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Father’s Day Jazz in the Park features Jacksonville
’’All Stars” Swingin’ Dixieland Sound
The 20th anniversary season of
Jazz in the Park continues Sunday,
June 21 with JB Scott’s Swingin’ All
Stars.
An offshoot of past season favor
ites Kelly-Scott Quintet, this group of
pros from Jacksonville plays Chicago
Swing/New Orleans style jazz. Led by
the flamboyant, virtuoso trumpeter
JB Scott, former musical director of
the world famous Dukes of Dixieland,
the group also features award-win
ning vocalist Lisa Kelly, well-known
for her rich, smooth tone and swing
ing delivery of lyrics. The group is also
familiar to those who have attended
the annual Oglethorpe Ball and other
local gala events.
The Swingin’All Stars perform from
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the St. Simons
Brunswick to hold
Bring the kids, tell your friends
and neighbors, sharpen up your old-
timey game skills! It’s time for the
entire community to celebrate Inde
pendence Day with an evening of fun,
fanfare, and fireworks.
Brunswick’s Old-Fashioned Fourth
of July Celebration takes place in
Mary Ross Waterfront Park in Down
town Brunswick starting at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, July 4. There will be free
watermelon slices for everyone, music
Island Lighthouse Lawn. Audiences
are encouraged to bring a chair or
blanket to relax on and a picnic supper
to enjoy. Admission is $10 for adults,
$5 for ages 6-12, and free for children
under 6.
Jazz in the Park is presented by
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities
Association (GIAHA) and is sponsored
in part by the Best Western Island
Inn, Magic 105.9 and the Wave 104.1.
The six-concert series continues
through September at the Lighthouse
lawn on select high-tide Sunday eve
nings for maximum breeze and com
fort. The full season line-up and infor
mation about the 20th anniversary
season is available by visiting golden-
islesarts.org or by contacting GIAHA
at 912-262-6934. □
old-fashioned 4th
and plenty of fun games including a
sack race, balloon toss, tug-of-war,
hula hoop contest, and more. Win
ners will receive prizes.
At dark, a spectacular fireworks
display explodes over the East River
to the strains of patriotic music. The
free event is sponsored by the City of
Brunswick and Golden Isles Arts and
Humanities Association (GIAHA).
For more information, call GIAHA at
262-6934. □
St Mary's Aquatic Center
Reserve now for
Birthday Parties
and Park Rentals
Located in Downtown
St. Mary's near the
Public Library
(912)-673-811 8
301 Herb Bauer Dr.
St Mary's, Georgia
www.funatsmac.com
THE ISLANDER, JUNE 15, 2009, PAGE 17
Dana Wildsmith at Brunswick Library
On Monday, June 22, 7 p.m. Geor
gia poet Dana Wildsmith, will visit
the Brunswick Library to read from
her work and talk about creative writ
ing.
The program is part of the South
eastern Writers Association Writers’
Workshop at Epworth-by-the-Sea.
Wildsmith grew up in south Geor
gia, the daughter of a Methodist min
ister who was active in working for
social justice. She attended college
wherever her Navy husband’s career
took them, finally obtaining a B.A.
in Sociology from Virginia Wesleyan
College. In 1999, she returned to her
family’s land in north Georgia, where
she and her extended family work to
preserve a 125-year-old family farm
in the midst of encroaching develop
ment.
Wildsmith teaches English to adults
in the English Literacy Program of
the Adult Literacy Program of Lanier
Technical College. In 1992, she was
named a Poetry Fellow in the South
Carolina Academy of Authors, and
her second chapbook, Annie, won the
Palanquin Press competition of the
University Of South Carolina, Aiken.
She has worked as a Writer-in-resi-
dence for the Devil’s Tower National
Monument and the Island Institute in
Sitka, Alaska. She worked as an Art
ist In the Schools for the South Car
olina Humanities Department. She
teaches poetry workshops throughout
the United States.
Her poems and essays have been
widely published in both literary and
commercial journals, including Yan
kee, The Kentucky Poetry Review, and
The Chattahoochee Review. She is
among the writers featured in the
University Press of Kentucky’s Listen
Here: Women Writing in Appalachia.
Her other published works are: Alche
my, Our Bodies Remember, Choices
(an audio collection), and One Good
Hand. □
College News
University of Georgia
• Reeve Joseph Wainright of St.
Simons Island received his Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration
with a Major in Management from
the Terry College of Business at the
University of Georgia on May 9, 2009.
Reeve is from St. Simons Island.
• Robert “Bobby” John Wainright
of St. Simons Island received the J. G.
Hollingsworth Math Award for earn
ing the highest grade point average in
his Calculus 3 Class at the University
of Georgia in the Fall, 2008.
The award was announced and
given at the end of this spring, 2009.
He was awarded a certificate and
cash award at a reception. He also
earned all As (4.0) in all classes in the
fall semester, 2008, and in the spring
semester, 2009. He is majoring in
Electrical Engineering and finished
his third year at the University of
Georgia. □
In “The Village”
under the big sign
*Minin, Mm in, The signature dishes -
crab cakes, she-crab soup, and a gooey
whipped cream-topped bro wnie-like
concotion dubbed chocolate stuff
deserve the atten tion they get. ”
Southern Living Magazine, June 2007
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