The last post of the Bananas show at city hall.
Day: May 9, 2013
Murder on Rocky Neck, the Opera – opening tonight!
Opening tonight at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck: “Murder on Rocky Neck, the Musical” (tickets available here)!
“Travel back in time to 1870′s Gloucester, and lose yourself in this witty opera, a courtroom drama with a surprise ending – an original story entirely conceived and written by Henry Allen’s Young Playwrights, ages 9-13. The show features a beautiful original score by Derek Dupuis, age 16, who also composed the music for ‘Song of The Sea’. Murder On Rocky Neck, The Opera is appropriate for all ages!”
Here are some photos from a recent rehearsal:
It looks like it is going to be a really fun show!
“On a frosty Thursday morning on old Rocky Neck,
The artist Richard Bluewall was found drowned, by heck!
Whilst the children of the town pondered how he had died,
Court was in session with those being tried:
Was it Old Scurvy Crabwater killed poor Richard Bluewall?
Or was it Miss Sylvia DeSylvia who’s love conquered all?
Or perhaps Jesse Pomeroy, a boy of sixteen,
With suspicious demeanor and caught at the scene!
Star witness and actress, Alicia Linguiça,
Insists to the end,
That the murder was committed
By her former best friend!
With Judge Thaddeus Pudge
Presiding the case,
And the audience as jury putting justice in place,
Attorneys Paperwell, Rockwell, Scissorwell and Schute
Do their level best to condemn the brute.”
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Next Step Thanks Bikini Speedo Dodgeballers
Aria McElhenny submits this thank you from Next Step-
Hi Joey-
Great event at the Farm last weekend – Craig’s 2013 dodgeball movie is incredible! Wanted to share this link so the dodgeballers who missed the event could see how thankful all of us at Next Step are for their hard work at the tourney.
Thanks again.
Aria McElhenny
Development Director
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The Next Step Fund
For Young People With Cancer and Blood Disease
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Welcome to the West End ~ Short & Main! Gloucester’s Latest Restaurant
Fred Bodin Submits-
I just had to go the grand opening of Short & Main Tuesday evening. They’re at 36 Main Street, where Valentino’s used to be. Pretty packed by 8pm, but we found seats at the counter that faces the open kitchen. We sat in front of an iced tray of lobster, shrimp, clams, and oysters.They serve draft beer and have a full liquor license.
Amelia Monday shucked our oysters and placed them on an iced platter. Fresh and delicious!
This was the view from my seat. It’s fun to watch your food being prepared, and your pizza baked in the wood-fired brick oven. Very cozy and friendly place.
Janet and I shared a La Quercia Prosciutto pizza, made with arugula and Parmesan. It was quite tasty and unlike any pizza I’ve ever had.
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Old Foot Bridge washed up in the marsh
Is this the portion of the old foot bridge washed up in the marsh?
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Community Photos 5/9/13
HI JOEY ~~
I was down in Boston at the Marathon Memorial space in Copley Square and it was nice to see Gloucester represented. Thought you might like to share this picture with your readers.
I work with Fred and Stephanie Buck in the archives at the Cape Ann Museum. I’m an avid fan of GMG.
Peace ~~ Bing McGilvray, Gloucester
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Community Stuff 5/9/13
The Manchester Public Library Presents: The Beantown Jumpers Double Dutch Team
This demonstration event is a lot of energetic fun for everyone! The team will perform a “Fusion” music presentation and then they will demonstrate the jumping styles necessary for competitions, including speed (2 minutes), compulsory (25 second dance routine) and a free-style (tricks) routine (1 minute). After the presentation, group participation with the team is encouraged. Audience members will learn how to jump in, turn the ropes and some jump rope tricks!
The competitive team began when Coach Patti Travers devised a way to get girls and boys in Dorchester and Jamaica Plain jumping at the chance to accelerate their heart rates.
“One of the students said, `Could you offer something fun,’ so I began to research, checking out how could I learn to teach double Dutch,” said Travers, who has taught PE for more than 10 years at Young Achievers Science & Mathematics Pilot School in Jamaica Plain. The team members include girls & boys who are in Grade 2 through high school.
The Beantown Jumpers are being sponsored by a Hooper Fund grant to the Children’s Room, with all sponsorship funding more children’s sports with the Red Auerbach Foundation.
At the First Parish Church, next to the library, behind the Sovereign Bank.
Call to register, or for more information, 978-526-2016 or scollins@mvlc.org
Please register for this athletic spirited event!
When: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Location: Manchester Public Library
Prices: Free
Phone: 978-526-2016
Email: scollins@mvlc.org
Link(s): The BeanTown Jumpers Massachusetts Double Jump Rope
12-step skincare/makeup application, nail care, hair loss and use of wigs and other head coverings for patients experiencing
appearance-related side effects from cancer treatment.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
WHERE: Addison Gilbert Hospital
298 Washington Street, Gloucester
RSVP: Community Relations
978-283-4000, extension 585
First-time participants receive a free make-up kit;
registration is required.
The St.John’s Episcopal Church opens its official celebration of its 150th Anniversary
with a major concert on May 19th at 4:00 pm followed by a reception in Parish Hall.This
concert is open to the public and should be a wonderful experience with a “Festival
Choir” including eighteen singers from the area, accompanied by one of the finest
organs in Gloucester with other wind and percussion instruments.
Music has long been an integral part of St. John’s service since its founding in 1867. In
fact it formed one of the first boys church choirs in Gloucester back in 1892. An other
major component of its music tradition has been the church’s organ which now is an
Opus 97 the last pipe organ designed by Charles Fisk. This has resulted in St John’s
having a big church sound in a small acoustical space.
In the celebration of Gloucester roots the program will include many anthems “““that
deal with the sea including such big coral works as Sumsion’s “They that go down to
the sea in Ships” Psalm 107 ( a key piece of music as it pertains to the maritime
community ) as well as Britten’s “Festival Te Deum” which is associated with
celebrations.
This concert will be followed by a reception where there will be plenty of food and drink
and an opportunity to visit with our new minister Bret Hayes and other members of the
parish.
Throughout the year St. John’s wants to remember and honor those that helped build
the congregation from the early parish days consisting of the fishermen’s families from
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to the present parish coming from many different
backgrounds.
This concert will help us celebrate the past as St. Johns’ will continue to serve the
community by being a place of welcoming, understanding and hope in facing a
challenging future.
WHAT: Three Mile walk-a-thon with refreshments, music, and raffles for Huntington’s Disease
WHERE: Back Beach Bandstand 32 Beach St. Rockport, MA (finish-line activity site)
WHEN: Saturday May 11, 8 am registration 9 am walk begins
HOW: Register/raise funds online at http://www.hdsa.org/thwrockport
or contact vgoolkasian@hdsa.org to have forms sent via email or mail.
Supporters Invited for Huntington’s Disease Walkathon Sat May 11
May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness month and Rockport’s Trish Dunton is helping to bring awareness about the disease to the North Shore. Dunton, whose family friend has the devastating degenerative disorder, organized Saturday’s three-mile walk to raise funds for a cure for HD and to raise awareness of the disease. It is one of the hundreds of Team Hope walks for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America that take place each year.
It is not too late to support the finish-line activities or to sign-up to join Cape Ann’s Walkathon to Benefit Huntington’s Disease (HD). The walk begins at 9:00 am at the Back Beach Bandstand. The first walkers should complete the circular route and cross the Bandstand finish line around 10am. The public is urged to welcome walkers at the finish-line activities, and those who wish to be sponsored walkers are urged to call 978-256-0811, Ext. 13.
There is presently no cure and only one FDA-approved treatment (for symptoms) of HD, which slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Symptoms usually appear in individuals between the ages of 30 and 50 years and progress degenerately. Cases of juvenile HD have been diagnosed in children as young as two years of age. More than 30,000 people in the United States are currently diagnosed with HD. Each of their siblings and children has a 50 percent risk of developing the disease, therefore 250,000 are at risk. Although medications can relieve some symptoms in certain individuals, research has yet to find a means of conquering or even slowing the deadly progression of HD.
Please come out and celebrate Spring, get some exercise, and help support an organization that supports many of your neighbors at the same time. Funds Raised will support HDSA Programs of Care, Research and Education to improve the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s Disease.
Good Morning Gloucester 