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All-natural farmers’ market
fosters local food supply
Tim Manus
THE GAMECOCK
This weekend, you can
give local farmers a fighting
chance, as the All-Local
Farmers’ Market is coming
to Gervais and Vine, a
restaurant in the Vista,
Saturday morning.
The All-Local Farmers’
Market - where local farmers
and vendors of all-natural
products come together to
sell their goods - takes place
the second Saturday of every
month. Emile DeFelice is
the director and the creator
of All-Local Farmers’
Market.
“After years of being
in agriculture, I know we
needed to get more money
into the farmer’s pocket,”
he said. “The easiest way to
do this is to connect with
nothing intervening, from
farmer to the consumer.’’
DeFelice said in other
markets, such as grocery
stores, competition isn’t
exactly fair.
“I would essentially be
competing against people
from South America who
earn a dollar a day; that’s
not a fair playing field,”
he said. DeFelice also said
the market is good for
consumers, “because the
consumers get to know
their farmer.” He pointed to
the “disconnectivity” in our
nation’s food supply, and
said, “A lot of people really
enjoy getting to know their
farmer.” DeFelice also said
there is a large variety of
products at his market.
“We have starches,
rice and grits, proteins,
eggs, beets, meat, organic
vegetables,” he said. A local
grower called Jersey Thyme
Farm even makes soap. The
market will also have a local
woman who knits sweaters,
blankets and other items
using alpaca wool.
DeFelice said he thinks
the market has appeal
to college students. He
said that one morning, a
student “barged right in and
demanded to know where
was that great soap he got
last week.”
DeFelice also mentioned
how good the market’s
products are for the
environment. The average
piece of food travels 1,500
miles, he said, while most
of the market’s food only
comes from 20 to 30 miles
from the city.
“None of us in this
market use any chem'icals
in our production, working
with nature instead of
against nature,” he said. “We
don’t put anything synthetic
in the ground, in the air or
in your body.”
The market also offers a
$4 breakfast of all-natural «
grits, eggs and sausage made
from entirely local products.
DeFelice called it “South
Carolina’s only plate where
everything in it is from our
state.” Amanda McClain,
volunteer market manager
for the All-Local Farmers’
Market, said breakfast is a
big draw.
“We have people who
come there and they have
coffee and breakfast with
their friends, and meet new
friends,” she said. McClain
said the market is both a
“social experience” and
“what a true market should
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THE GAMECOCK
If you need something
to do this Saturday
morning, search no more.
Surrender the warm,
enfolding comforts of
your sarcophagus-like
bedchamber to the soothing
sounds of the variegated
ensembles of the School of
Music.
USC will hold its
19th annual Showcase
on Saturday, giving
prospective students, the
public and Carolina alumni
a chance to learn about the
state’s flagship university.
Showcase, USC’s annual
open house, will be held
on the Horseshoe from
10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and is
free. As a part of the larger
Showcase events, several
of the School of Music’s
ensembles will be playing
Saturday from 10 ^.m. until
12:30 p.m. These groups
will include Carolina Alive,
the Left Bank Big Band,
the University Band, the
Cocktails and the USC
Chorus.
The Left Bank Big Band,
the USC’s official jazz band
under the direction of
professor Bert Ligon, will
be performing at 10:30 a.m.,
followed by the University
Band at 11:15 a.m. Both
groups are expected to
deliver performances filled
with over-the-top solos and
plenty of bombast.
First-year music
education major and tenor
saxophonist Sean Hackett
will be performing with
the Left Bank Big Band.
Hackett will be playing
improvised solos on the
Count Basie chart “Queen
Bee” and the jazz standard
“Summertime.” Hackett
cited Charlie Parker and
Tyler Cook as his two
biggest jazz influences,
although Cook is widely
regarded more or less as a
rock god for his work with
the short-lived rock duo
Blasphemy’s Belt. Hackett
also said that he prefers the
atmosphere of jazz band to
the stuffier, more structured
environment of concert
bands. “It’s different and, in
my opinion, a lot more fun
than concert band,” Hackett
said. “The rehearsals are
more relaxed and the music
is more fun.”
Hackett is also looking
forward to his fellow
bandmates’ solos.
“We’re all gonna rock
the house,” he said,
although the event will be
held outdoors. That’s not
to say that Hackett does
not appreciate the rigid
discipline of the University
Band, widely recognized^
for its Spartan order. Or
the University Band’s
eclectic program, he enjoys
playing “Three London
Miniatures,” a three
movement piece dedicated
to the glory of London,
most of all.
“Its catchy melodies,
hypnotic rhythms and
memorable hooks get me
every time,” Hackett said.
The fact that the song’s
final movement sounds like
it was taken from Jethro
Tull’s “Thick as a Brick” or
the mandolin solo in Spina®
Tap’s “Stonehenge” doesn’t
hurt things, either. For fans
of the film “Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of
the Black Pearl” (2003), the
University Band will also
be performing a medley
of music from the movie’s
score. Listen for the killer
alto sax line about halfway
through that actually
sounds like water.
This will be the
University Band’s final
concert of the semester.
The Left Bank Big Ban<^
will hold its Spring Concert
Thursday, April 20.
When you’re done
rockin’ out, taking up your
air guitar in the middle of
some crunchy groove, be
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an animated mammoth,
she excels in delivering
vivacious responses to her
surrounding male cast.
Denis Leary as the voice
of the outwardly ferocious
saber-toothed tiger Diego
elicits laughter with his
fear of water. Diego was
actually better in the
original because he had
less lines in the sequel
and wasn’t as involved in
the plot. John Leguizamo
as the voice of Sid is the
endearing dork everyone
loves to ridicule. The
interaction between the
rest of the herd and Sid
creates many droll scenes.
See “Ice Age: The
Meltdown” in the middle
of the afternoon when the
theater is full of children.
Their laughter and amusing
responses to the film make
it even funnier.
Grossing $70.5 million
on opening weekend, th^
movie proves it’s worth th^
gander and the green.
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