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<p><strong>From staff reports</strong></p>
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<p>The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s August Business After Hours function will be held at Kazoobie Kazoos from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 5.</p>
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<p>Members and guests are invited to network with other area business leaders while celebrating Kazoobie’s grand re-opening after a makeover of the factory’s showroom and kazoo museum.</p>
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<p>“After having a kazoo museum for 10 years, we thought it was time to refresh,” Kazoobie Kazoos owner and City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray said.</p>
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<p>Murray said the renovation, a year in the works, was made easier by curator Boaz Frankel, a friend from Pittsburgh who has friends who offered to help with the design and implementation.</p>
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<p>“In March, my father-in-law and I started building displays,” Murray said. “Then Sarah (Barnwell) built a really amazing, almost 3,000-kazoo American flag.”</p>
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<p>The museum re-opened in the second week in May.</p>
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<p>“It’s a much more modern space that’s more of a museum that it was,” said Murray, who has been in the kazoo business 20 years. “Given the investment, we thought it was appropriate to have a party.”</p>
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<p>Those interested in attending are asked to register at https://bit.ly/3x6vhos.</p>
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<p>There will be light bites, libations, and music by Campfire Tyler. Attendees can enter to win a door prize, "Band in a Basket," valued at $100.</p>
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<p>Attendees are asked to park in the grassy lot across the street. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m.</p>
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