- As a part of the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art, Taylor Johnson will be performing tonight at All Saints Church! Here are the details:
- Date / Time:Tuesday, October 9, 2012 @ 7:00 pm
(Doors open @ 6:30 pm) - Location:All Saints Church
- Ticket price:BUY TICKET $25 Ticket Info
- Orangeburg, South Carolina native Taylor Johnson has been involved in music her entire life. The lyric soprano obtained a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance with a distinction in opera at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in May 2007. While studying, she performed in many of the college’s opera productions. She made her operatic debut performing Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro in 2006 and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss in 2007. She also received many accolades during her four years at Converse, including the Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) 1st place award, the Young Artist Concerto Competition, and 2nd place in the Emerging Young Artist Competition (formerly known as the Leontyne Price Competition) in Long Beach, California. She was a featured performer for many concerts, including the Marian Anderson Gala in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Magnificat in Eb by Bach, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mozart’s C Minor Mass, and as soprano soloist in Elijah by Mendelssohn with the Converse College Orchestra.
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Wooden Boat Show Featured Artist
The Harbor Historical Association of Georgetown will present the 23nd Annual Wooden Boat Show on Saturday October 20, 2012 from 11 AM to 6 PM. They are pleased to announce the selection of artist and artwork for the eagerly anticipated annual event. A painting by Keels Culberson Swinnie, a popular local artist and an area native, has been selected as the official painting that will be showcased on the 2012 Wooden Boat Show poster.
Keels grew up on the Waccamaw Neck at her Daddy’s heels. She cherishes memories of working on boats every afternoon – with her Father and as a family– especially in cooler months when surfing wasn’t as appealing an option. Then the family would climb aboard and go rowing on the Waccamaw River. It was a routine she loved; what child wouldn’t?
The inspiration for the 2012 Wooden Boat Show’s official painting grew from Keels’ memories. In subject matter and mood, it evokes the charm of Norman Rockwell with Lowcountry subject matter. Her Dad’s long ponytail remains the same – albeit it a bit more gray. She shares his intense, ice-blue eyes. Notice surfboards hanging from the ceiling. Notice she is on tiptoe. She remembers those afternoons vividly and has recreated them in detail in this year’s Boat Show painting.
No one in-the-know will deny Keels came by her talent honestly. Her Father, Henry Culberson, is well known and loved throughout the Lowcountry for building surfboards, crafting exquisite boats, masterminding all manner of woodworking projects, raising bees and other uncommon endeavors. He is also a former Georgetown Wooden Boat Challenge competitor – and winner.
Keels Culberson Swinnie graduated from Converse College in 2004. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design and Art History. Then she studied Studio Art at the College of Charleston, and continued her education at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy. Her work is colorful, evocative and embraces a variety of subject matter. Of course, the ocean, Carolina Lowcountry and all things related frequently take center stage. A self-proclaimed travel hound, though, the landscapes of Italy, Greece and Costa Rica also influence vibrant color choices, subject matter and all the minutiae that transform art into fine art.
Keels has work displayed in galleries, private homes and businesses all over South Carolina and beyond. She serves as a board member for the Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art and the Kathy Metts Memorial Art Scholarship committee. She is one of four founding members of the Ebb & Flow Art Co-op in Murrells Inlet. Anyone interested in seeing more of her work should visit Ebb & Flow Art and Pawleys Lifestyles on the North Causeway in Pawleys Island. Learn more at www.KeelsArt.com.
DeBordieu’s HOT DEAL of the Week is for the BIRDS!
Build the home of your dreams on Lot 8 Island Green and you’ll enjoy wonderful views of the EGRET TREE, a natural rookery located on a small island in the lagoon.
Take a look at the video of the “Egret Tree” taken last summer by clicking on the picture to the left, or this link: DeBordieu Egret Tree.
DeBordieu’s Island Green is one of the most sought after locations within this private oceanfront golf community just north of Charleston, SC.
Lot 8 features beautiful live oaks and 219 feet on the water.
This Cul-de-sac location just steps to the beach and offers Ocean-View potential from a roof-top deck.
DeBordieu Colony is an oceanfront community located just south of Pawleys Island, South Carolina featuring private golf and tennis, saltwater creek access to the ocean, a manned security gate, and luxury homes and villas surrounded by thousands of acres of wildlife and nature preserves!
Pawleys Island Wine Gala
Sample nearly 70 wines from renowned vineyards around the world and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres at the 13th Annual Pawleys Island Wine Gala. A fund raiser for the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art, the evening will also include a three hour dessert tasting provided by Pawleys Island Bakery, cordial tasting, a silent auction full of wonderful trips, live entertainment, a complimentary wine glass and valet parking. Wines will be available for purchase at prices well below retail during this special event.
The event is being held at the Reserve Golf Club of Pawleys Island. Tickets are available for $100, the dress is casual cocktail attire.
Attention Wine Connoisseurs: New for 2012, The Collector’s Circle
During this year’s Wine Gala, those guests who choose to join the Collector’s Circle will have the opportunity to taste some very special, select, limited production wines. The Collector’s Circle wine pouring will be going on simultaneously with the Wine Gala. Members of the Collector’s Circle will be able to go from one event to the other throughout the evening.
$150 each will include admission to the 13th Annual Pawley’s Island Wine Gala as well as the Collector’s Circle Private Tasting. Tickets are limited and are available by calling the Festival office at 843-626-8911.
The Collector’s Circle will feature several unusual, hard-to-find, and rare wines.
Among the wines scheduled to be available are:
Willakenzie Pinot Noir
Lakoya
Diamond Mountain
2003
Robert Mondavi
Reserve
1998
Magnums
Chateau Talbot
France
1990
Gevrey Chambertin
Clos de la Justice
Pierre Bouree
1998
Araujo
Altagracia
Eisele Vineyard
2001
Frank Family
Cabernet Sauvignon
Nuit-Saint-Georges
1er Cru Les Chaignats
Pierre Bouree
1993
The Baruchs of Hobcaw
As a part of the Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art, the Tara Theater at Litchfield Beach & Golf will present a movie this evening (Tuesday, Oct 2) all about the Baruchs of Hobcaw, the preserved estate right next door to DeBordieu.
According to the festival website, ” The Baruchs of Hobcaw is the epic story of an extraordinary family who left the state of South Carolina an enormous gift – Hobcaw Barony, a 17,500 acre nature preserve on the Waccamaw Neck near Georgetown. Bernard Mannes Baruch was one of the most famous and influential Americans of the first half of the 20th century. A South Carolina native, he purchased Hobcaw Barony as a winter home in 1905. He and his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, had three children, but their oldest daughter, Belle, was Hobcaw’s greatest champion. Belle grew up spending winter vacations at Hobcaw and eventually bought the property from her father. At a time when environmentalism was a nascent concept, she created the Belle W. Baruch Foundation in her will, preserving Hobcaw for education, research and the people of South Carolina.”
The show starts at 7:00, admission is free. Reservations are suggested, 843-626-8911. Donations accepted.
Residents of DeBordieu are so fortunate to have Hobcaw Barony right next door. Many people actually have chosen to build their homes adjacent to this wonderful nature preserve in the Colony Club Estates and Patewood South neighborhoods. Below are some links to some of the properties available for sale in these areas.
For more information or a tour of DeBordieu, call 843-455-4523, TroiKaz@DeBordieu.com