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Month: October 2011
2011 Holy Family Christmas Fair November 19th
Come and do your shopping under the Christmas stars. This year’s fair is to be held Saturday November 19th, at Monsignor Sullivan Hall (St. Ann’s Hall) Pleasant St. Gloucester, Ma. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m.
Have a fun filled day with the whole family lots to do for mom, dad and kids. Do your Christmas shopping, or get that great pie from the baked table for Thanksgiving. Try your luck at the Chinese Raffle, or win a basket from the wheel of fortune, or take a chance to win an I Pad II, or a Laptop. We have many tables from that perfect Christmas table, to the exquisite Jewelry or find your treasure at the White Elephant table and many more tables. Kids have your picture taken with Santa, but stop first at the Cookie walk table. Have lunch at the concession or sit and enjoy a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, remember fun for the whole family so don’t forget the date November 19th Monsignor Sullivan’s Hall Pleasant St. Gloucester.
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BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience
Cynthia Hill forwards-
Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced and directed by Eddie Rosenstein. Eyepop Productions, Inc.
BOATLIFT was executive produced by Stephen Flynn and Sean Burke and premiered on September 8th at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit: Remembrance/Renewal/Resilience in Washington. The Summit kicked off a national movement to foster community and national resilience in the face of future crises. See http://www.road2resilience.org to become a part of the campaign to build a more resilient world. The film was made with the generous support by philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, Chairman Emerita, TotalBank (www.arsht.com)
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Ardelle’s Last Sunday Sail of the Season Photo Len Burgess
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Here’s What’s Up Today- 2011 Essex Clamfest! Live Blog
The Essex Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the twenty-ninth annual Essex ClamFest on Saturday, October 22nd (rain date: Sunday, October 23rd), from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Shepard Memorial Park in Essex.
The highlight of the day will be the Clam Chowder Tasting, a competition that pits area restaurants against one another to determine who serves the best chowder on Cape Ann. Many of the area restaurants are expected to serve up their favorite chowder recipes starting at 12:00 noon and ending at 2:00 p.m. The public (for a nominal fee of $5 per person) will also have the opportunity to sample and vote on their favorite chowder.
In addition to the Chowder competition, an interesting variety of activities has been planned, including an arts and crafts area; entertainment throughout the afternoon; the Lions Club food pavilion; an Ipswich Ale station; organization, church, and non-profit tables; a number of games for children and a health fair which will include flu shots. The crafts area and the rides will be open to the public starting at 11:00 a.m.
For more information contact Tim Burton at 978-283-1601 or by email at tim@capeannchamber.com.
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Vampires at Hammond Castle
Hi Joey,
I haven’t seen any press on this, so I thought you might want to let people know that the new residents of Hammond Castle are looking to have guests for dinner — literally! The Castle is open this weekend and next for a bloody good time!
Just a note to those who go – parking seems to be an issue, so for everyone’s safety please park at Stage Fort Park (Free!) and take the free shuttle to the castle.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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The First Good Morning Gloucester DVD Is In The Can In Time For The Holidays!!!!
The DVD menu-
Awaiting The DVD Case Artwork from Beth Swan and I’ll be sending it out for the DVDs to be pressed.
It was a ton of work and there is as much footage as I could fit onto the DVD- 154 minutes of GMG Videos
I’ll be donating 5% of the proceeds from the sale of this DVD to The Saint Peter’s Fiesta to rebuild the Greasy Pole.
21 Chapters in all-
Gloucester at Dawn Featuring Music By Dan King - 2011 Friday Greasy Pole
- 2011 Jr Womens Seine Boat Champs Donna Del Mare
- 2011 Saturday Greasy Pole Featuring Footage From Adam Bolonsky & Sam Hartson
- Building The 2011 Greasy Pole Shrine
- Down The Fish Hold Of The Sanfilippos Captain Domenic
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Why I Love Gloucester Interviews
- How Your Lobsters Were Harvested- Aboard The Trapper John
- Blue Lobster Landed In Gloucester By Lobster Boat The Connemara Bay
- Lobster Molting In Real Time At Captain Joe and Sons
- Monkey Balls or Sea Squirts -European Invader Ascidiella Aspersa
- One Inch Baby Lobsters Filmed and Released
- Rare Golden Sea Robin Landed Videotaped and Released
- Triple Pincer Claw Lobster
- The Back Shore 3/16/10
- Salting Herring At Cape Seafoods
- Gloucester Zen 6/3/11 Good Harbor Beach at Dawn
- Lobstermen Matt and Mark Ring Prepare A Trawl For The ’11 Season
- Fontana Family St Joseph Novena 2011
- Ferrante Family St Joseph’s Novena 2011
I saw it for the first time on a television yesterday at Cape Ann TV. The women couldn’t tear themselves away from the set.
The goal was to make a DVD which you could show people and blow them away with stuff that they have never seen before. Especially cool are the mutant lobster and marine life videos on the larger screen.
As a Christmas or Hanukah present it’s a no-brainer. Small size, easy wrapping, totally unique, totally Gloucester, easy shipping, perfect price point- $20.
This will be the perfect gift to have a couple wrapped and in the front hall closet for when those people stop buy with a present for you but you didn’t think to get them one- you have a couple Good Morning Gloucester DVDs all wrapped up in the closet and ready to go!
No brainer, right?
They will cost $20 for 1 Buy 5 and get 1 free, buy 10 and get two free.
I’ll put up a paypal link once I have them in my possession.
Huge thanks to Dan King for the background music for the DVD menu and The Joey C’s Gloucester at Dawn Slideshow, Adam Bolonsky and Sam Hartson’s Greasy Pole Footage and Beth Swan for Designing The DVD Artwork.
Screenshots-
If you have a relative that has moved away, if you want to show something during Thanksgiving, if you want to try to explain Greasy Pole to friends that have never seen it- this is it.
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New Face & Voice @ Gimmesound.com- Kory Curcuru
Peter and Vicky Van Ness write-
Dear Joey,
Please allow me to introduce Kory Curcuru — a glosta boy who’s recently returned home from Australia and Hollywood, where he wrote comedy and produced DVD special features for all the major studios. Here’s a picture of him at Sardo’s inBurbank.
Before he abandoned us in 2006 he wrote Gloucester’s funniest book, St. Peter’s Fiasco. You can still get this spoof of the Perfect Storm at Stop & Shop’s dollar table and other fine establishments; and it’s complete with his famous Glostary for those trying to learn how we speak in our fair City.
He’s moved back, bought a house here and has nearly completed his second book about Gloucester.
Vickie and I are lucky enough to have known Kory for over a decade and ecstatic to be working with him now.
Kory is gimmesound’s new talking head. You can see his 1 minute videos showcasing Gloucester’s thriving music scene every day beginning tomorrow (Friday 10/21) at http://gloucester.gimmesound.com
Check it out!
Click below for the video with Kory Curcuru
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Rubber Duck Quick Tip: Orion Meteor Shower tonight
Rubber Duck: The Orionid Meteor Shower will be slamming into our path tonight. Best viewing is after midnight closer to dawn as the earth faces forward and gets a face full of ice chunks that Halley’s Comet left in our path. Weather maps say it will be clear.
Paul: But weather maps say it is clear over Cape Ann right now and all I see is big grey clouds at sunset.
Rubber Duck: They will clear out of here by midnight.
Paul: But that’s what you said about the Draconid meteor shower and that was a total bust.
Rubber Duck: Don’t blame me, you’re the one talking to a bath toy.
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Tiny Tugs At The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center Photos From Cliff McCarthy
Hi Joey,
I don’t know what this was all about, stumbled upon it at the GMHC this afternoon.
There was a British film crew there filming from a tow boat.
Peace,
Cliff McCarthy
Cliff, they were shooting an episode of the BBC hit show Three Men In A Boat.
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From Susan Parent at Toodeloos on Main Street Gloucester
Kids Unlimited, Harbor Goods, Island Art & Hobby, Local Colors and Toodleloos have combined forces to put together a safe, fun, FREE Halloween celebration in Downtown Gloucester. Kids will enjoy trick or treating, games, activities, crafts, music and dancing with Dawn Koller. There’s even a costume judging contest with prizes for the best costumes, so costumes are encouraged!
This party will be held on the elevated parking lot behind the stores on Hancock Street.
When:
Sunday, October 30, 2011 2 – 4pm
Location:
Prices:
FREE
Phone:
978.281.4350
Email:
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Boom! That Just Happened!!!! Toodeloos Toy Store Webcam Now Live On www.gloucesterwebcam.com
Our Man Tim Blakeley from www.GloucesterBytes.com has been banging out the installs today and we now have Toodeloos Toy Store added to www.gloucesterwebcam.com
Toodeloos has the view of I4C2,Gloucester Harbor and The Paint Factory.
As soon as Susan from Toodeloos embeds the Toodeloos webcam feed onto her website we will direct people that click on it on www.gloucesterwebcam.com to her webpage where she has the feed embedded.
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Robert and Pamela Marcaurelle Represent
Robert and Pamela Marcaurelle from Ipswich representing at the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery. Robert has been a friend of the blog for two years, and met Joey when he was manning the gate at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington and Joey was there to photograph the Boston Massacre Derby Girls. He also works in the seafood business at Castle Hill Lobster Co.
As you can probably tell by the way they are dressed and the fact that the gallery is now closed, I am catching up. Sorry Robert and Pamela for this taking so long, but better late than never.
E.J. Lefavour
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Get Your Groove On to Benefit Richard Boulters Spinal Injury Rehabilitation October 22nd
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The Rollout Begins on www.gloucesterwebcam.com – 7 Seas Whale Watch Is Now Live!
Last night 16 webcams were delivered via Fedex and the rollout has begun!
We have now have 5 up and running and we will contact the businesses who have signed up in the order that they committed to it and roll them out.
Now once they embed the webcam feed on their websites we will drive traffic to their sites.
You can view them all as they go live on www.gloucesterwebcam.com
Click here to get an email when new webcams go live
Tim Blakeley from GloucesterBytes has been banging out the installs very quickly and is only charging people $50 for a regular install if it doesn’t include additional hardware.
If you want your business or community organization to be part of it you can fill out the form-
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Lanesville Community Center is hosting its first annual"Halloween Monster Bash" on Saturday, Oct. 29th
The Lanesville Community Center is hosting its first annual"Halloween Monster Bash" on
Saturday, Oct. 29th from 7:30 to midnight at the LCC.
This is a party for adults only, with cash bar, DJ, food, a 50/50 raffle (proceeds to LCC building fund)
and lots more! Open to the public. Admission is free and costumes are highly encouraged!
If you have any questions you can email me at adion82@yahoo.com or feel free to call me at 978-239-3586
Hope the GMG folks can make it!
Thanks!~ Annette Dion
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We will all be there tonight…..Friday night @ the Franklin Cafe (7-10p)
Pottapucci (keys), T-Bone Hebb (bass), YT (vocals). Divine food & vibe
http://www.franklincafe.com/franklin-cape-ann/basic-info-cape-ann/
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After School Video Club at Cape Ann TV
After School Video Club
at Cape Ann TV
for Cape Ann Middle School
and High School Students
Tuesdays
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Begins October 4, 2011
at the Cape Ann TV Studio
38 Blackburn Center, Gloucester
Sign up for Cape Ann TV’s exciting after school program.
You will write stories and create television programs
to air on Channel 12!
A $20 fee includes a one-year membership to Cape Ann TV
For more information and to register contact Lisa:
978-281-2443
lsmith@capeanntv.org
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