WILLIAM H. JOHNSON

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‘Music education has the ability to continuously breathe life into our community because it gives our students the opportunity to display their creative skills at their highest level during any performance,’ Megerlyn Davis, choral music director at Wilson High School said after learning that Florence 1 Schools was honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation for a seventh consecutive year.

THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

Shown, left to right, at the unveiling of the William H. Johnson statue in downtown Florence are City Council member Glynn Willis, Johnson’s nephew William Cooper, Johnson’s niece Isla Willette Myers, City Council member Teresa Myers-Ervin, sculptor Alex Palkovich, City Council member Pat Gibson Hye-Moore, and City Council member George Jebaily.

JOHNSON

Above, members of the KFA Dance Company won the Spirit of Encore Award at the Encore Dance Competition for the Stars in Greenville. At left, Ember Boykin captured the title of Petite Miss Encore. Below, KFA dancers perform during the ‘It Was All A Dream’ routine.

KATHRYN SMITH

These photos from the Florence County Museum collection show the Kress department store (above) during the 1960s and protesters (at left) at the store’s lunch counter during the historic sit-in on March 4, 1960.