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{the arts issue}

24 Meet the dedicated

and talented members

of the Lake Murray

Symphony Orchestra, which

celebrates its 10th season.

10 Each month, bluegrass

reigns in Leesville. Find

out more about the

Haynes Fourth Saturday series.

18 Fall season highlights:

Comedian Bill Cosby,

Broadway in Columbia,

SC Philharmonic’s 50th season, and

more.

Hen party. Chickens rule in Ron and Holly Wilson’s garden. Pictured here are, clockwise from left, Hushpuppy, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Roll and Cornbread.

Photograph by Tracy Glantz.

{also inside}

CALENDAR 6

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS 36

PAST TENSE 38

BUY PHOTOS: See more photos from

our stories and purchasephotos published in this issue; order

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SEPTEMBER 2013contents

{garden}

12 An afnity for

chickens led Ron

and Holly Wilson

to build a souped-

up chicken coop for their brood.

31 Even after decades

together, Jim and

Shirley Kirby still areon a journey — in their garden. Find

out how they created meandering

pathways at their lakefront property.

ON THE COVER: Members of the

Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra in

rehearsal. Photograph by Tim Dominick



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Sept. 5-8: Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation presents JazzUnder the Stars Jazzfest: Salute to the Makers of Funk, various

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Sept. 7: Viva La Vista, vivalavistasc.com

Sept. 7: Sandra Bernhard, Koger Center, (803) 251-2222,

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Sept. 8: John, Janet and Jazz, Newberry Opera House,

(803) 276-6264, www.newberryoperahouse.com

Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29: USC School of Music, Cornelia

Freeman Concert Series, School of Music Recital Hall, www.

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Sept. 13-28: Beehive: A ‘60s Musical, Workshop Theatre,

(803) 799-4876

Sept. 17-Oct. 5: Ragtime, The Musical, Trustus, (803) 254-

9732, www.trustus.org

Sept. 17: USC School of Music, Rubio-Benavides Duo,

School of Music Recital Hall, free

Sept. 19: USC Symphony Orchestra with guest artist Misha

Dicter, Koger Center, (803) 251-2222, www.capitaltickets.com

Sept. 19-22, 26-28: Unnecessary Farce, Chapin Theatre

Company, Harbison Theatre, (803) 240-8544, www.

chapintheatre.org

Sept. 20: Exile, Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264,

www.newberryoperahouse.com

Sept. 20-Oct. 12: Les Miserables, Town Theatre, (803)

799-2510

Sept. 21: Air Supply, Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-

6264, www.newberryoperahouse.com

Sept. 8: Jerry Butler, Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-

6264, www.newberryoperahouse.com

Sept. 23: USC School of Music, Joseph Eller Faculty

Clarinet Recital with pianist Lynn Kompass, School of Music

Recital Hall, free

Sept. 22: USC Cello Choir, Koger Center, (803) 251-2222,

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Sept. 30: USC Wind Ensemble, Koger Center, free

{museums & art}Through Sept. 8: Between the Springmaid Sheets, S.C.

State Museum, (803) 898-4921

Through Sept. 20: If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus,

McKissick Museum, (803) 777-7251

Through Sept. 22: Football: The Exhibit, EdVenture, (803)

779-3100

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Ongoing: Diverse Voices: Discovering

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Ongoing: Tutankhamun: Return of the

King, S.C. State Museum, (803) 898-4921

Ongoing: The Civil War in South Carolina,

S.C. State Museum, (803) 898-4921

Ongoing: A Woman’s Light: Making

History in South Carolina, S.C. State

Museum, www.scmuseum.org

Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22:, 29 Gallery Tour:

Highlights of the Collection, Columbia

Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Sept. 3, 17: About Face Portrait and

Figure Drawing, Columbia Museum of

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Sept. 6: First Fr iYAYs!, EdVenture, (803)

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Sept. 10: Family Night, EdVenture, (803)

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Sept. 9, 23: About Face drawing

session, Columbia Museum of Art, (803)

799-2810

Sept. 9: Homeschool Days: The

Language of Art, Columbia Museum of

Art, (803) 799-2810

Sept. 20: Come Together Gala,


Sept. 21: Fall Heritage Festival & Pickin’

Party, S.C. State Museum, (803) 898-

4921

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5K, West Columbia

Riverwalk, www.

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Sept. 14:

Vanderbilt

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USC, Williams-

Brice Stadium

Sept. 15: Rising Starrs Journior

Tennis Tournament, Lexington

County Tennis Complex, www.lctc.

lexingtoncountytennis.com

Sept. 21: Hydrocephalus Association

Walk, walk4hydro.kintera.org

Sept. 28: Columbia QuadSquad

Rollergirls Miss B-Havers vs. Rogue

Rollergirls, Jamil Temple, (803) 772-0732,

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Sept. 1: The Epic Hair Battle & Hair

Showcase, Township Auditorium, (803)

576-2350, thetownship.org

Sept. 4: Battle of the Bands, New

Brookland Tavern, (803) 791-4413, www.

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Sept. 12: Benjamin Britten CentenaryCelebration Lecture featuring Dr. Martin

Nedbal from the University of Arkansas.

School of Music Recital Hall, free

Sept. 12-15: South Carolina Elvis

Festival, Newberry Opera House, www.

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Sept. 15: Columbia Classical Ballet’s

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Sept. 20: Stone Temple Pilots with

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Auditorium, (803) 576-2350,

thetownship.org

Sept. 21: Beach Sweep/River Sweep,

statewide, www.scseagrant.org

Sept. 21: Jam Room Music Festivalfeaturing Son Volt, The Woggles, The Great

Book of John, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba

and Rachel Kate. Main at Hampton streets,

www.jamroommusicfestival.com

Sept. 22: The Renaissance Foundation

presents Pastor Shirley Ceasar,

Koger Center, (803) 251-2222, www.

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Sept. 24-29: Sumter County Fair, www.

sumterfair.com

Sept. 26-29: Euphoria, www.

euphoriagreenville.com

Sept. 28: Columbia Freedom Fest

featuring Last Flight Out, 3 Shades of Blue,

Lightswitch, The Advice, Mikeschair, Josh

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Tuning up. Musicians hold a jam session before a performance of bluegrass music in Batesburg-Leesville. The monthly show takes place in the Haynes

Auditorium on the campus of the Leesville Midlands Tech.




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ach person who walks throughthe door at the Haynes

Auditorium is greeted like anold friend by Jane Wyatt.

Some really are. Others know hermostly as the friendly woman who takesup their money at the Haynes FourthSaturday Bluegrass Series in Leesville.

But even the rst-timers get the “Hey!How’re you?” with such feeling it seemsshe really would like to hear how you’redoing. That’s typical of the atmosphereat the Haynes, where $7 gets you a hard,school auditorium-type seat (cushions areavailable if you arrive early) for shows by two quality bluegrass bands.

Lewis Rogers started the series several years ago, when a friend with the Ridge Arts Council told him they were looking forevents for the auditorium. The Haynes ispart of what once was Leesville College andnow is a Midlands Tech satellite campus.

Though spruced up in recent years, theauditorium is still a little worn, but it hasgreat acoustics. In other words, it’s prefect for the Fourth Saturday Bluegrass Series.

The series wasn’t an immediate success.“W e had about 30 people that rst

night, and it went downhill from there,”Rogers jokes. “At one point I thought,‘Do I want to keep doing this.’”

But persistence, that family atmosphereand the backing of local musicians havemade the event a success. Attendance usually ranges from 75 to 150 people, or enough topay the building rental and insurance andgive the bands a little something.

“Sometimes, bands will say keep themoney, spend it on advertisement,”Rogers says.

The focus is giving local bands “anopportunity to play to a bluegrass crowd,”Rogers says. “South Carolina bluegrassfor South Carolinians.”

The stage show starts around 7 p.m.,and it is preceded by an all-comers jamsession beginning at 4:30 p.m. At the

jam session in the auditorium entryway,beginners can sit beside veterans to learnthe chords by watching. In June, a stand-up bass player with a jazz background waspicking up bluegrass tips.

During sound check for the June show – featuring the Carolina Ramblers andSavannah River Bluegrass – the handfulof early arrivals clapped rhythmically asthe very young grandchild of one of theperformers climbed onstage and began todance to music in her head.

That kind of scene is typical every fourth Saturday from January through

August. The music moves outside for the All Day Haynes Bluegrass Festival eachSeptember. It’s Sept. 28 this year, withbands playing from about 1 to 9 p.m.under a bandstand in the park adjacent to the auditorium. Proceeds go to RidgeChristian School.

The Fourth Saturday event takes off the months of October, November andDecember. After all, the fourth Saturday of those months often is lled by otherfamily-related activities.

The good times rollat the Haynes Fourth

Saturday BluegrassSeries in LeesvilleStory by Joey Holleman • Photographs by Joey Holleman

If you go

Haynes Fourth Saturday

Bluegrass Series

When: Each fourth Saturday of the

month; an all-day bluegrass festival is

set for Sept. 28 from noon to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Haynes Auditorium, 423

College St., Leesville

Info: haynesbluegrass.com




Chickens comehome to roost

Story by Gigi Huckabee Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazines • Photographs by Tim Dominick

Peck on the cheek? Cornbread sneaks up on Holly Wilson as she sits in a chair in the coop and watches the chickens

while drinking morning coffee. At left, Buckwheat peers out from the coop.

{garden}




Sitting amid a bevy of young chicks, Ron Wilson is the

picture of contentment. His wife, Holly, sits next to

him, quietly feeding a treat of dried mealy worms to

Cornbread, a docile hen with light-yellow feathers.

Mom and Pop on the farm? No, the Wilsons have

joined an increasing number of suburbanites who

raise chickens.

A shed is now a stylish coop for couple’s chickens

Coop d’etat. Ron and Holly Wilson, of Lexington, raise chickens. Ron built the coop that is attached to a garden shed. Holly provided the decor.




Chicken coops have cropped up inunlikely places: suburban neighborhoods

and within city limits. (Check localordinances before purchasing chickens.)Coops range in styles and shapesfrom small portable cages to fancy accommodations with the names of theindividual hens atop the entrance to eachnest.

With more awareness about foodadditives, raising egg-producing chickensis one way to ensure a safe, fresh product.Families with children turn to hens as“pets” as a way to introduce children to

“farm life” and to teach youngsters how to care for living creatures. In return

caregivers are rewarded with eggs after adaily egg hunt.

The Wilsons enjoy gathering fresheggs, which Holly says taste much betterthan the store-bought ones. However,an additional reason induced them toadd a group of ne-feathered friendsto their menagerie – the couple has anafnity for chickens. For 20 years, Ronhas collected classical paintings that depict barnyard scenes featuring chickensas well as whimsical ceramic pieces. “I

think chickens are beautiful,” says Ron.Holly agrees. After caring for a friend’sock whenever the owner was away , the

Wilsons were hooked. The Wilsons have revamped an older

home along Lake Murray and completely redesigned the landscape. One project

was a vegetable garden and tool shed. To accommodate the chickens, Ron andHolly redesigned and enlarged the shed.One part still serves as a repository fortools but the addition houses the chicken

ROOST CONTINUED ON PAGE 16




coop. This 4-by-7 foot space is divided into

two parts. One side contains chicken feed,bedding and other supplies. The otherhouses the roosting platforms, nestingboxes and the food and water bin. Theroofs of the boxes and bin are hinged foreasy access from the supply shed.

The enclosed run measures 7-by-12feet. The east facing half of the roof iscovered in berglass, allowing morninglight, while the west slope is made of

tin, protecting the ock from afternoonsun. The chicken wire walls run partially

underground to prevent predators fromdigging into the enclosure.

When the Wilsons decided to purchasechicks, Holly did a lot of research ondifferent breeds. “I wanted colorfulchickens that were docile – not broody.”Broody hens, she explains, are laying hensthat will sit on an egg and defend it frombeing gathered. “I also wanted breeds that

were good producers and adaptive to afree range and to our climate.”

Holly ordered two chicks from three

different breeds for a total of six chicks. Two are barred Plymouth Rocks, which

are black and white and lay brown eggs.Holly named them Rock and Roll.“Most people can’t tell them apart, but

just like the mother of identical twins, Ican. There’s a slight difference in theircolor banding.” Two others are GoldenComets. “Individuals vary in color,” saysHolly.

“We have one that is light yellow; I callher Cornbread. The other is reddish so Inamed her, Hushpuppy. They are quieterthan most breeds and easy to handle.”

ROOST FROM PAGE 15

Home, sweet home. The best part of raising chickens, the Wilsons say, is that the hens are a constant source of amusement and comfort.




These also lay brown eggs. The third breed is a pair of

Ameraucana. “They are not as friendly as the others, but they are so different looking and lay blue eggs,” Holly says. She points to their multicoloredfeathering, the tuffs of feathers on eitherside of their faces and their blue shanks(legs). She has named them Buckwheat and Alfalfa.

One benet of having chickens is that the Wilson’s gardens have never lookedbetter. Weeds and rotten veggies arefed to the chickens, and the chicken

droppings are quickly scooped up andadded to the compost pile. “Soon I’ll havethe best compost in the county,” bragsHolly.

Surprisingly, the best part of raisingchickens for this couple is that the hens

are a source of amusement and comfort. The Wilsons have placed two old rockingchairs in the chicken run where they sit inthe evening, communing with “the girls.”

The Comets and the Plymouth Rocksgladly perch on the chairs and takeoffered treats while the Ameraucanasamble back and forth pecking at the treatsthrown their way. Introducing new food

is an amusing pastime. “They will actually take cherries out of each other’s mouth,”Holly says, “and cantaloupe seeds are likecaviar to them.”

Ron muses, “I calculated the cost of thecoop, the feed and all the paraphernalia

and have determined that in the year2037, I will break even, that is if I stopfeeding them.”

Then he hands more treats to his pets.

Gigi Huckabee is a freelance writer based inthe Midlands

Chicken feed. The Wilsons have names for all of their chickens. Here, Holly feeds Roll and Ron feeds

Cornbread. Alfalfa waits her turn near the bowl.

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Everything begins

again in the Fall...

Dancers stretch...musicians tune their

instruments... theaters

come alive with the arts.

Here are highlights

of the 2013-2014arts season...

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Stars coming to ColumbiaSC Pride Presents Sandra Bernhard, Sept. 7, Koger Center.

Bill Cosby, Nov. 23, Koger Center

Willie Nelson, Oct. 22, Newberry Opera House

Toro Y Moi, Oct. 18, Columbia Museum of Art.

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The SCPhilharmonicThe orchestra celebrates its 50thseason in the MidlandsInfo: scphilharmonic.org

Opening night is Friday. Oct. 4,with a program featuring works byVerdi and Tchaikovsky.Bluegrass musician Bela Fleck,pictured on opposite page, joinsthe orchestra May 3 to play hisnewest concerto and sit in on afew of the classics.

Harbison

Theater atMidlandsTechnicalCollegeIt’s the second season forHarbison, the 400-seat theaterthat hosts everything fromcommunity theater to nationalacts.Info: harbisontheatre.orgSeason highlights: “The Doo Wop

Project,” Oct. 4; “Singin’ in the

Rain” the Musical, Feb. 14, 2014;Can I Haz Cheezbuger, a showabout cat videos, March 21, 2014;“The Fantastiks,” photo thispage, April 26, 2014

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SC State Fair

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ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

Oct. 9: The Band Perry , above inset, $30; Oct.10: Corey Smith, free with fair admission; Oct.11: Foreigner, $15; Oct. 12: Hunter Hayes,$30; Oct. 13: Kirk Franklin, above, free with fairadmission; Oct. 18: Needtobreathe, $15; Oct.19: The Temptations, free with fair admission;Oct. 20: Justin Moore, $15.

Broadway in

ColumbiaThe popular series returns with family favoritesand classic Broadway hits, including SallyStruthers in “Hello, Dolly!”.Info: broadwayincolumbia.comSeason: “Beauty and the Beast,” Oct. 27; “Hello, Dolly!” Nov. 19-20; “Memphis”, Jan.7-8, 2014; “Million Dollar Quartet,” Feb. 5-6,2014; “Jersey Boys” March 25-26; 2014; “The

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Fall andwinterevents

OCTOBER

Oktoberfest, Oct. 5,downtown Newberry

Palmetto Health Walk for

Life/Race for Life, Oct. 5,Finlay Park

unearth arts festival, Oct.6, Saluda Shoals Park

Cola Con, Oct. 25-26,Columbia MetropolitanConvention Center

Boo at the Zoo, Oct. 18-30, Riverbanks Zoo

NOVEMBER

Governor’s Cup Road

Race, Nov. 9, downtownColumbia

Columbia Blues Festival, Nov. 9, MLK Jr. Park,Columbia

Vista Lights, Nov. 21,

Columbia Vista districtGroup Therapy Chili

Cookoff, Nov. 9, FivePoints

Palmetto Health

Foundation Festival of

Trees, November 22-24,Columbia MetropolitanConvention Center

Lights Before Christmas,Nov. 23, Dec. 30,Riverbanks Zoo

DECEMBER

Junior League of

Columbia’s Holiday

Market, December 5-8,SC State Fairgrounds

Famously Hot New

Year, Dec. 31, downtownColumbia

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Story by Bryan Betts • Photographs by Tim Dominick

Greater than one’s selfMeet the members of the Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra




Beginning around 7 p.m. most

Tuesdays, 50 to 60 Columbia-area musicians trickle into asmall band room at Lexington

Middle School and nd theirseat in concentric rows of cushioned black chairs. They talk

among themselves as they move throughestablished personal routines, arrangingsheet music and adjusting stands, maybereviewing passages while ngering a few notes on their instrument.

Many of the musicians come to thepractice from full-time jobs. Othersare retirees enjoying the leisure life.Still others are high school and collegestudents nishing a long day of classes.

But when assistant conductorSuzanna Pavlovsky steps to the front,the assembled members of the Lake

Murray Symphony Orchestra raise theirinstruments, x their eyes on her raisedhands and await their cue to do what they love.

The symphony is beginning its 10thseason this year. Since debuting in 2004,the symphony has performed dozens of free concerts for the community even asits members have grown in number andprociency . They come from all walks of life, and none of them make a dime fortheir contributions, doing it instead todevelop as musicians and share their loveof music with others.

The Rev. GeorgeHead sits in therst row to theconductor’s right. OnSundays, he preachesto his congregation at WestminsterPresbyterian Church, where he’s servedas pastor for 16 years, but on this day thelong neck of his cello extends up behindhis ear as Head follows the marches andovertures for the symphony’s Fourth of

July Star Spangled Symphonic Salute.“We do it for free because it’s just

so fun,” he said. “It’s kind of a way to

keep us off the streets. It keeps us out of trouble.”

“For musicians, this is like crack cocaine,” he added with a laugh.

Head joined the symphony about ve years ago, and since then, it’s become akind of spiritual discipline for him. Hecalled music an extension of his work inthe church, a way of communing withsomething larger than himself.

That kind of connection, he said, was something the musicians had oftenhad a chance to share, singling out oneconcert where the symphony performedtwo classic pieces, Beethoven’s “FifthSymphony” and Tchaikovsky’s “CapriccioItalien.”

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And a one, and a two... The Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra is a community orchestra made up of volunteer musicians of diverse backgrounds

from the Midlands of South Carolina. Next page, associate conductor Suzanna Pavlovsky leads rehearsal.

SYMPHONY CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

“When we played it, everybody looked at each other

like we had just touched something eternal.”




“When we played it, everybody lookedat each other like we had just touchedsomething eternal,” he said. “It was aprivilege to play.”

For many members, the symphony becomes a way for them to meet peopleoutside their normal social circles and,

sometimes, even to develop romanticrelationships.

A few years ago Head noticed thecellist seated to his left and the violist tohis right “making eyes at each other” andmade a point of encouraging the buddingrelationship. Some time later, Kennethand Bonnie Pruitt married, and Rev.Head ofciated their wedding.

Both Kenneth and Bonnie are localband directors. Bonnie teaches at Carolina Springs Middle School and saidthe symphony made her a better teacherby taking the baton out of her hand.

“It helps me to get another perspective,to put myself in my student’s place,”said Bonnie, who’s performed with thesymphony about six years.

Her husband Kenneth teaches at WhiteKnoll High School and has recommendedseveral of his best students to perform

with the symphony. At least four current and former students are at the rehearsalfor the Fourth of July concert.

Josh Lathrop, a recent White Knollgraduate sporting Converse All-Stars,skinny jeans and a bright red jacket,acknowledged that it could be challenging

for a young player to perform with somany experienced musicians.

“I’m kind of intimidated,” he said.“Everyone here’s been playing for like 60

years.” The symphony’s more seasoned

players showed they support the youngermembers though, when a fellow musicianoffered Lathrop free lessons after therehearsal.

Tuba player David Roof, a military veteran now working as a sound and video contractor, sits near the back of theorchestra, a few feet his former public

school teacher Charles Gatch.

Gatch, a trombonist, is retired now but had a long career in educationand actually served as the principal of Lexington Middle School when theschool constructed the band room wherethe symphony now practices.

Gatch has also taught as an assistant professor of music at USC, performedas the principal trombonist in the SouthCarolina Philharmonic and played withnumerous ensembles throughout Northand South Carolina.

But for all his experience, he said thesymphony continues to challenge him asa musician.

“I tell them I really need the symphony more than the symphony needs me,” he

said.“You got these

people who do otherthings who come inand can play with any

professional group,” he added.Susan and John Steedman, another

symphony couple, certainly numberamong those. John, a neurologist, sits just to the conductor’s left as the symphony’sconcertmaster. Susan, a pharmacist, sits

a couple rows back, the symphony’s leadclarinetist.

The symphony’s conductor and artisticdirector, Einar Anderson, is himself aformer medical doctor at Columbia’s VA

Medical Center.. Assistant conductor Suzanna Pavlovsky

joined the symphony just last season.She has her doctorate in orchestralconducting from USC and said she took

the position because she saw the talentedsymphony as more than just a social clublike many community orchestras are.

“It has its challenges, but it’s a fantasticgroup to work with,” she said. “I cansqueeze the guts out of them.”

Unfortunately, torrential rain wouldforce the symphony to cancel theirFourth of July concert, but the symphony has a full season ahead that kicks off witha New Orleans-themed fundraiser inSeptember.

Even though the symphony didn’t get to perform on the Fourth, Rev. Head saidhe enjoyed just rehearsing and being withthe other musicians and said he felt anobligation to share what he saw as a God-given musical talent with others.

“For me it’s a responsibility, to pay back because you’ve been given this gift and

you need to use it,” he said.

Tuning in. Suzanna Pavlovsky talks with Margaret Gerstung before rehearsal. Below, Justin Craig

shares a laugh with a fellow trombone player.

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“For me it’s a responsibility, to pay back because

you’ve been given this gift and you need to use it.”




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Lakeside gardensare a dream come true

Couple married for 69 years enjoy results

of 25 years of planning and planting together

Story by Kay Gordon Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazines • Photographs by Tracy Glantz

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View of a room. The Kirbys planned garden “rooms” with certain types of plants and groupings as focal points.

Jim and Shirley Kirby nursed a vision and a dream when they bought theirlakefront property 27 years ago. Because they’ve always shared a love forthe land, they knew they wanted gardens surrounding their home on theheavily wooded three acres.

They’ve made their dream come true. Their gardens grow and bloom in every season all around their home, tucked away ina cove. Each garden is planned and different and each whispersstories, sharing them with visitors who pause to listen and look as they wander along the winding paths. Sometimes, they sit onone of 25 or more benches along the way to reect upon thequiet beauty and listen to the songbirds. The Kirbys call their

cove “Turtle Cove” because of the many turtles who sun there.

They get their gardening ideas from nurseries, reading, othergardeners and friends and sometimes “stop on the side of theroad in a heartbeat to look at someone’s garden,” Jim said.

They began with building their 4,000 square-foot home,keeping in mind their children and grandchildren. The upstairsis a duplicate of the downstairs. And there’s a full basement,

GARDEN CONTINUED ON PAGE 34




Furnished rooms. Colorful cannas, elephant ears and purple ornamental grass decorate the Kirbys’ various garden rooms.

which they call the “store,” with shelves of odds and ends forgrandchildren to explore when they visit. After the house wasbuilt, Jim started the gardens. Married for 69 years, Jim is a

retired businessman. Shirley is a retired nurse. Their son, Kim, said that what started as a simple house on

a large wooded lot in the back of a cove has been transformed with a series of secret landscape and vegetable gardenscontaining walkways, fountains, hundreds of plants, beehives,and even a chicken coop. There are nine chickens and onerooster. They gather at least six eggs a day.

“There is just one secret place after another, each containingits own identity,” Kim said. “My father has been the architect and for a long time, the facilitator of this enterprise. Althoughhe has developed plans for each stage, I think the master planhas always been in his back pocket, just waiting to be pulled out,

one phase at a time.” When Jim retired in 2001, he began the pathways, connecting

one garden to the other. They have always grown vegetables andowers. She loves to can and freeze vegetables and work withpotted plants, especially on their lakeside deck, where they sit

every day. A porch swing hangs between two trees by the lake, with horseshoes resting nearby, ready for play. It’s a favorite spot where they recall many afternoons of sitting in the swing orplaying horseshoes with family and friends.

They made sure the water and electrical infrastructure was in place before the planting began. Irrigation devices areeverywhere. All the beds are raised. Jim doesn’t plant anything

without access to water. They planted their rst azaleas in5-gallon buckets.

The pathways in the gardens are laid out in four zones, with more than 50 different plants, including what Jim calls“signature plants,” such as dogwood, Japanese maples and

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Banana shrubs. Something’s blooming all year long, he said.Every ve years, he undertakes a major pruning project, but always, he keeps a pair of pruning clippers in his pockets so hecan clip and prune on his daily walkabouts.

Their rst room or zone in the gardens is called the Azalea

Room, with many kinds of azaleas.. It leads to the second zone,the Mondo Walk, with Mondo grass and hydrangeas. Next, the

Mulberry Room has two Mulberry trees and 18 tons of stonesin a pile surrounding a waterfall. The Lake Walk, bordering thelake, completes the circle leading up to the house. Magnoliasgrow there, as well as roses, sea oats and a lily patch.

“Every zone has a story,” Jim said.In addition to the zones of owering plants, there are

vegetable and herb gardens, blueberry plants, four g trees, theorchard and vineyard with four different kinds of grapes, and“the hospital” – an area with a compost pile, shelves and shed tonurse plants that are puny or sick. There are bluebird and wood

duck boxes and hummingbird feeders. Shirley and Jim built thestorage shed themselves and installed water and a sink.

In addition to gardening, Jim is also a hobbyist, collectingIndian artifacts, such as arrowheads and pipe stems. He is a past member of the South Carolina Archeology Trust Board. He

keeps a daily journal, too, and is writing his memoirs. The pair are busy every day and enjoy life. He makes every

minute count, including working out at Crooked Creek Park onhis way to empty the garbage at the dump.

“This is not work – even cutting the grass.” Jim said. “It’s apleasure. It’s a love. We never get bored.”

Kay Gordon is a freelance writer based in the Midlands




BUSINESS BRIEFS A new shopping center along Lake Murray Boulevard will bringSmashburger to Irmo by the end of the year. The new concept burger joint – which actually smashes its burgers with a specialsmashing tool during cooking – opened its rst Midlands locationalong Devine Street late last year. Diners also can get sidesincluding veggie frites and sweet-potato fries, as well as HaagenDazs milkshakes.

Joining Smashburger at the center – at 937 Lake Murray Blvd.between AAA Car Care Center and Moe’s Southwest Grill – willbe Marco’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts.

“All three want to be open by year-end,” Owen said.Nearby, at 410 Columbiana Drive, Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse

opened its rst Columbia-area restaurant earlier this month. Thexed-price eatery features an extensive salad bar and servers whobring various cuts of meat to each table for tasting.

Find more business news in The State’s Shop Around columnat thestate.com/business

ARTSChapin Theatre Company presents “Unnecessary Farce.” Thiscomedy by Paul Slade Smith follows two police ofcers hopingto sting a public ofcial, but they wind up stinging each other .

The play is directed by Glenn Farr. Performance dates are Sept.19-22, and Sept 26-28.

Village Square Theatre presents “Shrek the Musical” Sept. 20-Oct. 6, based on the Dreamworks’ ogre and his fairy tale buddies.

Village Square Theatre is at 105 Caughman Road in Lexington.Details: www.villagesquaretheatre.com or (803) 359-1436.

The next meeting of the Crooked Creek Art League is 7 p.m. Monday, Sept.16. The league meets at Crooked Creek Park, OldLexington Highway in Chapin. www.crookedcreekart.org.

The Trenholm Artists Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Forest Lake Park, 6820 W edgeeld Road. Guest speaker is JoAnn

Anderson.

UPCOMING The South Carolina Midlands Master Gardener Symposium

is set for Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Columbia ConferenceCenter. The keynote speakers are Doug Tallamy, chairmanof the Entomology and Wildlife Ecology Department at theUniversity of Delaware, and Allan Armitage, professor emeritusof Horticulture at the University of Georgia.

Tallamy will speak about how to blend plants and nature. Armitage is a writer and traveler who has organized tours of the great gardens of the world, and has created a smartphoneapp, Armitage’s Greatest Perennials & Annuals, which includespertinent information on plants, cultivation and maintenance.

The symposium is 8 a.m.-4 p.m.The conference center is at 1169 Laurelhurst Ave. Details: www.scmmga.org

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in the Okra Strut parade passed under some stop lights along the route.

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