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Side by Side
beaufort orchestras present combined concert
PROFILE
Get to know the project director of the Gullah Festival see page 18 INDEX
Beaufort Memorial will have open house this Monday afternoon
to pre- and post-surgery rehab. Relocated from Beaufort Medical Plaza to the new health care complex across the street from the main hospital campus, the
HEALTH
Beaufort Memorial Nurse wins Palmetto Gold Nursing Award see page 9
Happy 10th Anniversary to Saltus River Grill see page 10
Hospital to showcase new facilities
The new LifeFit Wellness Center is located across from the hospital on Ribaut Road.
WHAT’S INSIDE?
SOCIAL
On Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m., The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra and the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra will take the stage together to present “Side By Side,” a one-ofa-kind concert at Beaufort High School’s Performing Arts Auditorium on Lady’s Island. There will be approximately 100 musicians gathered to present music of West Side Story, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, A Salute To Satchmo and more. The Beaufort Youth Orchestra was established over a decade ago by Fred Devyatkin, conductor of the Beaufort Orchestra. It has grown to include over 55 members. Over the last two years, the orchestra has expanded to include a beginning strings group, First Orchestra, led by Amy Rabinowitz. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for youth through high school. Tickets are available online at www.beaufortorchestra. org. Call 1-800-4TIX (4849). Tickets will also be available at the door.
LifeFit Wellness Center, Beaufort Memorial’s medically supervised exercise facility, will host an open house this Monday, May 20, offering the public the chance to check out its upgraded quarters in the new Beaufort Memorial Medical & Administrative Center on Ribaut Road. During the open house, guests also will have the opportunity to check out the hospital’s cardio/pulmonary and outpatient rehabilitation, which shares space with LifeFit in the building’s first floor. Services include everything from physical, occupational and speech therapy
may 16-22, 2013
wellness center has been expanded by 70 percent, taking up most of the first floor of the four-story building. It will feature some of the latest strength-training and cardio workout equipment, more exercise classes and a spa-like massage room. “We’ve gone from a cramped 10,000 square feet to a very roomy 17,000 square feet,” said LifeFit Senior Director Mark Senn. “It has allowed us to expand our exercise options and have a bigger group exercise room.” HOSPITAL continued on page 6
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