Do you remember the Mantovani Orchestra playing “Some Enchanted Evening”? Magical, don’t you agree? Well, pianist Marco Mantovani may as well be related to the conductor Annunzio Mantovani. He shares that captivating name, and he plays the piano with that magical Mantovani touch. Ask Marco when you come to Fripp on February 23 for his concert whether Annunzio and he are family members. In any case, it will be an enchanting evening.

Lowcountry Wind Symphony and Beaufort High School Band Partner for ‘An American Portrait’

The Lowcountry Wind Symphony Winter Concerts will be given at two different venues in Beaufort Country, South and North of the Broad River. The first is Wednesday, 7 pm February 12 at The Lowcountry Community Church, 801 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton. The second is Thursday, February 13, 7 pm at Beaufort High School Performing Arts Auditorium, 84 Sea Island Parkway on Lady’s Island. Both concerts are FREE and open to the public.

The Lowcountry Community Concert Band’s spring season opens with two upcoming concerts of music with the theme of “Folk Frolic.”  

The first concert is at 7 pm Sunday, February 23 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, at 157 Lady’s Island Drive in Beaufort.  

The second concert is at 7 pm Monday, February 24, at Magnolia Hall, 260 Sun City Blvd., Bluffton, open to Sun City residents and their guests. 

 Admission is free to both concerts (free-will donations gratefully accepted). 

The program on both nights includes “The Running Set” and “Rhosymedre” by Vaughan Williams; “Second Suite for Military Band,” by Gustav Holst; “Pineapple Poll (Opening Number),” based on music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; “Irish Tune from County Derry” and “Themes from ‘Green Bushes’” by Percy Grainger; and “Galop” from “Moscow, Cheremushky,” by Dmitri Shostakovich. 

The band is made up of about 60 volunteer musicians and is sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at USC-Beaufort.  For more information, contact: Pete Johnson at (267) 884-6805; Rick Eckstein at (843) 707-7813; or Carolyn Christy at (843) 540-7605.