Beaufort Lifestyle February/March 2013

B EAUFORT, P ORT R OYAL A ND T HE S EA I SLANDS

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

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

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

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

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

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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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LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER Write to us and tell us what you think. Beaufort Lifestyle welcomes all letters to the publisher. Please send all letters via email to Julie Hales at julie@ idpmagazines.com, or mail letters to One Beaufort Town Center, 2015 Boundary Street, Suite 311 Beaufort, SC 29902. Letters to the publisher must have a phone number and name of contact. Phone numbers will not be published.

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CONTENTS February/March 2013

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features

8 AHaden Yelin Screenwriter’s Story 16 22 16

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Jon Sharp and Suzanne Larson Time And Tide Waits For No Man... Or Woman

7th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival

Passanante/Glattly The Illusionalists

A Beaufort Lifestyle Experience

departments

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Publisher’s Thoughts

46

Dining Guide

49

Lowcountry Weddings

PUBLISHER’S Thoughts

On the Cover

Film Festival Buzz

HADEN YELIN, Screenwriter and author, tells her story.

-Cover Photo by PAUL NURNBERG

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That familiar buzz is in the air again. It’s Film Festival time! The Beaufort International Film Festival is celebrating its 7th year. The whole city is gearing up for the big event.

Beaufort Lifestyle is so proud to be bringing you our annual Film Festival issue. We have a great line-up in store for you.

This edition has truly become one of my favorites. From the time Ron Tucker and I get together to discuss story ideas, until the awards banquet at the end of the festival, I am “film festival” minded.

One of the greatest rewards I get from my job is meeting the exciting people that we feature in our magazine. This beautiful city boasts some amazing talent. I had the pleasure of recently meeting one of these amazing people.

Julie Hales, PUBLISHER Haden Yelin, our cover story, is an extraordinary lady. From the moment Ron suggested her for a feature, I wanted to meet her. From an attorney, to a cruise director, to a stand-up comic, to a screenwriter, to an author, this lady has some stories to tell.

I was fortunate enough to be in the vicinity of her photo shoot for the magazine and was encouraged by my team to join them. The anticipation of meeting Haden quickly took over any other responsibilities I had at the moment. I was not disappointed.

She was everything I thought she would be and more! A lovely lady with quick wit, a charming personality and a glowing smile. We “hit it off” the moment we met. I hope you enjoy her story as much as I have.

If you don’t have your tickets for the festival yet, give them a call.

You don’t want to miss the excitement. It will give you an opportunity to see some independent films from local, national and international filmmakers……and a chance to meet some “hometown” people that make it all happen.

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cover story

Yelin, Tellin’ Her Story Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON

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Photography by PAUL NURNBERGLLWERTH

t’s not a word she would use to describe herself - but Haden Yelin is one gutsy woman.

Haden embodies that wonderful combination of being terribly practical and forthright, tempered with the fact that she is a dreamer. Words Haden likes are: infinite, possibilities, and courageous, some of the words she uses in her recently published book, The Conjurer.

Words are Haden’s stock in trade. Many of us, when we go to work have actual tools that we can touch, use to get the job done, tangible things that come with a set of instructions.

Haden’s tools are all in her head, there are no brushes, no hammers, no loud or noisy machinery; just a quiet buzz that propels her to create, one thing after another, with just pen and paper.

Haden and her beloved husband of twenty-three years, Ed, came from Los Angeles, California, to Beaufort in 2008, by accident. According to Haden, “I loved L.A. but I was done with it! Ed had retired, we sold our place in 2007. We took planes, trains and automobiles across the USA to Pawley’s Island, where my sister Mary Ann lives. I thought we’d live in Charleston, but I didn’t really like it. We were on our way to see Savannah when we stopped in Beaufort; that was it, we never left.”

What do they love about Beaufort? “Everything!” Haden says. “The thing that knocked me out was the physical beauty of the place - the live oaks, Spanish moss, and so much water - I love the water! And everyone was so friendly - I just

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lapped that up. After ten days here, we rented a house and decided to stay.”

Haden hails from Ava, Missouri which is a small village in the Ozark Mountains. From there, she says, “I went to law school, I didn’t want to go but my mother wanted me to and I was an obedient child in those days.” She had big shoes to fill. Haden’s father was the youngest prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials before becoming a judge. Her mother had wanted to be a lawyer but raised her family instead.

“I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma where I was the first woman hired by a real ‘silk stocking’ law firm. I practiced law for eight years and became a partner at 31. Although I didn’t like the confrontation in practicing law, I did like the perks.

I went to New York City on business trips and got to stay in great hotels, see wonderful shows, etc. I became much more sophisticated than the girl who grew up on a farm. I realized I couldn’t practice law any more when I was in the middle of doing an enormous SEC registration (at that time, the statements actually had to be cast in hot lead!) in Dallas where I had to stay for weeks and months at a time. When I went back to Tulsa in February, I knew I’d had enough. I called a travel agent. I went to Jamaica all by myself with my mink coat, it was February after all! I stayed in an all inclusive resort for ten days, during which time I had an epiphany at Negril Beach.

“Rick’s Cafe overlooked a grotto. People dove from the cliffs into the water. I have a debilitating fear of heights;

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“We came here, life was changing, my career was changing and I had time to re-examine what life was all about.” as I was sitting there drinking coffee, I realized I had done almost everything out of fear. I also realized that I was sick of being afraid. That promontory was the most frightening thing I’d ever seen, so I decided to jump. I was so terrified that I was shaking. I jumped, 35 feet down.

Instead of some sort of graceful swan dive, I hit the water back first! Then I had to climb back up on a steel ladder; on the way by someone said ‘That had to hurt!’ It did. But I took six aspirin, drank a double

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scotch and felt great. It was a huge turning point for me.

“I went back to Tulsa and made a list of what I liked and what I didn’t like. I wanted a bed, a desk and a chair. I knew I wanted to get out and see the world and meet people. I wanted the freedom that comes with very little responsibility. I decided the only job like that would be on a cruise ship - I’d never even seen a cruise ship! I called a friend, flew to Miami and interviewed with Norwegian Cruise Lines.

They said they needed an extra children’s coordinator on the Easter cruise, I accepted. They paid me $200 a week and lent me uniforms; the airfare to get there had cost me $600! After that cruise, I went back to Tulsa, packed up, and on July 4 I went to work as Social Director for Norwegian. It was so fabulous and so good for me! I spent two and a half years with them - I wish everyone could do that! It was like looking into a mirror that you had to keep polishing because you get to see how people reflect yourself back to you.

“On the ship, I started doing a little tiny teeny weeny stand up act. I met Ben Vereen on the ship and he gave me his manager’s information in Beverly Hills, CA. I had been to New York, I knew I didn’t want to freeze to death while starving to death so I went to Los Angeles.

But once I got there, the fear kicked in and I was afraid to make contact with Hillard Elkins who was his manager, so I didn’t call. I did, however, take a class and performed in a few places.”

Then Haden met Ed Yelin who had been a Vice President of Artists and Repertoire at Capitol Records. He told her, “You’re not tough enough for stand-up.” Haden says. “He was right!” “But” he said, “you can write!” “Ed,” Haden pauses, “there is no kinder, sweeter, more gentle person in the world! Ed was the kind of person who brought people up to new levels; he opened me up. I took a writing class from Neil Simon’s brother, Danny. I bought a book, How to Write a Screen Play in Twenty-One Days, which I did and sold it at auction! I wrote six or seven more before I had the idea to not write on speculation anymore since they weren’t selling. I decided to learn how to pitch a story, which is an art in and of itself.”

Fast forward through a series of events until Haden came up with a story - one in which, during the Depression, a little white boy is taken in by a black farmer, both are the victims of racism. Haden pitched the story to Lou Gossett, Jr. When Haden went to meet him at his managers house, in a moment of serendipity the home belonged to Hillard Elkins; the manager she had been afraid to call! They loved the story and took it to CBS. CBS made the movie, Haden wrote the script, and High Lonesome (also titled A Father for Charlie

by CBS) starring Lou Gossett, Jr. and Joe Mazzello, was nominated as the best long form screenplay by the Writers Guild.

High Lonesome was Haden’s first produced film. For her, one of the best parts of the process was seeing the art director “make the stuff in my mind

appear real. You see your concept appear in someone else’s reality - what had been in my mind vanished; the fantasy and imagination disappeared and the reality of what was happening on the set took over.”

She further explains that making one of those movies took one hundred people three months, and it felt wonderful to realize that what she had created turned into jobs for all those people.

In addition to writing the screenplays for three movies starring Lou Gossett, Jr., High Lonesome, For Love of Olivia, and To Dance with Olivia, Haden was also the Producer and thus was on the set constantly. “It was very hard work for long hours, it was also a lot of fun, but three was enough!” She recalls that watching the “dailies” which are the unedited footage of the days shooting, was not fun. She explains, “The movie has to be put together before the music is added, watching a movie without music is like ‘dead on arrival.’” Haden also wrote the screenplays for six other movies that were produced, and several that weren’t. At the end of the day, however, when her name came up on the movie screen, she thought, “Wow, never in my wildest dreams...!”

Over the years, Haden’s circle of life has pulsed into ever widening arcs as she has struck out and changed, literally and figuratively, the climate in which she has evolved. Dreams alter, Los Angeles got left behind, and Haden and Ed came East.

“We came here, life was changing, my career was changing and I had time to reexamine what life was all about.”

Somehow in the move, all of Haden’s screenplays were lost except High Lonesome. “My computer died but I had everything backed up on an external device. When we got to Pawley’s Island I bought a new computer but the files wouldn’t transfer. I had hard copies packed in a box, but the box was gone.

My agent had copies but I had fired him, so those copies were gone, the Screen Writers Guild had copies, but they were gone. So much for that idea! I had been going to use those screenplays as a basis for writing books. I did lots of reading about spirituality and metaphysics, Florence Scovell Shinn is one writer I like.

But you can only read so much, then you have to write. The old fears came back.

I wrote a book a couple of years ago that could have been published, but it was just wrong. I read an interview with Nora Roberts where she said what you do has to be fun, but it wasn’t fun for me.”

Threads of serendipity continue to weave through Haden’s life. “I saw the

book The Law and the Promise, written by Neville Goddard on Amazon. Although I didn’t order the book, it came in the mail; I left it on the table to return but then one day I needed something to read so I picked it up. A compilation of experiences of people who applied his premises and got answers to their prayers, it was the culmination of everything I’d been reading and studying.”

Haden decided to write another book - a story about actualization. She had to think about what she really wanted and decided that it was to write a book that would change things for the better. With her tongue-in-cheek humor, she adds “I thought to myself - when this book comes out I’ll have so many friends and get to go to really swell parties!”

Under the pen name E. V. MacQuint, Haden sat down to write The Conjurer on July 3, 2012, and 40,000 words later, was finished on August 12, 2012. Wonderful, enlightening and heartwarming, it is a

story about a boy’s journey through life, overcoming his adversity and finding not only himself, but what he was looking for all along. The book has received rave reviews on Amazon. While still waiting for invitations to all the “swell parties,” Haden has another book, and perhaps a series of them, up her sleeve.

Bright, funny, and brave, Haden Yelin has a laugh that comes straight from her center - straightforward and strong, yet somehow surrounded by an aura that makes you want to hear it go on and on so you can bask in it, roll in it, drink it in, and hear it again and again. It had to be a long journey from lawyer to cruise ship director, to stand-up comic, to screenwriter, to mystical author, but that’s Haden - rational, reasonable, and still - a magical enchantress.

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Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON

THE JOURNEY Jon Sharp came to Beaufort by way of boat, and not intentionally. “I left Hollywood on the first of October, 1991, having turned 50 and realizing that a lot more of my life now lay behind me than loomed ahead, it occurred that it was time to get on with any adventures I had on hold. So I sold the house, sold the art, sold the 1977 Special Bandit Edition Trans Am, and headed out across America in an old pickup along the blue highways.

“I arrived in Beaufort, North Carolina on Halloween and a week later bought a 35 foot wooden sailboat. I re-named her ‘Wolfheart’ after my spirit animal. In February 1992, I set sail out alone into the North Atlantic Ocean, never having sailed before in my life, and right into a mild Nor’easter with 34 - 40 knot winds. It was the third ocean wave where I discovered I was deathly prone to seasickness - who knew? The plan was to sail down the coast to Florida, across the straits to the Bahamas, across the Caribbean to the Canal and into the Pacific. Then onward to the ‘Ring of Fire,’ Indonesia, and somewhere out there, the meaning of life.

“February 18, 1992 - alone in ‘Wolfheart’ in the North Atlantic, suffering from the seasickness, hypothermia, and dehydration. Suddenly to starboard - a water tower! There wasn’t supposed to be a water tower at sea on the way to the Bahamas; got on the radio to check my bearings. Gene Ulmer, the harbormaster at Port Royal Landing Marina answered the call. He had me check my Loran and verified my location as being off Port Royal Sound; gave me a heading of 270 degrees to get inside the Sound. The Coast Guard monitors radio transmissions out of Tybee Island, GA, they came over the radio and said I sounded in distress. They told me to

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drop my anchor and sails, that they would come to get me. I told them I was fine, I would make it in on my own. An argument ensued until I broke off transmission and went ahead until a large wave came up astern, spun ‘Wolfheart’ around, and snapped my rudder. Then, a call back to the Coast Guard humbly asking for assistance. A little red rescue helicopter came over the horizon, took me off the boat and soon dropped me down in the parking lot of a hospital. I read the sign ‘Beaufort Memorial Hospital’ and moaned that I was back where I had started in Beaufort, North Carolina. The rescue swimmer replied, ‘No man, you in Byewfert now.’”

He spent the night in the hospital, and his boat was towed to the Port Royal Landing Marina. In time Jon came to understand that no matter what his intention, he was not going to be able to outsmart fate on this leg of the journey.

Apparently something or someone was here waiting for him.

HIS STORY “I had set off on an adventure, thinking the answers were ‘out there’ somewhere.

As it turned out, I got the answer right here in Beaufort. Despite several years of resistance, it finally came to me: ‘You are exactly where you are supposed to be.’

“Here I was, shipwrecked in Beaufort, living on my boat anchored up in Factory Creek and I had to do something to earn money to get on with my adventure. All I knew was acting and directing, so I started teaching an acting class at USCB. Word got out that a Hollywood type was here; after four months on a sailboat, I had long hair down my back and I must have looked pretty wild and exotic. Suzanne called asking to do a feature story on me for

WJWJ-TV 6:00 news. She interviewed me and then she took my acting class and we became acting partners.”

Tall, lanky and distinguished looking with his mane of leonine hair, Jon is the perfect compliment to Suzanne’s feminine and graceful elegance. “We performed Love Letters at Blackstones Cafe, which at that time was on Bay Street. Then we took Love Letters on the road and toured the provinces,” Jon laughs, “which were Varnville, Hampton and Aiken.”

Jon speaks of Suzanne with a certain awe, “It didn’t take me long to realize that I had finally met the love of my life.”

HOLLYWOOD - ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMERA Jon moved to Hollywood from San Francisco to be the TV News Director for KABC on the 6:00 news. When he heard they were looking for an Associate Director for the popular TV show All in the Family starring Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, Jon says, “I interviewed with the Director, Paul Bogart and they hired me. Imagine, you’ve grown up watching Archie and Edith - now you get to work with them! We were in the production hall on my first day and Jean Stapleton came over and greeted me - ‘Come sit by me and tell me all about yourself!’ she said. She has such a deep mellifluous voice, and then suddenly she was, yelling ‘Archie, Archie!’ with that high tinny inflection. I just loved her!”

Jon was the Associate Director of that show for 24 episodes from 1978-9. As the Associate Director, in 1979 his name is on the Director’s Guild of America Award for All in the Family as best situation comedy. From 1979 - 82, Jon directed three television series starting with Archie Bunker’s Place, in 1981 he directed I’m a

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Big Girl Now, and in 1982, Too Close for Comfort.

During this time, Jon took acting classes because he thought it would help him be a better director. He recalls, “I found acting to be almost unbearably difficult. I heard a wonderful actress once describe it as ‘Standing naked in the light and turning around - very slowly.’ It was so hard; but for me, if it’s difficult - for whatever reason, I just have to do it!”

Consequently, in 1982 Jon started acting and was in several TV series: Dynasty, General Hospital, Hunter, and They Came from Outer Space.

He was in four films, most notably the cult classic Valet Girls in which he plays a lecherous movie producer.

He remembers the premiere of Valet Girls, “It was held in the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, the screen was 40 feet tall and I was listed third in the credits. When the movie started and I saw myself on screen, I slunk out of there because I thought I stunk up the theatre!

It was instant humility; it’s such hard work and you need all the courage you can muster to do it anywhere near well.

“In 1987, I crashed and burned; there is just so much excess in Hollywood. But it was also the greatest experience working with magnificent actors and directors - Paul Bogart, Sherry North, Jerry Stiller and Annie Meara, Mariette Hartley and many others. It was a real good time and I made the most of it and I got out alive. In the 80’s a lot of ‘em didn’t.”

BEAUFORT “I believe everyone is creative and has

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a longing to express it somehow. I’ve been very fortunate in being able to do that. Suzanne and I started a theatre in Port Royal at the Union Church. It was very exciting and rewarding producing and directing plays and helping the brave people in the Low Country express their creativity, but eventually it became a drain both financially and emotionally.”

One day Jon was downtown, noticed the horse carriages, and talked to Peter

White, who owns Southurn Rose Buggy Tours. “We hit it off and I went to work for him. I had Butch, the great Belgian draft horse, and a carriage and gave forty-five minute tours. I’m a history geek - history is what kept me in school. It was like a great adventure novel unfolding day after day.

After a year on the carriage it came to me

that if I walked the same route it would take twice as long and I could tell twice as much history.”

So Jon started his own two mile, two hour Walking History Tour (jonswalkinghistory.com) through the National Historic District of Beaufort.

Impassioned by his love and knowledge of history, Jon points out that South Carolina had more revolutionary battles, lost more men, and sent more money off to the revolutionary cause than any other colony.

Knowing he is fortunate do be doing something he loves, Jon gives thanks to Peter and Rose for giving him his start in his touring career in Beaufort. “I also want to thank Walter Gay, Evelene Stevenson, and Captain Dick. They are all wonderful tour guides who have been kind and more than generous sharing their knowledge of Beaufort’s history.

I owe them a lot and I thank them for their friendship.”

At the end of the day, Jon is not content to rest upon his many laurels; he is, after all, a man driven by a sense of purpose and never ending creativity. His tools are his creativity, his intellect, and his acumen, with perhaps a script or two thrown in for good measure.

On a smallish piece of property, Jon has fashioned intimate pathways and unexpected seating areas next to waterfalls and goldfish filled ponds. The kitchen has cabinets beautifully crafted of Indonesian teak that suggest the interior of a well appointed yacht. The window faces out into a walled garden which creates the atmosphere of being ensconced in the midst of a vast space rather than a suburban neighborhood. It is a magical place, where Jon and Suzanne can live happily ever after.

“I believe everyone is creative and has a longing to express it somehow. I’ve been very fortunate in being able to do that. Suzanne and I started a theatre in Port Royal at the Union Church.”

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...or woman A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

-Honore de Balzac

NEW BEGINNINGS Suzanne Larson found her way to Beaufort pretty much on a whim. She accepted a job at SCETV, packed her bags and headed East from California.

She didn’t know anyone here when she arrived, but aside from the heat and bugs to which she was unaccustomed, she was immediately charmed not only by the town, but the people. “I grew up in the military and lived in many places; this is the first town I’ve ever been where people don’t treat you like a stranger. Also, unlike many other areas, this community is so loyal to the military. I’ve lived in communities that have signs on the lawns that say “Dogs and Military: Keep Off the Grass.”

Tall and willowy with masses of great curly hair, Suzanne soon became a familiar face around town. As her affection for Beaufort grew, so did the town’s infatuation with her. As any good romance story will read, this is where she met the love of her life, Jon Sharp. Seeing them together will make you take a deep breath and sigh because they embody all our dreams of the happy ending.

HER STORY “Jon and I met for the first time in 1993 at USCB’s Performing Arts Center. He was teaching drama there and I wanted to do a story on the ‘shipwrecked Hollywood director’ for statewide airing on SCETV. He was a fascinating interview and I was very drawn to him. He paid no attention to me thereafter so I did ANOTHER story… a longer one and more in-depth! I attended one of his acting classes to get to know him better and he ended up casting me in a play. It was a two person play -- just him and me. My character fell in love with his character and ended up committing

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suicide after drowning her sorrows in alcohol. I did not commit suicide, instead I made myself indispensable to him until he caved in and married me! Men who live on boats normally don’t have cars or good kitchens. Therefore, convenient transportation and a hot meal seem to go a long way towards making a girl essential!

“The first time I set eyes on him was a few months earlier at a pig roast fundraiser on Lady’s Island. I knew right away that he was not from Beaufort as he had a long pony tail and I had not seen a man with a pony tail since I left California seven years earlier. He was dancing with great exuberance and seemed like freedom personified. It was dark out but in my mind’s eye I remember him dancing in bright sunlight. I think it was because he looked so happy and joyful. Everyone said, “Who is that man?” Later, we read about him in the newspaper, but did not realize the wild man we had seen dancing with such abandonment was the California director featured in the article. It is possible he was so joyful because he had survived his ordeal at sea and was grateful to be alive and on the ground.

“He was introduced later at a board meeting of Beaufort Little Theatre. I was on the board at the time and put it together. I called him a few days later to ask for an on-camera interview.”

BACKGROUND “In 1976 I moved to Southern California because I wanted to finish college. I started my college career in Gulfport, MS at a girl’s college where their concern was instilling good manners and Southern traditions in young women. I lasted a year there; I saw myself as a coffee shop poet so etiquette was not my primary concern. After that first year, I had no ambition, I didn’t know what to do with myself, consequently I got

married, got divorced, and found myself a single mom in Virginia Beach. I was in a resort town where I had no marketable skills, so I went back to college at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. It was 20 miles away and I didn’t have a car, so I got a job driving a school bus so I could get to classes. In addition to having transportation, they paid me $125 a month and gave me a free turkey at Christmas!”

But there were no grants or other programs and even though Suzanne also had a job at a health food store, it was tough making ends meet. She recounts, “I bought a Chevy Vega, packed up my son and the dog, and went to California where they had a free college system and Pell grants for expenses. I got my degree in News Editorial Journalism, with a minor in Genocide, from Humbolt State University in Northern California” Although her degree was in print, in 1982 she ended up in television newscasting at KVIQ in Eureka, CA. “Writing for television was very different than print writing; first of all, television was very competitive. We did our own news gathering and there is quite an art to news gathering. I was making $700 a month, raising a child and I had to have a wardrobe and makeup in addition to other expenses. I was scratching out a living there, I was still just a girl trying to make a living in a world I didn’t vibrate well in - I was still a coffee shop poet at heart.”

BEAUFORT - ON AND OFF CAMERA “Then, one day I found out through PBS that there was an opening in Beaufort for someone to develop a news cast here.

I sent my resume, got the job, and only later found out that I was the only one who applied! So I came in the Spring of 1986, sight unseen, and went to work for SCETV. I was a one person band in pumps and

pantyhose. I carried camera equipment and a twenty pound deck while gathering news. We did 30 minutes of news with no commercials with only four reporters.

When the news was gathered, I had to get dressed up, fix my makeup and hair, get on camera and look good. Although I started out as the new girl in town, after 18 years on ETV, I became Executive Producer of the news.”

One of Suzanne’s original goals was work for public television and make documentaries, which she finally got the opportunity to realize. One is a thirty minute history of the Hunting Island lighthouse, A Light on Treacherous Waters. The piece earned a national award, the Cine Golden Eagle, in 1993. She later wrote and directed a play called Keeper of the Light, which is also set on Hunting Island. It is a fictional account of a fictional light keeper at Hunting Island. “When I started doing theatre, Friends of Hunting Island asked me to turn the documentary into a play which was produced at USCB in 2009. It was a wonderful production with a great cast: children, dogs, chickens, a goat, a duck, and a big plastic alligator!”

Another documentary was about hurricane preparedness which was effective in raising awareness about hurricanes and how to prepare for them.

Suzanne retired in April of 2012 as the Public Information Officer for Beaufort County. These days she works part-time as a reporter for a government news service in addition to her myriad of other talents and activities. She spearheads many fund raising events: last year she promoted the Lieutenant Dan Band’s visit to Beaufort, she works with Aunt Pearlie Sue, and she’s a familiar face at the Beaufort Film Society. “Way back in the beginning I was on the film commission with Ron Tucker but I had to

beg off because of work. He asked me to be a judge and gave me a pile of DVD’s, so I helped judge the submissions; it’s such a fun and worthwhile organization.”

When Suzanne retired she had more time, then Ron came up with the idea to have Suzanne dress people in vintage clothing as actors and have them cavort around the Film Festival events. “The first year I was Mommy Dearest.” Suzanne laughs at the

memory, “Who was she, Joan Crawford? I put on dark eyebrows and ran around with a coat hanger threatening people. It was great fun! I don’t think I looked a thing like her, but people were drinking.” This year

I’m looking forward to dressing as Shirley MacLaine in ‘Downton Abbey,’ I love that show!”

Suzanne has two children, daughter Shawn Sproatt who also lives in Beaufort, is an actress and has had five fantasy fiction books digitally published. Son, Larry Hansen has three children and lives in Appleton, WI; Suzanne says, “He’s a wonderful family man and a dear soul, I miss him so much.”

When not working, volunteering, or involved in her other activities, Suzanne likes to watch movies and read, “I have to have a book, I favor historical fiction because I like to be transported to that time and place.”

Rolling her eyes and laughing, she says with her unfailing good humor, “And, I play a really horrible violin; I like to play with women because I find male musicians a little intimidating.”

Having honed her craft at the hands of husband Jon, Suzanne is still acting Be sure to catch her next performance, with her daughter and several other wonderful women, at USCB: Love, Loss, and What I Wore by the late Nora Ephron, March 7 - 9.

August and expressive, Suzanne has a sparkle in her eyes that thinly veils her inherent sense of mischief. Perhaps hearkening back to the days when she and Jon performed Love Letters in Port Royal, she has been known on special occasions, and for favorite fund raisers, to compose custom love poems or letters to be delivered to the senders object of affection. Suzanne still is a romantic coffee shop poet at heart.

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It’s here again. The 7th annual Beaufort International Film Festival is back and expecting a record turnout. There were nearly 200 entries in the festival this year of which 34 independent films and 10 screen plays have been chosen.

Ron Tucker, President of the Beaufort Film Society, said more than 7,000 people participated in last year’s festival and he expects an even greater turnout this year. “We will present more than thirty screenings to include shorts, documentaries, animated films and student productions and we look forward to hosting some exciting special guests and celebrities again this year. This may be our best festival yet.”

This year’s festivities kick off on Wednesday, February 13 , at the Opening Night Reception. This is the first year this has been open to the public as a ticketed event. The Reception will be held at Old Bay Marketplace.

Vice President of Beaufort Film Society, Rebecca Tucker, stated, “We are so blessed that this community has continued to embrace the festival each year. This year we have had over 100 volunteers helping us in many different capacities. We are so thankful for their tireless efforts.”

Mike Tollin, Director of the film, Radio, which was shot in the Lowcountry in 2003, will accept the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. The real life “Radio,” James Robert Kennedy (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.), and Coach Harold Jones (played by Ed Harris), will also attend the festival. Tucker said an effort is underway to locate local people who worked on the set of the film as extras or technicians and invite them to the screening. Tollin said he is excited about seeing them again. There will be a special reunion screening of the film at 7:30 pm on Feb 15 at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, Center for the Arts.

Chris Brinker, producer and director of the soon-to-bereleased motion picture, Whisky Bay, will conduct a Q and A on the making of the film along with the film’s star, Tom Berenger at 4:15 pm on Feb 15. Brinker will be presented the festival’s inaugural Robert Smalls Indie Vision Award.

The Awards Ceremony is Saturday, February 16 at USCB. Cocktail hour begins a 7 pm and the Ceremony follows at 8 pm.

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The Illusionists

J i m Pa s s a n a n t e & S u s a n n a G l at t Ly Story by CINDY REID Photography by JOHN WOLLWERTH

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id you see Big Fish? Shallow Hal? Cold Mountain?

The Game Plan? Last Holiday? The Conspirator?

The Change Up? American Reunion? The Odd Life of Timothy Green? Parental Guidance?

How about the Lucky One? I am Number Four? The New Daughter? Righteous Kill? Syriana? Wedding Crashers?

Ladder 49? Head of State? Runaway Bride?

If you have seen even one of these movies then you have seen either Jim Passanante or Susanna Glattly’s work. Chances are you didn’t even know what you were seeing was an illusion, meticulously created by the behind the scenes studio mechanics who construct the visual elements we usually take for granted in the make believe world of film. The kitchen the actors are in probably isn’t a “real” kitchen, and the street they are strolling down probably can’t be found on any map, but it is crucial that the audience simply assumes that the actors are in real rooms, real places. For the audience to suspend belief and buy into the fact that a set is actually a vibrant city street or that a house has been lived in for fifty years, this very particular craftsmanship has to be superb.

Jim and Susanna are the people who create these illusions.

Jim is the Construction Coordinator for many movies and is a Scenic Artist on others. As well as being a Scenic Artist, Susanna works as a ‘standby’ or ‘camera scenic’ where as she explains, “I work with the shooting crew to address any paint related issues that arise during the actual filming –from dealing with reflections and glare for the camera department to fixing breakaway walls and other on set touch-ups to devising last minute signage and assisting the props and wardrobe departments. “ Between the two of them they have worked on over 150 movies.

BREAKING IN Like in an old Hollywood script, Jim was born into the business. His father, Joseph Passanante, worked at Universal Studios for thirty-five years, running the Staff Shop, which created all the sculptural and plaster elements needed for the films. Jim started at Universal as a high school junior in 1973 and stayed there for fourteen years. He says, “ In the heyday

of the ‘big studio’ days, Universal Studios ran like a 24 hour factory-I worked on pretty much everything that came throughIronsides, BJ & the Bear, Air Wolf and Knight Rider. I painted ‘Kit’ the Nightrider Car more times than I can count-several times a week during filming. We had seven or eight ‘Kits’- one was actually a dune buggy with a dashboard. The cars would get banged up every take, and we would have to make them look new again. When the major studio system broke up in the mideighties, Jim left Universal and began working on independent films.

Susanna came to film work less directly. She says, “I grew up on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. My parents are artists, and always encouraged me to pursue a creative path. While I loved to draw, paint and write, in all my 16 year-old wisdom I felt I should do something more ‘substantial’ or ‘academic.’ I went to the University of Virginia with the idea I should study Economics or Physics, both short lived choices! I graduated as a literature major, and spent a good bit of my early twenties roaming around the world with a backpack. I worked as a newspaper reporter, I waited tables, worked in a natural foods store. In the late eighties and early nineties I found myself doing murals and decorative finishes, and props and sets for TV commercials, which was a natural segue into what I do now.”

They met on the set of Ladder 49, and have been married for three years. Susanna says, “We actually met a long time ago and were friends for years before we dated.” They are able to work together about half the time, and the rest of the time they are on separate jobs, usually a plane ride away from each other.

HOW IT WORKS Susanna says, “We work for the Production Designer, who is responsible for the entire look of the movie. The Designer collaborates with the Director and the Director of Photography on a ‘vision’ for the project and then translates that vision into reality with the help of a large crew of art directors, draftsmen, prop makers, scenics, plasterers and set dressers.” As Construction Coordinator , it is Jim’s job to turn the blueprints from the Art Department into a workable series of sets.

Jim explains the process “It’s called a script breakdown. I go through the script, detailing all the sets, and I put a price on each of them. When it is all added up, the Art Director and I look

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at the final number and start making changes if we need to cut costs. For example, if the scene is two people talking on a couch, we can adjust the set from a full room of four walls to only the two walls seen in the shot.”

Susanna, “We get very detailed blueprints, in fact, sometimes it seems like the details go way beyond anything you would ever notice on film. For instance, often we will plaster walls, even if we are going to cover them with wallpaper, so the “character,” the lumps and bumps, will read. We do a technique we call ‘roping’ on woodwork, to make it look like it has multiple layers of old enamel paint. We glaze the walls and the woodwork so they have a patina. Often we have to reproduce historical wallpapers or tiles or architectural elements that are impossible to find. For the Odd Life of Timothy Green I had to exactly match the Victorian tile, down to the tiny porcelain crackle.”

Jim, “As the Construction Coordinator, I am responsible for everything that gets built-we often spend a million dollars in a month and a half, so I have a bookkeeper tracking of all the daily expenses. We usually start our day very early and it is always at least a 12 hour day. It’s not unusual for my phone to ring 100 times during that day. And I am on call as long as the camera is rolling, day or night.”

ENTER BEAUFORT Jim first came to Beaufort in 1993 to work on Forrest Gump.

(His Brother Jeff was the Construction Coordinator) He says, “They needed a painter so I threw my equipment in the car and drove down.” Years later, he and Susanna were driving around looking at the old locations used in Forrest Gump and saw a house that was originally built as a fishing lodge in the early 20th century. It was on a beautiful piece of property but was in rough shape. They were able to buy it and have called it home since 2008. Using many discarded set materials, they have applied their talents and created a truly unique home.

Off to the corner of the drive is the 400 pound tombstone that bears Jim’s name. He explains, “When you sign your ‘deal memo’ or your working contract, you allow your name to be used in the production. Since any name used on a film needs to be researched and ‘cleared,’ this gives the company a pool of cleared names. So my name has been used on several sets, including the Blood Done Sign My Name, which is where the tombstone came from. It was cheaper to buy a mistake from a memorial company than to build and paint one-so this one has my name on one side, but it says ‘MOTHER’ on the top. Susanna adds, ”If you watched Big Fish, you may have noticed ‘Passanante Grocery’ in the town, and my name has been used on the door of a police detective on The Wire.”

They also have another home in New Orleans because they love the city and spend a lot of time there, as it has become “Hollywood South.” Jim says, “Atlanta and Louisiana are the where a lot of movies are being made – because of all the tax incentives enacted to lure producers to those states. Today ,the business is not just in Hollywood anymore.”

CELLULOID MEMORIES Jim, “I have five grown children, ages 21 to 34 and I was gone 12 to 14 hours a day, for months at a time. I missed a lot. But one time I took the kids out of school and we all went to Budapest for six months while I was working on the movie Hudson Hawk. We were there only six months after the iron curtain had fallen. You

could see the bullet holes in walls of the buildings. But you know what? The kids are still talking about that trip! And now I have grandchildren, which is great.”

Favorite movie memory? Jim immediately replies, “Back to the Future. I was a standby painter and I had a great time on that set. And I still have one of the original license plates from the set in my toolbox.” Susanna smiles and says, “It isn’t always the big movies that are the fun ones to make. One of my favorite jobs was the smallest-the set of Cecil B. Demented for John Waters.

We had so much fun because we were given so much artistic freedom, we were forced to be really inventive -and I loved working on The Wire because the crew was close and it felt like a family. ” OFF THE SET Do the movie makers watch movies when they are off? Jim says, “I have been working for the last two and half years straight so I don’t have time to watch movies! When I am off I have so much I want to do. I just bought a 36 foot boat that I am working on, and we are always working on the house here and in New Orleans.”

Susanna agrees, “I love to see movies in the theatre rather than on television. I rarely see the movies we worked on immediately after they come out because often I am on another project. I did want to see the Odd Life of Timothy Green because I wanted to see how all the fine detail work we did translated on the screen –with hi- definition small things are starting to matter more. When I am not working on a film I feel like I am always trying to play catch-up. I started painting in watercolor a few years ago. I would like to keep up with that. And I still love to write.” Jim adds, “She won’t tell you herself but twice she has been one of the winners of the Spoleto festival /Piccolo Fiction Open short story competition for her short stories”.

Jim and Susanna are warm and unpretentious people who spend their working life with some of the most recognizable names in Hollywood. They truly are the “unhollywood” movie professionals! After graciously giving up a rare afternoon off for this interview and photo shoot, they take what daylight is left and head in opposite directions, Susanna for a run and Jim to work on his boat. Lowcountry folks, enjoying a beautiful afternoon.

That’s a wrap!

“Scenic Artists need excellent, comprehensive artistic and scenic skills. They should have a good knowledge of basic scenic painting techniques, layout and paint application skills, and color mixing. Scenic Artists’ abilities should include the traditional fine arts skills of sketching, rendering, and painting. They must also be well versed in techniques such as marbling, ragging, and wood graining and texturing, and should have a good understanding of art history, period styles, motifs and architecture. They must be able to interpret Designers’ small-scale ideas, and develop them into full-scale reproductions, perhaps even improving on the design during the process. They must be able to handle scenic painting materials safely. They should be able to work independently, but also as part of a team, and to deadlines.” http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/jobs/construction Beaufort Lifestyle | February/March 2013 31

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Festival Series February 10, 2013 USCB Festival Series Chamber Music Concert Sunday, February 10, 2013 5 pm at USCB Center for the Arts, Carteret Street, Beaufort

March 17, 2013 USCB Festival Series Chamber Music Concert Sunday, March 17, 2013 5 pm at USCB Center for the Arts, Carteret Street, Beaufort

Enjoy the music of Stravinsky, P채rt, Haydn, and Schubert performed by pianist Jeremy Denk, violinist Stefan Jackiw, and cellist/host Edward Arron. Ticket prices start at $40. For advance tickets, call 843-208-8246.

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Come for an evening of Yi, Tchaikovsky and Mozart performed by Jennifer Frautschi, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Hung Chen, Max Mandel, Peter Stumpf and Edward Arron. Ticket prices start at $40. For advance tickets, call 843-208-8246. Tickets also available at the door. http://www.uscb.edu/festivalseries

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Storytellers & Story-listeners Unite!

The BIG Story Fest honors the deeply fun tradition of storytelling and storylistening with performances, family activities, workshops, and diverse voices.

...And the headliners are: Bil Lepp from West Virginia

The internationally-known storyteller and humorist is described as satisfying blend of Bill Cosby Jeff Foxworthy. His outrageous tall-tales and witty stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages. He is the author “Muddling Through: Perspectives on Parenting,” has been featured at venues across the nation, including Comedy Central, and is a recpient of the Storytelling Circle of Excellence Award.

Doug Elliott from North Carolina

Whether he’s pontificating on possums, pondering the “nature” in human nature, telling wild snake tales or wailing out a jivey harmonica tune, Doug Elliott will take you on an unforgettable, multifaceted cultural tour of America’s back country. A naturalist and herbalist Doug flavors his stories with regional dialects, natural history fact stranger than fiction, and belly laughs.

Elliott has written five books, produced a number of award winning recordings, and occasionally appears on PBS-TV and the History Channel.

Natalie Daise from South Carolina Judy Sima from Michigan Beaufort’s hometown favorite and a national star too, Judy Sima is a treasure chest full of the world’s favorite tales.

She gives audiences the witches, the princesses, the lions, and the magic beans they want to hear. Her warm, engaging performances combine folk, traditional and modern tales, with humor, song and loads of audience participation. Wellknown for her highly interactive and practical workshops, Judy has been featured at educational, library, and storytelling conferences across the nation.

as seen on Gullah Gullah Island, Natalie Daise has the artist’s touch when it comes to telling her original and classic stories. She paints your imagination with the volume of her voice, the depths of her beliefs, and a talent for expression that exceeds her smiles.

These four tale-spinners will be joined by tellers of all ages, styles and genres, as well as performing visual artists and a show of Modern quilts in ARTworks’ gallery. The festival is a project of ARTworks, the arts council of Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands, where the stage is surrounded by artists working in their studios, galleries, workshops, and Beaufort Town Center, a leisure and shopping area with plenty of free parking and a shady marshfront for strolling.

You too can tell your tale-- on stage!

The Liars Competition @ the BIG Story Fest is an esteemed gathering of those who shoot the breeze with the greatest of ease. Competitions are Sundays, February 17, March 10, March 24, and April 11-14. Open to all styles, ages, residences. One additional round will occur during the festival, so visitors should join in then, and the finale is April 14, when Bil Lepp, 5-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest, will serve as one of the judges and MC. Prizes will be announced!

“Building on our Past, Creating Our Future”

Beaufortonians are encouraged to tell their stories too, and not just four days a year at the BIG Story Fest. ARTworks is cultivating storytelling troupes based in schools, libraries and community venues.

“Storytelling is an art form, an educational tool, the most powerful tool for effective communication,” explains JW Rone, the executive director of ARTworks. “It’s a form of entertainment, a way to share history and culture. We are all storytellers.”

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Auditions for “Little Mermaid, Jr.” Beaufort Children’s Theatre invites aspiring actors from the ages of 6 – 18 to audition for Disney’s Little Mermaid, JR. on Tuesday, February 5 and Wednesday, February 6 from 5 -8 PM . The Little Mermaid, Jr will be performed in early May 2013.

• Time and date of event: Tuesday, Feb. 5: 5:15 – 6:30 PM Ages 6-9; 6:30 – 8:00 PM Ages 10-12 , Wednesday, February 6: 5:15 – 6:30 PM Ages 13-18; Call Backs 6:30 – 8:00 PM Encore of Rigoletto Met Live in HD Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke, Željko Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.

• Time and date of event 12:55 PM, Wednesday, February 20 • Price of event: $ Adults $20, Olli Members $16 Love Letters, A Valentine Treat Boy meets girl. Girl writes to boy. Girl and boy correspond throughout their lives. That more or less sums up “Love Letters,” a two-person play by A.R. Gurney about two people who grow up in tune with each other’s written words.Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (“Andy”) and Melissa Gardner first write to one another when Melissa asks Andy to her birthday party.

Their writings continue, growing longer and more familiar as they seek friendship in their respective boarding schools.

They sympathize (and amiably bicker) throughout marriages, children, divorces, love affairs, and careers that take them down (and up) different paths.

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Time and date of event: 6:00 Reception 6:30 Performance Tuesday, February 12 • Price of event: Adults $15

Moon River- A Musical Tribute to the Music and Life of Johnny Mercer Time and date of event: 7:30 PM, March 1 Short Description A musical tribute to the life and music of Johnny Mercer, performed by the Savannah Jazz Orchestra accompanied by four jazz vocalists.

• Price of event: Special reserved seating $20, General Admission $15 Students $10

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Wagner’s Parsifal The Met: Live in HD Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom in François Girard’s new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

• Time and date of event: March 2 @ 12:00pm • Price of event: Adults $20, Olli Members $16 Love, Loss and What I Wore – Off Broadway Play Directed by Gail Westerfeild Written by Nora and Delia Ephron and based on the book

by Ilene Beckerman, the show is a scrapbook of stories about unfortunate prom dresses, the traumatic lighting in fitting rooms, high heels, short skirts and the existential state of having nothing to wear. Accessorizing these tales — which are mostly comic but often sad or sentimental too — are the mothers who disapprove, the men who disappear, the sisters who’ve got your back.

• Time and date of event: March 7 & 8 @ 7:30pm, March 9 @ 3:00pm • Price of event: Special reserved seating $20, General Admission $15 Students $10. $1 from each ticket sold will go to support the services of CODA. Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini - The Met: Live in HD Zandonai’s compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986.

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From Publisher Julie Hales Photos by Susan DeLoach Being a publisher of several community magazines, I sometimes am awarded opportunities I would not otherwise have. I have been able to spend a day on a shrimp boat from dawn til dusk, I have got to fly in a Life Star helicopter, I have met famous actors, musicians and athletes.

Those are to name only a few. But I recently had an experience I wish all of Beaufort had seen.

I had an opportunity to be in the audience of A Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish: Freedom Coming. Not only was I in the audience, I had the honor of being allowed back stage to spend time with Aunt Pearlie Sue and meet her cast.

I was in total amazement from the moment I walked in the door. Anita Prather, (aka Aunt Pearlie Sue), took me by the hand and lead me on the beginning journey of an awesome evening. She treated me as if I were one of her own.

From the moment Aunt Pearlie Sue walked on stage, I was in total awe of her talent and her ability to capture the audience seemed effortless. Each and every cast member showed astounding flair. The show was absolutely phenomenal.

The following is an article submitted to Beaufort Lifestyle. It sums up the evening in beautiful style. Thanks Suzanne….I could not have said it better myself!

A Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish was presented December 7, 2012 at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. This report describes the evening. It is not a review, but an observation by an audience member and theatre lover.

-- Suzanne Larson Ten minutes before the performance of A Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish at the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Performing Arts Center on December 7, the stage was dark, the curtain was closed and the house lights were half-way up.

Anticipation was visible on the faces of audience members as they waited for the show to begin. They appeared pleasantly sedated due to the warmth in their stuffed bellies. They had just been served some of the best Gullah food in the south: gumbo with fat, local shrimp and fresh okra, tender chicken that had been fried crispy and moist, heavenly buttermilk cornbread and a selection

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of fresh vegetables and desserts baked by people who know how to scratch together a pie crust and roll it out by hand.

The audience seemed reassured by the quality of the food, as if they knew the show they were about to see would meet the same standards as the meal they’d just enjoyed. Peaceful expectation lingered in the air, mixing with the lingering scent of gourmet Gullah cooking that slinked into the auditorium from the dining area.

Backstage, Anita Singleton Prather, (a.k.a. Aunt Pearlie Sue) gathered her group of more than twenty singers, musicians and stage hands in a circle. Hands clasped, the group waited while Prather took a deep breath and then began to pray. An ordained minister, she asked God for His blessing and for the privilege of honoring Him with the evening’s performance.

Responses of “Thank you, Lord” and “Thank you, Jesus” came from cast members. Deeply moved, a tear ran down the cheek of a stage hand. “Amen,” Prather concluded. Prayer took effect. Butterflies were banished and the deep faith of a people known for strong spiritual traditions took its place.

Aunt Pearlie Sue and The Gullah Kinfolk were ready to face a packed house and perform Prather’s original musical, A Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish. It was show time!

Aunt Pearlie Sue walked on stage in front of the drawn curtain and planted her hand-carved wooden walking stick firmly between her feet, made eye contact and smiled.

A Gullah Christmas

The expectant faces in the crowd smiled back. They were immediately captivated. One look at the short, but abundant, black woman dressed in colorful 19th century garb, and they knew they were in the presence of an artist who was accessible to all people - one who had the ability to make them feel deeply without being threatened. She welcomed them in an articulate, rhythmic, poetic Gullah dialect. Her voice projected a love and warmth that reached everyone in the room whether they were conscious of it or not.

When Aunt Pearlie Sue began to sing, she was joined by her singers behind the curtain. The voices of the “Kinfolk” were soft at first and rose gently as the curtain opened to an inspired “Hallelujah Da’ Savior Be Born” accompanied by the skillful keyboard of Kenny Varner with Tre’Quan Riley on the African drums. The voices of professional singers Scott Gibbs, Connie Singleton Murphy, Raul Bradley, Darryl Murphy, Wesley Murphy, Lydasia Prather, Sedeek Prather, Caleb Singleton, Jakai Prather-Alston, Jeremy PratherAlston, Jada Sheperd, Faith Brown, Priscilla Williams, Lisa Williams, Gloria Jackson, Queen Rivers, Clayso Wrice, Monica Jones, Joan Marie Linyard, Leontae’ Linyard, Larry Singleton and Jacqueline Richardson filled the house.

These performers vary widely in age, but all have years of study and experience before an audience both on stage

and in local churches. Patrons responded as if a chorus of angels had appeared before them. They stood at their seats, clapping their hands, swaying and humming along.

Two white actors, Ethard Van Stee and Julia Trask, played the slave auctioneer and the spoiled slave master’s daughter. Both were so skilled in their craft and enjoyed their parts so much they managed to make their villainous roles entertaining.

Exhilaration climbed as children and adults were brought up from the audience to participate in the unfolding drama on stage. They took part in secret classrooms hidden from “the master.”

They were shackled in chains. They were sold at auction. They “jumped the broom.” It was clear that some people were more comfortable than others at being part of the show. But it was fun for everyone - with much laughter, dancing, handclapping and joyful expressions as black, white, Hispanic, young, old, beautiful and not joined Aunt Pearlie and her wonderful performers as they told their story. There wasn’t a bred face in the theater. There is no yawning when the Gullah Kinfolk are on stage.

That same day, the troupe had performed three shows to school children beginning at 8 in the morning. But, enthusiasm for their art, their commitment to Aunt Pearlie, a desire to share their ancestral heritage and divine Beaufort Lifestyle | February/March 2013

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inspiration had given them the vitality required for an unforgettable evening show.

At the end of the night, audience members offered up thunderous applause and left the theater as if both physically and emotionally satiated. It is suspected that Aunt Pearlie Sue and her Gullah Kinfolk connected them to a power outside of themselves for a couple of hours.

That is what good theatre is supposed to do. Patrons were transported to the land of art and Gullah where differences among people are insignificant and all are one happy, human family. It was an evening of great food with a great show; all for the preservation of the Gullah culture and â&#x20AC;&#x201C; according to Anita Prather - to the glory of God.

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troll down Bay Street in downtown Beaufort and you’ll see happy people eating and drinking behind full length glass front windows in a charming wood paneled room. Open the door to LUTHER’s RARE & WELL DONE and wander down the hallway. You will be pleasantly surprised by the large open bar area, and past that, the generous porch and outside seating that takes full advantage of the stunning Beaufort River view.

Look around and you see folks from five to eighty five years old digging into their fresh homemade entrees. Most evenings you will find live entertainment tucked into the corner, playing their hearts out for the appreciative crowd of locals and visitors.

So pull up a seat, order a refreshing drink and get yourself something to eat because you are at Luther’s and there is no need to go anywhere else.

Owned by the Stavac family since 2005, Luther’s has been compared to the famous television bar Cheers by almost everyone who has ever been there, and for good reason. It’s friendly, homey, fun and go there a few times and they really will know

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your name! At any given time, owners Ron, Beverly and their son Michael (aka Stretch) are on site, taking care of business and their customers. When asked what makes Luther’s so well liked, Beverly says “I think it is the comfortable and relaxing atmosphere we have here. And, it is our staff, many which are ‘originals’, people who have been with us for the last eight years. Then again it could be our famous burgers - we have been voted the best burger in Beaufort for the last five years straight!”

And rightfully so- one bite and you’ll see why. Try the “Burger Club,” a triple decker cheddar burger topped with bacon, lettuce and tomato. Or the “Brewsky’s Burger,” grilled with their unique Char Crust Garlic Peppercorn and topped with crumbled bleu cheese, bacon and grilled onions. The delicious “Classic” and lowcountry favorite “Shrimp Burger” are also available and every burger is served with a choice of sour cream and chives fries, potato salad or coleslaw and breaded fried pickle. Oh my.

But Luther’s is more than fabulous burgers,as Beverly says “Our pizza rocks!”

Each is a personal size and you can choose

between the vegetarian, the big beef, the pepperoni and the cheese. Made with a traditional thin crust with a special marinara sauce, Luther’s pizza is hand tossed and baked in a brick stone oven.

But many customers pass right by the burgers and pizza because they are there for the mouth watering steak , ribs and pork chops. The rib eye and sirloin steaks are grilled with your choice of savory rubs, original hickory or roasted garlic peppercorn, which lock in the juices and add flavor. They are served with a house salad, potatoes and vegetables of the day.

Looking for lighter fare? There is a tempting array of salads, the spinach salad being a customer favorite. Grilled shrimp, chicken or steak can be added. Topped with your choice of dressing, they go great with a tall glass of sweet tea and the sparkling river view on a sunny day.

Luther’s is more than a happy place that serves super food, the Stavac family also strongly believes in supporting the community. They recently sent two truckloads of clothes and needed supplies up to the people affected by Hurricane Sandy. And on every USMC Graduation

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Sports fans love watching their team on one of the many televisions in the bar area. As we go into basketball’s March Madness, you will be sure to see your game on, and what better place to root for your team? Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday they feature live local entertainment, for which there is never a cover charge. And on March 17th, you will be sure to find the St. Patrick’s Day party at Luther’s complete with drink specials and free giveaways.

Luther’s has a great back story, as printed on their menu: “Doc Luther bought the pharmacy in 1906 for $4000

and sold it to his nephew, Dr. Jules Long in 1941. The building remained an active pharmacy and general merchandise store until the 1980’s. Luther’s Rare & Well Done was established in 2001, sold to the Stavac family in 2005 and re-established.

“In fact photos of the original pharmacy and historic Beaufort are on display throughout the establishment, adding the cozy charm of the exposed brick walls and well worn wooden bar.

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Beaufort Memorial Hospital opens new

Pratt Emergency Center Story By Marie McAden

Just weeks after it opened to the public, Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s new Pratt Emergency Center is delivering on its promise to expedite care and improve service.

Early results indicate a 30-minute decrease in the time it takes to treat and release patients. Wait times for care also have dropped dramatically.

“The volume hasn’t changed, but there’s been a big decrease in the overall turnaround time,” said Emergency Department Director Kevin Kremer. “As a result, a lot fewer patients are having to wait in the lobby.”

The $14.5-million facility is 20,500 square feet—double the size of the former ER. The additional space has increased emergency room capacity from 24 to 45 patients.

The lobby and reception areas also have been greatly improved with seating for 45 visitors and a patio featuring a covered seating area, rocking chairs and ceiling fans. In the future, automated check-in kiosks will be installed that will allow patients to register by simply swiping their driver license or

ID. Along with 26 private treatment rooms, the new ER features a special waiting area for up to nine patients with minor ailments and injuries. Another five individual waiting areas are available for patients needing more privacy.

“We can now move patients into a comfortable chair to wait for test results or discharge orders,” Kremer said. “That frees up space for the next sick patient who needs a bed.”

The private treatment rooms were designed with the healing arts in mind and feature dimming LED lighting to create a soothing environment, calming paint colors and linen closets that can be loaded from outside the room to reduce disturbances to the patients.

Workstations for nurses and physicians are centrally located with open views of patient rooms for visual monitoring and quick access. As many as 14 clinicians can work from the post at any one time.

“The staff loves it,” Kremer said. “It truly works wonderfully.”

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two triage rooms to streamline patient assessments and two trauma rooms able to accommodate up to four patients. A family consultation room has been provided to allow nurses to meet with patients to discuss sensitive information and go over referral and homecare instructions.

The Pratt Emergency Center also includes several decontamination areas— outdoor space for patients exposed to non-toxic materials, an enclosed room for patients exposed to toxins, three detox rooms and two isolation rooms for patients with communicable diseases like tuberculosis, chicken pox or measles.

Major upgrades also were made to the hospital’s infrastructure, including increasing the capacity of the cooling system, vital to the operation of the sophisticated medical equipment and technology being used in today’s ER. Three new 800-kilowat generators with 96 hours of fuel ensure the hospital can continue to operate in the event of a power outage.

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