Even in the fog and drizzle, the pole walkers made for an exciting walk.
Tag: Greasy Pole
Greasy Pole Friday
Friday Greasy and Seine boats was so much fun. Great effort by all. Congratulations to the Santa Maria and Joey Klyce. This event is so much fun.
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Fiesta Friday Faces
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VIVA Friday
What an amazing, beautiful day Friday was. It was a little windy but so much fun.
Almost
Italian Flag colors
Mario
Got it
Little Ducky
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Winter storm flooding photos #GloucesterMA
The marshes work wonders during extreme storms
photos January 13, 2024, two hours after high tide: At the back of Good Harbor Beach over to Cape Hedge (roughly Thatcher Road between Stop & Shop, Good Harbor Beach, Long Beach, and Cape Hedge). Streets were impassable for about two hours–flooded by feet of water not inches. Barriers, DPW crews, utility and emergency crews are repairing, clearing, and pushing cars. The last time the floods breached the berm at Cape Hedge was the March 2012 storms. I was away for the prior flooding this week, and have not seen other neighborhoods today.
GMG readers shared video and photos from their views
Courtesy photos shared with GMG: Good Harbor Beach; Greasy Pole
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VIVA San Pedro 2023
Great Fiesta, the weekend was fabulous.
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Believe it or not he did not take the flag down
Photo by Adrian Hewitt abhewitt7@gmail.com
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St Peters Saturday Greasy Pole Costumes
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Leo, you knew he was going to do it
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Grimdrops Gloucester mural and hometown pride drops in a big way! | #streetart #spraypaint #publicart #ActionInc #NorthShoreCDC #GloucesterMA
August 2021 – Splash! Enjoy photographs of Grimdrops jazzy hometown portrait off the Elm Street side of Action, Inc. **new** Harbor Village apartment building in downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts. The large scale commission heralds Gloucester’s upcoming 400th celebration in 2023. The artist was born and raised in East Gloucester.
Artist: Grimdrops [Mike Grimaldi], mural artist residing and working in Salem was born and raised in Gloucester, MA.
MORE?
Hopefully NSCDSC will consider commissioning an extra add on for Grimdrops so the artist can extend his characterful water motif ideas straight to the top (and maybe add a gal for history! His vibrant notes brought Virginia Lee Burton Mike Mulligan Mary Ann and folly cove pattern references readily to mind). Come winter the mural might be visible from Chestnut Street. Bonus: if it’s topped off it will be visible year round from that vantage.
Gloucester Mural Map | Public Art
Grimdrops mural is on the map! Gloucester murals | Public art Gloucester, Massachusetts.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
grimdrops.com
About Harbor Village
Harbor Village: a new apartment building developed by Action Inc. and North Shore Community Development Coalition building on 206 Main Street at Elm. This is the second of a few public art commissions for this property via the developers’ ancillary non profit, PUNTA .
About Gloucester 400
Visit – https://gloucesterma400.org/
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Greasy pole and red sail in the fog
On Thursday the fog came rolling in, I actually like the fog.
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Fiesta expressions in the year of Covid-19 #GloucesterMA
FIESTA at the fort
St. Peter’s Club
FIESTA LONGING
aka seeing Fiesta where it isn’t
Always fiesta – Pop Gallery Main Street Gloucester MA
They had big plans to celebrate their 10th anniversary and Fiesta 2020
Fiesta blues
Fiesta and Summer Reads at The Book Store of Gloucester
Fiesta inspiration – Juni Van Dyke drawings from Italy at Jane Deering Gallery
Greasy Pole
Greasy Pole shrine
Fiesta amid Be Sargent’s EPIC mural
Drift cafe – Mario and Luigi
Virgilio’s is open
Great Read – Gail McCarthy Fiesta 2020 articles
Fiesta and Friends Forever: Celebrating a Generation of Local Women Gloucester Daily Times 6/26/2020 Grace Favazza and Rosalie Laiachino
Also Remembering those who held St. Peter’s Fiesta close to their hearts:
“…Joe Novello, the committee’s president, said he was saddened by the sheer number of names — more than 70 — this year. In recent years generally 20 to 30 names have been read.
“The St. Peter’s Fiesta Committee sends out its condolences to all those families who have lost a loved one, and their memory will be in our thoughts and prayers at this time,” he said. Among those lost this year are…
Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Daily Times
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The kid does it…He won all three this year…derrick hopkins
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GREASY POLE WALKER SIGN UP DATE THURSDAY JUNE 13TH
The St Peter’s Fiesta Committee is happy to announce that the sign ups for the 2019 Friday Saturday & Sunday Greasy Pole Contest will take place on Thursday
June 13th 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Saint Peters Club on Rodgers St.All walkers must be 18 or older,
June 13th 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Saint Peters Club on Rodgers St.All walkers must be 18 or older,
No exceptions
All walkers must pay the fee
All walkers must sign the waiver release formOnce again there will be a zero tolerance for disrespect towards any st Peters Fiesta Committee members or other walkers.
All walkers must pay the fee
All walkers must sign the waiver release formOnce again there will be a zero tolerance for disrespect towards any st Peters Fiesta Committee members or other walkers.
Good luck to all walkers, lets make this a great experience for all participants and lets make this an event that the city can always be proud of.
Let the Games begin
Viva San Pietro
The St Peter’s Fiesta & the Greasy Pole are trademarks of the St Peters Fiesta Committee.
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Bloopers and Blunders: Greasy Pole Edition
These guys. All so much fun to watch. Those winning walkers get lots of press, and rightfully so, but also worth celebrating are some of the Greasy Pole’s unsung heroes. Cheers to those who hit the water with no flag in their hands.
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Congratulations, Randy Sweet! Fiesta Sunday Greasy Pole Champion, 2018!
Another St. Peter’s Fiesta is in the books and this one ended with Randy Sweet making the winning grab for the flag. Congratulations, Randy, Sunday’s Greasy Pole Champion, 2018!
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Congratulations, Michael Sanfilippo! Saturday’s Greasy Pole Champion!
Only the 2nd walker of the first “real” round, Michael Sanfilippo grabbed the flag in what I have to believe was record breaking time.
Congratulations, Michael! Saturday’s Greasy Pole Champion!
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SCHOONER LANNON SAILING BY THE GREASY POLE
Picture perfect view of the Greasy Pole and Schooner Lannon!
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24 hours before the walkers arrive
On Thursday when I was walking near the Greasy Pole, it looked like it was resting for the walkers.
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Capt of F/V “Hard Bottom” sports Greasy Pole Tattoo
Good Morning Gloucester 