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If you’re looking for a fun, family-friendly way to spend Halloween this year, a trip to The Spartanburg Philharmonic is a great way to make memories. This Halloween, The Spartanburg Philharmonic will be celebrating in an iconic way!

And if you’ve never attended a concert performance of The Spartanburg Philharmonic, you are in for a treat (no tricks, we promise!)

This isn’t your grandma’s philharmonic! Find out what to expect when you attend a “Magical” performance of The Spartanburg Philharmonic on October 30th or 31st! Plus, enter a giveaway below for a chance to win a family pack of tickets to one of the two performances!

Special thanks to the Spartanburg Philharmonic for sponsoring this giveaway.

The Spartanburg Philharmonic Celebrates The Magic Of John Williams With Families

Baby Yoda.Harry Potter.Kylo Ren.Superman.John Williams.

What do these people all have in common? Children are fans of them!They may not know the name of the composer who has had a hand in the score of nearly every iconic film made in the last 70 years, but I assure you they will recognize his work.

The scores of popular films like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurrasic Park, Home Alone, and dozens of others have become a part of our culture. So much so that I bet your child can identify the theme from Jaws without ever having seen the 80s thriller. Highly recognizable orchestral music like this is a great way to introduce your family to the Spartanburg Philharmonic.

See how many of the songs on The Spartanburg Philharmonic’s Magical Music Preview you and your family members can recognize (no cheating)! This playlist on Spotify will give you a sneak peek at the music you will hear during the performance.

The Magical Power of A Spartanburg Philharmonic Performance

Studies have shown that attending a live performance of this kind at a young age can help a child become a better communicator, help with motor skills, help brain function, and (wait for it) provide people of all ages with a stronger immune system.

That last part got your attention, right?

It’s true, and it’s been studied numerous times. Listening to music transports us to a relaxing place with its calming effect. The result is a reduction in stress-related hormones and an increase in the immunity-boosting cells in our system. It’s like taking vitamins, only more enjoyable!

Have A Magical Night With The Spartanburg Philharmonic

If you have never been to a performance at the Spartanburg Philharmonic, it’s probably nothing like you expect. The Spartanburg Philharmonic brings in fresh new faces to conduct, chosen for their incredible talent and personality.

The days of dry and serious orchestral performances are gone, and even when the Spartanburg Philharmonic is playing a performance that isn’t themed, it’s still a fun event to attend. The special guest conductor for The Spartanburg Philharmonic’s “Magical” is native New Yorker and Indian American conductor Roger Kalia. His current job titles include being the Director of five different orchestras across the country, and he is passionate about advocating for music education.

Attending A Magical Performance With The Spartanburg Philharmonic

Guests attending this “Magical” event are encouraged to show love for their favorite fandom by dressing up as characters from their favorite John Williams’ scored movie. Your whole family can dress in a theme or show your individual love for a movie. This is your chance to get creative and have fun at the Philharmonic! Don’t forget it’s Halloween weekend, so your costume for the performance can do double duty. *Keep in mind you’ll need to be comfortable in the theatre seat during the performance, so large cumbersome costumes should be avoided.

The Spartanburg Philharmonic offers youth pricing for all Zimmerli Series concerts, 50% off tickets for youth aged 22. This is a great way to build off of your child’s excitement about orchestral music. Magical is part of the Zimmerli Series of concerts, along with these performances:

The Spartanburg Philharmonic is committed to the safety of its patrons, performers, and staff. Therefore, all Philharmonic staff, musicians, and volunteers are required to be vaccinated or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result 72 hours before participating in an event.

Face Coverings:Currently, Twichell Auditorium requires that all guests wear a properly fitting mask while attending a performance. In addition, patrons must wear face coverings over the nose and mouth throughout the duration of the concert and supply their own.

Virtual Option:A live stream of each concert in the Zimmerli Series will be available for families that would like to enjoy the show but need to quarantine or stay out of public gatherings. The live stream can be purchased for $25 per household and will not include an in-person ticket.

Spartanburg Philharmonic’s Magical

One lucky Kidding Around Greenville reader will win a family pack of tickets for up to six (6) family members to see Magical on either October 30 at 7 p.m. or October 31 at 2 p.m.

This giveaway runs from September 14-30, 2021. Good luck!

See the Kidding Around Greenville SC’s giveaway policies and terms and conditions for a complete list of Kidding Around Greenville SC policy page. By entering this giveaway, you agree to comply with Kidding Around Greenville SC’s terms and conditions.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two other systems in the Atlantic in addition to Tropical Storm Nicholas, which is heading toward the Texas coast. The systems have chances of increasing development into tropical depressions later this week.

One of the systems could bring dangerous surf and tropical downpours to the coastal Carolinas, specifically Charleston and Myrtle Beach areas, later this week, according to AccuWeather.

Here\'s the latest update from the NHC as of 8 a.m. Monday:

What\'s out there and where are they?

Disturbance 2: An area of low pressure is forecast to form by midweek a couple of hundred miles north of the southeastern or central Bahamas as a tropical wave interacts with an upper-level trough.

Tropical Storm Nicholas: The center of Tropical Storm Nicholas will pass near or just offshore the coasts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas this morning, and move onshore along the coast of south or central Texas Monday afternoon or evening.

Disturbance 1: A tropical wave has emerged off the west coast of Africa near the coasts of Guinea and Sierra Leone.

How likely are they to strengthen?

Disturbance 2: A tropical depression could form later this week while the system moves north-northwestward or northward across the western Atlantic a couple of hundred miles north of the southeastern or central Bahamas.

Tropical Storm Nicholas: Strengthening is forecast today, and Nicholas could reach the northwest Gulf coast as a hurricane. Weakening is anticipated on Tuesday and Wednesday over land.

Disturbance 1: Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development of this disturbance, and a tropical depression is likely to form by late this week while the system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Details on Disturbance 2

AccuWeather meteorologists are closely monitoring an area of the Atlantic basin just off the southeastern coast of the United States for the possibility of tropical development during the middle to late week that, regardless of whether it strengthens into a named storm, could stir up dangerous surf and trigger tropical downpours along the coast of the Carolinas.

"Development may occur off of the Southeast coast during the mid- to late-week period as the northern portion of a tropical wave currently near Puerto Rico interacts with an upper-level storm east of the Bahamas," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Randy Adkins explained.

Who is likely to be impacted?

Disturbance 2: Local downpours from Charleston, South Carolina, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, are possible if the tropical system tracks close to the Carolina coast. The amount of tropical downpours may become numerous for areas closest to the coast, according to AccuWeather.

Tropical Storm Nicholas: Tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area in southern Texas through the next few hours. These conditions will spread northward within the warning area through tonight. Heavy rainfall will impact portions of the Texas and Louisiana coasts through the middle of the week.

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102.5 The Lake, Classic Rock 101.1, Whistle 100, and Magic 98.9 are proud to welcome TSO when they return to Greenville for their 2021 North American tour!

Multi-platinum, progressive rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be bringing its highly-anticipated Winter Tour back for 2021 to Greenville, SC. This year\'s long-awaited tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of the group\'s landmark album Christmas Eve and Other Stories, the 3x certified platinum album that launched the group to superstardom and spawned the bring-the-whole-family rock holiday tradition that has now played to more than 17 million fans all across the nation.

102.5 The Lake, Classic Rock 101.1, Whistle 100, and Magic 98.9 are proud to welcome TSO when they return to Greenville for their 2021 North American tour! Bon Secours Wellness Arena will host two spectacular shows on December 10, 2021 at 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Tickets for both shows go on sale Friday, September 17 at 10am with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Project Host and Habitat for Humanity of Greenville, courtesy of TSO and Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

TSO\'s Music Director & lead guitarist Al Pitrelli said, "After an incredibly trying year for everyone we are beyond excited to be able to say that we\'re bringing Christmas Eve and Other Stories back to all of you. We were amazed by the turnout for last year\'s livestream and how many of you continued to celebrate this tradition we have created together. It\'s been 25 years since Paul (O\'Neill) first introduced all of us to this timeless tale. Let\'s celebrate this milestone event together. God bless and stay safe everyone."

A product of the vision and imagination of TSO\'s late founder/composer/lyricist Paul O\'Neill, Christmas Eve and Other Stories follows a story set on Christmas Eve when a young angel is sent to Earth to bring back what is best representative of humanity. Following favorite TSO themes of "strangers helping strangers" and "the kindness of others," "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" takes listeners all over the world to help reunite a young girl with her distraught father.

The album and tour feature such fan-favorites as "Ornament," "Promises To Keep," "This Christmas Day," "O\' Come All Ye Faithful," "Good King Joy," and the epic "Old City Bar." The rock opera also features such TSO classics as "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24." "Additionally, the tour will enjoy a second set containing some of TSO\'s greatest hits and fan-pleasers including "Christmas Canon," "Wizards In Winter" and many more.

This year\'s unforgettable multi-sensory extravaganza is set to begin on November 17th and will visit 59 cities for 99 performances across America before concluding on Thursday, December 30th in Cleveland and St. Louis (see full itinerary on www.trans-siberian.com).

Since its touring debut, TSO has played more than 2,000 Winter Tour shows for approximately 17 million fans, with tour grosses of more than $725 million, and has sold in excess of 12 million albums and DVDs. Year-after-year TSO hits the upper reaches of the domestic and worldwide tour charts. Recently in June 2020, TSO was ranked No. 1 on Pollstar magazine\'s Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Tours Mid Year chart, No. 2 on the Top North American Tours Mid Year chart, and No. 3 on the Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Tours Year End chart. In 2009, Pollstar ranked TSO at No. 20 on the "Top Tour(s) of the Decade" and Billboard placed TSO at No. 25 on its "Top Touring Artists of the Decade."

TSO remains one of rock\'s most charitable bands. Once again, TSO will give at least $1 from every ticket sold to charity. To date, approximately $16 million has been donated by the group.

Reserved Tickets start as low as $49.50! Tickets go on sale Friday, September 17 at 10am at www.ticketmaster.com or at GSP International Airport Box Office at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

The Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald-Journal and Anderson Independent Mail regularly publish a live-blog-style story like this with the latest COVID-19 news relevant to our communities in the Upstate. This is our COVID-19 news roundup for Sep. 13, 2021. Check back for more as news develops.

DHEC says it has authority to issue a mask mandate — but won\'t

The state health department says it has the authority to issue a mask mandate for school, but it won’t because there isn’t a practical way to do it and officials are unsure if it would withstand a challenge from the state Legislature’s budget proviso.

The state Department of Health and Environmental Control has the emergency authority to prevent immediate, imminent danger to the local population, according to a DHEC news release.

“However, I think there are some challenges practically to using it,” said Dr. Edward Simmer, the director of DHEC. “Certainly trying to do a statewide order would be very difficult, at best, because the situation at every school district is different and trying to write one order that would fit every school district would be, I think, next to impossible.

The second challenge Simmer said was enforcement.

“I think the proviso is pretty clear,” Simmer said. “Proviso 1.108 is very clear that we cannot use school district personnel or anyone funded with state funds to enforce a requirement to wear masks. Which then prompts the question, ‘Well, then, who would?,’ because obviously who’s mostly watching the children are the teachers, the principals and other people in the school, all of whom are funded with state funds.”

“I don’t believe it’s appropriate to write an order you can’t enforce.”

Should an outbreak in a school or school district warrant, DHEC may consider issuing a public health order for masks on a by-location basis.

The legislative language, passed as a proviso to the state budget in June, is a one-year law that creates challenges in how South Carolina\'s school districts can legally respond to COVID-19. Under the terms of the proviso, school districts cannot use any state-controlled or state-appropriated money to have a mask requirement for their students or their employees. School districts that go against the proviso can stand to lose key educational funding.

SC employers are \'very hesitant\' about COVID vaccine mandate

Business leaders are waiting for more details on Thursday\'s announcement by President Joe Biden that private companies with more than 100 employees must require their workers to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

The immediate reaction for many was not positive.

Read more: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2021/09/10/greenville-employers-very-hesitant-biden-federal-covid-vaccine-mandate-private-companies/8272811002/

Primsa doctor disputes Greenville County claims about ambulance delays

Despite claims made Greenville County government officials, the physician overseeing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic at Prisma Health\'s Upstate hospitals says ambulances there are not being unduly delayed by a surge in COVID patients.

Read more: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2021/09/10/primsa-doctor-disputes-greenville-county-claims-ambulance-delays/8272828002/

Hospitals to comply with COVID vaccine mandate

Officials at major medical facilities in the Upstate, including those who\'ve declined to issue such a mandate themselves, say they will comply with new federal regulations issued to require hospital employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2021/09/10/prisma-health-bon-secours-comply-vaccination-biden-mandates-hospital-workers/8272746002/

Children\'s Hospital Collaborative reports pediatric ICU over capacity

The South Carolina Children\'s Hospital Collaborative reported Friday that beds in pediatric intensive-care units in the state are operating between 116% capacity and 74% capacity.

Specific information on which hospitals were over capacity wasn\'t shared by the collaborative, which represents South Carolina\'s four children\'s hospitals.

The collaborative reported on Friday that 36 children are hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis. That is four more than the previous day (32). Seventeen cases were in critical condition, three more than Thursday (14), and 10 were on ventilators, according to Friday\'s report.

Fourteen children are holding in the emergency department, five more than on Thursday\'s report (9).

All of the hospitalized children on Friday\'s report are unvaccinated.

DHEC reports 3,917 cases Friday

DHEC on Friday reported 3,917 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 as well as 99 confirmed and probable deaths statewide, based on information the agency gathered Wednesday.

Of the 25,558 COVID-19 test results reported by DHEC Friday, 12.0% were positive.

The state cumulative total is now 632,668 confirmed cases, and there have been 9,737 total confirmed deaths. Additionally, there have been 151,384 probable cases and 1,412 probable deaths.

Greenville County had 404 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. The most populated of the state\'s 46 counties, Greenville accounts for 10.2% of the state\'s population according to Census Bureau estimates, and it accounted for 10.3% of the confirmed cases reported Friday.

Pickens County, which accounts for 2.5% of the state\'s population, accounted for 3.3% (131) of the cases announced Friday.

Spartanburg, which accounts for 6.4% of the state\'s population, accounted for 4.8% (190) of the new cases, and Anderson, which accounts for 3.9% of the population, accounted for 5.79% (227) of the cases.

Clemson University updates COVID dashboard

Clemson University reported 317 positive cases this week. The university also reported that 83 individuals are currently quarantined, as of Sept. 9. Clemson will provide its next update on Tuesday, Sept. 14.

See the university\'s complete dashboard here.

Tamia Boyd is a Michigan native who covers breaking news in Greenville. Email her at [email protected], and follow her on Twitter @tamiamb.

Oktoberfest is just around the corner, so grab your lederhosen or dirndl + head to 1 of the following spots to celebrate.

13 Stripes Brewery, 1307 Old Easley Highway, Easley + 250 Mill St., PW3101, Taylors | Celebrations run Sept.27-Oct. 3. Baker’s General batch is available now in taprooms before it’s officially released on Sept. 27.

Grateful Brew GVL, 501 S. Pleasantburg Dr. | On Oct. 7, Grateful Brew is partnering with Sierra Nevada to feature special brews. Grainville Food Project will be on site with pretzels + The Groovy Dawg will be selling brats + hotdogs. You can also expect raffles, prizes, and commemorative steins.

Five Forks Brewing, 2613 Woodruff Rd. Unit 102, Simpsonville | Five Forks will host Oktobeerfest from Oct. 8-10. The weekend-long celebration includes live music, food trucks, and beer. BellaNova Strings will be headlining.

Fireforge Crafted Beer, 311 E Washington St. | From Sept. 24-26, Fireforge will feature live Oompah music and special beers for Oktoberfest + the fall season, like The Spice is Right Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

IronHill Brewery, 741 Haywood Rd. | From Sept. 17- Oct. 3, you’ll find traditional Bavarian-inspired food featuring everything from Jagerschnitzel to Oktoberfest Egg Rolls, as well as a medium-bodied lager.

Pangaea Brewing, 115 Welborn St. | Celebrate Oktoberfest from Sept. 25-26 with 2 seasonal Oktoberfest brews + special food offerings.

Hub City Brewfest, 1802 Drayton Rd., Spartanburg | Hub City is hosting Drafts at Drayton on Sept. 25. You’ll find beers + ciders on tap from 15 SC breweries.

Ciclops Cyderi and Brewery, 197 E. St. John St., Spartanburg | From Oct. 1-3, Ciclops will release the Vladiberger Pilsner, have an accordion player on site, host games with prizes, host Karaoke, and feature a German-inspired menu.

You can also get a taste of Germany at Southernside Brewing by ordering the soft pretzel sticks with housemade beer cheese + a Märzen — a Malty German amber lager.

Prost, Greenville.