Past commodores whistle with their belly buttons in this Water Festival tradition

These Beaufort talent show acts get the jitters, but they don't cope by envisioning the crowd in its undies It is a Beaufort Water Festival tradition, past commodores dress up as The Whistlers and perform for the audience on Lowcountry Supper night. These Beaufort talent show acts get the jitters, but they don't cope by envisioning the crowd in its undies These Beaufort talent show acts get the jitters, but they don't cope by envisioning the crowd in its undies For most, the idea of performing for hundreds of strangers would be the show stopper, but not for these youngsters.

Beaufort County the right site for Reconstruction monument

Count us among those who hope President Barack Obama will designate a national monument to Reconstruction in Beaufort County before the end of his term. Reconstruction often gets relatively little attention compared to the Civil War that preceded it and "has long been misunderstood," notable historian Eric Foner has written.