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Delmarva Quarterly
Summer 2006 • 1
VOLUME 5 NO. 1 SUMMER 2006
Contents
4 PUBLISHER’S LETTER and CONTRIBUTORS
6 ART • ROBERT L. BARNES • WATERCOLORS
8 REPORTS
Katrina’s Lessons For Delmarva - David A. Neumann
Making Farming More Profitable - Amanda Grossman
Dimming Lighthouses - T. Aaron Horner
15 RIVERS • LIFE ALONG THE LEIPSIC
This river through Delaware’s northern Kent County has long been defined
by the sleek and prolific muskrat. By Lynn L. Remly
19 ART • PLEIN AIR - EASTON!: YEAR TWO
A seven-day festival in July is bringing the nation’s finest outdoor artists
to capture the best of what is in front of them. By Gail Clark-Brodt
20 GEOGRAPHY • Major highways and public open spaces of Delmarva.
23 ART • PUNGOTEAGUE’S MOE SPECTOR
Depending on how his dreams have inspired him, Moe
Spector may work with brushes or torches. By Jim Fossett
27 OUTDOORS • COASTAL BICYCLE TRAILS BECKON
Miles of dedicated trails from Cape Henlopen to Chincoteague await riders
interested in history and wildlife. By Georgia Leonhart
28 PUBLIC OPEN SPACES • NORMAN G. WILDER WILDLIFE AREA
Managed for hunting, this 4,500-acre tract in the middle of Delaware
also hosts annual dog trials. By Lynn L. Remly
32 HUMOR • CHRIS WILDT • UNDER THE BOARDWALK
35 ARCHITECTURE • WILLIE DUPONT’S DELAWARE MONTPELIER
Bellevue Mansion in North Wilmington started out as Woolton Hall,
a Gothic Revival castle built by a wool merchant. By Janel Atlas
37 RESTORATION • DOVER’S HOLLYWOOD DINER
Gorilla Monsoon and Robert Mitchum ate breakfast here. Now it’s
reopening after renovation and a brief closure. By Gail Sobotkin
41 SCENIC BYWAYS • CHESAPEAKE COUNTRY
Delmarva’s only nationally designated Scenic Byway showcases an
authentic American experience. By Jennie Schmidt
44 ENTERPRISE • SALT HAY HARVESTING
Free and abundant, this was one of the peninsula’s first harvested crops.
In spring it was fed to cows as fodder - By Kathryn Pippin
45 ARCHITECURE • HIGH VICTORIAN IN CHESTERTOWN
The Thomas Hubbard House is a rare reminder of a prosperous
time before and after the Civil War. By Harold Hurst
46 ENTERPRISE • CROP DUSTERS: WORLD’S BEST PILOTS
Spreading seed for cover crops, and fertilizer and herbicides for
productivity, these pilots help keep Delmarva abundant. By Mary Saner
48 LITERATURE • SARAH’S HANDS • KATHY TATLER
48 PHOTOGRAPHY • ABANDONED PROPERTIES • CHRISTIE TOWERS
49 BOOKS • FINE READING FOR SUMMER • MARAH COLEMAN
52 EVENTS • June, July and August on the Delmarva Peninsula
63 CELEBRATIONS • VIENNA AND ITS 300TH
This small community along the Nanticoke River has
big plans for a two day festival in July. By Harry Rinehart
64 STRICTLY DELMARVA • PLACE NAMES AROUND DELAWARE
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Summertime Is For Being Outdoors, And Being Wary Of Hurricanes
the mid-Atlantic coast, we aren’t
As another summer spreads its
completely immune from nature
longer days and higher temperawhen she flexes her muscles.
tures across Delmarva, we are
AccuWeather, out of State College,
reminded in so many ways of why
Pennsylvania, has made a signifiour peninsula is the sweet spot of
cant business out of studying climate
the world’s sweet spot – the land of
trends – for the long term – and
pleasant living. Crabbers are sinkforecasting weather for the shorter
ing their pots into the bays and baitterm. Their forecasters know how
ing their trotlines with eels and bull
iffy the world of prognostication can
lips to catch the fat river crabs.
be yet they nonetheless issued a
Seeds of the plants that will bring us
warning early this spring. They said
corn so sweet it makes us sigh are
EARL WEST JR. PHOTOGRAPH
swelling and germinating in the
Avocets at Bombay Hook National Wildlife their studies indicate that the midAtlantic region is more vulnerable to
warming soil. Fish have already
Refuge east of Dover in Delaware.
a direct hurricane strike during this
begun to run, and so too have the
storm season than in any other years that they have studied.
thunder clouds of summer storms.
Blessed with a land of many waterways as we are, we can’t take
Summertime on Delmarva is all about outdoors. The events section of this edition of Delmarva Quarterly is filled with outdoor con- such warnings lightly. An article on page 8 of this edition chronicerts and arts and crafts exhibitions, fishing tournaments, festivals cles some of the many serious hurricanes that have struck Delmarva
that celebrate the peninsula’s unique tidewater culture and cuisine, over the past few centuries. Although we have been spared truly
and news of towns celebrating historic anniversaries such as Vienna devastating strikes in recent decades, this stretch of relatively lighter
and Chestertown – their 300ths – and Lewes with its 375th. There storms is barely the blink of an eye in geological time. We may
are so many organizations bristling with energy that want to very well be due and there are more people and homes and other
squeeze out every opportunity to take full advantage of being out- structures along our waterways now than ever before.
Armed with such foreknowledge and preparation, we will be betdoors in anyway they can on Delmarva.
All of these activities and Delmarva’s naturally favorable disposi- ter able to enjoy our Land of Pleasant Living even if nature does
tion of course continue to attract more and more visitors and new decide to test us with hurricane force winds and the associated tidal
residents. As we spread more and more across the land, we need surges that can flood thousands of square miles of our Delmarva
reminders from time to time that as sweetly as we are situated along Peninsula. – Dennis Forney, publisher
COVER PAINTING • N.C. WYETH • THE GIANT • OIL
Few paintings could be more reminiscent of the carefree joy of
summer on Delmarva than N.C. Wyeth’s classic “The Giant.” The
Chadds Ford artist was an occasional visitor to Mid-Atlantic beaches where tidal pools and cumulonimbus clouds stir great fun and
imagination. Westtown School’s Class of 1910 commissioned the
Wyeth painting in honor of classmate William Clothier Engle who
In This Issue
William Amelia, Classic Books p. 51, writes from
his home in Dagsboro, Delaware.
Janel Atlas, Bellevue Mansion p. 35, is a commercial freelance writer in Newark, Delaware.
Marah Coleman, Books p. 49, is a writer and
book dealer in Delaware and Florida.
Amanda Grossman, Chesapeake Farms p. 10,
writes from her home in Chestertown, Maryland.
Lynn L. Remly, Leipsic p. 14, Norman G. Wilder
p. 30, and Places p. 64, is a freelance writer having
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died in 1916. Engle had a passion for art and studied briefly with
Wyeth. Engle is represented in the painting by the boy in the white
hat. The other figures are based on Wyeth’s five children. “The
Giant” has been part of the art collection of Westtown School in
Westtown, Pa. since 1923. The image reproduced on the cover
was provided by Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa.
published hundreds of articles.
Chris Wildt, Humor p. 32, is a freelance cartoonist
and graphic artist living in Lewes, Delaware.
Jennie Schmidt, Scenic Byways p. 41, works for
the National Scenic Byway system.
David A. Neumann, Katrina p. 8, writes from his
homes in Berlin and Baltimore, Maryland..
T. Aaron Horner, Dimming Lights p. 12, works for
the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva
History & Culture at Salisbury University.
Gail Clark-Brodt, Plein Air p. 19, lives in Easton,
Maryland and works at the South Street Gallery.
Jim Fossett, Moe Spector p. 23, is a freelance
writer who lives near Onancock, Virginia.
Georgia Leonhart, Bicycling p. 27, is a freelance
writer who works from her home in Lewes, Delaware.
Gail Sobotkin, Hollywood Diner p. 37, writes from
her home in Dover, Delaware.
Kathryn Pippin, Salt Hay p. 44, writes about history from her home in Lewes, Delaware.
Mary Saner, Crop Dusters p. 46, is a radio writer
and producer who lives near Chestertown, Maryland.
Kathy Tatler, Sarah’s Hands p. 48, writes from her
home in Chincoteague, Virginia.
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ROBERT L. BARNES • WATERCOLORS • EUGENE MORAN (above) & ONANCOCK - Barnes is a renowned watercolor artist with work included in numerous private collections as well as the National Lighthouse Museum in
Staten Island, New York. Barnes’ watercolors capture the essence of the Eastern Shore—from the abandoned
fishing boats that dot the inland waterways to lighthouses, old piers and the simple, white wood-framed houses with worn planks and birds flying in formation overhead. Barnes’ paintings, early sketches as well as some
of the many stories of his life will be on display at the Waterline Gallery in Berlin, Maryland beginning
Saturday, June 3, 2006 with an artist’s reception and running through July 5. For more information, contact
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DELMARVA REPORTS
SUMMER 2006
KATRINA’S LESSONS
FOR THE PENINSULA
As each year passes without a
major storm, we build closer to
the water and grow more and
more complacent.
BY DAVID A. NEUMANN
H
urricane Katrina rattled me. The
reports of Gulf Coast storm surges
sweeping inland six miles or more
reminded me of Delmarva’s vulnerability to
the forces of nature. My home in Worcester
County, Maryland is only about a mile from
each of two short, lazy creeks that drain the
mainland’s low, wet eastern shore into Isle
of Wight Bay. Because this setting is similar
to many found along the Gulf Coast, I wonder what might happen if a Katrina-type
storm descended upon our peninsula?
Although there is no crystal ball for predicting storm-specific details, meteorologists, hydrologists and others routinely forecast weather events and their potential consequences. Their projections meld historic
data and observations with contemporary
measures of geography, hydrography and
atmospheric conditions. The resulting prediction might advise us of a 30 percent
chance of rain, a snowfall of eight to ten
inches or the number of tropical storms and
hurricanes anticipated during the next hurricane season.
Once a hurricane forms, forecasters carefully monitor its wind speed and direction,
barometric pressure and other factors to
estimate its strength, direction and the areas
likely to be in its path. Hurricanes are
assigned to categories depending on their
wind speed and the damage-causing
potential of their associated storm surge. A
Category I storm has wind speeds of 74-95
miles per hour (mph) and a storm surge of
4-5 feet. A Category II storm, with wind
speeds of 96-110 mph, is associated with a
storm surge of 6-8 feet. Just prior to making landfall, Katrina was a Category 4
storm with winds in excess of 140 mph and
a storm surge of 30 feet along parts of the
Mississippi coast.
Storm surges result when low barometric
pressure causes the sea surface to rise.
Under Category I conditions, sea level
might rise four feet above normal. As the
low pressure area moves on to land, the
DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPH
Storm surge associated with the infamous March storm of 1962
breached the barrier islands along the northern coast of Delmarva covering highways with up to three feet of sand. This photograph shows
Route 14 south of Bethany Beach in Delaware on March 13, 1962.
mass of water also moves ashore. If this
occurs at high tide, it will wash far beyond
the wrack that denotes the normal high
water mark. Even in our area, where the
tidal range of the coastal bays is fairly
small, about one foot, a surge of four feet
superimposed on a low tide might still inundate areas unaccustomed to immersion.
Accompanying winds and waves can drive
floodwaters further inland.
Surges can affect either or both sides of
the Delmarva Peninsula depending upon a
storm’s track. Maps produced by the
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
(MEMA) and the Hampton Roads
Emergency
Management
Committee
(HREMC) identify areas of Maryland and
Virginia, respectively, likely to be flooded
under various hurricane conditions. Not
surprisingly, a surge associated with an offshore Category I storm would wash across
the barrier islands of these states and inundate the western shores of the coastal bays.
Such storms also would be expected to
bring flooding to parts of coastal Delaware
and to the portions of Sussex and Kent
counties that hug the Delaware Estuary. A
Category I storm on a more westerly path
could immerse large swatches of
Chesapeake Bay-bordering counties in
Maryland and Virginia. The maps suggest
that a Category III Atlantic storm surge
might potentially breech Route 113 near
Newark, Maryland and Route 13 at various
places in Virginia.
The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) produces high-resolution
maps delineating where extreme flooding
might occur under conditions likely to arise
once in 100 years. Although these maps do
not specifically account for flooding associated with storm surges, they offer a conservative glimpse of what might be in store for
Delmarvans.
The maps for eastern
Worcester County are sobering. A 100year storm would flood most land east of
Summer 2006
DELMARVA REPORTS
Route 611, which leads from the Ocean
City area to Assateague Island, and would
isolate stretches of the road. Newport and
Sinepuxent Bays, which converge at South
Point, would coalesce nearly eight miles to
the north, just above Dutch Harbor. Log
Point, Windmill Point, Kelly Point and Rick’s
Point would disappear, and bay waters
would cut the roads to Truitt, Scott and
Harmon Landings, among others.
Some might scoff and say, “Well sure, this
type of flooding could happen, but these are
just guesses and besides, I’ve never seen
bay water on Route 611.”
That may be, but hurricanes have long
been an integral feature of life on
Delmarva. Colonial records attest to tempestuous hurricanes in the region during
1667 and 1683. Reports circulated in
London of a great storm that brought wreck
and ruin to Ye Kingdome of Acomack in
October 1693. Between 1667 and 1967,
Worcester County was pummeled by 45,
and probably more, coastal hurricanes.
Delaware was affected by 13 tropical
storms or hurricanes between 1933 and
1963.
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affecting Delmarva’s Atlantic coast was that
of August 22-23, 1933, which famously cut
the inlet across Assateague Island at Ocean
City. Although Ocean City attracted a small
number of summer vacationers at that time,
the formation of the inlet, providing convenient access to the ocean from Sinepuxent
and Chincoteague Bays, is often cited as the
catalyst for the fishing village’s rise as a
tourist destination. However, the same
storm largely destroyed Worcester County’s
then premier tourist destination at Public
Landing on Chincoteague Bay near Snow
Hill. Commenting on the damage at Public
Landing, an editorial in Snow Hill’s The
Democratic Messenger of August 31, 1933
noted that “... five miles of ocean beach [on
Assateague Island] has been leveled, and ...
the ocean and the bay were one.” The editorial continued that the bay spilled over its
banks and “... ocean waves for the first time
in probably hundreds of years broke upon
the mainland of Worcester...”
In Delaware, the same hurricane brought
winds estimated at 75 mph to the harbor at
Lewes. Ocean beaches in Bethany and
Rehoboth were damaged, as were streets
and buildings; 60 feet of the Rehoboth
boardwalk was washed away. Saltwater
from Delaware Bay inundated much of the
area between Lewes and Rehoboth, and
similar flooding damaged crops as far up
the bay as Kitts Hummock. The storm surge
caused flooding along the shores of Indian
River and Rehoboth Bays, and in Millsboro
and Milford. Although not storm surgerelated, in Laurel, 30 houses were under
water, and 75-feet of highway and six
bridges were carried away by floodwaters.
The Virginia portion of Delmarva felt the
August 1933 hurricane as well: six people
lost their lives, thousands of farm animals
died and thousands of acres of corn, sweet
potatoes and forage were destroyed.
Ocean
waves
washed
through
Chincoteague,
Wachapreague
and
Kiptopeke, and swept away most of the
Coast Guard stations on the barrier islands.
Telephone and telegraph service throughout
Delmarva was disrupted, and telegrams
destined for Exmore, Onley and Cape
Charles were dropped from airplanes when
the storm abated.
Delmarva’s long experience with hurricanes is historically reflected in common
sense patterns of land use. It’s no surprise
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DELMARVA REPORTS
that while fish shacks, crab and oyster houses and hunting and trapping cabins occupied many landings and marshy islands
that adorned Delmarva’s waterways, prudent farmers and watermen and their families generally established their homes on
higher ground. During the 1933 hurricane,
large numbers of crab and oyster houses
and similar structures throughout Delmarva
were lost or damaged, but few fatalities
were recorded.
As memories of the 1933 hurricane and
those that followed fade, development within low-lying coastal areas accelerate. With
each passing year more residences and
commercial buildings arise in flood-prone
areas. Increasingly stringent building codes
may create a false sense of security by suggesting that newer buildings are less vulnerable to winds and water. Katrina taught us
otherwise.
I suspect that part of the enthusiasm for
building in these vulnerable areas reflects
property owners’ perceptions that by buying flood insurance they are relieved of
much of the financial risk associated with
the structure. Katrina told us that we all
share in the human and economic costs
associated with coastal zone flooding.
Katrina also reminded us that shorelines
bordered by wetlands suffered less devastation than those lacking such features, including many protected by engineered barriers.
Wetlands efficiently dissipate wave energy,
trap eroding soil particles and are selfrenewing.
Yet along the shores of Delmarva these
valuable resources are under unrelenting
pressure from dredging and filling, shoreline hardening and runoff. In addition,
some recreational activities can uproot vegetation and resuspend sediments, burying
rather than nurturing marsh plants.
Hurricane Katrina formed and dissipated
over a period of seven days, strengthening
briefly to a Category V storm. Because hurricanes are fueled by high sea surface temperatures and other factors not typical of the
Delmarva region, MEMA and HREMC consider a Category V storm unlikely. Yet the
lessons of Katrina should not be discounted
because lesser storms, like that of 1933,
have and will continue to threaten
Delmarva’s shores. But perhaps my initial
concerns were misplaced; my house is not
in a 100-year flood zone and it sits about
15 feet above sea level.
It’s not time to move to higher ground, but
a Category III or IV storm surge could make
things dicey. DQ
SUMMER 2006
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Reston, VA.
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Chesapeake Fields Farmers
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for human consumption
BY AMANDA GROSSMAN
W
hat began as concern about the
Delmarva Peninsula’s changing
landscape, with farmers losing
land to low profit margins and rising housing developments, has materialized into
Chesapeake
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Headquartered in Chestertown, Md., the
company includes a team of six full-time
employees with one, clearly defined mission: to make farming profitable by identifying products that will allow family farmers
to remain as small business enterprises.
Simply put, if farmers are to remain an
intrinsic part of the Delmarva landscape,
they must retain greater profit shares on the
crops they grow. One of the ways to resolve
this issue is by changing the end use of the
products from low-end cattle feed, the typical use for crops in the Delmarva region, to
high-end, wholesome and delicious consumer foods. Dr. Joseph Bauer, Chief
Executive Officer of Chesapeake Fields
Farmers, has worked closely with
Chesapeake Fields Institute and the
University of Maryland to reduce this gap
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sourced from the Chesapeake Fields
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modified,
and
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methods and tracking the seeds and grains
to prevent their co-mingling with genetically altered crops.
From this work came the first line of
Chesapeake Fields’ products. Debuting in
the summer of 2005 were the Soy Gem
snack food, a soy nut roasted in sunflower
oil for optimal flavorings and moisture; a
line of gourmet flavored popcorn; and a
line of 16 Artisan Bread varieties, distributed by one route person with a delivery
van to the Chestertown, Rock Hall and
Chesapeake City areas. Since then, the
business has grown and changed in answer
to its growing consumer demands.
As a small and budding company,
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advantage in its ability to respond to consumer demands, thus raising their probabilities of remaining a steady, profitable company on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. In
response to consumer feedback, their product line and company has evolved since the
summer of 2005. With a high consumer
demand for the Artisan Bread line, over 45
varieties are now available including an
Olive Rosemary Loaf and a Sundried
Tomato and Roasted Garlic Breadstick.
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Smaller, more convenient packages of the
popcorn are now available for snacking
and younger consumers, and a new product
called Soy Saucers has been introduced as
a healthy and crunchy alternative to a fried
potato chip. A new employee, two new
delivery trucks and the addition of a freezer
in their warehouse for storage of the Artisan
Breads has increased the distribution of
products to over 100 retail stores, restaurants, caterers and other venues ranging
from Pennsylvania to Virginia.
The scope of Chesapeake Fields is not
limited to the land mass located between the
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
waters. Chesapeake Fields has looked
beyond local distribution of their product by
establishing an outside distribution network
to reach consumers in and beyond the
Delmarva Peninsula more effectively by targeting larger retail chain and convenient
stores. The Sea Salt Soy Gem variety and
popcorn line of products are now available
in six DECA (military base) commissaries
throughout Virginia, and there are plans to
open up business with other commissaries in
the future. The company also has set its eyes
on international business with a new client
on board in Taiwan for bulk packages of the
Soy Gem product.
Nearly 5,000 Delmarva acres have been
impacted in 2005 alone from these efforts.
And with several new clients on board,
Chesapeake Fields hopes to be a driving
force for turning Delmarva farms into profitable entities and preserving this region’s
agricultural integrity for years to come.
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DIMMING LIGHTS
Fate of many Chesapeake Bay
lighthouses isn’t hopeful.
BY T. AARON HORNER
O
ne feature most common to the
New England landscape is a lighthouse. Due to the rugged terrain of
its shoreline, lighthouses provided safe passage for captains and their ships. In the
Chesapeake Bay, lighthouses serve a vital
function as well. Unlike the rocky terrain
that makes up the New England shoreline,
captains may encounter a number of hazards while sailing the bay. Physical features
such as islands, shoals and narrow river
channels could have damaging effects on
ships. Weather also has a major impact on
the bay, from gusty winds to thunderstorms
to ice floes; they can make sailing conditions very treacherous. All throughout its
history, the Chesapeake Bay has seen a
large volume of commercial traffic, whether
it was the tobacco trade during the colonial
period or the seafood industry starting in
the 19th century. The profession of a lighthouse keeper was a lonely job and could be
dangerous at times. The keepers played an
important role to keep the continuous flow
of goods moving up and down the bay.
Three major types of lighthouse design used
in the Chesapeake were conical towers,
screw-piles, and caissons.
As early as 1718, Governor Alexander
Spotswood of Virginia petitioned the British
Board of Trade for the construction of a
lighthouse at the entrance to the bay; however, his request was denied. Three years
later, he proposed that a lighthouse at Cape
Henry should be constructed. Spotswood
never saw his dream come to light; construction did not start until 1774. With limited funds and a looming war, construction
came to an immediate halt. Finally, in
1789, Congress passed a bill for the completion of the lighthouse at Cape Henry, thus
becoming the first federal building authorized by the new government. In 1792, 71
years after its inception, the Cape Henry
Lighthouse was completed.
Maryland would not see its first lighthouse until 1823 with the completion of the
Bodkin Island light at the entrance to
Patapsco River. Starting in the 1820s, John
Donohoo of Havre de Grace became the
principal builder of lighthouses in the upper
Chesapeake. He built over a dozen light-
ORLANDO V. WOOTEN PHOTOGRAPH
The Point No Point lighthouse;
east of Saint Marys County,
Maryland.
houses during the second quarter of the
19th century, several of which still stand
today like Turkey Point at the head of the
Chesapeake Bay and Cove Point near
Calvert Cliffs.
Lighthouses started as conical towers built
on land near the shoreline. By the second
half of the 19th century, lighthouse construction turned to the screw-pile design. Its
name derives from the “screw” located at
the end of each wrought iron pipe inserted
into the sea bottom. Built as cottages on
stilts, these lighthouses sat on top of the piles
consisting of a central pile surrounded by
perimeter piles. They often replaced light
vessels that guarded the shallow bays,
sounds and rivers. The problem with these
structures was ice floe, a common occurrence in the bay. Several lighthouses were
torn off by ice, including Hooper Strait in
1877 and Sharps Island in 1881.
Then the caisson lighthouses started to
appear. They were more stable and long
lasting, particularly against any ice floe.
Construction consisted of submerging a
cylindrical base into the sea bottom and filling it with concrete ballast. Once completed, a lighthouse was constructed on the
caisson base. The first caisson lighthouse in
the Chesapeake Bay was Craighill Channel
Range Front Light in the Patapsco River in
1873. Other caisson lighthouses that continue to exist today include Bloody Point
near Kent Island, Sharps Island at the
entrance to the Choptank River, and
Solomons Lump near Smith Island in Kedges
Straits.
In 1910, Maryland built its last light-
house; in all, 106 lighthouses were built at
80 different locations all along the
Chesapeake Bay and her tributaries.
Afterwards, the number of manned lighthouses in the Chesapeake began to slowly
decline. One factor was erosion coupled
with the rise in sea level. This had been a
problem with the first lighthouse towers in
the 19th century, when a number of those
had been converted to screw-piles. A second factor involved the conversion of lighthouses by the U.S. Coast Guard from
manned to automated light stations. For
screw-pile lighthouses, it simply meant
demolishing the houses that sat upon the
piles and replacing them with a beacon. In
1986, Thomas Point at the entrance to
South River became the last manned lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay converted to
automated status. .
Approximately 30 lighthouses continue to
operate in the Chesapeake Bay. In 1989,
the Maryland Lighthouse Commission was
established with the passage of House Bill
148 entitled “An Act Concerning [a]
Commission to Save the Lighthouses.”
Comprised of politicians, lighthouse experts
and members of the general public, they
performed a number of activities that
included a survey of surviving lighthouses,
documentation, and technical evaluations.
Today, the Maryland Historical Trust has
continued the work started by this commission. Three other lighthouses have been
saved and moved to other locations to serve
as “learning centers”; they include Drum
Point at the Calvert Marine Museum in
Solomons, Hooper Strait at the Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, and
Sevenfoot Knoll at the Living Classroom
Foundation in downtown Baltimore. Time
may be running out for other lighthouses.
This August, Newport News Middle Ground
at the entrance to the James River will be up
for auction. Three other Virginia lighthouses
- Thimble Shoal, Wolf Trap and Smith Point
- may meet a similar fate. In Maryland, the
U.S. Coast Guard has considered tearing
down Sharps Island. In 1977, ice floe tilted
the lighthouse 20 degrees and the fear is
now that it may eventually fall completely
over. With many sailing vessels of today
being “high-tech”, i.e. equipped with
radios, radar, depth finders and/or GPS
units, the future of lighthouses on the
Chesapeake Bay may be a fading light. DQ
The Nabb Research Center at Salisbury University
has a microfilm copy of lighthouse records from the 19th
and early 20th century issued by the National Archives
in Washington and donated by John Somers of Princess
Anne.
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Summer 2006 • 13
DELAWARE MOSQUITO CONTROL PHOTOGRAPH
From the 1930s into the 1960s, vast areas of Delaware’s coastal wetlands were parallel-grid-ditched in
attempts to control saltmarsh mosquitoes, having mixed results for mosquito relief and often detrimental
impacts to wildlife habitats.
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SUMMER 2006
MUSKRAT RAMBLE: LIFE ALONG THE LEIPSIC
From the earliest Native Americans, residents of the region along this northern
Kent County river in Delaware have relied on the slick and prolific muskrat.
BY LYNN L. REMLY
W
hile not one of Delmarva’s longer
waterways, the Leipsic River in
Delaware draws with it a lot of
history - animal and human - and the two
are often tightly intertwined. Rising in
northern Kent County, the Leipsic traverses
only 15 miles of the state before emptying
into the Delaware Bay; but along its course,
a small rodent that the Native Americans
called musquash - water rat - has been
responsible for much of humans’ luck, good
and bad, over the centuries.
The small aquatic rodent, lone species of
the genus Ondatra, is found in marshes,
quiet streams, and ponds through most of
North America north of Mexico.
Resembling a large house rat but with
webbed hind feet, the muskrat’s claim to
fame comes from the musk glands that the
males use to mark their territory. Typically,
the muskrat burrows into stream banks or
makes reed huts for shelter.
The water rat was linked to the land and
its population from early times, partly as a
food source. Archaeological remains at the
“Leipsic Site” in northern Kent County hosted intermittent human settlement for more
that 10,000 years, according to Kevin
Cunningham, Archaeologist for the
Delaware Department of Transportation,
between 8000 BC and 1500 AD. Along
with rabbit, deer, birds, and fish, muskrat
was among the fresh and saltwater species
that fed the natives: “The peninsula between
the Leipsic River - which was brackish and
tidal - and the Allston Branch - which was
freshwater - provided an ideal site for
human settlement.”
Small groups came and went,
Cunningham notes, but some came to stay,
and the historic tribes of Algonquin-speaking Indians - the Nanticoke of Sussex
County and the Lenape of Kent County trace their ancestry back to the earliest
inhabitants of Delmarva.
But little musquash did more than fill bellies: he actually held center stage in many
Native American creation myths, including
the Algonquian, which Cunningham has
heard related by the local tribes.
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In this version, the old man
Nanahboozhoo has offended powerful
magicians, who have made the waters rise
to cut him off by submerging the world. He
createsa raft, on which he loads many
stranded animals, and he tells them that
with even a very little of the old, drowned
world, he could create a new world for them
all.
Otter volunteers to dive down to recover
a piece of the old world, but fails; then
beaver tries his luck, with no better result.
Finally,
muskrat
dives,
and
as
Nanahboozhoo lifts the half-drowned animal back onto the raft, he notices mud in
muskrat’s mouth and on his paws.
He
blows on the mud to dry it, and as it grows
in size, the mud becomes a new world, and
all the animals join Nanahboozhoo in taking possession. Not bad for a mammal
weighing in at 5 pounds.
Despite musquash’s revered place in the
cosmos, Native Americans used his fur for
clothing and also for trading with incoming
Europeans. Like so many mammals, the
muskrat was doomed by its shiny brown
pelt, more available and cheaper than luxury furs like mink. According to Alice
Guerrant, Historic Archaeologist for the
Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs
for the State of Delaware, “The Dutch had
the earliest lock on this area, and they were
heavily involved in the fur trade with the
local tribes.”
A
t first, the Indians caught muskrat by
wearing him down.
Fr. Paul
LeJeune, an early Jesuit missionary,
described a 1630s Native American
muskrat hunt in The Jesuit Relations and
Allied Documents (1610 to 1791). The
Indians “pursue them [the muskrats] until
they are tired out, so that they must remain
above the water a little while, in order not to
suffocate; then they knock them down with
their paddles, or kill them with arrows.”
As the muskrat became an important
trade item, trapping replaced the wild
chase. Chris Espenshade, former consulting
archaeologist for the Delaware Department
of Transportation, points out that “There are
specific words in the Algonquin language
for muskrat fur and hide, and the name
‘Nanticoke’ means trappers. After the fur
trade wiped out the beaver, the muskrat was
the baseline fur resource for Delaware.”
The deadfall trap, a balanced log that kills
the muskrat by falling on him, was the preferred method of capture even into the 20th
century.
The settlers who replaced the Dutch in the
Leipsic River Valley were mainly farmers,
Guerrant notes, but any of them living along
the coast would also have turned to fishing
and trapping. “There is a standard waterman population that harvests marsh and
water resources, like oysters, wildfowl, and
muskrat.” By 1723, the locals had founded
the town of Fast Landing on Little Duck
Creek, and they also harvested the land and
marsh.
Eventually, the commerce in muskrat pelts
caused nothing less than an economic revolution. While the beaver never recovered
from the early slaughter, the lowly water rat
continued to thrive, mainly because of his
high reproductive rates, Espenshade says.
“Another name for the muskrat is swamp
rabbit.” The trade was so important that by
1814, the colonists proudly changed their
town’s name to Leipsic, for Leipzig,
Germany, also a noted fur-shipping port.
Over time, the fur trade declined and the
town reverted to a small community of
about 200, soon to become the target of the
muskrat’s revenge. That is, the salt marshes
that fostered the profitable fur trade also
fostered legions of mosquitos - hosted by
none other than the muskrat.
The Salt Marsh Mosquito Culex salinarius, which plagues most of the eastern
United States from Maine south to southern
Florida, is susceptible to extreme cold and
can only survive the winter by hibernating.
Rather than hiding in houses like its house
mosquito cousin, however, the Salt Marsh
Mosquito overwinters in natural shelters like muskrat burrows and huts.
Mosquitos have always tormented people
and domestic animals, but it was not until
Summer 2006 • 15
again assumed his place in the order of
the turn of the 20th century that the insects
things, but he is in less danger from trapwere recognized as a serious health hazard
pers.
As late as the mid 1940s, New
as well as a nuisance. By the 1930s, medCastle’s Catherine Fox, the acknowledged
ical experts realized that mosquitos carried
“muskrat queen,” scored 10,000 pelts in
malaria and yellow fever, and indeed, both
one season, Espenshade says, but today,
diseases raged in Delaware and throughout
the game is barely worth the candle.
the southeastern states.
Muskrat pelts today might bring only $2 to
Enter the Civilian Conservation Corps,
$5 each, depending on size and quality.
created by the federal government in 1933
“The money’s just not there, and developduring the Great Depression, principally to
ment has encroached on the marshes. You
help the problem of youth unemployment
can’t just set traps on someone’s golf
but incidentally to get rid of mosquitos.
course.”
“Conservation camps were established
Yet musquash is still something of a food
throughout the United States to put young
source, being considered a delicacy in cermen to work,” notes Randy Goss, archivist
DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPH
tain parts of Delmarva. About three quarat the Delaware Public Archives in Dover.
Members
of
the
Civilian
ters of the meat of trapped animals becomes
“They worked on infrastructure and other
Conservation Corps on the marsh.
muskrat stew, braised muskrat, or muskrat
projects, and several camps in Delaware
stand the damage. “Today, we don’t smothered in onions. From December to
were dedicated to destroying mosquitos.”
Based in Leipsic as well as other towns, reclean the ditches, which take in sediment mid-March, weekly muskrat dinners in local
the Corps dug parallel grid ditches across at every high tide,” Meredith says. “Our diners and at firehouse feasts have long
most of Delaware to drain wetlands. “The current program, called Open Marsh Water been a standby.
Even these events may be a thing of the
idea was to ditch the marshes to eliminate Management, is much more environmentalthe mosquito’s habitat,” Goss says. By ly sensitive and involves selective ponding past, however, because of the weather.
December, 1935, four CCC companies had and ditching - but only in the areas where Leona Price of the Wagon Wheel Restaurant
in Smyrna - “Miss Lee” to those who know
dug almost 3,000 miles of 3-foot wide by 3- mosquitos breed.”
And the efforts are necessary for more her - notes that muskrat is very popular with
foot deep ditches, separated by 150 feet.
However, according to Bill Meredith, pro- than just summer comfort. While early older residents, “those who used to get it in
gram administrator for the Delaware colonists were scourged by mosquitos car- wintertime without having to pay a lot for
Mosquito Control Section, a part of the state rying malaria and yellow fever, eastern it.” Served with home fries and stewed
Fish and Wildlife Agency, the ditching was equine encephalitis has always been and tomatoes, fried muskrat was a staple of the
not especially effective in eliminating mos- continues to be a problem, Meredith Tuesday night menu at the Wagon Wheel,
quitos. “The parallel grid system was emphasizes. “The disease affects horses but a stretch of warm winters has kept trapplanned by engineers, not by biologists; the and humans, and the mosquito is the vector. pers from venturing into the marsh. “It’s
plans were drawn up in an office and hand- It’s a very virulent disease, with a 30 percent only a short season, and the temperature
ed to work crews, but neither group actual- fatality rate in humans.” In addition, West has to be down in the ‘teens - a lot colder
Nile virus, first reported in the state about than it’s been.”
ly understood the mosquito problem.”
Along with the demand for fur, the taste
Meredith explains that the marsh mosqui- six years ago, is spread by a different mosfor muskrat meals is waning too. Of Miss
to lays its eggs in mud in the high marsh quito but no less of a danger.
With the new methods for mosquito con- Lee’s five children, only her youngest son
areas where flooding is intermittent. The
biweekly or so flooding of the area hatches trol, the wetlands are slowly reverting to still eats it, though Cunningham notes that a
the eggs, but without bringing in fish that what they were. The little water rat has colleague has often held a office muskrat
party, parboiling and frying up
would eat the resulting larvae.
dinner for his mates. “It tastes
“The lady marsh mosquito isn’t stukinda like chicken, but with a
pid,” he notes. “The low marsh is
gamey flavor.” Guerrant has also
always wet, and fish eliminate the
tried muskrat, at the Port Penn
mosquitos there, so she sticks to the
Firehouse, but hasn’t exactly made
high ground.”
it a staple of her diet.
The grid system, however, covHistory is usually written in terms
ered high and low marsh, and the
of generals and wars - gallant cav150-foot
spacing
actually
alry charges and brave defenses of
destroyed the helpful fish by drainbeleagured forts. But the history of
ing ponds. Overall, the CCC’s
the Leipsic River demonstrates that
ditching program had unforeseen
much smaller forces, often right at
implications for the environment in
our feet, are at play in determining
general, reducing the muskrat popsettlement, economics, and culture.
ulation and causing the loss of
If nothing else, the tale of
habitat for invertebrates, watermusquash and his impact on the
fowl, wading birds, and shorebirds.
course of Kent County life should
In Delaware, these ditches were
University of Delaware historians have
teach us to look for history closer to
maintained up until the mid 1960s,
made detailed sketches of marsh tools.
home. DQ
when scientists began to under-
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RICHARD DORBIN • PARAGON LIGHT PHOTOGRAPH
Scott Yeager competed in the first Plein Air-Easton competition and has been invited to participate again.
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DELMARVA ART
SUMMER 2006
PLEIN AIR - EASTON READY FOR YEAR TWO
Several day festival in July offers artists and collectors the chance to watch
“the best of what is in front of them” captured forever with paints and paper.
BY GAIL CLARK-BRODT
I
t used to be that “California, Here I
Come” was the theme song for painters
who wanted to participate in a well-run
plein air festival. No more. Artists from all
over the country are following the jet stream
to the East Coast - specifically Easton,
Maryland - for an opportunity to shine in
Easton’s celebrated plein air competition.
Plein Air-Easton!, a jewel of a competition in its 2005 inaugural year, was the
brainchild of Nancy Tankersley, artist and
owner (with her husband Carl) of the South
Street Art Gallery in Easton. Last year, the
participating artists found it hard to believe
this was a startup event. Almost every contingency was anticipated, and the few suggested improvements are already in place
for the 2006 event scheduled for July 1016.
Nancy’s idea actually grew from many
“seeds.” In 2004, having just purchased
the South Street Art Gallery in Easton,
Nancy was in Carmel, California, a center
for the popular plein air movement on the
west coast, and was struck by the similarity
between Carmel and Easton. She saw
Easton in a new light. Having an art competition here in Easton had been a distant
plan, but the idea sprouted wings upon her
return.
Once back in town, she contacted Chris
Brownawell of the Academy Art Museum
and Joyce Zeigler as well as others who
were active in the plein air movement.
Knowing a plein air festival would bring
business to the town, Nancy also
approached Al Bond, of the Economic
Development Office of Easton, who was
immediately enthusiastic. Al approached
local businessmen for seed money and Tim
Dill responded generously. Gallery owners
and local artists were also contacted for
ways to make the festival successful.
Nancy’s idea became a concrete plan,
funding appeared, and the festival was
born.
But it took even more for the plein air festival to be the rich success that it was.
Easton itself took a starring role. Artists
came from throughout the country because
the town is historic and picturesque. They
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came because it offered a wide variety of
potential subjects in the village, in its industrial sites, and in the marine and pastoral
settings at the town edges. They came
because Nancy Tankersley and the organizers had done their homework. The old and
grand Tidewater Inn, the prestigious
Academy Art Museum, and the exciting
offerings at the Avalon Theater fleshed out
the competition with their own contributions.
Of course, without active, educated, and
skilled volunteers, the road to the event’s
ultimate success would not have been as
smooth.
Maybe you were in Easton for the Plein
Air Festival in 2005. Maybe you had
planned to attend for weeks, or perhaps
you had just happened upon it as a visitor.
Either way, you were compelled to stay,
because no event like it had ever happened
before in Easton. Throughout downtown,
on Washington and Harrison Streets, and
even in the quieter parts of Easton - at
Peachblossom Creek, the Port Street dock,
and in Idlewild Park - artists were standing
in front of canvasses on easels, intent and
focused, but friendly to those of us who
were passers-by. We hoped they wouldn’t
mind when we stood behind them and
looked over their shoulders. We wondered
if there was some unwritten protocol about
that. But look we did. And later we went
inside to look at the works for sale that had
been so magically completed out on the
street, right before our eyes.
You have another chance to be
enthralled. Write down July 10-16 in your
day-timer or on a not-to-be-misplaced
piece of paper.
And when you come, go ahead and look
over the artists’ shoulders while they work.
Plein air artists will capture the essence of a
subject in a matter of hours, even minutes.
They can evaluate a countryside scene or
townscape and swiftly extract those elements that have drawn them to paint that
particular subject.
Then, with a practiced hand, they can
simplify and render a scene in such a way
that we, the viewers, will make an instant
emotional connection.
As you look up from the painting to the
subject beyond the artist, you may see a
shady brick sidewalk, a moment being
savored by a couple at a street-side café, or
reflections of trees on the river. This is painting en plein air; the now popular term is a
French phrase meaning “in the open air.”
But painting en plein air is different from
painting in the studio where conditions are
unchanging.
Many artists do both. Tankersley says it
wasn’t until she began painting with the
Washington Society of Landscape Painters
in 2000 that she began to appreciate the
importance of plein air painting. For many
years a studio portrait painter, and now
combining figurative and landscape in her
work as well, Nancy says that plein air
painting is more challenging and instructive. “Because of the rapidly changing conditions of light and weather, the artist learns
to pick and choose and to become master of
the painting, rather than just a dutiful
recorder.”
While watching an artist painting out of
doors, and if you are a truly engaged
observer, you can feel the artist’s emotion
and energy as the subject is transferred
through brush or palette knife onto a canvas
or board. The lights and shadows are fleeting in real life, but caught forever by the
artist. The hues and values in the scene
before the artist will slip away momentarily,
but at the instant the artist captures them,
they belong to eternity, to be enjoyed over
and over again.
The artist sees the best in what is in front
of him or her, unlike the camera, which
records everything without emphasis or
emotion. This is why a good painting
touches one’s heart and soul. The artist preserves what is often most remembered
about a place or mood, an event, or perhaps a person.
This is one reason why people become
collectors of art. Although some buy paintings as a financial investment, for many the
art they buy is a personal artistic diary of
what they value in life and a record of their
lifetime experiences. DQ
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THOMAS C. MAYERS III PHOTOGRAPHS
Moe Spector works on one of his two-dimensional pieces in his Pungoteague studio in Virginia.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA ART
SUMMER 2006
AN ARTIST OF MANY DIMENSIONS
Depending on how his dreams have inspired him, this Pungoteague, Virginia
artist may work with pens and brushes or torches and saws.
BY JIM FOSSETT
A
resident of the Eastern Shore since
the age of five, artist Moe Spector
lives alone with his artwork, a dog
named Pancho, and a forgotten cemetery in
the sleepy town of Pungoteague, Virginia.
Sycamores, the name given his plot of
land in 1677, is a good place for him to
retreat, to dream, and to be inspired by
dreams.
His homestead preserves a mysterious life
force that seeks him out and wraps around
him as he rummages about. And, the
grounds whisper to him in the way centuries-old grounds can whisper - from the
deep throats of two rundown, roguish-looking sheds, four dilapidated barns, and a
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pair of stubborn silos, one of them cursed
and graced, top to bottom, by a thick latticework of poison ivy.
Today, Spector keeps two part-time jobs for the pure love of being in the Great
Outdoors - one building docks and breakwaters, and the other conducting surveys
for a local timber company. At the age of
fifty-something, though an artist at heart, he
wears the look of a rugged outdoorsman.
He stands about six feet tall. He’s blueeyed and big-boned. His forearms are
massive. He’s compact, sure-footed, stronglegged.
His most extraordinary features are his
huge hands, which show like a common
laborer’s, but behave like a surgeon’s, in the
way a surgeon must touch with forethought,
precision, and gentility. Both the hammer
and the rose rest comfortably in Spector’s
grip.
If you pose Spector beside any piece of
his work, it is difficult to see if there is any
correlation between the artist and the art.
Why would a brawny type like Spector, for
example, be interested in painting cartoonlike mermaids, or tiny, comical looking
spaceships, or elaborate trees drawn with
excruciating detail, then topped by
canopies leafed with seashells and female
stick figures?
Why would a moody-lumberjack type,
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who likes to drink beer
with his buddies and
watch football, want to
sculpt a perfectly proportioned,
Saint
Bernard-sized horse out
of resin, stick a fist-size
head on its neck, and
then paint the horse’s
back with a woman,
hair blown back, hanging on for dear life - and
looking to get somewhere fast?
Whimsy, he’ll tell you.
A lot of his work is just
whimsy. In Spector’s
mind, life is one, long,
whimsical trip on a
spaceship, which could
be a house, a car, a
truck, our planet, or our
human bodies themselves.
Spector’s art, his
clearest
inspirations,
come from early morning dreams, but dreams
and a penchant for
whimsy only explain
some of his work, not all
of it.
He also plies wood,
stone, and metal into
works of art that
become, well, whatever
it is in him that cannot
be called dreamy or
whimsical.
At an open house for
artisans in Onancock’s
Ker Place one year, he showed up in his
truck with a 200-pound seashell he’d
carved out of a piece of cherry: a moon
snail, the height of a barbecue grill. There
wasn’t an angle or a curve out of place.
At a friend’s store in Onancock hangs
another piece, a huge scallop he carved out
of a cherry tree, a spectacular example of
Spector’s hawk eye and his ability to render
perfect symmetry with the crudest of tools.
Though the scallop is the diameter of a trash
can lid, it looks no different than what you
might pick up on a beach.
Spector’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures represent a mindboggling array of
expressions that belie the artist’s love for
shape and form. Decidedly, Spector likes a
good line, the quality in his work that never
fails to draw the viewer in for a good long
look and, unlike some art, most always
summons up a smile and a good feeling.
Though his labors of love are impossible
to pigeon-hole into one category or another, his large-scale wooden flags, conceived
to represent whimsies instead of sovereign
states, and his double-eyed crows, branded
with two eyes on the same side of their
heads, are what many people recognize as
Spector trademarks, though these days, he’s
gotten away from crows to move on to other
things.
On a typical working day, he sits for
hours alone at his studio drawing table with
a cup of coffee and a drawer full of pens,
brushes, paints, pencils, and inks. He
begins by doodling, to try and capture the
image in his mind’s eye that he wants to create.
Other days, he heads outside to work in
an ancient, open-faced barn, a classic
statement of aging, period architecture with
a dirt floor, and wide planks with gaps in
between that let in
streams of soft, summer
light.
In that barn, he works
- until his back muscles
scream and his hands
freeze up. For as many
as 10 hours at a stretch,
he loses himself in an
area jumbled and
strewn with things you
imagine were once in
Michelangelo’s workshop. The lot of it, he’ll
tell you, is mostly junk,
but the most intriguing
junk you’ve ever seen,
the stuff of a rightbrained inventor and a
Renaissance man.
Peppered between
the junk piles, everywhere you look, are
slabs of steel and
chunks of stone and
lengths of wood. Lying
on benches and atop
tree
stumps
he’s
dragged inside the
barn, are his tools, the
tools of a woodworker,
a machinist, and a
quarryman that have
become his tools, the
tools of an artist: pneumatic chisels and drills,
sledge hammers, torches, vices, saws, rasps,
and overhead hoists
rigged with chains.
The sight of it conjures up the picture that this place belongs
to a working man’s artist, a stubborn anarchist who grapples with himself by grappling with the raw elements - metal, rock,
and hardwood ~ in search of purpose,
form, and message, be that message just a
whimsy or a dream.
To many, Moe Spector is a cantankerous,
prideful backwoodsman from whose
expressive hands come works of art that
chuckle and grin, or sing with grace and
elegance. But he is also an artist who loves
being an artist first and foremost, one of the
chosen few on the Eastern Shore who has,
without compromise, followed his True
North.
Spector’s work can be viewed at Bishop’s
Stock in Snow Hill, Maryland; in New York
City at Frank Miele Galleries; and at several shops in downtown Onancock on
Virginia’s Eastern Shore. DQ
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GEORGIA LEONHART PHOTOGRAPHS
Assateague’s wild ponies can appear at any time, allowing cyclists and hikers to stop and enjoy the experience. On bicycle, or on foot, it’s easier to interact with the surroundings.
Summer 2006
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Miles of dedicated trails from Cape Henlopen to Chincoteague await riders
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T
he sun rises and the air has that crispness it saves for the start of each day.
The beach cruisers wait in the garage
inviting a ride. Miles of trails dedicated to
hikers and cyclists entice riders to enjoy
pine forests, gigantic oaks, marshlands and
sandy shores.
The Great Delmarva Bicycling Trail map
will help in choosing a destination.
Published by Delmarva Low Impact Tourism
Experiences (DLITE), 10 Eastern Shore
counties, the Maryland Coastal Bays
Program and the Center for the Inland Bays
in Delaware united in a two-year effort to
create the map.
The Great Delmarva Bicycling Trail is a
network of roads that covers more than
2,000 miles and connects more than 70
parks, wildlife refuges and public lands -
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Measuring 27 by 39 inches, most of the
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Assateague Island state and national parks,
and Virginia’s Chincoteague National
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Enter Cape Henlopen where cyclists can
loop around the park on bike trails that lead
to a fishing pier and a World War II obser-
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lands. The Delaware Beakwater lighthouse
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on bikes. Those who need a bike can leave
a driver’s license at the park’s Seaside
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Get a park trail map at the park office, and
others such as the free Bicycle Touring in
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Debi and Thomas Brocht of Baltimore stay in Ocean City and make day
trips to Assateague to bike and enjoy the sand dunes and wildlife.
http://www.deldot.gov/static/bike/biking_de.html, which provides links to events,
maps and bike laws.
Excitement grows when moving on to visit
the barrier island of Assateague, famous for
its bands of wild ponies.
Part of Assateague is in Maryland and
part is in Virginia. Maryland’s portion is
under the jurisdiction of two different entities - the State of Maryland and the
National Park Service. The ponies are the
same, but the rules are different.
Come in on Route 611 and cross scenic
Verrazano Bridge over the Sinepuxent Bay
to enter Maryland’s Assateague State Park.
Use the lot just past the Barrier Island Visitor
Center, before you cross the bridge, to park
your vehicle and ride in on your bike.
Assateague State Park does not charge
cyclists to enter.
Follow the bike trail through the state
park along Bayberry Drive for approximately 2.5 miles, and explore a new trail
added this past winter that goes through the
state park camping area.
Join visitors, like Debi and Thomas Brocht
of Baltimore, who for years have been traveling to Ocean City and making day trips to
Assateague to bike.
“We just watched a herd of ponies and
there are deer right around that bend,” Tom
Brocht says, pointing to the trail he had
entered from.
“And the egrets,” Debi reminds him. “The
sand dunes and the sheer beauty of it all.
This is why we come here.”
The benefits of riding a bike in the park
are many. Three wild ponies race onto a
sandy patch of beach, rearing and galloping in sheer celebration of life. Cyclists stop
and savor nature’s show. But the roads are
marked to prohibit motor vehicles from
stopping, and park rangers immediately
appear to ensure that the signs are obeyed.
A once-in-a-lifetime experience is reduced
to a fleeting glance through a car window.
When leaving the state park and entering
Assateague Island National Seashore,
cyclists are stopped at an entrance station
and charged $3 per bike, per person to
enter and ride. Turn back towards the state
park or pay the fee to continue riding the
bike trail for almost two more miles near
Bayberry Drive. You may also ride down
two roads to reach the Sinepuxent Bay
(parts of which are viewable from the state
park bike trail). If you need a bike you can
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hour, $20 per day, $30 overnight and $45
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For additional information about the
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410-641-3030 or visit www.nps.gov/asis.
Don’t miss a trip to the Chincoteague
National Wildlife Refuge, or the short drive
through Chincoteague Island to get there.
Crossing
Chincoteague
Bay
onto
Chincoteague Island takes you into a world
reminiscent of what the Maryland and
Delaware shores used to be 40 years ago.
Trees are taller than buildings, traffic passes
at an easy pace, and people say hello
before they ask you a question.
Use the no fee parking area for vehicles
located just before the entrance and pedal
into the Chincoteague refuge for free. The
beautiful vistas, migratory birds, ponies and
other wildlife cast their spell as you ride
approximately seven miles of paved and
hard packed gravel trails for hiking and
biking.
Pause along the 3.25-mile wildlife loop
where it is common to see dozens of ponies,
piping plovers, warblers, and falcons. With
luck you may spy a bald eagle. The loop is
dedicated to hikers and bikers until 3 p.m.,
when vehicles are allowed until dusk.
The Chincoteague refuge doesn’t provide
bikes, but public rentals are available on the
island. Check out the Bike Depot & Beach
Outfitters located by the entrance to the
refuge. Several Chincoteague ponies in an
outdoor corral greet approaching visitors
and you may find two attentive high school
students, Amanda McDermott of Pocomoke
and Dale Spilker of Chincoteague, working
at the shop. With over 200 bikes to choose
from, and rental prices lower than those on
Assateague Island National Seashore, the
Bike Depot can be contacted at 757-3365511.
Call
757-336-6122
or
visit
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/chinco/visitor.htm for additional information about the
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Don’t overlook the 3.6 mile-long Junction
& Breakwater Trail between Lewes and
Rehoboth. Close to all of Delaware’s beaches, but not included on the DLITE map, the
12-foot wide trail follows the former Penn
Central Rail Line that carried people to
resort camps along the coast.
Ride the trail surrounded by gigantic oaks
and pine trees. From two bridges, a
restored 80-foot long railroad bridge at
Holland Glade that was built in 1913, and
the other at Wolfe Glade, watch the coastal
wetlands and enjoy the view of another
World War II observation tower.
To access the trail east of Route 1 take
Munchy Branch Road to Wolfe Glade Road
and park at the Wolfe Neck parking lot. For
more information about the Junction &
Breakwater
Trail
visit
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Destination chosen, get those bikes out of
the garage and enjoy the day. DQ
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DELMARVA PUBLIC OPEN SPACES
SUMMER 2006
NORMAN G. WILDER WILDLIFE AREA
Managed for hunting, this area in Central Delaware includes a 10-mile trail.
BY LYNN L. REMLY
I
f it’s true that good things come in small
packages, then a ramble through the
4,818-acre Norman G. Wilder Wildlife
Area south of Dover, Del., is an unexpected
treat.
The narrow spine of upland runs north
and south, splitting the state’s central and
southern coastal plain and dividing the
watersheds of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Bays.
Formerly known as the Petersburg
Wildlife Area, the locale on the divide now
bears the name of the noted biologist and
conservationist who was named director of
the Delaware Game and Fish Commission
in 1948 and in 1970 became the assistant
to the secretary of Delaware’s newly-formed
Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control.
“Our principal purpose is managing the
area for hunting,” according to Wayne
Lehman, Fish and Wildlife Regional
Manager for the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources, “but that entails improving the habitat for all kinds of wildlife.” In
particular, wetland creation and restoration
improves the habitat for amphibians, fish,
and wading and shorebirds, Lehman notes.
“We are always acquiring land, mostly
adjacent to our current holdings. We’re
interested in keeping the land from being
developed.”
Peace and quiet are an important offer-
ing for visitors who hike the easy 10-mile
trail curling from the Delaware Bay watershed through the Chesapeake side of the
subdivide and back onto the Delaware Bay
side. It is an upland forest featuring mistletoe, holly, and clubmoss among the tall trees
and dense undergrowth. Though the
upland swamp and heavy vegetation inhibit easy passage, logging and fire roads permit access for hikers.
Traditionally, the Petersburg area offered
bridle trails as well, something that is unusual in park facilities. “Our principal concern
in maintaining the tradition is conflict with
other uses, especially hunting. Riding a big
brown animal in deer hunting season isn’t
such a great idea,” Lehman notes. “The
hunters pay for the land, so we’re careful to
provide what they need.”
Dog training and bird dog field trails are
two of the activities that make Wilder different from other state parks and forests. Bird
dog training is allowed on all designated
areas except during the firearm deer season, and about a dozen trials are offered
during the year. “People come from all over
the world to take part in and watch the trials of all sorts of dogs - setters, pointers,
vizshlas, brittanies, and others,” Lehman
says.
In addition to offering off-season work,
field trials offer practical demonstrations of
a dog’s ability to perform, in the field, the
functions for which it was bred. Field events
vary according to the breed’s function, but
in each case the dogs compete against each
other for placements and points toward
their championships.
Horses are very much in evidence at each
meet, since judges and owners need to ride
out to watch the dog’s movement - something difficult to do on foot or from a vehicle. Stables associated with the park’s
lodge house the equines during a meet.
Spectators are welcome, and horses aren’t
necessary to see much of the action; even
non-hunters can appreciate the talent and
skill of these highly-trained canines.
For those who hunt with a camera, the
trails aid in birdwatching and photography.
Lehman notes that the area’s large tracts of
undisturbed forests are especially inviting to
certain birds, like the migratory warbler
and the pileated woodpecker. “The hiking
trails are ideal for nature photography.” DQ
IF YOU GO: From Dover, go south on U.S. 13 for
8.3 miles to the village of Canterbury, then right onto
Road 32, 0.7 mile to the intersection with Roads 108
and 240 in the hamlet of Viola. Continue across the
intersection onto Road 108, crossing the railroad tracks,
and drive 1.1 miles to a stop sign. Turn right and continue on Road 108 for 0.5 mile to the Norman G. Wilder
Wildlife Area headquarters building and workshop on
the right. No visitor center. For maps of trails, see
www.dnrec.state.de.us\fw. For information, call 302284-1077 or 302-632-7022 (cell). For location, please
see Delmarva peninsula map on page 20, item No. 6.
EARL WEST JR. PHOTOGRAPH
An Eastern Bluebird perches on a nesting box at the Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area southwest of Dover.
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PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF BELLEVUE STATE PARK
Willie duPont Jr. enjoyed the privilege of growing up in Montpelier - the original home of President James
Madison in Virginia - and in this mansion in North Wilmington. When he inherited the Woolton Mansion from
his father, he restored the structure and altered its external appearance to resemble that of Montpelier. He
then renamed the mansion overlooking the Delaware River: Bellevue. It is pictured front (above) and rear.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA ARCHITECTURE
SUMMER 2006
WILLIE DUPONT’S VERSION OF MONTPELIER
Bellevue Mansion in North Wilmington started out as Woolton Hall, a Gothic
Revival castle. Now renamed and restored, it’s a Neoclassical specimen.
BY JANEL ATLAS
K
aycee Conallen peeked over the open
stairway down into the expansive
foyer of Bellevue Hall. Her wedding
dress, a strapless A-line gown with a pale
pink sash, swished as she descended the
stairs. She was ready to enjoy her wedding
reception.
Kaycee and her groom, Brian Conallen,
rented the mansion at Bellevue State Park in
Northern Wilmington for their April 2005
wedding, and it’s not hard to see why they
fell in love with the venue.
“Bellevue has such a warm and charming
feeling to it. When we first visited, we felt
that it was a place for family and friends to
gather,” says Kaycee. “Banquet halls and
hotel ballrooms tend to all look the same
and there is little chance to step outside. But
Bellevue and the beautiful gardens were
very unique and gave us the opportunity to
be inside as well as outside, if the weather
cooperated.”
The Conallens’s reception, which included
more than 225 people, is far from the first
formal event held at Bellevue. The estate has
a long and storied history.
Hanson Robinson, a wool merchant, built
the 42-room house. Starting in 1855,
Robinson spent more than $100,000 to
build Woolton Hall, a three-story Gothic
Revival castle. It was a maze of turrets and
octagonal rooms, nooks and swirling staircases.
In 1893, William S. DuPont purchased
the estate, which commands a view of the
Delaware River to the southeast.
DuPont split his time among his estates in
London, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and
Wilmington, but spent much of his time at
Woolton Hall while he was heavily involved
in the DuPont Company. His son, William
DuPont, Jr., had the luxury of growing up in
the quirky manse, as well as in Montpelier,
the home of James Madison, Jr., the fourth
President of the United States.
Willie adored the beautiful 2,750-acre
Montpelier, so when he inherited the family’s Wilmington estate, he decided to recreate his boyhood home. Over the next few
years, Willie remodeled the mansion so that
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it bore only a passing resemblance to the
original structure. In essence, Willie reconstructed his very own Montpelier in
Delaware, renaming it Bellevue Hall.
The neoclassical style of the Hall is evident from the exterior. As a visitor
approaches from the front of the house, the
eye is drawn upwards to the temple front,
held up by four Doric columns. The massive
entranceway frames an equally impressive
central lobby.
To the left once
one enters the
lobby is the formal
library. The elegant
room is paneled in
dark wood and
measures
850
square feet. The
DuPont family used
the room as a living room, according to Jean DuPont
Shehan, Willie’s
daughter.
Another first-floor gem is the Crystal
Dining Room in the back of the house. This
room is an elongated oval, and the high
walls are painted salmon pink and topped
by extravagant trim.
“I asked Jean DuPont Shehan if her family ate in the dining room very often. She
replied that the family ate dinner there
every day,” shares Judi Jeffers, facility manager at Bellevue State Park. “I can only
imagine how empty the room must have
looked [with only a handful of people eating at the long table]” In contrast, the room
has a 50-person capacity for events.
All of the woodburning fireplaces were
updated to gas, says Jeffers. “We had more
than 80 events at Bellevue last year,” she
says, and guests need comfort for meetings
and special events.
Willie himself added many amenities to
the property during his 37-year stay. His
second wife, Margaret Osborne, was a
Wimbledon tennis champion and pursued
her tennis career while living at Bellevue.
For her, Willie built eight outdoor clay
courts.
The massive outbuildings and grounds
Willie built proved too daunting for his children, who decided to sell Bellevue estate
when Willie died in 1965. For various reasons, the property stayed vacant until the
mid-1970s. At that time, land developers
became interested.
Public pressure for state acquisition grew
as developers licked their lips over the
prime location and beautiful grounds.
Finally, in 1976, the Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control purchased the estate.
A great deal of restorative work had to
be done to get the property back into shape
for the public. This massive task is still
underway, according to Jeffers. “For example, we needed to replace the roof, which
was originally a copper roof. But that would
have carried a $1 million price tag. Instead,
we installed a pipe roof that imitates the
look of copper, and that decision saved us
almost half a million dollars.”
Next on Jeffers’s wish list? Redoing
Willie’s bedroom on the second floor. The
huge room boasts large windows with views
both of the Delaware River and the
Horseshoe Garden. But the cost of fixing up
the room would be close to $100,000.
But in the meantime, Bellevue offers a fascinating glimpse back at the DuPont era
and the tastes of reclusive Willie DuPont.
The furniture, art, antiques, and colors
found throughout the house capture the
refined opulence of the 1930s and 1940s.
It’s a unique piece of Delaware history,
open and available to the public for visits
and functions.
“Bellevue is not a space but a place,”
says Conallen about why she chose to hold
her event there. “The house has a lot of
character and charm.” DQ
If you go: Open daily 8 a.m. until sunset year-round.
The State Park is located off I-95 in Wilmington,
Delaware. Take Exit 9 (Marsh Road). The entrance is on
Carr Road. A park entry fee is charged daily from May
1 through October 31. To find out about the schedule for
regular tours of Bellevue Hall, call 793-3046. If you’re
interested in renting the space, call the facilities office at
761-6952.
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GAIL SOBOTKIN PHOTOGRAPHS
Michael Gklotsos, below, has updated Dover, Delaware’s classic Hollywood Diner and planned to reopen the
landmark in May.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA RESTORATION
SUMMER 2006
HOLLYWOOD DINER GETS A CURTAIN CALL
A landmark in Dover, Delaware - where Gorilla Monsoon and Robert Mitchum
have both eaten breakfast - is reopening after a brief closure.
BY GAIL SOBOTKIN
L
ong before fast food restaurants formed
an unbroken chain along US 13 in
Dover, Delaware, the Hollywood Diner
was a local landmark and icon. After half a
century of continuous service, its doors were
abruptly closed this past September. Owner
Bud Jarboe cited rising costs as the reason
for the closure. In a few brief words spoken
to reporters, he eloquently summed up his
dedication to the diner: “It’s been my life for
22 years.”
Until his wife’s death in 2002, the
Hollywood was a family-run establishment,
and it always had a reputation for good
food at reasonable prices.
A true diner is a prefabricated structure
built at an assembly site and transported to
a permanent location. The Fodero Dining
Car Company manufactured the Hollywood
Diner, in 1954. This time period is considered by many to be the “golden age of diners” and has become a part of pop culture
(think of the TV sitcom, “Happy Days”).
A stunning picture of the Hollywood
Diner can be seen in “Delaware
Photographs,” a pictorial book by
renowned photographer, Jake Rais. The
diner is an architectural example cf the stylistic features that were popular in the ‘50s,
and were meant to attract passing
motorists. It has a stainless steel exterior
with rounded edges and many large windows.
When the building was installed on its
current site, the property was north of town;
during the past five decades Dover has literally grown up around it, and it’s now in
the heart of Dover. The city is Delaware’s
capital and is also home to Dover Downs
and NASCAR races.
Dover residents were saddened when the
diner shut down, but the Hollywood will get
a curtain call soon, hopefully in time for this
year’s races. The new owner, Michael
Gklotsos, planned to reopen it in May and
will be giving out free appetizers to those
who order a meal.
The locals are eagerly anticipating the
Hollywood’s comeback, and are hoping
that the service will be as friendly as it was
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before. They should be pleased by the
changes that Mr. Gklotsos has made to the
interior, because he’s been careful to retain
the diner’s original character, while updating its decor. There are new benches and
seats.
Hanging baskets filled with flowers traverse the length of the mirrored ceiling, and
the chrome trim has been polished to a high
shine. The owner also plans to build a 60
foot by 28 foot addition to the south side of
the building, which will feature the same
stainless steel exterior as the current, vintage structure.
The diner is a true piece of roadside
Americana, and simply learning its history
makes one feel nostalgic. At the original
grand opening, male patrons sported ducktail hairstyles, females wore poodle skirts,
and the jukebox played songs like “Rock
Around The Clock”, “Earth Angel”, and
“Heartbreak Hotel”. Dover was a small
town then, and the opening of the diner was
an exciting event. The waitresses knew
many of the customers by name, even
before they came in to eat. The diner also
attracted GIs from nearby Dover Air Force
Base, who had recently returned from the
Korean War.
Through the years, some famous people
have been patrons. Notables include actor
Robert Mitchum - who lived in Felton before
becoming a movie star, country music
singers Kitty Wells and Ronnie Milsap, professional wrestler Gorilla Monsoon, and
Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken
fame.
During the Civil Rights era, a group of
black students from Delaware State College
held a sit-in at the diner. In the early ‘60s,
most eating establishments in the state of
Delaware didn’t serve Negroes, and Jim
Crow laws, on the books since the end of
the Civil War, still made it legal for public
places to discriminate against Negroes.
According to Littleton Mitchell, who was
president of the NAACP at the time the sitin took place, several white teachers joined
the students, and the protest was non-violent. As expected, management refused to
serve the students. They were arrested and
later released without bail.
When asked if the diner began serving
Negroes after the above incident, Mitchell
said: “No, first we had to change the law.
Once the public accommodations bill was
passed (signed by Governor Elbert Carvel
in December, 1963), blacks began to be
served. I’ve been to the Hollywood Diner
since then, and was treated well.”
In recent years, advertisers singled out
the Hollywood because they wanted to use
its wholesome setting to promote their products. Full page ads were photographed on
site, and ran in magazines such as “Field &
Stream” and “Sports Illustrated”. Several
college movies, a Sears Die Hard battery
commercial and a Gore-Tex commercial
were also made there.
While famous customers created occasional excitement in Dover’s Hollywood, it
was the loyal, regular customers who
formed the diner’s heart and soul. Men like
the four Dover natives who jovially smiled
for the camera when their picture was taken
for a newspaper story about the diner’s last
day.
The lifelong friends had been meeting for
breakfast every Saturday morning for 20
years, and had patronized the diner their
entire lives.
Other customers were close to tears on
the final day; the diner had become like a
family home to them, and they instinctively
knew that even if it opened again, things
would never be quite the same.
And they were right. When the addition
is put on, the new Hollywood Diner will be
twice as big as it is now, and less intimate
and personal. It will offer more food choices, including 12 kinds of omelettes, and 7
different wraps, but the prices will be higher.
Still, the diner will be a welcoming landmark whose stainless steel exterior continues to attract passing motorists.
And if the new wait staff is friendly, and
the food is good, the locals will most likely
support their icon as loyally as they did
before. DQ
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Summer 2006 • 39
CHESAPEAKE BYWAY PHOTOGRAPH
Tugboats make their way through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal near Chesapeake City.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA SCENIC HIGHWAYS
SUMMER 2006
CHESAPEAKE COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY
Delmarva’s only nationally designated Scenic Byway showcases an authentic
American experience in Maryland’s Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s counties.
BY JENNIE SCHMIDT
H
istory buffs and nature lovers, birders and bikers, rowers and hikers,
anglers and boaters alike, the
Chesapeake Country National Scenic
Byway offers something for everyone.
America’s Byways are a collection of
nationally designated roads that travelers
drive for unique, scenic, or historical destinations of significance. They are the roads
where visitors find the authentic American
experience. The Chesapeake Country
National Scenic Byway - primarily Route
213 - is one of only 126 distinctively designated American roads, the first in
Maryland, and the only national scenic
byway on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the
byway traverses through the counties of
Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s. Within
these counties is the first English settlement
in Maryland; the site of a 1700s British tea
tax rebellion; the northern-most existing
tobacco prize house; a 19th century canal
connecting the Delaware River and
Chesapeake Bay; habitat for the endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel and Southern
Bald Eagle; wintering habitat for Tundra
Swans; numerous natural resource management areas to host hundreds of bird
species; not to mention panoramic vistas of
the Chesapeake Bay. All of these intrinsic
qualities make Chesapeake Country a priority destination for the Mid-Atlantic region.
The seeds of our nation were sown in
1608 when Captain John Smith departed
Jamestown, Virginia and headed North into
the uncharted Chesapeake Bay. In a 30foot, oar-powered, open boat, Smith and
his crew explored and charted the
Chesapeake and its tributaries, producing a
map that remained in active use for over
100 years. Kent Island, located in Queen
Anne’s County, is the gateway to the
Delmarva Peninsula from Annapolis,
Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Though
the county was officially founded in 1706,
the settlement of Kent Island occurred much
earlier, in 1631, when William Claiborne
established a palisaded fort. Lord Baltimore
claimed ownership of Kent Island through a
land grant resulting in a dispute that lasted
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until 1657 when Claiborne gave up claim to
the Island. Queen Anne’s County will be celebrating her Tri-Centennial this year!
Take a stroll through Terrapin Nature
Park, at the base of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge, or really stretch your legs on the
Cross Island Trail. Kids will love to experience the Chesapeake Bay Environmental
Center to learn about the ecology of the
area and the bay. Kayaking and nature
hikes provide a hands-on learning experience not to be forgotten!
Numerous boat charters and public landings make Queen Anne’s County a fisherman’s dream. Rockfish tournaments, youth
fishing derbies, and other angler events are
numerous along the Byway. Be sure to pick
up the “Fish Maryland” brochure at any of
the visitor centers for day fishing the bay.
The seat of Kent County, Chestertown is
also celebrating its 300th birthday in 2006
with many events planned. Chestertown
has the second largest collection of 18th
century structures in Maryland, second only
to our state capital, Annapolis. A self-guided tour of the historic district leads you
down redbrick sidewalks to an era gone-by.
Be sure to stop in at the Geddes-Piper
House Museum on Church Alley. A trip to
the end of High Street will lead you to the
Schooner Sultana 1768, Schoolship of the
Chesapeake. A reproduction of the Bostonbuilt merchant schooner sailed by the British
Royal Navy to patrol the colonial coast
enforcing the infamous tea-tax, the Sultana
is open for public sails, and offers a variety
of educational and outreach programs.
Water and nature lovers alike will find
themselves at home on the byway through
Rock Hall, ‘The Pearl of the Chesapeake’.
Rock Hall developed first as a tobacco port
and then later, as a waterman community.
Today, though sharply reduced, families still
make a living from the Bay waters. Their
catches are commonly found on local
menus. Visit the Waterman’s museum, the
Rock Hall Museum, and the Tolchester
Beach Revisited Museum to learn about life
by the Bay. Rent a charter boat for a day of
fishing and relaxation.
Nature lovers will want to head straight to
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. This
unspoiled island features much of the habitat diversity characteristic of the
Chesapeake region, from pine forests to
meadows to tidal wetlands.
A quiet moment can be found on a visit to
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church located on
Sandy Bottom Road. Built in 1711, St. Paul’s
is one of only four 18th Century churches
on the Eastern Shore to have a semicircular
apse. Tallulah Bankhead, the classic
Hollywood actress, is buried in the cemetery
at St. Paul’s.
Other not-to-be-missed Kent County
experiences include a visit to Betterton
Beach; Turner’s Creek and the Kent
Museum, a Chesapeake Bay Gateway
Network site; the Town of Galena’s antique
shops and farmer’s market; and lunch at the
historic Kitty Knight House in Georgetown
for another taste of small town America at
its best!
Your final destination along Chesapeake
Country is Cecil County, an area full of history, heritage, and scenery. Mount Harmon
Plantation at World’s End is at the end of a
2-mile lane off of Grove Neck Road. The
1730s plantation estate originated as a
land grant to Godfrey Harmon by Caecilius
Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore in 1651.
Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, the plantation, tobacco prize house,
and colonial kitchen are nestled on the
banks of the Sassafras River.
Approaching the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal Bridge, turn right into
South Chesapeake City, a town that grew
out of the needs of canal construction, operations and commerce. Chesapeake City is
located on the banks of the C&D Canal, a
hand-dug, 14-mile canal that connects the
Delaware River with the Chesapeake Bay.
A visit to the C&D Canal museum to learn
about the building of the canal is a must.
Take a ride on the Miss Clare, a traditional
Chesapeake Bay workboat for a history
cruise and a spectacular view from the
canal.
For information about the Chesapeake
Country National Scenic Byway, visit
www.chesapeakebyway.org. DQ
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DELMARVA POETRY
SUMMER LESSONS FROM TUCKAHOE CREEK
BY URSULA HASTINGS
The ebony damselfly with the cobalt blue tail tip
is playful and daring;
lighting on my skin
to give me the honor of examining her closely.
I am awed by the web-like fragility of her wings;
as brittle as the skin of a yellow onion,
yet strong enough to give her loft,
carrying her safely through the breeze above the creek.
Abundant, the damselflies hover and nimbly alight,
seeming to play and socialize in groups—
tireless, joyful and somehow generous
in allowing us to admire their ethereal beauty.
The turtles pose, languid and aloof,
placidly perched on the remnants of fallen trees
enjoying steaming inside their armor
in the heat of the day.
The older, more seasoned ones
have experience with human movement
and allow us to come closer than the juveniles will
before abandoning their comfort
for the shock of the cool water.
Like the wise crone, they have lived long enough
to skillfully gauge how near another can safely approach
before knowing it is time to graciously yield their space.
The great blue heron slowly and serenely
takes flight as we advance,
quietly moving beyond our sight for now.
I can imagine him anthropomorphized
as an asian philosopher—sagacious, graceful and elegant-—
assuring us not to worry;
All will work out as the universe intends.
With twig-like stiltsamazing anatomical adaptations—
the heron move with calculation
through the clear water,
studying light and movement,
until, in a single swift strike,
they slice into the creek
and fluidly harvest their prey,
humanely digesting them in a matter of seconds.
I take a deep breath—
deep enough to open my chest and shoulders—
each time we pass the tiny, fragrant white flowers
blooming sporadically along the creek’s edge.
Clear air, unadulterated by human impact
in any discernable way—
Air perfumed only by living growth and blossom
and scented by the natural decay of the fallen.
I’m reminded that I forget to breathe,
at least, fully,
while dealing with the minutiae of each day,
and make a mental note
to take time daily to breathe with depth,
with consciousness and intention.
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As we reach our Hillsboro destination
I turn to take a last look at the creek—
and am grateful, once again, for the lessons nature offers.
My senses of sight, sound, touch and smell
have each been softly tuned,
and my perspective gently readjusted.
Both more rested and energized than when I began,
my spirit seems somehow refreshed, and I realize,
at least for remainder of this day,
what matters in this life.
I will again seek the essential truths
that our natural environment so liberally shares
if only we take the time
The author writes from her home in
to listen.
Salisbury, Maryland
BROADKILL BEACH
BY KARLA PAHEL
the seeds, the storehouse, the brine,
over the line,
musty smells of the opening of a book
haunted, i hear, over the line
sitting in the midst of hundred of thousands
empty our catch, he has no words for me,
the blues are running
over the line, the cracking of, appearing then disappearing
his ghost crab thoughts
scurrying over the line
across the sands looking for a hole to hide, burrow in
deep down,
theres over the line row boats and scuba suits and oysters
on wood stoves, leaking their liquid
over the line, my words dance in a bar with foggy windows
and in our silence as i’m putting on my coat
sharply he reels in
all static
as the band leader stops playing
to warn me of the road blocks on my way home.
Milton, Delaware
REHOBOTH BEACH - MIDWINTER 2006
BY LIZ DOLAN
Delirious with winter fever the calendula heaves
her grieving throat up through the potent ground
and sprouts her apricot capuche. In the ocean
a second horizon of snow geese sits and waits,
sits and waits, babbling and wild-eyed.
I, too, am besotted by leaping temperatures,
eat tropical fruits. The blistered skin on the roof
of my mouth hangs like a petal. Hot salsa
and kiwi sting. This morning I heard a lark sing.
If nature cannot behave herself, what hope is there for us?
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Summer 2006
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DELMARVA ENTERPRISE
SUMMER 2006
SALT HAY: AN EARLY DELMARVA CROP
Free and abundant, this was one of the peninsula’s first harvested crops.
In the spring it was fed green to cattle as fodder.
BY KATHRYN PIPPIN
S
alt hay was one of the first crops harvested on Delmarva and remained
vital to the region’s farming until the
1930s. While the commercial aspects of salt
hay harvesting were more prevalent on the
upper peninsula, it was the salt hay value
for livestock that most benefited the individual farmer.
Sonny Clogg of Delaware’s Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, says there are not too many folks
still around who remember salt hay farming. He recalls his grandfather Curnie
Clogg, a farmer from Dagsboro, telling
tales of salt marsh farming along Pepper
Creek during the early 1900‚s. The family
“would cut salt hay once a year and feed it
green to cattle as fodder.”
A mule-drawn wagon carried loads of
salt hay from the marsh off Pepper Creek
back to the farm. Sonny recalls his family
members cutting the hay with a double handle sickle. The practice continued up into the
1930’s. Sonny said his grandfather told
how “mosquito control got rid of salt hay.”
Sonny explained: “the mosquito ditches
made the marshes soft and impossible” to
maneuver around in.
Marie Savin and her brothers Burt and
Bud Ritter (owners of a dairy farm near
Beaverdam Road outside Lewes, Delaware)
have similar stories concerning their family’s
salt hay farming in the 1930’s. On a farm
off Lynn Road near Lewes, their father
William Ritter farmed, hunted geese, ducks,
pheasants, and rabbits. Marie said her
father “liked to roam the marsh” and
trapped muskrat. She added that during the
lean years of the Depression, his hunting
and trapping helped to feed their family of
7 children.
Bill Ritter’s livestock included horses and
milk cows. He farmed marsh hay from the
Great Marsh, northwest of Lewes. He cut
salt hay for fodder for the cows and bedding for the horses. As a child, Marie recalls
seeing “the wagon loaded with cut salt hay”
and farm hands taking it off the wagon. The
Ritter family shared their salt hay harvest
with neighbors.
During the Depression years of the
1930’s, many homeless and unemployed
rode the rails. The railway cars of Queen
Anne’s Railroad were no exception, and
young men would often find their way to the
Ritter farm. Ritter would hire six to eight of
them at a time to help bring in the crops,
including the salt hay. He fed and boarded
the workers: “He placed cots in the family
living room.”
The Ritters dug wide ditches, built a
bridge, and “laid planks” to get around the
salt marsh while they lived on the Lynn Road
farm, currently owned by J.G. Townsend
Inc.
Bud remembers the cattle as a herd going
out to the marsh to eat the tender salt hay.
Of the mosquito control ditches of the
1930’s and the altered marsh landscape, he
said: “You had to be careful where you
walked.” The mire was especially a problem
for the cows. Though salt hay farming is no
longer as popular as it once was, salt marsh
hay remains invaluable in maintaining
healthy wetlands. DQ
The marshes of Delmarva such as the Great Marsh north of Lewes, pictured here, were once prized for abundant supplies of salt hay that farmers used as a free source of feed and bedding for livestock.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA ARCHITECTURE
SUMMER 2006
HIGH VICTORIAN IN CHESTERTOWN
The Thomas Hubbard House is a rare reminder that Kent County, Md. enjoyed a
period of prosperity in the years before and after the Civil War.
BY HAROLD HURST
C
hestertown, Md. is best known for its
elegant, 18th century, Georgian-style
town houses which grace the Chester
River waterfront and some of the older
downtown streets. A few houses built in the
19th century, however, remind us that the
county seat of Kent enjoyed a period of
prosperity during the years preceding and
following the Civil War.
One of these majestic mansions still
stands at 402 High Street. Built about 1877
or 1878, it is located on property conveyed
to Thomas Hubbard by Senator George
Vickers on March 1, 1877. Vickers owned
a massive, Italian Villa-style residence on
the adjoining lot on Mill Street between
High and Calvert Streets. Unfortunately,
this architectural gem was torn down about
1903 to make way for a public school
building which now serves as a county
administrative center.
Chestertown is fortunate that the
Hubbard house has been spared the wrecker, for it is one of the few reminders of the
“high Victorian” Gothic style popular during the middle decades of the 19th century.
This mode of architecture featured steep
sloping roofs, gables and bay windows,
lending the whole irregular mass an overall
“Gothic” appearance. The deep overhanging roofs were often decorated with ornate
barge boards which were similar to the
bracketed cornices of the earlier Italian
Villa-style residences. Some large stone or
brick Gothic Victorian mansions were
embellished with towers, turrets, and
embattlements. The Gothic style was fashionable during the flourishing period
between the 1840s and 1870s (hence the
term “high Victorian”) and was introduced
into the United States by such noted architects as Alexander Jackson Davis and
Andrew Jackson Downing. Their clients
were usually upper or upper middle class
people who lived in rural or suburban
areas.
Thomas Hubbard built a two-story frame
house with five bay windows and a single
porch across the three central bays. There
are high gables on three sides of the house
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which nearly reach to the
platform of the hipped roof.
The wooden porch sits on a
brick foundation. All windows on the first and second stories have cornices
like the one over the entry
and the main cornices are
all bracketed. At the rear
east end of the house is an
L wing with a gabled roof
two bays wide.
The Hubbard house has
been described as “a comThe Thomas Hubbard House in Chestertown.
bination of the classic and
Gothic with an eclectic profusion of orna- ing residences north of Water Street during
ments which give the whole house an the 1880s and 1890s. Today it stands out
impressive finish.” Aside from the Senator as one of the few remaining vestiges of the
Vickers mansion on Mill Street, the Hubbard high Victorian style of architecture in
house was probably one of the most impos- Chestertown. DQ
Newly redesigned, featuring spacious galleries of American art and illustration, the region’s
first Sculpture Park, the DelART Café, Outdoor Terrace, Museum Store and an interactive Kids’ Corner.
Portraits of a People
Picturing African Americans
in the Nineteenth Century
On view April 22– July 16, 2006
This exhibition was organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In Delaware, this exhibition
is presented by DuPont. Above: William Matthew Prior (1806–1873), Mrs. Nancy Lawson, 1843, oil on canvas, © Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont.
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DELMARVA ENTERPRISE
SUMMER 2006
CROP DUSTERS: BEST PILOTS IN THE WORLD
Spreading seed for cover crops, and fertilizer and herbicides for productivity,
these pilots pride themselves on helping to keep the peninsula abundant.
BY MARY SANER
E
ver stop and watch a crop duster
swoop dow≥n to roar across a field
seemingly inches off the ground, then
pull back up into the sky? Eric Paniere,
who’s been crop dusting for 20 years,
describes the feel of it quite simply. “It’s you
and the airplane; you strap yourself to it
and you wear it.” Paniere (pronounced:
PanAiree ) is 38 and from Marydel,
Maryland. “There’s a lot of freedom in flying,” he says, “but this is a very professional business.”
Crop dusting, or “aerial application,” as
it’s known in the business, began in the
1920s. Story has it, a little company called
Delta Dusters grew up in Louisiana - it later
became Delta Airlines.
In those days, planes left over from World
War I were used for crop dusting, though
they’d been built too light and too fast for
the job. Balance also became a problem
when crewmen attached metal tanks full of
fertilizer or pesticide to one side of the
plane. While many people were attracted to
the new business, few had any experience
in it. Pilots practiced by dropping water on
fields, then relied on signals from flagmen
who marked the paths for “dusting.”
Looking down and spotting a white flag,
they’d descend quickly, keeping the wheels
down and nearly touching the top of the
crop, trying to keep the released chemicals
from drifting. It looked very risky, and it
was. Many planes got tangled up in electrical wires or hit fence posts and crashed.
Today, little about crop dusting is the
same - except the thrill of watching it. For
one thing, Delmarva crop dusters spend a
good deal of time dropping seeds on farmers’ fields - primarily rye and wheat, used
MARY SANER PHOTOGRAPHS
as cover crops. It’s part of a state-funded
program that targets watershed areas, in
particular, for preservation.
Paniere, who now combines crop dusting
with flying 737s for Southwest Airlines, says
aerial application has, in fact, become quite
hi-tech. “I feel safer three feet off the ground
than driving on Route 13,” he jokes. He flies
a Grumman Ag-Cat equipped with three
computers for positioning and output, using
satellite GPS. “I click the button twice before
takeoff,” he says. “In flight I turn the airplane and the computer leads me back to
the next swath.” Since the 1950s, agricultural planes like Paniere’s have been built
strong and heavy with lower wings and
higher cockpits for better visibility. While
power lines are still hazardous, planes are
made to get through them with wire cutters
on the prop and deflectors on the windshield.
Paniere, who keeps his plane in a hangar
next to a grass runway alongside his house,
showed me how crop dusting works.
As I walked out to the end of the runway,
camera in hand, he taxied to the edge of
the forest that borders his wheat fields.
Filling the plane’s hopper with water, he lifted off, turning his plane toward the trees. I
was adjusting my camera and not ready
when suddenly the plane, dipping down at
field’s edge right in front of the trees,
zoomed towards me, drawing a straight
line just above the high grass, and leaving
a long, steamy spray covering its path. I
watched it swoop upwards over me, banking left and heading back towards the forest. Graceful is the word that comes to
mind.
Earlier in the day, Paniere told me matter
of factly that folks who fly these planes are
the best pilots in the world. I believe him.
And for those on the Eastern Shore, add the
challenges of wind and fog; though,
Paniere says crop dusters can use wind to
their advantage. “You’re better off to have a
little bit of wind, eight to ten miles an hour
or less, so it’s not a direct hit; it (dust) dissipates better.”
Paniere talks about his boyhood in
Queen Anne’s County, and as a teenager
riding in his uncle’s plane on the farm. Then
there was formal flight training with an
instructor and getting his pilot’s license.
Before taking his first cropdusting job, he
remembers practicing spray runs, using
loads of water on his fields. “I like the fact
that we’re helping produce abundant and
high quality food in the bay region,” says
the now-experienced pilot who enjoys sharing his knowledge with others, especially
young pilots. In his spare time, he volunteers
flying with them and teaching them how to
handle a plane and avoid risks. DQ
Summer 2006
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Summer 2006 • 47
DELMARVA LITERATURE
SUMMER 2006
SARAH’S HANDS
A short story
BY KATHY TATLER
H
er hands could be the hands of a model if she would only
stop biting the nails down to a ragged edge. Fingers that are
long and slender, to see them is to expect them to play a
harp, a piano or stretched across the neck of a guitar. The constant
trembling; is she nervous or a drunk? You have to wonder. I don˙t
know how she could bring a spoonful of soup to her mouth with
them.
But her reflexes with them are amazing. I saw her catch an entire
vase full of water and long stemmed flowers that the cat had startled. It was stunning how in one motion she caught the neck of that
vase and in a sweeping motion, a dance really, she put it all straight
and I swear she didn˙t lose a drop of water from that vase of flowers.
Still, she has these little habits with them that would make the most
sane and stoic person want to scream. She taps, she winds pieces
of string around and around until you are dizzy from watching
here.
And drumming - there is not a song written that she won˙t drum
to, even if she hates it.
I wonder sometimes why she isn˙t bald from pushing her hair
back over and over and over, and if she isn˙t doing that she is constantly tracing the lines of her chin, her ears, her neck. Outwardly
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I tolerate her but inside I˙m yelling, “STOP!”
Then, I look at her paintings. There are these portraits that she
has painted. Created with her shaking, annoying, constantly-inmotion hands. They are beautiful beyond words filled with what
looks like a thousand colors for the skin tone alone. Each one
draws you deep into the eyes of her subject and does not let go of
you. How can she do that with fingers that are never still, always
a blur?
The same hands that I know for a fact scrub toilets all day in this
crappy little hotel across town and wash dishes every weekend at
The Savoy create such masterpieces. I finally had the guts to ask
her how she managed with those hands when I was buying her a
cup of coffee one morning at the diner. She could barely bring the
cup to her lips, the coffee went from edge to edge like a tidal wave.
You know what she said? She said that everyone in her family
had shaky hands and that they were used to it; essential tremors she
called it. I call it non-essential.
I˙m in her apartment and her portraits are all over the place. She
could be a millionaire if she sold them, I˙m sure of that. Looking at
them leaning against the wall, lying on the dining room table, they
take up every available chair - three deep in places. It hits me: in
each portrait she was sure to include the model˙s hands. DQ
SUMMER 2006
CHRISTIE TOWERS - SCENES FROM ABANDONED DELMARVA PROPERTIES - A student from Talbot County
attending school in Boston at Emerson College, Towers is working on a few projects that reflect local life and
similar themes. She made this photograph at one of the many abandoned properties on the Eastern Shore.
Summer 2006
DELMARVA BOOKS
SUMMER 2006
kind of a crowd Schmidt calls “the most
generous, hospitable people” she’s ever
met.
Captain Smith was nothing if not
resourceful. His own first impressions are
also woven seamlessly into the account, as
when he was captured by the Algonkians
and saved his life by demonstrating a round
ivory compass and spouting accompanying
cosmology.
FINE READING
FOR SUMMER
These books will excite
the outdoors spirit in
children and adults.
BY MARAH COLEMAN
I
n summer, our reading fare seems to follow the body and spirit’s inclination
toward outdoor pursuits, and this quarter’s choices fulfill that requisite in a spectacular way. Not a gloomy boardroom
drama in the lot. Our summer column also
traditionally features an outstanding children’s book, the idea being that everyone
reads for pure simple fun in summer. Kids
deserve that right as much as anyone, and
encouraging them to read for fun stimulates
their reading ability more than classroom
exercises.
Let’s lead off, then, with a lusciously
beautiful picture and nature book that readers of all ages will reach for again and
again: Red Knot: A Shorebird’s
Incredible Journey (Birdsong Books
$15.95) by Nancy Carol Willis. The author
is a life-long naturalist who graduated from
the University of Delaware with a degree in
graphic design and plied that trade with the
DuPont Company before striking out to follow her dream. From her 18th-century
home overlooking 2,000 acres of marshland near Middletown, she founded
Birdsong Books, an independent publisher
of natural science books that encourage
children to learn about Delmarva animals
and their habitats.
The heroine of this oversize hardcover
book in dust jacket is Red Knot, a spunky
female robin-sized shorebird with the same
name as her species. We make our
acquaintance with the creature as she prepares to fly 10,000 miles from her home in
Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America
to Canada’s Arctic Circle and back. Her
motive? Nesting, naturally. The Arctic Circle
seems an unlikely choice for a honeymoon,
but such is nature’s plan.
The regional connection is that thousands
of red knots stop along the Delaware Bay in
spring to fatten on the rich eggs of the
horseshoe crab. In her two-week stay on the
Delmarva Quarterly
peninsula, Red knot consumes 18,000 eggs
per day in order to double her weight for
the Arctic mating, egg-laying and hatching
that await her.
Willis’s full-page color art is the most
realistically vivid we have seen in a children’s book. Anyone who loved the movie
“March of the Penguins” will follow Red
Knot’s adventure with equal amounts of
anxiety, amazement and sheer delight.
Native Virginian Susan Schmidt is a
licensed boat captain, former English
teacher and environmental scientist for the
University of North Carolina. With
Landfall on the Chesapeake: In the
Wake of Captain John Smith (Johns
Hopkins $30) she has penned a≥stirring
chronicle of her remarkable waterborne
adventure re-tracing Smith’s exploration of
Chesapeake Bay 400 years ago. Her vessel
is the Landfall, christened thus in honor of
John Smith’s coining of the term “landfall,”
which is credited to him in the Oxford
English Dictionary.
Schmidt is especially sensitized to the
environmental
devastation
of
the
Chesapeake and works that theme effortlessly and unobtrusively into her narrative,
which also focuses on friendly old-salt types
she encounters along the way. Setting out
from Jamestown Yacht Basin, she expected
(like us readers) to find a rather hallowed,
aristocratic atmosphere at that facility. But
no, it’s a chicken and dumplings, motorboat, pickup, NASCAR, beer-and-cigarette
“When he demonstrated by the Globelike Jewell,
the roundnesse of the earth and skies, the
spheare
of the Sunne, Moone, and Starres, and
how the
Sunne did chase the night round the
world continually,
the greatness of the Land and Sea, the
diversitie of nations,
they all stood as amazed with admiration.”
Schmidt is accompanied on her 2,500mile journey of 100 days by the Black Lab
Molly, whose age makes her more protected than protector. The explorer’s reading
material includes John Barth’s Sotweed
Factor, “whose goofy poet’s journey loosely parallels John Smith’s and mine.” She is
dismayed by the destruction of seafood
beds in the bay but savors local farm fare
such as fresh white corn, strawberries and
locally baked bread.
Landfall Along the Chesapeake is recommended for sailors, boaters, and anyone
wanting to study the mastery of artful nonfiction.
Susan Schmidt and Molly.
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A still more rugged outdoors adventure
is the autobiographical Having My Say:
Conversations with Chesapeake
Bay Waterman Wylie “Gator”
Abbot (Dog Ridge
Books $18.95) This salty soft cover book
is packed with stream-of-consciousness
reminiscences of an authentic waterman, as
lovingly transcribed by Elliott Island”s A.M.
Foley. She’s coming out with a fiction
anthology later this year, and we can’t wait.
Wiley Abbot and his brother Jimmy
began trot lining for crabs when they were
just “wiry little guys.” A 55-gallon barrel
loaded with crabs weighed about 150
pounds, but somehow the lads wrestled
them onto the bank. One week they made
over $100 and became the talk of the town.
There’s no lack of self-aggrandizement in
Gator’s tale. Like the time he was guiding a
group of weekenders on a duck hunting trip
and dazzled them by molding improvised
decoys out of mud. “We killed twenty-some
ducks of all nationality that day using what
the old-timers called tumps.”
Later on Wiley developed a knack for
speed-skinning muskrats and even traveled
to Louisiana to compete at that state”s annual Fur and Wildlife Festival.
The first edition of Chesapeake Sailing
Craft, in which Burgess shared thousands of
photos he made over a 50-year period, was
published in 1975. The present volume is
edited by naval architect William A. Fox,
who grew up in Newport News at the
height of the World War II shipbuilding program. Fox considered Burgess his mentor
and interviewed him for the inclusion of
150 additional images and captions found
in this expanded edition.
These photos show vessels in all phases of
activity: loading and unloading cargoes,
under sail, in port and shipyards. There are
details of rigging, fittings, decks and interior views. Powerboats, and abandoned
hulks. Crews, builders, passengers, and
even horses occasionally appear. The photos will be of most use to mariners; the tales
that accompany them hold universal
appeal.
“Rats are easier to skin the fresher they
are, so they kept those Louisiana ‘rats alive
till the contest. The Humane Society got after
them and they had to quit bringing live ‘rats
on stage after a night when the blow didn’t
kill this one. The ‘rat jumped up and got
loose on the stage, running under the curtain. A muskrat’s faster than a streak of
lightning. Contestants backstage for the
beauty pageant were screaming.”
Wylie’s Chesapeake Bay Retriever Leroy
comes in for his share of bragging, too.
Wylie could throw his pocket knife, a quarter, or the keys to his truck into a marsh and
Leroy would retrieve every time. Wylie won
a good bit of money taking bets from those
who doubted Leroy’s skill.
Having My Say is recommended for outdoorsmen and anyone who loves a well-told
biography.
For armchair sailing with an encyclopedic range, consider Chesapeake
Sailing Craft: Recollections of
Robert H. Burgess (Tidewater $34.95).
Burgess, who left us in 2003, is considered
the
consummate
photographer
of
Chesapeake ships. He began his life’s work
as a child with his trusty Brownie camera,
and was a background source for James
Michener’s novel Chesapeake.
Annapolis Vignettes (Tidewater
$35.95) is a soft cover compilation of
essays by Ginger Doyel that originally
appeared in The Capital newspaper. As a
youngster, Doyel lived in Scotland when her
father was on active duty for the U.S. Navy.
Here she learned to learned to love the auld
game of golf, and after college worked for
a time as artist for the PGA Tour.
Since taking up writing and sketching
about old Annapolis three years ago, Doyel
has found her true calling. Annapolis
Vignettes is divided into four sections:
People; Places; St. John’s College and the
U.S. Naval Academy; and Preservation.
Most of the people are entrepreneurs or
professionals, larger-than-life figures to the
community in the 19th and early-20th centuries. Several dairies were important institutions. The Austrian Jewish immigrants
Charles and Edward Weiss developed a
genteel liquor business, one with “largemirrors, intricate woodwork and a vast stock of
goods.”
This bibliophile especially enjoyed the
chapter on the American author and Naval
Cadet who happened to share a famous
name - Winston Churchill. Our Churchill,
nicknamed “Spoony,” and his novel Richard
Carvel were influential in returning the
remains of John Paul Jones from his anonymous grave in France to the chapel of the
Naval Academy. Churchill’s fictitious hero
Carvel served with Jones and the novel’s
success revived interest in in the naval hero,
even capturing the attention of General
Horace Porter. He was the American
Ambassador to France who stayed on the
continent past his term and found Jones’s
grave using his own financial resources.
There’s an explanation in Annapolis
Vignettes about why graduating cadets toss
their hats into the air, and it’s not as simple
as pure exuberance. The story of The
Annapolis Tercentenary in 1949 and the 3cent stamp that commemorates it is an interesting tale.
Another captivating entry concerns the
formation of the U.S. Naval Academy Golf
Course. In the formative days, civilian
guests paid $39 in greens fees weekdays
and $50 on weekends. Last year the 200
civilians who played on the course paid a
$15,000 membership fee for the privilege.
Cornell Maritime Press is offering a second edition of Survival Guide for the
Mariner ($35) by Robert J. Meurn. Here
we can prepare ourselves to cope with challenging circumstances at sea. Topics include
abandon ship procedures, crew overboard,
search and rescue techniques, and survival
methods. This book isused as a text for those
preparing to be Coast Guard certified
lifeboat men.
In 2005 we reviewed a military novel
featuring naval aviator Capt. Deke Mallory.
Mallory’s the dashing type who flies his
Lockheed Martin X-35C directly from the
factory to NAS Patuxent River and then onto
the USS Ronald Reagan. The second novel
by Howard Lawson and Ron Speers featuring Mallory will soon be out. The
Rhinegold Legacy (Ivy House $21.95)
delivers more excitement per page than its
predecessor and has a thematic plot related
to the title.
The villains are, once again, die-hard
revivalists of the Third Reich and they’re
planning to smuggle a horde of Nazi gold
bullion to the mythical Central American
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country of Costa Verde and rule the world
from there. Mallory has ties with the democratic leadership of that country and a relationship with its leading female patriot
Elena Peralta - “La Pantera,” (the panther).
The American leadership, from President
Nathan Foxlee right on down to Navy
SEALS and ambassadors, conducts foreign
policy with lots of cursing, which is probably true-to-life, but can be wearing. The
Mallory Chronicles manage to combine
Tom Clancy’s expertise at portraying military hardware with the accessibility of a
Danielle Steele romance. Good choice for
summer fiction.
A gorgeous coffee-table art book with a
summer theme is Beach Stones (Abrams
$17.95) with 85 full-color photographs by
Californian Josie Iselin and text by
Margaret W. Carruthers of Baltimore.
Beach stones are full to collect, free for the
taking and objects of contemplation and
comfort. This exquisite volume presents
more than 200 exceptional stones from
DELMARVA
CLASSICS
The Maryland Way
cookbook maintains
tradition and flavor
BY WILLIAM AMELIA
I
t has always been my intention that
Delmarva Classics be a wide survey and
≥recommendation of the remarkable and
lasting literature of≥ our region, fiction and
nonfiction. The thought that a cookbook
might or would be included in the selections
never entered my mind.
But a funny thing happened on the way
into the South Coastal Library in Bethany
Beach recently. There, among a collection of
venerable memorabilia arrayed in the
lobby display case, was a well-worn copy
of Maryland’s Way. It caught my eye
because an identical copy has navigated
through our kitchens over the years with
good results.
First published in 1966 by the HammondHarwood House Association and now in
its 14th edition, it is a landmark work in
Delmarva culture, not merely a cookbook
that has endured. The purpose of the book
was admirable. Its authors, Mrs. Lewis R.
Delmarva Quarterly
Delmarva produce a delicious treat: our
tomato, the recipe’s principal ingredient.
TOMATO PIE
Six red-ripe tomatoes
Salt, pepper, brown sugar
Three cups bread crumbs
Three tablespoons butter
around the world and describes their geology. For example, a pebble from Maine is
said to have originated during the birth of a
great mountain range.
By all means, let’s do some reading this
summer, but keep it light! DQ
Andrews and Mrs J. Reaney Kelly, wanted
to offer a taste of Maryland colonial culinary history and to raise funds for the
Hammond-Harwood House, where they
served as volunteers. This historic Annapolis
structure, built in 1774 for Matthias
Hammond by the brilliant colonial architect
William Buckland, is a national landmark.
In the end the volunteers’ cookbook idea
took five years of research through the
counties of Maryland, in an effort to find
the most popular and tastiest of the state’s
early dishes. This resulted in a publicationworthy collection of unique and historic
recipes from a host of Maryland families,
many of them prominent like the Pinkneys,
Pacas and Charles. It is the recipes that
appear over and over again in these family
notebooks that form the basis of Maryland
cooking. It is on these that authors placed
the greatest emphasis, though the book’s
dedication to “the generations of Maryland
cooks since 1634” pays tribute to all.
The book’s tone is humorous and nonchalant as in this passage from a beginning
paragraph. “This book of Maryland
receipts is like a new grandchild. It resembles everyone who ever belonged to the
family. And so it should. Its progenitors
were the three score or more hand-written
notebooks, each a testament to culinary
prowess and a repository of family secrets.”
The hundreds of recipes in Maryland’s
Way are an historical and culinary
resource. Here is a sample recipe. I offer it
because the soil and summer months on
Scald tomatoes to remove skins; cut each
in two crosswise.
Butter a deep pie dish and place six
halves on bottom.
Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle
with sugar.
Cover with bread crumbs and add a few
bits of butter.
Repeat with a second layer and bake in
350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
From ‘Fifty Years in a Maryland
Kitchen,’
1873;
Mrs.
Agnes
Tilghman, Gross’ Coate
There is an art element in this attractive
book that is noteworthy. Maryland’s Way
includes 145 illustrations of the scenes
which inspired the recipes, including photographs by A. Aubrey Bodine, sketches by
Marina Hiatt, John Moll, Don Swann, and
wood engravings by Clare Leighton. The
book is 372 pages, indexed.
In literature, one can find parallels everywhere and in doing research for this article
I came across another cookbook with striking similarities to Maryland’s Way. It is a
famous Italian cookbook, “Science in the
Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well,” published in in 1891.
Written by Pellegrino Artusi, translated
widely and in its 13th edition, it sold
52,000 copies before the author’s death in
1910.
Writing in the style of a friendly advisor,
similar to that in Maryland’s Way, Artusi
compared love with food. “In love,” he
wrote, “beforehand is either an itch that
hurts or a hurricane that topples trees. The
meanwhile is ever so sweet but, alas, does
not last long. Afterward is at times tart, at
other times bitter, at best a kind of tiredness,
at worst a pain or regret, or both. With
food, instead, beforehand is delicious,
meanwhile more delicious and afterward
more delicious still.”
Copies of Maryland’s Way - sometimes
referred to as the Hammond-Harwood
House Colonial Cookbook - are available
at internet booksellers and on the
Hammond-Harwood House web page. The
cost is $22. When ours was purchased, we
paid $6.
Tempus fugit. DQ
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ARDEN
June 4: Contra dance. No partner necessary. Arden
Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway. Lessons 1:30-2 p.m.
dance 2-5 p.m. 302-478-7257.
June 7: Folk dancing. With Jerry Schiffer. No partner necessary. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway.
7:30-9:30 p.m. 302-478-7257.
June 14: Square Dancing. With Dave Brown. No
partner necessary. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway.
7:30-9:30 p.m. 302-478-7257.
June 21: Folk dancing. No partner necessary. Arden
Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway. 7:30-9:30 p.m. 302478-7257.
June 28: Israeli dancing. With Sharon Kleban and
Howard Watchel. No partner necessary. Arden Gild
Hall, 2126 The Highway. 7:30-9:30 p.m. 302-4787257.
ARDENTOWN
June 1-30: Man of La Mancha. The comic tragedy of
a man’s struggle to better both himself and the world in
which he lives. Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Road.
Thu-Sat. dinner at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sun dinner at
1 p.m., show at 3 p.m. 302-475-2313.
BELLE HAVEN
June 10: D-Day Cabaret. 7:30 p.m.
BERLIN
June 3-30: Exhibition. Renowned local Watercolor
artist Robert L. Barnes is featured, presenting the work
and stories of a lifetime spent working and painting on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Artist’s Reception June
3, 7-9 p.m. Waterline Gallery, 2 South Main St. 410641-9119.
June 9: Open Mike Night. Performance and art combine as musicians, poets, dancers, comedians and performers of all kinds share their talents. Waterline
Gallery, 2 South Main St. 7-11 p.m. 410-641-9119.
June 10-30: Exhibition. Lynne Lockhart will present
her newest series of paintings of dogs exploring the
world of modern and impressionist art. This whimsical
show honors the pet lover and child in all of us with animals that play with our senses and knowledge of the
arts. Artist’s Reception June 10, 7-9 p.m. Waterline
Gallery, 2 South Main St. 410-641-9119.
June 10: Village Fair. Craft vendors, Idol contest &
Annual Bathtub Race. 410-641-4775.
BETHANY BEACH
June 1-30: 2006 Summer Exhibition. Sponsored by
the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society. South Coastal
Library, 43 Kent Ave. 302-539-5231.
June 2-4: 7th Annual Taste of Coastal Delaware.
Down state’s biggest and best food event. This year’s
Taste of expands to a weekend of activities with special
prix fixe wine dinners at selected restaurants Friday
evening, the new Bethany Craft Fair on Saturday, and
Sunday’s Taste of Coastal Delaware food finale under
the tents.
June 3: 2nd Annual Seaside Craft Show. The boardwalk and Garfield Parkway. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 302-5376541.
June 10: Bethany Beach Bandstand Concert. 1st State
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Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. 302-539-5484.
June 11: Bethany Beach Bandstand Concert. Milford
Community Band. 7:30 p.m. 302-539-5484.
June 17: Bethany Beach Bandstand Concert. Newark
Community Band. 7:30 p.m. 302-539-5484.
June 18: Bethany Beach Bandstand Concert. US
Navy Sea Chanters. 7:30 p.m. 302-539-5484.
June 24: Bethany Beach Bandstand Concert. Tribute
to Frank Sinatra. 7:30 p.m. 302-539-5484.
BETTERTON
June 18: 21st Annual Bay to Bay Ride. Ride through
Maryland’s most beautiful countryside - Eastern Shore’s
Kent County. Meet at Betterton Beach front for a 50, 78,
86 or 104 mile ride - flat. (special tandem start at 8
a.m.) Also a 27-mile loop ride past fertile farmlands to
Historic Chestertown. Includes map, marked route, sag,
six food stops and swimming in the bay at the end of
ride.7-9 a.m. 410-778-4881.
June 24: 2nd Annual House Tour: A Century of
Betterton. Tour this small Victorian bayside town, a once
popular resort from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. 10
a.m.-5 p.m. 410-348-2343.
CAMBRIDGE
June 1: Foghat. Outdoor Concert. In the late 1960s
Roger Earl, Lonesome Dave Peverett and Tony Stevens
first toured America as members of the seminal British
band “Savoy Brown”. In 1971, wanting to give a more
Rock ‘n Roll flavor to the blues-boogie music they were
playing with “Savoy”, Dave, Roger and Tony enlisted
lead/slide guitarist Rod Price, formed a new band,
“Foghat”. Sailwinds Park, 200 Byrn St. Doors open at
6:30 p.m. Concert 7:30 p.m. 410-228-7245.
June 11: Blackwater Eagleman Triathlon. A qualifying event for the famous Ironman Triathlon World
Championship in Hawaii. Athletes begin at 7 p.m. from
Great Marsh Park for their 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike
ride and 13.1 mile run. 410-964-1246.
June 17: Juneteenth Celebration. Speaker, youth
involvement and dinner. Pine Street Elks Lodge. 410228-0401 or 410-228-3106.
June 18: Terri Clark - Canadian Country Music sensation. Sailwinds Park, 200 Byrn St. 410-228-7245.
June 30: Annual Bay Country Festival. Family fun celebration and festival with a carnival local food, games,
contests and live outdoor evening concerts. 410-2287762 or 7245.
CAPE CHARLES
June 3: 10th Annual Benefit by the Bay Garden Gala.
Arts Enter. 757-336-2787.
June 10-11: “Spring Spectacular” Dancevent.
Palace Theater. 8 p.m. 757-331-2787.
June 17: Applaud the Sun Harbor Party. New location
at the Beach this year! 6-10 p.m. 757-331-2304.
CENTREVILLE (DE)
June 2-24: Exhibition: Suk Shuglie. Her acrylics,
which she describes as a form of “impressionistic expression,” suggest particular, intimate details as well as universal features. She uses fantastic colors to create
impressions of warmth, vitality, and spaciousness.
Reception: June 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Hardcastle Gallery,
5714 Kennett Pike. 302-655-5230.
CENTREVILLE (MD)
June 9-30: Individual Guitar Lessons with Glenn
Shiring. These four week, half hour sessions are perfect
for the beginner or advanced student interested in one
on one instruction. Lessons are held at the QAC Arts
Council building in Centreville from 6:30-8:30 pm.
410.758.2520.
June 10: Bay Music Festival. A family friendly day of
incredible music outdoors by the region’s best Blues,
Bluegrass, Classic Rock & Honky Tonk. Great food &
drink sold on grounds. Queen Anne’s County 4-H Park.
4-11 p.m. 410-604-2100.
June 17: Art of the Deals. A town-wide event offering yard sales, sidewalk sales, live music, food, entertainment and fun for all ages. Queen Anne’s County
Arts Council and throughout Centreville. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
410-758-2520.
June 20 -22: Summer Art Camp. Young artists can
enjoy 3 days discovering their talents and creativity,
developing confidence and having fun with instructor
Sarah Lyle. Ages 7 to 17, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Queen
Anne’s County Arts Council. 410.758.2520.
June 21: Tango Seminar. Ballroom and Latin dance
seminars for adults at the Queen Anne’s County Arts
Council, 6:30-8:30 pm. Seminars will also be held on
July 19, (Swing) and August 2 (Salsa/Mambo).
Appropriate for beginners and more advanced students.
Sign up for one seminar or three. 410-758-2520.
June 27: Kids’ Dance Camp. The Queen Anne’s
County Arts Council will hold a three day camp for ages
8-12. The class will focus on Tango and Salsa steps, as
well as table manners, phone manners and other basic
etiquette skills. 10:30 a.m.-noon. 410-758-2520.
CHESAPEAKE CITY
June 2-30: Cecil County Farmer’s Market. Local fruits
& vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, baked goods.
Chesapeake Wine & Spirits, Rt. 213. Fri. 4-7 p.m. Sat.
9 a.m.-noon. 410-996-6292.
June 4-25: Gallery Exhibitions: Featuring paintings,
pottery and sculptures by Ronda and Peter Turk.
Opening Reception June 4, 1-3 p.m. Chesapeake City
Town Hall, 108 Bohemia Ave. Sat & Sun. Noon-6 p.m.
410-392-5740.
June 25: Canal Day. Street fair, antiques, arts, crafts,
food, music. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-885-2415.
CHESTER
June 8: Thursdays in the Park. A free summer concert
series will kick-off at the historic Kirwan House and
Museum. Queen Anne’s County Tercentennial celebrates
with the Queen Anne’s Chorale, the Kent Island Swing
Band and Pride of the Bay Chorus (Dominion Rd., exit
39b from 50E, Chester). 7-9 p.m. 410.758.2520.
June 10: Black Tie White Boot Affair. An evening of
music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and both a
Silent Auction and Live Auction to benefit programs in
Queen Ann’s County. Kent Island Yacht Club. 6 p.m.
410-643-8530.
CHESTERTOWN
June 3: Music in Fountain Park - Synergy Brass
Quintet. Bring a blanket or chair. Fountain Park. 7 p.m.
410-778-0500
June 10: The Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore Pottery
Show and Sale. Featuring both functional and studio
pottery in traditional and contemporary styles.
Emmanuel Church Hall, Cross & High Sts. 10 a.m.-2
p.m. 410-639-9967.
June 10: Tri-Centennial Celebration. Chestertown celebrates its 300th birthday with a Colonial Ball. Russ
Morgan Orchestra. Wilmer Park alongside the historic
Chester River. 8 p.m. to midnight. 410-810-2968.
June 10: Health Freedom Walk. Explore the history
of the Underground Railroad in Chestertown. Join others
in Kent County and across the state of Maryland as we
walk towards better health. Walk in honor of an
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Abolitionist, Quaker or Slave who made it to Freedom.
Share the experience with your friends, family, co-workers and church members. Wilmer Park through
Chestertown. 9 a.m. registration, 10 a.m. walk. 410778-1350.
June 17: Music in Fountain Park Eastern Shore Wind
Ensemble. A Sousa-style band concert. Bring a blanket
or chair. Fountain Park. 7 p.m. 410-778-0500.
June 17: Maryland’s Swim For Life. One to five mile
courses on the beautiful Chester River. Start location is
Rolph’s Wharf, just a few miles outside of Chestertown.
Benefits the Chester River Assoc. & MD/DC organizations assisting people with HIV/Aids and their families.
202-686-2150.
June 24-25: Prince in the Park. “Prince in the Park,”
a new community outreach program, will premier with a
concert style performance of The Fantasticks (the longest
running musical on Broadway). 7 p.m. In case of rain,
concert will be moved inside to the Prince Theatre, High
St. 410-810-2060.
CHINCOTEAGUE
June 10: “Art Stroll” on Chincoteague. Participating
galleries and shops throw open their doors for an islandwide open house for arts and crafts lovers.
Demonstrations, exhibits, readings, book signings, live
music, wine tasting, and more swirl around you in a lively street scene that will capture your senses and stimulate
your creativity. 6-10 p.m. 757-336-5636.
June 17: Bluegrass Concert. Chincoteague Center. 6
p.m. 757-336-0614.
CHURCH HILL
June 2-18: “Celluloid” Book & Lyrics by Earl Lewin,
Director. Music by Dick Durham, musical director.
Church Hill Theatre, Walnut St. 410-758-1331.
June 21-30: Green Room Gang. Summer drama
camp. Church Hill Theatre, Walnut St. 9 a.m.-noon.
410-758-1331.
CLARKSVILLE
June 17: Antique Show. Featuring antique dealers
from throughout the east coast. Hudson’s General Store,
Rts. 26 & 348. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 302-539-8709.
CRISFIELD
June 23-25: 20th Annual Scorchy Tawes Pro-Am
Fishing Tournament. Entertainment & food. Purse over
$70,000. Sidestreet Restaurant. Registration, June 22,
7 p.m. 410-968-2500 or 800-782-3913.
DELAWARE CITY
June 1: First Thursday Live. Mike and Ellie Trincia,
guitar and vocal duo. Delaware City Art Center, 60
Clinton St. 302-864-9124.
June 1-8: Indigenous. Juried mixed-media exhibition
featuring fauna and flora of Delaware City and the
Chesapeake Region. Thur-Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 1-5
p.m. Delaware City Art Center, 60 Clinton St. 302-8649124.
DENTON
June 3: Fishing Derby. This event is open to youth
ages 6-16 and includes fishing, food, crafts, casting contest and more. Martinak State Park, and Caroline
County 4-H Extension Office. 9 a.m.-noon. 410-4798120.
DEWEY BEACH
June 4: Rusty Rudder 10k/5k - 7 Sisters of Dewey
Beach Running/Walking Series 2006. Ruddertowne. 8
a.m. 302-654-6400.
June 10: Rods & Rides and all that Hoopla! Antique
and classic car show. Ruddertowne. 800-441-1329.
June 24: Crabbers’ Cove 4 Mile Run/5k Walk - 7
Sisters of Dewey Beach Running/Walking Series 2006.
Ruddertowne. 8 a.m. 302-654-6400.
DOVER
June 1-25: Asia on the Delaware. This exhibition
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assembles a collection of Asian-made objects from the
18th to 20th centuries that were exported to Delaware
consumers. The display includes ceramics, textiles, furniture and costumes. Biggs Museum. 302-674-2111.
June 1-30: “Aliens Among Us: Invasive Insect
Species.” Photographs by Sue E. Ellis. Delaware
Agricultural Museum and Village, 866 N. Dupont Hwy.
302-734-1618.
June 1-30: “Painting with Earth.” Works by Janis
Lang of the Natural Resources Conservation Service who
uses soil as a paint medium. Delaware Agricultural
Museum and Village, 866 N. Dupont Hwy. 302-7341618.
June 2-4: MBNA 400 NASCAR Race. Dover
International Speedway. 800-441-RACE.
June 3: Biggs Kids. Program for children ages 5-10.
Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St. 2-3
p.m. 302-674-2111.
June 5-9: Annual Miss Delaware Pageant. Dover
Downs. 302-456-3220.
June 10: ecarti Spring Concert. Contemporary ballet
and modern dance. Education./Humanities Theatre,
Delaware State University, 1200 N. Dupont Hwy. 7 p.m.
302-674-4689.
June 11: Festival of Strings. Hosted by First State
Strings and sponsored by Delaware State University.
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 226 S. State St.
3800-778-5078.
June 14 & 21: Workshop: Introduction to
Gardening (Soils). Addresses soil fertility, water and climate for a successful garden, lawn or landscape.
Students are encouraged to take a sample of their soil to
the workshop. University of Delaware Extension office
on Rt 1/113, adjacent to the Delaware Department of
Transportation. 7-9:20 p.m. 302-730-4000.
June 17:
Quilt Documentation Day. Owners of
antique quilts made before 1945 are encouraged to
bring their quilts to this Quilt Documentation Day. Air
Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base.
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 302-739-5316.
June 27: Workshop: Crape Myrtle Trees and Shrubs.
Workshop covers the long-blooming perennial, including varieties, pruning, transplanting, insects and disease, propagation and growing needs. University of
Delaware Extension office on Rt 1/113, adjacent to the
Delaware Department of Transportation. 7-9:10 p.m.
302-730-4000.
EASTON
June 2: First Friday Gallery Walk - Enjoy the exhibits
at galleries, shops and restaurants in downtown Easton
during the evening event. Refreshments and discussion
are available at several galleries and many stores stay
open late, so plan to make an evening of it! Easton Town
Center. 5-9 p.m. 410-820-8822.
June 3-24: Easton’s Farmer’s Market - Held every
Saturday until December. Over 30 vendors offering a
variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, flowers,
plants and craft items. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Harrison Street
Public Parking Lot. 410-822-0065.
June 4, 11, 18, 25: Antiques Easton! An Open Air
Market. 40+ quality vendors. Live music from 1-3 p.m.
S. Harrison between Dover & South Sts. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
410-820-8822.
June 4-18: 21st Annual Eastern Shore Chamber
Music Festival. Features Internationally Acclaimed
Artists. High points in the Festival will be a Maryland
premiere performance of “Useful Knowledge” by Paul
Moravec, the only Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of
chamber music, on Opening Night, June 9 at the Avalon
Theatre. The world premiere on June 17th of Eugene
Phillips’ “Trio for Two Violins and Viola” will be played
by the composer’s two sons, Daniel and Todd, along with
daughter-in-law Catherine Cho. 410-819-0380.
June 11-30: Annual Members’ Exhibition. Variety of
media including oils, watercolors, graphics, film, ceramics, metals and wood created by Museum’s member
artists. Some works available for purchase. Academy
Art Museum, 106 South Street, Easton. 410-822-2787.
June 19: Grammy nominees - Bluegrass Supergroup
may sound like an oxymoron but you’ve earned the title
when you boast five singer-songwriters whose resumes’
include stints with Earl Scruggs, Alison Kraus, and Ricky
Scaggs. Blue Highway is Jason Burleson (banjo, guitar,
mandolin), Rob Ickes (Dobro), Shawn Lane (mandolin,
fiddle, vocals), Tim Stafford (guitar, vocals), and Wayne
Taylor (bass, vocals). Avalon Theatre, 40 E. Dover St.
410-822-7299.
ELKTON
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Music on Main. Bring your
lawn chair and enjoy some of the finest entertainment
around. Main & North Street. 5:30 p.m. 410-3985076.
June 2-3: 10th Annual Relay For Life. Overnight team
event which benefits the American Cancer Society.
Elkton High School. 6 p.m.-9 a.m. 410-378-0096.
June 9: National Marriage Day. First time marriages
or renew your vows. Horse carriage rides, reception follows with wedding cake & champagne. 7 p.m. 410398-5076.
June 9-30: Art Show. Opening “Art & Medicine
Exhibition” Reception June 9. Food & Live Music. Cecil
County Arts Council, 135 E. Main St. 410-392-5470.
June 28-30: Art Show. Opening “Go Fish”.
Entertainment & refreshments. Cecil County Arts Center,
135 E. Main St. 410-392-5740.
FEDERALSBURG
June 24: Patriotic Xtravaganza. Free, Fun, Food And
Entertainment, including pie eating contest, “Kids Say
the Darnest Things”, special live entertainment,
Federalsburg Community Choir, and Fireworks!
Federalsburg Marina, South Main St. 5-10 p.m. 410754-8157.
FELTON
June 16: Harry Spencer Trio. Jazz. Killens Pond State
Park, 5025 Killens Pond Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-284-4526.
June 23: Flying Butch Zito Brothers. Cosmic American
Music. Killens Pond State Park, 5025 Killens Pond Rd.
6:30 p.m. 302-284-4526.
June 30: Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition. Killens Pond
State Park, 5025 Killens Pond Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-2844526.
FRANKFORD
June 3: Reading of Radio Shows of the 1940s. Ad
Hoc Touring Company of Possum Point Players.
Community Lutheran Church, 30897 Omar Rd. 2 p.m.
302-856-3460.
GEORGETOWN (DE)
June 2-11: Moon Over Buffalo. Possum Point
Players, 441 Old Laurel Road. 302-856-4560.
June 16-17: Peninsula Bluegrass Festival. Nutter
Marvel Carriage Museum. 302-875-3708.
GREENVILLE (DE)
June 1-30: Shoot to Thrill: The Wildlife Photography
Adventures of Robert Caputo. Nationally renowned,
award-winning photographer Robert Caputo has been a
regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine,
doing text and photos for numerous stories in the US,
Africa, Asia, and South America. Delaware Museum of
Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike. 302-658-9111.
June 2-3: Greenville Art Show. Paintings exhibited by
members of the Delaware Foundation for Visual Arts.
Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts, Greenville
Crossing I Shopping Center, Rt 52. 302-475-8796.
June 2-30: One of a Kind Jewelry Designs by Olga
Ganoudis. Unique jewelry made with faceted gemstones, silver and gold. Works by Gallery Artists will
compliment the jewelry. Opening reception to meet the
artist. Fri. June 2, 5-8 p.m. Station Gallery, 3922
Kennett Pike. 302-654-8638.
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HARRINGTON
June 10: Kids Fest. Horse and wagon rides, workshops and barrel racing. There will also be a health
expo, presented by the Nemours Foundation, a youth
talent show, carnival booths and food.
State
Fairgrounds. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 302-398-4630 or 4224453.
KENNEDYVILLE
June 3: Hooked on Fishing Youth Fishing Derby. Ages
15 & under. Learn how to fish for fun and for the family
values it can instill. Compete for biggest fish of the day,
biggest fish in age division and biggest fish of species.
Casting contest, DNR fisheries display tank and more.
Free rod & reel to first 75 to register by phone and arrive
by 10am on event day. Rain date: June 4th. Turner’s
Creek Park. 9 a.m.-noon. 410-778-2083
LEWES
June 1-4: Amy Lamb - Spring Flowers. Photography
exhibit. Packard Reath Gallery, 122 Market St. 302644-7513.
June 1-27: Exhibition: Julie Moyneux. Oil.
Peninsula Gallery, 520 Savannah Rd. 302-645-0551.
June 1-30: Garden Charms. Garden theme folk life
paintings on panel. Gallery artists. Josephine Keir Ltd.
The Petite Gallery, 102 Savannah Rd. 302-645-9047.
June 1-30: Alison Shaw: Seacapes: In the Abstract.
Packard Reath Gallery, 122 Market St. 302-644-7513.
June 1-30: Exhibit: Lewes From Settlement to
Statehood. Discover Dutch documents detailing the story
of Delaware’s first settlement at Lewes. Zwaanendael
Museum.
June 6, 13, 20, 27: Lewes Summer Concert Series.
Free weekly outdoor concerts. Bring your own chair or
blanket. Stango Park, next to the Lewes Library. 7 p.m.
June 8: Poetry at the Beach. Linda Blaskey, Individual
Artist Fellowship Winner. Lewes Public Library, 111
Adams Ave. 7 p.m. 302-645-4633.
June 9-11: Horseshoe Crab Weekend Spectacular.
Guest speaker, field trips, workshops. Cape Henlopen
State Park. 302-645-6852.
June 11: Annual Best of the Beach Art Auction. Beebe
Health Campus, Rt. 24. 6-11 p.m. 302-644-2900.
June 11-30: Christopher Burkett: Panoramic Views.
June 13: Swing Time/Big Band Bash. Stango Park.
302-645-7777.
June 15-17: Underneath the Lintel. Henlopen Theater
Project. Cape Henlopen High School, Little Theater.
302-226-4103.
June 17: Lewes Garden Tour. Featuring private gardens throughout Lewes. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 302-6458073.
June 18-21: Annual Chautauqua Tent Show. The
Virden Center at the University of Delaware campus in
Lewes. 800-752-2060.
June 20: Honeycombs. Stango Park. 302-6457777.
June 20: Jack and the Beanstalk. Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre. Cape Henlopen High School, Kings
Highway. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
June 24: Lewes Historical Society Antique Show.
Historical Complex. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 302-645-7670.
June 24-25: Annual Variety Show. Cape Henlopen
High School. Sat. 7 p.m. Sun. 2 p.m.
June 25: Bill Degnan Memorial 5K Run.
June 27: Cinderella. Rehoboth Summer Children’s
Theatre. Cape Henlopen High School, Kings Highway.
11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
MACHIPONGO
June 4: Barrier Islands Center 4th Birthday Party.
Please come and help celebrate the BIC’s 4th birthday!
Rt. 13. 757-678-5550.
MILFORD
June 16-18 & 23-25: Dearly Departed. A Comedy
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by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Second Street Players,
Riverfront Theater, 2 S. Walnut St. Fri & Sat. 8 p.m.
Sun. 3 p.m. 302-422-2878.
MILLSBORO
June 10: Flea Market. Millsboro Civic Center. 8 a.m.2 p.m. 302-934-6777.
MILTON
June 3: 7th Annual Milton Garden Tour and Garden
Market. A self-guided tour of the private gardens in the
historic shipbuilding town of Milton. Plants, garden art
and antiques available for sale at the Garden Market
located on Union & Mulberry St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 302684-3804.
June 7: Milton Concerts in the Park. Live musical
entertainment. Big Band. Smooth Sound. 7-9 p.m.
101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
June 10: Milton Arts Guild Sidewalk Art Show. Fine
art by regional artists. Rainy day venue, Milton Fire
Hall, 515 Federal St. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 302-645-9119.
June 14: Milton Concert in the Park. Flag Day
Celebration. Classic music and the U. S. Navy Cruisers,
Rock n Roll. 101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
June 16-18 & 23-25: An Evening of Three One Act
Plays. Milton Theatre Company, 108 Union St. 7 p.m.
Sun. matinees at 2 p.m. 302-684-3400.
June 21: Milton Concert in the Park. Scaturro sings
Sinatra and More. 101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-6844110.
June 28: Milton Concert in the Park. Funsters. Jazz,
Rhythm and Blues. 101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-6844110.
NEW CASTLE
June 1-30: Flight to Freedom. Exhibit documents the
escape of a fugitive slave family from Maryland on the
Underground Railroad and the assistance they received
from abolitionists Thomas Garrett and John Hun. New
Castle Court House Museum. 302-323-4453.
June 1-30: We the People...The Right of Trial By Jury.
Interactive exhibit chronicles the history of jury trial in
Delaware. New Castle Court House Museum. 302-3234453.
NEWARK
June 1-3: “Young At Art” Student Art Show. Juried
mixed media show of work by students under 18.
Newark Arts Alliance, The Grainery Station, 100 Elkton
Rd. 302-266-7266.
June 1-30: “Printed Proof: Selections from the
Brandywine Workshop in the Paul R. Jones Collection”.
Mechanical Hall-University of Delaware. 302-8318003.
June 1-30: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in
Wartime. This exhibit showcases documents and publications from the Civil War era. Morris Library University
of Delaware 302-831-BOOK.
June 2-30: Watercolor Variety. Includes equestrian,
animal, and other genre by U of D alumnus Elaine
Anglim. Watercolor originals and giclees. Artists wine
and cheese reception on Fri. June 9, 5-8 p.m. You’ve
Been Framed Gallery, 172 E. Main St. 302-366-1403.
June 9-24: Borderline Crazies. Comedy by Leo W.
Sears. 43rd Summer Fundraiser. Fri & Sat. 8 p.m.
Sun. 2 p.m. Chapel Street Players, 27 N. Chapel St.
302-368-2248.
June 10-11: Mid-Atlantic Ballet presents Red, White
and Bluebirds. Excerpts from “Swan Lake,” “The
Firebird” and more. Location TBA. 302-266-6362.
NORTH
EAST
June 1: Girl’s Night Out. Featuring Babbie Mason as
guest speaker. Sandy Cove Conference Center. 6:30-9
p.m. 800-234-2683.
June 12: Mintle Health Day. Dr. Linda Mintle, guest
speaker. Sandy Cove Conference Center. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
800-234-2683.
June 14: Annual Flag Day Ceremony. Music, flag
raising and refreshments. North East Community Park.
6:45 p.m. 410-287-5801.
June 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25: Covered Bridge
Theatre. “Baby, the Musical” CCC Cultural Center,
Seahawk Drive. 410-287-1037.
June 17: US Air Force Heritage of America Band
Brass Quintet. Hart’s Amphitheater. 6 p.m.
June 24-25:
19th Annual Mid-Atlantic Chevelle
Show. Largest gathering of Chevelles on the east coast.
Entertainment & great food. Community Park, Walnut
Street. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 301-464-7618.
OCEAN CITY
June 2-4: Mako Mania Shark Tournament. Annual
tournament features weigh-ins at Marina Bahia Marina,
21st St. & Bay. 4-7:30 p.m.
June 3: Council of Baltimore Ravens Roosts Annual
Parade. Join thousands of dedicated Ravens football
fans with the 42nd annual parade. Parade begins at 10
a.m. 19th St. & Baltimore Ave. to 28th St. 410-7262416.
June 3-4: Ride Across MD. Motorcycle ride to benefit fight against breast cancer. Francis Scott Key Motel &
OC Area. 410-992-9999.
June 4-23: Play It Safe. High school graduates from
the class of 2006 are invited to participate in fun, free
activities including beach volleyball, windsurfing, kayaking, rock climbing, paintball & much more. Ocean City
Area.
June 9-11: Eastern Shore Open Tennis Tournament.
First Eastern Shore men’s & women’s tennis tournament
will attract some of the best players in the Mid-Atlantic
region. OC Tennis Center, 61st St. & the Bay. 410-5248337.
June 10-11: OC Car & Truck Show. One of the
largest custom car & truck shows in the country with over
700 vehicles & vendors from across the nation. Top
names, music, entertainment & many celebrity appearances. Convention Center, 40th St. & Bay. 302-4360183.
June 10-11: Mid-Atlantic Classic Chevy Festival.
Open to all 1929-72 Chevrolets. Boardwalk parade.
Francis Scott Key Motel, Rt. 50. 302-732-3241.
June 14: Flag Day Ceremony. Celebrate the nation’s
flag as Ocean City pauses for the pledge 7 p.m.
Northside Park, 127th St. & Bay. 800-OC-OCEAN.
June 17-18: Art’s Alive. Fine art at the beach as over
100 artists display & sell their treasures. Enjoy the picturesque lagoon while you lunch, enjoy music & participate in free educational & artistic activities for children.
Northside Park, 127th St. 800-OC-OCEAN.
June 18-21: MD State Firemen’s Assoc. Conference
& Parade. Annual conference with equipment and vendors. Convention Center, 40th St. & Bay. 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Parade, June 21, 1 p.m. Worcester St. to 9th St.
Baltimore Ave.
June 19-22: All Star Basketball Camp. The perfect
medium to teach young hopefuls the basic skills of basketball. Boys & girls ages 7-16. Northside Park, 125th
St. & Bay. 410-250-0125.
June 29: Free Music Thursdays. Enjoy a relaxing
summer evening with a free concert. A variety of music
on Ocean City’s lovely pedestrian plaza. Somerset
Plaza, between Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave. 6-9 p.m.
410-289-7739.
OCEAN PINES
June 10-11: Artist Studio Tour & Sale. Original
Watercolors. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
ODESSA
June 1-30: Tour Historic Houses of Odessa. Explore
Historic Odessa. Originally named Cantwell’s Bridge,
Odessa developed as a busy 18th-century grain shipping port and played a vital role in commercial life
along the Delaware River. 302-378-4119.
June 1-30: Hearth Cooking Demonstrations in
Odessa. Odessa hosts hearth cooking demonstrations
using original recipes from late 18th and early 19th-cen-
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tury sources. The demonstrations will be held in the
Collins-Sharp House, which dates back to 1700 and is
one of Delaware’s oldest houses. The Collins-Sharp
House has been carefully restored with great regard for
historical accuracy. Collins-Sharp House. 302-3784119.
June 17: 5th Annual Welcome Summer Concert.
Featuring children’s recording artists, Ernie and Neal,
for a family concert. Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library,
115 N. High St. 7 p.m. 302-378-8838.
OXFORD
June 11: Pancake Breakfast. Ladies Auxiliary baked
goods and crafts table.
Oxford Volunteer Fire
Department. 7-11 a.m.
June 24: 18th Annual Cardboard Boat Race - A family oriented fun-filled experience for all who watch and
participate. The Strand. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
and the first race starts at 11 a.m. 410-820-4104.
PARKSLEY
June 3: Spring Festival. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
POCOMOKE
June 15-17: Cypress Festival. Annual event features
rides, fireworks, entertainment by local bands, duck
derby, motorcycle & car shows. Cypress Park.
QUEEN ANNE
June 11: Tuckahoe Triathlon. Come and participate in
Tuckahoe’s annual triathlon. The challenge consists of a
two-mile run, ten mile bike course & one mile canoe
course. Tuckahoe State Park (lake area). 8 a.m. 410820-1668.
QUEENSTOWN
June 24: 6th Annual Outback Charity Shoot. Includes
75 targets, breakfast, lunch on course and dinner. Prizes
and auction. Get your tickets early. Event always sells
out! Pintail Point. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-827-7065.
REHOBOTH BEACH
June 2-4: 2nd Annual “Blues at the Beach” produced
by Delaware Celebration of Jazz, Inc. 800-29-MUSIC.
June 2-30: The Beach Ball Show: Oil Paintings by
Andrew Criss. Homestead. Opening reception for
Members’ Craft and Solo Exhibits. Fri. June 2, 5-7 p.m.
Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
June 2-30: Current Paintings by Denise Dumont.
Ventures Gallery. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane.
302-227-8408.
June 2-30: 33rd Annual Members Craft Exhibition.
Corkran/Tubbs Galleries. Rehoboth Art League, 12
Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
June 7: Lecture. Henri Matisse. Speaker Sandra
Denney explores the life and work of painter Henri
Matisse. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 7 p.m.
302-227-8408.
June 8: Sunset Boulevard. Rehoboth Beach Public
Library. 6 p.m. 302-645-9095.
June 10: Best of the Beach - Beebe Art Auction. The
Beebe Medical Foundation and The Rehoboth Art
League’s 17th Annual Art Auction, Dinner and dance.
Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 6 p.m. 302227-8408.
June 22: Oscar Shorts. Upstairs Screening Room,
Movies at Midway. 7 p.m. 302-645-9095.
June 23-25: Rehoboth Beach Paint Out-2006! The
first Plein Air competition within the Rehoboth Beach city
limits. Twenty artists will compete for $1,000 prize.
302-227-8408.
June 24: Homestead Garden Party. Refreshments,
music and entertainment. Rehoboth Art League, 12
Dodds Lane. 4-6 p.m. 302-227-8408.
RISING SUN
June 1, 8, 15, 22: Concert in the Park. Bring a
Delmarva Quarterly
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lawn chair or blanket and enjoy local bands. Town
Park,Wilson Ave. 410-658-5353.
June 3: Sunfest. Crafters, food, car show, entertainment. Downtown. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-658-5353.
June 29: 29 Band Concert featuring the Upper
Chesapeake Community Band. Concert of patriotic
music honoring our servicemen, veterans & country.
Town Park, Wilson Ave. 410-658-4534.
ROCK HALL
June 9-11: Rock Hall Rock Fish Tournament. Rock
Fish Fever is worth cold, hard Cash! Adult Prizes: 1st$10,000; 2nd-$5,000; 3rd-$3,000. Children’s categories also. Weigh-ins each day at Rock Hall Bulkhead.
Sunday is final weigh-in day with prize presentations.
Refreshments available. Registration required; limited
boat entries. 410-269-6622.
June 10: Youth Fishing Derby. Children up to age 15,
accompanied by an adult, enjoy free fishing at Eastern
Neck National Wildlife Refuge’s stocked pond. Prizes
and children’s crafts. Lunch available. Eastern Neck
Island. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 410-639-2108.
SALISBURY
June 1-9: Faces & Places Photography exhibit. Solo
Exhibitor: John Nyberg. Art Institute & Gallery, 212 W.
Main St. Foyer Gallery.
June 1-25: The Garfinkle Family has donated 91
carvings and paintings to the Ward Museum representing some of the most important decorative wildfowl
artists working today. Reception: June 10, 6-11 p.m.
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South Schumaker
Dr. LaMay Gallery. 410-742-4988.
June 1-25: Regional Carving: Habbart Dean and
Bennett Scott. This exhibit is forth in a series showcasing
the talents of wildfowl artists living on the Delmarva
Peninsula. Reception: June 10, 6-10 p.m. at the 30th
Anniversary Gala. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909
South Schumaker Dr. Welcome Gallery. 410-7424988.
June 5: Mondays in June Maritime Heritage Lectures.
Watermen culture. Guest lecturer, Azenith Williams
speaks about her father’s instrumental role in the formation of a seafood worker’s labor union on the Shore.
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South Schumaker
Dr. Under the pavilion. 410-742-4988.
June 12: Mondays in June Maritime Heritage
Lectures. Watermen culture. Guest lecturer, Captain
Mike Vlahovich, founding director of the non-profit
organization Coastal Heritage Alliance, will discuss the
importance of the Shore’s heritage. Ward Museum of
Wildfowl Art, 909 South Schumaker Dr. Under the pavilion. 410-742-4988.
June 19: Mondays in June Maritime Heritage Lectures.
Watermen culture. Guest lecturer, Newell E. Quinton
discusses the preservation efforts taking place in his
home town of San Domingo. Ward Museum of Wildfowl
Art, 909 South Schumaker Dr. Under the pavilion. 410742-4988.
June 21: Nature Tales for Tots. Insects. This free environmental reading program is designed for children of
the preshcool through first grade age groups. The reading is followed by a craft-realated activity. Ward
Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South Schumaker Dr. 1011 a.m. 410-742-4988.
June 23: Landscape/Still Life Exhibit. All Media. Solo
Exhibitor: David Ganoe. Art Institute & Gallery, 212 W.
June 26: Mondays in June Maritime Heritage
Lectures. Watermen culture. Guest lecturer and 11th
generation waterman Wayne “Hon” Lawson discusses
the watermen’s legacy. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art,
909 South Schumaker Dr. Under the pavilion. 410-7424988.
June 30: Chips Off the Old Block: Decoy Traditions
of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This exhibit of antique and
contemporary decoys from the Eastern shore of Virginia
illustrates the distinctive carving style of this region evident in the works of old masters and today’s finest
carvers. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South
Schumaker Dr. LaMay Gallery. 410-742-4988.
SELBYVILLE
June 17: 50th Annual Old Timer’s Day. Food and
craft vendors and a variety of outdoor activities.
Downtown. 302-539-2100.
SNOW HILL
June 17: Children’s Discovery Day. Introduce children
to the fun, learning & value of a museum. Includes art
activities, scavenger hunt, touch tables & more. Julia A.
Purnell Museum, 208 West Market St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
410-632-0515.
June 21: Heritage Arts for Kids. Learn about history
with a hands-on craft. Julia A. Purnell Museum, 208
West Market St. 1-3 p.m. 410-632-0515.
June 23-24: Delmarva Chicken Festival. Giant frying pan, chef’s cookoff, riverfront events, golf tournament, car show, children’s entertainment, craft vendors &
more. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 410-632-1944.
ST. MICHAELS
June 1-30: Captain John Smith ‘Discovery Barge’.
Come see a replica of the shallop that Captain John
Smith used to explore the Chesapeake Bay in 1608.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 410-745-2916.
June 3: Strawberry/Craft Festival. St. Luke’s United
Methodist Church, 304 Talbot St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
June 4-9: The 12th Annual gathering of the “Escape
Artists” will be plein air painting on the grounds of
Wades Point Inn on the Bay. Come visit with these professional artists. Art work will be available for purchase.
301-475-0393.
June 12: Junior Sailing with CBMM! What better way
to explore the Chesapeake than to learn to sail on it? T
410-745-2916.
June 16-18: 19th Annual Antique and Classic Boat
Festival. This annual boat event is the largest of its kind
in the Mid-Atlantic region! It features over 100 antique
and classic boats, boatbuilding demonstrations, maritime craft vendors, live music, food, and more.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 410-745-2916.
June 23-25: 16th Annual Working Artists’ Forum Art
Show. Stroll through this juried show by the Eastern
Shore’s Working Artists’ Forum. Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum. 410-745-2916.
June 24: Family Concert. With summer’s arrival,
enjoy this free family concert! Pack a picnic supper,
lawn chairs, and a blanket to spread out beneath the
stars for live music performed on the Museum’s
Tolchester Beach Bandstand. Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum. 410-745-2916.
June 30: Overnight program. Would-be keepers will
be given a special tour of the nineteenth-century wooden structure, perform tasks of a traditional keeper, enjoy
a picnic dinner, and sleep inside the historic building
overlooking the Miles River. Historic Hooper Strait
Lighthouse. 6 p.m.-7:30 a.m. 410-745-2916.
STEVENSVILLE
June 1-28: Queen Anne’s County Quilters Reception.
Kent Island Federation of Art. 410-643-7424.
June 3: Youth Fishing Derby. Children 16 & under
welcome. Terrapin Park. (Nature Pond). 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
410-758-0835.
June 3: Wings & Wheels for Sight. Antique/Classic
cars and airplanes on display. Remote controlled model
aircraft and ultralight airplane demonstrations. Food,
children rides, airplane and helicopter rides. Model
train display. Bay Bridge Airport. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 410604-1141.
June 9-10: Queen Anne’s County Relay for Life. An
overnight event that offers everyone in the community
the chance to participate in the fight against cancer.
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Kent Island High School. 6 p.m.-9 a.m. 800-3040779.
TILGHMAN ISLAND
June 24: Summer Seafood Festival. Spend the day
enjoying live music, (Bitter Creek), local seafood, crafts,
Little Miss Tilghman contests and the fireman’s parade.
Benefit the Tilghman Island Volunteer Fire Company.
Kronsberg Park. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 410-886-2677.
WACHAPREAGUE
June 3: Yard Sale. 8 a.m. 757-787-1908.
June 12: Dolphin Watch - Watch in Boat Trips.
Virginia Marine Science. 10 a.m.
WILMINGTON
June 1: Rent Party 4! Wilmington’s newest tradition
benefits one of its oldest arts organizations. Opera
Delaware’s fourth annual Rent Party. The Rent Party is
the first of Wilmington’s 2006 outdoor parties, kicking
off the area’s legendary ritual of open-air festivals. The
smooth sounds brought by Bruce Anthony will start the
happy hour mood off right, followed by funky-soul-jam
band The Blue Method to turn toe-tappers into bootyshakers. Ships Tavern District of Wilmington (Market
Street between 2nd and 4th Streets). 6-9 p.m. 302658-8063.
June 1-18: Katharine Kuharic. Realist paintings and
drawings. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts,
200 S. Madison St. 302-656-6466.
June 1-30: Portraits of a People: Picturing African
Americans in the Nineteenth Century. Organized by the
Addison Gallery of American Art. Approximately 70
works.
Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere
Parkway. Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed 10
a.m.-8 p.m. Sun Noon-4 p.m. 302-571-9590.
June 1-30: “Centuries of Progress: American World’s
Fairs, 1853-1982.” Exhibit showcases state-of-the-art
technologies, new consumer products, architecture, art,
design, music and more. Hagley Museum and Library,
298 Buck Rd. East. 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. 302-658-2400.
June 1-30: Time for Tea! Selections of Teaware from
the Winterthur Collection. Exhibition featuring nearly
200 ceramic, metalwork, and glass teawares from
America, Europe, China and even the Near East.
Winterthur: An American Country Estate, Route 52.
800-448-3883.
June 1-30: Kid Stuff: Growing Up at Winterthur.
Experience life as it was on the Winterthur estate in the
late 1800s. Winterthur: An American Country Estate,
Route 52. 800-448-3883.
June 1-30: “Something Waits Beneath It.” Early work
by Andrew Wyeth. Wed, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs and Fri,
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere
Parkway. 302-571-9590.
June 1-30: The Face of Farming: Delaware’s Farm
Families. Photographic work of Wilmington native
Kathleen Buckalew and the stories of farmers and farm
life in Delaware. Delaware History Museum, 504
Market St. 302-656-0637.
June 2: Art on the Town. Enjoy the work of local artists
the first Friday of each month at over 30 venues around
the City of Wilmington. Office of Cultural Affairs, 800
N. French St. 302-576-2137.
June 2:
Statuary Stroll in Gibraltar Garden.
Preservation Delaware, 1405 Greenhill Ave. 5-7 p.m.
302-651-9617.
June 3: Opera Extravaganza. Opera choruses and
ensembles. First and Central Presbyterian Church,
Rodney Square. 8 p.m. 888-512-5093.
June 4-11: The 18th Annual Clifford Brown Jazz
Festival. Sponsored by DuPont, the festival features
headline and regional jazz artists.
Downtown
Wilmington at Rodney Square. 302-576-3095.
June 5-11: DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. The
largest free jazz festival in the area starting June 4th with
a concert on the grounds of Winterthur. Rest of the festival takes place in Rodney Square. Office of Cultural
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Affairs, 800 N. French St. 302-576-2137.
June 6: Newark Deltones. Barbershop chorus singing
old favorites. Downs Cultural Center, 1005 N. Franklin
St. 7 p.m. 302-575-0250.
June 6-30:
Continuing Education Exhibition.
Opening June 2, 5-8 p.m. Delaware College of Art and
Design, 600 N. Market St. 302-622-8000.
June 7: Lunchtime Concert Series. Kevin Burns.
Original Acoustic Music and Cover Songs. Bellevue
State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m. 302-793-3046.
June 7: Art After Hours: Performances by leading
area musicians. The Roger Prieto Quartet. Jazz.
Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway. 5:307:30 p.m. 302-571-9590.
June 8: Summer Concert Series: Artese and Toad
Acoustic Americana. This formidable folk duo delivers a
unique show based on their catalog of original compositions as well as “choice” classic American songs.
Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-7933046.
June 10: Neil Jensen on the Dickinson Theatre
Organ. Dickinson High School, 1801 Milltown Road. 8
p.m. 302-995-5630.
June 11: Summer Concert Series: The Chesapeake
Brass Band. All brass concert band. Bellevue State
Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
June 11-18: St. Anthony’s Italian Festival. Annual
celebration of Italian food, art, music, culture, traditions.
Be sure to experience the newly expanded II Circolo
Culturale featuring authentic Italian artists and artisans
demonstrating their crafts. St. Anthony’s Padua Church,
901 N. Dupont St. 302-421-3790.
June 12: Newark Dixie Ramblers. Jazz, Pops,
Standards. An instrumental group. Downs Cultural
Center, 1005 N. Franklin St. 7 p.m. 302-575-0250.
area musicians. Gary Vernon Group. Blues compositions. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway.
5:30-7:30 p.m. 302-571-9590.
June 14:
First State Ballet Theatre presents
“Arabesque 2006.” International festival of classical
and contemporary ballet. Grand Opera House, 818 N.
Market St. 7 p.m. 800-37-GRAND.
June 15: Summer Concert Series: Red Alert Band.
Dance, Funk, Motown. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr
Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
June 16: Delaware Chamber Music Festival presents
“It’s Heavenly.” Celebrating the 250th anniversary of
Mozart’s birth, an all-Mozart program. Wilmington
Music School, 4101 Washington St. 7:30 p.m. 302239-8440.
June 18: Summer Concert Series: Sin City Band.
Americana, Honky Tonk, Folkabilly. Bellevue State Park,
800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
June 18: Spring Musical Gala. Featuring The
Chamber Singers and Vocal Soloists from the Delaware
Valley Chorale. Champagne Reception - Preview of the
2006-2007 Season. 7 p.m. Wilmington Music School,
4101 Washington St. 302-234-4866.
“The Universal Language.” Featuring Jennifer Margaret
Barker - Geenyoch Ballant for solo piano, Paquito
d’Rivera -Trio for clarinet, piano and cello and Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Wilmington Music
School, 4101 Washington St. 3 p.m. 302-239-8440.
June 19: Christine Havrilla: Folk Rock and Karen
Horner: Jewelry. Rockford Park. 6:30 p.m. 302-5777688.
June 20: Brandywine Celtic Harps. Director Janet J.
Witman. Beautiful harps presenting Songs of Summer
and Patriotic Tunes. Downs Cultural Center, 1005 N.
Franklin St. 7 p.m. 302-575-0250.
June 21: Lunchtime Concert Series: Chris English.
Traditional and Original Acoustic Blues. Bellevue State
Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
area musicians. Nik Everett. Solo acoustic singer/song-
writer original rock, pop and folk music. Delaware Art
Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
302-571-9590.
June 21: Artists Working in the Garden: Marjorie
Egee. Gibraltar Garden. Preservation Delaware, 1405
Greenhill Ave. 302-651-9617.
June 22: Summer Concert Series: Southern Edge.
Southern Classic and Country Rock. Bellevue State Park,
800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
June 22: Spoons and Rhythm Bones. A unique musical Vaudeville Act revisited by presenter Wayne Jones.
Downs Cultural Center, 1005 N. Franklin St. 7 p.m.
302-575-0250.
“Simply Strings.” Featuring Tournier’s Feerie for harp
and string quartet, Tchaikovsky’s Adagio molto for harp
and string quartet, Marcel Grandjany’s Rhapsody for
harp and string quartet, and Beethoven’s String Quartet
in E flat major, Op. 74, “the Harp.” Wilmington Music
School, 4101 Washington St. 7:30 p.m. 302-2398440.
June 25: Summer Concert Series: The Double
Clutchin’ Weasels. Classic Country, Rockabilly, Rock ‘N
Roll. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302793-3046.
“From Russia, With Love.” Featuring Prokofiev’s Five
Melodies for violin and piano, Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in
G minor for cello and piano, Op.19, and Arensky’s
Piano. Wilmington Music School, 4101 Washington St.
7:30 p.m. 302-239-8440.
June 26: Cole Younger Band: Folk/Rock/Country
and Bruce Seaton: Various. Rockford Park. 6:30 p.m.
302-577-7688.
area musicians. Vince Lardear Quartet. Straight ahead
mainstream jazz. Delaware Art Museum, 2301
Kentmere Parkway. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 302-571-9590.
June 29: Charlene Campbell Presents, Light Classics
including music from Gypsy, Madame Butterfly, Kismet
and more. Downs Cultural Center, 1005 N. Franklin St.
2 p.m. 302-575-0250.
June 29: Summer Concert Series: Cole Younger
Band. Folk Rock, Americana. Bellevue State Park, 800
Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
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ARDEN
July 5: Folk dancing. With Jerry Schiffer. No partner
necessary. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway. 7:309:30 p.m. 302-478-7257.
July 12: Square Dancing. With Dave Brown. No
partner necessary. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway.
7:30-9:30 p.m. 302-478-7257.
July 15: Arden Music Fest. An all-day event!
Headlining will be Daby Toure’, inspired Afropop from
Mauritania and Paris. Earlier musicians will be Sarah
Borges, from Boston, whose roots rock has a soulful
edge, and we welcome back the indie rock of the
Distorted Penguins. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The
Highway. 12:30-8:30 p.m. 302-475-3126.
ARDENTOWN
July 1-9: Man of La Mancha. The comic tragedy of a
man’s struggle to better both himself and the world in
which he lives. Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Road.
Thu-Sat dinner at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sun dinner at
1 p.m., show at 3 p.m. 302-475-2313.
July 21-31: 42nd Street. If you love tap dancing,
you’ll love this salute to the Great White Way in our
great big smiling and sparkling production of 42nd
Street. Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Road. Thu-Sat
dinner at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sun dinner at 1 p.m.,
show at 3 p.m. 302-475-2313.
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BELLE HAVEN
July 17-28: ESO Summer Art Camp. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
BERLIN
July 1-5: Exhibition. Renowned local Watercolor
artist Robert L. Barnes is featured, presenting the work
and stories of a lifetime spent working and painting on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Waterline Gallery, 2
South Main St. 410-641-9119.
July 1-10: Exhibition. Lynne Lockhart will present her
newest series of paintings of dogs exploring the world of
modern and impressionist art. This whimsical show honors the pet lover and child in all of us with animals that
play with our senses and knowledge of the arts.
Waterline Gallery, 2 South Main St. 410-641-9119.
July 14: Open Mike Night. Performance and art combine as musicians, poets, dancers, comedians and performers of all kinds share their talents.Waterline Gallery,
2 South Main St. 7-11 p.m. 410-641-9119.
BETHANY BEACH
July 1-31: 2006 Summer Exhibition. Sponsored by
the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society. South Coastal
Library, 43 Kent Ave. 302-539-5231.
July 4: Bethany Beach Fourth of July Parade. Six
marching bands, five other bands and red, white and
blue bicycles will highlight this parade. Pennsylvania
and Atlantic Aves. Noon. 302-539-8011.
July 13: Poetry at the Beach. Fourth in a poetry reading series featuring the work of Jamie Brown, Debby
Creasey and Elizabeth Dolan. South Coastal Library, 43
Kent Ave. 7 p.m. 302-539-5231.
July 26-27: Annual Beach and Bay Cottage Tour.
Homes throughout Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island
area. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 302-537-5828.
CAMBRIDGE
July 1-4: Annual Bay Country Festival. Family fun celebration and festival with a carnival local food, games,
contests and live outdoor evening concerts. 410-2287762 or 7245.
July 14-16: Cambridge Sail Regatta. Annual event
featuring a junior race for younger sailors Friday from
the Yacht club. Saturday’s races feature a variety of sailboat Classifications. Trophies awarded on Sunday.
410-228-2141.
July 28-30: 95th Cambridge Classic Powerboat
Regatta. American Powerboat Association Sanctioned
World Championships of inboard hydroplane and flatbottom race. 410-228-7920.
CAPE CHARLES
July 4:
Annual Cape Charles Fourth of July
Extravaganza. This year chaired by John Kladis and
Franco Nocera. 757-331-2304.
July 5-9: A Children’s Film Festival. Family Films.
Arts Enter, 10 Strawberry St. 757-331-2787.
July 15: Flamenco Ole. Arts Enter, 10 Strawberry St.
8 p.m. 757-331-2787.
July 21: Musical. “Aladdin”. An Original musical
fantasy based on the story of “Aladdin’s Magical Lamp”.
Arts Enter, 10 Strawberry St. 8 p.m. 757-331-2787.
July 29: Robbin Thompson Concert. Arts Enter, 10
Strawberry St. 8 p.m. 757-331-2787.
CENTREVILLE (MD)
July 11: Kids’ Dance Camp - the Queen Anne’s
County Arts Council will hold a three day camp for ages
8-12. The class will focus on Cha-cha and Swing dance
steps, as well as table manners, phone manners and
other basic etiquette skills. 10:30-noon. Call 410-7582520.
July 13: 6th Annual Senior Line Dance Expo. Dance
Groups and Line Dancers from all over Maryland and
Delaware to perform and show their talents of expertise
in line dancing, hand dancing, shag, skits, ballroom
dancing. We also have workshops to teach these differ-
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ent dances. Queen Anne’s County High School. 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m. 410-758-0848 or 778-9399.
July 13: Thursdays in the Park. A free summer concert
featuring the Joe Byrd Trio. It’s hard to imagine jazz getting any better than this. Join Joe, Frank Vignola on guitar, and Chuck Redd on vibes for a night of brilliant classic jazz. Millstream Park. (Rt. 213 S.) 7-9 p.m.
410.758.2520.
July 19: Swing Dance Seminar. Ballroom and Latin
dance seminars for adults at the Queen Anne’s County
Arts Council. A seminar on Salsa/Mambo will be held
on August 2. Appropriate for beginners and more
advanced students. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 410-758-2520.
CHESAPEAKE CITY
July 1-30: Gallery Exhibitions: Featuring local artists.
Chesapeake City Town Hall. Sat & Sun. Noon-6 p.m.
410-392-5740.
July 1-31: Cecil County Farmer’s Market. Local fruits
& vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, baked goods.
9 a.m.-noon. 410-996-6292.
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Sundays Summer Music in
the Park. Free outdoor concerts ranging from bluegrass
to rock n’ roll. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Pell
Gardens, Bohemia Ave. & Canal. 6-8 p.m. 410-3925740.
CHESTER
July 4: Independence Day Celebration! Enjoy a fun
filled family day that will include food, entertainment
and fireworks. Chesapeake Exploration Center. 5-9
p.m. 410-758-0835.
CHESTERTOWN
July 4:
1706-2006 Chestertown Fireworks.
Experience the 4th in a Historic town, celebrating its
300th anniversary. Fireworks at dusk Dusk. 410-7780416.
July 27-29: Chestertown Crazy Days. Not just your
average sidewalk sale. This is Historic Downtown’s
famous Crazy Days sale in the historic district. It only
happens once a year, downtown shops display bargains
on the red-brick sidewalks of Chestertown for three days.
410-778-0416.
July 28-30:
C-300 Music Festival Weekend:
Featuring a wide variety of musical groups and singers,
including Jazz, Bluegrass; Classical; Barbershop/
Cabaret; Gospel, Celtic and Brass Bands who will perform at many venues. Downtown Chestertown. 410810-2968.
July 29: Music in Fountain Park Sparky and Rhonda
Rucker. The Blue and Gray in Black and White. Bring a
blanket or chair. Fountain Park. 7 p.m. 410-7780500.
CHINCOTEAGUE
July 1, 3, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24-29: 81st
Annual Volunteer Fireman’s Carnival. Rides, food, fun.
Carnival leads up to the world famous Pony Swim &
Auction. 757-336-6161.
July 4:
Old-Fashioned Fireworks Display.
Chincoteague Carnival Grounds. 757-336-6161.
July 23:
The Wild Wild West Show.
The
Chincoteague Center, 6155 Community Dr. Dinner at 6
p.m. Show at 7 p.m. 757-336-0614.
July 26-27: 81st Annual Pony Swim & Auction. 757336-6161.
July 8: “Art Stroll” on Chincoteague. Participating
galleries and shops throw open their doors for an islandwide open house for arts and crafts lovers. 6-10 p.m.
757-336-5636.
CHURCH HILL
July 1-29: Green Room Gang. Summer drama
camp. Church Hill Theatre, Walnut St. 9 a.m.-noon.
410-758-1331.
July 7-23: “The Cemetery Club” By Ivan Menchell.
Church Hill Theatre, Walnut St. 410-758-1331.
CRISFIELD
July 2: Independence Day Celebration. Fireworks.
Somers Cove Marina. 410-968-2500 or 800-7823913.
July 19: 30th Annual J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam
Bake. Entertainment & all-u-can-eat seafood. Somers
Cove Marina. 1-5 p.m. 410-968-2500 or 800-78239139 p.m.
DEWEY BEACH
July 8: Delaware Seashore Sandcastle Contest.
Delaware Seashore State Park. 9 a.m. 302-227-2800.
July 9: Taco Toss 5k Run/walk - 7 Sisters of Dewey
Beach Running/Walking Series 2006. The Lighthouse
Restaurant & Raw Bar, Ruddertowne. 8 a.m. 302-6546400.
July 16: northbeach 5k run/walk - 7 Sisters of Dewey
Beach Running/Walking Series 2006. northbeach
restaurant & bayside bar. 8 a.m. 302-654-6400.
DOVER
July 1-31: “Aliens Among Us: Invasive Insect
302-734-1618.
July 1-31: “Painting with Earth.” Works by Janis
July 5-31: Award Winners VI Exhibit. Featuring the
current Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowship winners. Biggs Museum of American Art,
406 Federal St. 302-674-2111.
July 6: Workshop: Container Gardening. Students
will learn how containers allow you to grow flowers and
vegetables where you haven’t been able to have a garden before. University of Delaware Paradee Center
meeting room off of Route 113, near the Delaware
Department of Transportation. 7-8:10 p.m. 302-7304000.
July 7: Workshop: Edible Landscaping. Learn about
growing plants you can eat. University of Delaware
Paradee Center meeting room off of Route 113, near the
Delaware Department of Transportation. 7-8:10 p.m.
302-730-4000.
July 12: Workshop: The Care & Feeding of Native
Plants. Learn about native plants that you can grow in
your garden. University of Delaware Paradee Center
meeting room off of Route 113, near the Delaware
Department of Transportation. 7-8:30 p.m. 302-7304000.
July 20: Hello Dolly! This Tony-award winning fastpaced musical will be as hot as a July day on the beach.
Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St. 7:30 p.m.
302-644-3810.
EASTON
July 1-31: Easton’s Farmer’s Market - Held every
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Antiques-Easton! - A quality, open air antiques and collectibles market of about 40
vendors, offering an array of pottery, furniture, decoys,
rugs, paintings, silver, primitives, jewelry, quilts, books,
vintage clothing, garden items and much more in
Historic Easton. Live music from 1-3 p.m. South Harrison
& Glenwood Avenue Parking Lot, (behind the Talbot
County Visitors Center). 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 410-822-0065.
July 6-9: 33rd Annual Tuckahoe Steam and Gas
Show - Show offers a wide variety of things to
enjoy...antique steam engines, gas engines, working
blacksmiths, horse pull, auction, crafts, refreshments &
music. Thurs. Noon-10 p.m.; Fri-Sun 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Tuckahoe Showgrounds, Ocean Gateway Hwy. 410822-9868.
July 7: First Friday Gallery Walk - Enjoy the exhibits
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at galleries, shops and restaurants in downtown Easton
during the evening event. Refreshments and discussion
are available at several galleries and many stores stay
open late, so plan to make an evening of it! Easton Town
Center. 5-9 p.m. 410-820-8822.
July 10-16:
2nd Annual Plein Air Easton!
Competition & Arts Festival. Come witness the dynamic
painting competition and festival that is “Plein Air Easton!” 410-820-8822.
July 12-15: Talbot County Fair. The Talbot County
Fair showcases the Talbot County 4-H exhibits and programs. Carnival, games and food. Talbot Ag Center,
Hiners Lane. 4-9 p.m. 410-822-1244.
July 14: Tuckahoe Modified Tractor Pull - A 5 class
modified tractor pull. Sponsored by the Tuckahoe Steam
& Gas Association. Tuckahoe Showgrounds, Ocean
Gateway Hwy. 7-11 p.m. 410-822-9868.
ELKTON
July 1-7: Art Show. Opening “Art & Medicine
Exhibition” Reception June 9. Food & Live Music. Cecil
County Arts Council, 135 E. Main St. 410-392-5470.
July 1-31: Art Show. “Go Fish”. Cecil County Arts
Center, 135 E. Main St. 410-392-5740.
July 4: July 4 Extravaganza. Live music, food, fireworks & more. Meadow Park, Delaware, Ave. 7-10
p.m. 410-620-7964.
July 6, 13, 20, 27: Music on Main. Bring your lawn
chair and enjoy some of the finest entertainment around.
Main & North Street. 5:30 p.m. 410-398-5076.
July 10-28: Exhibition. A solo exhibition of multi
media works by artist Mark Eisendrath. Opening
Reception, July 14, 5-7 p.m. Elkton Arts Center, 135 E.
Main St. 410-392-5740.
July 11: Lecture Series: Colonial/Federal Cooking.
Historic Hollingsworth House, 590 Landing Lane. 7 p.m.
410-620-6400.
EWELL
July 23: Smith Island Day. Skiff races and food.
Exhibits at museum. Crisfield-Smith Island Cultural
Alliance. 410-425-3351.
FAIR HILL
July 21-29: Cecil County Fair. 4-H displays, Ag
Showcase, family fun, entertainment, food, rides. 9
a.m.-11 p.m. Fair Hill Fairground. 419-392-3440.
FELTON
July 14: Brother Lowdown. Killens Pond State Park,
5025 Killens Pond Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-284-4526.
July 21: Red Alert Band. Jazz, Motown. Killens Pond
State Park, 5025 Killens Pond Road. 6:30 p.m. 302284-4526.
July 28: 3/4 Ton Band. Bluegrass. Killens Pond State
Park, 5025 Killens Pond Road. 6:30 p.m. 302-2844526.
FRANKFORD
July 15: Celtic Music Concert. Guitar and fiddle
music by musicians from the Delaware Classical
Showcase. Community Lutheran Church, 30897 Omar
Rd. 3 p.m. 302-644-0256.
GEORGETOWN (DE)
July 21-23 & 28-30: Cheaper by the Dozen. A
2006 PJ Production. Possum Point Players, 441 Old
Laurel Road. Fri & Sat 8 p.m. Sun 2 p.m. 302-8564560.
GEORGETOWN (MD)
July 4: Sassafras Harbor Parade and Fireworks. Boat
parade cruise from Greg Neck to Skipjack Cove on
Sassafras River at 5 p.m. Fireworks can be seen from
various points on the Sassafras River. 5 p.m. 410-2151200.
GREENVILLE
July 1-31: Shoot to Thrill: The Wildlife Photography
Adventures of Robert Caputo. Nationally renowned,
award-winning photographer Robert Caputo has been a
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regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine,
doing text and photos for numerous stories in the US,
Africa, Asia, and South America. Delaware Museum of
Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike. 302-658-9111.
HARRINGTON
July 20-29: 86th Annual Delaware State Fair.
Competitions, entertainment, food and rides. Delaware
State Fair Grounds, US 13. 302-398-3269.
LAUREL
July 4: Laurel’s Old Fashioned Independence Day
Celebration. Begins with a prayer breakfast and ends
with fireworks at dusk. 302-875-9319.
July 22: Delaware State Parks’ Adventure Race Series.
An adventure race for the whole family. The race is limited to 80 participants, and each will receive refreshments and a limited edition t-shirt. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories. The race consists of a
canoe, run, and bike leg. Trap Pond State Park, 33587
Baldcypress Lane. All Day. 302-739-4413.
LEWES
July 1: 40th Annual Art & Artisan Show. This event
will sponsor over 100 juried artists and artisans from the
Mid-Atlantic region. St Peter’s Episcopal Church, 218
2nd St. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 302-645-8479.
July 1-3: Alison Shaw: Seacapes: In the Abstract.
July 1-26: Exhibition. Amanda Hoskin. Oil.
July 1-31: Christopher Burkett: Panoramic Views.
July 1-31: Exhibit: Lewes From Settlement to
Museum.
July 4: Overfalls Historic Lewes Independence Day
Boat Parade. Come and enjoy the parade of boats all
decked out withy patriotic decorations. On the canal. 2
p.m. 302-644-1323.
July 4: “Old Fashioned Fourth of July” Children’s
games. Second St. 10 a.m. 877-465-3937.
July 4, 11, 18, 25: Lewes Summer Concert Series.
Free weekly outdoor concerts. Bring your own chair or
blanket. Stango Park, next to the Lewes Library. 7 p.m.
July 6: Furry Friends presented by Storyteller Michael
Forestieri. Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Ave.
10:30 a.m. 302-645-4633.
July 6-8: Lewes Antiques Show and Sale. High quality antiques and curiosity shop. Bethel U.M. Church,
Fourth Street. 302-645-9426.
July 8: Lewes Historical Society Craft Show. Historical
Complex, 110 Shipcarpenter St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 302645-7670.
July 9: Mellon Bank 5K Run.
July 11: Jack and the Beanstalk. Rehoboth Summer
Highway. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
July 13: Jackie McCabe presents songs and stories for
children. Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Ave. 10:30
a.m. 302-645-4633.
July 18: Alice in Wonderland. Rehoboth Summer
Highway. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
July 20: Best of Delaware Party.
July 20: Knightly Knews. Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre. Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams
Ave. 10:30 a.m. 302-645-4633.
July 25: Cinderella. Rehoboth Summer Children’s
Theatre. Cape Henlopen High School, Kings Highway.
11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
July 27: Crabmeat Thompson. Performing songs for
children. Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Ave. 10:30
a.m. 302-645-4633.
July 27-31: Lewes’ 375th Anniversary. Four centuries of paintings, prints and maps. Featuring Lewes
artist Steve Rogers, who will be available July 29, to sign
copies of his limited edition print. Photographer Kevin
Moore will be available to sign copies of his 375th
Anniversary book. Peninsula Gallery, 520 Savannah
Rd. 302-645-0551.
MACHIPONGO
July 1: Art in the Park. Barrier Islands Center. Rt. 13.
757-678-5550.
MILFORD
July 7-9 & 14-16: Dearly Departed. Second Street
Players, Riverfront Theater, 2 S. Walnut St. Fri-Sat 8
p.m. Sun 3 p.m. 302-422-0220.
MILTON
July 5: Milton Concerts in the Park. Live musical entertainment. Tydewater. Country music. 7-9 p.m. 101
Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
July 8: Cinderella. Presented by Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre. Milton Theatre Company, 108 Union
St. 11 a.m. 302-684-3400.
July 8: Vandegrift Memorial Series. Presented by
friends of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Milton
Theatre Company, 108 Union St. 7:30 p.m. 302-6843400.
July 12: Milton Concerts in the Park. Live musical
entertainment. Side By Side. Variety Vocals. 7-9 p.m.
101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
entertainment. Tangled Roots. American Folk music. 79 p.m. 101 Federal St. 7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
entertainment. Rough Jazz. 7-9 p.m. 101 Federal St.
7 p.m. 302-684-4110.
NEW CASTLE
July 1-31: Flight to Freedom. Exhibit documents the
escape of a fugitive slave family from Maryland on the
Underground Railroad and the assistance they received
from abolitionists Thomas Garrett and John Hun. New
Castle Court House Museum. 302-323-4453.
July 1-31: We the People...The Right of Trial By Jury.
Interactive exhibit chronicles the history of jury trial in
Delaware. New Castle Court House Museum. 302-3234453.
NEWARK
July 1-29: The Sun Shines in Provence and Tuscany
by local artist Regine Coulet-Tierney. Originals in acrylic
and mixed media. You’ve Been Framed Gallery, 172 E.
Main St. 302-366-1403.
July 1-31: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in
Wartime. Morris Library University of Delaware 302831-BOOK
July 4: Liberty Day and Fireworks. Festival featuring
food, activities, fine arts and homemade crafts, community information, children’s games and more. University
of Delaware Athletic Complex. Rt. 896. 4-10 p.m. 302366-7060.
July 14-31: “Art Bytes.” Juried show of computeraided art. Newark Arts Alliance, The Grainery Station,
100 Elkton Rd. 302-266-7266.
NORTH EAST
July 3: Salute to Cecil County Veterans. Fireworks,
music, food. North East Community Park, Walnut St. 5
p.m. 410-287-5801.
July 8: Jack Foreaker. Music, Puppets. Hart’s
Amphitheater. 6 p.m.
July 11, 18, 25: Summer Concert Series. Evening
concert with the Westminster Brass. Sandy Cove
Conference Center. 7 p.m. 800-234-2683.
July 15: Ladies Day. Enjoy speaker Kay Arthur.
Sandy Cove Conference Center. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 800234-2683.
July 28-29: All Donzi Poker Run “Thunder on the Bay
2006” Cash prizes & goodies. NASCRAB racing for
Charity at the driver’s meeting. Jackson Marine Sales,
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Hances Point. 7 p.m. 410-287-9400.
OCEAN CITY
July 3, 5-7: All Star Basketball Camp. The perfect
medium to teach young hopefuls the basic skills of basketball. Refinement of skills & advancement into strategy & conditioning are strengths of the program that will
benefit hoopsters of all ability levels. Boys & girls ages
7-16. Northside Park, 125th St. & Bay. 410-2500125.
July 4: Jamboree in the Park. Family fun with entertainers, games, food & a giant fireworks display. 5 p.m.
Northside Park, 127th St. & the Bay. 800-OC-OCEAN.
July 4, 12, 19: Concerts on the Beach. Free live
entertainment each week while you relax beside the cool
Atlantic on warm summer nights. Tribute bands & local
favorites. N. Division St. 8 p.m. 800-OC-OCEAN.
July 6. 13, 20, 27: Free Music Thursdays. Enjoy a
relaxing summer evening with a free concert. A variety
of music on Ocean City’s lovely pedestrian plaza.
Somerset Plaza, between Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave.
6-9 p.m. 410-289-7739.
July 7-9: OC Tuna Tournament. Exciting tournament
combines weigh-ins from 4-7 p.m., with vendors, artists,
live music & food. OC Fishing Center, off Rt. 50. 3-9
p.m. 410-213-1121.
July 9, 16, 23, 30: Sundaes in the Park. Bring the
family, a chair or blanket & enjoy free local & regional
musical groups. Create your own ice cream sundae for
a small fee. Free children’s activities each week. A great
family evening. Norhtside Park, 127th St. & Bay. 6-8
p.m. 800-OC-OCEAN.
July 13, 20, 27: Bonfire Hour. Sit beside the bonfire & learn interesting facts, history & fun things to do in
Ocean City. A different speaker each week. N. Division
St. 9 p.m. 800-OC-OCEAN or 410-289-2800
July 17-22: Starpower National Talent Competition.
World championship for all Starpower dancers who
qualified during regional tour. Convention Center, 40th
St. & Bay. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
July 28-30: Greek Festival. An authentic Greek event
with cuisine, pastries, dancing, bands, & vendors with
Greek items. Convention Center, 40th St. & Bay. 800OC-OCEAN.
July 31: Jesus at the Beach Music & Ministry Festival.
Praise, drama & worship music. Convention Center &
N. Division St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Convention Center. 710 p.m.. on the beach. 410-289-1296.
ODESSA
July 1-31: Tour Historic Houses of Odessa. Explore
Historic Odessa. Originally named Cantwell’s Bridge,
Odessa developed as a busy 18th-century grain shipping port and played a vital role in commercial life
along the Delaware River. Today, stroll down tree-lined
streets and admire the town’s 18th and 19th century
architectural heritage. 302-378-4119.
July 1-31: Hearth Cooking Demonstrations in
using original recipes from late 18th and early 19th-century sources. The demonstrations will be held in the
Collins-Sharp House, which dates back to 1700 and is
one of Delaware’s oldest houses. The Collins-Sharp
House has been carefully restored with great regard for
historical accuracy. Collins-Sharp House. 302-3784119.
OXFORD
July 9: Pancake Breakfast. Ladies Auxiliary baked
goods and crafts table.
Oxford Volunteer Fire
PERRYVILLE
July 8: Diamond in the Rough Triathlon. Swim, run,
bike. Great for participants and spectator alike.
Internationally sanctioned. Perryville Community Park,
Rt. 7. 8 a.m. 302-893-1997.
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PRINCESS ANNE
July 4: Ice Cream Social. Teackle Mansion Garden.
1-3 p.m. 410-651-2238.
July 24-29: Somerset County Fair. Exhibits, animals
& judging, food, crafts, contests, kids’ activities. Civic
Center. 410-651-9689.
QUEENSTOWN
July 10: 3rd Annual Golf Tournament. Enjoy a day of
golfing, food and prizes! Hunters Oak Golf club. 9
a.m. 410-827-6694.
July 22: Smoking Gun 3-Shot Tournament. 99 target
tournament, Includes targets, lunch and prizes. Unique
format with 3 targets thrown at same time. Pintail Point.
9 a.m.-12 p.m. 410-827-7065.
REHOBOTH BEACH
July 1-16: The Beach Ball Show: Oil Paintings by
Andrew Criss. Homestead. Opening reception for
Members’ Craft and Solo Exhibits. Fri. June 2, 5-7 p.m.
Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
July 1-16: Current Paintings by Denise Dumont.
Ventures Gallery. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane.
302-227-8408.
July 1-16: 33rd Annual Members Craft Exhibition.
Corkran/Tubbs Galleries. Rehoboth Art League, 12
Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
July 2: Rehoboth Beach Fireworks. Boardwalk &
Rehoboth Ave. 9:15 p.m. 302-227-2772.
July 2: Summer Concert Series. The Funsters. It would
be hard to find a band that has more fun than The
Funsters. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
July 3 & 24: Alice in Wonderland. Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Epworth United Methodist
Church, 20 Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
July 5: Lecture: Pablo Picasso. Speaker Sandra
Denney examines the evolution of the artistic styles of
Pablo Picasso. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 7
p.m. 302-227-8408.
July 6, 20, 26: Jack and the Beanstalk. Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Epworth United Methodist
Church, 20 Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
July 7: Musical Theatre Summer Intensive. Rehoboth
Elementary School. 302-644-3810.
July 8: Tim Laushey Orchestra. Big Band. Rehoboth
Beach Bandstand.
July 10-14: Pirate Theatre Camp. Sponsored by
Rehoboth Summer Children’s Theatre. Ages 9-14.
Epworth United Methodist Church, 20 Baltimore Ave. 9
a.m.-3 p.m. 302-227-6766.
July 11-12: Rehoboth Art League Cottage Tour. 10
a.m.-3 p.m. 302-227-8408.
July 12: Knightly Knews. Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre. Epworth United Methodist Church,
20 Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
July 13 & 19: Cinderella. Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre. Epworth United Methodist Church,
20 Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
July 15: Comfort Jazz. A band made up of members
from all areas of the Eastern Shore. Their love for music
and respect for each other is displayed on the stage during their performances. Comfort Zone is a smooth jazz
band that has a R&B flavor which brings many to the
dance floor. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
July 17-21: Film/TV Camp. Sponsored by Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Ages 9-14. Epworth United
Methodist Church, 20 Baltimore Ave. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
302-227-6766.
July 18-19: Hello Dolly! Summer theatre combining
local and out-of-town talent to bring this dazzling production to life. Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. 6 &
8:30 p.m. 302-644-3810.
July 20: Geist - Visual Comedian. Outlandish visual
comedy will transform the stage into a whirlwind of energy as GEIST combines his unique blend of new vaudevillian skills and tons of zany audience participation. Sit
back, hold onto your seats and experience this multi-tal-
ented, one man detour to hilarity!
Rehoboth Beach
Bandstand.
July 21-31: Beach People: Acrylic Paintings by
Nancy McIntyre. Homestead. Opening reception for
Members’ Fine Art and Solo Exhibits. Fri. July 21, 5-7
p.m. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-2278408.
July 21-31: Wood Turnings by Tom Crabb and
Contemporary Fiber Designs by John Gunther. Ventures
Gallery. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302227-8408.
July 21-31:
68th Annual Members Fine Art
Exhibition. Corkran/Tubbs Galleries. Rehoboth Art
League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
July 22: Jesse Garon Concert With Live Band. (Elvis
Impersonator). Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
July 23: The Honeycombs. The Honeycombs are a
popular band in the Delaware area. The group was
founded in 1990 by its leader and drummer Mr. Honey
Voshell. “Vosh” as his friends call him, is a veteran musician . Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
July 26: Lecture: “You Can Say That Again: The
Principle of Repetition in Art.” Join Art League member
Dolores Andrew as she explores repetition in art.
Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 7 p.m. 302227-8408.
July 27: Rehoboth Film Society Wallace & Gromit:
Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand
July 28: Giant Steps. Oldies. Rehoboth Beach
Bandstand.
July 28-30: All Saints Episcopal Church Antiques
Show. 302-226-0925.
July 30: Al Santoro & the Hi-Liters. Oldies. Music for
all occasions. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
RISING SUN
July 6, 13, 20: Concert in the Park. Bring a lawn
chair or blanket and enjoy local bands. Town
Park,Wilson Ave. 410-658-5353.
July 27: Upper Chesapeake Community Band
Concert. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy a concert in the park. Town Park,Wilson Ave. 410-6584534.
ROCK HALL
July 3: Rock Hall’s 4th of July Fireworks. The 4th of
July fireworks over Rock Hall Harbor is one of the best
pyrotechnic displays on the east coast. It can be easily
viewed by land or sea. Rock Hall Harbor. 9 p.m. 410778-1342.
July 4: Rock Hall July 4th Parade. Old-fashioned
parade begins at 10 a.m. on Main Street. Then, walk to
the Rock Hall Community Center for a taste of local food,
music, crafts and more. You won’t find more small town
charm than this. 10 a.m. 410-778-0416.
SALISBURY
July 1-14: Landscape/Still Life Exhibit. All Media.
Solo Exhibitor: David Ganoe. Art Institute & Gallery,
212 W. Main St. Foyer Gallery.
July 1-31: Chips off the Old Block: Decoy Traditions
of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This exhibit of antique and
contemporary decoys from the Eastern shore of Virginia
illustrates the distinctive carving style of this region evident in the works of old masters and today’s finest
carvers. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South
Schumaker Dr. LaMay Gallery. 410-742-4988.
July 28-31: Abstract Art Exhibition. All Media. Solo
Exhibitor: Scot Dolby. Art Institute & Gallery, 212 W.
July 29: Children’s Pet Fair. Children ages 18 years
and under are eligible to enter their pets. Entries are
judged in the following categories: Dogs, Cats, and
Miscellaneous. Wicomico Civic Center, 500 Glen Ave.
410-548-4900.
SEAFORD
July 11-12: AFRAM Festival. Celebrating the
African-American heritage of many Sussex citizens.
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Nutter Park. 302-628-1908.
July 14-15: 12th Annual Nanticoke Riverfest. Friday
night features pizza, barbeque chicken and two local
bands. Saturday brings the famous Float-In, canoe
races, carnival, continuous entertainment, car show,
pageants, craft and food vendors, “Duck Dash,” and
street dancing with a favorite local band. Downtown.
Fri. 5-11 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-11 p.m.
SNOW HILL
July 1-31: Local Art Exhibit. Julia A. Purnell Museum,
208 West Market St. 410-632-0515.
July 5 & 19: Heritage Arts for Kids. Learn about history with a hands-on craft. Julia A. Purnell Museum, 208
West Market St. 1-3 p.m. 410-632-0515.
ST. MICHAELS
July 1: Big Band Night. Come hear jazzy big band
sounds come alive on the Museum’s Tolchester Beach
Bandstand. 7-10 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum. 410-745-2916.
July 1-16: Captain John Smith ‘Discovery Barge’.
Come see a replica of the shallop that Captain John
Smith used to explore the Chesapeake Bay in 1608.
Built by The Sultana Projects, Inc., in Chestertown, the
shallop will be stopping at the Museum during a 15month tour, before setting out to retrace Smith’s voyage
in 2007. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 410745-2916.
July 14-15: Overnight program. Would-be keepers
will be given a special tour of the nineteenth-century
wooden structure, perform tasks of a traditional keeper,
enjoy a picnic dinner, and sleep inside the historic building overlooking the Miles River. Historic Hooper Strait
Lighthouse. 6 p.m.-7:30 a.m. 410-745-2916.
July 22: Family Concert. Spend this July summer
evening on our waterfront campus with live music in the
air! Pack a picnic supper, blanket, and lawn chairs and
make a whole evening of it. Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum. 7:30 p.m. 410-745-2916.
July 22-23: Teen Sail with CBMM! What better way
to explore the Bay than to learn to sail on it? Providing
a teen-oriented atmosphere for that age level to learn
anew or improve upon their sailing skills. Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum. 410-745-2916.
July 29-30: 24th Annual Crab Days Festival.
Indulge in steamed crabs, crab cakes, crab soup, and
more. Enjoy live music, boat rides, cooking demonstrations, and a tent full of children’s activities. Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-7452916.
STEVENSVILLE
July 8-30:
KIFA 10th Annual Open Judged
Photography Show. Reception and Awards July 10, 68 p.m. Kent Island Federation of Art. 410-643-7424.
June 22: Thursdays in the Park. A free summer concert
featuring the legendary Catfish Hodge. Kent Manor Inn.
(RT. 8 S.) 410.758.2520.
July 23-29: 57th Annual Kent Island Fireman’s
Carnival. Parade, games, food, special ride nights, fireworks, and fun for the whole family. 6-11 p.m. 410643-5454.
July 27: Thursdays in the Park, a free summer concert
featuring Blue Daze - great bluegrass with traditional
and contemporary roots. Kent Manor Inn (Rt. 8 S.) 7-9
p.m. 410.758.2520.
TOLCHESTER
July 20-22: Kent County Fair. A traditional county
fair featuring farm animals, indoor projects from crafts
to baked goods, 4H youth, five tractor events, a baby
contest, and of course, local Eastern Shore food. Kent
County Ag Center, Rt 21, Tolchester. 410-778-1661.
July 15:
VIENNA
Vienna, Maryland on the Nanticoke
SUMMER 2006
Celebrating 300 Years. A full day of anniversary activities beginning with a parade and ending with fireworks. Sail on the Skipjack Nathan, listen to music from
country to the Salisbury Community Band, ride a carriage or tram, historical vignettes, colonial kids activities
and crafters, British re-enactors, food and other vendors, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. 410-376-3620.
July 16: Vienna Maryland on the Nanticoke
Celebrating 300 Years. Community service, gospel
music, Skipjack rides, kids’ activities, and food. 10
a.m.-4 p.m. 410-376-3620.
WACHAPREAGUE
July 19-31: 52nd Annual Wachapreague Fireman’s
Carnival. 757-787-7818.
July 21-22:
Annual Eastern Shore Marlin
Tournament. 757-665-6158.
WILMINGTON
July 1-9: Charles Shannon: Lithographs and
Luminaries. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere
Parkway. 302-571-9590.
July 1-10: Time for Tea! Selections of Teaware from
the Winterthur Collection. Exhibition featuring nearly
200 ceramic, metalwork, and glass teawares from
America, Europe, China and even the Near East.
Winterthur: An American Country Estate, Route 52.
800-448-3883.
July 1-16: Portraits of a People: Picturing African
Americans in the Nineteenth Century. Organized by the
Addison Gallery of American Art. Approximately 70
works.
Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere
Parkway. Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed 10
a.m.-8 p.m. Sun Noon-4 p.m. 302-571-9590.
July 1-16:
“Something Waits Beneath It.” Early
work by Andrew Wyeth. Wed, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs
and Fri, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Delaware Art Museum, 2301
Kentmere Parkway. 302-571-9590.
July 1-17:
Continuing Education Exhibition.
Delaware College of Art and Design, 600 N. Market St.
302-622-8000.
July 1-24: Kid Stuff: Growing Up at Winterthur.
Experience life as it was on the Winterthur estate in the
late 1800s. Winterthur: An American Country Estate,
Route 52. 800-448-3883.
July 1-31: “Centuries of Progress: American World’s
Fairs, 1853-1982.” Exhibit showcases state-of-the-art
technologies, new consumer products, architecture, art,
design, music and more. Hagley Museum and Library,
298 Buck Rd. East. 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. 302-658-2400.
July 1-31: The Face of Farming: Delaware’s Farm
Market St. 302-656-0637.
July 2 & 22: Centennial Salute.
Celebrating
Longwood’s centennial year and founder Pierre S. du
Pont’s love of horticulture and the performing arts.
Fireworks, fountains, and music illuminate the night sky.
Longwood Gardens, Rt. 1. 610-388-1000.
July 3-4: Independence Day Maritime Festival.
Celebrate Independence Day at Wilmington’s Riverfront
with the arrival of Tall Ships from D.C. to Boston. Tours
of ships and fireworks on the 4th. Office of Cultural
Affairs, 800 N. French St. 302-576-2137.
July 5: Lunchtime Concert Series: Dave Dziubczynski.
Instrumental Jazz Guitar. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr
Rd. 12-1 p.m. 302-793-3046.
July 6: Summer Concert Series: Newark Community
Band. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m.
302-793-3046.
July 9: Summer Concert Series: Joe Pettis and John
Orr. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302793-3046.
July 13: Summer Concert Series: Rock-It Science.
Oldies Rock ‘N Roll. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd.
6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
July 15: Ken Double on the Dickinson Theatre Organ.
Dickinson High School, 1801 Milltown Road. 8 p.m.
302-995-5630.
July 18: Concert Mini-Series: Sankofa African Drum
and Dance Co. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30
p.m. 302-793-3046.
July 19: Lunchtime Concert Series: Damion Wolfe.
Eclectic Acoustic Pop Folk. Bellevue State Park, 800
Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m. 302-793-3046.
July 20-22: Founder’s Day celebration. Enjoy concerts, behind-the-scenes tours, educational garden
walks led by experts, inspiring demonstrations and fun
activities as Longwood commemorates Pierre du Pont’s
original arboretum purchase. Longwood Gardens, Rt. 1.
610-388-1000.
July 25: Concert Mini-Series: Christina River Steel
Band. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m.
302-793-3046.
July 25-28: 11th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival.
City Theater Company, Baby Grand Theater, 818 N.
Market St. 8 p.m. Pre-show entertainment at 7 p.m.
800-37-GRAND.
July 27: Summer Concert Series: The Juggling
Hoffmans. Comedy Show. Bellevue State Park, 800
Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
July 27-29: My Fair Lady. Presented by The
Brandywiners, Ltd. Longwood Gardens Open Air
Theatre. 8:30 p.m. 478-3355.
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ARDENTOWN
August 1-31: 42nd Street. If you love tap dancing,
you’ll love this salute to the Great White Way in our
great big smiling and sparkling production of 42nd
Street. Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Road. ThuSat dinner at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Sun dinner at 1
p.m., show at 3 p.m. 302-475-2313.
BERLIN
August 11: Open Mike Night. Performance and art
combine as musicians, poets, dancers, comedians and
performers of all kinds share their talents. Waterline
Gallery, 2 South Main St. 7-11 p.m. 410-641-9119.
BETHANY BEACH
August 1-31: 2006 Summer Exhibition. Sponsored
by the Bethany Beach Watercolor Society. South
Coastal Library, 43 Kent Ave. 302-539-5231.
August 3-5: St. Anne’s Annual Summer Bazaar. St.
Anne’s Catholic Church, Rt. 26. 302-539-6449.
August 10: Poetry at the Beach. Fifth in a poetry
reading series featuring the work of Linda Blaskey,
Debby Creasey and Gary Hanna. South Coastal
Library, 43 Kent Ave. 7 p.m. 302-539-5231.
BETTERTON
August 5:
Betterton Day-100th Anniversary.
Celebration alongside the sandy & only nettle-free
beach on the Chesapeake Bay. Parade, swimming at
Betterton Beach, baby contests, food, face painting,
crafts, and the now famous “Cow Plop Bingo,” held in
town park. Traditional shuttles from parking areas.
10am-5pm. Parade begins at 10:30am. 410-3489955.
CAMBRIDGE
August 5: Sammy Kershaw Concert. Kershaw has
remained one of the most consistent power hitters in
country music-both with a chain of major hit records
and sell-out touring schedules. Sailwinds Park, 200
Byrn St. 410-228-7245.
August 12: Seafood Feast-I-Val. All you can eat
Seafood. Live entertainment, crafts, and exhibits. 410228-1211.
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DELMARVA EVENTS
August 12: Annual Peach Festival. Features peaches, pies, fritters, cobbler, crab cakes, ice cream, vendors
and more. 410-228-4723.
August 26: Harvest Festival. Dorchester Historical
Society’s old fashioned festival celebrating the country’s
traditions both past and present. Music, food, contests,
wildlife & games. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
CAPE CHARLES
August 5: Jim Newson Jazz Band. Arts Enter, 10
Strawberry St. 8 p.m. 757331-2787.
August 19: Applaud the Sun Harbor Party. New
location at the Beach this year! 6-10 p.m. 757-3312304.
CENTREVILLE (MD)
August 2: Salsa/Mambo Seminar, Ballroom and Latin
dance seminars for adults at the Queen Anne’s County
Arts Council. Appropriate for beginners and more
advanced students. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 410-758-2520.
August 7-12: Queen Anne’s County Fair. County
Fair with 4-H shows in dairy, beef, swine, sheep and
goats as well as 4-H horse shows. 4-H Park, Rt. 18 (corner of Dulin Clark Rd.) 9 a.m.-10 p.m. 410-758-0267.
August 10: Thursdays in the Park. A free summer concert featuring Maggie Sansone-America’s premier hammered dulcimer artist for a rousing evening of music and
dance with Celtic tunes and Irish step dance. Join
Maggie and her guests Andrea Hoag on fiddle and
Regan Riley - champion Irish step dancer at Millstream
Park (RT. 213 S.) 7-9 p.m. 410.758.2520.
CHESAPEAKE CITY
August 1-31: Cecil County Farmer’s Market. Local
fruits & vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, baked goods.
9 a.m.-noon. 410-996-6292.
August 5: Heritage Day. Enjoy a glimpse of life in
1906. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-885-5088.
August 5-27: Gallery Exhibitions: Featuring local
artists. Chesapeake City Town Hall. Sat & Sun. Noon6 p.m. 410-392-5740.
August 6, 13, 20, 27: Sundays Summer Music in
the Park. Free outdoor concerts ranging from bluegrass
to rock n’ roll. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Pell
Gardens, Bohemia Ave. & Canal. 6-8 p.m. 410-3925740.
CHESTER
August 5-6: Thunder on the Narrows. Powerful
Hydroplanes. Speeds over 100 mph. Family Event. 7
classes of stocks and Modified Engines & Jersey Skiffs.
Join the FUN! Remembering 50 years of Hydroplane
racing on Kent Island. Food and entertainment on
grounds. Kent Island Yacht club grounds. 10 a.m.-5
p.m. 410-643-5764 or 410-725-6222.
August 24: Thursdays in the Park. A free summer concert with Glenn & the Gemtones. Oldies rock ‘n roll
favorites and much more! A show not to be missed.
Chesapeake Exploration Center, 425 Piney Narrows Rd.
(Rt. 50/301 exit 41 to Piney Narrows Rd.) 410-7582520.
CHESTERTOWN
August 5: C-300-Kent County Agriculture Day. Kent
County Agricultural history will be featured at Fountain
Park. 410-778-0416.
August 12: C-300 “Horses to Hummers” parade will
include horses, antique cars, marching bands refreshments and lots, lots more. High Street. 10 a.m. 410810-1356 or 2969.
August 12: Music in Fountain Park Annapolis
Bluegrass Coalition. Hand-clappin’, knee slappin’, toe
tappin’ fun. Bring a blanket or chair. Fountain Park. 7
p.m. 410-778-0500.
August 18-19: Tenth Annual Chestertown Jazz
Festival. Headliner, Joey DeFrancesco. Other performers include, Giacomo Gates & Chris Vidala.
Sponsorship Gala, Fri. 6:30-10 p.m. Black-Eyed Susan
Restaurant. Sat. Noon-7 p.m. Wilmer Park. 410-7783831.
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SUMMER 2006
August 26: Music in Fountain Park Swing City:
Delmarva’s Big Band. Music from Basie, Miller &
Dorsey. Bring a blanket or chair. 7 p.m. Fountain Park.
410-778-0500.
CHINCOTEAGUE
August 12: Bluegrass Concert. The Cherry Homes
Family. The Chincoteague Center. 7:30 p.m. 757-3360614.
August 12:
“Art Stroll” on Chincoteague.
Participating galleries and shops throw open their doors
for an island-wide open house for arts and crafts lovers.
6-10 p.m. 757-336-5636.
CHURCH HILL
August 11-27: “I Hate Hamlet” By Paul Rudnick.
Directed by Bonnie Hill. Church Hill Theatre. 410-7581331.
DELAWARE CITY
August 3: Newark Community Band. Concert Band.
Delaware City Park, waterfront. 7 p.m. 302-838-8740.
August 10: Ace of Hearts. Jazz. Delaware City Park,
waterfront. 7 p.m. 302-838-8740.
August 17: Whirled Peas. Blues, folk, rock and
oldies. Delaware City Park, waterfront. 7 p.m. 302838-8740.
August 24: First State Symphonic Band. Concert
Band. Delaware City Park, waterfront. 7 p.m. 302838-8740.
August 31: Delaware Rag. Bluegrass. Delaware City
Park, waterfront. 7 p.m. 302-838-8740.
DENTON
August 2-6: Caroline County Fair. 4-H & open
exhibits, commercial displays, livestock shows, horse
shows, live entertainment, livestock auction, amusement
rides, jousting tournament. 4-H Park. 410-479-0565.
August 4-6: 46th Annual Wheat Threshing, Steam &
Gas Engine Show. Exhibits and demonstrations of
antique farm equipment, flea market. Rt. 313 between
Denton and Federalsburg. 10 a.m. daily. 410-6732414.
August 18-19: Caroline Summerfest. Two-day Free
Family Festival! 4 live entertainment stages, River
Cruises, KidzArt activities, Fine Arts, food sales, fireworks, and much more! Downtown. Fri. 5-10 p.m. Sat.
2-10 p.m. 410-479-2050.
August 19: Choptank Rivah Run. Fun, 2-mile paddling event for children and adults of all ages. Any type
of paddle craft is eligible for this “Poker Run”. Martinak
State Park - Picnic Area. 10 a.m. 410-479-8120.
DEWEY BEACH
August 5: Venus on the Half Shell 5k run/walk - 7
8 a.m. 302-654-6400.
August 19: Booksandcoffee 10k/5k run/walk - 7
Ruddertowne. 8 a.m. 302-654-6400.
DOVER
August 1-31: “Aliens Among Us: Invasive Insect
302-734-1618.
August 1-31: “Painting with Earth.” Works by Janis
August 1-31: Award Winners VI Exhibit. Featuring
the current Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist
Fellowship winners. Biggs Museum of American Art,
406 Federal St. 302-674-2111.
August 6: First Saturday in the First State. Walking
tour of Museums, State House and Legislative Hall, as
well as concerts, speakers and more. The First State
Heritage Park, 152, S. State St. All Day. 302-7394413.
August 12: Quilt Documentation Day. Owners of
antique quilts made before 1945 are encouraged to
bring their quilts to this Quilt Documentation Day. Air
Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base.
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 302-739-5316.
August 15, 17, 23, 30: July 7: Workshop:
Introduction to Gardening (Critters). Learn how to deal
with animal and insect pests in your garden. University
of Delaware Paradee Center meeting room off of Route
113, near the Delaware Department of Transportation.
7-9:20 p.m. 302-730-4000.
EASTON
August 1-31: Annual Members’ Exhibition. Variety
of media including oils, watercolors, graphics, film,
ceramics, metals and wood created by Museum’s member artists. Some works available for purchase.
Academy Art Museum, 106 South Street, Easton. 410822-2787.
August 1-31: Easton’s Farmer’s Market - Held every
August 4: First Friday Gallery Walk - Enjoy the
exhibits at galleries, shops and restaurants in downtown
Easton during the evening event. Refreshments and discussion are available at several galleries and many
stores stay open late, so plan to make an evening of it!
Easton Town Center. 5-9 p.m. 410-820-8822.
August 6, 13, 20, 27: Antiques-Easton! - A quality, open air antiques and collectibles market of about 40
vendors, offering an array of pottery, furniture, decoys,
rugs, paintings, silver, primitives, jewelry, quilts, books,
vintage clothing, garden items and much more in
Historic Easton. Live music from 1-3 p.m. South Harrison
& Glenwood Avenue Parking Lot, (behind the Talbot
County Visitors Center). 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 410-822-0065
ELKTON
August 1-25: Art Show. Cecil County Arts Council,
135 E. Main St. 410-392-5470.
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: Music on Main. Bring
your lawn chair and enjoy some of the finest entertainment around. Main & North Street. 5:30 p.m. 410398-5076.
FELTON
August 4: Celtic Harvest. Irish. Killens Pond State
Park, 5025 Killens Pond Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-284-4526.
FRANKFORD
August 19: Classical Music Concert. A selection of
music by soprano, Nicole Clauser, tenor, Gary Seydell,
baritone, Paul Hanke, accompanied by church instrumentalists. Community Lutheran Church, 30897 Omar
Rd. 3 p.m. 302-644-0256.
GREENVILLE
August 1-31:
Shoot to Thrill:
The Wildlife
Photography Adventures of Robert Caputo. Nationally
renowned, award-winning photographer Robert Caputo
has been a regular contributor to National Geographic
Magazine, doing text and photos for numerous stories in
the US, Africa, Asia, and South America. Delaware
Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike. 302658-9111.
LEWES
August 1-3: Lewes’ 375th Anniversary. Four centuries of paintings, prints and maps. Featuring Lewes
artist Steve Rogers and photographer Kevin Moore.
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Lewes Summer Concert
Series. Free weekly outdoor concerts. Bring your own
chair or blanket. Stango Park, next to the Lewes Library.
7 p.m.
August 1-31: Exhibit: Lewes From Settlement to
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DELMARVA EVENTS
Museum.
August 4: Delaware Symphony Orchestra Concert.
Enjoy the fireworks after the performance. College of
Marine Studies. 7 p.m. 302-645-8073.
August 5: Antique Fair & Flea Market. Lewes
Historical Society Complex, Shipcarpenter St. 9 a.m.-4
p.m. 302-645-8073.
August 5-29: Exhibition: Tania Dibbs. Oil. Big sky
paintings in oil from the mid-west and beyond.
August 8: Knightly Knews. Rehoboth Summer
Highway. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
August 11: Jack and the Beanstalk. Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Cape Henlopen High
School, Kings Highway. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
August 26: Semi-annual meeting of Friends of Cape
Henlopen State Park. Speaker, John Ewart, U. of D.
aquaculture on “Shellfish Restoration in Inland Bays. 911:30 a.m. Biden Center, Cape Henlopen State Park.
MARYDEL
August 13: New Found Grass. Concert sponsored by
the Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association. Marydel Fire
Hall, 110 Firehouse Lane, Marydel, 1-5 p.m. 302-4921048.
MASSEY
August 26: Young Eagles Day. Children, accompanied by a parent or guardian receive a free flight in an
airplane. Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks available.
Massey Air Museum, 33541 Maryland Line Rd. 10
a.m.-2 p.m. 410-928-5270.
MILLSBORO
August 11-12: Millsboro Festival. Downtown. 302934-6777.
MILTON
August 2: Milton Concerts in the Park. National
Night Out - Honeycombs. Rock N Roll. 7-9 p.m. Milton
Theatre Company, 101 Federal St. 302-684-4110.
August 9: Milton Concerts in the Park. Swing Time
Entertainment. Big Band Vocals. 7-9 p.m. Milton
August 12: Jack and the Beanstalk. Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Milton Theatre Company,
108 Union St. 11 a.m. 302-227-6766.
August 16: Milton Concerts in the Park. Vinyl
Shockley and Kevin Short/Ed Shockley. R&B, Jazz and
Gospel. 7-9 p.m. Milton Theatre Company, 101
Federal St. 302-684-4110.
August 23: Milton Concerts in the Park. Big Hat No
Cattle featuring country swing music. 7-9 p.m. Milton
August 26: Bargains on the Broadkill and the Great
Duck Race. Downtown. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 302-684-1101.
August 26: Broadkill River Canoe and Kayak Race.
The town’s annual race will wind along the Broadkill
River starting at 10 a.m. and end up in Milton. Cash
prizes and trophies will be awarded. 302-684-3400.
August 30: Milton Concerts in the Park. H2O Praise
Team/Avenue UMC. Gospel music. 7-9 p.m. Milton
NEW CASTLE
August 1-31: Flight to Freedom. Exhibit documents
the escape of a fugitive slave family from Maryland on
the Underground Railroad and the assistance they
received from abolitionists Thomas Garrett and John
Hun. New Castle Court House Museum. 302-3234453.
August 1-31: We the People...The Right of Trial By
Jury. Interactive exhibit chronicles the history of jury trial
in Delaware. New Castle Court House Museum. 302323-4453.
NEWARK
August 1-12: “Art Bytes.” Juried show of computeraided art. Newark Arts Alliance, The Grainery Station,
100 Elkton Rd. 302-266-7266.
SUMMER 2006
August 1-31: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in
Wartime. Morris Library University of Delaware 302831-BOOK
NORTH EAST
August 1: Summer Concert Series. Featuring GLAD.
Sandy Cove Conference Center. 7 p.m. 800-2342683.
August 5: Wapiti Summer Festival. Live music, good
food, artists and crafters, children’s activities, familyfriendly fun. Wapiti Retreat, 470 wapiti Lane. 11 a.m.4 p.m. 410-287-6928.
August 8: Summer Concert Series. Featuring The
Martins. Sandy Cove Conference Center. 7 p.m. 800234-2683.
August 13: Hart’s 20th Annual Peach Festival.
Homemade pies, ice cream, crafts, entertainment. Hart’s
UM Church, 3203 Turkey Point Rd. Noon. 410-2875935.
August 19-20:
Chesapeake Wine Festival.
Featuring several Maryland wineries along with the best
Cecil County has to offer. Come by boat or car. Wapiti
Farm and Retreat. Noon-8 p.m. 410-275-2042.
August 27: North East Triathlon. Swim, Bike, Run.
Great for spectators and participants. Community Park.
7:30 a.m. 856-468-0925.
OCEAN CITY
August 1-2: Jesus at the Beach Music & Ministry
Festival. Praise, drama & worship music. Convention
Center & N. Division St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Convention
Center. 7-10 p.m.. on the beach. 410-289-1296.
August 2, 9, 16, 23: Concerts on the Beach. Free
live entertainment each week while you relax beside the
cool Atlantic on warm summer nights. Tribute bands &
local favorites. N. Division St. 8 p.m. 800-OCOCEAN.
August 3, 10, 17, 24: Bonfire Hour. Sit beside the
bonfire & learn interesting facts, history & fun things to
do in Ocean City. A different speaker each week. N.
Division St. 9 p.m. 800-OC-OCEAN or 410-2892800.
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: Free Music Thursdays.
Enjoy a relaxing summer evening with a free concert. A
variety of music on Ocean City’s lovely pedestrian plaza.
Somerset Plaza, between Boardwalk & Baltimore Ave.
6-9 p.m. 410-289-7739.
August 5-6: Funk Master Flex Celebrity Car & Truck
Show. Hottest vehicles featured in magazines & television, top-name celebrities, vendors & more. Convention
Center, 40th St. & Bay. 302-436-0183.
August 6, 13, 20, 27: Sundaes in the Park. Bring
the family, a chair or blanket & enjoy free local &
regional musical groups. Create your own ice cream
sundae for a small fee. Free children’s activities each
week. A great family evening. Norhtside Park, 127th
St. & Bay. 6-8 p.m. 800-OC-OCEAN.
August 7-11: White Marlin Open. World’s largest
billfish tournament. Come watch fish weigh-ins or compete for over $2.3 million in prize money. Compete for
prizes in catching white marlin, blue marlin, tuna,
wahoo, dolphin & sharks. Over 300 boats participated
last year. Harbour Island, 14th St. & Bay. 410-2899229.
August 11-13: Ocean City Junior Open. Junior
players from throughout the Mid-Atlantic compete in one
of the top events on the Eastern Shore. OC Tennis
Center, 61st St. & Bay.
August 11-14: Antiques-by-the-Sea. Furniture, silver, stemware & crystal. Over 70 vendors exhibiting
from all over the country. Convention Center,40th St. &
Bay. 410-289-3453.
August 12: Kiddie Crab Round-up. Morning of fun
& learning about blue claw crabs & their environment.
For children 12 years & under accompanied by an
adult. Lagoon Dock, Northside Park, 125th St. & Bay. 9
a.m.-noon.
August 14-17: Cheerleading Camp. Participants
learn cheers, chants, tumbling & stunts from Salisbury
University cheerleaders.
Boys & girls ages 6-16.
Northside Park, 125th St. & Bay. 410-250-0125.
August 14-17: Homerun Baseball Camp. Geared
for younger players with little experience. Goal is to
teach young hopefuls the basic skills of baseball while
having fun. Northside Park, 125th St. & Bay. 410-2500125.
August 17-19: Capt. Steve Harman Poor Girls
Open. Largest ladies-only bill fishing tournament in the
Mid-Atlantic area, a charity event. Over 50 boats participating. Weigh-ins 4-7 p.m. Bahia Marina, 21st St.
& Bay.
August 21-24: Showtime Dance Camp. Twist, turn
& mambo your way through the week in this new camp
led by New Castle Dance Academy. Northside Park,
125th St. & Bay. 410-250-0125.
August 26: Atlantic General Health Conference.
Popular event with nationally known keynote speaker,
educational forums, free services & seminars.
Convention Center, 40th St. & Bay. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 410641-9268.
ODESSA
August 1-31: Tour Historic Houses of Odessa.
Explore Historic Odessa. Originally named Cantwell’s
Bridge, Odessa developed as a busy 18th-century grain
shipping port and played a vital role in commercial life
along the Delaware River. 302-378-4119.
August 1-31: Hearth Cooking Demonstrations in
using original recipes from late 18th and early 19th-century sources. Collins-Sharp House. 302-378-4119.
OXFORD
August 13: Pancake Breakfast. Ladies Auxiliary
baked goods and crafts table. Oxford Volunteer Fire
POCOMOKE
August 23-26: Great Pocomoke Fair. Livestock activities, rides, talent show, fireworks, harness horse race,
bingo & more. 8th & Broad St.
REHOBOTH BEACH
August 1-31: Beach People: Acrylic Paintings by
Nancy McIntyre. Homestead. Opening reception for
Members’ Fine Art and Solo Exhibits. Fri. July 21, 5-7
p.m. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-2278408.
August 1-31: Wood Turnings by Tom Crabb and
Contemporary Fiber Designs by John Gunther. Ventures
Gallery. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302227-8408.
August 1-31: 68th Annual Members Fine Art
Exhibition. Corkran/Tubbs Galleries. Rehoboth Art
League, 12 Dodds Lane. 302-227-8408.
August 2: Knightly Knews. Rehoboth Summer
Children’s Theatre.
Epworth United Church, 20
Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
August 3, 9, 16, 21, 29: Cinderella. Rehoboth
Summer Children’s Theatre. Epworth United Church, 20
Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
August 5:
28th Annual Sandcastle Contest.
Fisherman’s Beach at north end of the Boardwalk by the
Henlopen Hotel. 8:30 a.m. 302-227-2233 or 800441-1329.
August 5: First Annual “Bring History To Life Gala” to
benefit the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
King’s Creek
Country Club. 7 p.m. 302-227-7310.
August 6: U.S. Navy Country Current - Blue Grass
Band. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
August 7-11: Create-A-Play Camp. Sponsored by
Rehoboth Summer Children’s Theatre. Ages 9-14.
Epworth Methodist Church. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 302-2276766.
August 10: Rehoboth Film Society: March of the
Penguins. In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate
and start a family. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
Summer 2006
August 10, 22: Alice in Wonderland. Rehoboth
Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
August 12: The Joseph A. Ferko String Band. Known
for spectacular music and world-class shows. Rehoboth
Beach Bandstand.
August 12-13, 19-20: 33rd Annual Outdoor Fine
Art and Fine Craft Exhibition. Rehoboth Art League, 12
Dodds Lane. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 302-227-8408.
August 13: Walt Wagner and the Serenaders. A
group of 14 talented and energetic instrumentalists that
have delighted audiences in the Mid-Atlantic states for
the past 25 years. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
August 14, 23, 28: Jack in the Beanstalk. Rehoboth
Baltimore Ave. 7:30 p.m. 302-227-6766.
August 17: Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field
Band. This 19-member big band, formed in 1969, has
received great acclaim both at home and abroad performing America’s original art form, jazz. Rehoboth
Beach Bandstand.
August 24: United States Army Field Band and
Soldiers Chorus. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
August 27: The Juveniles. Talented, versatile, and full
of enthusiasm and energy. Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
RISING SUN
August 3, 10, 17, 24: Concert in the Park. Bring
a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy local bands. Town
Park, Wilson Ave. 7 p.m. 410-658-5353.
August 31: Upper Chesapeake Community Band
Concert. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy a concert in the park. Town Park,Wilson Ave. 7 p.m. 410658-4534.
SALISBURY
August 1-28: Abstract Art Exhibition. All Media.
Solo Exhibitor: Scot Dolby. Art Institute & Gallery, 212
W. Main St. Foyer Gallery.
August 1-31: Chips off the Old Block: Decoy
Traditions of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This exhibit of
antique and contemporary decoys from the Eastern
shore of Virginia illustrates the distinctive carving style of
this region evident in the works of old masters and
today’s finest carvers. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art,
909 South Schumaker Dr. LaMay Gallery. 410-742-
4988.
August 5, 12, 19: 5K Cross Country Series. Nofrills, all -fun races. Winterplace Park 6737 Blue Ribbon
Rd. 8:30 a.m. 410-548-4900.
SNOW HILL
August 1-22: Local Art Exhibit. Julia A. Purnell
Museum, 208 West Market St. 410-632-0515.
August 2 & 16: Heritage Arts for Kids. Learn about
history with a hands-on craft. Julia A. Purnell Museum,
208 West Market St. 1-3 p.m. 410-632-0515.
August 11-13: Worcester County Fair. Old-fashioned fun with livestock, horse show, arts & crafts, cake
auction, pony rides, food, games & more. Byrd Park.
Fri & Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
ST. MICHAELS
August 5: Overnight program. Would-be keepers will
be given a special tour of the nineteenth-century wooden structure, perform tasks of a traditional keeper, enjoy
a picnic dinner, and sleep inside the historic building
overlooking the Miles River. Historic Hooper Strait
Lighthouse. 6 p.m.-7:30 a.m. 410-745-2916.
August 19: Family Concert. Features live music from
the Museum’s Tolchester Beach Bandstand. Pack a picnic supper, blanket, and lawn chairs to fully enjoy our
waterfront park-like setting. Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum. 410-745-2916.
STEVENSVILLE
August 2-27: KIFA Student Exhibit. Desert social.
Open House August 17, 6-8 p.m. Kent Island
Federation of Art. 410-643-7424.
August 5: Kent Fort Farm’s 11th Annual Peach
Festival. Free Hay Ride, petting zoo, balloons, pit beef,
hot dogs, sodas, Homemade peach ice cream, sand art,
face-painting & crafters. Kent Fort Farm. 10 a.m.-4
p.m. 410-643-1650.
Market St. 302-656-0637.
August 2: Lunchtime Concert Series: Crabmeat
Thompson. Fun, Original songs with plenty of humor.
Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m. 302-7933046.
August 3: Summer Concert Series: The Swing City
Big Band. Big Band Swing. Bellevue State Park, 800
Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
August 3-5: My Fair Lady. Presented by The
Brandywiners, Ltd. Longwood Gardens Open Air
Theatre. 8:30 p.m. 478-3355.
August 5-31: Icons and Idols: A Photographer’s
Chronicle of the Arts. Exhibition highlights portraits by
Jack Mitchell. Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere
Parkway. 302-571-9590.
August 10: Summer Concert Series: Heavenly Hash.
Easy Listening Rock, Country Rock, Ballads and
Originals. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m.
302-793-3046.
August 12-13: Riverfront Blues Festival. Costa’s Grill
and Wine Bar, 1000 West St. 302-563-1742.
August 16: Lunchtime Concert Series: Rick Allen
Witmer. Popular music played with passion. Bellevue
State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m. 302-793-3046.
August 17: Summer Concert Series: Al Santoro and
the Hi-Lighters. Standards, Show Tunes, Big Band, 50s
and 60s. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd. 6:30 p.m.
302-793-3046.
August 24: Summer Concert Series: The Hillbilly
Gypsies. Bluegrass. Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Rd.
6:30 p.m. 302-793-3046.
August 30: Lunchtime Concert Series. Bellevue State
Park, 800 Carr Rd. 12-1 p.m. Javier O’Keefe.
Instrumental jazz, classical, folk and originals. 302793-3046.
WACHAPREAGUE
August 1-8: 52nd Annual Wachapreague Fireman’s
Carnival. 757-787-7818.
WILMINGTON
August 1-26: The Face of Farming: Delaware’s Farm
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Vienna Celebrating Its 300th Anniversary July 15 & 16
V
ienna, Maryland, along the
Nanticoke River, will celebrate 300
years of the town’s existence on July
15 and 16, 2006.
The land and Native Americans in the
Vienna area were most likely first seen by
white man when Captain John Smith’s shallop scouted the Nanticoke River in 1608.
The first patent for the land appears to have
been given to Lord Baltimore in 1664. The
Manor of Nanticoke included 6,000 acres
with the future Vienna to come from land
near the northern border.
Vienna’s establishment begins with the
legislative Act of April 1706 (A follow up
Act to one passed in 1683.), “An Act for the
advancement of trade and erecting Ports &
Towns in the Province of Maryland.” The
Proceedings from the Commission to Layout
Ports and Towns in Dorchester County indicate that Jacob Loockerman proposed the
name Vienna at the July 11th, 1706 meeting. Accepted by the Commission with no
Delmarva Quarterly
recorded discussion, they directed that the
name be cut in a board and erected at the
River. (Tradition has wanted to name the
Town after Emperor of the Nanticokes,
V(U)innacokasimmon, and that the
Baltimore name was considered.)
Today Vienna at its widest part is about
.49 mile deep and .44 mile wide.
On a 1926 insurance related map noted
are 80 dwellings, 8 stores, 8 warehouses, 6
offices, 4 churches, 4 auto places, 3
garages, filling station, mill, cannery,
school, bank, smithy, drug store, shirt factory, and 8 unidentified larger buildings.
Presently there are 136 dwellings in town
including 2 duplexes and 1 four unit apartment building. Since 1976, seven are
replacement houses and nine are new additions. In the same time period 9 dwellings
are gone. The number of businesses
presently is 13 including about 4 “home
occupations”. About 7 businesses have disappeared since 1976 and have not been
replaced. About 7 other buildings have
been torn down with several town-owned
buildings added.
On July 15 and 16, 2006, one can enjoy
the historical flavor of Vienna when taking
part in the variety of activities. The 10 a.m.
parade begins the exciting activities on
Saturday and the Salisbury Community
Band and fireworks end the day. American
Indian dancing, British Royal Marines reenactors, colonial crafters, musical entertainment, carriage rides, a flea market, and
exhibits are some of the other Saturday-only
events. Both days trams will operate and
one can ride on the Skipjack Nathan, take
part in colonial children’s activities, enjoy
foods, or visit Hansell north of town for a
pre-restoration view of a circa 1700s
house. On Sunday after a community worship service enjoy gospel music until 4 p.m.
For more information about Vienna, please
see www.viennamd.org or call 410-3763620. - HARRY RINEHART
Summer 2006 • 63
STRICTLY DELMARVA
SUMMER 2006
PLACE NAMES AROUND DELAWARE (EVENTUALLY)
A Long and Winding Road From Origin To Final Name
BY LYNN L. REMLY
M
any towns in the new world naturally take their names from
the old, but the transfer of title is often torturous rather than
direct. Likewise, famous men leave their legacy in the
name of a town, but the link is sometimes a bit twisted. Wars, religion, politics, and even cooking have played a role in propagating
a name than finally graces a Delaware town.
Like many other place names in Delaware, the town of Lewes
ANGIE MOON PHOTOGRAPH
The Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes was built in
1931 to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the first
settlement in Delaware, by the Dutch. The building’s
unique architecture reflects that of the town hall of
Hoorn, Holland where the first expedition originated.
reflects the successive layers of settlement. It began under the name
of Sikomess or Sikeoyness, after the Indians who lived there; it continued as Zwaanendael (Valley of Swans) under Dutch settlers in
1631 and later as Hoorn. The English settlers of 1664 called it
Whorekill and later Deale, but its present name came in 1682, in
honor of the town Lewes in Sussex, England.
The capital Dover is, of course, named after the town in England,
through which flows the Dour River. Taking the hint from the local
name, the Romans applied the Latinized name, Dubris, when they
arrived in the town, which is equivalent to the much later French
name Douvres, which anglicizes to Dover, the form exported to the
New World.
The name of Port Mahon came to Delaware Bay by the English,
being the name of the capital and principal seaport of Minorca, in
the Spanish province of the Balearic Islands. The British, under
James Stanhope, seized the island in 1708 and caused it to prosper, but the town was won and lost several times and finally ceded
to Spain. The name Mahon is the ancient Roman Portus Magonis,
which had previously been a Carthaginian settlement, named after
Hannibal’s brother Mago. Mayonnaise also derives from this
Carthaginian-Roman-French-British-Spanish town, first called sauce
Mahonnaise.
Rodney Village is named after Caesar Rodney, American patriot
and politician who served in the Continental Congress from 17741776. Rodney was in Dover when he received word that the vote
for independence was deadlocked. To break that deadlock, Rodney
rode 80 miles through a thunderstorm on the night of
July 1, 1776, arriving in Philadelphia in time to cast his vote for
the Declaration of Independence.
Clayton in Kent County boasted a post office by 1860, after
being successively called Jimtown and Smyrna Station. The town
took its name from a scion of the esteemed Clayton family, which
offered a number of public servants to the state. John Middleton
Clayton (1796 - 1856) served both as a U.S. Senator and as the
U.S. Secretary of State. In 1934, Delaware donated a statue of
J.M. Clayton to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S.
Capitol in Washington.
Clayton is connected by a winding tie to Dagsboro, founded in
1747 but formerly known as Blackfoot Town. The names
Dagsborough or Dagsbury were given for General John
Dagworthy, a Brigadier General of the Sussex County Militia during the Revolutionary War. Gen. Dagworthy established a sawmill
there, and another of the first industries was the tannery built by
James Clayton (J.M.’s great uncle), on the site where the Hon. J.M.
Clayton was born and spent his childhood.
One thing leads to another, good or bad. The town of Downs
Chapel takes its name from the oldest Methodist Protestant church
in this area. James M. Down conveyed land to Lodiam E. Downs
and others in 1842, and the building was erected the following
year. Its first minister was the aptly-named Mr. Heritage, but he
afterwards abandoned the ministry and became a manufacturer of
patent medicines. Quite a comedown. DQ
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Thursday April 26 Meek Mill

Since 2003, Beracah – meaning blessing – has

Listen for 3 to 5 minute siren