Beaufort Lifestyle May 2010

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

The Art of Fly Fishing

-Tuck Scott

Fly Fishing Guide

Also Inside: Low Country Weddings

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APRIL/MAY 2010

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Live.Work.Shop.Play.                                                                                                                                                                                                  •            •               •         •                            •             •          •                                  

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CONTENTS April/May 2010

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departments 05 PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS 07 EDITOR’S LETTER 13 CALENDAR 26 NEWS & SNIPITS 44 DINING GUIDE 47 LOW COUNTRY WEDDINGS

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-Photo BY JOHN WOLLWERTH.

08 LOW COUNTRY FLY FISHIN’

Everything you need to know about the latest fishing craze to hit the Lowcountry waters.

14 MEET AUNT PEARLIE SUE

She grew up here, and so did her ancestors. Anita Prather shares a character she has created to inspire.

32 A SWEET 30 YEARS

Pat Green has run a successful business in Beaufort since 1980.

JUNE/JULY ISSUE - Summer is just around the corner.

04 April/May 2010 | Beaufort Lifestyle

PUBLISHER’S Thoughts

On the Cover

Beaufort’s Tuck Scott shares with us his passion and the art of fly fishing in the Lowcountry and abroad.

Cover Photo by PAUL NURNBERG

Julie Hales, Publisher

Is Change A Dir ty Word?

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ne thing is for sure….there is never a dull moment in the publishing business! Just when you think your day is going to start out slow and calm, something is bound to happen to change it all around!

Change! Some people think this is a dirty word! Well, it has never been even close to that in my world. Change is a good thing.

None of us would be where we are right this moment without change.

In the world of publishing, we see change constantly. We experience change constantly. And, we get to pass that on to you!

With this being our fourth issue of Beaufort Lifestyle, we have experienced many changes. We are constantly striving to make each and every issue of Beaufort Lifestyle special and unique.

In this issue, you will see some new, creative design work by our fabulous editor, Todd Wood. Todd has been a valuable asset to my team for almost three years.

He is forever challenging himself to make each issue more visually appealing than the last.

You will also see our very first wedding section…Low Country Weddings. This section will be a standard feature in each of our magazines. This will allow the area’s finest wedding professionals to showcase their work to all those who choose the Low Country for their special day!

We have many more changes coming your way! You will see other new sections and pages being added to Beaufort Lifestyle along the way!

And, our biggest surprise…..check out our new website….www.beaufortlifestyle. com! It is a brand new site…just up and running…and will have new additions and changes coming up almost daily!

Now do you see my point? Change is a good thing. Enjoy this issue of Beaufort Lifestyle. Keep your eyes wide open. You don’t want to miss the changes we have in store for you!

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contributors Bruce Doneff writer

Bruce Doneff first came to the Beaufort area in 1982 for Peace Corps training at Penn Center, in preparation for an assignment in West Africa. Over the course of a series of jobs in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan and in Edgewater, New Jersey, he made numerous visits back to the Low Country-finally settling here for good in 2006. Doneff runs a Public Relations consultancy with clients in California, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.

Mary Ellen Thompson writer

Having grown up on the Main Line of Philadelphia and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Mary Ellen now lives on Saint Helena Island with her Great Dane, Duke.

She has a son and a daughter who live in Colorado and New York City. With a degree in business, she has owned several companies including Calypso Car Wash and Oil Change in Naples, Florida and a firm which specialized in French wall upholstery in Philadelphia. She spent several years on a barge cruising the canals of Europe. Her passions include traveling, photography, entertaining and being anywhere on the water.

Susan Deloach

photographer 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.

John Wollwerth photographer

John Wollwerth is a photographer raised in New York, now living in Beaufort. He specializes in wedding, advertising and architectural photography. John is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. His work has appeared in such magazines as Coastal Living, South Carolina Homes and Gardens and Period Homes, to name a few. He comes highly recommended by numerous wedding planners, and he travels regularly throughout the region.

Cindy Reid writer

Cindy Reid ascribes to the cocktail napkin motto “I’m not from the South but I got here as quick as I could.” Born and raised on the sleepy Hudson River towns of rural New York, she always knew she was meant to feel sand and not gravel under her feet.

She graduated from Mills College in Oakland,CA and spent the next twenty years raising a daughter and working in the retail book business before finally landing in St. Helena, SC. Her work has appeared in About Town, skirt!, Salon.com and she is a regular contributor to Coastal Mariner.”

Paul Nurnberg photographer

Paul Nurnberg is an award-winning photographer, who has lived in Beaufort, SC since 1996. He recently relocated his studio to Port Royal, SC from Savannah. Focusing on a variety of commercial advertising work including people, lifestyle, products and architecture, Paul also photographs select weddings. His work appears regularly in national magazines and regional advertising.

He is the past national secretary of the Advertising Photographers of America and a four-year board member of the ASMP, SC chapter and remains an active member in both. In addition to his commercial clients, Nurnberg volunteers his time and photography for a wide range of nonprofit organizations, including America’s Second Harvest Food Bank, Environmental Defense, and the Coastal Conservation League. Paul also offers classes in photography through Artworks and directly from his studio.

David McLeod

photographer David McLeod recently relocated back to Beaufort after retiring from the Army. He originally moved to Beaufort after separating from the Air Force in 1995, where he was a Combat Photographer for 17 yrs. His work has been published in many military magazines, newspapers and books. His work has been used to brief the President as well as go in to the national archives for historical sake. Now his favorite subjects are nature, landscapes, old buildings and ruins as well as portraits. David is very passionate about his photography and loves to capture that unusual moment showing a person’s personality or a different view of nature.

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EDITOR’S Letter

Todd Wood, Editor

One Last Plug For The Film Festival

I know, I know...It’s been almost two months since the Beaufort International Film Festival took place, but I have to write about it one last time.

This was the fourth annual Film Festival event, and though I had not attended the previous events, I will be at all future Beaufort Film Festivals so long as there is still air in my lungs.

If you were like me, among the lucky who did attend, it was obvious that a lot of hard work went into this year’s festival. It was a hit! I enjoyed every last minute of it.

From the opening reception until hours after the awards gala ended, I had a blast.

During the opening reception I turned from one of my conversations to see a character I had loved since my early childhood...Danny Noonan. You remember, the star caddy from the 1980 movie Caddyshack. Now, I already know what you are thinking...Did I address him as Danny Noonan? No, I’m not that guy. Though I did ask Mr. O’Keefe if he wouldn’t mind a quick photo. I did not bring up Caddyshack or tell him how I admired his work, though we did exchange normal conversation and a few quips.

I am not one to be star struck. For whatever reason, I have hung out with many rock stars and big name actors, but this time I was a little star struck while having my picture taken with Michael. I guess it was because I loved Caddyshack so much as a kid that all those feelings came rushing back.

Later at the reception, the gracious Blythe Danner made an appearance. I have to tell you, I have observed many Hollywood starlets. However, Blythe Danner is probably the most classy lady I have ever seen. She handles herself with such grace and she fit right into the Beaufort crowd.

Danner, O’Keefe and Pat Conroy all made the weekend a special moment for Beaufort. However, I would be remiss if I did not mention the man behind organizing and making this great event happen, Ron Tucker.

Ron was on the cover of our last issue, and we all had a great time getting to know him. He’s an amazingly talented guy, that we at Beaufort Lifestyle are honored to call our friend. This guy knows how to put on a show. So, if you missed this year’s Film Festival, I encourage you not to miss the next one. For more information about the Beaufort Film Society or the Beaufort International Film Festival visit their website at www.beaufortfilmsociety.org.

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THE ART OF

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FLY FISHIN’

Story by CINDY REID

Photos by PAUL NURNBERG

One of the beautiful things about fly fishing is the stillness. Like most art, it requires silence and concentration, skill and knowledge, and a little luck.

THE GUIDE

South Carolina native Captain Tuck Scott was taught how to fish by his father and grandfather, while spending childhood holidays at his family’s vacation home in Beaufort. His grandfather taught him how to gig flounder, throw a cast net and navigate the local waters. On Lake Windermere, near Columbia, his father taught him to spin cast but it wasn’t until a neighbor gave him the gift of a fly fishing outfit that his interest in the sport began. “I had been watching my neighbors’ pets for them while they were away, and when they gave me money as a thank you, my

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Captain Tuck Scott waiting for a bite after casting.

mother made me return it. ‘That’s not what neighbors do’ she said, ‘you don’t help someone for payment’. So after I watched their pets a few more times, they gave me a fly fishing outfit as a thank you, because they knew I loved fishing and my mother let me keep it. Not knowing anything about fly fishing, I was intrigued by the thing, and just started teaching myself how to use it.”

A few years later Captain Scott was in graduate school in Idaho and his grandparent’s vacation home in Beaufort was going to get sold out of the family. He says, “I just wasn’t happy being away from the water, so I moved back into the house here in Beaufort and bought a boat, a 17 foot Scout Costa.”

Tony Royal, the owner of Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort, gave Captain Scott his start. Says Captain Scott, “Looking back now it seems clear that Tony put me in a wonderful position to be able to prove that I could do more than just fly cast and I certainly can’t overlook that his head guide at the time, Captain Doug Gertis, played a role in teaching me more than I ever knew before. I also have a great deal of pride in the fact that Tony, my now father-in-law, thought it important to remind his daughter in his speech at our wedding that he found me first!”

In 2004 Captain Scott obtained his Captain’s License and became an Orvis Endorsed Guide. In 2008, became the Head Guide for Bay Street Outfitters. To be an Orvis Endorsed Guide is more than a matter of passing a test or simply knowing how to fish. As Orvis states in its literature:

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“Orvis” seeks out the best fishing, outfitters, and guides in the country, all of whom are located in exceptional fishing areas, and who have a reputation for superior client service. The result is the Orvis-Endorsed Outfitter, and Guide Program. Each is run by people who can deliver a day or a week filled with the very best the outdoors has to offer. Each operation has its own character, but they all share the ideals of excellent service, great fishing, and an experienced staff.

“All operations are continually reviewed by the Orvis staff and must continue to meet our rigorous requirements. Through our annual training seminars sponsored by Orvis, each outfitter and guide continues to learn the latest in fishing techniques and client services. That’s why Orvis can recommend these services with the utmost confidence.”

Having guided fishing trips for the Orvis CFO, the head of the company’s Fly Fishing Instruction, the company’s South Eastern Sales Rep, and one member of the Orvis owners family, Capt. Scott has certainly proved himself. Now fishing from a 17’ Maverick HPX-V, Captain Scott’s over 25 years of experience fishing the local waters has given him the ability to find the fish and get them on the line.

Beaufort is fortunate enough to have two other Orvis Endorsed guides, Owen Plair and Richard Sykes. Owen Plair is the newest guide on the team, having started in October 2009, but as he says “I have lived here my whole life, and grew up on the Broad River” so he is no stranger to the local waters. He says fly fishing is “more of a passion than a sport” and his job is “like a dream come true, I remember seeing a guide at a dock when I was kid and thinking ‘wow that’s so cool’ and now I’m that guide!”

Richard Sykes started guiding in 2006 and finds immense satisfaction in helping others achieve their fishing goals. “It’s the people that make the job. I don’t have to catch a fish to enjoy putting them, the customer, ‘on the fish’ ” he says.

TAILING REDS What is the low country’s big draw for fly casters? In a word redfish. Also known as red drum or spot tail bass, they are the species of fish that excite anglers. With over twenty five percent of the east coast’s marshland waters located here, the area is host to a robust diversity of fish, making it some of the best fishing to be found. Redfish, cobia, flounder, speckled trout, spanish and king mackerel, bluefish, tarpon, ladyfish, sheepshead and of course sharks, are here in abundance. But it is the amazing quantity of redfish, or ‘reds’, that keep the fly casters coming back for more.

Redfish, like all fish, go where their food is found, which is in the numerous tidal creeks, oyster beds, grassy flats and areas around piers and other structures. “Redfish are the only species

that we fly fish and sight cast year round” says Captain Scott. As he states on his website http://www.beaufortfishingguide.com “Tailing Reds are the ultimate challenge for a saltwater fly caster and have me just as hooked as many of my clients are.” While feeding in the shallows the fish tails break the surface of the water and this is what’s known as ‘tailing’, giving the observant angler the ability to ‘sight cast’ , which means casting your line to where you see the fish, or its tail in this case.

Sight casting in the shallows or flats requires a level of skill produced from experience and the proper equipment. A hat and a good pair of sunglasses serve the purpose of cutting the glare from the water and are indispensable in enabling the angler to spot the fish. Boats are not essential, or even desired by some anglers, as wading is very popular. Those in boats often cut their motors off and pole their boat to avoid spooking the fish. As far as gear goes, a complete starter outfit can be obtained for approximately twohundred dollars.

In an area with more fishing spots than anglers, it’s hard to narrow down the choices.

The area around the Lady’s Island airport, Warsaw Flats, is a favorite, as are the lagoons on Parris Island and certainly the Coosaw and Broad Rivers.

Anglers look for shallow mud flats when fishing low tide from a boat and shallow short grass flats for tailing fish to wade during high tide. Factoring in the weather conditions, the tide and the time of year all add to the challenge, and enjoyment, of the sport.

SEA ISLAND FLY FISHERS Since 1996 a dedicated group of casters created the Sea Island Fly Fishers (SIFF), which currently has approximately 60 members. As stated on their website, www.flyfishingbeaufort. com.

What is the members fishing background?

Some are long time salt water fly fisherman. Some come to the area with fresh water experience and are interested in learning about salt water fly fishing. Others have never done any fly fishing but are interested in learning more about the sport.

The SIFF meet on the second Wednesday from September through June each year and each meeting includes a social hour followed by an informative program. Upcoming programs include a presentation from DNR (SC Department of Natural Resources) on oyster bed restoration and “Wading for Redfish” by club President Jack Baggette. A recent visit to a club meeting found a congenial mix of casters eager to share their fishing lore with each other and the newcomer.

Comments overheard included: • “I like the Zen like motion of casting.”

• “It’s the most challenging technical way to fish because you have to observe the environment” • “It’s the purest form of fishing because you actually have to hunt the fish- you can see it and cast to it.”

• “You have to watch the shadows, be still and study the environment. When the fish are swimming on top of the water they aren’t hungry, they have already eaten, so you must make them go for the fly.”

Member John Holbrook gave a fly tying demonstration that illustrated the combination of skill, art and knowledge that makes fly fishing so unique.

Probably the youngest member in the club is 15 year old Jessica Holbrook, who says she has “just started saltwater casting but already has an impressive photo of a 24-inch redfish she caught (and released) last year.

Meetings are open to the public and experienced casters as well those new to fly fishing are encouraged to attend.

WHAT IT TAKES Captain Scott says that fly fishing is “more of an art than a sport” and that having a positive attitude is the most essential component of any fishing trip. Of course practicing your casting doesn’t hurt and neither does patience, but as he says “Fishing is a way to be active in this environment, a way you can experience and see for yourself the wildlife that surrounds us.

Sight casting with a fly rod to these fish is often the perfect combination of hunting and fishing, as you stalk and focus on what is happening around you the anticipation builds and finally you get tested as a caster with both your aim and ability to move your fly correctly. When it all comes together it is an extremely satisfying experience.”

For Further Information Captain Tuck Scott www.beaufortfishingguide.com Sea Island Fly Fishers www.flyfishingbeaufort.com One day fly fishing school www.baystreetoutfitters.com/redfish <http://www.baystreetoutfit%20ters.com/redfish>

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7th Annual Port Royal Soft Shell Crab Festival The festival will be held on Saturday, April 24 from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal. Entertainment by Shag Bands - The Showmen and Fatback will be on hand as well as thousands of softshell crabs, cold beer, seafood, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, bratwurst, lemonade, sodas and much more. Craft vendors with homemade jewelry, paintings, glasswork and homemade

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Please join Friends of Hunting Island in helping to keep our park and beach litter free! On Saturday, April 24th, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Lighthouse Picnic Area.

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Friday, April 30 is Shag Night, so bring your dancin’ shoes! We are excited to welcome DJ Jim Bowers to come play and make sure everyone has a great time. Admission is free and gates open at 6 p.m. A dance floor will be set up under the Pavillion for the serious shaggers. Don’t know how to Shag? No Problem!! The Beaufort Shag Club will have a 30 minute tutorial at 7 p.m., so come out and learn the basic steps.

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24th Annual Gullah Festival The Gullah Festival of South Carolina celebrates and recognizes the history, customs, cultures, language and accomplishments of the African Americans of the Low Country. Festival activities will commence Friday, May 28th at 10 a.m. and will end on Sunday, May 30th at 11 p.m. The festival is always held on the weekend leading up to Memorial Day. The 2010 festival will be held at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park with additional venues throughout Historical Beaufort.

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Personality Profile

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ANITA SINGLETON PRATHER & AUNT PEARLIE SUE

nita Singleton Prather, educator and historian, created the character Aunt Pearlie Sue as her storyteller about the Gullah people in order to illustrate the experiences of Africans in America during and after the days of slavery. Her entertainment group, the Gullah Kinfolk, perform at various festivals throughout the United States; and Aunt Pearlie Sue, abroad. The next of these is Decoration Day, the old-fashioned name for Memorial Day, which began to be celebrated after the reconstruction.

The First National Cemetery in South Carolina was designated in Beaufort by President Lincoln in 1863. The adjacent land, now occupied by Sea Island Marine, was, in those days, Sam Stokes Filling Station. By dawn on Decoration Day, the streets were packed with people dressed in their finery and evening clothes who came to celebrate the deceased.

Steamships arrived from Savannah and Charleston at 5:30 in the morning, and the up/down train came in from Augusta, GA. Between Augusta and Beaufort the railroad tracks were lined with people who were not able to travel, celebrating the day as the train passed by.

The carnival came to town two weeks ahead of time; food vendors were all along Bladen and Boundary Streets; music played around the clock with the bands changing every four hours; a dance hall was set up in the garage of the filling station.

As part of the Gullah Festival in May (www. gullahfestival.org), the Gullah Kinfolk recreate Decoration Day the Saturday before Memorial Day at 4 p.m. at The Tabernacle Baptist Church on Craven Street in Beaufort. They put down

Women with aMission Story by MARY ELLEN THOMPSON

Photos by TODD WOOD

turf to represent the cemetery, erect a tent for the carnival, and recreate the parade scene. The actors dress in the costumes of the time: red and white striped outfits for the vendors, khaki clothing for the sons and daughters of the veterans of the United States Colored Troops who fought during the Civil War. Among others, Dr. Eagle, the root doctor, is represented; and the audience is invited to participate in the festivities.

In addition to her recreation storytelling productions, Anita Singleton Prather is involved with Tauck World Discovery Tours, which is an organization that brings groups to Hilton Head Island, where she introduces them to Gullah culture through storytelling and song. Pathfinders Magazine

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promotes her productions on tours they bring to the area.

Anita is also working on a show for ETV (www.knowitall.org/ gullahnet) which will teach children about Gullah cuisine, and in conjunction with that there will be two children’s books and a cookbook published. Anita has a catering business which is going “full steam.” She provides an extensive choice of food as well as decorations and entertainment.

Aunt Pearlie Sue is composed of different parts of Anita’s grandmother, Rosa, who was her mentor. “Rosa was a full figured woman with a positive attitude. She danced, she sang, she cooked, she gardened, she was an expert seamstress.” In the 1950’s, in the midst of the civil rights movement, Rosa eschewed calling any woman “Miss” and addressed them straightforwardly by their given name. osa believed in the sanctity of mealtime. “She put the pot on the stove, went out to catch the crabs, and cooked.”

She told Anita, “If it’s pretty, people will eat it.” She always set the table with dishes and glassware, never paper plates, and she always had extra in case anyone stopped by. Rosa ran a boarding house where men who came to Beaufort during the week for work could stay. She made them breakfast before she went off to work herself, and had dinner ready for them at the end of the day. Rosa taught Anita to cook when she was three or four years old. She would pull a three-legged stool up to the counter and Anita, dressed in her cotton underwear, would help her make fried chicken. Anita’s main reason for creating her cooking show is that she missed that time in the kitchen with her grandchildren when they were little.

Anita’s decision to promote the Gullah heritage was not so clear cut: “I stumbled onto it. I didn’t plan on it.” Although now revered as a culture, it wasn’t that way in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. A few years ago “I was taking a trip over to Daufuskie Island which got canceled at the last minute. I started fussing with God. Then I got the vision to teach the children about Gullah. And that’s how I began the vision of ASE Gullah Education, LLC.” Anita’s other annual production is Gullah Kinfolk Christmas Wish...Freedom Comin’, which is a more emotional production than Decoration Day. The story of Christmas is seen through the eyes of the slaves. Her grandchildren are in both productions which, she says, they came into them practically at the time of their birth. When queried about the audience reaction to Gullah Christmas, Anita says, “The elders say ‘Thank you.’ Some say, ‘Sorry.’And I apologize, too. We, as Blacks, are also racist. We think we have the right to hate. None of us have that right.”

A pivotal moment in Anita’s life occurred when she was teaching eighth grade and the class traveled to Washington, DC where they visited the Holocaust Museum. Anita says she was, at first, untouched by the exhibit. She felt no sympathy or empathy for those who had suffered during that time. But then she started down the Hall of Shoes and saw the rows and rows of shoes; all shapes and sizes, including children’s shoes, and baby shoes, roped off alongside of the hall. She finally responded: “When I crossed that threshold, I felt like I had been hit in the stomach with a sledgehammer. It was like a physical force because I realized at the time these people were killed simply because of their religious and ethnic background. I started to cry. Spirit said, ‘Look down.’ I started weeping: ‘God forgive me!’ I fell on the alter. How can you tell a Jewish mother of ten children, when one dies, not to be sad? Her pain is just as real as mine would be

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if I had lost my only one.” nita knew then, that she had to preach love – past skin color – past economics. Her final statement is: “I love you and there is nothing you can do about it! You can’t fight hate with hate.” Anita wanted to be able to “Go say what the Spirit tells me.” Aunt Pearlie Sue can say things Anita Singleton Prather can’t say. Aunt Pearlie Sue can “bring things into your face without being violent. We’ve made a mess of things as adults. Forgive us.” Anita’s dream is to be able to fix those things through love. “I want to be the Ambassador of Love. Hopefully when I leave, I leave love. I ask you to share it.” To children, she says: “I want to give you the key to open that door...I hope I’ll give them enough to love themselves.”

Toward this end, Anita has become a minister at the New Covenant Fellowship Ministries in Laurel Bay. She said: “I’ve

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Aunt Pearlie Sue, a personality composed of different parts of Anita’s grandmother, comes to life.

been in church all my life. I sang, I played the organ at The First African Baptist Church. Then God called me into formal ministry. He showed me, me. ‘Be the first to eat the food you serve,’ he said to me. I knew there was a calling all my life but I ran away from it.” The first person she had to face was herself, “Challenge is not loving people who treat you well but loving people who don’t.” She has been with New Covenant for six years. Anita describes it as a haven “for the truly broken: addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes.” She knows that “You’re not ready to love anyone until you can love yourself.” and that’s a step on the way to self-empowerment. A veteran of common sense, she tells young women,“You want power over a man? Cross your legs.

That’s power!” She preaches about the strength of just holding on when it seems like there is nothing to hold onto. “Faith is when you don’t see a way out, but you know it’s there. If you can

see it, there’s no need for faith.” nita and Aunt Pearlie Sue have combined forces to educate us, and to allow us to experience the history of an era, and a culture deeply embedded in this area.

For so many years, it was the backbone of the economics upon which the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands were built and prospered. “Gullah is not a culture that excludes, it is the umbilical cord that connects us all back to the cradle of civilization: Mother Africa. God bless you, my family, because we is all Gullah kinfolk.” Anita’s forward thinking, and encompassing love, speak strongly and hopefully to the future for all of us.

For more information about Aunt Pearlie Sue, Anita herself, and her catering business, go to her website: www. auntpearliesue.com.

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HAPPENINGS Around Town Spirit of SC Visits Port Royal

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S Low Country Children’s Chorus To Perform At Carnegie Hall The Low Country Children’s Chorus will be making an appearance in the Big Apple this month. They were selected to participate in the Heritage/Field Studies National Children’s Choral Festival to be held at Carnegie Hall on April 25.

The Low Country Children’s Chorus is under the direction of Dr. Melanie Williams, and they have been performing in the Beaufort area, and as far away as Orlando for the past eight years. The chorus frequently holds auditions for the choir.

Visit their website for more information, http://www.bcob.org.

tudents from Beaufort area elementary schools hopped aboard the Spirit of South Carolina recently for a day of fun and education. he Spirit of South Carolina is a project of the South Carolina Maritime Foundation, an organization dedicated to offering a unique educational platform for the youth of the Palmetto State. The handson programs that are offered on board are designed to challenge and engage students while promoting responsibility, teamwork, and stewardship for both their community and their environment. Visit www. scmaritime.org for more information.

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acing at top speeds of up to 35 and 40 miles an hour, more than 120 professional male and female cyclists will compete in downtown Beaufort during the fourth annual Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic, a celebration of active, healthy living in the Lowcountry, on Tuesday, April 27, at 5 p.m. It’s all free and open to the public.

The format will offer spectators the opportunity to watch Olympians and national champions up close as they ride at top speeds for up to two hours on the .6-mile course.

Cyclists representing all 15 national professional cycling teams will participate in the race, all vying for a slice of the $15,000 purse.

The evening will kick off with a kids’ race at 5 p.m. on Bay Street and will be followed by the women’s, then men’s

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races. The professional races will follow a .6-mile course that begins and ends at the clock tower on Bay Street.

“As the community’s primary healthcare provider, we are delighted to once again be a part of Beaufort’s pro cycling event,” said Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s President & CEO Rick Toomey.

“The Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic truly celebrates active, healthy living, and we always look forward to this event.”

The Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic is a part of the USA Crits Southeast series that kicks off in Athens, Ga., on April 24 with the “Athens Twilight,” and continues with a total of seven races in nine days – each in a different Southeastern city.

America has a rich history of criterium racing, a unique form of cycling that stresses high-speed racing contested amidst an urban atmosphere. Criterium racing’s ability to combine the most exciting elements of popular sports with the large-scale appeal of downtown festivals has made it the most enduring form of cycling in North America with an ever-growing following of fans.

Because professional criteriums are run on short lap courses through city streets, they offer spectators the opportunity to watch Olympians and national champions up-close as they ride at top speed for up to two hours. This has made the criterium format the most spectator-friendly form of cycling.

The event is managed by Lowcountry Velo, with corporate support from Beaufort Memorial Hospital and additional support from local sponsors, dozens of volunteers and cycling clubs. For more details about the Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic please visit HYPERLINK “http:// www.lowcountrycyclist.com” www. lowcountrycyclist.com.

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Q&A With:

CE: THERESA BRUting,

ri A chat about w her y, the Low Countr ture fu e muse and th of the arts.

Questio n s f o r B e a u f o r t L i f e s t y l e

by BRUCE DONEFF

Beaufort International Film Festival Screenplay Finalist Teresa Bruce Beaufort Lifestyle: What brought you to the Low Country?

Teresa Bruce: I first came here in 1989 as a reporter for WJWJ, back in the day when it had a nightly newscast at 6:00 that repeated at 11:00. I had never even heard of South Carolina, let alone Beaufort. I ended up staying at WJWJ for six years—came in on Hurricane Hugo and left there on Hurricane Fran.

BL: What do you remember on arriving in Beaufort?

TB: I thought that I had a made a huge mistake. I couldn’t imagine a town this size had a TV station. I drove crosscountry from Oregon—and I was driving through Hampton, Estill, Varnville thinking…Oh my, there can’t be a television station here, I must have the address wrong. I’m probably the only person who has ever been relieved, driving in on Highway 21, to see junk food. That meant the town was big enough for a TV station.

BL: We recently had the 4th Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF), and you were among the screenplay finalists.

TB: I was thrilled, my very first screenplay and I was one of the finalists. The last Beaufort Film Festival they had a panel on screenplays and a friend of mine and I said, ‘We should write a screenplay.’So I studied up, and I wrote this one screenplay and it was great luck to be selected.

BL: What’s the screenplay about, give us the ad copy?

TB: It’s called ‘Mask of the Innocent’. What if you spent your entire life idolizing your father and ignoring your mother, and in one moment you had to betray him to save her. It’s a dark, psychological drama. It’s completely different from anything else I’ve ever written. It was fun to do. I think I’d been watching really dark movies and thought about what if this was something you found out about your family that was deep and dark and evil. How would you feel, how would you cope? It’s set in San Francisco and Mexico.

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BL: Have you been involved with the Film Festival since it began?

TB: Just as admirers and supporters. It has improved so dramatically in scope and the quality of entries, and in the sophistication and enthusiasm of the audience. The film makers come here and it’s not a big metropolis and our audiences tend to be somewhat less “People tend to look at art experienced so that the discussions after the films as expendable. When times are fascinating. The film makers are so surprised by the questions they hear—the honesty and are tight, it’s the first thing the genuine interest. No ego-stroking questions, that goes. But I look at it like these are people who want to know where ideas Byrne did, there were recescome from and talk about how the films impacted them and what they thought. It’s such a genuine sions in the 80’s that critidiscussion, the film makers love it.

cally affected funding for the dance theatre and reporters asked her then if she was going to be able to make it. She told them there had been recessions and depressions before and art has survived, you just have to work harder. That’s the attitude I take.”

BL: You got to know some of the other directors and participants?

TB: The writers in the local media brought the producers and directors together and we all got to know each other. I met the other writers and directors without any of the ego of other festivals.

We all talked about our projects and what’s next and the challenges and we’d all seen each other’s work. I met one of the directors of a finalist feature film, we hit it off, and now I’m collaborating with him on a screenplay for a future film. Who knows where that will lead, but this year’s festival led to work for me and that’s the vision of the festival. I know Ron Tucker loved to see that happen.

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Pictured above - Vintage photo of Byrne Miller.

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BL: Returning to Mexico, you have a real affinity for the country?

TB: If Beaufort is my adopted hometown, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to say Mexico is my adopted home country. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve travelled there since I was really small. Gary (Geboy, her husband) travelled a lot in Mexico in a completely different life than ours together, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a place where we both feel at ease and awakened. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such an art-centric place, food-centric place. The history, cultureâ&#x20AC;Śwe go back as often as we can.

BL: Teresa Bruce, if one was putting a caption to your photo?

TB: Writer and film maker. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent years writing scripts and producing videos and films on behalf of clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;government films, corporate branding, PBS documentariesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made myself a client and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing things that move me about people that inspire me.

BL: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re husband, Gary Geboy, is very involved in the arts, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his caption?

TB: He would be a director of photography and an artist who uses photography as a medium. We have a lot of fine photographers in Beaufort that work in the environmental, commercial, and other areas; his is more like fine art photography. The negative is just a starting point for him.

BL: You two collaborated on the 2007 photography book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transfer of Graceâ&#x20AC;?.

TB: I owe my husband for my first big break in writing. His earlier work attracted the attention of a publisher in Charleston. She saw his work and wanted to do a book. Most of the time, books of fine art photography have an essay about the artist. Gary wanted none of that, so he asked me if I would write a narrative explaining what the work meant.

Byrne Miller.

BL: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re writing a memoir?

TB: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing the story of my relationship with Byrne. She created the Byrne Miller Dance Theatre, which was an institution in Beaufort for almost 25 years. She brought leading-edge modern dance companies from around the world to Beaufort four times a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was huge. She was my muse. She was very outrageous, courageous, unconventional and outspoken. She shook Beaufort up and I found her so inspiring. I was lucky to have this great relationship with her that lasted many years.

BL: So youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on a book about Byrne Miller, what else?

TB: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just started a blog called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Womenismsâ&#x20AC;?, a word she would have loved. The blog is a way to get beyond the scenes of the book. On the blog, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling stories Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m learning as I go along in the book, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m reaching out to people who may have known her, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asking them to share their stories. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lot of things that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up in the book, but I can put them in the blog. I know many of the principal people in her life, but I would love to hear from others whose lives intersected with hers.

BL: What did you learn from her?

TB: She was such a force of nature. She really did bring modern dance to Beaufort, but it died with her. I think the lesson is to recognize the importance of community, which is what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to do with the blog. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect one person to lead the charge. I think for the arts to succeed here, they have to be celebrated and brought into our everyday lives.

BL: The book feels like a love story to the Low Country.

TB: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very lyrical. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an essay. I went with Gary on a lot of the shoots, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have no idea what he was getting. I was there to lug the tripod. All of my writing was inspired by the finished photographs. I saw that what he had captured was why I love this place. It was poetry on a negative. It inspired me to think about what this place means. I think I really found my voice as a writer in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transfer of Graceâ&#x20AC;?. This is the place Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve chosen as my home.

BL: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got another big project, fiction isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?

TB: No, this is also a memoir, a childhood story. When I was seven, my parents lost their only son, my brother, and they dealt with it by escaping. They built a homemade camper and then drove all the way through Mexico, Central, and South America. Their goal was to get to the end, Tierra del Fuego, and then fly on to South Africa. But they had amazing amounts of catastrophic incidents along the way.

This was 1973, so it was a time of revolutions and earthquakes and civil wars, and they ran out of money and luck in Bolivia. They left the camper there, sold it for passage out.

BL: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your profession at this time?

TB: Definitely writing. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been writing full-time for the last five years. Some of it is films for clients, but my principal focus now is memoir, and the book Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing is about my relationship with

BL: You re-traced this route?

TB: Fast forward 30 years. I married Gary and he was fascinated by this story. He asked if we could ever throw caution to the wind and do something like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it just was an idea that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go

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away. When we were at the peak of our film making careers in the corporate world, we decided this was what we needed to do. We followed my parent’s route and we found the camper outside of Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

BL: You arrived over 20 years ago, how has our arts scene evolved?

TB: It’s interesting, when I first got here the arts scene was more of a benefactor type of arrangement. People here were educated, highly appreciative audiences; very sophisticated.

There was Spoleto and people traveled for that. That education and sophistication I’ve seen slipping. We had a real explosion in the late 80s and early 90s in the film-making business, we got so much exposure and artists kind of took over Beaufort. But I don’t know if the appreciation kept up. That’s a lesson to learn. In the mid-90s there was a big surge in creative people here; there were the performing arts and the Byrne Miller Dance Theatre, and there were lots of bands on Bay St. There was a playwright society and it was starting to get very exciting. But once again, if you rest on the energy of one or two people, that’s where it will fail because those people moved on. What I’ve seen is it really has to be collaborative and you have to nurture artists, but also the audiences.

BL: The Beaufort Performing Arts has folded their tent and the Arts Council called a Summit recently that suggested there is an arts emergency.

TB: People tend to look at art as expendable. When times are tight, it’s the first thing that goes. But I look at it like Byrne did, there were recessions in the 80s that critically affected funding for the dance theatre and reporters asked her then if she was going to be able to make it. She told them there had been recessions and depressions

before and art has survived, you just have to work harder. That’s the attitude I take.

BL: What about the arts as a business?

TB: The arts community brings so much money to this economy, I think it’s highly overdue that the arts get respect as an industry. We look at tourism and the military, education and medical, but we have to start putting the arts in there too as one of the engines. So, we need loans and grants for the arts, the same considerations that businesses want. The arts deserve this support as well because we’re also bringing in the tourists and the business. We have a lot of empty store fronts. Wouldn’t it be great to fill those with rotating art exhibits or space for artists to work in? Wouldn’t it be smart to encourage in every way possible the studio arts program at USCB? We have the seeds here and they are growing.

BL: You first came to Beaufort to work at WJWJ and now you’ve come full circle, you’re working on a project to determine what to do with the under-utilized WJWJ studios.

TB: Bill Keyserling asked me to bring a group of people together in the industry—video production, sound, etc.—and see if we could brainstorm ideas to make it an asset again for our community.

We came up with a lot of good ideas, and then we met with a top person from ETV. We’re considering making it a production studio for people in the market for such services, there are no such facilities in Beaufort. We’re also exploring a track of using the studio as an incubator for independent film makers, documentarians, and the like. The ball is now with ETV, but this process has made us realize that, like so many things, this is an idea that’s time has come.

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SNIPITS News & Events

Marine aviators recovered from F/A-18D ocean crash

MCAS BEAUFORT, (March 10, 2010) A dual-seat Marine F/A-18D Hornet attached to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, impacted the ocean approximately 35 miles off of the South Carolina coast at approximately 5:17 p.m.

Wednesday.

The Marine pilot, Maj. Duane Liptak, 35 and his 29 year-old Weapons Systems Officer, Capt. Jonathan Hutchison, ejected safely and were recovered thanks to a quick response by a Coast Guard search and rescue unit out of Charleston.

The pilot and WSO were forced to eject following an aircraft malfunction during the flight home after performing routine training over the ocean.

Deployable Flight Incident The Recording System was recovered by the Coast Guard this morning. It ejects from the aircraft whenever the ejection seats punch out.

“Ejecting from a jet can be dangerous if not fatal. It is not uncommon to break limbs,” said Lt. Col. Joseph Maybach, the commanding officer for VMFA(AW)-224.

“The air crew had the presence of mind to slow down the aircraft and prepare for ejection when they knew they weren’t going

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to make it back.”

Both aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and are currently home spending time with their families. An internal investigation will be conducted to determine the specific cause of the mishap. “The egress systems in the aircraft and the survival systems in the ocean worked perfectly,” said Maybach. “The brave efforts of Coast Guard responding immediately to the search and rescue were the big factors in getting the air crew recovered quickly.”

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Four Winners.

BEAUFORT - The Technical College of the Low Country recently named three of its faculty and staff members as its 2010 South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) Educators of the Year. Winners were chosen by fellow employees at the College.

Libby R. DeLoach, cosmetology instructor, was named faculty member of the year; Pat Irwin, director of grant administration, was named administrator of the year; and Latesha McComas, personnel assistant, was named support staff member of the year.

The award winners were recognized at the annual SCTEA conference in Myrtle Beach in February.

TCL’s Director of Student Support Services Rodney Adams was honored at the same conference as a nominee for the A. Wade Martin “Innovator of the Year” award. The award is named for Martin, the first executive director of the technical and industrial training program in South Carolina. The award was established to recognize individuals in the technical college system who employ innovative approaches to meet the ever changing needs in the technical education arena and whose achievements assist in statewide economic development and the education of students.

The Technical College of the Low Country is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all qualified applicants for admissions or employment without regard to race, gender, national origin, age, religion, marital status, veteran status, disability, or

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FISHING Report

Spring Fever!

W

hile April is a great month of the year to fish; it’s still a transition month. The trout haven’t really shown up yet, with the exception of few here and there, usually around docks, drops in the water depth and points. If you do find them they will probably be a good size. As the water temperature warms up, (usually good and warm by May) and brings in the bait fish, the trout and other local species will get very active.

Everyone who knows fishing in SC knows that Cobia will move into the Port Royal and St. Helena sounds as the water temperature rises to about 67 degrees. I always look forward to seeing the parking lot of boats in the Broad river at the Hwy. 170 bridge at this time. It makes for great entertainment and incredible fishing. It brings out anglers of all levels of experience, from the seasoned pro to the extreme novices. I actually saw two boats sink last year.

Now, to get to my favorite, Mr. Redfish. The Redfish bite is hot. The slowly rising water temperature has brought them out of their lethargic stage and they are hungry and biting. They are schooling up in the shallowest of waters. As soon as more baitfish move in and flipper has more of a dining selection, they will break into smaller schools and even a little deeper water.

Book your Cobia fishing trip now, the month of May fills up quick and I’d hate to see you miss out on the biggest fish (and one of the tastiest) of your life.

Keep your lines tight.

Steve Roll is an inshore fishing guide in Beaufort. He grew up in Greenville, SC and moved to Myrtle Beach when he was 16. He knew immediately that he would never be able to live inland again. As a child, he fished with his Granddad on family vacations to the North Carolina Coast, but it was in Myrtle Beach that he found his passion for fishing. While there, he fished primarily for freshwater large mouth bass. At age 27, he and his girlfriend Dana went in search of a quieter life away from the craziness of Myrtle Beach. They ventured further down the coast and spent some time in the Charleston area. A year later, the company that he was working for transferred him to Beaufort. Immediately he fell in love with the area and knew that he had found home.

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The Eureka Moment

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at Green arrived in Beaufort in 1964, a young mother of three, married to a Parris Island drill instructor. She recalled how there was no K-mart, no Wal-mart, no McTeer Bridge, and Ribaut Road was two lanes. Husband Norm and Pat called Beaufort home for 12 years and then they left briefly for a three-year Marine tour of duty in North Carolina.

Upon return in 1979, Pat would embark on a journey she could never have predicted.

In April, Pat and her Chocolate Tree “family” will celebrate an incredible 30 years in business.

She is now a chocolate legend and will be inducted into the Candy Hall of Fame in October.

It All Started as a Hobby When the Green family returned to Beaufort in 1979, in addition to working at various jobs including bookkeeper at WBEU (“Reaches the Beaches”), Pat cast about for something else to do.

“I had this friend, we did crafts together, and we discovered candy-making.” The two women heard about a candy-making school in Tennessee and they took some basic classes.

Pat’s big idea was that the two friends would teach candy making to senior citizen groups and other military wives and, “We’d just sell them the supplies and get rich quick. That didn’t happen.”

It seems for many successful entrepreneurs there is a Eureka Moment when you hit upon the formula for success. When did Pat know? “I didn’t. I loved it, but I never thought of it as a business.”

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Pat Green: “Be involved in the community.”

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Pat Green’s Chocolate Tree has been mixing tasty chocolate confections since 1980.

Sleeping on the Floor With Norm going to school at Technical College of the Low Country, after retiring from the Marines, and Pat working a job on Parris Island and raising, now, four children, there wasn’t a lot of free time. “I’d get home and then feed Norm supper before he headed off to TCL.” On more than a few occasions, the house was full of ladies picking out supplies for their candy-making and, “Well, he went to school hungry.”

The two friends, now partners, began scouting a location for their business.

Both husbands were retired or soon to retire, so they would be enlisted to help.

The men built a single, simple candy case and the new business opened in 1980 in what is now Congressman Joe Wilson’s office on Port Republic.

“We opened right after Easter, right after the peak season. We started out at the worst time,” Pat remembers well.

Nevertheless, the couples prevailed, “We made enough candy for people to see what they could make, but people kept coming in and buying the candy—so we had to keep making more!”

Soon, production would expand to what is now Nippy’s and fresh candy would be walked over to the shop to fill

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the case. The original Chocolate Tree was open Wednesday through Saturday, and both women kept their “day jobs.” Soon, those working in nearby offices and shops were asking why the store was closed on Monday and Tuesday.

“We made a sign, ‘Famous Since 1980’, and some folks laughed. I don’t know that a lot of people gave us much chance of making it. That got my Irish up.” The next Easter, in 1981, they were ready. They had their first employee, Pat’s sister Joy, and “We were literally making candy, sleeping on the floor, waking up, and making more. We had to make hay while the sun was shining.”

A Leap of Faith Less than two years in business and, improbably, it was time to look for larger quarters. The Chocolate Tree relocated to its current location in 1982. Prior to opening, the two couples spent the entire summer doing all the demolition and renovations themselves, everything but the sheetrock installation. “We closed shop on Saturday night, and re-opened in the new location on Monday morning.

We couldn’t afford to be closed,” Pat remembered, perhaps not too fondly.

The move to Carteret St. seemed a bit

odd since Bay Street was where the action was. “I looked at the traffic patterns and realized more traffic passed there than on Bay, plus we could not have afforded anything on Bay St.” Eventually, Pat’s partner would exit the business, but success continued to shine on the Chocolate Tree. Even with an expansion of the building in 2000 to its current size, it seems incredible that all the candy is made and sold on the premises. “Our customers want to buy their candy where’s it’s made, they want to smell it when they walk in.” Even with all the hard work and growing success, it was seven years before Pat and Norm Green felt the Chocolate Tree was on solid ground and Pat could finally draw a paycheck.

The Next Generation The Chocolate Tree has 20 employees plus Pat, and literally hundreds of employees have passed through the shop’s doors over the years. Many worked their way through high school, some returning to work during holiday breaks. The business is open 361 days a year and after 24 or so years Pat began wondering what was next?

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were set in their careers and her youngest son, Gene, had been gone from Beaufort for 11 years. The shop was losing its production manager of 10 years around the time Gene asked his mother if he might return. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to remind him that I had fired him twice already (while in high school),â&#x20AC;? Pat laughed. Gene Green has been back at The Chocolate Tree for six years now. Along with Employee #1, sister Joy, the two will become equal partners in the business upon completion of a five-year transition plan in July 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things have a way of working out,â&#x20AC;? Pat said with a smile.

As Pat likes to point out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting rich, Geneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shift is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often here at 6:30 getting things ready and coming in on weekends to do what canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be done Monday through Friday.â&#x20AC;? Someone once remarked to Pat how nice it is to own your own business and be in control, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes,â&#x20AC;? she agreed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you get to choose which 12 hours of the day you want to work.â&#x20AC;?

Mother and son now work together most days and that has given Gene a new perspective, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mom, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that you made it to every band performance and how you were there at every game cheering us on,â&#x20AC;? she said he told her recently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do that and then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d go back to work.â&#x20AC;?

Is There Life after Chocolate?

It seems hard to imagine after the long days of making the chocolate and raising a family that Pat Green had time for much else, but apparently the lady doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep. A partial list of her activities and contributions over the years include Main Street Beaufort, Zonta International, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the BB&T Local Advisory Board, Chair of the March of Dimes campaign, Commissioner for TCL, and roles with the United Way, the Small Business Development Center, and probably a host of others sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forgotten. In 1996, she was named South Carolina Businessperson of the Year.

Did she ever want to get into politics, maybe City Council? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought about it, but I want everyone to like me.â&#x20AC;?

As if her volunteer work around town was not enough, Pat has played an active role for over 10 years in the Retail Confectioners International. She has served on the Board, the Executive and Nominating Committees, and was honored to serve as President. She seems to relish her association with the RCI, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have friends all over this country and all over this world that I would never have had.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to running a business, Pat sees working in the community as part of what makes Beaufort special. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is amazing how much this community opens their hearts in so many ways that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even realize.â&#x20AC;?

A Beaufort Institution When asked if she can remember any other small or family businesses that are still around since when she started out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, Lipsitz had the record, and that was several generations, and I believe Bittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flower Shop has been open longer.â&#x20AC;? So, how did she succeed where so many other businesses have gone by the wayside?

Pat begins with the expected answersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quality product, good service, friendlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of our success is that the community has taken over ownership of the shop. I can be in the back of the store, working on something, and a

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The friendly faces of The Chocolate Tree - Joy, Pat, Norm and Gene.

local person will come in with visitors, ‘Well, here is our local chocolate shop, can you imagine a little place like Beaufort having a big candy shop like this and their candy is so good.’ I may not even know that person, but it’s part of the tour. We’re into our second, even third generation customers. I think for a lot of kids who grew up in Beaufort, and maybe moved away, when they come home, we’re also home to them. We’re part of the fabric of their growing up.”

A Bittersweet “Farewell” In less than one and a half years, Pat Green will exit the business that will have been her life’s work for more than 30 years. “If Joy and Gene need any help, they know I work cheap, but I’m ready. I don’t want to wait. There are no guarantees in life for anybody. I want to visit my children and enjoy my grandchildren. I want to be more a part of their lives.”

“I want to get involved more in my community, my church, volunteering. I want to find the right niche where I can be helpful and use some of what I’ve learned over the years in a positive way, but not tie me down so that I can’t travel or babysit. There is so much out there that I have soft spots in my heart for…and I have a lot of reading to catch up on!”

So, she’ll stay in Beaufort? “I can’t imagine living another place. It’s from here to St. Peter.”

Some Sweet Advice from Pat Green on Starting and Staying in Business

•Be financially prepared—if you start in the hole, it takes you a lot longer to dig out •Have some working capital to get over the cash flow shortages •Use advertising in print media that reaches a mix of friends, neighbors, and visitors •Listen to your customers •Listen to your employees •Communication, communication, communication •Have an open door policy •Be involved in the community •Network, be a member of the Chamber and Main Street Beaufort •Get to know people who are in the same boat: give and listen to advice

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SNIPITS News & Events 2nd Annual CAPA Angel Walk The Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) will hold its second Angel Walk at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010 in the Waterfront Park, downtown Beaufort.

Individuals are encouraged to raise funds and walk a one or two mile route in recognition of their “Angels” (someone, living or deceased, who made or continues to make a difference in your life).

Every child deserves an “Angel,” someone who invests their time, energy, and love in the life of a child. Each April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and CAPA is excited to host the Angel Walk to raise awareness and funds necessary to ensure prevention and intervention programs are and will be available for Beaufort County’s children. Child abuse and neglect is a community problem. It touches the lives of all ages and socio-economic groups. In 2009, there were seven preventable child deaths in Beaufort County. The children and families of our community need our help. Please join us in the Angel Walk and in improving the lives of our children.

All community members six years old and under are invited to “create” their own set of wings and participate in the Angel Parade beginning at 9:45 a.m. We also invite community members of all ages to gather in the Waterfront Park following the walk to celebrate Beaufort’s Angels.

Who is your Angel? Go to HYPERLINK “http://www.capaangelwalk.org” www. capaangelwalk.org to download a registration form and receive fundraising tips. Registration and sponsorship forms are also available at CAPA’s Closet Treasures in Mid-Town Plaza (next to the Bi-Lo on Parris Island Gateway). All preregistered walkers will receive a t-shirt.

All donations are 100% tax-deductible and all checks made payable to CAPA. Please contact CAPA at 843.524.4350 or HYPERLINK “mailto:capa714@earthlink. net” capa714@earthlink.net.

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CAPA Hosts 16th Annual Waste Management CAPA Golf Challenge Tournament Area golfers showed up for the 16th Annual CAPA Golf Challenge, hosted by Waste Management, on Dataw Island on March 19 and 20.

Men and women of many different

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Waste Management officials have built this tournament into a premiere golf outing that provides an excellent golf opportunity to people of the Low Country and South Carolina while supporting a great cause.

About the Child Abuse Prevention Association: CAPA, a United Way agency, is a local, non-profit organization chartered in 1981 for the purpose of providing prevention and intervention programs targeted at breaking the cycle of child abuse and aiding its victims. CAPA provides school-based safety and character development education programs for children, several teen pregnancy prevention programs, and a variety of parent education and support programs. CAPA offers professional training for adults who are mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect, offers a family support/mentoring program and operates a shelter for abused children. Since opening its doors in 1985, over 2,000 children have lived in our safe home. March 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the shelter.

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June Andrade: A Can Do Attitude & The Hat And The Cat Hospice Care of the Lowcountry Celebrates Sixth Year for Yacht Hop Fundraiser Every year, on the first Sunday in May, Hospice Care of the Lowcountry hosts its largest annual fundraiser, Yacht Hop, in the Harbour Town Yacht Basin in Sea Pines Plantation. This year marks our sixth in a row for this event which has become a greatly-anticipated affair that our community looks forward to. We invite you to join us on May 2nd at 5:30pm to enjoy a beautiful evening of stunning yachts, delicious food and great company while supporting a very worth cause.

Music from the Headliners will provide the backdrop for the evening as guests board an array of yachts, each outfitted with one of the area’s best chefs preparing hors d’ouvres and serving wine. In years past, many have taken to the dance floor under the grand Liberty Oak tree as the sun sets while others prefer to place a wager at our silent or live auctions. The evening is capped off with dessert and a champagne toast. It certainly is a do-notmiss event.

This event is our largest annual fundraiser and is crucial to the services we provide to our local community.

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eaufort native June Andrade could have written a book about what she calls her “career adventures’. She could have written a book on positive thinking, or even decorating (judging by her beautiful and tastefully appointed home.) She could have written a book on how to be one of the nicest people in Beaufort for that matter. But June (and you have to call her June as she is so warm and you feel like you’ve known her your whole life) chose to write a fictional children’s book set on Parris Island.

The result is “The Hat and The Cat”, written

by June Andrade, illustrations by Liesl Bell, published by Infinity Publishing. June says “The book is for all children over ten, active duty and retired military and their families. I worked hard to add some good-natured humor to what is the very serious business of training Marine recruits. I hope that everyone will enjoy my efforts with the understanding that I have great admiration and the highest respect for each and every member of the United States Marine Corps.”

CAREER ADVENTURES June’s service to our country took the form of a 30 year career with the Federal Civil Service. If that sounds like a boring office job, well you haven’t met June. In 1964 June accepted a job with the Federal Civil Service and moved to Washington, DC. When the Department of Defense recruited civilians to support the troops in Korea in 1969 June signed on, resulting in a stint in Korea where she worked for the Director of Intelligence. After returning to her job at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah GA, overseas duty called again in 1971 and June accepted a position in South Vietnam. She worked in Long Binh, RVN as Secretary to the Chief of Staff, US Army Vietnam (USARV).

During the two month turnover of the Long Binh facility to the South Vietnamese June commuted by helicopter to her position at Tan San Et Air Base in Saigon. June says, “To say I’ve ‘been there - done that’ would be true. In fact, I’ve done more than a few things twice, but I’d put commuting to work

JA

from Long Binh to Saigon in a helicopter at the top of my list of favorite things.”

June also worked for Major General Stan McClellan who was instrumental in negotiations for the release of the American POWs. “At that time there was no such thing as computers and typing was a critical skill”, she says. “I lived in 15-woman “hooch” located on Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base. After the ceasefire, American helicopters bringing the POWs home flew merely feet above me as I waved to them. Actually, I could see the POWs in the aircraft and, for some; I was probably the first

American female they had seen in many years.”

In April 1973 June was offered a position in Bangkok, Thailand with the newly installed command but she decided it was time to go home. For a lot of people that would mean a well deserved rest and maybe even a peaceful retirement. But not for June. Going home meant continuing her Federal Civil Service career, first at Fort Rucker, AL and then at Parris Island, SC. From 1973 thru 1978 she was the Secretary to the Commanding General the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, working for Major General A.J. Poillon and Major General Robert H.

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June Andrade, at a recent booksigning event, gets ready to sign a book for an eager military man.

Barrow who was later selected as Commandant of the Marine of her favorite aunt) “Pepper the Cat about Town” ran weekly Corps. After several transfers and a variety of positions, she from 1995 through 1997. Told from the perspective of June’s retired in 1993 as a GS-13, Logistics Management Specialist beloved tomcats Pepper and Bubba Billy, the column enabled for the Systems Acquisition Command in Quantico, VA. She June to report on the all the untold neighborhood stories that returned to her hometown of Beaufort in 1994. make Beaufort so special.

June has a room in her home she proudly calls her “I Love From the column “Driving under the influence of boiled Me Room.” She says she knows many military-types who have peanuts (DWI-BP)”...“We finally found some peanuts to my one where they display all their military career photos, memorabilia and citations.

Her own room is home to most of her “I USED TO WRITE TRIP REPORTS AS A TRAINING REVIEW Federal Civil Service accolades including her OFFICER AT HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS. MY SUPERprized “Civilian Service In Vietnam Medal.”

VISOR WOULD USUALLY MAKE ME WRITE THEM OVER BEYou’ll also find her log book and wings as her CAUSE I WROTE ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPPENED AND status as a licensed glider pilot. “It seems like WHAT WAS SAID - IN A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK KIND OF WAY.” every time I turn a page or open a drawer, there’s a memento from some special time in my life. Life is good” she says with a smile.

WRITING CAREER “When I retired in 1993 I wrote a letter to editor of the Beaufort Gazette about the trucks on Ribaut road from my tomcat Pepper’s point of view. Based on that letter the editor asked me to write a column which resulted in 86 columns over the next two years.” Under the pen name “Jessie Lee” (the name

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mistress’ liking. She threw the money on the counter, hauled them to the car and quickly ripped open a soggy bag. YIKES! Her eyes started getting all loosey-goosey but she put the catmobile in gear and away we went - peanut shells flying every which way while she feverishly ate the nuts, sucked the salt out of the shells and grabbed for another one...I tell you - there ought to be a law

against driving under the influence of boiled peanuts!”

Wit is one of June’s gifts in writing, and in life. She says, “I used to write trip reports as a training review officer at Headquarters Marine Corps. My supervisor would usually make me write them over because I wrote about what actually happened and what was said - in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way.

It was way too funny to be sent up the chain of command!”

THE HAT AND THE CAT June says, “I used three of my Beaufort Gazette columns as a starting point for the book. To finish writing the book took a total of eight months. I did enjoy writing it, but I had to get it right, especially the illustrations and having the training schedule come as close to reality as possible without appearing to ridicule the trainers in any way. That was my ultimate goal - to entertain but not denigrate the real training.”

The book is lavishly illustrated by artist Liesl Bell, who June found through the Beaufort Arts Council. By the time they started working together Ms.Bell had moved to South Africa and so the entire collaboration was done via email. Looking THE HAT and THE CAT is for at the book and seeing sale at the Beaufort Visitors how well the illustrations Center, Beaufort area bookstores compliment and move the and the MCCS Marine Corps story along, you would Exchange (MCX) at Parris Island, never guess that June and Beaufort, SC Ms.Bell have never met. www.juneandrade.com

Using the plot device www.buybooksontheweb.com of an accidental recruit, www.infinitypublishing.com Pepper Parker, a very large tomcat, goes through basic training at Parris Island. From “The Hat and The Cat”...“The recruiters had sent them some peculiar recruits before, but this one took the cake.” (Hat is Marine Corp lingo for the Drill instructors who conduct the bulk of the recruits training; Parris Island has approximately 600 drill instructors on base.)

The book takes the reader step by step through the Marine Corps basic training experience at Parris Island, from exiting the bus … “NOW! Everybody get off my bus! Get rid of whatever you are chewing, eating or smoking and get off my bus! MOVE IT! MOVE IT NOW!” to graduation, “The early morning fog lifted as the sun once again laid claim to ‘PARRIS ISLAND-WHERE THE DIFFERENCE BEGINS’. The large oak trees surrounding Fifth Battalion swayed in the breeze and appeared to bow in salute to the young men who stood ready to march onto the Peatross Parade Field and claim the title, UNITED STATES MARINE.”

The book has been met with an enthusiastic response at Parris Island. The base’s Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) manager Chuck Cozart and his staff ‘have welcomed me the most wonderful way” by arranging book signings in the store.

“True validation of writing the book came at a book-signing in December 2009 when a senior drill instructor came to my table for the sole purpose of thanking me for writing the book. He told me that he had struggled to explain his job and the Drill Instructors’ Oath to his young daughter, and my book had helped him to do that. He told me that once his daughter was able to relate to the tomcat, and that he would be trained by her Dad, she understood and then looked forward to learning and sharing what her dad would be teaching Pepper in the following weeks. That made it all worthwhile.” says June.

FAMILY “My son, Dan Andrade is the Traffic Manager at CAMFOUR in Westfield, MA. Needless to say, I’m very proud of him - not for what he does - but for who he is. In fact some of the characters in the book are based on some of his friends! “says June of her son. Beloved tomcats Pepper and Bubba Billy round out her Beaufort family, with a brother Lewis and a sister Fay living in Florida. June is already planning the next book.

“The next book will about how the Marines and Pepper save Christmas.” she says. Christmas couldn’t be in better hands.

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Dining Guide

The best foods in Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Islands Athenian Gardens

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Bruster’s Real Ice Cream

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Maggie’s Pub

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Mizu Japanese Restaurant

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Piace Pizza

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Rosie O’Grady’s Irish Pub 2127 Boundary Street, Ste 3 Beaufort, SC 29902 (843)379-7676

Shoofly Kitchen

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• Homemade cakes including famous Coconut and Red Velvet versions • Special orders welcome for weddings, parties and other occasions • Cupcakes, tortes, pies, bars and cookies • Scones, muffins, and other breakfast treats • Soups, low country crab quiche and other savory items

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12 Ways To Stress Proof Your Wedding Day

by KAT H RY N L E M M O N

First of all, you’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again: don’t fret over the small things. If the cake topper is different than you remember or the napkins are the wrong shade of blue, your guests won’t notice. Relax, take a deep breath and remember your goal... getting married to the person you love. That said, you can take a few advance precautions to stress-proof your wedding day.

1. For your bridal party, select dependable attendants and give each one a copy of the tentative timeline for the day. Avoid asking children under three years old to be in the wedding party. If you must, let one of the attendants walk with the child or pair them with an older child.

2. Get all your vendor service agreements in writing, in the form of a standard contract. Spell out exactly what you want and don’t want when you make the bookings. Don’t wait until the wedding day to make major changes.

3. Learning to delegate is vital, especially the day of the wedding.

Put someone else in charge of paying the vendors, moving the guest book from the ceremony to the reception site, double checking with the caterers, or any other small task. Read through your list and assign everything!

4. Pack and bring along a bride’s emergency kit which includes, extra panty hose, clear nail polish for runs, Kleenex, aspirin, spot remover, static cling spray, hemming tape, band-aids, a sewing kit with safety pins. For the groom’s kit include: mouthwash, breath mints, razor, cologne and comb.

5. Have attendants arrive early to get dressed so there is no delay when the photographer arrives and no worry about making the wedding on time.

6. Fasten fake rings to the ring pillow, so they won’t fall off. Have an adult carry the real ones. Also, don’t give the pillow to the youngster until about two minutes before they start down the aisle.

7. Practice walking and turning in your gown. Make sure it fits properly before the ceremony. Find the easiest way to walk and turn with the train, so you’re not tripping over it or having to hike it up.

Get a feel for how the dress moves. Don’t eat, drink, smoke or apply make-up after you’ve put the gown on for the ceremony. If you do drink, use a straw and be very careful.

8. In the week prior to the wedding, phone all your vendors and verify everything. Have them read back to you the date, time, location and exactly what they will be doing. Make sure they know the directions to the site. Bring a list of phone numbers so someone can call them if they don’t show up on time.

Your wedding day doesn’t have to be stressful. A little planning will go a long way, allowing you to enjoy your special day.

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9. Nervous stomach or not, eat something before the wedding.

Have someone pick up a sandwich or veggie tray to share with the bridesmaids. You don’t want to faint before all your friends and family!

10. Order enough food, drinks and place settings for everyone who RSVP’ed, plus some additional in case of last minute arrivals.

11. Decide on your order of events at the reception in advance of the wedding day and be sure the wedding coordinator or DJ also has the information ahead of time.

12. Beware of asking friends or family to provide music, food, official photography or any other service at the wedding. They may have good intentions, but an awkward situation can arise if you aren’t happy with the results. Also, never let a friend or relative serve as bartender, as they may give generous portions and deplete the supply or get inebriated themselves.

SOURCE: www.weddingzone.net

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Hiring A Wedding Consultant

by KATHRYN LEMMON

Very few brides are professional event planners, stage directors

or project managers, thus there can be a huge margin for error in planning a wedding. In fact, most everyone in the wedding business has heard the same refrain from a frantic bride... “I’ve never planned a wedding before!”

Some newly engaged couples simply can’t handle the added stress or cope with the time-consuming details of planning their weddings. As with any complicated project, there might be a need for a “project manager.” In the wedding business, this person is known as a wedding coordinator or wedding consultant.

Regardless of whether your event is large or small, a wedding coordinator can remove the burden of hundreds of details, and see to it that all the segments of the wedding are properly planned and implemented.

Coordinators will tell you, they wear many hats. They will counsel brides on what is possible within their budgets, offer advice on all aspects of the wedding and can do the actual leg work of booking, hiring, and contracting wedding vendors.

In addition, they can manage the events of the wedding and reception, so the bride, groom and wedding party can be worryfree to enjoy the day.

A typical wedding consultant will begin by asking you to describe the style of wedding you have in mind. You may be asked to detail all the preferences you and your fiance have decided upon to make your wedding special and distinctive. Money and budgets will be discussed, and you’ll need to pin down the cost range you have in mind. When a complete picture of your event begins to take shape, the coordinator will make recommendations which will eventually make your nuptials a reality.

Some people fear a coordinator will barge in and take over, but that’s very unlikely. Reputable coordinators make your dreams come true, not their own. They have close contacts with all wedding vendors, such as rental outlets, jewelers, caterers,

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photographers, DJs and florists of the highest quality. A coordinator will only hire the best and will often guarantee these services.

Coordinators are experts on wedding etiquette, so whenever you have a question about what is “right” they’ll have the answer. They can also shield the couple from problems arising on the wedding day. Familiar with wedding timelines, a coordinator knows what planning tasks need to be done when, and will alert you to them. This can lower the stress level for everyone.

When selecting a coordinator, be sure to interview several before making your final choice. Find one you feel comfortable working closely with and one who understands your wishes.

Inquire about how many weddings the coordinator has worked on in the past. Find out exactly what services they offer and what they don’t. Check their references. Ask yourself, does this person seem organized and professional? It’s also a good idea to establish the fee structure up front.

Experts recommend the bride who is starting on the planning process have at least one meeting with a wedding coordinator, that could help her avoid many pitfalls. If the bride does nothing but spend $50 or $60 for initial consulting services, she will likely be savings hundreds of dollars down the line.

The cost of wedding consultants vary from region to region, and with the overall wedding size. As a general rule you can expect to pay ten to twenty percent of the total wedding costs for a person who is managing all aspects of a large wedding. Others may charge a flat fee. For simple consulting services, you might pay from $50 to $75 per hour. If possible, it’s better to have a flat fee, thus you know the complete cost up-front. Going with a percentage, can create a conflict of interest because the larger your budget, the more the consultant will get paid.

If a wedding is in your future, but you feel “timed-out,” consider a wedding consultant.

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Floral Traditions and Trends

by KATHRYN LEMMON

Nothing quite captures the romance of a couple joining together in matrimony like the beauty and sensuous scents of nature’s magnificent creations, flowers. But, more than just decoration, flowers set the tone and make a personal statement about the couple.

For centuries we have associated different flowers with the emotions which underscore the union of two souls - the rose has always symbolized the love between two individuals, for example.

Blossoms and greenery have adorned churches, homes, gardens and parks, enhancing the backdrop where lovers wed.

But, the bridal bouquet remains the real focal point for the bride and the florist. Strict rules about bouquets have all but vanished, leaving brides free to design any sort of arrangement they prefer.

Flowers are no longer limited to white or cream, although pale blossoms are often chosen because they fit the spirit of the occasion and don’t draw attention from the bride. Fall weddings inspire even bolder palettes. For example, burgundy roses arranged with pale, peach-colored blooms make for a stunning and very romantic bouquet. Other color additions include a touch of blue or lavender.

Lilacs and hydrangea are popular choices. Red roses and poinsettias remain popular for holiday weddings.

One recent trend has been to simply hand-tie a mass of likecolored roses with ribbon so they look graceful, yet unpretentious.

This simple, elegant look has been extremely popular for the past several years and gives the bride more of a natural appearance, as if she just stepped from the garden.

Another new approach is a herb bouquet. An herb bouquet, which also contains flowers, might include a combination of sage, lemon balm, lavender, rosemary, orchids and twigs. It smells lovely and will make a wonderful keepsake.

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Experts say the choice of your wedding bouquet depends a great deal on the style of your gown. For instance, a bride dressed in Victorian-inspired white lace might select an oldfashioned cluster of sweetheart roses and violets for the bouquet.

On the other hand, a bride in a country-style gown might want a more casual profusion of wildflowers and daisies. The most traditional and formal bouquets, however, are usually all white.

However, white bouquets can include a bit of fern or ivy for color. The bouquet size should also be in proportion to the bride.

Too large an arrangement will overpower and clutter the look of the bride.

Florists advise against making a firm decision on flowers too early in the planning process. As the bride will probably attend weddings and get many ideas from wedding publications, it can be premature to select flowers a year in advance. Color schemes change and ideas change often over a year’s time, which can lead to confusion. Four to six months prior to the wedding is usually a better time frame.

It’s helpful to a florist if the brides bring in photos (or other visual aids) of the floral arrangements they like, as well as samples of dress fabrics of the bride and attendants.

Florists are now seeing a trend toward having flower decorations at all phases of a wedding, from the ceremony to the reception. Some florists will move flower arrangements from the ceremony sites to the reception sites, then rearrange existing displays into centerpieces or use them to embellish doors, tables, stages, or other areas.

Bridesmaids, mothers, the groom and groomsmen should all wear flower styles which match the theme of the wedding and the bridal bouquet. Bridesmaid flowers should not upstage the bride’s ensemble, but it is recommended that the maid of honor have a larger bouquet with a distinct arrangement.

Most popular flowers are associated with a desirable quality.

SOURCE: www.weddingzone.net

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Choosing A Photographer

by DIXIE DOBBINS

You’ve dreamed of it for years, you’ve planned it for months and then your wedding day arrives and flies by in a blur! That’s why it is so important for you to have great professional wedding pictures.

Locating and hiring a good photographer to capture your special day will require some work on your part but with these tips you can have beautiful pictures that capture your wedding day in all its glory.

Number one, not all photographers are the same. A professional who is member in good standing with the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is a good place to start looking. The PPA has a web site and locator set up at www.ppa.com so that you can find qualified professional photographers in your area. The degrees of Certified Professional Photographer (CPP), Photographic Craftsman and the prestigious “Master of Photography” degree given by the PPA shows that the photographer is a serious professional with the highest of standards. Also the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) is a great source to start your search, at www.wppionline.com.

The first thing to do is call and arrange an appointment to meet with the photographer and to see samples of their work. Some studios employ several photographers and it’s important to meet the actual photographer and see his/her work before signing any contracts or agreements.

The next step is to visit at least 3 studios and compare quality.

Photographer’s styles can range from traditional color - more posed images, to the newest trend, Black and White Photojournalistic looking images. Be sure to ask about number of hours included in the price, if there is an extra charge for the album itself and overtime charges. Get all the information in writing including the time the photographer is to arrive and the time they are to leave. Don’t assume they will stay to the end as you hop in your limo, the photographer could have left hours earlier!

You want to find someone that you feel comfortable with.

Personality plays a major part of how well the photographs will turn out. Remember you will be spending a large amount of time with this person and the last thing you want is someone who is unpleasant.

Also ask about reorder prices. That is what extra portraits will cost

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P h o t o b y PA U L N U RNBERG should you decide to add more portraits to your album, or want or need extra prints for your family and friends.

One of the latest conveniences is on-line session proofing. Some photographers are now offering to put the Bride and Grooms wedding images on a web site, which will allow your family and friends all over the world to view the wedding images and purchase prints directly from the web site! A couple of good sites for this are www.collages.net or www.pictage.com.

You should plan on spending about 20% of your wedding budget on the photography. After all, it is all that will be left after your wedding day is over. You and your husbandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wedding album will become an heirloom and something that you will want to pass down to your children and their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children. Be very careful... horror stories have happened when couples let a relative or a friend photograph their wedding, or have chosen the cheapest photographer.

It takes a trained professional to juggle all the elements of a wedding day. You will never regret hiring a professional, just follow the above steps and you should wind up with a beautiful wedding album, featuring all the love, beauty and romance of your special day.

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