Gillespie Delivers Bebop Echo at Etherredge Center
Dizzy Gillespie, the "Beethoven of Bebop," headlined a packed Etherredge Center show with his band. The South Carolina native performed tunes like The Land of Milk and Honey and A Night in Tunisia, joined by Walter Davis Jr, John Lee, and Al-Hajj Nassyr Abdul Al-Khabbyr and his son on saxophone and clarinet. The concert highlighted his trumpeting and voice, framing the era of modern bop alongside Parker and other jazz greats. The Etherredge Center Cultural Series continues with Ransom Wilson and Solisti New York Chamber Orchestra on Friday April 18, with ticket information available locally.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Les Hite
Earl Hiens
USCA
Ransom Wilson
Solisti New York Chamber Orchestra
Solisti New York
Aiken
Frederica van Stade
Carnegie Hall
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Folly Beach Considers Spoil Sand From Charleston Harbor
Army Corps of Engineers weighs using dredged spoil from Charleston harbor entrance to rebuild Folly Beach erosion. Mayor Richard Beck says 8 million cubic yards of sand could be placed on or near Folly Beach if harbor deepening proceeds. Local officials and coastal experts discuss erosion controls and seawall impacts.
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Folly Beach
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The Seven Year Itch comes to Aiken Community Playhouse
The production opened to a near full house with Steve Eubanks as Richard Sherman. Lora Rhinehart stars as his wife and Jeff Dicks as their son while visions of flirtatious women appear in Richards imagination including his secretary Marty Mobley Peggy Kelly Cindy Martin and Julie Howard. In reality those women are only hopeful visions in his mind.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Steve Eubanks
Richard Sherman
Lora Rhinehart
Jeff Dicks
Richard
Marty Mobley
Peggy Kelly
United Nations
Cindy Martin
New York
Julie Howard
Seven Year Itch continues this week at ACP venue
The play follows Richard as he contemplates fidelity while he imagines adventures with The Girl played by Marsha Fulford. A psychiatrist and two consciences voiced by Tom Murray Terry Phillips and Linda Gordy guide his fantasies as Jim Schubert’s debonair author looms. Directed by newcomer John Swope, performances run this afternoon and Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Reservations are taken Tuesday through Saturday 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
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Richard
Tom Murray
Jim Schubert
Terry Phillips
Linda Gordy
ACP
John Swope
Beech Island Celebrates Its Tricentennial Heritage
Beech Island plans a tricentennial celebration featuring a parade along Sand Bar Ferry Road, living history exhibits at Redcliffe Plantation, a Fort Gordon band concert, tours, square dancing, crafts, and a barbecue. The event honors Beech Island’s 1700s origins and Fort Moore while highlighting local history and the Beech Island Historical Society. Tickets cost adults four dollars for barbecue and one dollar for plantation tours, with discounts for children.
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Carolina
Confederation of South Carolina
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