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Something Big that Chronicle Missed
Gloucester has been featured on Chronicle once again and this time they focus on tourism, art, fishing & Fiesta — mostly the greasy pole. And while the show sheds a fairly good light on Gloucester, it misses one of the our City’s main attractions — Gloucester’s burgeoning music scene (see tonight’s live music lineup here).
That’s why we’re so lucky to have lured T Max here — publisher of The Noise (New England’s longest running music magazine). The new issue features stories about music on Cape Ann as well as music on that shark-infested cape named after a fish. (On the web, the stories are after the features on Brad Byrd from Cape Ann and The Parkington Sisters from Cape Cod).
I was going to thank T Max for the honor of being chosen to write the story about Cape Ann (read it here), but instead I’ll complain that what I had feared has come to pass: good musicians whom I neglected to mention are asking me why I left them out. There’s no good answer to that question. My only excuse is that with limited space and time to write I simply couldn’t include everyone who’s good. Lame, isn’t it. Sorry.
Perhaps the next Chronicle story on Gloucester will include at least one segment on Gloucester’s music. I keep that hope alive given that they referred to Fiesta as Gloucester’s own Mardi Gras, which is, of course, a musical metaphor.
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Great to Know if you are a Photographer
Photographers or any one taking Pictures or Videos…
If your out Photographing ” Anything ” ! You should READ This.
and This…
Know your Rights.
Courtesy of Charlie Carroll
E.J. Lefavour
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Horribles Parade Photos
Horribles Parade 2012. Click any photo to view slide show.
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****Huge THANK YOU….to our Sponsors for their very generous donations
Please patronize these GMG Approved Community Minded Businesses
gimmesound.com — local live music listings. Find every live music show in Gloucester and Cape Ann — listen to music on-line & download — all for free.
The Lone Gull is a family owned coffeehouse located on Main Street in historic downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts. Our ideal location makes us a great place to stop for a drink or a bite to eat, to chat with friends, or to have a business meeting. We offer free wi-fi to our customers, extremely comfortable couches and chairs, and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
Stones Pub
Stones is a small comfortable neighborhood pub in Gloucester, MA, America’s oldest seaport! We offer homemade soups, sandwiches and desserts all made on premises before your eyes in the open kitchen. The delicious smells welcome when you come in the door to a warm greeting.
Ed Collard House Doctors Handyman Services
Noble Electricians
978-283-0750
Steve Noble who does so much community work donating his time toward many great causes.
Robert Heidt
The new executive director of the Chamber of Commerce says that Good Morning Gloucester does so much for the community that he wanted to personally be a sponsor of the 2012 GMG horribles parade float
Circle Consulting
Donna Ardizzoni and Rick Moore
With Circle Consulting, small and mid-size companies can cost-effectively leverage world-class technology experience. We keep up with the latest developments in the rapidly changing technology sector, so you can focus on your core business. Let us do what we do best so that you can do what you do best.
Gloucester Bytes
Tim Blakeley From Gloucester Bytes the man who made the Gloucester Webcam project possible!
Greg Harris Brierwood Landscaping (978) 281-7564
for letting us use his trailer
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Henry Ferrini wants to let you know what’s happening @ Maritime Gloucester on August 4th.
Saturday, August 4, 2012, at the Gloucester Maritime Center, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA
Free Drum Workshop 3:00-4:30 pm (bring your drum)
Waterfront Concert starts at 6:30 pm.
Tickets $25.00
Kids under 18 Free
for more info and tickets go to www.northshorejazzproject.org
Tickets also available at Maritime Gloucester store on Harbor loop.
Here is a video i did here about the event.
Here’s a blurb about the band.
Lamine Toure and Group Saloum
This concert is a benefit for Maritime Gloucester and the North Shore Jazz Project.
Last year Lamine and his band had everyone dancing on the docks. The North Shore Jazz Project mission is to create an environment on the North Shore where music education, performance and appreciation can flourish and Gloucester Maritime needs no introduction. Lamine Toure comes from a family of Griot’s in Senegal. He teaches African drumming at MIT in Cambridge, Ma. Don’t miss the waterfront dance party of the season.
Henry
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5 spots Opened Up for Tonight’s Cigar and Rum Cruise Aboard the Lannon Call Kay Now 978-281-6634
Call Kay Now
978-281-6634
Anyone that went on our cruise last year knows it was one of the best nights of the summer. The tickets are $35 and include Two Old Cuban Cigar Co cigars which are valued around $10 each, Folly Cove Rum drinks from Ryan and Wood AND a sail aboard the Thomas E Lannon. All together it’s like a $85 value that you get for only $35. but you know what? Even if it was $85 I bet everyone that went last year would buy tickets again because it was THAT great a night.
So if you are one of my peeps, I want you aboard so we can hang smoking the finest cigars, drinking the finest rum and sailing aboard the most beautiful boat in all of Gloucester Harbor, the Thomas E Lannon.
Tickets are not going to last. Please if you know you are one of the people I like to hang with call Kay at the Lannon ticket office and reserve your spot so we can chillax together.
Call now 978-281-6634
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Get Free Dog Massage this Thursday!
The Friends of Gloucester Dog Park will be staffing an information table at the Visitor’s Center at Stage Fort Park on alternate Thursdays from 3-5:30pm this summer, starting July 12. They will have lots of activities and dog park signature merchandise for sale. There will be raffles complements of Animal Krackers, Essex Bird Shop and Pet Supply and Petco.
First in the lineup of great attractions on July 12th David Feldman of Skillful Hand, a certified dog massage therapist, will be giving FREE dog massages and talking to pet owners from 3pm-4:30pm. If you are heading to the Farmer’s Market, come on over! (David will be back for a return visit on July 26, so mark your calendars now!)
You are also encouraged to walk around the dog park and let your best friend ‘sniff’ out the site. It’s a great opportunity to get an up close and personal glimpse into the entire process behind the makings of Cape Ann’s first dog park. Come see for yourself what the excitement is all about.
Building a dog park is a community effort! Get involved by contacting gloucesterdogpark@gmail.com or visiting www.gloucesterdogpark.org.
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2012 Annisquam Village Parade – Photos by David Cox
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LANNON from ARDELLE
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48 Hours to go
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1997277714/martines-owlpuss-interviews-and-tales-of-bong-tree
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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2012 Horribles Parade – Photos by David Cox
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Rockin’ The Boat For Alzheimer’s Fundraiser
Wes Thibodeau
We still have a decent amount of ticket’s left, so please come and join us for this most worthwhile event. It promises to be a fantastic night of good food, great music and dancing and a lovely 3 hour tour on the Privateer IV. Lest I forget to mention, there will be a cash bar, a 50/50 cash raffle and a gift raffle with a ton of incredible items… To highlight some of the many items, we have a 2 night stay at the Deer Park Resort in N. Woodstock, N.H. 2 North Shore Theater Tickets, Passes for Canobie Lake Park, New England Aquarium, Cape Ann Whale Watch and many, many more awesome prizes and gift certificates to some of the best Restaurants around. It’s going to take some time to do the raffle segment of this evening because we have so many wonderful items to raffle away. You’ve nothing to lose and everything to gain (Not to mention putting that warm feeling in your belly for doing something so worthwhile) by joining us for this fun filled night on The Privateer IV. You can’t go wrong for 20 bucks. Come aboard! Boat leaves at 7:00 p.m.
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fitz hugh (henry) lane question
Monica Elefterion writes-
I was just in Gloucester this weekend.. still feeling the salt, sun and sand from Good Harbor Beach.
I have a remnant of a song floating in my head that includes a reference to Fitz Hugh Lane in it… do you or your bloggers know of a popular/contemporary song that includes his name? I don’t’ know if it is real or perhaps I took in too much sea water?
Best.
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Don’t forget To Watch Gloucester On Chronicle Monday Night 7:30PM
Maggie Harper writes-
Hey Joey……
Just wanted to let you know that as of this moment, the Chronicle show on Gloucester is scheduled for Monday July 9th. So let you vast followers know — with the proviso it could be later, if news events warrant.
It was great to meet you — have a great Fiesta this weekend!!!!!!
..Maggie H.
Maggie Harper / Producer, CHRONICLE
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The Dance
The Dance
Once each month we witness a celestial ballet
when the orb of night ascends in the east
just as the sun sets in the west and we
move from sunlight into moonglow.
And I, from my place above the Annisquam,
get to see the reflected glory of the setting sun
beaming brightly from Thurston Point and,
at the same time, the rising moon’s illumined face.
What exquisite choreography; what exact timing;
what a marvel of precision and what unique seats
we, here on Earth, have – to be able to be,
however briefly, exactly between opposing sun and moon.
And the performance is repeated month after month,
year upon year, eon after eon,
with the ballerinas always on time to dance a dance
that will continue long after the audience is gone.
When the Earth turns to ice or dust and
the oceans are dry or spread upon the land;
or when infernos burn and whirlwinds blow,
for the sun and moon, the dance goes on.
© Marty Luster 2012
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News From City Councilor Paul McGeary
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Can It Get Any Better?
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Mug Up and Bill Hubbard
I thought this was the perfect image to use to invite people for Mug Up – Sunday 9:30 am at Khan Studio & the GMG Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave. Whoever owns this boat tied up in Smiths Cove, you’re invited to Mug Up too. Bill Hubbard of Gloucester is here visiting from Melbourne, FL for the 102nd Dahlmer Family Reunion. Bill’s mother was a Dahlmer, the 3rd of 13 kids, and sister to LA Dahlmer’s father. Bill will be at Mug Up, so come by and say hi.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1997277714/martines-owlpuss-interviews-and-tales-of-bong-tree
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Special Thanks To Candy Passer Outer Laine Noble For Her Stupendous Job on The Horribles Float
She somehow got left out of the list of acknowledgments so here you go Laine- your very own special recognition!
Thank you and thank you to everyone else mentioned here
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Community Stuff July 7th, 2012
Terry Milton forwards-
The annual Hammond Castle Psychic Faire will take place on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th from 11:00 – 4:00. The admittance fee, $10 adults, $8 Seniors, and $6 children, includes entrance to Hammond Castle and to the Psychic Faire, as well as free admission to all psychic and metaphysical workshops, and a rare tour of the castle, led by Curator John Pettibone, which will emphasize the psychic bond shared by John Hammond and his wife.
Readings will be offered separately and priced at $25 per 15 minutes. They will include a variety of readers who offer a potpourri of psychic “tools of the trade” including Astrology, Palmistry,.Stones, Mediumship, etc.
Further information will be posted on HammondCastle.org.
I can be reached by telephone for further information at 978-283-7532.
I am also sending as an attachment a poster concerning the Hammond Castle Psychic Fair.
Thank you Terry Milton
Hammond Castle will be the home of a Renaissance Faire on July 21st and 22nd. More information on Abbadia Mare or Abbey by the Sea Renaissance Festival can be found at www.abbadiamarefestival.com and at www.HammondCastle.org.
Good Morning Gloucester 