BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Boast the Coast Maritime Festival BEGIN:VEVENT UID:185062023-10-07 DTSTART:20231007T150000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231007T040000Z SUMMARY:Boast the Coast Maritime Festival CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The 27th annual Boast the Coast event will take place on Saturd ay\,\nOctober 7\, 2023. Boast the Coast was conceived in 1996 to showcase \nLewes’ nautical heritage and to feature activities\nthat complemented the already long-established University of\nDelaware’s annual “Coast Day” event that takes place on the\nfirst Sunday in October. This year ’s Boast the Coast activities\nare sponsored by Irish Eyes Pub\; Restau rant\, Delaware Public Media\nand Beebe Healthcare with partial funding f rom Southern Delaware\nTourism.\n\nThere are a number of free activities a ssociated with Boast the Coast\ntaking place in 1812 Park adjacent to the City Dock on the canal from\n11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Freedom Boat Club will off er free boat tours\nleaving from City Dock\, also from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. There are no\nadvance reservations for these short excursions on the can al. It will\nbe on a first-come\, first-served basis with 6-8 passengers per trip.\nVisitors to the park and dock will be entertained by Lewes-voca list\nJgar Helwig\, who will be performing his repertoire of Broadway sho w\ntunes and other popular favorites from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.\nChuck les the Pirate will be demonstrating balloon artforms and giving\nthem aw ay to the audience from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Copy Cat Paint\nParties will be doing free face painting from Noon – 2 p.m.  \n\nOther activities si multaneously taking place at the City Dock in 1812\nPark and in the park  include Cape Water Tours\, offering\ntwo\, hour-long narrated tours depar ting from City Dock at 11 a.m. and\n12:30 p.m. The tour\, entitled “Flo ating Through Lewes Maritime\nHistory\,” will be narrated by Marcos Sala verria\, Director\nof  Education at the Lewes Historical Society. The co st is\n$20/adults and $15/children under 12. Reservations are available t o\npurchase online at www.CapeWaterTours.com\n[http://www.capewatertours. com/].\n\nTwo other chamber members-the Lewes Historical Society and the\n Overfalls Lightship- are partnering with the chamber on Boast the\nCoast to offer free tours. The Lewes Historical Society’s Lewes\nMaritime Mus eum at the Cannonball House at 118 Front Street and the\nU.S. Life-Saving Station in Canalfront Park will be open from 10 a.m.\n– 4 p.m. and the Overfalls Lightship\, also in Canalfront Park\, will\nbe open as well.\n\n The annual Lewes Merchants’ Fall Sidewalk Sale has long been\nassociated with Boast the Coast. It is a three-day event\, wrapped\naround Saturday ’s Boast the Coast events\, beginning on\nFriday\, October 6 through Su nday\, October 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThe majority of the retail busine sses in the Historic Lewes Business\nDistrict participate. Other events taking place on October 7 are the\nHistoric Lewes Farmers Market at Lewes  Elementary School parking lot\,\nPeninsula Gallery’s Opening Reception for Brook\nHedge’s photography exhibit\, Coastal Concerts’ performan ce by\npianist Michelle Cann \, Cape Artists\nGallery’s sidewalk/tent ar t sale\, Friends of Cape Henlopen State\nPark’s Annual Bird Seed Sale p ickup and the Zwaanendael Museum’s\n“Mysteries of History” walking t our.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 27th annual Boast the Coast event will take place on Saturday\, October 7\, 2023. Boast the \;Coast was conce ived in 1996 to showcase Lewes&rsquo\; nautical heritage and to feature ac tivities that \;complemented the already long-established University o f Delaware&rsquo\;s annual &ldquo\;Coast Day&rdquo\; event \;that take s place on the first Sunday in October. This year&rsquo\;s Boast the Coast activities are \;sponsored by Irish Eyes Pub\; Restaurant\, Delaware Public Media and Beebe Healthcare with \;partial funding from Southern Delaware Tourism.
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\nThere are a number of free activities as sociated with Boast the Coast taking place in 1812 Park \;adjacent to the City Dock on the canal from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Freedom Boat Club will o ffer free \;boat tours leaving from City Dock\, also from 11 a.m. &nda sh\; 2 p.m. There are no advance reservations \;for these short excurs ions on the canal. It will be on a first-come\, first-served basis with 6- 8 \;passengers per trip. Visitors to the park and dock will be enterta ined by Lewes-vocalist Jgar \;Helwig\, who will be performing his repe rtoire of Broadway show tunes and other popular \;favorites from 11:30 a.m. &ndash\; 1:30 p.m. Chuckles the Pirate will be demonstrating balloon artforms \;and giving them away to the audience from 11 a.m. &ndash\; 1 p.m. Copy Cat Paint Parties will be doing \;free face painting from Noon &ndash\; 2 p.m. \; \;
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\nOther activities simult aneously taking place at the City Dock in 1812 Park and in the park \; include Cape Water Tours\, offering two\, \;hour-long narrated tours d eparting from City Dock at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The tour\, entitled  \;&ldquo\;Floating Through Lewes Maritime History\,&rdquo\; will be narrat ed by Marcos Salaverria\, Director of \; \;Education at the Lewes Historical Society. The cost is $20/adults and $15/children under 12.  \;Reservations are available to purchase online at \;www.CapeWaterTours.com.

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Two other chamber members-the Lewes Historical Society and the Overfalls Lightship- are \;partnering with the chamber on Boast the Coast to offer free tou rs. The Lewes Historical \;Society&rsquo\;s Lewes Maritime Museum at t he Cannonball House at 118 Front Street and the U.S. \;Life-Saving Sta tion in Canalfront Park will be open from 10 a.m. &ndash\; 4 p.m. and the Overfalls Lightship\, also in Canalfront Park\, will be open as well.
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\nThe annual Lewes Merchants&rsquo\; Fall Sidewalk Sale has long been associated with Boast the Coast. \;It is a three-day event\, wrap ped around Saturday&rsquo\;s Boast the Coast events\, beginning on Friday\ , \;October 6 through Sunday\, October 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The ma jority of the retail businesses \;in the Historic Lewes Business Distr ict participate. \;Other events taking place on October 7 are the Hist oric Lewes Farmers Market at Lewes \;Elementary School parking lot\, P eninsula Gallery&rsquo\;s Opening Reception for Brook Hedge&rsquo\;s \ ;photography exhibit\, Coastal Concerts&rsquo\; performance by pianist Mic helle Cann \, Cape Artists
\nGallery&rsquo\;s sidewalk/tent art sale\ , Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park&rsquo\;s Annual Bird Seed Sale \ ;pickup and the Zwaanendael Museum&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Mysteries of History&r dquo\; walking tour.

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