BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55562020-09-27 DTSTART:20200927T130000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200927T200000Z LOCATION:110 Shipcarpenter Street\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=110 Shipcarpenter Street\nL ewes Delaware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=110 Shipcarpenter Street:geo :38.776881,-75.142658 GEO:38.776881;-75.142658 SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Lewes Historical Society's 2020 Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Co astal\nArts Festival is scheduled for Saturday\, September 26 and Sunday\, \nSeptember 27 at the Lewes Historical Society's various properties in\nLe wes. Hours are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day. Timed tickets\, for the\nmain campus venue is available to purchase on-line. All other Sea\nGlass Festiv al venues can be visited at anytime throughout the event\,\n(but have limi ted capacity due to DE Government mandates ).Admission\nto the festival's main campus events will be $5 for each 1-1/2 hour\nincrement\, in order to allow everyone to attend in a safe and\nmanageable way. All other venues including Shard Identification and\nBeach Treasure Contest and Children's Corner can be visited at any\ntime with a paid ticket. Children under 12 a re free. Pre-purchase\ntickets will be available on our website or by clic king on the\nfacebook link\, or at the gate on both days of the festival\, depending\non availability.\n\n2020 is the 11th year for this event\, and the Historical Society is\nfocused on the historic origins of sea glass a nd educating the public.\nThe festival will feature fifty sea glass and co astal artists in\nvarious mediums such as authentic sea glass\, wood\, pho tography\,\npainting\, ceramics\, metal and sculpture.\n\nNew for 2020:\nL ectures! Look for \"Pure Sea Glass\" author\, Richard LaMotte's virtual\nl ecture on Shard Identification to be available during the festival\nfor vi ewing at your leisure. Author and NASGA Education Chair\, Mary\nMcCarthy w ill also be a featured digital speaker. These informative\npresentations w ill be offered digitally and available for viewing at\nthe event over the weekend. Stay tuned for more details to come!\n\nMary McCarthy will also b e in attendance\, in person\, during the\nfestival on both days at the Lew es Historical Society's Museum Store\nand Information Center located at 30 2 Savannah Road. McCarthy will be\nselling sea glass pieces\, displaying s ea glass educational exhibits\,\nconducting shard identification and helpi ng with the Beach Combing\nTreasure Contest (3 entries for $5 chance to wi n money)! Bring your\nbest shards and enter them for the opportunity to wi n in several\ncategories!\n\nThe Lewes Historical Society's historic prope rties on their main\ncampus\, located at 110 Shipcarpenter Street\, will b e housing various\nexhibitions from the past three centuries\, highlightin g sea glass\nshards and corresponding historic glassware! These fascinatin g and\neducational displays will showcase multiple sea glass exhibits from \nprivate collections as well as antique glassware! Look for the famous\nd ress made entirely out of sea glass!\n\nJust across the street at the Life Saving Station/Water Front Park\,\nfestival-goers will find more displays of antique glass and sea glass\,\nalong with food and more vendors! This area can be entered without a\nspecific time\, however capacity may be lim ited at times... Please be\npatient with us as we navigate these new \"wat ers\" to ensure safety and\nhappiness for all!\n\nBring the kids to the \" Kids Area: What is it?\" in the Outdoor Garden\nat the Cannonball House\, located at 118 Front Street\, to view and\ndiscover the origins on various mysterious shards of sea glass. Check\nback with us for more touch free a nd safe kids activities!\n\nWith greater environmental awareness\, there h as been a decline in\nnaturally occurring sea glass\, creating a great mar ket for expensive\nand rare pieces. We hope to showcase these unique finds at the\nfestival and offer opportunities for attendees to learn more abou t the\nhistory of sea glass.\n\nParking shuttles will be running from the Virden Center to LHS Main\ncampus throughout the day. Parking can be found around town but i\nlimited. Please plan to bring cash-less payments.\n\nF or more information on the festival\, or if you would like to\nvolunteer t o help us (We need you!)\, make this year safe and great\,\nplease call: 3 02-645-7670.\n\nCovid-19 Policy:\nThe Lewes Historical Society is committe d to the safety of our\nvisitors\, volunteers\, and staff. All event reser vations are limited to\nthe maximum number of allowed individuals\, practi cing social\ndistancing as mandated by Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS).\nAll participants are required to wear a face covering for the du ration\nof the event. Each attendee must maintain a social distance of six (6)\nfeet between individuals of different households. We appreciate your \ncompliance for the health and comfort of your fellow patrons. \n\n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Lewes Historical Society'\;s 2020 Mi d-Atlantic Sea Glass &\; Coastal Arts Festival is scheduled for Saturda y\, September 26 and Sunday\, September 27 at the Lewes Historical Society '\;s various properties in Lewes. Hours are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day . Timed tickets\, for the main campus venue is available to purchase on-li ne. All other Sea Glass Festival venues can be visited at anytime througho ut the event\, (but have limited capacity due to DE Government mandates ). Admission to the festival'\;s main campus events will be $5 for each 1- 1/2 hour increment\, in order to allow everyone to attend in a safe and ma nageable way. All other venues including Shard Identification and Beach Tr easure Contest and Children'\;s Corner can be visited at any time with a paid ticket. Children under 12 are free. Pre-purchase tickets will be av ailable on our website or by clicking on the facebook link\, or at the gat e on both days of the festival\, depending on availability.

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2020 is the 11th year for this event\, and the Historical Society is focused o n the historic origins of sea glass and educating the public. The festival will feature fifty sea glass and coastal artists in various mediums such as authentic sea glass\, wood\, photography\, painting\, ceramics\, metal and sculpture.

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New for 2020:
\nLectures! Look for "\;Pu re Sea Glass"\; author\, Richard LaMotte'\;s virtual lecture on Sha rd Identification to be available during the festival for viewing at your leisure. Author and NASGA Education Chair\, Mary McCarthy will also be a f eatured digital speaker. These informative presentations will be offered d igitally and available for viewing at the event over the weekend. Stay tun ed for more details to come!

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Mary McCarthy will also be in atten dance\, in person\, during the festival on both days at the Lewes Historic al Society'\;s Museum Store and Information Center located at 302 Savan nah Road. McCarthy will be selling sea glass pieces\, displaying sea glass educational exhibits\, conducting shard identification and helping with t he Beach Combing Treasure Contest (3 entries for $5 chance to win money)! Bring your best shards and enter them for the opportunity to win in severa l categories!

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The Lewes Historical Society'\;s historic prope rties on their main campus\, located at 110 Shipcarpenter Street\, will be housing various exhibitions from the past three centuries\, highlighting sea glass shards and corresponding historic glassware! These fascinating a nd educational displays will showcase multiple sea glass exhibits from pri vate collections as well as antique glassware! Look for the famous dress m ade entirely out of sea glass!

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Just across the street at the Lif e Saving Station/Water Front Park\, festival-goers will find more displays of antique glass and sea glass\, along with food and more vendors! This a rea can be entered without a specific time\, however capacity may be limit ed at times... Please be patient with us as we navigate these new "\;w aters"\; to ensure safety and happiness for all!

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Bring the k ids to the "\;Kids Area: What is it?"\; in the Outdoor Garden at t he Cannonball House\, located at 118 Front Street\, to view and discover t he origins on various mysterious shards of sea glass. Check back with us f or more touch free and safe kids activities!

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With greater enviro nmental awareness\, there has been a decline in naturally occurring sea gl ass\, creating a great market for expensive and rare pieces. We hope to sh owcase these unique finds at the festival and offer opportunities for atte ndees to learn more about the history of sea glass.

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Parking shut tles will be running from the Virden Center to LHS Main campus throughout the day. Parking can be found around town but i limited. Please plan to br ing cash-less payments.

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For more information on the festival\, o r if you would like to volunteer to help us (We need you!)\, make this yea r safe and great\, please call: 302-645-7670.

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Covid-19 Policy:\nThe Lewes Historical Society is committed to the safety of our visit ors\, volunteers\, and staff. All event reservations are limited to the ma ximum number of allowed individuals\, practicing social distancing as mand ated by Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS). All participants are r equired to wear a face covering for the duration of the event. Each attend ee must maintain a social distance of six (6) feet between individuals of different households. We appreciate your compliance for the health and com fort of your fellow patrons. \;

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