15 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com school play “Seussical the Musical,” somehow managed to persevere throughout the shoot without eating the strawberry and peanut butter-flavored ice cream. This feat greatly impressed those of us who are parents to children of a similar age. However, it wasn’t so easy for the adults to refrain from the donut holes. This cover screams, “summer is too short not to have two scoops!” An early morning cover photo shoot around the community pool at Hamlin Plantation wouldn’t have been complete without our editor Zach Giroux contributing an assortment of Munchkins Dunkin’ Donuts. Our photographer Mark Staff, brand ambassador Stacey McLoughlin, social media assistant Brooke Kaping and I arrived on site early, while it was still quiet and peaceful before swim team practice began. The stage was set for our models Elise Rowland (blue and white suit) and Marlowe Marancina (sherbet-hued two-piece), both styled by Citrine Swim on Coleman Boulevard. Posing poolside, the 11-year-old friends, who are also neighbors, held ice cream cones as props donated by Izzy’s Scoops & Sweets located in the Shoppes at Seaside Farms. Despite several ice cream changes due to melty malfunctions, Staff patiently coached the girls through multiple poses, many of which included authentic giggles. With a grove of trees casting shadows across much of the pool, sunlight hit the water from the sides, lending the rather artful pop of colors to the girls’ suits and backdrop. Rowland, a competitive gymnast and pianist and Marancina, a basketball player and actress in her recent about the cover BY SARAH ROSE About the Cover LICENSED | BONDED | INSURED campbellpaintco.com 843.647.9308 icampbell@campbellpaintco.com VOTED BEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT TWO YEARS IN A ROW 2024 ® Servicing Hamlin Plantation and its residents for over 15 years Pictured from left: Social media coordinator, Brooke Kaping; writer, Sarah Rose; photographer, Mark Staff; brand ambassador, Stacey McLoughlin; editor, Zach Giroux.
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