By Margaret Evans, EditorWriter’s Note: I greet you, reader, from an upstairs bedroom at my parents’ house in Alabama. It’s the day after Christmas, the TV is droning, and downstairs a dog barks as my nieces, ages 3 and 5, belt out another round of “Let It Go” on their new karaoke machine. (Thanks, Santa.) Certain circumstances do not lend themselves to column writing, so I offer you a “classic” from the archives. This piece first appeared in January 2012…
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Theatre Review by Michael Bassett What a glorious feeling: “Singin’ in the Rain” is being performed at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Who doesn’t love this show?
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The University of South Carolina Beaufort and Beaufort Theatre Company will present the holiday musical Miracle in Bedford Falls on December 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and on December 21 at 3:00 p.m.
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Haven’t most of us been touched by a great leader or two in our lives, whether in person or through the media? Principals, teachers, military officers, the occasional politician may come to mind. Perhaps icons like Martin Luther King, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln; maybe a great coach like Pat Riley, Steve Spurrier, Pat Summitt or Joe Torre. For reference, The Leadership Institute at Harvard College defines leadership as “the skill of motivating, guiding, and empowering a team towards a socially responsible vision.” I would add terrific parents to any list of great leaders.
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There was a great turn out and lots of holiday joy had by all December 4 – 6 at the Festival of Trees benefiting Friends of Caroline Hospice.
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Charlie Ryan’s new novel, The Pullman Hilton, is a fast moving winter’s tale that centers on the escapades of seven youngsters as they seek adventure and encounter mystery and the unknown during a Depression-era Christmas.
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Beaufort resident Eric Horan presents “Portrait of the Lowcountry,” a photo exhibition at the Saul Alexander Gallery in the Charleston County Public Library through the month of December. Horan’s exhibition features new and previously shown images that showcase his extensive work photographing South Carolina. His work captures the natural beauty of a wide diversity of sea and shorebirds and other wildlife along scenic waterways, pristine beaches and inland maritime forests.
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By Margaret Evans, EditorLast issue, I wrote about the curse of the holiday blues, and soon thereafter I found it starting to lift. You fellow scribblers will recognize this phenomenon. There’s something about writing your feelings down – about herding the nebulous and intangible into neat, concrete sentences and paragraphs – that can actually purge those feelings, or at least render them more manageable. Writing as catharsis is nothing new.
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Just in time for the holiday season, the luminous production of Singin’ in the Rain is onstage at the Arts Center, December 3- 28. Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue, and a downpour of Hollywood standards make Singin’ in the Rain the perfect entertainment for all ages.
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