Weekend family fun rounds up Aiken events
A weekend full of family friendly events features a Kite Festival at Perry Park, a Children's Day at Redcliffe Plantation with tours and crafts, a Rock a Thon for Relay For Life, and performances at the Aiken Community Playhouse. Other activities include Strawberry Festival in North Augusta, Earth Day events, and multiple museum and church programs. Calls and websites provide details.
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Redcliffe
Millbrook Baptist Church
Relay For Life
Wal-Mart
Richland Avenue
Aiken Community Playhouse
Washington Center For the Performing Arts
Our Lady of Peace School
North Augusta
Knox Avenue
LeCompte Avenue
Lions Field
Columbia Marionette Theater
Reunion brings prom memories back for Aiken man
Barry MacDonald recalls his 50th high school reunion in Detroit where a former date Kay confronted him about not asking her to prom. He remembers details of prom night, dinner at Joey Staples, champagne, frog legs, and an after party by Orchard Lake ending badly when his date got sick.
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Aiken
Barry MacDonald
MacDonald
Detroit
Mich
Ernestine
Kay
Danby
Edo
Joey Staples
Orchard Lake
Rachel Johnson
Johnson
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USCA Aiken students perform Broadway classics in music drama
USCA students will present a program titled An Evening of Broadway Memories featuring selections from The Sound of Music Oklahoma State Fair The King and I and Carousel. Megan Trivelas and Bobby Bloom perform title and show pieces while Bill Riehl reflects on the era. The concert, a joint venture of the Visual and Performing Arts department, debuts Thursday at the Center.
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North Augusta
Living History Park
Aiken County Recreation Center
Augusta
Grace United Methodist Church
Wesley Center
Dupont Planetarium
Hammond-Beyer Health Center
Houndslake Drive
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
North Augusta High ‘School
Megan Trivelas
Bobby Bloom
Oklahoma
USC Aiken
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Trivelas
Bloom
USCA
Bill Riehl
Riehl
King and I
Carousel
Jack Benjamin
Joel Scraper
Ual
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Chris Church
Stephanie Sexton
Rodgers and
Hammerstein
Etherredge Center
Local beauty pageant finalist and Wingstop awards noted
Amber Mane Quill, 13, is a state finalist in Miss South Carolina pageant set for Aug 2 3 at Hyatt Regency Greenville. Crystal Waters of Aiken also listed as a state finalist. Wingstop awards honor Richard and Joviane Branker at Idlewood Crossing store for top shop scores and service.
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South Carolina
Hyatt Regency
Greenville
Quiller
Ronald Coleman
Ting
Valley Fair Baptist Church
Light House Christian Center
Lloyd Kennedy Charter School
Crystal Waters
Aiken
Joanne
Michael Waters
Wingstop
Richard and
Joviane Branker
Brankers
Martintown Road
Idlewood Crossing
Aiken student named art director of The Chanticleer
Brandon Lockett from Aiken, majoring in studio art at Coastal Carolina University, has been chosen as the art director of The Chanticleer, the university's student newspaper.
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Aiken
Coastal Carolina University
the Chanticleer
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