Page 26 - South Mississippi Living - February, 2016

COASTNOTES
Spreading fluffy joy with cotton candy
story by Lynn Lofton photo by Teddy Lewis
There’s something fun about cotton candy that appeals to all ages. Narissa
Behrens of Gulfport wants to spread that
tasty joy with her portable business, Cotton
Candy, Anchored in Fluffy Sweetness & More, LLC.
She started in October 2015 with a candy cart designed and built by her friend Mark Spain. “I took it to the grand opening of a children’s clinic in Hattiesburg, and then I took it to the Harbor Lights Festival in Gulfport, which was fantastic,” Behrens said. “We want people to smile and
think ‘those people really care.’ We encouraged families to take photos in front of the cart.”
Behrens is open to taking the cotton candy cart to all types of events within a 200-mile radius of Gulfport and can decorate to fit all occasions.
Narissa Behrens
She has commercial grade cotton candy machines with protective domes. The candy is served on decorative paper straws and/or white cones and includes moist towelettes to wipe sticky hands.
Popular flavors include banana, raspberry, chocolate, grape, green apple, pina colada, and pink vanilla. “If your mouth is watering for another flavor, let us know,” Behrens said. “We will try our best to fulfill your request.”
Cotton Candy
228.342.0220 nbehrens@outlook.com
SETTINGTHESTAGE Hancock County Performing Arts Center
excited to offer this magnificent facility to the Gulf Coast area.”
The Center will host local, state and national performances and will have
a summer performing arts camp and a film festival.
Hancock County School District Superintendent Alan Dedeaux said, “We are so grateful for the community support that has made this dream a reality for our students and all our citizens.”
The 24,620-square-foot Center is one
of the last projects to be completed from funding provided by the bond issue for capital improvements approved in 2012. It seats 850, has a catering kitchen, a 4,000-square-foot stage, dressing rooms, scene shop, and lobby with gallery style hanging system.
Hancock County Performing Arts Center
7084 Stennis Airport Dr., Kiln 228.255.6247 ctibbs@hancockschools.net
story and photos courtesy of
Hancock County Performing Arts Center
The $8.2 million Hancock County Performing Arts Center will open with a ribbon cutting and variety of student events on February 20 at 10 a.m.
Catherine Tibbs, newly appointed director of the Center, will oversee the operation and coordinate
programs to make the center available to the community for rental throughout the year. “The Performing Arts Center will be committed to promoting the arts to the children and citizens of Hancock County and will showcase local and visiting artists,” Tibbs said. “We are
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