Summer 2009 To the Point Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Chesapeake Folk Festival–July 25 The July 25 Chesapeake Folk Festival at CBMM is the one place to be to experience the essence, culture and traditions of the Bay. And it’s an opportunity that comes only once a year! This celebration of the Bay’s people, traditions, work, food and music offers a unique chance to enjoy hands-on demonstrations by regional craftspeople and live musical

crab prepared a number of ways, as well as barbeque chicken prepared by St. Luke Church of Bellevue, Md., 10-layer Smith Island cakes, homemade ice cream, organic granola and organic coffee. A number of documentary films about living and working on the Bay will be introduced and screened throughout the day. “Eatin’ Crabcakes, Chesapeake Style” follows crab expert Whitey Schmidt as he lays down his commandments for eating crabcakes. “Chesapeake Bugeye” features Sidney Dickson and Dr. John Hawkinson and the log bugeye vessel they performances by the Zionaires, the New Gospelites, Chester constructed. Other films include: River Runoff, and the Raging Unstoppables. There will also “Charlie Obert’s Barn,” “Band be skipjack and buyboat rides on the Miles River along with Together” (a 7-minute preview), plenty of crab cakes, beer and barbeque chicken. “Island Out of Time,” “Hands of “The festival is a way to celebrate the Bay’s traditions and Harvest” (screening), “Muskrat the people and work being done here on the Bay right now,” Lovely,” “Watermen,” and “The says Dr. Melissa McLoud, director of the Museum’s Breene M. New American Farmer.” Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies. Demonstrations, food, stories, The Chesapeake Folk Festival boasts more traditional films, boat rides, kids activities, demonstrations than any other festival the Museum has held. and more will be offered Visitors will be treated to live demonstrations of trotlining throughout the day. In short, the for crabs, boat building, pound net weaving, decoy carving, Chesapeake Folk Festival is “the” guitar making and more. summer festival at the Museum. Visual arts displays and exhibitions will include artists It drew more than 2,000 people in its first year and will be bigger and folks artists “Mama Girl” Mary Onley, Jimmy and better this year. The festival is funded by Maryland Reynolds, Frank Bittner, Charles and Linda Traditions, Maryland Humanities Council and Hutson, Dragon Wings, Steve Fisher, Eric Talbot County Free Library, and is sponsored by Harvey and Marc Barto. What’s Up? Publishing, Pepsi Bottling Ventures New this year is a Bay arts and crafts tent and Paul Reed Smith Guitars. featuring local artists and artisans. For more information about the festival Traditional food will be at the center of the or upcoming events at the Museum, visit our festival, with the seasonal Chesapeake blue website at www.cbmm.org or call 410-745-2916. Chesapeake Futures Five New Members Join CBMM Board of Governors President’s Message At CBMM we try to lead by example. This spring our ef- The Museum’s Board of Governors welcomed five new elect; Pickering Creek Audubon Society; and the Mary- Last month, I was invited to testify before the U.S. forts were shared with a broad constituency of government members to its ranks during its annual meeting on June 14. land Historical Society. An attorney, he retired from Piper House Committee on Natural Resources at hear- agencies, private foundations, and like-minded organiza- Newly elected to three-year terms on the CBMM & Marbury’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group, ings exploring the impacts of climate change on the tions. The Chesapeake Bay Trust selected the Museum Board of Governors were: Paul Berry of Washington, D.C., where he served as partner. Chesapeake Bay. and our living shoreline project as the place to announce its and Easton; E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. of Chestertown; Henry Dr. Barbara Viniar was named the fifth and first woman I admitted to the members of the committee 2009 living shoreline grant recipients. CBMM was a recipi- H. Stansbury of Oxford; Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. of Easton; president of Chesapeake College in July 2008. She is a mem- that of the 3,600 species of plants and animals that ent of a grant from CBT last year and became the poster or- and Barbara Viniar, Ed.D. of Easton. ber of the Leadership Maryland class of 2009, and serves live together in and around the Bay, I am concerned ganization for similar projects this year. Re-elected officers of the board were: Chair Robert A. on the Talbot County Economic Development Council and about just one—the Bay’s people. Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Frank Kratovil Perkins of St. Michaels; Vice-Chair Alan R. Griffith of Cen- the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. Prior to moving to I tried to explain that museums like ours can help each spoke at the ceremony and applauded the efforts and treville; Secretary D. Ted Lewers, M.D. of Easton, and Trea- the Eastern Shore she served as president of Berkshire and by putting a human face on the problem that has vision of the Museum and the other organizations who are surer Joseph E. Peters of Easton. Rockland Community Colleges in New York state. been defined thus far by mountains of scientific data. integrating living shorelines into their campuses. “We are particularly pleased with the excellent class of As climate changes cause the waters to rise more On June 13 our governors joining the CBMM Board this year. They repre- quickly, we are at real risk of sudden loss of not only shoreline was again sent a broad spectrum of talents and interests in the histo- Interns Bring Special marshlands and meadows, but also low-lying build- cited and studied as ry and culture of the Chesapeake Bay and I know that their ings and roads, and peninsulas and islands. Along an example of a way enthusiasm will have an immediate impact on the pro- Talents to CBMM the very edges and on the islands that are directly homeowners living grams and services we offer visitors and members of the Each summer, CBMM benefits from the talents and energy threatened with inundation are many of the Bay’s on the water’s edge Museum,” commented CBMM Board Chair Bob Perkins. of undergraduate and graduate students who work as in- most important maritime communities. If these peo- can rethink the im- With more than 32 years of media experience, Paul terns at the Museum. This year’s interns come to us from ple and their traditions disappear, our sense of place pact their proper- Berry is one of Washington’s most respected journalists. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland, and are helping staff may disappear with them. As the tide rises, both ties have on the Bay. Berry recently returned to the airwaves as host of his own and volunteers develop educational programs for children, Maryland and America will also be diminished by the The organization weekly syndicated radio talk show on Radio America organize the annual Chesapeake Folk Festival, and work loss of the knowledge, folkways and traditions that First Stop for the Bay where he discusses local and national issues with news- on various special events throughout the summer. have been rooted in the people who have lived and Senator Ben Cardin speaks at held a day-long sym- makers, journalists and Washingtonians. worked along these waters for generations. CBMM for the Chesapeake Bay posium at the Mu- E. Brooke Harwood, Jr., is a retired commercial airline Trust 2009 grant announcement. As eloquent as I tried to be, the most memorable seum to introduce executive with extensive international experience, par- part of my testimony was, I am sure, the large col- The Green Book for ticularly in Asia. Following a 25-year assignment with Fly- or photographs that Dave Harp brought along for the Bay: An Illustrated Guide for Chesapeake Bay Critical ing Tigers and Federal Express, he returned home to renew me. They demonstrated in stunning and undeniable Area Property Owners Living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. his involvement with a dramatically different Chesapeake clarity the very fragile state of Holland, Tangier and The book is an innovative approach to engage residents in Bay and its wooden boat heritage. Hoopers Islands. These images are the first glimpses making landscaping and land management choices for a Henry H. Stansbury is chief executive office of Agency into a project that CBMM is now developing with healthier Bay. Insurance Company of Maryland, Inc., a privately owned Dave and his frequent partner Tom Horton. These And the next day, June 14, all hands were in the marsh property/casualty insurance company. He is the chair- two champions of the Chesapeake have produced as family and friends of the late Kennedy Fitzgerald came man of the Board of Trustees and past chair of the mu- numerous books together and are now working with out to honor his memory by planting grasses along the Mu- seum committee of the Maryland Historical Society and a us on an exhibition project called “A Rising Tide in the seum’s living shoreline, where a memorial for this young trustee and past development chair of the Ward Museum conservationist will stand. of Waterfowl Art. Heart of the Chesapeake.” This project is designed to CBMM’s summer interns are (from left) Marian Robbins, provoke conversation about the endangered cultures The Museum’s living shoreline is a visible part of the Richard A. Tilghman, Jr., serves on the boards of the Lexy McPeek, and Mollie Keane-Peck. and environments of the Bay’s island communities. Chesapeake Futures initiative. But it’s only one part. The Historical Society of Talbot County, where he is president What have these communities meant to the larger goal of Chesapeake Futures is to use the collective experi- Lexy McPeek is working this summer as CBMM’s educa- culture of the Chesapeake? What is their value today ence and culture of the Bay’s past and present to help us all tion intern. She is from Newark, Ohio, and will be a senior at to our sense of place in the region? make informed decisions for its future. Be on the lookout Ohio State University studying art history and business in As this goes to print, we are out seeking funds for for more Chesapeake Futures programs and activities this Columbus. She has had previous experience working in the this project. The going has been tough, but in light summer and fall. education department of an art museum and based on her of the regional and now national attention to this past work and her experiences at the Museum so far, she looming problem, we feel the timing is perfect. We hopes to continue on with a career in the field. will have a preview to share with you at our Folk Fes- Mollie Keane-Peck, from Landenberg, Pa., is working as tival later this month, and we hope to have a stun- CBMM’s special events intern. This fall she will be a senior ning exhibit ready to share with at Penn State University, majoring in public relations with you next Spring. a minor in english. She hopes to work in the special events field when she graduates. The Museum’s Folk Festival intern, Marian Robbins, is from just down the road in Cambridge, Md. She graduated from Washington College in Chestertown and is currently (From left) Board Chair Robert A. Perkins with new working on her master’s degree in folk studies at West- Stuart Parnes board members Dr. Barbara Viniar, Richard A. Tilgh- ern Kentucky University in Bowling Green. She hopes to President Family and friends of Kennedy Fitzgerald honored his man, Jr., Paul Berry, E. Brooke Harwood, Jr., and Henry H. memory by planting grasses at CBMM’s living shoreline. Stansbury along with CBMM President Stuart L. Parnes. eventually work in museum education somewhere in the Chesapeake watershed. 2 3 On Exhibit: Our Visitor Experience Summer 2009 The Bay Then & Now NOW is the time to come back to CBMM. Whether you are a member who was here last week, last month, or a year Calendar How much has the Chesapeake Bay changed over the past ago, there has never been more to see and do at CBMM, 75 years? “The Bay From Above,” exhibition at CBMM each day. July continues to answer this question with picturesque aerial This changing visitor experience is by design. With photography. more chances to interact with educators, boat builders, Chesapeake Folk Festival “The Bay From Above: Aerial Views of the Bay Then and curators­—members can enjoy highlight tours, hot Saturday, July 25, 10am-6pm and Now” juxtaposes the 1930s-1950s photography of topics discussions, and skills demonstrations in the Boat Celebrate the Bay’s people, food, music, work and traditions. H. Robins Hollyday with new photography by Hunter Yard. There are instructor-led family activities on Mon- Enjoy live music by the Zionaires, New Gospelites, Raging 12th Annual Boat Auction H. Harris, pairing views of the same stretch of the Bay days and Fridays. We are offering more opportunities to Unstoppables and Chester River Runoff. Great food, maritime Saturday, September 5, 11am-3pm get out on the water—cruises aboard our replica buyboat and foodways demonstrations, boat rides, craft vendors. For the past 12 years, Labor Day weekend has meant great Mister Jim four days per week, and special “Sailing” Sat- Included with CBMM admission (boat rides and food are an deals on boats to boating aficionados and first-time boat urdays when you can climb aboard our draketail work- additional cost). CBMM members free, non-members $15, buyers. More than 40 boats, ranging in size and performance boat Martha, the 1909 crab dredger Old Point, or sail or seniors $12, children ages 6-17 $6, children 5 and under are free. from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, will be available to row one of the Bay skiffs built as part of our boat building the highest bidder at the 1:00pm boat auction. There will be Apprentice for a Day (AFAD) program. August beer and barbeque on sale throughout the day. Some of our favorite programs are back, including “Chesapeake People” on Saturdays and Sundays, where 12th Annual Boating Party you can meet and hear stories from the Bay tradition bear- Saturday, September 12, 6pm-10pm ers who have made their living working on and around the Be a part of the Museum’s fall gala fundraiser with watershed. And weekend boat building is in full swing with cocktails, dinner, and dancing. the AFAD program. Different offerings are promised each day of the week. New this summer, you’ll even find live music from great Ferry Point, across the Choptank River from Cambridge, bands during our Saturday Summer Concert Series. Up- Thursday Night Concerts shows the most familiar changes to the Bay over the coming concerts include: Captain Quint on July 18, from 12 from St. Michaels Community Center last 75 years. to 3 p.m., Palmtree Charlie on August 1 from 12 to 4 p.m., B Natural on August 8 from 1 to 4 p.m., Blues DeVille on Au- Every Thursday Evening from 6:30 to 8pm gust 15 from 12 to 4 p.m., Saturday on August 22 from 12 Concerts will all be held at the Chesapeake Bay to 4 p.m., and Greg Farley on August 29 from 12 to 4 p.m. Maritime Museum while Muskrat Park is renovated. Our Saturday Summer Concert Series is free as always for CBMM members! So if you haven’t been to CBMM July 23 August 27 lately, make plans to come now. And if you have been here Bay Jazz Project D’Vibe & Conga this summer, there are more reasons to keep coming back. July 30 September 3 Wheatstone Bridge Chris Noyes August 6 September 10 Sailing Saturday at CBMM Rick Forrest & Friends Shelly Abbott Saturday, August 8, 10am-4pm August 13 September 17 Enjoy the fruits of our boat building labors! Step aboard The Honeycombs Bittercreek traditional Bay sailing and rowing skiffs built as part of August 20 CBMM’s boat building Apprentice for a Day (AFAD) program. Greg Farley Delaware Duckers, crabbing sailing skiffs, Melonseed skiffs, region. The exhibit is a collaboration between CBMM and and Pete Culler-designed rowing skiffs are among the boats Harris’s Aloft Aerial Photography, in cooperation with that will be out on the Miles River, under the guidance of the Historical Society of Talbot County, whose collection Museum shipwrights and captains. A unique way to spend the includes Hollyday’s photographs. Hollyday worked as a day on the water! CBMM members $35, non-members $45 Summer Music at CBMM commercial photographer from the 1930s to the 1950s, CBMM Saturday Summer Concerts documenting life in Talbot County and on the Eastern September Shore. Harris owns and operates his studio in Easton, Concerts are included with your daily admission— which is free for CBMM members! where his own work focuses on land use and development. “From the Shoreline:” A Special Concert by John Mock Contrasting Hollyday’s black-and-white photographs with Wednesday, September 2 at 2pm August 1, 12 to 4pm August 22, 12 to 4pm Harris’s color images of spectacular vistas and the unique John Mock is an artist and the sea and its coasts are his muse. Palmtree Charlie Saturday viewpoint hundreds of feet above the Bay, this exhibition From New England to Chincoteague to Ireland, the Atlantic’s August 8, 1 to 4pm August 29 from 12 to 4pm provides astoundingly beautiful and startling evidence of beautiful coastline and quaint villages, its wooden boats and B Natural Greg Farley the changes in the Chesapeake’s shoreline, farmland, and whitewashed lighthouses, continue to inspire John’s art. He Family activities, live demonstrations, boat rides, and live communities over the last 75 years. August 15, 12 to 4pm July 18, 12 to 3pm music are some of the activities you’ll find at CBMM each captures in music and in photographs the heritage of the sea. The exhibit is supported by the Maryland Historical week. Included with Museum admission Blues DeVille Captain Quint Trust, the National Park Service, and Verizon. 4 5 Making the Most of your New Acquisition All Hands on Deck! The New Hat for Julie Member Privileges Boating Party is Sept. 12 Julie Barnett isn’t new to CBMM. In the year and a half she has been on the staff as Assistant to the President, Docking at CBMM Everyone is invited to enjoy the festivities on Saturday, she has become a familiar face and voice to many. Begin- September 12, 2009. The theme for this year’s event, All Summer time is boating season. At this time of year, our ning this month, Julie is wearing a different hat—she has Hands on Deck! sets a festive note for a delightful eve- been named the Director of Development filling the po- dock master and visitor services staff receive numerous ning. The event begins at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails and sition left vacant when Kate Rattie moved to Vice Presi- calls from CBMM members wishing to reserve slips for hors d’oeuvres, followed by an elegant dinner, catered dent of Advancement. overnight and weekend docking. by PeachBlossoms Caterers, and dancing to the music of Julie has an extensive background in fundraising, hav- Members who join CBMM at the Contributor level The Free & Eazy Band—all under tents on beautiful Navy ing spent more than 22 years as director of development ($100 per year) or above are able to dock overnight as a in independent schools in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and benefit of their CBMM membership. The cost for overnight Virginia. She looks forward to the opportunity to oversee docking is $1.50 per foot per night for boats under 80 feet the Annual Fund and mem- LOA (length overall) and $2 per foot per night for larger Portrait of the three-masted schooner Phillips M. Brooks, bership and work with the vessels. Slips equipped with 50 or 30 amp shore power are painted by Danish immigrant Antonio Jacobsen. members of the advance- available at an additional cost. ment team. The Museum recently acquired a fine portrait of the three- Julie and her husband How do you make reservations? masted schooner Phillips M. Brooks. Launched in Septem- moved from Northern Vir- Slips can be reserved by calling 410-745-2916, extension ber 1903, she was the largest sailing vessel built by Joseph ginia to the Eastern Shore W. Brooks (1832-1915) at his rural shipyard in Madison, 116, up to two weeks ahead of your anticipated date of two years ago. She says not far from Cambridge, Md. With a length of 132 feet and arrival. Requests for reservations can be left on the voice the Museum is the perfect a capacity of 243 tons, Phillips M. Brooks was typical of the mail system if a staff member does not pick up and speak fit for her—she loves it and big schooners that carried coal, lumber, grain and fertilizer to you personally. Reservations are not accepted sooner the people she has met. She between East Coast ports and the Caribbean islands. The welcomes the opportunities than two weeks prior to arrival. Reservations are granted shipbuilder’s son, Joseph W. Brooks, Jr., owned a principal and challenges the new po- in the order in which the calls are received. Visitor ser- Julie Barnett share of the schooner until she was sold to Dominican Re- sition brings. vices staff return all calls they receive, in the order they public owners in 1922. receive them. Whether the classic broadside portrait was painted for A limited number of slips are available at the Museum Brooks or any master of the vessel is unknown. The artist, Point. Proceeds from this important fundraising event help The Decadent Dining docks. Only 11 slips have guaranteed electrical hook-ups. Danish immigrant Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921), painted underwrite the Museum’s programs and exhibitions. Our visitor services staff works hard and thinks creatively thousands of ship portraits from his home studio over- Tickets for this year’s Boating Party are $175 per per- Drawing! to maximize the number of boats we can accommodate looking the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, where son, a portion of which is tax-deductible. CBMM members A chance to win 9 evenings of delicious, decadent dining while always focusing on the comfort and safety of our he had ample opportunity to observe sail and steam ships. will receive invitations about Decadent Dining raffle tick- for 4 people at the Talbot County’s finest restaurants. members and their boats. The vessel’s name is emblazoned on a banner flying from ets by mail. For information on the event and the raffle, 208 Talbot Out of the Fire To speak with our visitor services staff about dock res- the mainmast, which is larger and more legible than the contact Julie Barnett by phone at 410-745-2916, ext. 129, Bistro St. Michaels Scossa ervations or museum hours and activities, please call 410- carved name board on the schooner’s quarter. or by email at [email protected]. Invite friends and neighbors to join you. Fill a table. Come Sherwood Landing 745-2916, extension 116. Summer is busy at CBMM—it’s The painting was given by CBMM Life member Arthur Mason’s at the Inn at Perry Cabin enjoy a delightful evening and support your Museum! the best time to visit! L. S. Waxter and now hangs in the Bay History gallery. Mitchum’s Shore Restaurant

The prize includes liquor, wine, dinner, and gratuity. CBMM Members Museum Store coupon good for Decadent Dining Drawing Ticket price: $100 (Only 600 tickets will be sold.) Win a PRS Guitar! Drawing: Saturday, September 12, 2009 Tickets Now Available Benefits new exhibitions and education projects at the Chesapeake Take a chance on winning a Paul Reed Bay Maritime Museum. Valid for one year from date of drawing. FREE Smith (PRS) Guitar! This beautiful PRS Support the Museum while enjoying nine Set of four CBMM “Thank You” Tumblers SE Custom Semi-Hollow Soapbar model evenings of delicious, decadent dining for four Please print: guitar is signed by Paul Reed Smith. The people at Talbot County’s finest restaurants. Name With the guitar features a maple top with flame maple veneer and mahogany back, semi- If you are the winner of the 2009 Decadent Dining Address purchase of hollow body with single sound hole, 25” Drawing, you and three guests can enjoy drinks, $100 or more scale length, 22 fret wide-fat neck with wine, dinner and gratuity at 208 Talbot, Bistro St. City State Zip of regularly rosewood fretboard and moon inlays, Michaels, Mason’s, Mitchum’s, Scossa, Out of the Phone E-mail two soapbar pickups, stoptail, and a Fire, Sherwood Landing at the Inn at Perry Cabin, priced beautiful natural finish. Proceeds from and Shore Restaurant. Tickets are just $100 each; only Charge my ticket merchandise the raffle will support the music stage 600 will be sold. Look for tickets in your invitation to ____Visa ____ MasterCard at the 2009 Chesapeake Folk Festival! the 12th Annual Boating Party or call Cynthia Paalborg Card # Expiration date You must be a Museum member to redeem this coupon. Offer good through Tickets for the PRS Guitar are $20 per at 410-745-2916, ext 113. The winning ticket will be September 30, 2009. Offer applies only to regularly priced merchandise. ticket and only 500 will be sold. To enter, drawn on Saturday, September 12, during the Boating Name on card One-time usage. Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. You must present this coupon to receive the discount. please call the Museum at 410-745-2916. Party. You need not be present to win.

6 7 CBMM’s 12th Annual Boat Auction is September 5 If you’ve been waiting for the prime opportunity to buy an affordable boat, then the 12th annual Boat Auction is just for you. This live auction will be held on Saturday, September 5, beginning at 1:00 p.m. For the past 12 years, Labor Day weekend has meant great deals on boats to boating aficionados and first-time boat buyers. More than 40 boats, ranging in size and performance from sailing dinghies to cabin cruisers, will be available to the highest bidder at the 1:00pm live auction. There will be beer and barbeque on sale throughout the day. CBMM boat donations program manager Lad Mills takes visitors are able to purchase a variety of boating gear, boat donations and resells boats throughout the year, holding including ground tackle, electrical equipment, hardware, rope aside some of his inventory for the annual auction. Mills or chain, ladders, fishing tackle, and motors. travels up and down the east coast working with boat owners A selection of the boats to be auctioned can currently be and potential buyers. viewed on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org (click on “Beyond taking an unused or unwanted boat off of the “Donate or Buy a Boat” link located on the sidebar). All people’s hands, and their receiving a nice tax deduction, the boats are subject to sale prior to the auction. The vessels will revenue generated by the auction goes directly to help the also be available for inspection at the Museum several days Museum do work like maintaining its fleet of historic vessels,” prior to the auction. says Mills. “The boat auction is great fun and does great To donate a boat or items for the tag sale, or for a fully things for the organization.” updated listing of the boats up for auction, please contact Returning to the auction this year is a flea market-style Lad Mills at 410-745-2916, ext. 112, or via email at lmills@ tag sale to be held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., during which cbmm.org.

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