Charleston Community Band Concert Sept 29 2002

Mt. Pleasant, SC - Patriotic Standards, big band music and other selections by the Charleston Community Band will open the third I’Onissimo! concert season at the Mt. Pleasant amphitheater in I’On on Sunday, September 29th. at 4:00 pm. The concert will climax an afternoon which also includes the second annual Eastlake Open Kayak races. The concert is free. Children are welcome. Blankets are suggested for hillside lawn seating.

I'Onissimo! Brass performing at May 2002 season finale, Mt. Pleasant amphitheater

For directions and background information see the web at www.awod.com/hamilton/ or call 849-8481.

The Wando Band Boosters will provide food and drink concessions at the concert with proceeds supporting the Wando Band.

The 75 member Community Band will perform under the direction of Major Herb Day, former director of the Marine Corps Field Band and Drum and Bugle Corps program in Washington, DC. Major Day has also served as an instrumentalist, conductor and commanding officer of the Marine element, Armed forces school of music. He currently serves as Director of music at the Citadel.

I’Onissimo! Concerts are held in the Mt. Pleasant amphitheater with hillside seating along the shore of Westlake in I’On Village. The backdrop for the concerts is a neoclassical colonnade draped with a large American flag formerly flown at the harbor entrance at Ft. Sumter. Areas at the amphitheater are available for blanket seating, folding chairs and tent pavilions. It is expected many of the kayak race participants will enjoy the concert from their boats bobbing in Westlake behind the stage.

This concert is sponsored by Mt. Pleasant Chick-fil-A, Hamilton Law Office and The Orange Family.

I’Onissimo! is the chamber music ensemble of I’On Village. Three concerts will be held later in the fall featuring I’Onissimo!’s own brass, woodwind and string groups. I’Onissimo! is supported by the I’On Trust, a non profit community foundation dedicated to enhancing civic and cultural life in the East Cooper area.

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Information on the Kayak races which will proceed this concert is set out below.

Mt. Pleasant, SC - Kayak Enthusiasts will gather on the banks of Eastlake the I’On neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina for a free afternoon of family fun and kayak racing ending with a festive concert at the new Mt. Pleasant amphitheater on Sunday, September 29.

This will be the second, annual Eastlake Open Race. Last year’s races drew over 40 boats. Prizes worth over five hundred dollars were awarded. The races are sponsored by the Town of Mt. Pleasant Recreation Department, Charleston Watersports Outfitters, The Law Office of William Hamilton, A.B. Evans Concrete and Hauling and the I’On Club. Mt. Pleasant Town Councilman Gary Santos is helping coordinate the races.

Registration for the races will begin on September 1 at Charleston Watersports outfitters (884-9098) in Mt. Pleasant. Races for people from eight years old to adult will be held. Participants will be required to sign a liability waiver. For those not having their own equipment, Kurtz Smith of Charleston Watersports Outfitters will supply loaner Kayaks, paddles and PFDs at no charge.

The shore of the lake is an ideal place for a family picnic. The races begin at 1:00 pm with bugle calls and a parade of boats open to everyone. The first heat will begin immediately after the parade. Many lake front I’On residents hold porch parties while watching the event.

The races will conclude with a special I’Onissimio! Concert on nearby Westlake in the Mt. Pleasant Amphitheater. The concert is also free and open to the public. Prizes and recognitions will be awarded during the concert intermission. Kayakers will be able to paddle their boats from the race site, through the canals, to listen to the concert from their boats if they wish.

This year’s Eastlake Open Kayak Race on Sept. 29 will feature a special race for two person Kayaks between teams representing the six neighborhoods of I’On modeled on the

Palio Di Siena, the world famous horse race on the square in Siena, Italy. Held since the 11th. Century, the Palio is a celebration of civic pride that sends jockeys wearing the colors of Siena’s 17 neighborhoods, or contrade, in a mad, ninety second, three lap dash around the Piazza del Campo, Siena’s central square. The entire population of the town watches. The race culminates and highlights four days of civic celebration including massive dinners held in the narrow streets of the medieval town and a special blessing of the horse in the church for each contrade

The race of twos will take two person teams, chosen by each neighborhood, through two canals, beneath two wooden bridges, across two lakes and back to the boathouse. Racing through the narrow canals is expected to be dramatic and competitive.

Non residents of I’On are invited to join a team and wear the colors of the neighborhood they wish to affiliate with and support. Residents of each neighborhood will chose their team, but they may choose to race non resident “ringers” if they wish. The winning team will receive a special, colored banner used as the finish flag for that day’s races which they will be able to displayas a trophy in a prominent place in their neighborhood afterwards.

I’Onborough – Green

Green

Ponsbury – Blue

Blue

Eastlake – Red

Red

Shelmore – Yellow

Yellow

Montrose – White

White

Westlake – Purple

Purple

Everyone is encouraged to wear the color of their neighborhood, to decorate their entry with it and to use towels of their neighborhoods colors. Team members in the race must wear the color.

As Montrose and Westlake have virtually no residents at this time, Montrose will race with Shellmore and Westlake will race with Ponsbury, unless they decide to field their own teams

I’Onborough – Green	Green
Ponsbury – Blue	Blue
Eastlake – Red	Red
Shelmore – Yellow	Yellow
Montrose – White	White
Westlake – Purple	Purple