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 A Multimedia Celebration of Downtown Greenville June 2011

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 At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2011, Greenville Forward was officially celebrating its fifth year of

existence. Throughout the year, we have taken moments to remember why Vision 2025 is important to ourcommunity and why the work we are doing must endure.

For Greenville Forward, five years means almost 1,800 days spent working to make Greenville better. It

means five years of strong support from a community that believes in the goals of Vision 2025, and 260

weeks of task forces leading projects to bridge resources, programs inspiring leaders and initiating growth,

and partnerships forged across municipal lines.

Press play to listen to Executive Director Russell Stall talk about milestone moments from the past five years

and what keeps Greenville Forward moving forward.

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.

Greenville ForwardCelebrates Five Years

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Greenville

is a Gem,a cherished small city wrapped inside an ever growing county. We may

take for granted our welcoming, kind and considerate culture until

we get the chance to read what the Royal Highland Fusiliers

have to say about us.

WO2 Jason Craig put together a group of 8 Royal

Highland Fusiliers to come here and serve as

the Honor Guard for the Greenville

Scottish Games. Read through some of

their quotes about our community:

“You all made my first taste of America

outstanding and left me longing to return.”

- Cpl Gen Mullen.

“I think I speak for us all when I say we had an amazing time and

the people of Greenville couldn’t have done enough to make us feel

welcome.” - LCpl Jason McGowan.

“It was great to see how much the people of Greenville want to keep theScottish heritage alive.” - Fusilier Liam Kemp.

“We were pleasantly surprised to be met with a piper and also with the reception

we received at the airport.” - Fusilier David Walker.

“This was one of the best experiences of my life and I thank you all very much.”

- Fusilier Derek Ferguson.

“I would like to say thanks for inviting us to Greenville. It was my first

time in the states and I will definitely be back for a holiday.”- LCpl Dean McMillan.

“I would just like to say thank you to the St Andrews Society of

Greenville for their generosity and hospitality shown to the soldiers

of the Royal Highland Fusiliers. We have been made to feel very

welcome and the trip was a dream come true.” - Sgt Steven Boyd.

Read WO2 Jason Craig’s letter in its entirety on the Fête Blog 

by clicking here.

Greenville

is a Gem,

Photo courtesy of Craig Lee

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Insurance Brokers 

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premier business communities.

Join us today!

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WHEREin the WORLDof  FÊTE?Contest

Tell us where you think the photo above was taken.

Everyone who answers correctly will be entered in a

drawing at the end of June to win a great packageincluding a $50 Gift Card to Rick Erwin’s, a limited

edition Loggerhead/Fête Polo Shirt, and a one hour

massage at Massage Envy.

Photo by WBT Photography

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The buzz is on and the in the know collectors are all

about world music and Jazz- Africa so this hot music

sub genre is the rage for those seeking something

different.This CD or LP by the Godfather of Ethio Jazz

is a great place to start:

MULATU ASTATKE – New York/Addis/London

– The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975

Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arrangerand bandleader, MULATU ASTATKE is one of the

all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator

of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through

the acclaimed Ethiopiques album

series and through featuring on the

soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch

film Broken Flowers, his music has

belatedly reached a global audience

and a new, younger generation of

fans. In November of last year, he

recorded an inspired new album

with London psych jazz band The

Heliocentrics for Strut’s ‘Inspiration

Information’ studio collaboration

series. Now, Strut are proud to present, for the

first time anywhere, the definitive Mulatu career

retrospective covering his landmark ’60s and

’70s recordings.

Mulatu is a true pioneer of African music. He was the

first Ethiopian musician of his generation to travel

extensively and to record abroad – he studied in

the UK in Wales and at Trinity College Of Music in

London, cutting his teeth on the buoyant London jazz

scene of the early ’60s. He became the first African

student to attend Harvard and he lived and recorded

in New York, developing a unique sound that fused

Western jazz with traditional Ethiopian melodies. As

Mulatu says,

“it took a long

time to get the

balance, to let

the colours and

the feelings of

the Ethiopian

modes shine

through.” Returning to ‘Swinging Addis’ during the

late ’60s, he became a pivotal figure, arranging formany of the country’s top vocalists and developing

rich, dense textures in his own music during the fina

years of Selassie’s reign and the mid-’70s rule of th

Derg Communist military junta.

Tracing the progression of his Ethio jazz experiments

with full access to all of the labels for whom he

recorded, Mulatu Astatke: New York-Addis-London

is the essential Mulatu. Covering his first recordings

in the UK during 1965, his groundbreaking fusions

for the small Worthy label in New York and his key

’70s recordings back in Addis on Amha, Phillips

and Axum, the album features comprehensive

sleeve notes by Miles Cleret, boss of the excellent

Soundway Records imprint, and rare, previously

unseen photos from Mulatu’s personal archive.

What is cool for Summer?Ethio-Jazz, of course.By Gene Berger, Horizon Records

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Giving bands the ability to capture and share their mostvaluable asset - the experience of their live performance.

From Pickens, SC, Cecil Thompkins 

performs his original “Song of the Determined 

Dreamer” at Artisphere.

Click the videos to see these and other performances from live and local artists.

For more information about LiveSyphon, visit livesyphon.com.

Opening for DEL the Funky Homosapien, the

Greenville hip hop trio Projekt Lotus perform

at the New Earth Music Hall in Athens, GA.

The unique duo DayClean out of Columbia,

SC perform their original song “Beaulah” at 

 Artisphere.

Local Kelly Jo and her band The Kelly JoConnect rock Chicora Alley with her original

song “Bend.” 

Giving bands the ability to capture and share their most valuable asset - the experience of their live performance.

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2011 Greenville Scottish GamesPhotos by Craig Lee

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These are amazing times. Even though the news headlines and

top stories seem to scream “the sky is falling; the sky is falling,”

many people are filled with optimism. Will Rogers was right: youcan’t believe everything you read in print; people tell their own

stories. The stories I’m hearing all over the place suggests

people have hope and high expectations for the future and

even for today.

May was another wonderful month with a packed speaking

schedule. Keynote opportunities took me to Mexico, the United

Kingdom and then to Long Island (which I discovered is not ONE

city, but is many, many cities). In Mexico I spoke with Victor

Garcia, a native of Puerto Vallarta. He was my native tour guide

when I was there to speak last October. At that time, Victor was

working for an ad agency making a decent entry-level salary by

Mexican standards.

Shortly after he attended the conference where I spoke, Victor

left his stable job to pursue building his own business full-time.

Today he has a full slate of clients who enable him to earn over

three times what he was earning when I was with him just eight months ago. Now he’s pondering how to add ex

manpower so he can say “yes” to more clients.

Victor told me, “Opportunity IS all around. You just have to have the eyes to see it. Sometimes you might

 just need someone to help you see it.” No doubt there is more opportunity in Greenville than

we’re seeing at the moment.

In Wales I met Allan Beaton. Allan is a British businessman in Cardiff who’s also a Carolina

grad. Last year he read research ranking the digital connectedness of the United Kingdom

When he saw Wales rank ed at the bottom of the heap when it came to Internet use, he

determined he would do something to change that.

He created the What’s Next Conference, which just happened to be the very first

digital marketing conference of it’s kind in the country. As a solopreneur he

  Continued on Page 41

Follow rey Pennington   Trey’s Travels

Trey Pe nnington is a story prospector and professional speaker. He founded

747 -member Social Media Club Greenville and started clubs in Spartanbu

a nd Columbia. You’ll find his blog on marketing at  treypennington.co

and hear him each week on the radio program Open for Busine

The story of Greenville’s Carolina Manufacturing Compancontinues to inspire audiences around the world. While RWilson might say my red bandanna didn’t go with my dathe people there had a good time watching me put it on athen learning how to put theirs on too. Photo by Paul CorUsed by permission.

Victor Garcia is a young entrepreneur in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico. Last fall he left his salaried job to build his own business. He has enough business now that he’s trying tfigure out how to add more manpower to take on more w

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Lisa has developed more than a successful business in her

photography, she has created a relationship business based onan honest and sincere love for her craft and an ability to capture

the beauty in everyone.

Lisa’s Fine Art Wedding Photography has been awarded by

receiving The Best of Weddings 2010 by The Knot Brides and

Wedding Wire’s Bride Choice Award 2011. She was also invited

to be a part of Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine

Platinum List as a 5 Star Vendor.

RedFlare was recently created in addition to her mainphotography business, Lisa Carpenter Photography. RedFlare

specializes in high-impact imagery for musicians, entertainers

and models interested in

editorial fashion. Her unique and

distinctive style has afforded her

the opportunity to work with

some of the industry’s most

recognized names. Fashion,

music and photography is a

major passion for Lisa, so it only

is natural that her photography

has evolved over the years to

working with musicians, artists

and models.

Whether working with Lisa

Carpenter Photography or

RedFlare, it is Lisa’s belief that

having a blast and making her

clients feel comfortable in front

of the camera lends itself to

great images.

Cover Artist 

Lisa Carpenter

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The winter of 2009 found me living on my 36’

sailboat Nisus in the Florida Keys. Working the

dock at a local marina while sporting a killer tan

and waist length dreadlocks, I was the

quintessential boat bum. While acquaintances had

been made in every port, I only stayed in touch

with family and one good friend from my corporate

days. We emailed on a regular basis catching up

on each other’s lives until the day she emailed me

a link to this site called Twitter.

The question Twitter asked at that time was, “What

are you doing?” It was you, at any given moment,

telling the world what you were doing, thinking or

feeling in 140 characters or less. No one had the

ability to “like” something or “poke” you; things I’m

still not sure if I understand.

I signed up and immediately fell in love. This was

amazing! I now had a recorded history of my lifefrom that day forward. Plus I no longer had to find

time in my busy schedule of drinking, reading and

sailing to actually write an email telling my friend

that I was drinking, reading and sailing.

Eventually I sailed Nisus back to Charleston and

moved off of her. Since I had “been there, done

that” with the Lowcountry I started contemplating

a move to the upstate where my daughter lived.

 At this point, I began actively seeking out people

on Twitter who lived in and around Greenville. I

developed Twitter relationships with folks I felt a

real kinship with if only through 140 characters

and the occasional private message. Advice and

suggestions on everything from what part of town

to live in to which hairdresser, dentist and auto

mechanic were the best started coming my way.

Then wonderful IRL (in real life for you novices)

friendships started to develop after I drove up forGoogle on Main and had the opportunity to meet

some of my Twitter friends face to face.

 Almost a year ago Greenville became my home

and while I’ve had the normal frustrations of

navigating a new town, and Woodruff Road, one

thing that has smoothed the transition is the

built-in support system I now have of friends and

colleagues all discovered through the power of

social media and Twitter.

 Twittering My Wayto a New Town By Lee Ann Carter

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C A L E N D A R

The most comprehensive

calendar of events in Greenville!

Business, Non-Profits, Concerts and Events.

http://greenvilleforward.com/calendar.htm

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 The Fête Marketing Model is themost unique way to promote your

non-profi t or business.

 F ê t e  M a g a z i n e

F êt e Social MediaF ê t e  i T une s  App  ( comi ng soon )

Fête Blog

Fê te Mo b i le Mus ic

Put together 30+ organizations, businesses and individuals in one issue of Fête.

 Add up all of their supporters, patrons and fans.

And get over 40,000 gross Facebook users involved with each issue of Fête.

Now add all the twitter users of these 30+ entities to the mix. Add guest bloggers.

And throw in the fact that Fête will be in over 

150,000 emails this month.

Next, figure in the links on multiple websites, and add in 40,000 post views of the

Fête Greenville Facebook page each month.

And, lastly, factor in that Fête is an online media sponsor of: The Peace Center Pedal Chic’s “Avant Garde Fashion Show”

The Warehouse Theater TEDx

The Greenville Chamber of Commerce the Xperience

Downtown Alive and Main Street Friday PulseGreenville Forward Chautaugua

TecAfter5 Upcountry History Museum

Centre Stage Theatre and a few others to come…

Urban Farm Tour

Shazaam!You have now reached more people in more ways than you ever dreamed…

Visit the NFête Web

Run an ad in Fête and link to the world!

CONNECT & PARTICIPATE

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Being a musician all my life I’ve got a lot of stories. I’ve been playing bars since I was 14 years old. We hadto have chaperons just to even allow us to play. I have toured the country, played festivals and shows with

Grammy winners, recorded all over the world, opened my own commercial studio and have run that for

years now, but I still almost daily wonder the meaning of success in this business.

I can’t tell you how many times I get asked the question “what do you do” and I say, I’m a musician. The

standard reply to that is well, what do you do for money, or what’s your real job? By any means, I’m not

wealthy, but have sustained my lifestyle for many years now solely playing, and recording music. It’s my

passion, and I feel very luck that I can do this for a living.

That being said, let’s get back to the success part. I have seen artists come and go in my studio. Some havehad record deals, and others, perusing music simply for fun. I see all styles and genres, all walks of life. The

underlining dream of well over half of these people is not to record the best album possible, or to play the

best show of their lives; it’s to simply get rich and famous. When you look at the odds of achieving super

stardom, I mean where people recognize you walking down the street because you’re on every cover of

every magazine in the known universe, the odds of that are literally the same as Ed McMahon showing up

with a check at your door.

The epitome of this is a client I had a few

weeks back. He had been lured into a music

conference (for lack of a better term SCAM)

that told him that for X amount of dollars; he

can get his songs heard by an expert panel of

music executives. Of course he paid the

money! These were the reps from major

labels, which did run the careers of some very

well-known acts. They also told him to rent

out a local studio, so they could see how he

worked in the studio (also for an additional

fee). So far, they have him pay admittance to

the conference, additional fees for VIP access,

and other fees to get a personal meeting at

my studio with executives of labels, (not to

mention my studio rate on top of all this).

So the client, his father, and his wife, walk into

my studio, introduce themselves, and share

their nervousness and excitement. They told

me that the heads of these labels were

coming in the studio to sign him to a major

record deal. With almost tears of excitement,

 The Truest Meaning of Success By Matt Morgan, Sit-n-Spin Recording Studios

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Editor, Business Black Box 

 jordana@insideblackbox.com • 864/281-1323 x.1010

twitter.com/jmegonigal • facebook.com/jordana

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Ric’s guest in this June issue is Jay Handler

Jay’s passion for marketing is evident the minute he starts to speak.

He knows marketing, knows how to make it work for small businesses,

and knows how to keep his audience engaged and entertained while

he teaches them the valuable principles he’s learned over his twenty

years in the industry.

with

CHAT

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F E S T I V I L L EWe are a celebrating bunch. The first wave of festivals and events are behind us. Artisphere, The Greek Festival, Freedom Weekend Aloft and the Greenville ScottishGames have come and gone.

What are you going to do downtown this summer and fall? Follow this link to theSpecial Events page on the City of Greenville’s website and you will realize that theyear is just half over.

Chautaugua Festival Upstate Shakespeare Festival Reedy River ConcertsRed, White and Blue The Saturday Market Main Street FridaysMoonlight Movie Series Fall For Greenville Downtown Alive

Downtown – it’s not just for spring!

Photo courtesy of Pat Rawlins.

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May 27-June 11

37 Augusta St. Greenville, SC |  www.warehousetheatre.com  | Box Ofce: 864.23

Something More Than a Game is a story about a ather, his daughters and a box ull o evidence that may

or may not prove or disprove, once and or all, the guilt, innocence or unwitting participation o Greenvi

native “Shoeless Joe” Jackson in the 1919 World Series baseball scandal that created the Chicago “Black S

“It’s a play that asks what the dierence is between nostalgia and memory, legend and act. It’s a play

that asks us i we really want to know the truth about anything and why. Ultimately it’s a play about that

intersection where the dreams o our potential collide with the reality o our short-comings,” says Tromsn

Baseball, the quintessential American sport, and the guilt or innocence o Joe Jackson which is still ferce

debated amongst baseball ans nearly a century later, combine to provide a perect medium or Tromsn

to tell a deeper, more human story that should delight theatre goers, especially those hoping or someth

that goes beyond “a show about baseball.”

Asked what message he hopes theatregoers will take rom the show, Tromsness says, “The message is a

question: When the legend outweighs the acts do we print the legend? And when the acts threaten t

outweigh the legend do we bury the acts?”

Director Chip Egan has selected a stellar cast to bring Tromsness’ Something More Than a Game to lie:

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 Emmettand Ron Joseph as Judge Landis/Howard Zimmerman.

 Thank you, Russell Tripp or the video work.

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I Remember...

Susan Smith and Maureen Abdalla, Cafe And Then Some 

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 A D O S E O F

The forecast called for a high of 73 degrees with a breeze blowing in from the northwest at abou

12mph. Those were the exact conditions for the past three days, which was pretty typical for

 April. There was really no reason to doubt it. These were the conditions that one could expect if

one were going to be downtown on Saturday afternoon. If one was going on a lunch date with th

charming and beautiful Christine Hannigan. If one was going on his FIRST date with the lovely

Miss Hannigan. If one was named Greg. These would be the conditions one could expect.

 As it happened, Greg Fields met all those criteria. And armed with the certainty of the forecasted

weather conditions, he selected his outfit for the aforementioned date. He didn’t like to use the

term “outfit” for describing a grown man’s clothing selection, but that’s what it was. His white

cotton oxford shirt was the same brand as his khaki cotton chino pants. The argyle pattern on hi

sweater vest matched the argyle pattern on his socks. And even his dirty bucks sort of matched

his dirty blond hair. And every piece of clothing – right down to his white cotton t-shirt and boxer

– were ironed to within an inch of their lives. When all was said and done, he looked like an

anal-retentive Good Humor man… from Scotland.

One last check in the mirror confirmed in his mind how good he thought he looked. Poor bastard

They were to meet at the Starbucks at 1, walk around downtown until 3 and then grab lunch at

an outdoor café to enjoy the spring weather. Greg arrived early, but waited in the car until he

could arrive at 12:47. He figured that was early enough to show he cared, but not so early that

he looked desperate. Everything was perfectly planned.

Greg had first met Christine on the elevator of the building where they both worked. She on 14.

He on 22. She has long, thick dark hair. The kind you want to brush out of eyes and curl behind

 April ShowersBy Tim O’Neill 

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T I M O ’ N E I L L   I S A N A D V E RT I S I N G

C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R / S T O R Y T E L L E R .

Read more of his stories at ActCreatively.com

ears. Her warm brown eyes are nestled comfortably in her porcelain-like face. And her full lips

bent slightly downward at the corners. He loved her immediately. As much as one can love a

woman without really knowing her. After six months of chance encounters and stolen glances, he

finally had the nerve to ask her out when they were talking on the elevator earlier in the week.

“Wow, you look like you got some sun this weekend, huh?” She said.

“Huh? Oh yeah, I guess.” He impressed her with his rapier wit. “I ate at that new outdoor café.”

“Oh yeah, I heard that was good. Is it?” She asked.

“Yeah. Really good. You should go sometime.” He knew this was the moment to ask her out.

But he had nothing prepared. He liked to write out possible scenarios with appropriate responses

before asking anyone out. But the window of opportunity was closing. His heart was racing. And

the elevator was rising.

“You know,” he said a little too loudly. “I was thinking of going again on Saturday. Would you like

to join me?” he had settled down a bit. She thought for a second and looked him up and down

as the elevator rose from 11 to 12. She agreed and they made their plans.

The rest of the week, he planned and he ironed and he checked the weather and he made

reservations. He even walked the route they would take to familiarize himself with every step. And

then the weekend came, but they would never meet on this Saturday. For while Greg was thinking

of the new café and Starbucks that are downtown, Christine was thinking of the new café and

Starbucks that are on the eastside. And even though he offered to drive to where she was, she

thought it was a little chilly for an outdoor café. And they promised to try again next weekend.

The forecast for next Saturday called for rain. Which was pretty typical for April.

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Idiot Friends

Featuring Steve Edwards of The Amazing Factor

I rmly believe that if you hang

around idiots you will become

one — no exceptions. There are

people in your life who make you

a better person and then there

are ones who strive to bring you

down to their level of misery. The

problem is most of us don’t take

the time to gure out who is who.

I am convinced that for someone

to grow as an individual, they

must associate with people who

have a desire to grow and become

a better person as well. Sounds

obvious, right? It’s not, mainly

because most people never take

the time to stop and gure it out.

Take a minute and write down your top ve friends. Now sit back and take a serious look at the list, not a

cursory look, but a serious look. If it helps, write down the positive and negative traits each person has.

Now gure out which friends exhibit the traits that you hope to gain and grow from and which ones don’t?

The friends on the “don’t” list are the people who are usually selsh and nd great joy in sharing negative

gossip about others. They will do everything in their power to make you feel that lack of success is

just ne because that’s where they are, soaking in a life of mediocrity. In fact, that’s where most people

are — sitting around complaining about their lack of good fortune and how nothing seems to go their

way, yet doing nothing at all to change their situation. Sound like someone you know? Change it! Remove

the negative inuences and seek out new, more positive people.

If you hang around idiots, you become one — guaranteed! Fortunately, the opposite of this is also true

Hanging around with people who are better than you makes you better.

Remember... Hang Around With Friends Who Make You Better.

If you hang around idiots you become one…guaranteed 

Read my book and invite me to speak at your next event, train your

team or coach you personally. I promise you the results will be amazing!

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gathered enough sponsors and attendees to host a spectacular event in the Mecure Holland House hotel

in the heart of Cardiff. The business and institutional community took note of his work and asked to join

him. He now has the support to begin planning similar conferences throughout the United Kingdom. The

next one in Cardiff is scheduled for November 14, 2011.

Both Victor and Allan are independent business owners. Instead of reading the newspapers and listening

to the news reporters tell of economic doom, they looked for and found opportunity to create the future

they wanted anyway. My hunch is, there’s plenty of opportunity for us right here in Greenville. We’re

known as a community that makes things happen. I wonder what’s next for us.

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Eight members of The Royal Highland Fusiliers (2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland) came to

Greenville as the guests of the Greenville Scottish Games Board of Directors. They were here to serve as the

special honor guard of the games.

They arrived on a Wednesday afternoon and departed

on a Sunday morning. None of them had ever

visited this area, nor had they traveled to

the United States before. Greenville was

going to be their first experience with

 America and a group of extremely

dedicated volunteers from the St.

 Andrews Society of Upstate SC was

assembled to look after the Fusiliers

during their brief stay. Don Koonce,

Dean Livingston, Mike Cannon, Brock 

Koonce, Brandon Herring, Steve Moore, Appy

 Apperson and myself were the lucky ones that

were chosen to assist the Fusiliers.

We took them to a fair number of bars

and restaurants during their down time.

They got to hang out with the 2nd DivisionMarine marching band, drive fast at the

BMW Performance Center, go shopping, and

attend a few functions tied into the Wounded

Warrior project and our Scottish games. At

every formal event they were consummate

professional soldiers and perfect

gentlemen. At each informal gathering

they were charming, funny and very

friendly to each and every person they

encountered. Better men could not have

been picked to represent their country

and their military.

These Fusiliers were bombarded with

questions everywhere they went and at every turn they smiled and

regaled us with their stories.

Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

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In addition to Fusiliers, we were also able to meet the last Commanding General Scotland - Major General

Mark Strudwick(ret.)and his wife Jan, plus Darren Burgess, Second Secretary Scottish Affairs at The British

Embassy. The General and his wife were delightful, extremely engaging and were fabulously proud of theirFusiliers. Darren was the one of the most personable, friendly

and gracious people I have met in a long time.

We intended to entertain and support

the honor guard of the games and I

hope we lived up to our responsibilities.

I don’t think any of us were prepared to

be so touched by these gallant soldiers

from Scotland.

These good men of the RHF had just

returned from their tour of duty in

 Afghanistan in April. They had all been injured

and they all served their country with great

honor.These soldiers represented the 378 years

of Scottish military heritage and their unit

with grace.

I believe that Scotland is beloved in Greenvillefor a whole host of reasons. We now have

eight more.

Read WO2 Jason Craig’s letter about their 

visit to Greenville in the Fete Blog! 

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