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CONTENTS December/January 2013-2014
features
10 Mike McFee: Giving To His Community 16 Ross Vezin: Big Heart, Busy Life 24 Christmas Gullah Kinfolk Wish 28 Continues The Tradition
Valentine Ball 2013
30 Main Street Beaufort Holiday Events 40 The USCB Presents Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Extravaganza
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Publisher’s Thoughts
44 Susan Artist Profile: David Madison 51 Low Country Weddings
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Meet Jeremy Taylor After we interviewed Jeremy, we had a better understanding of why Coastal Real Estate Solutions is one of the fastest growing real estate companies in the area. We learned about the successes they have had in Beaufort, Callawassie Island and the fact that Jeremy is a Dave Ramsey preferred broker in the area, and we see a bright future for this young man. When asked what he owes his success to, Jeremy replied “I owe any success to a number of things, but always being a student and always striving to improve were the first things I was taught. You are only as good as the people you surround yourself with, and I’m working with some true professionals. When I started Coastal Real Estate Solutions a few years ago, I never envisioned being the largest company nor do I want to be. I enjoy helping individuals buy and sell property, and I also enjoy the sales and marketing of planned communities and the development aspect of real estate. I always envisioned that we could be the best without too many agents, which means you have to train and work harder than your competition. I know this because I’ve worked for the most successful real estate companies and developers both large and small in the South, and I’ve studied and mentored under some of the best and brightest for the last 10 years. If you are looking to buy or sell, give us an opportunity to earn your business and exceed your expectations.” “Working with Jeremy Taylor in our home search and eventual purchase was a pleasure. When our situation unexpectedly changed years later, we knew we had to sell our home in Spanish Point quickly. I knew he has always been a top producer, but when I found out their group took over the sales and marketing of Callawassie Island last year I felt that set them apart from most of the other real estate companies. Our home was not on the market long before accepting an offer and closing. His experience and knowledge of the local market is vast, and I would consider him one of the best in the business. I’d recommend Jeremy to anyone looking to buy or sell property in the area.” - Will Bettis, Purchasing and Risk Manager Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority
“When we first decided to sell our home in Battery Point, we knew we had to find the right agent. With so many real estate agents and firms to choose from, we decided to interview three agents with three different firms. After speaking with all three, only one agent and firm stood apart from the rest. We went with Jeremy Taylor with Coastal Real Estate Solutions for a number of reasons. The other agents recommended lower list prices and Jeremy felt confident he could get us closer to what we wanted. Not only did he get us the price we wanted, he also put our home under contract in only two days. Jeremy listened to our needs, walked us though every aspect of the process and truly took our best interest to heart. Coastal Real Estate Solutions is not the biggest firm, but they are easily one of the best.” -David Starkey Former CFO of Beaufort County
Coastal Real Estate Solutions Jeremy Taylor Broker/Owner 1632A Paris Avenue, Port Royal, SC 29935 • 843-263-0332 176 Callawassie Dr., Callawassie Island, SC 29909 • 843-987-2125 www.CoastalREsolutions.coom • www.callawassieisland.com
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As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, it makes me slow down a little to think and reflect on everything that has happened in my world over the past year. This has been a crazy year for me. I feel like I have been going in 40 different directions. Have you ever felt that way? For those who know me, you know I am not one to put daily posts on Facebook. I never have and I am sure I never will. But, when I do have the time, I do enjoy using Facebook as a source to keep up with family, old friends and business associates. It seems like the November Facebook craze has been people posting what they are thankful for. Although I don’t publicly participate in this, it does make me stop and think of my own life every time I read something. It also makes me aware of all the things in life I have Julie Hales, PUBLISHER to be thankful for. I am thankful for having two wonderful, loving parents. My father, Donald Hales, was a very special man. Although he left this earth 10 years ago, he has never left my heart. My mother, Audrey Hales, is a wonderful mother and is still a very important part of my life. I have two wonderful sisters. Lynnette Tuck and Carolyn Beasley. They both have blessed my life tremendously and have given me a precious gift…..the gift of being an aunt. Brett Barnard, Bo and Bridget Beasley, I love you guys! I have a wonderful extended family as well…..and God has blessed me with some of the best friends a person could ever ask for. I am blessed to live in the United States of America, where freedom rings. I am blessed to be able to own my own business and to be able to give the citizens of Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands a magazine that showcases its people and tells their stories. I am blessed for the wonderful people I have met since coming to Beaufort. I am blessed with terrific employees who help make this happen. I am blessed with fabulous writers and photographers who help make our pages come alive with their talent. I am blessed to be a part of a loving and giving community. Beaufort has produced some fine people! I love meeting them and being able to share their lives with you. I want to take this opportunity to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you from the entire staff of Beaufort Lifestyle. May you and your family be blessed this holiday season.
ABOUT THE COVER Mike McFee shares with us his feelings of growing up in Beaufort, leaving, and returning to a place he always called home. This man’s giving nature should be an inspiration to many in this community. Thanks Mike McFee for all you do for Beaufort and its citizens.
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Mike McFee: “You Never Get A Second Chance
To Make A First Impression.” Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON • Photography by SUSAN DELOACH
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ike is the Three Musketeers rolled into one. He’s spent his life celebrating, cherishing, promoting and protecting Beaufort. He has never wavered from this mission and it’s all been finessed with charm, loyalty and the utmost sincerity.” -Marilee SartoriMike’s mother, Lila Claire Haigh McFee, was born in Beaufort. She met his dad, Charles Andrew McFee, called Mac, when he was working at the Naval Hospital and she was working for the Red Cross. One of six children, spanning an age gap of thirteen years, Mike was born at The Naval Hospital in Beaufort but lived all over the East Coast during the times the family followed his father’s career in the Naval Hospital Medical Service Corps. Beaufort was always home port and the McFees kept a house here while they were living in places like Portsmouth NH, Kittery ME, Newport RI, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville NC, East Greenwich RI, Bethesda MD, Patuxent River MD and Woodbridge VA. Mike started school in Rhode Island, but when his dad was stationed in Viet Nam, the family
moved back to Beaufort for 14 months and he attended Beaufort Elementary and Mossy Oaks Elementary. They came back again when Mike was in the tenth grade and he graduated from Beaufort High, like his mother and grandmother before him. What does he remember about all those places and moves? He remembers sailing extensively on a 44-foot Naval Academy Yawl when they lived in Maryland because his mother loved to sail. He remembers going to three schools in one year when they lived in Virginia. He remembers that with six children in the family that they were all put into service driving the younger ones to band practice, sports, school and other activities. Some of his best memories are of coming back to Beaufort and Hunting Island for a period of time every summer. His father’s family is from Asheville, NC, so trips there were interspersed with travel to Europe and across America. “We saw a lot of people and learned about so many cultures, I still have friends around the world. But the beauty of growing up in a small town, even though we traveled, was that if you did something on Bay Street, your mom knew about it before you got home!” After graduating from Beaufort High,
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“I wanted to contribute something to the community. I am old fashioned, I think of it as public service. I’ve always been very honored at the trust the citizens have given me.” where he played “at” tennis, sang in the chorus, managed the girls basketball team, was in the student government and a member of various clubs and organizations, Mike went to the University of South Carolina. His original intention was to study medicine and hospital administration and follow in his father’s footsteps. But when seven more years of education loomed before him, he changed his major to business and biology. After graduation, he accepted a job in the trust department at the Bank of Beaufort. He stayed with the bank through a series of mergers and then joined Carolina Management Company where he was a project co-ordinator and property manager. Mike has been a realtor since 1981 and a broker since 1983. In the early 1990’s, he left Carolina Management and joined with Pat Harvey-Palmer at Hometown Realty, which is where he still is today. A past President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mike also served on several Blue Ribbons panels, Tourism Management Advisory and the Waterways Commissions. “I served on those committees and commissions and saw what was happening, and more - what wasn’t happening. It whet my appetite for politics. I had uncles who were County Administrator, City Administrator
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and Superintendent of Roads and Bridges. I grew up hearing their stories of county and city government.” In 2008, Mike was first elected to City Council. “I wanted to contribute something to the community. I am old fashioned, I think of it as public service. I’ve always been very honored at the trust the citizens have given me.” Mike may feel honored at the trust awarded him, but he has earned every bit of it. He has served on the boards of the United Way, USC Small Business Development Center, Alzheimer’s Association, American Red Cross and Caroline Hospice. He has a particular affection for his participation with the South Carolina Service Council for the American Red Cross. “My aunt traveled with the Red Cross, and my mother was involved as well. Part of it was the military influence but also all the things the Red Cross does. I have worked with them since I was 17 on the State Service Council, the State Consortium, and as a member of the Clara Barton Society.” The Carteret Methodist Church is also important to Mike in a variety of ways, “Several of the Circles and Societies are named for family members, everyone in my family was baptized there
including my mother and grandmother. My former wife, Lisa, and I were married in that church as well as two of my siblings. I’m in the Chancel choir, and have served on the Pastor Parish Relations Committee and the Worship Committee.” In his free time, if you can imagine from all the above commitments that he actually has any free time, Mike likes to play tennis, he loves boating and he walks 4 1/2 miles every morning with lifelong friend, Marie Radford Lewis. Whenever possible, he joins his sister’s chorale (Mesilla Valley Chorale, Las Crusas NM) which travels to France for the Fête de la Musique. “With lots of brushing up” he says, “I am conversant in French.” Living on the water, Mike likes to swim in the river, he loves to garden and has created a beautiful memorial garden for his sister, Trish, filled with the gardenias she so loved. Cooking is one of his fortés, and Mike will give you a good debate on the virtues of either Gouda or feta in a tomato pie recipe. Entertaining is another; he’s adroit at popping a champagne cork and as an accomplished pianist, it isn’t unusual for Mike to sit down at his piano and encourage friends to sing with him as he plays. He recently performed in Handel’s Messiah, was co-music director for that wonderful production 8 Track - the Music of the 70’s, and will be assistant music director for the Honkey Tonk Angel Holiday Spectacular this December, all performed at USCB Center for the Arts. A much anticipated highlight of his year is the annual family reunion. “We don’t go where anyone lives. All 26 of us go somewhere for a long weekend; we’ve taken cruises, commandeered entire B&B’s across America, and are planning a trip to Ireland and Scotland in 2015.” The siblings consist of Mike’s brothers Richard, Matthew and Robert, and his sister Cathy, who live all over the country; dad Mac lives in Beaufort with his wife, Joanne. Mike says there is music wherever they go. “We’re Scotch-Irish, we all sing. The family will sing at the drop of a hat. We had a reunion in Cheyenne and we went to a piano bar one evening. The piano player didn’t show up that night so we took over. We were having such a grand time that the other patrons put money in the tip jar on the piano and we started playing requests! We leave a mark everywhere we go!” The entire family is talented. Mac McFee is an avid hunter and fisherman who designs and ties his own flies. Mike says that when his uncle Joe comes to visit his dad, there are fish stories flying everywhere. His dad also likes to garden and grow pecans; his lesser talent these days is climbing up ladders to pick said pecans. Joanne was a teacher and is a very talented seamstress, quilter and artist. Mike says she is also an exceptional baker. Godmother Chloe Martin Pinckney, is Mike’s dear friend, neighbor and was his surrogate mother when his own beloved mother died of cancer thirty years ago. Art, and exceptional pieces of hand crafted furniture made for him by godfather Roger Pinckney, fill his house. Mike’s dining room table was crafted from white cherry grown on his aunt and uncle’s property. The huntboard in the dining room was made especially for that room, as well as a wonderful coffee table. An eclectic collector, his home is filled with all sorts of unusual items including works by local artists and friends such as Dusty Connor, Marilee Sartori, Sally McTeer Chaplin, Gilbert Maggioni and Joanne McFee. With his background and variety of interests extending as far as they do wide, it’s difficult to imagine that he can do all these things, do them all well, and still have time to be a beloved friend to so many. There is a simple truth about Mike McFee: he truly is a prince among men.
“Christmas has always been a family holiday. I have such good memories of Christmas when I was growing up - cutting the tree, decorating the tree, baking, watching It’s A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol on television together; those were really feel good moments. I have an immense amount of Christmas decorations but every year, for the past seven years, I’ve bought a decorated tree to benefit Hospice.”
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Big Heart, Busy Life Firefighter Ross Vezin Story by CINDY REID Photography by SUSAN DELOACH
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hat’s said about firefighters is that they are the ones rushing into the burning building while everyone else is running out. It can be said that Ross Vezin not only runs into burning buildings if need be, he rushes to help wherever he sees a need. Ross has been a City of Beaufort firefighter since 2008, and since then, he has devoted much of his free time to his community, often working with children in need. Born and raised in Jupiter, Florida, Ross decided to become a firefighter while in high school. As Ross recounts,” I had a role model and mentor in Capt. Jim Dillon of Miramar Fire and Rescue. His son, David, and I were best friends. Tragically Capt. Dillon was killed in the line of duty in 2006 but his life and service inspired me to follow in his footsteps and do what he did for his community.” Directly after high school, Ross attended Fire Academy in Florida and upon graduation started applying for jobs all over the southeast. He says, “The City of Beaufort contacted me and I came up for a physical agility test and interview process. They called me a couple of weeks later and offered me the job, so I moved here in June 2008.” When asked what appealed to him about Beaufort, Ross was quick to smile and say, “The people! Being new, there was always somebody there to ask for help, somebody to tell you the best things to see, the best places to eat, how to get around.” Looking around the waterfront park, Ross added, “And the quaintness, having grown up in a city environment I had never lived where there was a real downtown environment.” It wasn’t long after Ross was settled into his new job before he started looking for ways to give back to his new community. “Camp Can Do” was just the start. Camp Can Do Located outside Kiawah Island, “The purpose of Camp Can Do is to provide a fun, residential camping experience for children, ages six to seventeen that have been treated for a serious burn injury.” (www.scburnedchildrensfund.org/camp) Ross has been involved with Camp Can Do as a camp counselor for four years and as a member of the planning committee for the past two. Ross says, “We have activities for every age, from trips to the amusement park for the older kids to ice cream socials for the younger children. It is a sleepover camp and we have kids who will need dressings changed, physical therapy and other medical needs and we provide all of that so they can really have a great camp experience.” He says five to six children from Beaufort county regularly attend the camp and “There is no better feeling than to see a kid catch their first fish, it just makes you feel so good!” Judging by the big grin on Ross’s face when he talks about camp, it’s easy to see how much joy he gets from helping the children experience the simple joys of childhood. Funded by the Burned Childrens Fund and MUSC, Ross is one of ten on the planning committee that helps raise money and get the camp ready (it takes place the end June and beginning of July). “Being on the planning committee helps me get more involved in the camp and learn how it actually runs,” says Ross. The money raised goes towards providing for the children’s needs for everything from activities to sunscreen. Make a Wish Ross says he was “Just looking for more ways to give back to the community and saw something on the Make a Wish organization and immediately got involved by volunteering my time.” The goal of the organization is clear- “Our mission
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is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.” (http://sc.wish.org/) For the last two years, Ross has been one of the three Make a Wish SC Regional Coordinators for the Beaufort/Jasper/ Hampton area. “The first line office is in Charleston and we coordinate with the volunteers in our area, and provide training and support.” He says as many as ten children a year from this area are granted wishes from the foundation. “Although the number one wish is a trip to Disneyworld, anything is possible!” he says. MDA Summer Camp The Muscular Dystrophy Association and firefighters are closely linked. In fact, the International Association of Firefighters is the largest sponsor of the MDA. Most people may not know that the money firefighters are collecting with “the boot” is being donated to the MDA. Affected children are able to attend MDA camps located throughout the country. “MDA camp is a magical place offering a wide range of activities specially designed for youngsters who have neuromuscular disease and the related mobility challenges. At MDA camp, barriers simply don’t exist and a child with a disability can just be a child among friends.” http://mda.org/ Extending his camp expertise, Ross has been volunteering as a camp counselor at the NC MDA camp for the past three years.
He says, “I volunteer at the camp in Stokesdale, NC because the MDA camp in SC and Camp Can Do are at the same time. We are there a week, “he says, “kids come from all over to attend the camp.” When asked what drives him to spend so much of his time volunteering for children’s causes, Ross thinks for a moment and answers, “I have always had a passion for kids, and although we live such busy lives, I try to find ways to make sure kids have the best days, and the best years of their lives.” Always Learning Having just completed his Master’s degree, Ross is now attending the South Carolina State Firefighters Association’s Leadership Institute as one of nine candidates selected from the entire state. Being part of that keeps him busy as he says, “We have monthly meetings all over the state, from Charleston to Greenville and discuss topics that include Special Purpose Districts, Labor Relations, General Fire Service History, Firemen’s Insurance and Inspection Fund, Fire Service Legals and Liability and State Response Assets.” He is also a member of the Exchange Club of Beaufort, and was the Exchange Club Beaufort Firefighter of the Year in 2011. In addition, he was the 2009 City of Beaufort Career Firefighter of the Year and has been recognized by the Medical University of SC for involvement in the “Buddy Program” for burned children. Family Life Besides being a full time firefighter, Ross also works as an Emergency Medical Technician for a local medical transport company, which is how he met his fiancée Shannon Harmon. As he tells it, “In January of 2010, I was on a routine call waiting for a patient at a doctor’s office and I was talking to the patients and the staff, and Tammy Harmon said ‘You should meet my daughter sometime.” She showed me a picture, and I gave her my number and said if your daughter would like to get together have her call me.” Typical of today’s courtship, they texted back and forth for a month, and then Ross says, “I said I was going out of town for a birthday party and would like to take to you out to dinner when I get back. The rest is history. I knew she was the one. Shannon has one of the biggest hearts of anyone I have ever met.” Two years ago, the couple bought a house they share with their yellow lab Juno, and their wedding will be in April of 2014. A Beaufort native, Shannon recently earned her Masters Degree as well and is a Sherriff’s technician at the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office. Ross’s parents still reside in Jupiter, Florida where his father Tom is a Federal Investigator for the Federal Public Defender’s office, and his mother, Kathy, recently retired as a pharmaceutical rep for Pfizer. His brother Chad lives in Philadelphia, PA where he is the Regional Business Director for Bausch and Lomb. Ross says, “My folks love coming up to Beaufort, they have been here many times.” Ross says Beaufort reminds him of his Florida roots. “There is always something to do because it is always warm, and Jupiter is on the water so I grew up boating and fishing” he says, “which are things I love doing here in Beaufort. Shannon and I spend a lot of time with family, we do a lot with them. And sometimes we just relax!” We can’t think of anyone who deserves a relaxing day more than this big hearted, hard working young man. Beaufort is lucky to call him one of our own.
Ross will be working on Christmas, but traditionally the families of the firefighters on duty join them for a holiday meal at the firehouse. So the day is as festive as possible for these hard working first responders. In keeping the giving spirit of the holiday, any donations made to the organizations below would be greatly appreciated. Burned Children’s Fund: 171 Ashley Avenue, MSC347, Charleston SC, 29425 Make a Wish Foundation, 3520 Meek’s Farm Road, Suite C, Johns Island, SC 29455 Coastal Carolinas MDA - Attention: MDA Summer Camp 110-A Cinema Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403 Beaufort Lifestyle | December/January 2013-14 19
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A TOTAL GULLAH EXPERIENCE FOR CHRISTMAS
Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish
Story by JULIE HALES
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he full-stage musical, “Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish” has become a holiday favorite. There is no way one cannot be in the Christmas spirit after watching this performance. This musical theatre presentation is intended for people of all ages and races who want to catch the holiday spirit. It will be held on Friday, December 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort’s Performing Arts Center. The production stars Aunt Pearlie Sue, nationally acclaimed storyteller and her Gullah Kinfolk, a professional singing cast who bring history alive on stage. This musical performance depicts the last Christmas before the Civil War. It’s an historical account of December of 1860 and South Carolina has just seceded from the Union. The War of Freedom is the talk by both servant and master. The audience will get a glimpse into the “Quarters” and “Big House.” Through soul-stirring, foot-stopping singing and dancing, the audience is drawn into the excitement of the Yuletide season on a South Carolina Sea Island plantation. The show has become very popular with travelers near and far who wish to experience the spirit of the season. People have traveled from as far as London, England to see this performance. The night will start with a “Taste of Gullah” as the doors open around 6:45pm. There will be tables of food from different Gullah caterers on hand to choose from. The assortment will be anything from chicken to rice dishes to collard greens and gumbo…..along with some mouth-watering pies and cakes…..anything you would find on a Gullah Christmas dinner table. There will also be a market place where local artisans will be showcasing their wares. Renowned Gullah artists will be exhibiting unique works of art. The market place will feature paintings, jewelry, baskets and other items, all available at
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special Christmas pricing. If you are looking for that special gift, this is the place to look. At 8:15pm, the curtains go up and the show begins! See history come alive on stage. Experience the excitement of what was going on at Christmas time on the plantations of the Low Country. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Admission is $10 for those aged 7 to 17. Ticket prices include the “ Taste of Gullah” Soul Food Buffet and the “Da’ Market Place” Artists
Meet Aunt
Pearlie Sue!
Showcase. For reservations and information on hotel and meal packages, contact the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce at (843) 986-1102 or www.bcbcc.org or the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce at (843)525-8500 or www.beaufortchamber.org. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Community Circle of Hope Coalition’s Youth Program. The performance lifts off the holidays in historic downtown Beaufort in conjunction with other annual events, including the popular Night on the Town from 6 to 9 p.m. December 6th, Light up the Night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. December 7th and Beaufort’s annual Christmas parade at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 8th. For more information on these events, contact www.downtownbeaufort.com.
Aunt Pearlie Sue is the creation of Anita SingletonPrather, a native of the Sea Islands in Beaufort, South Carolina. Based on her grandmother, Aunt Pearlie Sue’s character has entertained audiences with Gullah-flavored folktales for over 20 years from the schoolhouse to the White House. In addition to being a renowned master storyteller, Prather is an educator, historian, business woman, writer, singer, actress and director/producer. She is the founder and artistic director of the musical performance group the Gullah Kinfolk. As a storyteller and singer, Prather has performed at many festivals, the Beaufort Gullah Festival, Penn Heritage Days Festival, Woodlands Festival and Spoleto USA international arts festival in Charleston, SC just to name a few . Her original movie, My Man Done Wrong, has been a part of the film festival circuit to include the Jamerican Film Festival in Kingston, Jamaica; Black Hollywood and San Francisco Film Festivals in California. She has appeared in the Hollywood film Forrest Gump and also on television Food Network Channel Holiday special, Christmas Across America, hosted by Rachel Ray. In addition to her participation in many SCETV educational documentaries, Prather’s one-woman show, Tales from the Land of Gullah, has been broadcast on PBS nationwide and is also the title of her award-winning DVD and a traveling museum exhibit created around her animated character. This exhibit originated at the Children’s Museum of Houston, Texas in 2007 and has toured for three years throughout the United States and Canada in the top nine children’s museum. It was estimated that at least a million young people were introduced to the Gullah culture through this interactive exhibit. She is also co-producer, writer and featured storyteller on three Gullah CD’s and six DVD’s. She has partnered with South Carolina Educational Television to create an interactive website on their children’s Knowitall. org/gullahnet that also features her animated character. Prather, a mother of 3 and grandmother of 7, is also the curriculum coordinator for the Education of Gullah Culture through the Arts in the Beaufort County School District. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Howard University and a master’s + 30 degree in education from the University of South Carolina. She is a member of New Covenant Fellowship International Ministries of Beaufort where she has been ordained as a licensed minister of the Gospel. She serves as worship leader and trustee board member. Through her Gullah heritage, Prather continues to be a “keeper of the culture,” creatively entertaining and educating audiences around the world of all ages and nationalities about the rich unique African experience in America.
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The Tradition Continues: is a family affair!
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s a young bride and newcomer to Beaufort’s social scene, Allison Coppage has every reason to be anxious about hosting her first major dinner party— especially when it’s part of the much-ballyhooed Valentine Ball. Her elegant dinner is one of 50 private parties that will serve as a warm-up to the February 8 black tie gala, the signature fundraiser of the Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation. “I’m a little nervous,” Coppage conceded. “I want it to be successful.” But the rookie has an ace in the hole: her mother. Cindy Collins has thrown more than a few of the Valentine Ball dinner parties. Last year, she hosted the mother of all parties— the kick-off event for the 150 people hosting the pre-ball dinners. “She throws a flawless party and makes it look easy,” Coppage said. “If all else fails, I’ll call her for help.” Only Collins may be busy with her own party prepping. Once again this year, she and her husband, BMH pathologist Dr. Brad Collins, have volunteered to host a dinner at their home on Lady’s Island. A member of the BMH Foundation Board of Trustees, Dr. Collins and his wife have been involved with the Valentine Ball for years. In 2002, they served as co-chairs of the fundraiser. (Allison volunteered as a valet that year, parking cars for the event.) “This event is great for the community in so many ways,” Cindy Collins said, “not only does it raise money for the hospital, but it brings together people in the community that might not otherwise cross paths.”
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The guest lists are carefully selected to create different and diverse groups each year. The dinner party hosts not only provide the venue for the parties, they decorate their homes, plan the menus and foot the bill for all the food and beverages, leaving more of the proceeds for the Foundation. Coppage already has her main course planned. She’ll be making Seafood Strudel, an entrée featured in one of her mother’s previous pre-ball parties. “I used to help my mom cook,” Coppage said, “so, I’ve picked up a couple of her tricks over the years.” Some 800 people are expected to attend the 25th Annual Valentine Ball. Traditionally held in the historic Lyceum on Parris Island, the gala is being moved this year to the new Beaufort Memorial Medical & Administrative Center (BMAC) on Ribaut Road across from the main hospital campus. The evening will begin with the pre-ball dinners, followed at 9 p.m. by the main event, featuring dancing, dessert and a silent auction. Since its inception in 1990, the Valentine Ball has raised nearly $4 million for Beaufort Memorial Hospital. This year, the proceeds will be used to expand the Intensive Care Unit from 8 to 12 beds. Tickets to the Valentine Ball start at $150 per person and include several levels of contributions. The deadline to be included in one of the dinner parties is January 15. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.valentineball.org or call (843) 522-5774.
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Main Street Beaufort
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ain Street Beaufort has been busy getting together this year’s holiday festivities. As always, Main Street has a great plan for holiday shopping and tons of family fun. LaNelle Fabian and Androula Weiland of Main Street Beaufort began working on this holiday project in August. They are very excited about this year’s events and feel downtown Beaufort will have a record number of folks participating in all the fun.
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Small Business Saturday With a national focus on shopping during the holiday season, Main Street Beaufort wants to raise awareness in our community on the importance of shopping local. Dollars spent in locally owned businesses have a tremendous impact on our community. These local monies create jobs, fund city services and provide for future development. Our small businesses are the backbone of our local economy. The true spirit of the holiday season can be found when shoppers are truly thoughtful about what they buy and
where they buy it. That is why Main Street Beaufort participates in Small Business Saturday every year for our local merchants. This event is geared to encourage residents to spend their money in our local businesses. Small Business Saturday, being held on November 30th, is a very important event for local merchants. It is a way to raise consumer awareness of what our local businesses have to offer. LaNelle, who has been the Executive Director of Main Street Beaufort for the past 5 years says, “It is our job to promote
liday Events!
this event and bring the people into our downtown area to do their holiday shopping. We invite you to support our local small businesses and shop downtown on Small Business Saturday.� Main Street Beaufort, USA, will be giving away free Downtown Beaufort Shopping bags to shoppers who stop by their table (by the Clock on Bay Street) and register for a chance to win some giveaways from downtown businesses. A live radio remote by 94.5 The Coast will add vibrancy to the streets from 10a.m. – 1p.m. Register your American Express
Card at https://www.americanexpress. com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/ beginning November 24, spend $10 or more at a small business on November 30th and receive a one-time $10 statement credit. A Night On The Town Main Street Beaufort, USA also proudly presents the 28th Annual A Night on the Town! This celebration of the holiday season takes place on Friday evening, December 6, beginning at 6:00 pm, and
ending at approximately 9:00 pm. A long standing tradition of the community, A Night on the Town is a mix of traditional and the contemporary. This will be an evening with a surprise around every corner and a number of things that will entertain, delight and get you in the Holiday Spirit. The downtown merchants will stay open late to welcome regular and new customers with special treats and a preview of their large and unique selection of items for the Holidays. Make plans to come by and get a head start on your holiday shopping.
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The evening also includes the City of Beaufort’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, entertainment by the Parris Island Marine Corps Band, choral performances and a rumored visit from Santa! Light Up The Night
Take your pick of holiday parades by land or sea in Beaufort. Join Main Street Beaufort, USA and the Beaufort Sail and Power Squadron on December 7th at 5:30 pm for the Light Up the Night boat parade on the Beaufort River. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park provides the best view of the parade. The first boats will start arriving at the seawall at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park by 5 pm. Boats will make three passes by the seawall. Hot chocolate will be available courtesy of The Greenery. Beaufort Christmas Parade
Main Street Beaufort, USA The Main Street program was initiated in Beaufort in 1985 and was created as a non-profit partner with the City of Beaufort. The program has contracted with the City of Beaufort for 28 years to perform services directly related to downtown redevelopment, such as promotion and advertising, business retention and recruitment, and design assistance, to name a few. In 1989, Main Street Beaufort, USA absorbed the Merchant Committee, which had existed since the 1970s. The merger created a unified voice for small business owners in the downtown district while in turn strengthening Main Streets membership base. The former Downtown Association Board became Main Streets Promotion Committee, a group which continues to direct and coordinate special events, promotions, advertising and cooperative programs for merchants. Beaufort’s successful Main Street program is based on the comprehensive Main Street Four-Point Approach to Downtown Revitalization, developed by the National Main Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This strategy has generated a revived sense of place in historic downtown Beaufort and combines the following elements: • Design • Organization • Promotion • Economic Restructuring “Business Development” These Four Points represent the Standing Committees that make up Main Street Beaufort, USA. Along with the leadership of the Board of Directors, the Standing Committees are comprised of downtown stakeholders including business and property owners, employees, residents and community leaders. Each Committee is responsible for setting an agenda, which is influenced by the Boards annual strategic planning workshop. Throughout the year, the Committees work to develop, research, implement and evaluate projects and activities that help strengthen the History, Culture & Commerce of historic downtown Beaufort.
To find out how to become a volunteer or supporter of Main Street contact LaNelle Fabian at director@downtownbeaufort.com or 525-6644.
The traditional Beaufort Christmas Parade will be held on December 8th at 3:00 pm through the streets of downtown Beaufort. Floats, bands, groups of walkers and personal cars and trucks are expected to participate.
For more information, contact Main Street Beaufort, USA at (843) 525-6644 or email director@downtownbeaufort.com.
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Calendar Of Events DECEMBER
JANUARY
Beaufort Symphony Orchestra December 5, 7:30 PM December 8, 3:00 PM
Comedian James Gregory January 9 Ticket prices vary.
Verdi’s Falstaff - Met Live in HD December 14, 12:55 PM An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964— is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio Maestri (last season’s Dulcamara in the Opening Night production of L’Elisir d’Amore) sings the title role of the brilliant and blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble that includes Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, and Franco Vassallo Adults $22, Olli Members $18, Students $10
The Hen Party January 30, 7:30 PM Adults $22, Seniors $20, Students $15
USCB Festival Series December 15, 5:00 PM The Honky Tonk Angels Christmas Holiday Spectacular December 19 -21 at 7:30 PM and December 22 at 3 PM This holiday sequel to the hugely popular show, The Honky Tonk Angels continues the comic escapades of three good ole country gals as they re-unite for a Christmas show like none other at “The Hillbilly Heaven Club” in Nashville. There are many surprising twists and turns in this musical comedy revue, including a gospel soul sister who also happens to be a psychic manicurist. Songs include a Motown Christmas medley, country classics like Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton and comedy hits such as Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.• Reserved Seating Adults $20 – 25, Seniors $18 - $20, Students $10 – $15
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USCB brings the sequel to the Honky Tonk Angels!
Last year, the Honky Tonk Angels Musical was thoroughly enjoyed by the audiences at USCB Center for the Arts. This musical had country classics combined with a hilarious story about three good ole gals who followed their dream to Nashville. Songs included Stand By Your Man, Coal Miner’s Daughter, 9 to 5, I Will Always Love You and Harper Valley PTA. USCB has planned the show’s sequel, The Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular, be brought to the stage this Holiday Season.
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The Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular This holiday sequel to the hugely popular show, The Honky Tonk Angels continues the comic escapades of three good ole country gals as they re-unite for a Christmas show like none other at “The Hillbilly Heaven Club” in Nashville. There are many surprising twists and turns in this musical comedy revue, including a gospel soul sister who also happens to be a psychic manicurist. Songs include a Motown Christmas medley, country classics like Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton and comedy hits such as Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. (Pending music clearances). Sweetgrass Angels Last year’s Angels, Elaine Lake, Velma Polk and Penney Lynn Smith met while auditioning for the show. These three ladies bonded at the 2012 auditions and became great friends. Not only did they become friends, the pleasure of performing together is something they wanted to continue. Hence the birth of The Sweetgrass Angels. The Sweetgrass Angels can be heard almost any given weekend at low country restaurant venues. Go to www.thesweetgrassangels. com for upcoming performances and information. Jan Spencer In the sequel, The Honkey Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular, the ladies bring on a fourth Angel. This part has been filled by the very talented Jan Spencer. Jan is a smooth Jazz & Blues Singer and Songwriter. Jan is playing the part of the gospel soul singer and psychic manicurist and she is a great addition to the original Angels.
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After almost 2 years of helping out behind the curtain at USCB, Elaine is thrilled to be taking the stage again. The past 18 years have been spent raising two beautiful daughters with her husband Jason. Before that, performance was her focus, with lead roles in numerous plays, musicals and reviews, including Amalia in She Loves Me, Polly Browne in The Boyfriend, Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace, Serpina in The Perfect Wife, and as Darlene in last year production of Honky Tonk Angels as well as a lead member of the cast of USCB’s recent production of 8-Track, The Sounds of the 70’s
Velma Polk Velma is a native Beaufortonian who sang professionally for over 15 years. Both of her sons, Donnie and Ben, are well known musicians, as is her brother, Doug Garvin. Velma says she is so happy to be performing in her 3rd
theatrical production and is looking forward to many more. She made her acting debut as Angela in last year’s production of Honky Tonk Angels and was a lead member of the cast of USCB’s recent production of 8-Track, The Sounds of the 70’s. “I hope to see all of my friends at one of our performances and hope that all who come will have as much fun as I’ve had during this experience.” says Velma.
Penney Lynn Smith Originally from the Buckeye State, Penney has spent the past 25 years in the Low Country. Credits include performances with the Savannah Theater Company in Anything Goes, Nunsense, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Chicago, numerous radio voice-over and television commercial appearances. She was the Music Director for the University of South Carolina Beaufort production of ‘Always, Patsy Cline’ and was Sue Ellen in the 2012 fall production of ‘Honky Tonk Angels.’ Penney holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Eastern Kentucky University and a Masters’ degree in Education from Lesley University. For 28 years she taught band, general music, and string orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky, Savannah, Georgia and Beaufort County. She recently retired to focus her time, love and talents on singing, her newlywed husband, Lain, and their pets Bogey and Divot. As well as the vocalist for the Stardust Orchestra from Sun City, Penney is also the vocalist for The Swingtime Orchestra, and sings with local professional jazz pianist Norm Gagne. She has also been a featured vocalist with the Savannah Jazz Orchestra
and the Hilton Head Orchestra Big Band Bash. She has recorded several jazz/big band projects, including her solo CD As It Should Be with the legendary bassist Ben Tucker, which received a positive review by Cadence magazine.
Jan Spencer Before coming to the South Carolina Low Country, where she now lives, Smooth Jazz & Blues SingerSongwriter, Jan Spencer performed in numerous venues in and around her Detroit home. These dates included mainstage performances at the Montreaux Detroit Jazz Festival that features topnotch jazz artists from all over the world. She has also worked nationally and internationally on stage and television. She has shared the stage with such greats as Aretha Franklin, the late Lou Rawls, Najee, Roy Ayers, Tony Bennett, Kris Kristofferson, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder, to name a few. Since her arrival in the Low Country, she has performed extensively in local and regional Jazz clubs, Jazz concerts, Jazz festivals, and television establishing a reputation a worldclass jazz vocalist. She has also worked as a resident artist in Beaufort and Charleston County schools. She has developed innovative, programs that teach the origins of Blue Music and the relationship of Blues to Jazz History. These have been presented for both children and adults. Her One-Woman shows featuring her smooth jazz originals and her arrangements of Blues, R&B and Classic Jazz standards have been sponsored by the local Arts Council and The Black Chamber of Commerce. The songs on the smooth jazz CD “Home Again” were written by Jan and arranged and produced by Darryl Home. Horne is quite simply a musical genius who, in addition to producing and arranging the music played keys, bass, rhythm and lead guitar on the project. Jan has been in much demand as a consummate jazz artist. She has performed at numerous venues including South Carolina Public Television, Minton’s Play House, NY, the Lennox Lounge, NY, numerous conferences, festival and Churches in the region. Ms. Spencer’s music was also featured in a cultural education production she co-produced for the annual Native Islander Gullah Celebration on Hilton Head Island. Ms. Spencer holds a BA in Education Psychology and a Masters of Education in Curriculum & Instruction with Specialty in Creative Arts in Education. She is also completing work to earn a Phd in Organizational Learning. For more information contact Jan at HomeAgain @JanSpencerSings.com
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usan Davis Madison is a purveyor of fashionable women. It is a facet of her personality handed down from her mother, Kathryn Davis, who was brave and beautiful. An artist and writer, Susan acknowledges,“When you create something you attach emotions to it; when someone buys it, they often see something else. The art I create is about friendship, femininity and the fire within us - the sensuality and power of the feminine persona.” Susan’s mixed media paintings are recreations of people she has known, or would like to know. She describes one of her paintings of four beautiful young women as her daughters. Are they actually her daughters, because one, if not all, has an uncanny resemblance to Susan? “No,” Susan answers, “but I wish they were! These girls would have been my daughters, they are all beautiful; one would have been creative, one wayward, one witty and one would have been the female version of her father. I paint my women in very vogue outfits; they must be presented to the world as well dressed.” In this painting, all the women are wearing shades of reds; one has a to-die-for pearl necklace. The style of each is different from the next but clearly they are party-worthy, and as always, their hair is three dimensional needlework, which is a process Susan has designated as ‘catting.’ Her fashion sense began early, “Growing up, I wore costumes. My mother never questioned my choices. I would draw an outfit and she would make it.” Born and raised in Chicago, Susan and her brother and sister, were brought home to their grandparents’ house where their mom and dad lived upstairs. “Things were economically good at that time and my grandparents were very involved in our lives. Then when I was nine, mom left dad and us. A year later, she moved a block away from us. When they were married, mom was a housewife; after she left she went back to work as a seamstress. Going between the two homes provided quite a contrast; my mother’s house had laughter and gaiety, it was filled with texture and all the kids liked to hang out there. My father’s house was somber and conservative.” Perhaps the biggest gift my mother gave me was when she left. She became independent and eventually opened her own garment manufacturing business which sold clothing to the downtown stores like Marshall Field. When we were growing
up, my mother talked to my sister Andrea and me about men. She told us what they wanted, and what they would say to get it. When boys said those things, I was prepared and I would chuckle to myself. She was very open with us. Her leaving my father taught me that I never had to be in a relationship that didn’t serve me. As a teenager and young adult, I lived my life to have something to write about - my life was novel lived in reality. I always wanted to know what was going on behind the scenes. We lived in a neighborhood full of contradictions. There were the 9 to 5 people, and some not so outstanding people, and I was always drawn to the latter because I wanted to know what made them tick.” After college, the birth of her son, Jared, and marriage to Richard, Susan had a good job but distant shores beckoned her. “Even then, when I was living in Chicago, I wanted to live in the South. I wore cowboy boots when they weren’t in fashion because I saw myself on a ranch with horses in a place that had sunshine. When I was raising my son, things were getting violent in Chicago; I craved the sunshine, the warmth, and I was tired of snow. But the number one reason was sunlight. In 1993, Richard moved to North Carolina with his job. In 1995, I took a leave of absence from my job, and Jared and I followed him. I resigned from my job, Richard lost his job, and we just went forward on faith.” Then Richard got a job working for Beaufort County. Susan explains how Saint Helena called her name. “We had honeymooned on Hilton Head Island and later I read about the Sea Islands and Saint Helena. Gullah Gullah Island was on television then. I was drawn to the area romantically. I took a trip to Hilton Head. We came up to Beaufort and took a tour. When we went down the Avenue of Oaks at Coffin Point, I said ‘I’m going to live here’ and I do live very near there now. We were one of the first waves of African Americans leaving northern cities for warmer climates. Back then you didn’t leave home unless you were going to a place where you had family or your job relocated you. It was simply where I needed to be.” Not long after she got here, Susan met Diane Britton Dunham and Arianne King-Comer, both Saint Helena Island artists at that time, and started creating and selling her art. “I became part of a community. I realized that, as an artist, I had always been different/strange/weird, and I realized that I got along best
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The process of creating is always a journey because I’m a self taught artist so I don’t have class once and found it difficult. I refuse to be confined by anything, so when I learned I just thought that was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever heard.” with creative people. Although I learned how to sew when I was working with my mom, my fascination with fiber art didn’t occur until years later. I purchased a beautifully embroidered dress at a thrift shop to hang on the wall as art. The house we were living in had ugly, dark paneled walls and I wanted to make a story quilt as a wall hanging to hide the paneling. I had been working on a square, embroidering hair on one of the people, when a woman who owned a gallery told me it was art. A light bulb went off in my head, that was the first time what I was doing was called art! The process of creating is always a journey because I’m a self taught artist so I don’t have any preconceived notions. I took an art class once and found it difficult. I refuse to be confined by anything, so when I learned there were actually rules for mixing paint, I just thought that was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever heard.” When she was young, Susan had a speech impediment and her brother, Thornton, Jr., known as Junie, acted as an interpreter for her. That was when and why Susan started to write. Poised and unassuming, Susan is a writer who is ever vigilant about the stories that are occurring around her. She observes with the stealth of a cat on the prowl and ofttimes her stories erupt with a sense of humor so wickedly funny that it catches you off guard. In 2002 Susan published her first book, If I Can’t Sing The Blues - Essays and Poems, with her artwork on the cover. What
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inspired her to publish a book? “After I started creating again, I realized that all art melds together and I wanted to combine my art with my writing. It was my way of keeping busy and feeling validated by doing something with my creative energy. As a writer, I have all these stories in my head and those stories want to be told. I never know how they will end, but there is always a lesson learned and a twist I didn’t expect. That’s one of the things about being a writer, you can write things you wouldn’t actually say to people, you can let your dark sense of humor out.” Between the time that Susan’s book was published and the “re-birth” of her art earlier this year, Susan went back to work. She sold real estate for several years and took a part time job selling cosmetics at Belk. She retired from real estate this year and now is the counter manager for Estee Lauder. As one might imagine, the act of putting makeup on someone’s face is akin to painting. “It’s so much more than selling cosmetics. It’s important to really listen to people when they talk about themselves, what they want and their self image; they come to me for so much more than makeup. Everyone who comes to me is very different. A lot of women live alone and it may have been awhile since they have been touched, so when I apply something to their face it is therapeutic for them. I’m using my art to help them but it has also impacted my painting, my women’s features are much more
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defined now. “My artist name and signature is Molada which means birth, as my art is about being born and giving life to things. I always sign in purple; even though art speaks for itself, the signature shouldn’t be too bold but should stand on its own.” As is quite evident, these women of Susan’s creation have their own personalities. “The women tell me who they are. One of them was difficult and persnickety, I just wanted to be done with her.” In the presence of one of her pieces, it is very easy to see that you might just want to sit down and have a conversation with these ladies while their personalities rise from the canvas. An upcoming project is another book which Susan envisions as being an instructional, self-help guide to teaching women how to find the right mate. “I see people struggling to find the right mate; they can be easy to find. Back in the day, mates were chosen for us; now women have no idea how to choose, they wait for luck or romance. We need to teach our girls how to take control of finding the right person and not to wait until someone is in a bad relationship. I might entitle it, From Mothers to Daughters or Open Heart, Closed Legs.” It’s bound to be a best-seller! Currently you can enjoy Susan’s writing on her blog: www.freetobefree.net, or her facebook page: Jibby Jabby Stuff; her mixed media art is carried at The Red Piano Too Art Gallery on Saint Helena Island.
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