My View of Life on the Dock
Video From Craig Kimberley-
Craig Writes-
Just before the beach was about to fill up, and the seine boat and greasy pole finals were to begin, I happened upon Gloucester native Dominic Giovinco. I approached him and asked “What does the Fiesta mean to you?” I have to say it was a lucky moment for me and my camera, and for anyone that watches. Then we went into the heritage of the Greasy Pole and being a pole walker. Enjoy this and share alike!
The visit here last week was breathtaking even though the Going-to-the-Sun road was closed due to incredible ( 90+ ft.) snowfall this winter. Happy to see all the joy up there…maybe next year ?
Best, Kevin
That the Ancient and Horribles Parade was founded in 1927 in Glocester, RI (not Gloucester, MA) and named as a parody of the more somber Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, the oldest military organization in the United States? Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President when the parade was founded in 1927, was a member of the original Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. The Parade features both traditional Fourth of July floats and marchers, such as veterans and fire trucks, as well as often irreverent, satirical displays commenting on political and cultural issues, as local residents and costumed marchers parody news and cultural events along US Route 44 in Chepachet village. Nothing is sacred as Glocester locals spoof local and national politics during the famous Ancients and Horribles Parade on the Fourth of July. The parade first wound its way down Main Street in Chepachet in 1926 and has continued to delight Glocester residents (and many others) each and every year since.
This year is the 66th Annual Fishtown Horribles Parade in Gloucester, MA, so the parade started here in 1945, 19 years after Glocester, RI had its first Ancient and Horribles Parade in 1926.
E.J. Lefavour
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Bobbi Lemay writes-
Good morning!
I would like to know if you could mention a wonderful upcoming community event on your website. It is for a great cause. As you probably know, The Magnolia Library and Community Center is a unique community-run center. It serves and is run by volunteers living in Gloucester . The show is our main fund raiser for the year. We would really appreciate it if you could mention it on your website. Here is some information on the event.
The 2011 Magnolia Library and Community Center’s 34th Annual Art Show and Sale will be held July 8-10. This professionally-judged show is an excellent opportunity to acquire special art at a great price. The over 250 works of framed and unframed art by North Shore artists and beyond includes oils, acrylics, watercolor, photography, sculpture and mixed media. Sale proceeds benefit the artists and the Magnolia Library and Community Center. The event kicks off on Friday July 8th with a champagne reception for artists and the public from 7-9pm. The show and sale continues Saturday & Sunday, July 9 & 10, from 10am-4pm. Artists wishing to participate and/or for more information can visit http://www.magnolialibrary.org.
Thank you and best regards,
Bobbi Lemay
Music students from St. George’s School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland will fill the Annisquam Village Church with songs from the highlands, standards from the American song book, and other repertoireon Friday, July 1, at 7:30 PM. On tour in the northeast, fourty Scottish lasses will sing and play (choral, brass, jazz), bringing their youthful energy and fresh sound to Gloucester.
Donation at the door: $15. Children, accompanied by an adult $5.
Annisquam Village Church
820 Washington Street, Gloucester Info. 978.283.6416
www.annisqaumvillagechurch.com
The SEAWARD INN, Rockport, invites you to come and hear “The Girl Next Door” sing
Folk-rock and Blues to Country and Originals, Sunday Morning Live, July 3, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon.
Janice Fullman, Nancy Goodman, Barbara Jansson, and Fud Marro will perform Memorable Tunes, Magical Harmonies and Finger-snappin’ Grooves during a Breakfast Buffet by the Sea. Please visit blog.seawardinn.com or call 978-546-3471.
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Hi Joey,
We have been in London for the past 10 days ..this is the London tube stop next to our hotel !
Thought you would enjoy !
My little friend Anna ( her Nonno is Tom Brancaleone) asked to get on the KAOS boat after their win Sunday. Joe Novello, being a nonno himself, scooped Anna up without a second thought. What Anna wants Anna gets!
Watch this lobster pull away from its old shell in real time at our dock in Gloucester
YOUR SATURDAY CHAMP- KRAIG HILL- SECONDS BEFORE IMMORTALITY
Burnham’s Field is the largest green space in central Gloucester. Recently there’s been a resurgence of pride in Burnham’s Field, including a new 20-plot garden. GoodMorningGloucester is now running a series of video profiles of the Burnham’s Field Community Gardeners. Here are their stories.
By John McElhenny
Burnham’s Field Gardeners – Todd Bowser and Liz Alexander
Warning: this video might make you hungry. Todd Bowser and Liz Alexander talk about the sautéed vegetables, pesto and Liz’s amazing red sauce that they plan to create from their garden harvest. And Todd reveals the secret to why his face looks so familiar.
Video produced by Our Boy The Rabbit
photos from GMG Photog extraordinaire David Cox-
Check out Nino, Joe and Gus On Expedition Impossible Thursday Night at 9PM on ABC
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Don’t forget to watch Expedition Impossible every Thursday night at 9PM on ABC.
Gloucester, MA: Rockport native, Nelson Bragg will return to Cape Ann following the latest leg of his Canadian tour with the Brian Wilson Band. An LA resident now, Bragg returns home to play music and enjoy the 4th of July festivities.
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• Bragg plays percussion with Dan King and Tony Goddess on Wednesday, June 29 at the Dennis Monagle Sessions at Minglewood Tavern in Gloucester (9pm, 25 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA, free).
• On Thursday, June 30 Bragg joins Dan King at the new Jalapenos Restaurant in Saugus (7-9pm, 168 Broadway St, RT 1, Saugus, MA, reservations recommended).
• On Friday, July 1 Bragg will sit in with groove, funk band, Down & Derby, live at The Studio on Rocky Neck. Derby features longtime friend and Rockport native, Brian O’Connor (9pm, 51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA, free).
• And ,on Sunday, July 3 Bragg will sit in with live 80s band, SAFETY, at a private engagement.
Bragg has been playing and touring with Brian Wilson since 2003 when he was asked to play percussion on the Beach Boys singer’s Grammy award winning solo album, Smile. The Grammy was for the “Best instrumental” category–Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow featuring Bragg on virtually all of the whistles and sound effects at the top of the piece. In 2005, the Smile two-DVD set was released featuring a full-length documentary of Brian Wilson’s Smile story and the making of it both in 1966-67 and newly in 2004. That documentary aired on Showtime in October 2004 and was directed by Beach Boys and pop authority David Leaf. A live concert performance of Smile is featured on the second disc.
Nelson Bragg has continued on for many tours worldwide including Smile performances (12 nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall) and two nights at Carnegie Hall (broadcast on NPR radio, nationally on Thanksgiving Day 2004), two nights at The Sydney Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl 3 nights w/The L.A. Phil – 2008, Royal Albert Hall, The Montreaux Jazz Festival, The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Newport Folk Fest, Brandenburgh Gate – Berlin for the worldwide Live 8 benefit and at The 2005 Glastonbury Festival in the UK, setting attendance records. Bragg has also performed with the band on several television appearances including Late Night With Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. Recordings include Brian Wilson’s Christmas album All I really Want For Christmas released in 2005 and “That Lucky Old Sun” released in 2008. In 2006-2007, the band performed the Pet Sounds album in the U.S. and Europe, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Beach Boy Al Jardine joined the band for the U.S. leg of those concerts.
Dear Gardening Friends,
The air is redolent with June’s dreamy scents–Virginia sweetspire, mock orange and rose, Oyama magnolia and honeysuckle, and none more heady than our luxuriant, native sweet bay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana).
Warmest wishes,
Kim
Magnolia virginiana ~ Sweet Bay Magnolia
Located in the heart of Ravenswood Park in Gloucester there is a stand of Magnolia virginiana growing in the Great Magnolia Swamp. It is the only population of Magnolia virginiana known to grow this far north. I took one look at the native sweet bay magnolia and breathed in the fresh lemon-honeysuckle scent of the blossoms, fell in love, and immediately set out to learn all I could about this graceful and captivating tree. Recently having returned from a trip to visit my family in northern Florida, I had tucked the bud of a Magnolia grandiflora into my suitcase. I was dreaming of someday having a garden large enough to accommodate the Magnolia grandiflora and was overjoyed to discover the similarities between M. virginiana and
M. grandiflora. For those not familiar with the Southern magnolia, it is a grand, imposing specimen in the landscape, growing up to fifty feet in the cooler zones five and six, and one hundred feet plus in the southern states. M. grandiflora is the only native magnolia that is reliably evergreen in its northern range, flowering initially in the late spring and sporadically throughout the summer. The creamy white flowers, enormous and bowl-shaped (ten to twelve inches across), emit a delicious, heady sweet lemon fragrance.
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