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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.

John Wollwerth 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.

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Mary Ellen Thompson An adventurous and inveterate traveler, Mary Ellen, originally from the Main Line of Philadelphia, is now equally at home on St Helena or on the road without reservations. Her best pieces of work ever are a daughter in New York and a son in Denver. Having lived on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and later on the canals in France, she was drawn to Beaufort by the tide, and is waiting to see where it takes her next.

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CONTENTS August/September 2014

features

08 CJ Cummings National Weightlifting Champion 14 Climbing Kent Malkovich To The Top 20 For Alyson Bushey The Love Of Horses 26 David Painter Racing People Around The World 30 Amanda Barnes Setting Pole Vaulting Records departments

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33 Real Estate Section 37 Dining Guide 41 Lowcountry Weddings

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As I sit here thinking of what to write about, it dawned on me that we have just completed an important milestone in the history of Beaufort Lifestyle. This issue serves as the last issue of our fifth complete year!

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Now, on to our 5 Year Anniversary Issue…..and Party!

Did I just say 5 years????? Wow! Unbelievable!

This is exciting for me and all of the staff at Beaufort Lifestyle.

We have a very exciting issue planned for our anniversary….it will be like no other issue we have ever done......hopefully, that is enough to keep you in suspense!

Our Anniversary Issues are always my favorites.

Julie Hales, PUBLISHER And, 5 years is surely to be my most favorite yet. These have been exciting years for me. I have met some wonderful folks, seen some beautiful places, had some once-in-a-lifetime experiences and have had the opportunity to be a part of a wonderful community! There is no place like Beaufort, South Carolina!

And, then there is the PARTY! Yes, we will be having a 5 Year Anniversary party. We are in the process of working out all the details now. So, be checking our website and Facebook page in the next few weeks for the time and place.

We will also be hosting a Silent Auction that night to benefit one of Beaufort’s very own local non-profit organizations. Right now, the recipient has not been determined.

We have had several nominations for the benefactor and are narrowing down our choice.

So, if you have a favorite non-profit, send me an email at Julie@idpmagazines.com.

Exciting things continue to happen in Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands…..and you can bet Beaufort Lifestyle will be a part of it all! We will continue to bring you best of this community….one issue at a time.

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Beaufort Lifestyle would like to congratulate CJ Cummings on his recent accomplishments of becoming a National Weightlifting Champion. We have followed this young man for the last several years and we are so proud of him and his amazing talents. Keep it up CJ... we know there is more to come.

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CUMMINGS: National Weightlifting Champion

Story by CINDY REID • Photography by SUSAN DELOACH

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eaufort’s own CJ (Clarence Junior) Cummings, the weightlifting phenomenon, has done it again.

The fourteen year old athlete is the first of his age in the history of USA Weightlifting to break a national record. In fact CJ recently brought home three medal s from the 2014 USA Weightlifting National Championships in the 62K weight class, a Silver in the Snatch, a Silver Overall and the Gold in Clean and Jerk with a 153kg lift.

Early Rise CJ’s rise to prominence in his sport has been happening since he first started lifting at age eleven with the Team Beaufort Olympic Weightlifting, led by Coach Ray Jones.

For those unfamiliar with this sport, this is how it works. In Olympic style weightlifting, the athlete attempts a single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. At competition, the athletes are judged on two lifts, the snatch and the clean and jerk. They get three attempts for each type of lift, and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. There are several body weight categories, currently CJ is in the 62K group.

As an early indication of his abilities, at age eleven CJ clean & jerked double his body weight. At age twelve he was the youngest lifter ever to qualify and compete at the American Open Weightlifting Championships. How did he

At the competition, Coach said, “Go have fun’! At practice he tells me to think about it, to visualize each lift in practice like it is in a competition.”

do? Against all the men in his class he placed second.

At the Pan American Championships held last year, the then thirteen year old CJ was awarded the title Best Overall Lifter.

He also set new records in the 15 and Under category. These accomplishments caused USA Weightlifting to declare CJ “The strongest 13 year old in the world.”

CJ’s abilities have flummoxed the sports community. He is so far above any other weightlifter that he was tested at the Armstrong State University Biodynamics and Human Performance Center to see if he had anything different that they could quantify and measure. Using high speed cameras and motion sensors, Bob LeFavi ( sports medicine professor and coach of Team Savannah’s weightlifters) was unable to isolate anything different or unusual about CJ. CJ said the testing was “cool”.

National Champion At the 2014 USA Weightlifting National Championships, held July 17-20 in Salt Lake City, more than 400 athletes and 200 coaches from all over the United States participated, making the event the largest Nationals Championships ever held. Team Beaufort was there and again CJ made headlines.

CJ broke the Senior American record for the clean and jerk in the 62kg category, accomplishing the extraordinary achievement of breaking a Senior American record. CJ’s lift of 153kg in the clean and jerk broke LeGrand Sakamaki’s previous Senior American record (152.5kg), a record set in 2002. This lift also broke CJ’s own record in the 14-15-year old division Youth American record in the clean and jerk. Not only is CJ

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breaking adult records, he is breaking his own youth records simultaneously.

To put this feat in perspective, the 5’2”, 136 pound CJ lifted 373.3 pounds (153 kilos) from the floor to chest level and then extended it above his head until his arms were straight before lowering it to the ground. The average refrigerator weighs approximately 250- 300 pounds, so what CJ did was the equivalent of lifting up, and holding overhead, a fully stocked refrigerator. That’s a gold medal performance at any age.

Recently Beaufort Lifestyle caught up with CJ. BL: First of all, congratulations on your record setting win at the USA Weightlifting Championship.

CJ: Thank you.

BL: You broke the record on your third attempt. What were you thinking on the third try?

CJ : I was thinking ‘Keep focus. I got to make it!’

BL: And what did you think when you knew you had it?

CJ: I held it up for one or two seconds, and I had my feet lined up, so when I heard the crowd cheering I knew I had it.

BL:: What are your pre competition rituals or routines?

CJ: We warm up by lifting. I start at 50 pounds, go to 60, 70, 80, up to 140 pounds. On that day I went up to 135 in warm up.

BL: What do eat before a completion? What about after?

CJ: We have two hours after weigh in when we can eat, so after weigh in I ate Wendy’s.

BL: What does your long time coach, Coach Ray Jones, tell you before you compete?

CJ: At the competition, Coach said, “Go have fun’! At practice he tells me to think about it, to visualize each lift in practice like it is in a competition.”

BL: What did you do to celebrate after the meet?

CJ: We went to a Brazilian steakhouse.

BL: What do you do to kick back and relax?

CJ:I just sit down, listen to music. I like all types and genres. I play video games, Battlefield 4 is my favorite.

BL: You have travelled to some pretty far places- where have you been?

CJ:I went to Uzbekistan, which is in Russia. It was fun but the traffic was crazy. I also went to Peru, and the traffic there was crazy too- I don’t think they have stop signs! My favorite place in the United States was Utah. I would like to go back there.

BL: So you must meet people from all over the country and the world.

CJ: You see the same groups at meets, we are all friends. I root for kids from Florida, Georgia, Arizona and California- all over.

BL: How do the kids at school treat you now? Do they try to get you to lift stuff?

CJ: No not really!

BL: Does the weightlifter have chores at home?

CJ: Oh yes, I still have chores! I have to keep my room clean, and my brother Omar and I take turns taking out the trash and doing the dishes, we also have to feed the chickens and if the lawn needs to be mowed, one of us mows and the other uses the weed eater.

BL: Everyone is talking about the Olympics in 2016, in Rio. What do you think about being an Olympian?

CJ: It would be huge.

Family Life Unspoiled by his athletic success, CJ is a modest and polite young man. Born and raised in Beaufort, he lives with his family, father Clarence Senior (who works for the SCDOT) , mother Savasah,(a teacher) 15 year old brother Omar, 26 year old sister Crystal, and three year old niece, Christin on Lady’s Island. All the Cummings children are or have been athletes. Omar is also a record holding weightlifter and Crystal was in fact the first of the family to weight lift, which lead the way for CJ and Omar. When asked what she was thinking when CJ broke the record at the national meet, Savasah Cummings said “When he did that I said YES! Okay this is what he came here for- and he has it!”

Coach Ray Jones is the driving force behind Team Beaufort Olympic Weightlifting, and has been guiding CJ, and all the other Team Beaufort lifters, since day one. Savasah Cummings says, “Coach Ray Jones is awesome. What can I say- he is family.

I just can’t say enough about him.” Regarding CJ’s potential to be an Olympic weight lifter at the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro Brazil she says, “I guess it hasn’t hit me yet. But it would be amazing!”

National Attention CJ’s accomplishments have been attracting attention within and beyond the weightlifting community. You can see videos of CJ’s lifts on YouTube, and every local news outlet has run a story on him. In fact, The Washington Post came to Lady’s Island and not only wrote a lengthy feature story about him, they also produced a video. But none of this attention has changed this amazing young man, who would rather work out than talk about himself. CJ has his eyes firmly set on the next completion and is keeping it simple with one lift at a time.

TEAM BEAUFORT Our mission is to provide an environment that will foster that growth of well rounded, outstanding citizens and pave an individual path of success for all who participate in the sport of Olympic weightlifting on a local, state, national and international level.

Team Beaufort began its program under the umbrella of Team Savannah and headed by Coach Ray Jones. In 1996, the first group on athletes in Team Beaufort qualified for Junior National Competition. Team Beaufort did not stay in the confines of its home gym, but reached out into the community and eight schools, training hundreds of children in movements for flexibility, core and body awareness.

Athletes in this program not only are challenged physically but gain life lessons, competitive spirit, improvement in grades, behavior, learn gold setting, improve self-esteem, general attitude, overall conditioning and weight management.

To be selected for travel squads, be it regionally, nationally or internationally our youth are monitored for grades and conduct.

Membership in Team Beaufort is based solely on an individual’s willingness to try, learn and work hard without regards to race, creed, gender, age, size, body composition or ability.

It has participated in at risk and student programs such as Project Soar, Boys and Girls Club, School Drug Awareness Day, YMCA Sports Demo, School Health Fair and Kid’s Fest. Athletes in this program not only are challenged physically but gain life lessons, competitive spirit, improvement in grades and behavior, learn goal- setting, improve self-esteem, general attitude, overall conditioning and weight management.

To be selected for travel squads, be it regionally, nationally or internationally, our youth are monitored for grades and conduct.

Membership in Team Beaufort is based solely on an individual’s willingness to try, learn and work hard without regard to race, creed, gender, age, size, body composition or ability.

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KENT MALKOVICH “Maybe that’s where it all started, my thinking I gotta get to the top of this planet.”

Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON • Photography by PAUL NURNBERG

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was born in 1967, I grew up in New York City, Belgium, and Newport. I had a laissez-faire upbringing - my mom and dad were forces of nature; I was taught a sense of adventure at an early age. I loved astronomy, I had my head in the stars; maybe that’s where it all started, my thinking that I’ve gotta get to the top of this planet. But I also loved diving, so I had my head under the ocean whenever I could. Everything I like to do, I do with all I’ve got!”

A force of nature himself, Kent Malkovich, will not depart this planet without leaving his footprints on surfaces where most men dread to tread. It began as a child, climbing trees and scaling the cliffs of Newport, RI. “I would go off on my own with my buddies and we would get down to the beach from the Cliff Walk. I loved climbing trees, my mother would come look for me and find me at the top of a 150 foot elm tree. Those were great times.” Kent’s father, Mark, was an icon of Newport, RI music festivals, and his mother, Joan, was his perfect compliment. Kent has two brothers, Mark III, Erik, and a sister, Kara, all living in Rhode Island.

Kent eventually sought bigger conquests than the neighborhood elm trees and, in his late teens, found an affection for the White Mountains in New Hampshire.

Those mountains spoke to him and were where he would spend time from his late teens into his early twenties and hike. “I got really good at traversing; I knew those mountains and knew that I wanted to do more.”

His final three years of high school were spent at Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island. Kent fondly remembers the Benedictine monks in their robes. “Those guys were brilliant; they could have done anything they wanted to do in life but they had a higher calling. The Benedictines are special - to them life is like a three legged stool, one each for mental, physical and spiritual; they all have to be in balance. I remember our report cards, there were 200 of us and each report card was hand-calligraphed.”

Kent went to the University of Arizona, where he majored in astronomy and minored in philosophy, inspired by the monks at Portsmouth Abbey. Upon graduation, he declined his fraternity’s scholarship offer of law school at the University of Idaho, electing instead to try his hand at commercial fishing in the Bering Straits off the coast of Alaska. He returned to Rhode Island the next year and apprenticed himself to a rigorous master plumber training program.

Following his father’s career advice, Kent wanted to be the best master plumber he could be; Rhode Island’s seven year program is among the most demanding, requiring five years apprenticeship and two years as a journeyman before testing for the Master Plumber license.

While working on his plumbing license, Kent’s uncle, who lived in South Africa offered Kent a free ticket to visit for a week. “Three months later I came back!” His usual sense of adventure prevailed and he found himself in Livingstone, Zambia where he bungee jumped off the Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi River below. The bridge links the two countries of Zimbabwe and Zambia; 1993 was the first year that commercial bungee jumping was done off of that bridge and Kent remembers being about the fourth person to do the 364 foot jump!

He flew into Dar es Salaam then onto Arusha in Tanzania in a tiny plane. “We spent a couple of nights in the Arusha Hotel, which was a charming old Colonial hotel, before proceeding on to the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro with a guide named Bairiki who hadn’t climbed in four years; his name meant “protector of angels.”

Mt. Kilimanjaro is 19,340 feet at the top and is an extinct volcano with three peaks.” The trip up and down took eight days total, five or six to the summit and two back down. We came down the same way we went up. That trip was when I caught the high altitude mountain bug! ” Back in Newport, Kent resumed his plumbing work

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by day and ran or worked out at local gyms by night. He was recruited to join the Newport Rugby Football Club. “ I was in great shape. I played with that Club and we were really good. It was a strong club, we traveled to Bermuda, the Bahamas and Ireland.”

Although mountains close to home still exerted their pull on Kent, he had some interesting experiences with storms on Mt. Katahdin, which is the highest mountain in Maine at 5,269 feet, and Mt. Moosilauke in New Hampshire at 4,802 feet.

On Katahdin he encountered sudden winds of 70 mph which threatened to blow his tent away and would foreshadow an experience yet to come on Mt. Aconcaqua.

Kent remembers one night he spent on Moosilauke when he went out of his tent in the middle of the night to check out a strange noise. It was a pack of big jackrabbits nibbling to their heart’s content under a full moon. Three years later he was on that mountain again and a squall and snowstorm came out of nowhere, so strong that he was confined to his tent for two days.

In 1999 Kent’s first Beaufort connection came when his

the top celebrating their victory before they headed back down.

Kent explains. “Going down can be harder than going up but it depends on the circumstances; you’re gaining oxygen. You need to be constantly aware of your body’s circumstance; make sure nothing is too tight, open vents if you are sweating, be aware of your hands and feet.”

When asked what one of the biggest issues is for mountain climbers, Kent soberly replies “Most people probably shouldn’t be there. It takes intense physical conditioning and an adventuresome spirit and a lot of dollars are involved. A permit alone to climb Everest is about $70,000.”

Kent’s next conquest came in May of 2002 in the form of Mt. Denali in Alaska. Denali is known as the coldest mountain in the world and is North America’s highest peak at 20,320 feet. Kent understood that “Denali acts different because of its barometric pressure.” What that means is that barometric pressure in northern latitudes affects the ability to acclimate. He explains, “This is an Alaskan long climb, you have to go with a group

“I’m never leaving this planet; I couldn’t be an astronaut because I wear glasses, so I’m staying here and I want to see it all. childhood friend Chuck Ferguson, of Meridien Builders, asked him to install radiant floor heating in a house on Coosaw Island.

Kent fell in love with the Lowcountry and in 2001 he decided to move down here. He bought property at Coffin Point where he built an architecturally innovative little house complete with a barn door.

In the meanwhile, “I was getting ready to do another mountain and I saw a magazine article or a television show” that led Kent to South America in December of 2002, to scale the summit of Aconcaqua. “Before you even get there, before you even get on the plane to get there, the paperwork, the permits, the shots, everything it takes to prepare for any of these trips is thousands of dollars and lots of bureaucracy. I flew to Mendoza, Argentina.

Mendoza was so beautiful!” Aconcauga is situated near the Argentinian/Chilean border at a height of 22,841 feet; it is not only the highest peak of the Andes and South America but also the highest point outside of Asia.

Kent and a friend began the ascent without benefit of a guide.

On the second day, his friend got altitude sickness and had to go back down to the base camp. Kent noticed a ring around the sun and that night a “vieto blanco” or white wind, which is a meteorological phenomena characteristic of this mountain and is actually fog that mixes with high winds blowing snow, raced in with 70 mph winds and temperatures of 70 degrees below zero.

It lasted for two and a half days while tents wrapped up around themselves and many blew away. Kent had one of the two tents that stayed secure. Even the people on the level above them changed their plans and scurried down the mountain after that storm but Kent and another climber stayed true to their desire to reach the summit. They went on up to an emergency shelter, which Kent likens to a large dog pen, leaving their tents behind to travel light. They slept in the shelter until midnight when they got up and began the final ascent under the full moon. Just before noon, after climbing the scree slopes where they took two steps forward and one step back because of the loose shale on a 30 degree angle, they reached the top. They spent fifteen minutes on

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because you go over so much glacier. My friend Steve, knew this Iron Dog guy, Bob, who was a friend of a guide who was putting together a team. It was a 33 day event for 6 of us. We went on 30 meter leads because of the crevasses. It was a treacherous time of year - busy, and the crevasses could be open. We went over the top and back down into the park. One night, on the way up, we had to stake ourselves into the side of the mountain and dig platforms out of the ice so we had a place for our tents where we lashed them to the side of the mountain. At one point, when we were on the glacier and we had to cross the McKinley River, it took two days to get across, we tried each day for five hours but the current was so strong that we couldn’t cross.”

Undaunted, which is no surprise, in August of 2003, Kent undertook reaching the summit of Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe at 18,513 feet. Situated just inside Russia, Elbrus is one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Kent left Boston, MA on August 1 and arrived in Russia via Munich. To begin the climb, you can take a chair lift up to the area where the climb actually begins. It rained and snowed for the first two days; time was of the essence as he had only allocated one week for the trip, so he then made the climb in two days. Once again he had gotten up at midnight and the ground was frozen so he had to pick his way up.

He hadn’t allowed sufficient time to acclimate so that morning he began to hallucinate from altitude sickness. “I thought there was a Lego fire engine guy on the path in front of me, so I tried to pick far to either side to avoid hurting the imaginary fire engine guy.”

As one can imagine, it took him a bit longer to reach the summit than it would have otherwise.

Kent sees two more mountain peaks in his future: Mt. Kosciuszko, the highest in Australia, and Mt. Vinson Massif, the highest in Antarctica. But for the moment, Kent is quite content in Beaufort, his business is booming, he loves his garden, going fishing with his friends Red and Debbie Johnson and their children, and often just staying at home and cooking with his beloved girlfriend Lisa. That is, until the next mountain bug bites.

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For the Love of Horses “God made the horse from the breath of the wind, the beauty of the earth, and the soul of an angel.” ~unknown

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Story by KIM POOVEY • Photography by SUSAN DELOACH

ost little girls dream of horses; for Alyson Bushey that dream has become a reality. A Beaufort High School student who enjoys listening to country music, running, and various forms of dance including jazz, tap, and hip-hop, Alyson is passionate about horses. Despite her pleas to begin riding when she was six years old, it was nearly four years before she took her first riding lesson. At the age of fifteen, Alyson has established an impressive riding resume marked by nearly thirty championships ranging from ‘Walk, Trot’ divisions to ‘Short-Stirrup’, and beyond.

With long golden hair and a sweet smile, Alyson enjoys riding on the river with friends or indulging in her favorite ice cream, mintchocolate chip. A quintessential teenager, her future dreams and aspirations have yet to be defined, although one thing is certain - horses will always be a part of her life.

Walking through the barn, the sweet scent of hay perfumes the air as cats scurry about and newly weaned goats bawl in the distance. Several horses stand in the aisle, tails swishing violently at flies while their owners groom them after an early morning ride. Popping his head over the stall door, a horse with soulful eyes and a majestic countenance softly nickered a greeting.

Alyson’s horse, Tuck Everlasting, otherwise known around the barn as Tucker, is a twenty-five year old bay thoroughbred.

Patting his muzzle, the strong connection between them is apparent; there are few bonds stronger than that of a girl and her horse. Alyson went on to say she has read the book and seen the movie, Tuck Everlasting, for which her horse is named, and that she loved them both. One of Alyson’s proudest achievements with Tucker has been training him to jump three-foot fences; he was only jumping two-foot fences when she purchased him.

After slipping a leather halter with bright red lead over Tucker’s head, Alyson led 17-hand gelding outside, his glossy coat shimmering in the sunlight. In the marsh nearby an egret took flight catching Tucker’s attention, his ears perking up as he stood at attention like a sentinel. Alyson’s friend and fellow rider, Catherine Coxwell, was on hand to assist with Tucker, one indication of the loyalty between the two girls. In fact, one of Alyson’s fondest memories involves Catherine. “One afternoon we were leading the horses to their pastures. After releasing Tucker in his paddock, Catherine and I rode double on her horse.

As we hurried to get to the next pasture, we failed to notice the low-hanging tree limb. It didn’t knock us off but it knocked my earrings out and we haven’t found them yet!” The two girls giggled as the story was told, reveling in the special memories shared by equestrians that last a lifetime.

Alyson rides on an equestrian team, sporting the team’s colors of blue and black, in the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), an organization focusing on promoting and improving riding instruction for middle and high school students. Competing

in hunters, jumpers, and equitation, her favorite event is jumpers as she enjoys the adrenaline rush. Another activity interest for Alyson is fox hunting. “I’ve been on one fox hunt and enjoyed it. I hope to do it again.”

Competition has been an integral and highly gratifying part of her riding experience as she has participated in several different showing organizations. “I won ‘end-of-the-year’ championships in three divisions of the Southern Classic Show organization (Walk, Trot; Baby Green, 18”; and Short-Stirrup, 2’) and took home fifteen ribbons in several flat classes such as ‘Walk, Trot’ and ‘Walk, Trot, Canter’ at my first 4-H horse show, one of my proudest moments. My most memorable event was winning the over fences class in the pouring rain at my first IEA horse show.

To relax just before entering the show ring, I take a deep breath and think to myself, I can do this,” she says.

“I have traveled as far as Columbia, SC to compete and I hope some day to travel to Ocala, Florida for horse shows.” When asked where she displays her awards she responded humbly that the ribbons drape her walls and trophies sit upon shelves commemorating her showing successes. Like many riders, Alyson expressed an interest in someday competing on the US Olympic team in the Three Day Event, which is an intense competition involving three components; cross-country riding, show jumping, and dressage. Her parents, Brian and Sylvia, and older brother Brian, are quite supportive of her efforts, encouraging her in all of her pursuits. According to Alyson, the most influential person in her life has been her grandmother. “My grandmother, with her on-the-go energy and positive attitude, inspires me.”

Over the course of this summer, Alyson has been a counselor for riding camps held at the barn. Several campers, clad in riding boots with ponytails, darted about as lunch was served at a wellworn picnic table sandwiched in between the old red barn and the grasses of the salt marsh.

When asked what she would do if given three wishes, her response was classic Carolina girl: first she wished Tucker to be younger and more athletic; the second was to travel to California - a state which she has come to appreciate through photos; and third, to own a Ford F-150 Raptor truck. Alyson also hopes one day to own her favorite breed of horse, the KWPN, a Dutch warm blood known for its physical and mental strength and ease of riding.

Alyson’s passionate nature and quiet demeanor have resulted in an impressive riding career thus far. A true Lowcountry spirit, Alyson’s interests are as diversified as her talents whether dancing, running, riding on the river, or riding horses. With her tenacious spirit and family support, she will no doubt be successful in her future endeavors inspiring others to follow their equestrian dream.

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David Painter: “.....I feel like I am racing against people around the world.”

Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON Photography by john wollwerth

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tylishly clad in striped swimwear, 76 year old David Painter slides into the pool and swims at least half a lap without bothering to take a breath; he moves through the water like a seal. The economy of motion is expected in someone so accomplished, as if he’s somehow proving that the human body is approximately 65% water. It’s clear how comfortable he is in that element as he jokes with the photographer about swimmers not recognizing people when they are wearing clothes instead of swimsuits.

Dave grew up in Norristown, PA - a suburb of Philadelphia. He started swimming when he was in high school and was on the swim team at Norristown High. In the summer after tenth grade, the world of swimming opened up a bit when summer swimming programs began. Dave’s summer team, the Penn Square Swim Club, was in the suburban Philadelphia league, which had twenty two competing clubs.

Swimming for Penn Square led to a summer job coaching the club for three years. “That was a tough league, there were a lot of future Olympians in those clubs.”

He went on to attend Lehigh University where he majored in mechanical engineering and was captain of the swim team in his senior year. After graduating from Lehigh, Dave moved to the New York City area, working for a company that manufactured industrial equipment. In 1971, he started his own business as a manufacturer’s agent, focusing on water and waste water treatment. He got contracts with small companies to sell their products in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. “Over the years,” he says, “I got more into the manufacturing end of the business and now I have a manufacturing

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company, North American Filtration, that manufactures equipment to filter water and industrial fluids and also to treat waste water. We have five plants up and down the East coast; Massachusetts, New Jersey, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida which we just opened. Overall we have 120 employees.”

Beaufort appealed to Dave and his wife, Carol, when they came to live at Dataw while he sorted out some problems at his South Carolina plant.

They liked the weather, the coast, and this area, so they decided to move here, and bought a house on Bay Street. Dave and Carol were junior high school sweethearts; they have two daughters, Wendy and Stacey, who both live in New Jersey with their respective families.

The Masters swim team here was an attraction for Dave and he swam with them until 2004. At that time he decided the mandatory three meets a year were too much for him with his work schedule and other commitments, so he started swimming unattached until he joined the Florida Gold Coast Masters about four years ago. Although that team is centered in Florida, the commitment wasn’t as strenuous; he doesn’t practice there, but does go to meets when his schedule allows.

In Dave’s competitions there are two courses/distances - the 25 meter short course, and the 50 meter long course, which is the Olympic distance. His preference is the 50 meter freestyle. “I like the long course, where I can get going, lock into a stroke, and just keep going without the turns. Because it is a world standard pool, I feel like I’m racing against people around the world.” Last year’s world rankings are now in; and for the record, Dave was #1 in the 50 meter freestyle short course and number two in the 50 freestyle long course. “There are four guys who are closely competitive in my age range in the Americas, me, and one each from California, Florida, and Canada. There is a man in Japan, Hiroshi Matsumoto, whose times are very close to mine, within 0.2 seconds. We change places in ranking pretty regularly. I would love to meet him; I know he knows who I am.”

What is Dave’s exercise regime? “I work out in the water for an hour twice a week and do weights and stretching twice a week.”

Last year he was at the bottom of his age group where he had a strength advantage. His birthday was at the right time for him to swim in the 75 - 79 category. “You slow down about 1/2 % per year until age 45 and then get closer to 1% per year after that.”

This August, Dave is off to the University of Maryland to again compete in the Nationals. “This year I am the number one seed in the 50 meter freestyle and the 200 meter individual medley; I will swim on some relays with fellow Gold Coast team mates.

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This meet draws about 2000 swimmers, mostly the top men and women in their respective age groups. It takes four days to complete.”

What does he do for fun? “ I work around the house, it’s an old wood frame house and there’s always something to do.”

While Dave is working around the house, Carol, he explains, is the support system. “She takes care of things, she pays the bills, makes sure things get done; she likes to read, socialize and decorate the house.”

A serious man with a charmingly deceptive sense of humor, Dave kids about his friend, fellow swimmer and carpenter, Phil Neubig. “If one of our swimming group does something of significance, we refer to it as “Neubigian.” Phil Neubig is sure to be complimented by that; what Phil has to say about Dave is, “If you imagine a totem pole, Dave Painter is at the top and the guy digging the hole around the bottom is Neubig. I look up to Dave, he’s been my ideal.” The lean and lithe Dave Painter cuts quite a figure, both in and out of the water.

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Amanda “Jackie” Barnes Reaching New Heights Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON • Photography by PAUL NURNBERG

“Jackie Barnes is an explosive bundle of red-headed joy to coach, smart, athletic, and aggressive on the runway; always pushing her personal boundaries.”

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he absolute epitome of effervescence and enthusiasm, Amanda “Jackie” Barnes is going places. In March of this year, in just her second year of participating in the sport, Jackie became the nation’s top female high school sophomore pole vaulter at the 50th Annual Bob Hayes Invitational in Jacksonville, FL. Breaking a seven year old meet record, she reached a winning height of 12 feet, 9 inches!

In a way, Jackie followed predecessor Maddie Aune’s footsteps into the sport at Beaufort High. Jackie’s mom knew Maddie and tried to interest Jackie in pole vaulting, but Jackie was a gymnast and preferred to stick to her sport. Maddie had also started out in gymnastics at a young age, but she got hurt and segued into pole vaulting. Sure enough in her freshman year at age 14, as Jackie says, “I got hurt in gymnastics and that’s when I realized I needed to explore another sport. My aunt knew Coach Gibbes (McDowell) and reminded me again about pole vaulting. I met Coach (Herbert) Glaze who was very enthusiastic and introduced me to Coach Gibbes. Coach Gibbes got me started and then sent me to Rusty Shealy.” Coach Shealy is a nationally prominent pole vault coach who has coached champions at all levels of pole vaulting, from middle and high school students to international competitors. It’s a small world of competitors in this sport and so the girls had the same coaches and similar schedules. Whereas in her junior year, Maddie won the 2012 State Championship with a vault of 12 feet 6 inches; Jackie beat her Beaufort High School record. No matter what the fraternity is among competitors, the kinship, the friendships, the shared understanding, the athletes are there, after all, to compete and win.

About her, Coach Rusty Shealy says, “This is a time in Jackie’s life that is creating wonderful memories and lifetime friendships through pole vaulting. It is such a technical event that is developed in steps. This process is helping to shape her for life after pole vaulting, showing her that she can accomplish anything she wants in life by taking the steps necessary. She is doing it now, literally, inch by inch. From day one, Jackie has been great to coach. She is very athletic, and very intuitive. It is rare for a pole vaulter to be able to make adjustments mid-flight, when most everyone else would give up on a jump.”

The stakes are high, and Jackie’s dreams are lofty. First she is hoping for a college scholarships. With a thoughtful look accompanied by a burst of laughter, she explains that she can’t

be recruited until this fall when she is a junior but she has had the opportunity to meet many of the college coaches at meets and competitions. “The first one I talked to was at at East Tennessee and I thought - wow, I’ll go to East Tennessee and vault. Then I met the coach from Wake Forest and I thought - that’s the place for me, I’ll go to Wake Forest; then it was VA Tech and that’s where I thought I’d go until I heard from UCLA and Oklahoma and I changed my mind again. I can’t even imagine what it will be like when they can actually recruit me! Coach Glaze is very helpful, he talks to me about college and scholarships as well as my goals in sports and life.”

Beyond that, at the top of her dream list, are the 2020 Olympics. Statistics on athletes who aspire to participating in the Olympics must be staggering. The dedication, training, focus, and pressure is only really comprehensible to those who are involved.

It is so easy to watch any sports competition and cheer for your favorite, bet on who wins, and enjoy the sport, without having one iota of knowledge of what it takes to get there.

Jackie competes at school, in state, regions, and national tournaments, as well as the Junior Olympics. In addition, she works out at least 3 days per week with her strength and conditioning Coach Daniel Mickel; she emphasizes that working with him has taken her to the next level as an athlete. As a result, she has thirteen medals, two trophies, a state championship and a letter of congratulations from Mark Sanford on impressive United States House of Representative stationary.

This July, Jackie went to Houston, Texas for the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships where she competed in the 15 - 16 year old age group. This was a big event with over 10,000 athletes expected to attend. Jackie finished 3rd earning herself a bronze medal and prestigious status. The whole Barnes family accompanied her - Jackie’s mom, Mandy, dad Ben, and brother Ben. A highlight of their summer will be a two week road trip back across the country with a stop at the Cascade Caverns and whatever other adventures may present themselves.

For those who are not familiar with the particulars of the sport, this is a painstakingly simple overview. Historically, poles were used to pass over natural obstacles such as drains and canals in the marshy areas of the Netherlands and parts of the east coast of England. To get across these areas without getting wet or taking the long way around, jumping poles were kept at every house. One

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of the earliest pole vaulting competitions took place in 1843, and became an Olympic sport for men in 1896 and only as recently as 2000 for women.

The pole vaulter sprints down a runway carrying an upright pole, as the vaulter approaches the landing pit, the pole is lowered and the tip is planted in a box, the vaulter jumps off of one leg while bending the other knee forward, the pole bends, the vaulter goes up and forward and swings herself up, turns over, and sails over the bar at the top, then turns back toward the pole to release it so that neither it, nor she, hits the bar, then she falls and hopes to land in the middle of the foam mats, face up. Jackie says that “Coach Gibbes’ explanation of pole vaulting is ‘Transferring horizontal speed into vertical height.’”

If that sounds easy, it isn’t. Additionally it is expensive; there is equipment, Jackie rents eight poles. Entry fees and travel and accommodation costs are also associated with tournaments.

Jackie trains three times a week, and admits to having gotten a little burned out this spring, but she bounced quickly back, “I was in a slump but I was determined to win the State tournament - I wanted to be #1 by a lot!”

What was it like, that first time of going up and over a bar placed high off the ground? “It was different - I got to fly and

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everyone thought that was so cool!”

A typical teenager in every way, on the day of the school prom, Jackie competed and won the state championship, then rushed home to get ready for the prom. She enjoyed getting photographed for this article on the track while wearing her prom dress and carrying her pole. Jackie thinks about the future and what she might like to do eventually, “ I like the health field, both my parents have been in that field, but it requires math and science. I like math when I get it, and not so much when I don’t.

I’m worried about taking chemistry next year.”

Jackie is a girl on a mission: to compete, to succeed, to set new goals, and conquer higher bars. With her totally engaging personality, easy humor, and gritty determination, she is sure to succeed. Gibbes McDowell sums it up perfectly, “She’s a great kid, with a great support system - her parents coaching and driving to vault camps twice each week; Coach Glaze, Coach Mickel, Coach Shealy, and yours truly. Hers is the success story many kids should emulate: set high personal goals and refuse to settle for less!”

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et’s face it - there are numerous nice restaurants in Beaufort; places with ambiance, atmosphere, or even attitude.

And we all have our favorites - this one for lunch, that one for chicken salad, here the bar scene, there the music.

But there is a relatively new kid on the block these days - the Spaghetti Club at 27 Market in Habersham; so named because it has a different vibe going on.

A musician himself, co-owner Leo Gannon mindfully designed the Spaghetti Club with a stage that would attract quality entertainment, emphasize and encourage artists, as well as be welcoming to young artists. As he points out, they gave up significant floor space for the stage, so it is an important part of what goes on here. Presently there is music a least one week night and one or two on weekend evenings. However, the stage is not limited to musicians. It is intended for diverse entertainment; actors and comics as well as musicians have been on stage and artists and entertainers of all kinds are welcome.

The Spaghetti Club has that certain something that is part your favorite neighborhood bar, a menu with comfortable food falling off the page, a venue just the right size for entertainment, and by the way, some todie-for desserts.

There is a bit of a sense of déjà vu when you walk in the doors, like you’ve found an old friend. The architecture and design are proud without any pretense; the

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brick wall behind the bar was once part of a munitions factory in upstate Carolina, the wood above and below the bar was salvaged from a cotton warehouse on the banks of the Savannah River, the material used for draping and the stage backdrop is made of painters’ drop-cloths. An eclectic mix of tables, chairs, and dishes continue the theme throughout and all add to the intimacy one might expect to find in a small private club.

So, find that table that suits you, have a seat and prepare to be happy. The ideology is that the customer is to be pleased, so you’re already off to a good start. Next the wine list; you can actually choose from a nice assortment of wines that won’t break the bank, starting with the house wines at $4.75 a glass and moving up the scale. Beer choices including craft beers and local brewers, are by the bottle or on tap. In the mood for a cocktail instead? How about the Classic Manhattan made with Maker’s Mark Bourbon, sweet vermouth, a splash of bitters, and a cherry for $7? If you’re more of a straight shooter, you can choose one of the 12 year old Single Malt Scotch whiskies. So sip and savor while you peruse the menu.

When Leo and his business partner, Larry Naylor, collaborated on the adventure of owning their first restaurant, they wanted to follow their instincts and create a place that they would like to go. After a brief stint at retirement, Chef Paul found his way to the door, and they hired him. With an interesting background as Executive Chef at the Weather Channel’s headquarters in Atlanta and a few more stops along the way at Fripp Island, Cat Island, and in Beaufort, Chef Paul stepped out of retirement and into the

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kitchen at the Spaghetti Club.

The dinner menu is simple at first glance - some small plates, pastas, sauces, possible additions, salads, desserts, and a weekly special. However if you look at the menu there are three appetizer/small plates, seven choices of pasta, five choices of sauce, and eleven things you can add to the above thirty-five combinations, so the possibilities are far and wide. Every pasta dish comes with a garden or tossed salad, depending upon the menu, but there are two other salad options with a choice of four dressings. The salads also come in a dinner size. An important note for the gluten free diners - yes, there is a gluten free pasta!

Locally baked bread is offered on the menu either brushed with olive oil and garlic or melted Mozzarella, which is a nice addition to the pasta or salad dishes. Desserts are yummy and there is always cheesecake and ice cream; a local baker often offers up a special creation. The lunch menu is a smaller version of the dinner menu with salads, pasta combinations, and sliders. Chef Paul very often makes special plates on request; there are no rules against “substitutions.”

When we are graced with the sweet South Carolina weather, the tables outside on the front walk are a delightful place to sit and people watch. All in all, the Spaghetti Club offers something special - “dinnertainment” served with all that is good: food, friends, service, and ambiance created by people who care; it’s easy to enjoy yourself in a place where you may just feel a little love in the air.

Check out their website: http://www.thespaghetticlub.com and/or facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespaghetticlub for menus, entertainment schedule, and more information.

Serving The Best Steaks, Ribs & Chops In Town.

the Spaghetti Club 27 Market, Beaufort, SC 29906 843-838-3663 Build your own Pasta Creations!

Where The Locals Go...

27 Market / (843) 466-3663

Dinner: Wed-Mon 5pm to 9pm, Lunch: Fri+Sat 11am to 1pm

Beaufort’s New Restaurant & Bar featuring Live Shows on tSCstage Located in the Habersham Marketplace, just minutes from Downtown Find us on Facebook or at www.theSpaghettiClub.com

Casual Dining With A Beautiful Waterfront Daily Lunch & Dinner Specials

FULL SERVICE BAR WITH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

843-521-1888

910 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC

Open 7 Days A Week 11:00 AM - 2 AM

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Lazy Susan’s Cafe & Creperie 31A Market Street Habersham, SC 29906 (843) 466-0735 www.lazysusanscafe.com Lazy Susan’s Cafe began with the idea of bringing a friendly & welcoming coffee shop to the wonderful neighborhood of Habersham, SC. Given Habersham’s traditional southern feel, it was important to build a cafe that incorporated our native lifestyle, yet offered a European quality coffee and crepes experience. Their winning combination of gourmet coffee, sumptuous salads & sandwiches, and of course, their delicious crepes served with a side of southern charm are sure to keep you smiling!

Luther’s Rare and Well Done 910 Bay Street Beaufort,SC 29902 843-521-1888 www.luthersrareandwelldone.com Luther’s Rare and Well Done is more than a steakhouse pun. In the heart of a tourist destination, Luther’s is that “rare” place that’s locally owned and operated and frequented by local characters. But Luther’s also welcomes visitors and nearby military personnel. And everything from the food to the service to the decor and atmosphere are, indeed, “well done.” Luther’s occupies one of the prime locations in beautiful, historic downtown Beaufort, South Carolina. Luther’s opens onto Bay Street, which is Beaufort’s “main drag” with period architecture and an abundance of retail shops and art galleries. On the other side Luther’s is accessible from the landscaped, relaxed charm of the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park and offers expansive views of a grand bend in the Beaufort River, hundreds of acres of marshland, two bridges, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, and Parris Island beyond.

MoonDoggies Cafe & Grill 925 10th St Port Royal, South Carolina 29935 (843) 522-1222 Where great American food meets Southern hospitality! They offer the best in fresh local seafood, hand-cut steaks and delicious homemade desserts, soups and sides. For a great meal, they are reasonably priced and located in a quaint historic setting. They offer a full bar, as a well as a nice selection of beer and wine. They feature live entertainment on the weekend evenings: acoustic guitar and vocals on Friday and classical piano on Saturdays. Music begins both nights at 6:30. The are a family-owned restaurant and strive to make each of our patrons feel as if they are at home with us!

11:30am - 9:00pm Sea Eagle Market 2242 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC. (843) 521-5090 www.seaeaglemarket.com Sea Eagle Market is a family owned and operated retail and wholesale market. Together, the Reaves Family owns shrimp trawlers and several skiffs used for oystering, clamming and crabbing . After 40 years in the seafood industry, they are well connected on the Carolina coast. If anyone were to ask about Sea Eagle Market, the word fresh Seafood is what comes to mind. Sea Eagle Market offers award winning catering for any occasion.

Top of the line cuisine with outstanding service gives you and your guests the restaurant-quality experience you deserve.

10am-6:30pm Mon-Sat SMOKIN’ PLANKS BBQ AND SMOKEHOUSE 914 Paris Avenue, Port Royal, SC (843) 522-0322

www.smokinplanks.com They are a family owned and operated Smokehouse serving up all of your Southern favorites with a smoky twist. All of our Poultry, Beef, Pork and Seafood are seasoned to perfection and smoked low and slow, giving each of them a distinctive smoky essence. This allows them to highlight the natural tenderness and juiciness of each cut of meat, not hide them with overpowering sauces and flavorings Wednesday: 11am-7:30pm Thursday: 11am-7:30pm Friday: 11am-8pm Saturday: 11am-8pm Sunday - Tuesday: Closed the Spaghetti Club 27 Market, Beaufort, SC 29906 (843) 466-3663 www.thespaghetticlub.com The Spaghetti Club is a restaurant, bar and entertainment venue in Beaufort, SC featuring an inexpensive, energetic and fun atmosphere!

Their pasta dishes change with the seasons to take advantage of locally sourced foods that compliment breads and desserts made by local bakers.

Dinner: Wed-Mon 5pm to 9pm, Lunch: Fri+Sat 11am to 1pm Bar: 4:30pm to 9:30pm or until close Fri+Sat+Shows

Serving the finest steaks and fresh local seafood in the Lowcountry

Fresh

Local

Serving Lunch & Dinner Tuesday - Saturday 11:30am-9pm Live Music & Seafood Specials Friday & Saturday Evenings

925 10th Street 843.522.1222

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www.moondoggiescafe.net Find us on Facebook for specials and events

LOW COUNTRY WEDDINGS

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Photography: Susan DeLoach Photography Music: Ross Brown

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A new hub for Lowcountry brides is up and running at www.beaufortbride.com Introducing a comprehensive onestop shop for potential brides to find local venues, caterers, florists, dress shops, stationary needs, planners, and everything else needed to pull off the perfect day here in the Lowcountry.

A longtime dream of Ginger Wareham, owner of Picklejuice Productions, a creative powerhouse, who saw a real need to promote local business by encouraging destination brides to choose Beaufort and surrounding areas to bring their guests to the Lowcountry for a weekend of celebrations.

Getting Married? You can submit your engagement announcement to be featured on the site & across their social media too!

The comprehensive site also features local vendors and the work of local photographers showcasing real Lowcountry weddings. Bouquet ideas, gown inspiration, place settings, invitations, and all of those details that give a wedding stylistic touches and personality are featured in an easily navigable site. A favorite, fun feature of the site is a weekly cocktail with photos & recipes! Planning tips and area information have also been included to help both local and destination brides prep for their big day whether it be in Beaufort, the Sea Islands, Hilton Head Island or Bluffton.

The key to this site is the central focus on local business. It highlights the strengths of the area and the offerings local businesses can provide brides, their families and guests throughout the wedding process.

For more information on Beaufortbride.com, how you can advertise, or to contribute your real lowcountry wedding photos find them online at www.Beaufortbride.com or email: info@beaufortbride.com.

Be sure to visit their social links too!

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It is still the word and this September, The University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Center for the Arts is bringing Grease to the main stage. The renowned show featuring a beloved cast of characters, takes the audience on a ride as the 1950’s come alive with a story of teenage angst, ‘souped’ up cars, and first loves.

This celebration of rock and roll is full of hits from the popular movie adaptation, like “Summer Nights,” “Hopelessly Devoted,” “Sandy,” “We Go Together,” and many more.

Elaine Lake and Karl Wells lead the cast as the sweet and innocent ‘Sandra Dee’ Sandy Dumbrowski and the leader of the burger palace boys, Danny Zuko. Together with the The Greasers and Pink Ladies, the gang brings out the highlights of the 1959 school year at Rydell High School. ‘Kenickie’ and Betty ‘Rizzo’, played by James Duffy and Corrie Frohnapel; Doody and Sonny, played by Christian Osborne and Alex Long; Marty and Frenchy played by Lynleigh McLain and Angy Chancay; Jan and Roger, played by Anna Schaffer & Andrew Hillis are full of one-line comebacks, foot-tapping favorites, and swinging dance moves that will leave you begging for more. With the help of Patty Simcox and Eugene played by Trissy Long and Noah WestmanBart, Velma Polk wrangles the teenage bunch as Mrs. Lynch, and Daniel Bittick & Jason Lake bring the sounds of the 1950s alive as Johnny Casino & Vince Fontaine.

The creative team is comprised of Director, Libby Ricardo, Musical Director, Penney Smith, and Choreographer, Valerie Hobbs. Together, this team staged an incredible version of one of Broadway’s most beloved hits.

Grease opens September 5th 2014 at 7:30p, with shows running September 6th & 13th at 7:30 pm and September 7th & 14th at 3:00 PM. Audience members are encouraged to compete in the costume contest on opening night, September 5th at 7:00 pm.

Tickets are available online at USCB Center for the Arts beginning August 1st, 2014 or by calling the box office

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843.521.4145. Adult Admission is $25.00, Seniors $20.00 and Students $15.00.

Grease is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.