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Cape Ann Symphony – Christmas Trees and Wreaths Auction

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

The Trees and Wreaths are now at Brown’s Mall, Come in and bid or just come in and see the great decorating of the tress.

Bidding ends Saturday December 4th, in time to enjoy your tree at home.

Watch video with Elizabeth.

When the Phone Call Came…

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

…I nearly passed out from excitement.  Joey C called to ask me to be an Official Contributor to the blog of all blogs: Good Morning Gloucester.

 

GMG's newest contributor, decked out for the holidays.

So what qualifications do I bring to the virtual table? I can hear you asking.  After all, I’m no expert on lobsters or fishing or boats (neither working boats nor waste-of-money boats) or much of anything at all.  I’m just a regular citizen doing my thing on Cape Ann.  Well, I may not know much but I do know this: we live in an amazing place that deserves to be celebrated every hour on the hour, in the spirit of Good Morning Gloucester. Since coming here, Cape Ann has pretty much become the center of the world for me, and while this may not make me a native of the place, it sure helps me think like one.  My particular obsession is Rockport.  I want to see all the great things about Rockport highlighted: our history with granite, the Scandinavian heritage (let’s hear it for Nisu and backyard saunas!), the working harbor, and Rockport’s arts scene – past, present and future.  I live in Rockport with my family and have a blog and an online store featuring vintage items.  I look forward to being a part of the GMG team, with an emphasis on Gloucester’s little sister to the north, the village of Rockport.

– Sarah Kelly a.k.a. The Roving Home

 

 

Second Glance Annual Antiques and Collectibles Sale Sunday, December 5

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey, I wanted to thank you for helping get the word out about the Holiday Baskets for Thanksgiving! We had a lot of responses directly from GMG. What a terrific community we have! With your help we were able to provide 706 turkeys with all the fixings for Thanksgiving. Now, we are taking a deep breath and starting again for the December holidays.

On Sunday, December 5, the Second Glance Annual Antiques and Collectibles Sale will be held from noon to 4 p.m. A broad selection of one-of-a-kind gifts and treasures will be offered during this special sale on a special day. Second Glance is located at 2 Pond Road in Gloucester. All proceeds will help provide a Holiday Basket to a local family for the December holidays.

It is the ultimate in recycling and re-gifting in style!

If you can help us let GMG readers know about this sale, we would be ever so grateful. Thank you for all you do to support the community.

Best,
Julie LaFontaine Executive Director
The Open Door

SecondGlanceSale

Sportswriters Pick Gloucester

Posted on by DIY SKI GUY
The picks are in for tonight’s playoff game at Lincoln-Sudbury.
GDT Sports
GDTSports GDT Sports on Twitter – Get minute by minute coverage of the game.
All six sportswriters for the salem news picked gloucester to beat lincoln-sudbury tonight to advance to the division 1A Super Bowl

Division 1A  picks from Boston Globe Staff

Gloucester – Zuri Berry, Mike Grossi, Mike Carraggi, Emily Wright, Jake Seiner, Lorenzo Recupero
v.
Lincoln-Sudbury – Bob Holmes, Craig Larson

Boo to Bob Holmes for his lame pick.

 

From Boston Herald

Gloucester over Lincoln-Sudbury (7:45 p.m., at Lincoln-Sudbury): If the Fishermen play with half the intensity the fans have shown in expressing their displeasure at playing the game at L-S, then it could be a long night for the Dual County Large champions.
Go Fishermen!

 

Where Zat? Winner!

Posted on by Sharon

Rob Hall is this week’s winner! He creatively displayed his answer with Google Maps. Congratulations, Rob and to everyone else who knew the location as the little pond on the right off 127 on the Manchester/Magnolia line. At one time the owners had a heater around the little house to keep the water from freezing. The ducks were happy until the Canada geese took over!

7 Responses to Wintery WhereZat! Winner gets a t-shirt!

  2. Hey sharon, isn’t that the little duck pond right on the side of Route 127 in Magnolia?

  3. Nate says:

    Well, I’ve already won a shirt, but I will take a stab at this. Is that the little pond that is on the left side of the road as you approach Long Beach Dairy Maid? That photo looks so familiar.

  4. David Murray says:

    The WhereZat photo: is that the pond on Eastern Ave.?

  5. jackie says:

    Is it on 127A across the road from the road going to Magnolia? Just a thought—that little pond right there?

  6. Mike N. says:

    The pond on Summer St. in Manchester? Across from Raymond St.

  7. dean horne says:

    that is the pond opposite side of where the ducks hang out on western ave behind the guys house that is at the intersection

Wintery WhereZat! Winner gets a t-shirt!

Posted on by Sharon

This photo was taken several years ago, but I know that someone with sharp eyes who passes by this spot each day will be able to identify this location. It’s right on a main road. Good luck and thanks for playing!     —-Sharon

Drum Roll Please!

Posted on by capeannpainter

I Found this Video of The Band Johnny Carwash on youtube.

 The Famous or is it Infamous David “Doc” Vincent is let loose on

Rocky Neck.

It’s  a Fun Video. You gotta keep watchin to see what happens.

For more Information On what David and his Bands are up to, Check out his facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100001603443672&v=wall

Toodeloos Gets Into The Holiday Spirit- Pics From Donna Ardizzoni

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Newcomer to downtown Gloucester brings a ton of energy to the area.

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Bradley Royds ~ Joe and Renee @ The House of Blues Foundation Room ~ 11-30-2010

Posted on by Joanne

Please be advised That Bradley Royds will not be able to play this event @ The House of Blues Foundation Room Tuesday evening. However, You can look forward to Joe and Renee for your listening pleasure from 7:00 to 10:00. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Bradley will be playing sometime in Feburary or March.

Tuesday November 30th at 7:00pm – December 1 at 12:00am

The Foundation Room @ House Of Blues Boston 

15 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA

Tues November 30Rene and Joe play from 7-10 and Bradley from 10-12 the House of Blues Foundation Room.
$10.00 at the door. 80% goes to musicians and 20% goes to Foundation Room charity to provide creative arts for financially challenged young adults. You can go to HOB website then go to Foundation Room then read about their charity. 

Please tell everybody that they can carpool with each other if at all possible. It will be great to support our local musicians making it into Boston’s music scene.

It will also be Cynthia Sisco’s birthday  and I hear she is going to celebrate.


Photo by Louise

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Bradley Royds

You might not have heard of him yet, but you have probably heard him play. Bradley Royds is a performer, composer, producer and recording artist whose songs and sounds can be heard in television shows, commercials, video games, theater, and on the radio, Cds and the Internet.

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Bradley’s musical career began in Houston Texas, where he picked up the guitar at age six and was playing professionally by the time he was ten. In his formative years, he taught himself to play multiple instruments, and developed a unique voice and an engaging stage presence. After earning a high-honors degree in political science from The London School of Economics and The University of Texas, he moved to Los Angeles where he dove in to the business of music as both performer and producer. He quickly landed gigs, including playing guitar with the likes of Boy George, working as a session musician, fronting his over-the-top rock band The High Court, and producing and recording bands and solo artists in his Hollywood Hills studio. Bradley earned a reputation and the moniker ‘The Acoustic Bomb’ for playing explosive solo shows. He also launched a successful career creating scores, songs and sounds for television, commercials, video games, film promo and theater. His hard hitting techno-rock project AndRoyd found huge success placing songs in some of the world’s biggest video games, collectively selling millions of copies.

A longtime summer resident of Cape Ann Massachusetts, Bradley prefers to spend time on the East Coast, playing live, writing, recording and producing a host of talented artists in his studio. In the world of theater he has participated as an actor, musician and sound designer. His recent portrayal of General Benjamin Butler in the play The Beauport Anthology has been described as a ‘knockout.’ He proved perfect for the part, playing guitar in the rock opera Tommy. Israel Horovitz once told Bradley that his sound design work is of ‘Broadway’ quality. As if that were not enough, Bradley is mixing live shows at the new Shalin Liu Hall in Rockport Ma, working with legendary rock, blues and folk artists including John Sebastian, Jonathan Edwards, Livingston Taylor, James Montgomery and Paula Cole, and world class jazz acts like Dave Brubeck, the Grace Kelly Quintet, Lavay Smith, Taylor Eigsti & Julian Lage and Kurt Elling.

Bradley is currently producing his own Cd and is looking forward to an early 2011 release &tour.

www.bradleyroyds.com

www.androyd.com

www.pfilbryte.com

Photo by Louise

Joe and Renee
Renee Dupuis (voice, piano) and Joe Cardoza (voice, guitar) have been playing together for over ten years accumulating a vast repertoire of songs from the popular, rock, and folk traditions, as well as original music.
A graduate of the Hartt School, Renee sings everything from Weezer, to Etta James, Janis Joplin, and Led Zeppelin. You can most recently hear/see her playing the role of Alicia Keyes in comedian Juston McKinney’s (Comedy Central) parody of Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind”

Berklee graduate Joe Cardoza plays electric and upright bass with many artists in the greater Boston area. He recently opened for Livingston Taylor at the brand new Shalin Liu Performance center in Rockport MA as bassist of the Jake Pardee Trio.

Together both Renee and Joe are a part of the alternative rock country band, The Bandit Kings (www.banditkings.com) who will be celebrating the release of their first full length album at TT The Bears in Cambridge and The Mint in Los Angeles.
“She is a strong, throaty alto with the voice of an earthy angel; he plays guitar with pure passion. The two together are like kids playing in a school playground, with ever so much spark and spontaneity; two swallows darting about together in mid-air, flying tandem with well-practiced precision and skill…Their voices and harmonies match up perfectly in jazz and the more popular songs of the Americana tradition…They leave a feeling of delightsomeness floating on the air.”

–Alfred Nesser, after a gig in Salem, MA

Read/Hear more:http://www.myspace.com/reneeandjoemusic

“Art, Rocks!” 11/27/2010 9:48am

Posted on by capeannpainter

“Art, Rocks!” 11/27/2010 9:48am

Clues, Photos only.

Have A Seat. The Search is on!

New Local Band~Rockin Rewind debuts at The Dog Bar tonight ~ 9:00pm to 12:00pm.

Posted on by Joanne

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/RockinRewindBand/137793966263785

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=138560812861079

Sawyer Free Art Auction! Only a Few More Days Left!

Posted on by capeannpainter

This the last full week for bidding on the Paintings that are up for Auction at The Sawyer Free Library.

This is a great Video Joey did of last years Art Auction. It describes How the Silent bidding works at the Library Art Auction.

 

I usually Contribute a Traditional Cape Ann scene. This Year I entered a Bright Floral Painting. I was a little bummed out Saturday when I checked the Bid Book. So far there are no bids on it. Bidding on the Painting starts a $50.00.

Even If it doesn’t sell I Have the perfect spot for it. it will be my Xmas gift to myself.

My painting is at the top left

Click the Links Below to Check out more Info on the Sawyer Free Library Art Auction.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000504276052

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Gloucester-MA/Sawyer-Free-Library/202051117106

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com