Good Morning Gloucester

Congratulations Salty Sea-Men on defending your Junior Mens Seine Boat title. Well done by Aposltes and Warri-OARS. More photos tomorrow.

The threatening skies held off for the evening and the Mens Finals for the Seine Boat races was a race worthy of a championship run. Congratulations to ZFG as well as to The Merger (2nd) and Kaos (3rd). More photos tomorrow. Rest up guys! Great race!

It’s Derek again! He won his sixth Greasy Pole flag as the second walker in the second competitive round for tonight’s Greasy Pole. More photos tomorrow but it was a great night for walking! Congratulations Derek, your talent is very special.

Delicacy…

Doug Johnson, owner of Annisquam Studios, featured Fiesta photos by Walter Bibikow and Good Harbor surfing photos by photographer Daniel Tedeschi, among others. Johnson met Tedeschi 22 years ago when he was his high school photography teacher, and he’s been a fan since! Come on down and check out this show until August 11th at 34 Leonard St.

Doug and former student Daniel Tedeschi

Bob Callahan sculptor

Fiesta photos

Betty and Rita Go To Paris-Michael Malyszko

Who: Janie Brendel & Friends: DANCES to the Music of Brahms

Time: Friday, August 2nd at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 3rd at 7:30pm

Place: Windhover Center for the Performing Arts on the outdoor stage covered by a tent

257R Granite St, Rockport, MA. 01966

Renowned modern dancer Janie Brendel and her New York City dance company Janie Brendel & Friends will be performing a portion of their complete show, “Inspired” at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts. It is a tribute to Howard Gilman, White Oak, and the dances it inspired.

Janie Brendel & Friends spent three life changing summers in residency rehearsing and creating dances at Howard Gilman’s White Oak, a 13,000 acre conservation center, wildlife preserve, and utopia for dance. The dances are all set to the music of Johannes Brahms, rooted in both its passion and compassion. The works are infused with the luxuriant beauty of this paradise, the powerful spirit of its roaming animals, and the kind generous people who worked there, the White Oak family.  This dance project is being done in the spirit of gratitude, which was the feeling generated by White Oak. They will share two and a half of the four dances, a glimpse of the entire show. The choreographers brought to White Oak were Adam Hougland and Kenny Larson. They also rehearsed and performed a piece by Peggy Baker.

At a time when both the arts and the earth are under serious threat, Mr. Gilman’s vision of dance and nature has never been more relevant. The beauty of Windhover is an ideal setting to feature these works.

Conceived by Janie Brendel

Artistic Directors for Inspired:

Janie Brendel, Roger C. Jeffrey, and Jason Jordan

Dancers:

Janie Brendel, Jennifer Golonka, Roger C. Jeffrey, Jason Jordan, Aaron Loux, Xavier Porro,

Uta Takemura

Program includes: 41 minutes

• Peggy Baker’s “Her Heart” danced to Brahms Opus 117 #1 for one dancer

• Brahms Opus 118 #5 a recording made by our pianist and Musical Director John Gavalchin

piano only, no dancers

• Adam Hougland’s Brahms Opus 91 for piano, soprano, and viola, and four dancers

• Adam Hougland, a 17-minute excerpt of his Brahms Opus 36, string sextet for 6 dancers

Tickets range from $10-$20 and can be purchased in advance at

https://windhover.org/event/janie-brendel-friends/ Or go onto the

Windhover.org website under the tab: “Performances” and follow the link.

This vehicle is currently drawing significant attention on Main St this morning. Parked in front of Caffe Sicilia probably waiting for the noon procession. Apparently built 1974 and I overheard it’s from Sicily. Much of it is wooden handiwork. Quite fascinating! Never know what you might see this weekend!

GMG Jim submits the following photos of his coverage of the watermelon eating contest and nearby kids just prior to the Pavilion Beach events last night. Looks like everyone was having a great time.

Congratulations once again to Tyler Parisi for winning the Saturday Greasy Pole competitions. A great deal of grit and determination was demonstrated out there by the walkers last night. Here’s a variety of photos showing some the of the action, near misses and victory celebrations. See you on the beach tonight!

What a story. What highs and lows for one family in one day.

A variety of photos from last night’s seine boat races. Congratulations to the winning crews for Seniors The Merger and ZFG; for the Junior Mens Warri-OARS and Apostles. Good luck later today! We’ll be watching…..