July 14 At The Rocky Neck Cultural Center

Hi Joey,

I am not sure if you will think this is news worthy but I thought I would let you know about this event anyway.

July 14^th, 2018 my family (The Holaday Clan) is celebrating the 107^{th anniversary of} our grandparents wedding at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center.

They are no longer with us of course – but it is a great excuse to have a family reunion. There are 90 of us and we are coming to Gloucester

from all over the planet (Canada, Vienna Austria, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut,

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC). Many of us are going to be in town for the week and some only for a few days.

The reason we chose Gloucester for this event is it is another reunion of sorts. 51 years ago my mother’s siblings all rented vacation houses

In Gloucester for a week and each brought all their children along. There were only 34 in the group back then. The Holaday clan has grown to over

100 people now. There will be between 85 and 90 of us on July 14^th.

My family has been coming to Gloucester to vacation every year since 1953. My father was an amazing artist and loved painting and

Sailing in Gloucester Harbor. You will no doubt see people walking on the Neck that week with T-shirts with his painting of the harbor

On their backs.

Best regards,

Robin Macphail DiIoia