♪ Amy> ArtFields has exhibits everywhere.

It could be on any wall.

Could even be on a floor somewhere, but outdoor spaces as well.

Carla> So the initial concept of Towns in Tune was to bring Canada into Lake City, South Carolina.

And fusing not just the music, but the food.

Harry> ArtFields, as you've seen, is just such a fabulous art competition, cultural festival.

It's just such an amazing event.

Amy> Now you know what we're doing, right?

We're turning your work place into a concert space, so we'd have to move all these boats out.

Justin> We got a good crew.

We'll make it happen.

Haley Mae Campbell> How are we feeling, Lake City?

Amy> I was here the other day.

I left a Canadian quarter.

It's the same as an American nickel.

Andrew> There's a history here that was really important and still is important to a lot of generations of people that have lived here.

Amy> We call a yarn a chat in Newfoundland and Labrador.

You want to share that with us?

Jamison> I would love to share this story with you.

Amy> Major funding for Towns in Tune is provided by Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation.

♪ The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Tax Credit.

♪ And the Government of Canada Film or Video Production Federal tax credit.

Additional funding is provided by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, which proudly supports this program.

Through the generosity of our members and donors, the ETV Endowment has made it possible for stories like Towns in Tune to be shared around our state and the nation for more than 40 years.

♪ ♪ We're here on West Main Street, downtown Lake City, and we're going to have a walkabout and see what ArtFields is all about.

♪ The Crossroads Gallery houses and exhibits a lot of the winners from past ArtFields.

Of course, being from Newfoundland and Labrador, this means a lot to me.

♪ The fishery.

This was a winner in 2014.

♪ It was a People's Choice Award.

So one of, two of the awards that we have here at ArtFields are People's Choice Awards, and that is where people who are a part of ArtFields, anybody who comes to see it gets to vote.

They have an online app, and we get to vote for our favorite pieces.

And there will be two winners of $12,500 each for the People's Choice Award.

So if you're here at ArtFields, you better get voting.

♪ >> I am Yamekia Robinson.

I am the mayor of the great city of Lake City, South Carolina.

When ArtFields started, I guess people really didn't know what to expect.

In the first few years, I actually was a volunteer, like the second or third year.

So it was very interesting to see, different people come in from different areas, and to meet new people that's actually coming to your hometown to see the different arts that was displayed and the different artists that was coming in.

♪ >> My name is Carla Angus.

I'm the director of Community Engagement at ArtFields Junior, and I'm here in Lake City, South Carolina.

I'm at the office where ArtFields is a crazy time.

Amy> Yeah.

Carla> And this gentleman comes up and he's talking about doing this city project and bringing people from Canada into Lake City.

And they were dating different cities to figure out where they wanted to go.

Well, as soon as they said that, I said they're going to stay in Lake City.

They just didn't know they were staying in Lake City.

But I was, they were going to be in Lake City.

So the initial concept of Towns in Tune was to bring musicians and food and community together.

So we were bringing Canada into Lake City, South Carolina, and fusing, not just the music, but the food.

And so I just think it's so phenomenal, this fusion that they're creating of bringing these different cultures and different people together.

>> Yes.

Carla> And, you know, anytime you bring people and fuse together different cultures, different backgrounds, it's just an amazing thing to watch.

And I'm just excited to see it happen.

♪ Amy> ArtFields has exhibits everywhere.

It could be on any wall, could even be on a floor somewhere.

But outdoor spaces as well.

This is Theater Park.

As you can see, it's beautiful.

I think we're going to have a look at Olio Studio now.

Let's see what they have in there.

♪ Amy> Oh, so this is a ceramics studio.

Wow.

And they have art everywhere.

Okay, this one is Douglas Gray.

It's called Tectonic Shift.

Lydia C. Thompson.

This piece is called Watchers Number Three.

This is called Gallant Omens.

Tufted and wool yarn.

We call a "yarn" a chat in Newfoundland and Labrador.

That's gorgeous.

>> My name is Hubert McFadden.

I'm the support coordinator for ArtFields.

Basically, my job is to assist the office staff, which is approximately 11 full-time and part-time members, and also packs a little over 200 volunteers on day to day activities during ArtFields.

Amy> So how do you get all these volunteers together?

200.

That's amazing.

Hubert> Well, I think it's because of the love, the community and the town, and they see what's happening and they just want to be a part of it.

Amy> Yeah, I mean, I've been going around and seeing some of the art.

It's pretty, pretty fascinating stuff.

How long have you been with ArtFields?

Hubert> I've been here, this would be my 10th year.

Amy> 10th year?

Wow.

So you've seen it grow?

Hubert> I have.

I think what ArtFields has done for me is not only renewed, but inspired me to be an active part of Lake City as the city continues to grow and not only to be an active part, but to encourage others to be an active part.

>> My name is Jamison Kerr.

I am the director of Art Town Development with ArtFields Collective.

I'm very lucky to have been part of ArtFields from the second year on, and we are now in our 11th, so I've gotten to see quite a bit of change and progress here in Lake City.

Way back in 2012, they started working on coming up with a plan for adapting an arts event to Lake City.

Lots of community meetings, lots of conversations about, well, how many pieces of artwork can we put here, how many, you know, states should we call to, and all of those things.

And the result is what we have here today.

♪ Amy> We're here in this fabulous garden downtown Lake City with visual artist Herman Keith, who is a spectacular muralist, as we can see behind us.

Herman> Thank you.

Amy> Thank you for joining us, Herman.

Tell us about the mural that we see behind us.

Herman> We titled it "Ignited."

And this particular piece of public art is basically to celebrate Lake City and what Lake City has done and how it has used art for the past 11 years in order to ignite creativity in the state of South Carolina and to give artists a, a bastion of space in order to come together to, to display and show their work and just to kind of show how Lake City has chosen to use art to revitalize their town.

♪ Herman> Like the crop here used to be like one of the parts of this mural here behind me is their tobacco basket motif going across the window, because tobacco, at one time, was the, was the crop here, that was like the money producer in town, the economy.

Then there were beans because, like, locally, there's a bean market not far away.

So beans were a part of the crop here.

But when that left there was a void.

And the void has been filled with art.

So now if you want to consider art a crop, it has become the crop of Lake City.

♪ >> I am Harry Lesesne.

I'm the executive director of the Darla Moore Foundation.

The foundation was integrally involved, in the creation of ArtFields.

Ms. Moore and a small group created the festival about 11 years ago to help re-envision what Lake City could be and to infuse the arts in the revitalization of the town.

Lake City was traditionally a tobacco town.

Its economy was basically centered on the tobacco trade, and the tobacco cultivation.

Tastes changed, and the tobacco industry has pretty much died away in the United States.

And so Lake City really didn't have a replacement for that crop.

>> Right.

And so Ms. Moore determined that we were going to create a new economy here.

The arts community and ArtFields, the ArtFields competition and festival, was another means to to revitalize, re-envision, what Lake City could be in the 21st century.

>> I was the original director of ArtFields.

At that time, the Lake City Partnership Council was here, of which Darla Moore was affiliated, and they had already started some revitalization in Lake City.

She said, you know, we can revitalize this downtown.

We can make a bunch of pretty little buildings.

But if our community is not engaged, it won't work.

And that was what got me.

And I said, I'm in.

Lake City was at its lowest point, I would say.

You know, we had been so prosperous in the 40s and 50s with tobacco, agriculture, textile jobs.

But, by, you know, ten years ago, of course, that was long gone.

And worst of all, I think, our, our community was disengaged.

Jamison> ArtFields really came from a desire to save Lake City.

A group of people that sat around and talked about what can we do to bring it back to life.

Someone brought up, have you heard of Art Prize in Grand Rapids, Michigan?

They started to do some research and to look and to find out how they could adapt that to Lake City.

Part of the things that we borrowed from Art Prize is putting artwork into businesses, and that has been huge for ArtFields and for our town, because of the relationships that are formed between business owners and artists and for visitors to get to meet all of our business owners as well.

♪ Amy> Justin, how you doing?

Justin> Doing good.

Good to see you.

Amy> I'm here with Justin Altman.

He's the general manager of Marshall's Marine.

That's a lot of responsibility, Justin.

Justin> A lot of boats to keep up with.

Amy> I know.

Wow, what a place.

And it's so expansive.

I never expected.

How many showrooms?

Justin> We've got five showrooms.

Amy> Wow.

Okay.

Well, let's have a look and see if we can find where we're going to do the show.

Justin> Good deal.

♪ Amy> Wow.

Justin, how many boats would you have in inventory here?

Justin> Oh, we have about 4 or 500 on the whole, you know, in all the showrooms.

Amy> Now, you know what we're doing, right?

There's a lot of boats in here.

We're turning your workplace into a concert space, so we'd have to move all these boats out.

We're going to be able to do that?

Justin> We can do it.

Amy> You okay with that?

Justin> We got a good crew.

We'll make it happen.

Amy> And you got how many acres to put these boats on anyway?

Justin> 60 or so.

Yeah.

We just have to get them all outside, so.

Amy> They can live outside for a few days.

Justin> A couple days.

Amy> Okay, well, let's have a look at your other showroom.

Justin> Okay, we'll check it out and see which one you like better.

Amy> See what we have.

Okay.

Justin> That's right.

This is the pontoon showroom.

Amy> Oh, yeah.

I like this room, Justin.

I have a vision.

Justin> I'm getting the feeling this is it.

You like this?

You like this?

Amy> I think this is the one.

Yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Karla> ♪ NASCAR purse ♪ ♪ tight acid wash jeans ♪ ♪ Bright red lipstick ♪ ♪ ready for the big night scene ♪ ♪ A box of red wine ♪ ♪ hot dogs on the barbecue ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Lawn chairs and patio lights ♪ ♪ and a dinner for two ♪ ♪ Main attraction tonight ♪ ♪ Radio bingo ♪ ♪ Maybe we'll get lucky ♪ ♪ Steam up the window ♪ ♪ Looking at the moon from the backseat of your car ♪ ♪ Ford up on blocks ♪ ♪ still we manage to go far ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Living and loving in a trailer park ♪ ♪ Where every drinker's song is known by heart ♪ ♪ Sipping on a bit of moonshine ♪ ♪ sunrise 'til dark ♪ ♪ Next thing you're making out with your cousin ♪ ♪ Yeah, we're living and loving in a trailer park ♪ ♪ ♪ Karla> Oh, it happens.

>> Yep.

♪ Well, there's a party going on tonight ♪ ♪ down at the Pink Flamingo ♪ ♪ One slow dance with Jack Daniels, everybody's single ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Someone's knocked up ♪ ♪ Someone gets knocked down ♪ ♪ That's how we roll in this single white town ♪ Karla> Yep.

♪ ♪ ♪ Living and loving in a trailer park ♪ ♪ Where every cheating song ♪ ♪ is known by heart ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Skinny-dipping in the headlights ♪ ♪ long after dark ♪ ♪ Where there's one more bun in the oven ♪ ♪ Yeah, we're living and loving ♪ ♪ in a trailer park ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's not a party 'til you see blue and red lights ♪ ♪ The night's not over ♪ ♪ 'til you've been read your ♪ ♪ rights ♪ ♪ Yeah!

♪ ♪ (applause) ♪ >> I'm Jeanette Altman, executive director at the Continuum.

The Continuum opened in 2019.

We partner with our local technical college, Florence-Darlington Tech and Francis Marion University work together to offer classes, training and certifications to high school dual enrollment students.

But during ArtFields, we put all of that on hold for the artists that are chosen to display their art in the lecture hall, and it's open to the public.

ArtFields is an 11 day art competition, and so we're happy to be a part, especially since we are the the furthest away from Main Street.

But it's nice to get all of the visitors that come in during ArtFields.

It's nice to get them our way, and so we're happy to house and host the pieces that we have this year.

♪ ♪ Hubert> Over the years, I can remember most of the businesses here had closed down, so the town had basically became almost like a ghost town.

Jamison> There were countless buildings here in the beginning that were empty.

>> Yes.

And we were able to go in and create in those shells of spaces, many galleries throughout town.

Many of those are now full of business.

And that is the point.

Yeah, that means we're doing what we set out to do, but it certainly changes the way that we can display artwork.

Harry> Lake City was fortunate.

Unlike a lot of other towns, the heart of the business district and the architectural legacy of the 20th century had survived.

Amy> Yes.

Harry> A lot of it was in disrepair, but it was still around and could be revitalized.

Amy> Yeah, you can see the structure.

It's still there, right?

Jamison> We're breathing new life into spaces instead of tearing them down, gives you the ability to stand in an antique shop and know where you are right now, but be able to imagine what it was in the past.

And I think -- Amy> That's so true, yeah.

Jamison> I think that that makes every experience in Lake City really deep.

Amy> It's similar kind of the town that we're partnering with is Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada.

And if you walk down Main Street in Stephenville, it's almost like an old western town, like the storefronts are very old, but there are new businesses there.

Hubert> I think that ArtFields has been a revitalization for the city.

As you look around, you'll see that most of the buildings are filled now with occupants.

And also we've had several artists that have came here, like what they saw and they've actually moved here.

Yamekia> I've heard so many times after ArtFields when people move here, they said, you know, I came to ArtFields, that's why I'm here.

That's why I moved here.

I've been in Lake City since 2002, and I have seen recently that a lot of younger families are staying, whereas before, they would move away as soon as they could when they, you know, got to college age, they would, you know, move away and they might not come back.

Harry> And of course, you know, none of this would have been possible without the community, the people in Lake City embracing, you know, the opportunity that Ms. Moore has given them.

And, and, you know, ArtFields as you've seen, it's just such a fabulous art competition, cultural festival, and a, really a time when the town of Lake City comes together and, and shows off for the rest of the world.

Amy> So, Reverend, what is it that inspires you to be so passionate about Lake City and the community here?

About ten years ago, when I came to Lake City, it was another small little town that I saw in South Carolina.

I said, oh, this is unusual.

Well, Lake City has a real unusual personality.

The people are extremely close.

The heritage and history is rich, but people check on people, neighbors check on neighbors.

And everyone, when I came into Lake City, were involved in culture and art.

And I'd like to think that I have a little artist in me.

I like to think that sermons are an art form and preaching is an art form.

And I have loved the appreciation for culture, art, small town living, and community.

We purchased our forever home here in Lake City because we said, no matter where I might go to minister, I'm always going to be and have my heart here in Lake City.

And I've just grown into that posture.

♪ Amy> As you look down West Main Street, the revitalization of this street and the repurposing of all the buildings that we've been talking about, and here we have, like I said, there could be art anywhere, chalk art on the streets.

And of course, we have bubble art.

What's an ArtFields without bubbles?

Right.

(laughter) Whoo!

Jamison> We're standing in front of Matthews Fruit Stand, and it's been within the Matthews family for decades.

We had a mural done in 2019 by Hand in Hand Creative and it's a married couple named Andrew and Sarah McWilson.

They came here and did a mural of green beans because of our agricultural past.

We are Andrew and Sarah McWilson, and together we go by Hand in Hand.

It's really the work that we do is together from start to finish.

And a lot of that collaborative journey started here at ArtFields.

So in 2017, when we were first part of ArtFields as competition artist, our work hung in a gallery.

My words were separate from Andrew's paintings, but they did tell a story together.

And since then our work has become more and more collaborative, fully integrated.

And really, this green bean mural was a part of that.

And now it's all kind of come full circle here.

Andrew> Yeah.

This mural was a lot about the people's lives that lived in this area.

There's a history here that was really important and still is important to a lot of generations of people that have lived here, with that being agriculture and tobacco and strawberry and produce.

And those were some big parts of people's lives.

And we wanted to kind of commemorate those story lines in this mural.

Jamison> Years went by, you know, after the green bean mural was done and April from the Fruit Stand approached me with the question and she said, my papa, who started this fruit stand, I would really like to do something in honor of him.

Could you help me put a mural on the wall?

And she knew the green bean muralist, and she said, I would really like to have them come and do it.

And so for the last 6 weeks, 6 to 8 weeks, we have been talking about Papa, talking about April and her family.

>> Really, our work since the green bean mural has evolved to tell the human story in other ways.

And we paint people, most always, and we're always using words in collaboration with that.

So the fruit stand mural is really going to speak to the human story of Matthews Fruit Stand, really capturing the multi-generation family connection: the grandfather, Ross Matthews, who started the fruit stand, but also his granddaughter, April, who is running it now.

So really, our work is focused on a portrait of them and also using words to tell a little more of that story.

Andrew> Every mural is one step closer to, becoming more of what we were after.

You know, we left doing traditional art, canvas and words on, on, displayed in a gallery.

We left that for a different mode of expression; something more accessible, something public.

And every mural we do is, like I said, one step closer to bringing that to life.

Jamison> The finished product here will be something that is very significant to the Matthews family, but the feeling that will be captured will be a universal thing for people to grab on to, because it's about family and it's about a grandfather loving his granddaughter, and about that granddaughter carrying the torch for their family legacy and honoring him.

And if you can't find a way to relate to that, I'm, I'm very sorry, (laughs) but that's about as good as it gets.

♪ ♪ Amy> Get your ears perked up for Haley Mae Campbell!

(cheers and applause) Haley Mae Campbell> Thank you guys so much!

Um, well, if we haven't met before, Hi.

It's nice to meet you guys.

My name is Haley Mae Campbell.

Next song is so special to me.

it's actually the title track of my brand new EP, 20 something.

♪ ♪ If you know me ♪ ♪ you'd know I try anything twice ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Except for waking up on time ♪ ♪ and taking good advice ♪ ♪ Like when she told me not to take him back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ But I just had to find out for myself ♪ ♪ what I just learned the hard way ♪ ♪ Yeah, I've been there ♪ ♪ I should know better ♪ ♪ I just don't care ♪ Come on!

♪ So raise on up to all the mistakes ♪ ♪ made in the name of being young ♪ ♪ Cause growin' up's good for nothing ♪ ♪ So pull another bottle down off the shelf ♪ ♪ Memories ain't gonna make themselves ♪ ♪ Living, Laughing, loving being 20 something.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, I don't wanna be the one ♪ ♪ who's playing it safe ♪ ♪ So don't be surprised to see me out ♪ ♪ on Friday night acting my age ♪ ♪ Throwing caution three seats to the wind ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Shaking it off in the morning ♪ ♪ Just to do it all again and raise one up (raise one) ♪ ♪ to all the mistakes ♪ ♪ made in the name of being young (being young) ♪ ♪ 'Cause growin' up's good for nothing.

♪ ♪ So pull another bottle down ♪ ♪ off the shelf ♪ ♪ Memories ain't gonna make themselves ♪ ♪ Living, laughing, loving ♪ ♪ Being 20 something ♪ Yeah.

Come on, y'all make some noise out there!

♪ (applause) ♪ 'Cause if there's one thing ♪ ♪ I've learned by now ♪ ♪ that nobody ever really has it figured out ♪ ♪ So raise on up to all the mistakes ♪ ♪ made in the name of being young ♪ ♪ 'Cause growin' up's good for nothing ♪ ♪ So raise one up ♪ ♪ to all the mistakes made in the name of ♪ ♪ Being young, 'cause growin' up's good for nothing ♪ ♪ So pull another bottle down off the shelf ♪ ♪ Memories ain't gonna make themselves ♪ ♪ Living, laughing, loving ♪ ♪ Being 20 something, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Being 20 something ♪ ♪ Being 20 something ♪ ♪ Living, laughing ♪ ♪ thinkin' it'll last, yeah ♪ ♪ Being 20 something ♪ (cheers and applause) Thank you so much!

♪ Amy> So I want you to see this sculpture.

It's of Huey Cooper.

He was a citizen of Lake City.

He was born here in 1873.

And he hung out on this corner with his rabbit paw.

And he would charge people a nickel to rub his rabbit paw for good luck for the day.

I was here the other day, I left a Canadian quarter.

It's the same as an American nickel.

♪ There are murals everywhere.

In almost every shop on this street is a venue.

So many artists from so many states come to exhibit here.

Another little walkway.

♪ Oh, Debra, thank you so much for inviting us into your store.

Debra> Oh, I was so delighted that you were able to come on in.

Amy> I know, and and the story of this building and what it's become over the last 50 years or so.

So it's called The Vault.

>> Yeah.

Tell us about that.

Debra> So The Vault is because this is, as you were saying, a bank, and everything is in its original state.

It's not a bank now.

It's an antique mall.

The Vault is still very workable.

>> Yes?

So you don't want to get locked in there.

>> No.

Debra> But anyway, so we decided to create an antique mall in the bank and decided to call it The Vault.

Amy> I'm fascinated by all the eclectic sorts of inventory you have.

Debra> Yes, and we have everything in here from paintings, we have two different artists that do fabulous paintings, and then we have, you know, multiple vendors that have all sorts of items in here.

Amy> I also see that you are also a venue for ArtFields.

Debra> Oh, yes, we are.

And we have seven pieces in, they're all lined on the wall here.

Amy> I have to say, I won't tell you which one, but I did vote for one of the pieces that you have.

Debra> Super!

Yeah, yeah.

Amy> And so here we have The Vault.

Debra> Yes.

The Vault is still intact and we still have a lot of the safety deposit boxes.

Amy> Wow.

Have you opened them all to make sure there's nothing in there?

Debra> They're all open.

And unfortunately, we did not find our fortune.

(laughter) Jamison> What ArtFields did was changed our economy from being based around agriculture to being based around art.

I hope it's transforming the way that people think about small towns and the way that people think about, the potential of a place to become something new and to still be able to honor what made it special in the first place.

Whenever you use art to make change, you don't just make change on a surface level of an influx of money coming in for this set period of time, there's a big splash of ArtFields.

But don't forget about the ripples of what happens when people leave something like this and go home and strive to make their community better.

>> My name is Tom Rose, and I'm the mayor of Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada, and I'm here in the beautiful city of Lake City, South Carolina to experience ArtFields, this wonderful 11 day event celebrating 11 years since ArtFields started and hoping to take away so much to bring back to my community.

I learned so much about ArtFields and what your community and your leadership have done for economic development, and how you use the arts as a venue and a model to create economics for your community.

It kind of inspires me to follow the lead and take your best practices and get something happening in Stephenville.

Yamekia> Wow, that is wonderful to hear that this type of way that we're doing here in Lake City, South Carolina is actually we'll be going to Canada.

So that is awesome.

>> Amazing.

Yeah.

Tom> In the early days, when I was approached by the production team and said, we're thinking about, you know, partnering with a city in the US.

And when I heard about South Carolina, I said, okay, so what's our connection here?

So obviously, I'm a big promoter of the arts.

And as Amy said, we have the longest serving professional theater group in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Stephenville Theater Festival.

>> Okay.

We have dance studios, we have visual artists.

So, but now I have a vision to take that further and create more of an economic model around those entities similar that you have done, you know, events like this and leadership on your front using the arts as an economic driver.

Yamekia> It definitely is.

Tom> Can actually sustain a main street, you know, and sustain the town.

So you should be commended.

Yamekia> Thank you, thank you.

Look, it takes a team.

It takes everyone.

So it's not just on my shoulders.

This is everybody.

And if you can tell by now it takes so many people.

And that's how we do in Lake City.

We work together.

♪ Jamison> We had, an economy that was based around agriculture.

>> Yes.

Whenever that was no longer the case, we needed something new.

And art, lucky for me, became that vehicle.

And, and I think that people certainly underestimate the power of art, but Lake City is proof of it.

♪ ♪ Haley Mae Campbell> How we feelin', Lake City?

(cheers and applause) It is so great to be back here with y'all.

We're gonna keep playing some of my brand new original music for you guys.

I'm so excited about this next song.

I think it's the perfect addition to any party playlist.

Do we have any champagne drinkers out there?

Come on, y'all, make some noise.

This one's for you.

It's called Champagne Problem.

♪ ♪ Whiskeys, whatever ♪ ♪ I can take it or leave it ♪ ♪ I say ♪ ♪ Tequila's a little better ♪ ♪ but I still don't really need it ♪ ♪ I'll sip on a beer ♪ ♪ but it don't get my head rocking ♪ ♪ like those bubbles in a bottle, yeah.

♪ ♪ Now we're talking, late at night, in the morning ♪ ♪ If it's poppin', yeah, it's pourin' in my glass ♪ ♪ You ain't even gotta ask, if you got it ♪ ♪ Yeah, I want it, I can't stop it ♪ ♪ Once I start it, let it overflow ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh!

I got a champagne problem.

♪ ♪ Champagne problem ♪ ♪ ♪ I'll take any excuse for a little celebration ♪ ♪ I'll make a Tuesday night into a special occasion ♪ ♪ Gets me feeling kind of fancy in my Levi boots ♪ ♪ It's an obsession, ain't no question ♪ ♪ I'm always in the mood ♪ ♪ Late at night ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ If it's poppin' ♪ ♪ yeah, it's pourin' in my glass ♪ ♪ You ain't even gotta ask ♪ ♪ If you got it, yeah, I want it ♪ ♪ I can't stop it ♪ ♪ Once I start it, let it overflow ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh ♪ ♪ I got a champagne problem ♪ ♪ Champagne problem ♪ Yeah!

Come on, make some noise for the fiddle!

♪ ♪ Could turn this nowhere bar ♪ ♪ Into a five star hotel ♪ ♪ Gets my rhinestone rings ♪ ♪ Lookin' fine as hell ♪ ♪ All the drama that I gotta deal with every day ♪ ♪ Drop by drop, it just floats away ♪ ♪ Late at night, in the morning ♪ ♪ If it's poppin', yeah, it's pourin' ♪ ♪ In my glass ♪ ♪ You ain't even gotta ask ♪ ♪ If you got it, yeah, I want it ♪ ♪ I can't stop it ♪ ♪ Once I start it ♪ ♪ Let it overflow ♪ Whoa-oh!

♪ I got a champagne problem ♪ ♪ Champagne problem ♪ ♪ Yeah, I got a champagne problem ♪ ♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ There's no such thing as a champagne problem ♪ Ain't that right, Lake City?

(cheers and applause) ♪ Karla> We're very excited to be here.

We're going to go to Will, here, right off the bat.

What are you going to do for us?

Tell us a little bit about your, your next song.

Will> Yeah.

So I'm from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, baby.

Yeah, man!

(cheers and applause) Yeah, man, thank y'all!

This first song I'm going to play for you guys is a little tune called Waiting on September.

And so this song is kind of about being burnt out and at a vacation last summer, coming up in the Blue Ridge Mountains and I was just kind of writing this song in anticipation of that.

♪ ♪ Waiting on September ♪ ♪ baby, come save me now ♪ ♪ I cannot remember ♪ ♪ The last time I left this town ♪ ♪ Been working myself all summer long ♪ ♪ And the grind to save my friend ♪ ♪ Waiting on September to come again ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know I have a good life ♪ ♪ Not trying to complain ♪ ♪ But honestly I've been here so long ♪ ♪ And the soft is beginning to sting ♪ ♪ I need a change of scenery ♪ ♪ and the time is way past when ♪ ♪ Waiting on September ♪ ♪ to come again ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Waiting on September ♪ ♪ Darling, come ease my soul ♪ ♪ Soft and tender ♪ ♪ And hills of blue ridge gold ♪ ♪ Caroline been on my mind ♪ ♪ Mountains of Tennessee ♪ ♪ Waiting on September ♪ ♪ to set me free ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know I have a good life ♪ ♪ Not trying to complain ♪ ♪ But honestly I've been here so long ♪ ♪ And the soft is beginning to sting ♪ ♪ I need a change of scenery ♪ ♪ and the time is way past when ♪ ♪ Waiting on September come again ♪ What you got for me, Chris?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Waiting on September ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Who knows what I'll do ♪ ♪ Take it easy for a little while ♪ ♪ Maybe a month or two ♪ I quit the race, made some space ♪ feel the easy wind ♪ ♪ Waiting on September to come again ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know I have a good life ♪ ♪ I'm not trying to complain ♪ ♪ but honestly, I've been here so long ♪ ♪ and the soft is beginning to sting ♪ ♪ I need a change of scenery and the time is way past when ♪ ♪ I'm waiting on September to come again ♪ ♪ Whoa, baby ♪ Said I need a change of scenery And the time is way past when Waiting on September to come again.

♪ (cheers and applause) Will> Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Karla> All right, Chris, (Chris strums guitar) what are you going to do for us there, buddy?

Chris> I'm going to do a song, I suppose.

Karla> That's a good idea.

Yeah.

Chris> I wrote this song just after a competition that I was involved in in Canada, back in 2018, and it's just basically about the notion that, you know, we've all gone through loss and we've all seen the fact that people, you know, will move on and pass on and so on and so forth.

You know, I thought this song would be kind of cool.

I like to do this song in the songwriters circle because it's, it's, it's about a song.

How conv -- Yeah.

It's a song of a song.

How convenient.

(laughter) Chris> This is a song called Last Forever.

♪ Out of site Out of line ♪ ♪ Out of space Out of time ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Looking for my exit sign ♪ ♪ Man, it feels like forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Nothing but strangers all around ♪ ♪ Getting lost Trying to be found ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Man, if I didn't leave that town ♪ ♪ I'd be chained there forever.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ just moving on and on ♪ ♪ ♪ The road is dark ♪ ♪ But I see the light ♪ ♪ I swear to God, I'm gonna get this right.

♪ ♪ Just looking for a song that'll last forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I would never ever try to break my mould ♪ ♪ I ain't searchin' for a pot of gold ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song that lasts forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I got my head in the sand.

♪ ♪ Taking off for the inner land ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ What they don't understand ♪ ♪ is I could do this forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ Movin on and on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The road is dark, but I see the light ♪ ♪ I swear to God I'm gonna get this right ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song ♪ ♪ That lasts forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I would never ever try to break my mould ♪ ♪ I ain't searchin' for a pot of gold ♪ ♪ Looking for a song that lasts forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ Moving on and on ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ Moving on and on ♪ ♪ The road is dark ♪ ♪ But I see the light ♪ ♪ I swear to God I'm gonna get this right ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song that lasts forever.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I will never, ever try to break my mould ♪ ♪ And I ain't searchin' for a pot of gold ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song that lasts ♪ ♪ Forever ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song ♪ ♪ that lasts forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Just looking for a song ♪ ♪ that will last forever ♪ ♪ (applause) Chris> Thank you very much.

Karla> Ladies and gentlemen, The Dubber.

>> Hey.

Thanks.

How y'all doing?

I'm The Dubber.

I'm originally from Washington, DC, but I represent Edgefield, South Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina.

That's where my family's from.

And I'm going to do a song for you guys called Original Rockstar.

Believe it or not, I used to be an old punk rocker, which is funny.

And, I discovered Robert Johnson.

That changed my whole musical trajectory.

It's like, wow.

And when I read the story, I realized, like, all of the cliché term of rockstar that we used, not only did they live, it, they started it.

And this song is entitled Original Rockstar in honor of all the blues men and my man, Robert Johnson.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Original rockstar, baby.

♪ ♪ Watch me shine Watch me shine ♪ ♪ I woo them ladies make them wine ♪ ♪ Make them wine I'm here rock crazy ♪ ♪ as I blow, as I blow ♪ ♪ that crucial weed that makes groups say no.

♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, indeed ♪ ♪ You got the tree ♪ ♪ ♪ Original rockstar, baby ♪ ♪ Here I be, here I be ♪ ♪ I rock this thing for all to see ♪ ♪ All to see ♪ ♪ And my oldest baby ♪ ♪ They're world renowned ♪ ♪ Gonna rock this thing ♪ ♪ They're all around ♪ ♪ yes, indeed ♪ ♪ Said don't mess with me ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, indeed ♪ Who got the weed?

♪ ♪ ♪ Don't mess with me ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ Original rock star, baby ♪ ♪ Here we go, here we go I roll with the most high ♪ ♪ Just so you know, so you know ♪ ♪ And it's been this way ♪ ♪ Since the beginning of time ♪ ♪ Beginning of time, Just to let you know ♪ ♪ Just where's my mind ♪ ♪ Yes, indeed ♪ ♪ sing glory be ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Let me take you home ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Screws ♪ Give thanks.

(cheers and applause) Chris> Give it up for our host, folks.

Ms. Karla Pilgrim.

Karla> Thank you!

♪ ♪ We come all together for the greater good ♪ ♪ We are a force united ♪ ♪ And it's understood ♪ ♪ We are the hearts of courage ♪ ♪ And the ones who would ♪ ♪ find themselves all fighting for the greater good ♪ ♪ ♪ We all have lands we come from ♪ ♪ different flags we fly ♪ ♪ A nation we protect that we fight for and die ♪ ♪ For us that's Canada ♪ ♪ We are all proud to see ♪ ♪ The Maple Leaf fly ♪ ♪ for the true North strong and free ♪ ♪ We come all together for the greater good ♪ ♪ We are a force united ♪ ♪ And it's understood ♪ ♪ We are the hearts of courage ♪ ♪ And the ones who would find themselves ♪ ♪ All fighting for the greater good ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Aaah, aaah oh, oh ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There is a price for peace Sometimes the cost is war ♪ ♪ We might disagree on what the fighting is for ♪ ♪ Still, when our country asks ♪ ♪ Who would defend her name?

♪ ♪ And the call was made, we were the ones who came ♪ ♪ We come all together for the greater good ♪ ♪ We are a force united ♪ ♪ And it's understood ♪ ♪ We are the hearts of courage ♪ ♪ And the ones who would find themselves all fighting ♪ ♪ For the greater good ♪ ♪ We come all together for the greater good ♪ ♪ We are a force united ♪ ♪ And it's understood ♪ ♪ We are the hearts of courage ♪ ♪ and the ones who would find themselves ♪ ♪ all fighting for the greater good ♪ ♪ You'll find themselves all fighting ♪ ♪ for the greater good ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (cheers and applause) Thank you so much.

Thank you.

♪ Yamekia> I could smell the aroma all night.

I was getting ready for it.

Harry> We love our seafood here in South Carolina, so it's great to know that you, y'all share that same love.

Herman> You heard it, you see it and you taste it.

So in other words, we touched pretty much all and smelled it.

Sugar smelled great while we eating car syrup like smell, have good foods.

Allan> I was particularly impressed with the Canadian chefs.

They really did a wonderful job presenting it.

Barbara> I know chef follow personally so I'm partial to him.

But everything was delicious.

Harry> So much fun.

It's so fun to see musicians from different countries interacting.

Herman> But to watch other people that other musicians give what they have is really thrilling, especially from other places.

And and I didn't know that country music was so big in Canada.

I was like, so that's really cool.

Jamison> Of course, I love a good shrimp and grits, but it was nice to have it, among other new things too.

Chris> From ribs to seafood.

But I gotta say, I was really impressed with the grits.

Jamison> I honestly had never been in this building before.

And to see, just a willingness to tear it down, to be able to create a concert.

Herman> I rode past it.

But I've never been in it.

But this is very, it's so fascinating to see how a business can turn it into an event space.

Jamison> Whenever I've driven past this building a million, like, over and over and over.

And I've never thought, oh, well, I'll hear some world class music here.

And it was great to be able to experience.

Yamekia> Just to see the transformation of what happened tonight here.

and to get everybody together was fabulous.

Barbara> How wonderful it looked, how inviting it was, how friendly everyone was.

And I love the pontoon boat staff in here.

And I want more.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Amy> Major funding for Towns in Tune is provided by Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation.

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Tax Credit.

And the Government of Canada Film or Video Production federal tax credit.

Additional funding is provided by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, which proudly supports this program.

Through the generosity of our members and donors, the ETV Endowment has made it possible for stories like Towns in Tune to be shared around our state and the nation for more than 40 years.