Beaufort music lovers can usher in the Christmas holidays with a performance of Handel's Messiah at USCB Center for the Arts on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24. Under the direction of Charles Frost, Minister of Music for Sea Island Presbyterian Church, the Sea Island Beaufort Chamber Singers will sing Part One of Messiah's three-part oratorio, and the "Hallelujah!" chorus from Part Two.

Aunt Pearlie Sue and The Gullah Kinfolk will appear in a public performance of their original musical, The Gullah Journey From Africa to America...the Circle Unbroken, Saturday, November 9 at 6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Beaufort, 178 Sams Point Road, Lady's Island. Reservations are required and may be made by calling toll free: 1-866-726-9346. Seating is limited. There is no admission charge, but a love offering will be welcome at the door.

Every once in a long while, a musical performance is so stunning that it demands not only an immediate encore, on-the-spot, but also an invitation for a return engagement. Fripp Friends of Music, which has been painstaking in selecting performing groups and soloists who appeal to Lowcountry audiences, found a just such a treasure in ETA3, when the group made its Fripp debut in 2010.