A Multimedia Celebration of Downtown Greenville May 2011

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Editor/Co-Conspirator

6 Pulse Moment
Trey Pennington

7 Greenville Forward Columnist

9 Local Music Captured Gene Berger

The Vibe Guru

11 Writing About Music

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15 Southern Baby Shower Special Guest Columnist

29 I Remember...
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presidential campaign will
begin with a televised debate
in downtown Greenville at
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In April alone, Greenville
has been featured on
The Today Show, The
Washington Post, The Daily
Record, Men’s Journal,
International Parking
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The Children’s Museum of
the Upstate just received
LEED Silver Certification
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receive this certification.
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Almost every night in
downtown Greenville, there
is at least one restaurant
that offers fantastic specials
like HALF PRICE WINE
BOTTLES?!!! Giddyup!
When I speak to people at
the grocery store, I use
a british accent. Also,
whenever I’m driving and
do a U-turn, I hum the same
ridiculous tune.
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Greenville Forward Interviews Shannon Robert,
Production Manager and Resident Scene Designer at the
Warehouse Theatre – What does collaboration mean to you?

As Greenville Forward continues our three-month focus on the Connectedness portions of Vision 2025, we
interviewed Shannon Robert to talk about the ways collaborative planning and cooperation can achieve
Vision goals faster. Greenville Forward regularly partners with the Warehouse Theatre for programs such as
Pecha Kucha, the Challenge Series, and numerous other community-related initiatives. Without support from
organizations like the Warehouse Theatre, Greenville would never be able to achieve the dreams and goals of
our shared Vision.

Watch Shannon share about our partnership and contact us at Greenville Forward if you want to collaborate
on a program or project. Learn more about the Warehouse Theatre here: http://www.warehousetheatre.com

Greenville Forward was created in January 2006 to help Greenville achieve Vision 2025, the bold, comprehensive, and
aggressive plan to create a vibrant Greenville in the next twenty-five years. By having a group like Greenville Forward,
whose sole purpose is to facilitate, coordinate, and communicate the ideas from Vision 2025, the aggressive goals for
Vision 2025 will be kept vibrant, alive, and attainable.

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By Gene Berger, Horizon Records

Paul Simon is one of those popular culture icons

that has been on our audio screen for so long it
sometimes easy to forget he’s there. Then he’ll
release something like last weeks “So Beautiful So
What” and it all floods back into our consciousness
why he is so beloved, how irresistible his songs are
and how profound a message he brings to our lives.
For me I clearly remember the first time I heard
Sounds Of Silence in 1966 and having been drawn
in and I was transfixed. The one line “the words of
the prophets are written on the subway walls and
tenement halls” stated a whole Beat Poet aesthetic
and foretold that culture growing into the world of It’s now 2011 and Rhymin’ Simon has done it again.
urban art and hip hop all in one couplet. These latest 10 songs are some of his very best and
that’s a strong statement. Simon is clearly pondering
Musically Simon has perhaps also been taken for the spiritual values of Love, God and the questions
granted these last couple of decades. For many of us there of as filtered through the lives of achingly real
the infectious grooves of his post Simon & Garfunkel family tableau and rigors of everyday life; Gospel
tunes like “Me and Julio” and “Mother and Child music and voices blend and intertwine with artfully
Reunion” rang our collective bell, and I played these woven cloth of African, Indian, Bluegrass, and R’n’B.
tracks over and over. Don’t forget Simon brought There is funky-ness ala Graceland and there is
Central American folk to top 40 radio as early as crystalline quiet beauty like “St Judy’s Comet” or
1970 with the song “El Condor Pasa”. Then later “American Tune” from There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
blatantly put gospel all over the pop world with his and Still Crazy After All These Years. The articulate
Dixie Hummingbirds joyful collaborations “Loves Me and heartfelt liner notes by Elvis Costello only make
Like A Rock” and “Kodachrome” from There Goes things “worse”. The absolute kicker is the featured,
Rhymin’ Simon. first Special Thanks is to Jerry Douglas. I can’t stop
playing this record and have no intention of trying.
Then he profoundly opened our yes,
wide open, with Graceland, gently
and charmingly intertwining authentic
South African pop into his own wry
observations and sold millions of
records in the process. That was
followed by Brazilian themed Rhythm
Of The Saints in 1990.

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Charlotte, NCs Shadow of Myself perform Charles Hedgepath and The Gasholes’
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“WRIT ING ABOU

I NG A B O U T
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IS LIK T U R E ”
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A famous quote that has been talked about over and over for years.
There is even some debate over who initially said it. Was it Elvis Costello,
David Bowie or Frank Zappa? Regardless of who blurted such words, it
makes you think. Songwriting is an interesting and somewhat mysterious
thing. That pretty much goes for the creation of any art form for that
matter. So what is it that makes a song worth listening to over and over
again? How do you write a timeless song? How does an artist put
something on canvas that makes people stand and stare for a long time
while tilting their heads? What is it about a certain photo that creates
strong emotions? I really do not know for sure. Art happens because life
happens and maybe sometimes those are questions that don’t need to
have an answer. Just appreciate and share.
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Special guest Eaddy Mays presents this month’s 3 Questions with Fête Special Expanded Edition

This Memorial Day, the Greenville Scottish Games are
presenting a Joint Military Salute to honor our heroic
US Armed Forces, both active duty and veterans, and
the courageous Scots serving in Her Majesty’s Armed
Forces who have been our comrades in arms
throughout the decades.
Our Great Scot! Parade Friday May 27 at 6:00 PM will
reflect this Joint Military Salute, and the vision of our
pipe bands marching with the Marine Corps Band will
be unforgettable. The Marine Corps Brass Band will
play a set at the Great Scot! Ceilidh immediately
following the Parade. We will have an F-16 Falcons
flyover during Opening Ceremonies on Saturday, May
Video Courtesy of 28th. There will be not one, but two Marine Corps
Russel Tripp bands! The Joint Military Salute will conclude Saturday
night following the Games with a Wounded Warrior
Benefit, with the proceeds to be donated to several
Wounded Warrior projects and to Erskine Hospital, the
Scottish equivalent.
Our Scottish military representatives are Maj. Gen. (ret.)
Mark Strudwick, former General Officer Commanding
Scotland, and eight Royal Highland Fusiliers, who will
have just returned from combat duty in Afghanistan.
Our Chief of the Games, Sir Malcolm MacGregor, served
with the 6th Gurkha Rifles and was, in his final armed
forces assignment, Chief of Staff, 51 Highland Brigade.
Active duty military will be admitted free upon showing
their ID. Veterans will be provided with special pins so
they can be identified and graciously thanked by
everyone at the Games.
Eaddy Mays is an American film and
television actress who recently
produced and co-hosted the television
show “Under The Kilt,” a behind-the-
scenes look at the 2010 Greenville
Scottish Games. Other notable project
include: “The Blindside,” “Meet the
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Southern, Modern & Young:
Hosting a Baby Shower
In spring and early summer everyone’s having
babies – plants, sheep, ducks, humans…and this
year at 25 I’m co-hosting my very first baby shower
with my friend Ann Skipper. The shower is for our
high school friend Whitney. We decided we want to
have a small shower with no obnoxious baby food
tasting games or gross poop guessing games. I’m
quite looking forward to it. Only in the South can a
lady in pearls get sloppy drunk at noon on a
Saturday whilst eating off her grandmother’s
wedding china and call it a baby shower.
Birthing traditions change over the years and one
that’s recently changed is revealing the sex and the
name before the baby is born, leaving out any
measure of “surprise.” This, however, is conducive
to themed baby showers, or in our case, themed
champagne cocktails. We will, of course have a
ginger ale version for the glowing and swollen
mother-to-be. I asked my friend Whitney if she
minded if we drank at the shower and she said no;
with the nausea she doesn’t want to drink. I hope
she lets her husband drink though, because she’s
high maintenance even without a bun in the oven,
bless her heart.
Our cocktails will be champagne based with a
raspberry or cranberry twist to create a pink color.
We’re also having the required chicken salad and
pound cake. Something Yankee women may not
understand or appreciate is our addition to cheese
grits to the baby shower menu. This Southern
comfort food may not seem like a “ladies who
lunch” menu item but in the South, grits (done
right) are a scrumptious and elegant dish. Grits are
also perfect for soaking up all the alcohol downed
from multiple champagne cocktails.
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Ann Skip and I have decided we’re doing big hats
at the shower. Ladies in the South can wear big
hats and pearls and make it look hot. Young
Southerners are holding fast to the big hat tradition
(via our cousins across the sea) at spring time
horse races, but I’m trying to build a bridge to
wearing big hats on more occasions – baby
showers, golf tournaments, business meetings,
grocery shopping. How lovely would it be to see a
young gal in a big hat perusing the aisles at Ingles
on an indiscriminate Tuesday afternoon? Quite
lovely, I’d say.
Wearing a big hat and pearls creates a modern
“hotness” factor (vs. what the hell is that girl
wearing?! factor) because it thrives on the
antiquated idea of a Southern
woman as a delicate flower who
needs a strong, virile man to take
care of her. We of course use this
idea when we want it to our
advantage (i.e. moving day) but
the duality of the Southern woman
who is beautiful, graceful, sassy
and self-sufficient (she could hire
movers because she has a
graduate degree and a disposable
income; but she has some good
ole boys waiting to do it for free) is
what should be venerated more,
and studied by anthropologists
from a Yankee university.
I’d like to go on about how amazing modern
Southern women are, but I’ve got to go order some
invitations from Invitations on Main and get my
calligraphy pen out.
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Elizabeth Rundorff Smith was born in Greenville, PA in

1977. Rundorff Smith has had solo exhibitions at The Hoyt
Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle, PA; The Bates Gallery
of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro, PA; The
Etherredge Center Gallery at The University of South
Carolina in Aiken, SC; and The Lipscomb Gallery at The Follow Artisphere
South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities in Greenville, SC. Her work has been included
in several group exhibitions including The 21st Annual
Celebration of Women Artist’s Exhibition at the Butler
Institute of American Art where she was given Honorable
Mention by juror Barbara L. Jones; The 82nd Annual Spring
Show at The Erie Art Museum where she was the recipient
of a Juror’s Award from juror Steven Assael of the Forum
Gallery; The National Small Oil Painting Exhibition at The Moniker oil on panel, 10”x8”

Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, KS where she was

awarded Third Place by juror Daniel Sprick. Recently, she was awarded Honorable Mention by juror Betsy Cain in
A Sense of Place 2010 a National Juried Fine Art Competition at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta,
GA. Rundorff Smith was also recently included in The Sacred Art Exhibition at the Box Heart Gallery in Pittsburgh,
PA and the Carolina’s Got Art 2010 exhibition at Larry Elder Gallery in Charlotte, NC.

Rundorff Smith received a BA in Studio Art from the College of Wooster in

Wooster, OH where she was the recipient of the College Scholar Award, an award
for academic excellence. As a student of the College of Wooster, Rundorff Smith
received the Donald R. Mackenzie Prize in Art for achievement in sculpture.
Rundorff Smith also studied abroad at The Marchutz School of Painting in Aix en
Provence, France and The British
Institute of Florence in Florence,
Italy. In December of 2005,
Elizabeth Rundorff Smith received
an MFA in Painting from Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania where
she was granted a Full Graduate
Assistance Scholarship. Rundorff
Smith was awarded a Fellowship Transference oil on panel, 10”x8”
and four-week residency at the
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
in Amherst, VA in January of 2006. In June of 2007 she was
awarded a two week residency at ArtCroft in Carlisle, KY. She
currently resides in Greenville, SC where she serves as Program
Director for Artisphere.

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Support Your Local Barkeep
By Tim O’Neill

I enjoy being a bartender. I enjoy the view from behind the bar. Check that. I like being separated
from the huddled masses by a bar. I find myself yearning for it on the few occasions I go out
among them. It’s not that it protects me (I can certainly handle myself), as much as it defines our
relationship. “I don’t need you – you need me.” There are those who will say without customers I
don’t have a job so, in fact, it is I who need them. Those are the people who wait for their drinks.

Nobody wants a needy bartender. They want us cool and aloof. The all-knowing barkeep with a
story for every situation and a light for every smoke. “The aristocracy of the working class” is
what Bryan Brown dubbed us in Cocktail. And he was right. They all bow to us: doctors, lawyers,
men of industry. Money alone won’t garner you our attention (although it is a pre-requisite), you
must offer us your respect. Bark at us, hold up the line, tell us how to make a drink or try to
steal our spotlight and you’ll pay the price.

You want to tick off a bartender on a busy night? (The way some people act, that must be their
mission.) Wait until there’s about four people deep at the bar and stare him down, waving money
(or worse yet, a credit card) wildly whenever he passes by. Then, when he finally succumbs to
your annoyance and asks you for your order, turn to your friends and ask them what they want.
Congratulations, you’ve ticked him off. Of course, you won’t talk to him for at least 20 minutes,
so make sure it’s worth it.

Here’s another thing that ticks us off: frozen drinks. Nobody likes making them. It takes too
much time. It’s messy. The drinkers rarely tip worth a hoot. And once you make one, half a dozen
glammed-up sugar junkies immediately change their seabreeze order into a frozen strawberry
margarita with whipped cream. Whipped cream, people. Maybe during happy hour or on a quiet

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weekday night you’ll find a barkeep willing to make you a frozen drink, and dang us, we’ll
make it well. But most other times, you’ll discover that the blender has mysteriously broken.
(Wink, wink.)

What’s funny on busy nights are the “tools” that think they’ll bypass any waiting time by
calling out the bartender’s name. They begin the night by very slyly asking the bartender,
“What’s your name?” Then the rest of the night, they’ll call out “Bob” or “Johnny” or “George”
trying to no avail to get the barkeep’s attention. The comedy comes into play when you take
into consideration the fact that his name is very rarely “Bob” or “Johnny” or “George” and the
tool, along with his tool brethren, is shouting in vain.

Here’s a touch of insight for you: We see you. We’re sober, we’re alert and we have the
vantage point. We see everything. We see the cheapskates and the big tippers. We see the
girls who have come out without a dollar in their wallets and the ones who are looking to go
home with a stranger. We see every guy’s pathetic attempt to pick up women (that’s easy,
‘cause they’re all pathetic). We see you lip synching and playing air guitar. We see when
you’ve had too much and when you’ve had way too much. And we see you when you want a
drink. From the first moment you want a drink. We’ve just perfected the ability to appear like
we’re oblivious. And you love us for it.

The bar is open. The blender’s broken.

T I M O ’ N E I L L I S A N A DV E R T I S I N G
C R E AT I V E D I R E C T O R / S T O RY T E L L E R .
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band shows
the gas holes
5/5 el molcajete – cinco de mayo 6:30pm
5/18 quaker steak & lube 6:30pm

the note ropers

5/6 smiley’s acoustic cafe 10pm
5/14 corner pocket taproom 9pm
6/3 main st. fridays greenville 5:30pm

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And throw in the fact that Fête will be in over
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The Great Scot!
CEILIDH
7:15pm
Free event on the corner of
E. Broad St. and Main St.
next to the Greenville
News Building!

The 2011 Great Scot! Ceilidh

(pronounced “CEIL-idh”)* will
be so powerful, so riveting,
that it will make your hair
stand on end. This is music
like you’ve never heard. Even
if you don’t have a Scottish
gene in your body, you will
by night’s end.

This year we are featuring

Rathkeltair, Barleyjuice and
the Marine Corps Brass Band!

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5/26 sing sing 76 (rock/pop) – spartanburg, sc

BB&T Main Street Fridays 5/6 Moxie (Rock) – greenville, sc

5/13 True Blues (Blues) – Greenville,SC
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Trey’s Travels
Greenville, and the Upstate are charming. That’s probably no surprise to
you. Greenville’s charm impresses more than its residents—its reputation
extends around the world. Over the past two years, I’ve had a chance to
travel the globe telling people about our wonderful region. Our editor, Jay
Spivey, asked me to use this month’s column to share that story with you.

The primary tool that’s taking me all over the world is Twitter. Conference
organizers find me on Twitter and invite me to speak about social media. Media140 Scotland organizer Mark Jennings couldn’t
wait to wear his special edition George Michaels
So far this year, those invitations have come from Bratislava, Slovakia; diabetes charity bandanna. Glasgow, Scotland.
Cardiff, Wales; Lincoln and Exeter, England; Brussels, Belgium; and
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Foursquare says I’ve checked into 14 different
airports in the last six months. It feels like 140.

My keynote presentations include content about using social media to

make meaningful connections, but what people seem to enjoy most are
the stories I share. One story stands out above the rest—the story
about Greenville’s heritage as the “textile capital of the world.” Sadly,
I do acknowledge that our once glorious textile mills are idle or have
Trey Pennington, Aleks Bochniak, Victor Bagging
been converted into splendid condominiums. Brierley, Anna BandannaBabe in Glasgow, Scotland.

Before the audiences can feel too sorry for us, though, I quickly tell them
about a shinning star in the Upstate. The company is a textile manufacturer
who stumbled into social media. The experience transformed their
business. It’s the story of Carolina Manufacturing and the old, established,
once widely know trademark, Hav-A-Hank®.

The Hav-A-Hank bandanna led the company’s

marketing and new product development manager,
In addition to giving Hav-A-Hank® bandannas to
Kim Madden, into social media. Kim discovered the all attendees at the Fusion Marketing Experience in
Brussels, I presented the event organizer, Jean-Paul
photosharing site Flickr after attending a monthly de Clerck, with an official Clemson Tigers cap and
welcomed him as an honorary South Carolinian. J-P
meeting of Social Media Club Greenville. As she was moved by the presentation and wrote a Facebook
comment under the photo: “A moment I will cherish.”
explored Flickr, she discovered over 38,000 photos
tagged with the keyword bandana or bandanna.
Many of the photos featured the easily
recognizable Hav-A-Hank designs.

Trey Pennington is a story prospector and professional speaker. He founded the

747-member Social Media Club Greenville and started clubs in Spartanburg
and Columbia. You’ll find his blog on marketing at treypennington.com
and hear him each week on the radio program Open for Business.

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Urban Farm Tour
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The first annual Urban Farm Tour of Greenville
kicks off on Saturday, May 7th. Hosted by the
Greenville Organic Foods Organization (GOFO)
the event will feature fantastic examples of city
residents growing food in the urban setting
and implementing energy efficiency solutions.

Come see how residents are making city living

more sustainable. Local urban farmers are
weaving rural elements in to their city living
with such things as laying hens in the
backyard, bee hives, landscaping with edible
vegetables, herbs and flowers and
implementing energy efficiency techniques.
When family members, friends and neighbors
grow food together they save money, get
physical exercise, create a supportive network
and eat healthier foods.
Tickets are available in advance or on the day
of the event (May 7) at the GOFO headquarters
located in Crescent Studios (1040 West
Washington St, Greenville).
Saturday, May 7
Join us for the first annual showcase of
urban farms, edible gardens and energy
efficiency in Greenville, SC.
Come and see how your neighbors are
making city living more sustainable.
Rain or shine, this self-guided tour
begins at 9 am and runs until 5 pm.
Over 25 sites to visit!
Adults are $7.00 / person
Children under 12 are free
Groups of 4 or more, $5.00 /person
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Amy Wood talks with Greenville-Spartanburg
Singer, Songwriter Noah Guthrie

When 17 year old Noah Guthrie opens his mouth to sing get ready for your jaw to drop. He’s a mindblower. The voice.
The lyrics. The sound is infectious!

On YouTube Noah posts amazing covers. But he’s working on a CD packed with soulful, original, acoustic music and
has two shows coming up this month at The Showroom and at Spring Fling in Spartanburg. He attends the Greenville
Fine Arts Academy in the mornings and Greer High in the afternoons. Next year he hits online school and starts a tour.

Full interview click here.

Trey’s Travels continued from Page 30

Kim contacted several photographers whose pictures were housed on Flickr and
received permission to incorporate the photos into Carolina Manufacturing’s printed
catalog. The experience took Kim on a path of discovery toward whole new product
lines that are keeping the company working nearly non-stop to fill orders.

As I recount the story to audiences in other countries, I distribute banannas for

Next Generation Leaders of Slovakia experiment
with Carolina Manufacturing bandannas as a
fashion accessory. Bratislava, Slovakia.
everyone. The bandanas are a huge hit. In the conversations after my presentations,
people ask me all about Greenville. When I tell them about our people and our
beautiful places (especially Falls Park), a Somewhere-in-Time wistful aura envelops
them as they tell me of their desire to come see our city.

If you hear someone in town speaking with a Welsh, or British, or Slovak accent, and they’re wearing a good-looking
bandana, please tell them I said, “Hello.” They’re probably well on their way to falling in love with our town too.

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e, me, me — I love talking

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When you’re talking about people’s favorite subject, they usually become instantly engaged in both
you and the conversation. Many times I notice people smiling as they are telling me about themselves.
However, asking questions just to “suck up” or schmooze doesn’t work at all. What does work is pure,
unadulterated curiosity. If you are genuinely curious about the other person’s “life stories” then questions
will come easily. It sounds simple but it isn’t for most people. There are many reasons for this, but the main
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Once you realize there are many people who have some incredibly interesting stories to tell, your learning
curve will immediately start going up and your network will begin expanding. I urge you to re-ignite your
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May 27-June 11 Warehouse Theatre

Something More Than a Game is a story about a father, his daughters and a box full of evidence that may
or may not prove or disprove, once and for all, the guilt, innocence or unwitting participation of Greenville
native “Shoeless Joe” Jackson in the 1919 World Series baseball scandal that created the Chicago “Black Sox.”

“It’s a play that asks what the difference is between nostalgia and memory, legend and fact. It’s a play
that asks us if we really want to know the truth about anything and why. Ultimately it’s a play about that
intersection where the dreams of our potential collide with the reality of our short-comings,” says Tromsness.

Baseball, the quintessential American sport, and the guilt or innocence of Joe Jackson which is still fiercely
debated amongst baseball fans nearly a century later, combine to provide a perfect medium for Tromsness
to tell a deeper, more human story that should delight theatre goers, especially those hoping for something
that goes beyond “a show about baseball.”

Asked what message he hopes theatregoers will take from the show, Tromsness says, “The message is a
question: When the legend outweighs the facts do we print the legend? And when the facts threaten to
outweigh the legend do we bury the facts?”

Director Chip Egan has selected a stellar cast to bring Tromsness’ Something More Than a Game to life:
including Michael Hart as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Maegan McNerney Azar as Katie Jackson /Boston
Zimmerman, Anne Tromsness as Philadelphia Zimmerman, Rick Connor as Hartley Repogle/Roy Emmett
and Ron Joseph as Judge Landis/Howard Zimmerman.

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 I Am A Fortunate Man…
Sometimes A Lucky One.
I reminisce with great results every time they play.

I got to be involved with the TEDXGreenville event
last month in a most unique way. Through much
manipulation on my part back in November of last
year, and backed up by a faith I fell into over a
decade ago, I was neck deep in recommending
some of the musical performers for our regional
TED at the Gunter Theatre. Thrilled though I was –
the notion that a few of the choices I was making
were rooted in a past life of mine scared me a little.
I was guided by a passion that I wanted to hear and
I knew that others might not feel the same way.
In 1992, I met Larry Hoskinson and he worked with
me for a couple of years at a bar in downtown
Greenville. He toiled in the kitchen there and I felt
like I had found a younger brother. Larry was also a
guitarist/singer/songwriter – a Lennon stuck in a
McCartney who wanted to be Keith Richards – he
could (and did) play damn near everything. Larry
convinced me that Henni’s needed to have live
music and he began his 8 year stint of playing there.
His devil may care life evolved in front of my eyes
into one of a loving Dad and a cherished friend. The
sounds he can create on an acoustic guitar soothes
a solemn place in me. My life would be so much
less without his musical influence and friendship.
In the late 90’s, I got a booking for a new singer/
songwriter named Angie Aparo. Another soft spoken
and kind soul showed up to play and something
happened. Not 1 minute into his first song our
packed bar stopped in its tracks all at once. Angie
hit a high note so magical that patrons began to sit
on the floor in front of the stage for the rest of the
night. Moods changed and attention spans focused.
I told someone standing there that this guy ought to
be famous – right after he sang this haunting song
of his called “Cry”. Years later I turned on the radio
and heard a strangely familiar tune being sung by
Faith Hill and just about wrecked the car when I
realized it was Angie’s song she was singing. “Cry”
went to number 1 and Angie was famous…
So, last month, I stood backstage and watched as
Niel and Larry strummed through “Morphine Blues”
and Angie got the crowd to sing along with him. I
am a fortunate and lucky man now because I have
been in the presence of musicians that have
touched my soul. Grateful, too…

A young Niel Brooks came into my bar as a shy, soft

spoken sweet kid and his duo wanted to play there.
Niel is a shockingly good guitarist, has a voice Neil
Young should have had and an intuitive genius in Larry Hoskinson and Neil Brooks at TEDxGreenville
how he plays with others. He and Larry did some
time together in Seconds Flat – an Americana band
that to this day was the best band I’ve ever seen
live. But, when Niel and Larry goofed off together
on acoustic guitars one night, I saw and heard
something that I didn’t know existed. Music
changed for me that night.

Angie Aparo at TEDxGreenville

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~ Your neighborhood pharmacy and soda fountain ~

Straight Up With Sturg
Go visit my buddy Kelly Odom at
Mark Sturgis has started his own
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at 11am on 104.9. Wanna know at 3219 Augusta Street • Phone: 864-277-4180 • www.thepickwick.net
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Click at left to visit

tedxgreenville.org
to see videos of
all the incredible
presentations &
performances
from this year’s
TEDxGreenville
conference.

Fine Arts Center Classical Quintet at TEDxGreenville The Note Ropers at TEDxGreenville