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Popular SC film festival returns Feb. 20-25

By Mike Switzer

Published February 9, 2024 at 6:30 AM EST

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Beaufort International Film Festival 2024

Our state’s tourism industry continues to grow and our next guest’s annual event continues to add to that growth. In fact, MovieMaker magazine recently named it as one of the best film festival destinations in the country. Mike Switzer interviews Ron Tucker, director of the Beaufort International Film Festival in Beaufort, SC.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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