The Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry (YOLOW) will hold orchestra auditions for the 2011-2012 season this Sunday, August 21 and next Sunday, August 28. 

The auditions are open to students in grades 7 through 12 who play any orchestral instrument (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion).  

Auditions will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at North Charleston High School, 1087 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston, 29405.

MOUNT PLEASANT (WCSC) - Dragon Boat Charleston has been selected as this month's Pour It Forward beneficiary.

Pour it Forward is a monthly wine tasting that gives proceeds to charitable organizations. Dragon Boat Charleston is an organization that promotes physical and mental wellness among cancer survivors through dragon boating, a form of boating in which twenty paddlers row along with the beat of a drummer.

The wine tasting will be held at The Square Onion Too off Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant. Patrons will be treated to wine, healthy snacks and music from Travis Allison.

The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m. A $10 donation is requested.

You can find out more about Pour it Forward at www.facebook.com/squareonion. For more information on this month's selected charity, visit www.dragonboatcharleston.org.

In 2004, Doc Hendley envisioned an organization that would provide clean drinking water and improved sanitation to under-developed countries all over the world. Wine to Water held their first fundraiser in Raleigh, North Carolina in February of 2004 to see if in fact it was an idea that people would respond to. The concept was originally to put on benefit wine events, such as tastings, then use all of the money raised to support water projects around the world. The first fundraiser was a great success.