Enter to Win Tickets to “Game, Set, Rock. Tennis. Amplified.”

The Family Circle Cup is in full swing this week and the excitement is mounting. As part of the festivities, Daniel Island Real Estate is giving away two pairs of tickets to “Game, Set, Rock. Tennis. Amplified,” a spectacular evening of exhibition matches featuring Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe and Todd Martin that will take place on Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 pm. Just click here to enter before 1 pm on Friday, April 8. The winner will be announced that afternoon on Daniel Island Real Estate’s Facebook page. Good luck!

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Discover Daniel Island with HGTV’s Terry Haas

‘Designed to Sell‘ real estate expert, TV personality and island resident Terry Haas recently got together with My Island Town for a tour of Daniel Island and all it offers. Take a look at why she chose Daniel Island as her home!

The "Dog Days of Summer"

It’s been a fairly temperate summer in the Lowcountry, with some going as far as calling it mild. But now we’ve entered into the “Dog Days of Summer”, named by the Greeks after the “Dog Star”, the brightest star besides the sun. It’s the time of year that the Dog Star rises, bringing with it the hottest temperatures of the year. But so far, so good here on Daniel Island! The humidity has been low, the temperatures are cooling and the weather has been amazing.

Still, in celebration of the “Dog Days of Summer”, My Island Town asked island photographer (and pet lover) Cheryl Provost to put together a photo gallery of island dogs. About 5 years ago, Cheryl decided to merge her two favorite things – a love of photography and a love of animals. She studied through the New York Institute of Photography, and started a career as a photographer, doing portraits, weddings, events and more. But her real passion lies in pet photography. And since her move to Daniel Island, she’s been busy photographing island dogs, cats and birds – even alligators!

Check out the gallery below. Do you have some good pictures of island pets? Send them to My Island Town! We’d love to add them to the gallery. Just email Contact@Myislandtown.com and we’ll post them.

Feel free to contact Cheryl if you’re interested in having your pet photographed!

www.CherylProvost.com

The Flying Fish Get Wet & Place 3rd at the CCAA Championships!

Members of Daniel Island’s Flying Fish swim team were in top form early this week as the three-day Coastal Carolina Aquatics Association (CCAA) Championships began. Determined to improve upon last year’s impressive fourth place finish, the team emerged in first place at the end of the first day of competition.

By the end of day two, the 20-time defending champions from Snee Farm had moved into first place, knocking the Flying Fish to third place, but not breaking their spirit as they competed against other local teams like Coosaw Creek, who ultimately came in second, and Shadowmoss, who placed third at last year’s meet but were knocked back to fourth this year by the Flying Fish, who took third.

The CCAA Championships, or “City Meet,” is the season-ending competition for hundreds of young swimmers representing 22 teams from around the Lowcountry. At just six years old, the Flying Fish is one of the league’s newcomers, but it has quickly advanced to become one of the top teams on the roster.

Their first season, the Flying Fish ranked 23rd out of 25 teams. Now, in their sixth season, they’ve competed and raced their way to become third in the league! Made up of 160 team members, aged 5-17, the Flying Fish ended their season on an extremely high note and everyone involved is already itching for next year’s season.

“The determination and dedication of the children as well as the parents is amazing,” says Rita Ryan, a parent coordinator of the team. “We owe a lot to our incredible coaching staff.  We hope to keep building the strength of the team over the next few years!”

Thanks also go out to the hundreds of parents, volunteers and sponsors who supported the team this year.

Until next year, congratulations to the Flying Fish!