2016 Year in Review
Highlights:
- In March the Charleston Jazz Orchestra performed the music of Stevie Wonder.
- The first week in April I volunteered at the Volvo Car Open Tennis Tournament doing court maintenance. This was probably the 10th year I had volunteered starting back in 2004 as an usher and in subsequent years as a driver before settling on court maintenance dragging the court or brushing the lines. Sloan Stephens defeated Elena Vesnina 7-6, 6-2.
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| We had to drag and line the court after each set and match |
- May: Spoleto Music Festival and Chamber Music at the Dock Street Theater with Geoff Nuttall (1965-2022
- June 11: We saw the Freddie Cole Quartet at the Music Hall.
- From June 24 to July 15 we took a twenty day cruise on the Oceania Nautica from Copenhagen to London including initial stops in Alesund, Trondheim and Hammerfest in Norway and then Murmansk, Solovetsky and Archangel in Russia then returning to Norway stopping at the North Cape, Kristiansund, Geiranger Fjord and Bergen before arriving in Amsterdam (Marken and Volendam) and then Bruges, Belgium and ending at Southampton, England. Cruise took 20 Days with stops at 14 ports and six days at sea.
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- In August we attended a "Hard Hat" Tuning Concert at the new Gaillard Concert Hall
- August Summer Soiree at Pierce Pavilion on DI
- Low Country Jazz Festival in September saw Brian Culbertson
- Also took a quick trip out to San Francisco in September to attend Chris and Debbie's Bay Area farewell. Boat ride on the bay and great feast at Scoma's on the wharf. A mix of cousins, co-workers and friends attended.
- October 8 Hurricane Matthew hits Charleston. Although it was just a category 1 hurricane, extensive damage was done due to flodding, landslides and destruction to trees. Doris didn't evacuate and stayed with neighbors but we lost three Leyland Cypress trees in our backyard. As usual, I was away on an OIG inspection trip to Israel.
- The Annual Turkey Day Run in November with David and Bob & GLO.
- December 1 Charleston Symphony performing Handel's Messiah at the Cathedral
- December 3 Participated in the Reindeer Run downtown
- December 25 Annual Family Christmas get together with dinner and exchanging gifts
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| Bre, Josh David, Bill, Harlie, Robert and Heather |
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