Good Morning Gloucester

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Today Annisquam Yacht Club is quiet, but two weeks from now – watch out!The Annisquam Yacht Club will be hosting the 2012 Mass. Bay Junior Olympic Sailing Festival on August 13-15.  US Sailing’s Junior Olympic Sailing Program is a nationwide series of regattas for youth ages 8 to 21. Each event in this family of regattas is hosted by a different club or organization, but all events share a common goal: to promote the enjoyment of sailing and development of skills to young sailors as well as provide an Olympic pathway for talented junior sailors.

Events mix Olympic-style competition with elements of learning and fun for all levels–from beginning racers to those with Olympic aspirations. In 2012, 30 events are planned in the continental United States and Hawaii and over 4,500 sailors expected to participate. Junior Olympic Sailing is coordinated by US Sailing and sponsored nationally by West Marine and Gill.

The Annisquam Yacht Club will be welcoming sailors aged 8-18 in the Optimist, Laser Radial, and Club 420 classes, and expect more than 300 sailors to participate in this exciting and fun-filled event!

Registration is now open and available online via Regatta Network. For help with registration, contact support@regattanetwork.com.

Grace Papp, 15, has been sailing since she was 7.  This is her third year crewing 420’s – she handles the spinnaker and jib.  Grace loves sailing and sails all day everyday during the summer.  She is the only girl who is going to the overnight away regattas.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Are there any GMG T-Shirts Available?

I’m looking for the white tee’s with red printing.

Any left?

Anthony Marks submits-

Straitsmouth Cove Landing Rockport, Mass

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Janet Rice submits-

Mother Nature creates awesome bouquets!

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Ann Kennedy writes-

In Missouri our courteous wildlife will almost always pose for a photo shoot when they amble onto your property…as these guys did.
We’ll be in Gloucester soon, but I promise to leave my mom jeans, fanny pack, and coyote at home:-)

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Melissa Cox submits-

Photo’s from The Hive Opening Saturday July 28th

ROCKY NECK CULTURAL CENTER CALL

for ART SUBMISSIONS

Another opportunity for RNAC artists!  We are seeking five to six artists to submit two to four works of art for exhibition at the Cultural Center. The four-week show, August 8 through September 4, will be up during our August 17 Cultural District Gala and “Pass the Hats” fundraising party at The Center.  And, Labor Day weekend is prime time on Rocky Neck!

Art delivery will be on Monday August 6, 12-4 PM, the works installed on August 7 and an opening reception on Sunday, August 12, 4-6 PM following the 2-4 PM Summer Artist series opening at the RNG.

If at all possible, please submit jpegs of your work (Maximum size: 48 inches) via email by Wednesday, August 1 to ease the process of selection.

A 30% commission on sales will support the Capital Campaign Fund.

Please complete the following information:

Artist Name:
Address:
Phone:
E mail:
Website:
Total number of pieces:
Special instructions:

Description of each piece:
Title:
Media:
Framed size:
Price:         Donation amount:
Jpeg: ___yes ___no

I understand that the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck and RNAC will not be responsible for damage or theft of any artwork exhibited at the Center unless preventable by reasonable means.

Signature: _____________________________________

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susan hershey writes-

Friday evening I attended the Gloucester Stage production of “Master HAROLD” and the Boys, by Athol Fugard. The audience was asked to spread the word about the play because the theatre’s usual Boston Globe coverage will not be available until the day before the show closes, Sunday, Aug. 12.

I urge everyone who loves the theatre, and is drawn to the deep complexities of human imperfections, attend this extraordinary production. The award-winning play, once banned in Apartheid-riddled South Africa, features outstanding performances by Johnny Lee Davenport, Peter Mark Kendall, and Anthony Wills, Jr. and is superbly directed by Benny Sato Ambush. This is an evening of stark emotion and complicated interactions between three South African men, two black and one white, with a history of friendship and connection through employment. The script by Athol Fugard is absolutely brilliant. In an hour and 45 minutes – with no intermission – through the use of  humor, irony, and anger, the audience experiences the anguish of recognizing that entrenched racism has affected the special relationship these three men have had since the 17-year old white man was a boy. A sense of intractability is pervasive. Although, when, at curtain call, the three men embrace, there is relief!

I left the theatre in tears, deeply moved by a feeling of hopelessness, but then uplifted by Fugard’s message which director Ambush expresses in his director’s note within the program: in the words of poet/humanist Gwendolyn Brooks, “We are each other’s harvest, We are each other’s business, We are each other’s magnitude and board.”

Please go to see this play before it closes on Sunday, August 12. The Gloucester Stage is a Cape Ann gem that must be supported. Do your part!

John John Nicastro writes-

West End Sweets:  Stop by West End Sweets for some refreshing ice cream, slush, smoothies, frappes, cupcakes and much much more….

West End Salon & Spa: Come to West End Salon & Spa- "Let us Bring Forth the Most Beautiful You." 

Primetime Party Zone:  Join us at sidewalk days for the Giant Inflatable Slide, Bounce House, Baseball All Star Slugger’s Lane, Cotton Candy, Popcorn.  Many special Combo

Packages available during the bazaar!!! 
Thank u
John John

The Gift

 

He had spent his youthful summers on Cape Ann,

but life, as it has a way of doing, took him many miles away

to a place where his kids were born and are growing up

not knowing Stage Fort, or the harbor, or the people of Gloucester.

 

They have never seen the brave souls on the greasy pole

or splashed in the Good Harbor surf, or, until this day, stood

on a rock watching the fishing boats live out the traditions of

nearly 400 years that began on this precise spot.

 

So he gave his kids a gift, one that they will remember

and cherish and make them think of him well after they

are grown and have children of their own;

a gift that only a parent can give.

 

On this lovely day in July he brought them to Gloucester

and showed them around and told them stories

of his summers in this place and gave them

a part of his life that they will keep forever.

 

© Marty Luster 2012