When I came to the end of the final book in the Harry Potter series, I remember thinking, “Wow, how about that? After all the analysis, all the scholarship, all the speculation and debate… it’s just a children’s story after all.” With three little words – “All was well” – J.K, Rowling gave her legions of fans, both young and old, a parting gift of grace. She reminded us not to take her books, or our selves, too seriously.
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Steve Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Alexandria Link , The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy, and The Amber Room. His historical-based foreign intrigue books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and sold in forty-two countries. After his first two books were national bestsellers, books three and four debuted at #13 and #4 on the NY Times bestseller list and stayed on all the major bestseller lists for many weeks.
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On Friday, November 16, Beaufort Performing Arts, Inc. will be thrilled to present Junie B. Jones, the first of its four children shows known as PJ & Play.
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The Fripp Island Friends of Music announce their second concert for the current season, on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at 5 pm.
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Beaufort Performing Arts is happy to present The Claremont Trio On Sunday, November 18 at 7 pm. The trio, comprised of pianist Donna Kwong and twin sisters, violinist Emily Bruskin and cellist Julia Bruskin, is yet another example of chamber groups formed by attractive young women who are not only an absolute joy to hear but thrilling to watch as well.
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They live in various neighborhoods of Beaufort, including St. Helena, Lady’s Island, and just up the road in Yemassee and Walterboro. Some have been formally trained, some are self-taught, some have been apprenticed. They are both long time and short time practitioners of their crafts and not one of them is short on talent. They’ve lived here all their lives or have settled here from somewhere else—from places like New York, Louisiana, North Carolina, Boston, and Pittsburgh.
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Winners in the Camera Club of Hilton Head Island’s 2007 Member Competition were announced last week. Themes this year were Fall Color and black & white Lowcountry scenes.
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On Sunday, November 4, a lucky group will see the Lowcountry in a whole new way, on USCB’s Sunset History Excursion, from 2:30 – 7 pm.
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Chamber Music Hilton Head opens its 10th Anniversary season with a concert at All Saints Episcopal Church on Monday, October 29. Most of the participating musicians are core members of the ensemble, with oboist Lauren Stuligross and pianist Jean Shamo being Island residents. Sharing assignments with Jean will be guest Karla Qualls, head of the piano accompanying program at Georgia Southern State University in Statesboro.
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Maestro Fred Devyatkin will conduct a celebration of Virtuoso Composers of the Nineteenth Century when the Beaufort Orchestra opens its twenty-second season on October 25th and 28th. Tamas Kocsis, concertmaster of the Orlando Symphony, will return as violin soloist in Paganini’s Violin Concerto in D.
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