students to Champions from Teach for America

schools for workouts. He and his staff estimate that they have worked with more than 18,000 kids since they opened by facilitating camps and going out to schools.

At the end of the day, you see all types of athletes breaking a sweat at Champions, just trying to become a little bit better — and faster. “You learn a skill and it’s your skill for the rest of your life,” says Greg. “Get them excited about coming and combine that with learning a skill, and that’s empowerment. That’s what we do.” ngels Hour is 10-11 a.m. every Saturday A at Champions Sports Performance & Training Center. For information regarding Champions, visit www. championssportperformance.com.

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Driving around the Lake Norman area with its pristine homes and manicured lawns, it’s easy to forget that not everyone lives that way. But in fact, many in our community live in poverty, and no one knows that better than Dr. David Cook and his wife, April, founders of the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic in Huntersville.

The clinic began in 1998 when a local minister asked David if he could see patients in the back of a Huntersville Latino store “tienda” in the evenings once a month.

David agreed. He began with approximately five patients and then it skyrocketed to 40.

“Some nights I would be there until one in the morning,” recalls David, who practices with Novant Health Lakeside Family Physicians. “We did the best we could.

April, who has an MBA from Meredith College, became involved, and the clinic moved to First Baptist Church in Huntersville in 2001. Six years later it moved

to its present location on Hunters Road in Huntersville. “Since 1998, we have taken care of 7,000 individuals and provided over 50,000 appointments to those individuals,” says April, who serves as the executive director of the clinic. “There are still many, many people out there without healthcare insurance. It’s not the stigma of the ones that’s just don’t want to buy it; this is the working poor.”

In addition to David, other physicians volunteer their time, as both hospital systems (Carolinas Medical Center and Novant Health), partner with the clinic.

“All of the Lakeside Physicians rotate their time through here,” says April. “A lot of specialists that we partner with believe in what we’re doing. They’ll agree to take so many patients per year to help us out.”

April adds that what they provide does fall into the scope of a free clinic.

For instance, they can’t treat allergies because of the expense. However, they

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Dr. David Cook and his wife, April, give the impoverished a healthy chance

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are able to treat patients with chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension, which they see a lot of. A mammogram bus comes to the center four times a year to screen women for breast cancer, and many patients are seen for depression.

With that in mind, April was determined to design the clinic to look like a doctor’s office. Even though most everything in the lobby was donated, it’s clean and comfortable. Words such as "hope," "peace" and "wish" hang on the wall, giving patients an uplifting message, and there are even magazines to read.

“I think it’s so important because when you are beat down and you don’t know how you’re going to provide that dinner meal or have gas to go to one of the three jobs you have, the presentation, even from the outside, I wanted it to look welcoming and warm because healing starts here,” says April pointing to her head. “If you think you’re going to a second rate facility or people look at you like you’re second rate, you’re not going to be as compliant. You’re not going to see the value in the caregiving.”

One couple (both patients) live on Charlotte’s North Tryon Street and take two buses to get to the Huntersville clinic.

She has gout, and the husband walks with a cane. “They walk from the bus station to come to this clinic because they’ve been to other places and said they weren’t treated with the kindness and respect they got there,” says April. “Now if they go through that much trouble for access to healthcare, we’re doing something I think wonderful here. It’s not David and me.

It’s the people out there. It’s that staff and our volunteers. They are just incredible.”

April admits that she never thought she would manage a healthcare clinic but that she wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. “I think one of the most rewarding things is knowing that we can make a difference and shine a light in someone’s dark world when all they need is someone to say, ‘I care about you,’ ” she says. “I know we’ve had a lot of light come in this place just by saying we care.”

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Amelia and Abigail Woodall continue their mother’s legacy of helping others At first glance, Amelia and Abigail Woodall appear to be typical teenagers as they sip coffee at Summit with their iPhones nearby. But talk to them for just a few minutes, and you’ll discover that these two young ladies have a strong grasp on what’s important and how helping others is one of the best ways they can spend their time.

Amelia (17) and Abigail (15) learned early on that life can change in an instant.

For them, it was when their mother, Laura, was diagnosed with ALS in 2006.

Abigail was a mere 5 years old.

“It [ALS] kind of just made us grow up a little bit quicker and realize the world isn’t such a safe little amazing happy place,” says Amelia, a rising senior at Woodlawn School in Davidson. “There are some bad things that can come, so how do you make the most of them?”

Their mother made the most of a devastating diagnosis by inspiring the formation of A Giving Spirit Foundation, a non-profit that benefits families experiencing adversity in the face of an unforeseen health challenge, as well as Project ALS and the ALS Association. Laura lived valiantly with this devastating disease until February 2015 when she passed away at the age of 43.

Two years before her death, AGSF launched a Teen Council, and Amelia and Abigail furthered their involvement with the organization. Soon after its founding, the Teen Council was invited to New York City for the Project ALS Banquet by Larry Tarica, a board member of Project ALS and a friend of Laura’s.

The group also toured The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center at Columbia University.

“I think for me and for the majority

of the Teen Council, if I can speak on their behalf, that [the tour] was the most impactful part,” recalls Amelia.

“There are so many advancements and new information being found.”

In addition to the trip, the Teen Council began two annual fundraising events — The Jingle Jog in December and Walk Around the Clock in June. Walk Around the Clock involves groups of teens walking around Davidson’s Village Green for 24 hours. “The first time we did Walk Around the Clock, we didn’t know what to expect. We were hoping to break $10,000,” says Amelia. “We ended up raising just over $12,000 our first year.”

The next year the group raised $28,000, and this past June, the event brought in $25,000. “It’s not your average lemonade stand,” says Amelia.

The Teen Council has approximately 15 members from a variety of local high schools, and it meets every other Sunday at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Davidson.

“The council is split up to where everyone has a job like marketing, PR, all of the things for the event,” explains Abigail, a rising sophomore at Woodlawn. “You have to put a lot of work into it, but the more work you put into it, the better outcome you’re going to have. You have to do a lot to achieve a lot.”

Amelia is the past chair of the Teen Council, and Abigail is the chair elect.

“They’re really committed. They’re very focused and hardworking. If you ask them to do stuff, you know it’s going to get done,” says Carly Schiano, chair of AGSF and the co-advisor (with Allison Powers) of the Teen Council. “It’s really been cool to see Abigail evolve from just being just the younger sister to really having her own voice.”

The Woodall sisters want to continue growing the Teen Council and raising awareness about ALS throughout the community. “She [Laura] started this,” says Abigail. “We get to pick up where she left off and keep it going and not leave it behind.”

For more information regarding A Giving Spirit Foundation’s Teen Council, visit www.agsfteencouncil.com. If you are interested in applying for the AGSF Teen Council, send an e-mail to agsfteen@gmail.com. You can follow the group on Instagram and Twitter at agsfteencouncil.

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Denver's Patrick Vellia, who was born deaf and blind, chips away at his bucket list stroke by stroke.

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Denver’s Patrick Vellia is an athlete you won’t soon forget photography by Ben Sherrill

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ave you ever thought about making a bucket list? Actually sitting down and noting all the things you want to do, or places you want to visit and experiences you want to have at some point in your life. It’s not an easy task considering all the constraints, both societal and self-imposed, we have in our lives.

Now imagine you are not only legally blind but also profoundly deaf in both ears.

Would your list change? Would your recognized physical and sensorial limitations cause you to begin eliminating items from your list because they might appear to be too difficult?

If you are like most people, modifying your bucket list would certainly be understandable. But Denver’s Patrick Vellia is not like most

Game On emotions and feelings, as a means of communication.

After a move to North Carolina in 2006 then a transfer from CPCC to Garner-Webb in spring 2011, Vellia was more fully exposed to deaf culture and declared American Sign Language as a major with business administration as a minor, Vellia now trains on an indoor trainer at Podium MultiSport in Cornelius under the direction of a coach, and when it comes to hitting the road, he serves as the stoker on a tandem bike with a sighted pilot seated in front.

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people. His sensorial differences fuel his passion, and completing items on his bucket list motivates him.

Diagnoses of loss

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Vellia was born in 1987 as the youngest of five children, all of whom are sighted with normal hearing. Conceived as a fraternal twin, his fraternal twin died five months premature. Vellia was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.

Recognizing a vision loss came first. At six months, he was diagnosed with optic atrophy, a condition in which nerve fibers cannot fully transfer clear images to the vision center of the brain. While he could, and still can see the walls of a room, for example, he cannot see what might be hanging on it unless he is closer than five feet.

Then, at age 4, his hearing became an issue as he was first diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss, a permanent condition that occurs when the brain receives incomplete or distorted information from the auditory nerves.

Through his school years he relied heavily on hearing aids and FM amplification equipment. However, he has now become more reliant on tactile sign language, namely the use of hand and finger placement in shapes from one hand to another to convey words, messages,

even experiencing theater, art and film in the tactile forms to complement classroom study.

He graduated in 2015 and with his diploma came a bucket list, filled first with athletic goals, which he hoped would satisfy his yearning to push himself physically.

A new starting line Triathlon may seem like an unlikely item for a para-athlete’s bucket list when, by the very nature of the sport, participation requires not only mastery of three different athletic disciplines but also tight coordination of transitions and logistics. But when your bucket list includes the Kona

Game On Podium MultiSport in Cornelius under the direction of a coach, and when it comes to hitting the road, he serves as the stoker on a tandem bike with a sighted pilot seated in front.

Results in running, which he considers the most difficult of the three pursuits, have begun to come with familiarity. When he runs alone, without a tether to a guide, he migrates to familiar local terrain.

“The reason I train in the Community Garden is it’s the only location I know of that is ‘safe,’ where I can actually run outside in an environment similar to what I would experience during a race,” Vellia says. “My mind is usually clear. I always check the course with my cane for the first lap — maybe a tree fell down overnight, although I could spot something that big, I wouldn’t spot a set of bleachers until I am right up to them for example, as happened on GWU’s [GardnerWebb University] track one morning.”

While Vellia’s road to triathlon might seem like a difficult one, he believes it is a matter of perspective. “We all stumble, trip and hit obstacles sometimes,” says Vellia, adding that it’s about “how…you work through all the difficulties, whatever they

are, in your day” that keep you going.

And speaking of perspective, there is one more thing on Vellia’s bucket list worth mentioning — Mt. Everest. If he stays the course, he might just get there.

Vellia says that water is his second home, as the pool is the only discipline he can train in in its true environment.

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Ironman World Championships, excelling in open water swimming and becoming recognized as an international caliber para-swimmer, completing a local triathlon seems like a good starting point.

Enter collegiate swimmer and friend, Joe MacGregor, who now serves as Vellia’s guide. Not only do they possess a passion for sports, they share a love of performance and working toward a goal on a deeper level.

“The water is my second home. It’s the only discipline I can train in in its true environment on my own — although only in terms of pool swims,” explains Vellia. “I require a guide for the open water swims, and Joe MacGregor understands how to get results.”

On the bike, Vellia’s love for cycling grew from his determination to turn the wheels on his own.

“Apparently when I was a kid,” he recalls, “I waited two weeks for my brother to put the training wheels on my bike, which he still hadn’t done, so I just took the bike and started cycling. I could use a standard bike, so long as I cycled in the back yard or in an empty parking lot.”

He now trains on an indoor trainer at

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n the eastern part of Davidson, you can still find quiet land in the country, perfect for building the house of your dreams. Rodney and Melissa Graham of John Marshall Custom Homes recently built such a home for a couple with two little girls — and two large dogs. While the family did not want their names published, they agreed to share their home with us so we could see their modern twist on southern hospitality.

Fresh and southern From the beginning this home stands out as a whimsical oasis.

While the initial plans for the home leaned toward the craftsman style, touches such as a long open front porch were added to give it more of a farmhouse look. But keep in mind, this isn’t a typical farmhouse with its shaker siding painted in Sherwin-Williams Westhighland White punctuated with shutters in

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Jody Kurtz of Kathryn Lilly Interiors in Cornelius guided the design of the interior.

Sherwin-Williams Hazel (think light aqua). The exterior further differentiates the house with Tennessee fieldstone detailing and garage doors stained in Sherwin Williams Oxford Brown. It’s a welcoming spot that becomes even more so when you enter the front door.

Jody Kurtz, owner of Kathryn Lilly Interiors in Cornelius, guided the design of the interior with the help of her design coordinator Rebecca Moellendick. “The owner wanted an eclectic style,” says Kurtz. “She didn’t want anything matchy matchy, just an eclectic mix.”

Kurtz and the owners worked together to bring their vision to life, and the result is a fresh take on gracious living. The

couple opted for a dining room, as they have a big family and enjoy entertaining. Because they had used silver tones in their previous dining room, they continued in that direction with two brushed silver chandeliers from Lee Lighting. A mirrored sideboard echoes the silver, subtly shimmering in the Hazelpainted room.

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HomeGoods find) accents the gold as it sits on a navy and white rug from Surya. The owner was inspired by a navy and gold room she discovered on Serena and Lily’s website.

An open floor plan was imperative to the couple, so the kitchen, with its expansive island capped in granite, opens to the living and casual dining area. A custom chesterfield sectional with a radius corner

by Cornelius’ COCOCO Home offers plenty of seating, as it picks up the earth tones from the fireplace clad in Tennessee fieldstone.

The dining area features a long window bench with a table made from reclaimed wood found in an old Georgia church. Erin Atkinson, owner of Chancery Design and Textiles in Charlotte, covered the bench cushion with Sunbrella fabric to prevent staining.

Just steps away from the dining area sits a screened-in porch, where the family eats when it’s not so warm outside. The space also features a fireplace crowned with a television, as well as outdoor furniture from Pottery Barn. Trees rustle in the background as the home sits on 2.5 lush acres. Directly downstairs from the porch is an outdoor room, complete with an outdoor kitchen.

Beveled white subway tile gives the kitchen's backsplash a fresh look.

Heritage oak floors with a sawmill cut warm the space.

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shower and a stunning chandelier comprised of glistening silver chains (also from Lee Lighting).

The husband’s side takes a more manly approach with its brown tones and brick-inspired floor tile. His shower is walled with a dark brown tile that takes on the appearance of wood. The two spaces are connected via a large walk-in closet.

Both rooms for their little girls have a pink theme peppered with monograms and girly details, while the girls’ bonus room houses tons of toys plus a secret room where a crawlspace was originally planned. A small Dutch door opens to the space so only little ones can join in on the fun.

The entire home exudes a welcoming atmosphere, as it exhibits a keen approach to design. “We have built some other homes on this side of Davidson that are kind of this same scale, kind of country, this one is unique just in the colors,” says Rodney. “Eclectic is a good word, and whimsical is a good word. It’s a fun house.”

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Langtree Lake Norman LIVE (Every Thursday night) LangTree Lake Norman offers free live concerts every Thursday night. 5-10 p.m. Free.

LangTree Lake Norman, 401 Langtree Road, Mooresville, www.langtreelkn.com.

Music on Main (August 5) Hip Pocket with Lakeside Drive performs beach music. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free.

Town Hall lawn, 413 N. Main Street, Downtown Mooresville, 704.663.7026, www. downtownmooresville.com.

more. 7-9 p.m. $20 cover (includes buffet dinner).

Call 704.664.2695 for reservations. The Finish Line Restaurant at George Pappas Victory Lanes, 125 Morlake Drive, Mooresville, www. thelakenormanbigband.org.

Mooresville Bluegrass (August 6) Enjoy footstompin’ bluegrass music the first Saturday of each month. 7 p.m. Free. Shearer Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 684 Presbyterian Road, Mooresville.

Old Town Cornelius Jazz Festival (August 20) some of the area’s most earthy, soulful, unpredictable improvisers perform — think The Message, Shades of Brown-Charlotte, The Brian Burton Trio, Holly Hopkins and Calvin Edwards Trio. 4-9 p.m. Free. Smithville Park, Cornelius, look for Old Town Cornelius Jazz Festival on Facebook.

Davidson’s Concerts on the Green (August 7 and 21) Da Throwback Band performs August 7. Poor Boy Revival performs August 21. 6-8 p.m. Free. Davidson Village Green, www. concertsonthegreen.com.

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Lake Norman Big Band (August 15) The Lake Norman Big Band plays every third Monday night at The Finish Line Restaurant in Mooresville. The show features favorite hits from the big band era and

Kelsey Maiorano (August 26) Dubbed an “oboe force of nature” by Joseph Robinson, former principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic, Kelsey Maiorano left her hometown of Davidson at the age of fourteen to attend high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and then Lynn Conservatory

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of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. She brings her talent home for this concert. 7 p.m.

Free. Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Sanctuary, Cornelius, www.mtzionumc.net.

EVENTS Cornelius National Night Out (August 2) Enjoy a night out with your family and neighbors at Jetton Park in Cornelius.

Sponsored by The Cornelius Police and Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture (PARC) Departments, the Cornelius National Night Out Celebration offers residents the opportunity to meet local public safety officers and stand together to promote safety, awareness and neighborhood unity. 6-8 p.m.

Free. Jetton Village, 19818 North Cove Road, Cornelius, www.cornelius.org.

Davidson National Night Out (August 2) Join the Davidson Fire Department, North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers and other community groups. Guests are encouraged to walk or bike to

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Mingling on the Greens (Every Friday and Saturday night, Sunday afternoons) Enjoy free music concerts in the center of Huntersville’s Birkdale Village throughout the summer. Stella Rising (August 5), Jon Benson Band (August 6), The After Hours Jazz Band (August 7), Groove Masters (August 12), Rowan Big Band All Stars (August 13), Nita B & Her Soiree (August 14), The John T. Woodall Band (August 19), Calvin Edwards Trio (August 20), TTW Band (August 21), Dukes & Smith (August 26), Trip Shot (August 27), Bonfire Country (August 28). Fri-Sat 7-9 p.m., Sun 4-6 p.m. Free.

Birkdale Village, Huntersville, www.birkdalevillage.net.

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Da Throwback Band performs August 7 at Davidson's Concerts on the Green.

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the park. 5-7 p.m. Free. Roosevelt Wilson Park, Davidson, www.ci-davidson.nc.us.

Lake Norman Shag Club’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament (August 6) Play golf to benefit WSGE Radio Station 91.7. The event includes tournament play, range balls, tee gift, fish fry dinner, music and raffle. There will also be a one-hour shag workshop for non-golfers, as well as a one-hour line dance workshop for non-golfers. Registration noon, shot gun 2 p.m. Cowans Ford Golf Club, 761 Club Drive, Stanley. For more information, call Danny Thompson 704.996.9172 or Frank Darden 704.619.0844.

Summer Wine Dinner at Rural Hill (August 18) Enjoy a four-course meal, complete with four individual wines in support of Rural Hill. 6:30-10 p.m. $65 per person. Historic Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www.ruralhill.net.

Rock N Run (August 27) Run a 5K or 10K to benefit Little Smiles. There will also be a one-mile fun run-walk.

8:30 a.m. Birkdale Village (Jason’s Deli parking lot). Register at www.lakenormanrotary.org/rotaryrocknrun.

FILM Warehouse Cinema (August 5-6, 19-21) The Lady in the Van stars Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith tells the true story of a successful London writer’s strained friendship with an eccentric homeless woman whom he befriended and allowed her to park her van in the driveway of his middle-class London town home — for 15 years. Fri and Sat 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Winding Stream illuminates the influence of the worldrenowned Appalachian music of the Carter family.

Fri and Sat 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sun 2:30 p.m. $9.25, $5 students plus tax; call for Continued on page 66

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GALLERIES Brick Row Art Gallery Various exhibitions.

Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. 21325 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, look for Brick Row Art Gallery on Facebook.

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Cornelius Arts Center Various exhibitions. Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 9 a.m.noon. 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.cornelius.org.

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“Cotton” Ketchie’s Landmark Galleries Various exhibitions. The work of watercolorist ‘Cotton’ Ketchie.

Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.4122, www. landmark-galleries.com.

Depot Art Gallery Various exhibitions. 103 W. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.magart.org.

Foster’s Frame and Art Gallery Various exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10a.m.-4p.m. 403 N. Old Statesville Road, Huntersville, 704.948.1750.

Four Corners Framing and Gallery Various exhibitions. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 112 S. Main Street, Mooresville, 704.662.7154, www.fcfgframing.com.

Lake Country Gallery Various exhibitions. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Exit 36 – Mooresville, between Belk and Kohl’s, 704.664.5022, www. lakecountrygallery.net.

Sanctuary of Davidson Various exhibitions. 108 S. Main Street, Davidson, www. sanctuaryofdavidson.com.

Photography courtesy of the Town of Cornelius.

Cornelius Outdoor Cinema Series (August 13, 24) Watch an edited version of Daddy’s Home on August 13. On August 24, enjoy The Good Dinosaur at Cornelius Town Hall. Location TBA. Weather permitting; movies will begin at dusk (approximately 8:30 p.m.). Free.

Cornelius Town Hall, Cornelius, www.cornelius.org.

Cornelius' National Night Out is August 2 at Jetton Park.

Tropical Connections Various exhibitions. Tue- Fri 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. 230 N. Main Street, Mooresville, www.tropicalconnectionslakenorman.com.

The Van Every/Smith Galleries Various exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; SatSun noon-4 p.m. Davidson College, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org.

MONTHLY EVENTS Carolina Raptor Center Live bird presentations, flight shows, behind-the-scenes tours and more take place at Carolina Raptor Center throughout the month.

Visit carolinaraptorcenter. org for more details.

The Artisan Market Craft Crawl (First Saturday) Formerly known as the Mooresville Craft Crawl, this market features baked goods, clothing, embroidery, jewelry, paintings, pottery, quilts and woodcarvings with an edge. 5-9 p.m. Free.

Mooresville Town Square across from Lowe’s Foods. https://www.facebook. com/artisanmarketnc.

Lunch in the Lot (every Friday) Feast from a food truck in Old Town Cornelius at Oak Street Mill. Tables and chairs are set up at Kadi

Fit so you can enjoy your lunch with friends. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Look for Old Town Cornelius on Facebook.

Peninsula Farmer’s Market (Every Thursday) This farmer’s market provides locally grown farm fresh food, interesting food related products, services, and limited craft items. The market is open to the general public and our goal is to strengthen a sense of community by providing a social venue for visitors to the market and to the community to interact.

Bring cash or checks. 4-7 p.m. 18501 Harbor Light Boulevard, Cornelius, www. peninsulafarmersmarket.org.

2nd Friday All Arts Market (Every second Friday) This event features many of the area’s most talented and innovative artists and craftsmen while showcasing a fabulous lineup of entertainment including local bands, performance groups, live art demonstrations and much more. Area businesses will be out to impress, offering special sales and incentives to event guests, who can also enjoy a variety of food and drinks from local breweries and food. 6-10 p.m. Free.

19725 Oak Street, Cornelius.

Davidson Farmer’s Market (Every Saturday) 8 a.m.noon. Free. Next to Town Hall between Main and

Jackson streets in downtown Davidson, www. davidsonfarmersmarket.org.

Huntersville Growers Market (Every Saturday) Come for fresh produce, meats, seafood, artisan breads, delicious cakes and homemade cupcakes, jams and jellies, fresh cut flowers, potted plants, and more.

8 a.m.-noon. Huntersville Elementary School, 200 Gilead Road, Huntersville, www.huntersville.org.

Town of Mooresville Farmers Market (Every Saturday) This market features local produce, meats, eggs and more. 8 a.m.-noon. Liberty Park, Mooresville, www. downtownmooresville.com.

Mooresville Museum (First and Third Saturday) View exhibits and artifacts from Mooresville’s past and present. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. 132 E. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Richard’s Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum (Every Saturday) Enjoy a community music jam every Saturday. 9 a.m.- noon. Free.

Richards Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum, 165 N. Main Street, Mooresville, www. downtownmooresville.com.

SPORTS Davidson College Men’s Soccer Get ready for some great action on the pitch.

UNC Greensboro (August 17, 7 p.m.), UNC (August 20, 6 p.m.), Gardner-Webb (August 26, 7 p.m.).

Davidson College, www. davidsonwildcats.com.

Davidson College Women’s Soccer Check out some great soccer in your own back yard. Radford (August 13, 6 p.m.), Campbell (August 19, 7:30 p.m.), Appalachian State (August 21, 2 p.m.), Wofford (August 28, 2 p.m.). Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

THEATRE Readers Theatre (August 12-14) Enjoy rehearsed scriptin-hand readings of The Way to Miami by Donald Steele and Dinner with God by Marla Brown. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $5, no reservations necessary. Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius, www.warehousepac.com.

Shakespeare on the Rocks (August 27) Get bawdy with the Bard as you watch A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the Warehouse’s lawn.

7 p.m. $5, no reservations needed. Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius, www. warehousepac.com.

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Editor Lori K. Tate finally makes it to Summer Shaggin’ at The Landing

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IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT MY HUSBAND JOHN AND I GET TO RIDE IN OUR SKI BOAT (sans

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kids) up the lake for dinner, but last month we got the chance — and we jumped at it. For years we had heard about Summer Shaggin’ at The Landing and had always had intentions of going. But like so many other activities on our dreamy to-do list, life got in the way. When I decided to write about it for Lori’s Larks, I knew that making it a requirement for work would get us there. Bingo!

We’re fans of The Landing, as it’s the oldest waterfront venue on Lake Norman, which inherently makes it old school. It’s not fancy, but on Wednesday nights, the Sherrills Ford spot becomes the scene of the best party around with its Tiki torches, twinkling lights, good food and great music.

John Hass, a frequent patron of The Landing and the coordinator of Summer Shaggin’, says the idea for the event was born after Queens Landing permanently cancelled its Wednesday night shag event in the spring of 2004. He and seven other people, including Mike Felts, got things started at The Landing, and it’s been going strong ever since.

Every Wednesday night from May through September, you’ll find folks shagging on the seasoned plywood dance floor on The Landing’s patio. Guest DJs come playing shag favorites like Carolina Girls and Ms. Grace along with occasional line dancing favorites.

The night we were there, Youngblood from

Editor Lori K. Tate and her husband John try to shag at Summer Shaggin' at The Landing.

WSGE 91.7 was cranking up the tunes. Many of the DJs come from WSGE, as the Gaston College radio station airs a lot of beach music programming.

Hass, who occasionally hands out wet hand towels to dancers on Wednesdays, says anywhere from 100 to 150 people come out to dance each week. Kids are welcome, and if you don’t know how to shag, as we do not, no one will kick you off of the dance floor. In fact, they might just come over to help you.

Despite everyone’s hospitality, John and I opted to sit at our table after stumbling around the dance floor for a couple of songs. We felt more comfortable with our sandwiches (try the Oh My Cod), than we did twisting the night away. Besides, it was so much fun watching the folks who actually know how to dance.

“When we started this, we hoped it would last four to five weeks,” remembers Felts, who

lives in Sherrills Ford. “We wanted to make it like the Pavilion at Ocean Drive [at North Myrtle Beach].”

Aside from Lake Norman being beside the dance floor as opposed to the ocean, Summer Shaggin’ at The Landing comes pretty close to capturing the carefree feeling of the coast. In fact, there’s even a sign that reads “Myrtle Beach Pavilion Shag” with an arrow hanging over the dance floor. “ “I’ve been to almost every one of these since we started,” says Hass. “I love the music.

I love the venue, and I love the dances.” ummer Shaggin’ at The Landing S Every Wednesday night through September, 4491 Slanting Bridge Road, Sherrills Ford www.landingatthelake.com.

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