Schedule of Events SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014

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1 Schedule of Events SUNDAY, JUNE 22, :30 AM Windjammer Days Golf Tournament at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club: 11:30 Luncheon followed by a 1:00 PM Shot Gun Start. For more information call Dianne Gimbel :00 PM Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club One Design Race: The race will take place between the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard and the Tumbler Island buoy and can be best viewed from the Department of Marine Resources, McKown Point Road in West Boothbay Harbor. Sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and the Boothbay Harbor One Design Association. For more information call Monday, JUNE 23, :00 PM Artist Reception at the Greenleaf Inn TUESDAY, JUNE 24, :00 AM - 9:00 PM Whale Park Friends of Windjammer Days Tent Open Information and shuttle maps are available. 9:00AM-6:00PM 3 rd Annual Artists Alley & Kid s Alley As part of the exciting expansion of our Windjammer Days Festival for the third consecutive year the Artists Alley will be staged on the By-Way. Regional artists will display fine arts and fine crafts and watch a few artists in action. Kid s Alley will have games and activities for all ages! The By-Way and Bridge Streets in Boothbay Harbor will be blocked off for the day. 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Pirates of the Dark Rose Puppet Show The classic story of how the Pirates found the buried treasure on Treasure Island. Told with puppets for the young scallywags on a large treasure map. 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Tours of the United States Coast Guard Station West Boothbay Harbor, McKown Point: A unique opportunity to talk to our Coast Guard personnel and view the operational and logistics capabilities of our local station. Free Shuttle Service stop at the USGC Station. 1

2 10:00 AM 5:00 PM Arts & Crafts Show on the Boothbay Common 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Windjammers for Wee Mateys: Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Lawn: Crafts and games along with some story telling makes for great fun! For more information call Maine State Aquarium will bring a touch tank weather permitting. 10:30, 11:30 AM 1:00, 2:30, 3:30 & 4:15 PM Maine State Aquarium, McKown Point: Lobster Talk, Shark Talk, DMR Lab Tour, and Public Feeding. Free Shuttle Service at MSA. 11:00 AM Cod Fish Races: 4 person teams. One member of the team dresses in oil pants and jacket and boots and carries two cod fish around a set course. Upon their return, they trade outfits and fish with the next member of the relay team. First team with all members back, wins! 11:30AM 4:00 PM Food Booths open: $5 featured items at locations around town. 12:00 PM Lobster Eating Contest: Open to all to participate. Each participant purchases two lobsters. The person who can pick out and eat both lobsters claws, knuckles and tail first, wins! 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Pirates of the Dark Rose Duels & Meet Oreo the Pirate Bird Pirates are a quarrelsome lot, and pirate quarrels are settled with steel on shore! It s in the Pirate Code. The dock will ring with the sound of cutlasses and rapiers, and, perhaps, boarding axes as the differences are decided by which pirate survives the fight. 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Primo Cubano 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Recruiting for Pirates: Kid s Tent, Boothbay House Hill Boys and girls, lads and lasses, and older gentlemen and ladies, -- who have been thinking of a life of piracy join up with the Pirates of the Dark Rose to keep the British from putting a stop to all the pirate fun when they attack the next day. We take apprentice pirates from six to sixty as long as they will look like a pirate on Wednesday. Pirate Recruit Training will cover: o The pirate flag, the Jolly Rodger o The Pirate Articles the Pirate crews sign to govern themselves o Pirate food o Cutlass Lessons o Pirate Dentistry (Tooth Worms Removed) o Pirate Weapons grappling hooks, axes, and flintlocks o Intimidation or Vaporing as it s called to scare the prey o Get your pirate gear! 1:00PM 4:00 PM Watch the Windjammer Fleet under full sail off Ocean Point and entering Linekin Bay. The fleet can be seen Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning at anchor in Linekin Bay. 2

3 5:00PM 7:00 PM Cabbage Island Clambake: Captains, passengers, sponsors and invited guests will gather for the annual greeting of the Windjammer fleet and enjoy a full clambake experience. The V.I.P. reception will be combined with the bake this year. 3:00 PM -4:00 PM Annual Antique Boat Parade Watch years of the boating world cruise past you! This event takes place in the harbor with 40+ antique boats participating. Watch from the downtown Whale Park, from the footbridge or on the deck of one of the many restaurants on the water. After the parade, walk across the famous Footbridge over to the Rocktide Inn and meet and interact with the Boat Captains and view their classy vessels up close on the Inn s dock. 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Join Noel Arrington, Paul Johnson, and Amber Jones, a popular Boothbay Harbor region local trio, as they take center stage with their signature stylings. 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Boothbay Region Community Band: Boothbay residents Becky and Alfred Roberts gathered fellow musicians together in 1991 to form the Boothbay Region Alumni and Community Band, now known as the Boothbay Region Community Band. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Restaurants around town: Wind Jammers featured entrée of the day $20 available at each restaurant with $5 of each one sold to benefit the Windjammer Days Festival. 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Cannon Lessons with a Pirate Shoot out: Join Captain Crudbeard, master gunner through the authentic drill of the Royal Navy of the 1700 s. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Pan Fried Steel 7:30 PM Opera House Concert: The Boy Singers of Maine. For more than 30 years these young male voices have been captivating Maine audiences. Opera House doors open at 7 PM. Free 7:30 PM Red Cloak Haunted History Tours: Take a lantern lit walk with The Lady in the Red Cloak, learning of Windjammer history, seafaring superstitions, pirate tales, and ghost stories of early Boothbay Harbor. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and is appropriate for all ages. Participation is by reservation only. $15 adults, $7 children under 12, free children under WEDNESDAY, June 25, :00 AM - 10:00 AM Pancake Breakfast: Come enjoy a delicious breakfast at McSeagull s. $10.00 per person. 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Whale Park Friends of Windjammer Days Tent Open 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Weapons Demonstration: See how pirates of old took their prey. Using Pirate s flags, grappling hooks, pistols, and cutlass; this is gripping show-and-tell. Public 3

4 Pier, Whale Park. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Whale Park Concert: Music Recorded 10:00 AM 3:00 PM Kid s Tent Activities: Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay House Hill. Face painting, knot tying, flag and sail making, book printing and model boat building. Free temporary tattoos for sailors and pirates, and balloon sculptures with Twinkles and Fumbles the clowns. 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Tours of the United States Coast Guard Station West Boothbay Harbor, McKown Point: A unique opportunity to talk to our Coast Guard personnel and view the operational and logistics capabilities of our local station. Free Shuttle Service stop at the USGC Station. 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Arts & Crafts Show on the Boothbay Common 10:30, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30 Maine State Aquarium, McKown Point: Lobster Talk, Shark Talk, DMR Lab Tour. Free Shuttle Service at MSA. Aquarium closing at 3pm for parade attendance. 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Cannon Lessons with a Pirate Shoot out: Join Captain Crudbeard, master gunner through the authentic drill of the Royal Navy of the 1700 s. Go through the drill and fire the gun! Public Pier, Whale Park 11:30 AM- 4:00 PM Food Booths Open: $5 featured items at locations around town 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM British Invasion Attack on Boothbay Harbor Public Landing Live: ATTACK ON BOOTHBAY HARBOR! The Pirates of the Dark Rose are vowed to keep on with their wicked fun in Boothbay Harbor with Captain Crudbeard and his motley crew at the helm of the Must Roos pirate ship. The British Governor has vowed to stop the fun. Stand back and watch the drama unfold as Captains Randy and Nate navigate Friendship Sloop Sarah Mead into the Harbor to help thwart the British attack on our coastal town. If you want to see if lawlessness or virtue prevails, watch the battle at the Public Landing, Whale Park 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Windjammer Fleet Arrives Under Full Sail! The moment you have been waiting for! Watch from the Downtown Whale Park, the Footbridge or the Fisherman s Memorial (just to name a few spots) as 11 historic Schooners glide into our harbor. 2:00 PM 4:00 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Perpetual E-Motion 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Windjammer Days Street Parade 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Restaurants around town: Wind Jammers featured entrée of the day $20 available at each restaurant with $5 of each one sold to benefit the Windjammer Days Festival. 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: Y-Arts 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Whale Park Stage Concert: HD RnB 4

5 7:30 PM Red Cloak Haunted History Tours: Take a lantern lit walk with The Lady in the Red Cloak, learning of Windjammer history, seafaring superstitions, pirate tales, and ghost stories of early Boothbay Harbor. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and is appropriate for all ages. Participation is by reservation only. $15 adults, $7 children under 12, free children under :00 PM -8:15 PM Grand Prize Winners announced: One Grand Prize Raffle Winner Second Prize Raffle Winner 50/50 Winner 9:15 PM Fireworks Spectacular over the Harbor! THURSDAY, June :00 AM- 11:00am Watch the Windjammer Fleet leave the harbor: A list of boat trips will be available at the Friends of Windjammers tent in the Whale Park. 7:30 PM Opera House Concert: Tim Sample. Maine s Humorist Laureate and hometown boy returns to the Opera House stage. Advance tickets $20 FRIDAY, June :00 PM 7:00 PM Oyster Shucking Contest on Pier One in front of Mine Oyster 8:00 PM Opera House Concert: The Mallett Brothers Band. These young Maine musicians are beginning to get National recognition. Advance tickets $15 SATURDAY, June :00 AM Rocky Coast Road Race: A spectacular race course along our waterfront to Spruce Point Inn and back. There will be a 5K and 10K route. Join the fun! Events and times are subject to change 5