.
.
The delightful Ocean Institute at Dana Point hosts the 37th annual event that always was, until recently, the Tall Ships Festival. The seagoing sailing vessels are returning and welcome you aboard. With so much more on hand, it's now the Maritime Festival, and we have all the details for you.
One crazy fun idea is a double-header. Only an hour inland from Dana Point -- via the "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of Route 74 to Perris -- you can ride the trolleys this weekend. They are authentic, original "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric, and their smaller "Yellow Car" cousins of the long-gone Los Angeles Railway. We have a link.
Finally, we offer remembrances of September 11th, twenty years ago. Some, most, or all are stories you don't know. At the time, shock and horror united America in a way that seems impossible now. Of course, no one knew that 9/11 would usher-in an era of endless wars predicated on lies that went woefully unexamined by a media reveling in "embedded" deployments with the invading troops -- but that's another story.
■□■●○■□●○■□■
This weekend!It's the annual gathering of tall ships -- seagoing sailing vessels harkening to the great age of sail -- and it's happening at the Ocean Institute, at the 37th annual Maritime Festival. There's living history, tours of the vessels, sea chanteys, and the institute's living exhibits of sea creatures. We've been many times and it's lots of fun.___
CANNON BATTLES |
|
Conclude the ALL-DAY festivities at the
Ocean Institute 37th Annual
MARITIME FESTIVALPRESENTED BY |
|
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
4 pm - 8 pm |
|
It's a once a year opportunity to experience a live cannon battle, learn the ropes of sailing, and enjoy the sunset from the water |
|
Set sail for high sea adventures Step aboard a historic tall ship and set sail off the coast of Dana Point. While on board, learn about maritime history and experience the thrill of a mock cannon battle at sea. Enjoy blasting cannons, towering rigging, bustling decks, and the magnificence of a canvas full of wind during a cannon battle! Work with the crew hauling up sail or simply sit back and enjoy the spectacular demonstration of skill, knowledge, and survival. Festival General Admission included in "cannon battle" ticket. |
|
TALES OF THE TALL SHIPS:
Pick YOUR ship below and join in for a fun filled evening of Cannon Battles aboard a historic tall ship
Limited amount of tickets still available |
|
Type of Ship: Gaf Rigged Schooner
Length Overall: 139 Feet
Home Port: San Diego (Next Level Sailing)
Fun Fact: America is the world’s most famous racing yacht. Now a replica of the 139-foot yacht that won the historic Royal Yacht Squadron’s 100 Guinea Cup race in 1851.
The original America put yachting on the map. It is why the most famous trophy in sailing is called The America’s Cup. In 1851, a boat named ‘AMERICA’ won the ‘Royal Yacht Squadrons’ 100 Guinea Cup given to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight. |
|
Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday |
|
Type of Ship: Schooner
Length Overall: 129 Feet
Home Port: Chula Vista
Fun Fact: Designed around the lines of an 1856 America’s Cup schooner, Bill of Rights was dreamed up by Captain Davis. The keel was laid in 1969 in South Bristol, Maine at the Harvey Gamage Shipyard, and she was launched March 27, 1971 to unprecedented fanfare with attendance surpassing 10,000. The vessel was then brought to Chula Vista in 2013 and purchased by the South Bay Front Sailing Association (SBFSA) where she currently calls home. |
|
Tickets still available for Sunday |
|
Type of Ship: Schooner
Length Overall: 82 Feet
Home Port: Dana Point (Curlew Charters)
Fun Fact: A 1926 John Alden Designed Schooner, Curlew has a rich and varied history, which continues to unfold. Recognized in 2009 as a Historic Vessel by the City of Dana Point, CA, Curlew is a remarkable relic of the golden age of wooden boat construction, sailing and racing. |
|
Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday |
|
Type of Ship: Schooner
Length Overall: 105 Feet
Home Port: Los Angeles (LA Maritime Institute)
Fun Fact: American Pride was originally built in 1941 as a two-masted eastern rigged trawler, a fishing vessel. Christened as the Virginia, she was built in 1941 at Muller Boat Works Inc. located in Brooklyn, New York as a two-masted eastern rigged trawler. In 1986 American Pride was converted to a three masted schooner at the Wallace Yard in Thomaston, Maine. |
|
Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday |
|
Type of Ship: Brigantine
Length Overall: 110 Feet
Home Port: Los Angeles (LA Maritime Institute)
Fun Fact: Names after famed American author, lecturer, adventure, and sail training pioneer. Throughout her life she completed many sailing feats including sailing around the world seven times while training younger sailors. Exy Johnson and sister ship Irving Johnson where launched in 2002 and have been a staple of LA Harbor. |
|
Tickets still available for Sunday |
|
Escort Cruise:
R/V SEA EXPLORER |
|
Board the Ocean Institute's power vessel, R/V Sea Explorer to watch the armada of ships as they set sail to engage in the Festival’s most exciting and captivating experience. On board our Research Vessel Sea Explorer is the best place to take photos and get a up-close view of all of the action at sea.
|
|
Type of Ship: Research Vessel
Length Overall: 65 Feet
Home Port: Dana Point, CA (Ocean Institute
Fun Fact: Sea Explorer is an educational floating lab equipped with underwater cameras, an acoustic hydrophone, onboard computers, video microscopes, touch tanks, and a viewing aquarium. A bowsprit over the water provides any passenger with a breathtaking view of dolphins, whales, and sea lions. |
|
Tickets still available for Saturday & Sunday |
|
MARITIME FESTIVAL GENERAL ADMISSION |
|
Join the Ocean Institute for fun interactive hands-on activities that will spark curiosity in Marine Science and Maritime History. Explore the new Chambers Artifact Gallery, home to a variety of marine life artifacts. Learn about the history of whaling during the scrimshaw activity -- you even get to take home your very own sailor’s art.
Can you dig it? Learn the proper techniques of an archeological dig for artifacts or see if you can strike it rich by staking your claim at a gold panning station. The "At Sea Learning Center," home to the resident eels, schooling fish, and many other marine life animals, will include lessons on Morse code and how to send a telegram.
Next, stop by the Sahm Marine Education Center and experience a Discovery touch tank featuring intertidal animals including Sea Star, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, and more. There's also the Shark touch tank, with Horn Sharks, Rays, and Shovel Nose Guitarfish. Learn what their skin feels life, adaptations to habitats, importance in ecosystems, diet, and make your own shark hat to blend into their habitat.
Looking for more? Partake in a Sea Monster Scavenger Hunt to learn the myths of the Ocean, what’s true and what’s false, and the animals that inspired these stories. You might even find a Mermaid! Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about life as a sailor during the Ship Tours and A Sailor’s Life Tours.
Scheduled Events: included in General Admission Ticket Ship Tours – Every 15 minutes 10:30 am – Sailor Life Experience 11:30 am – Sailor Life Experience 12:30 pm – Sailor Life Experience 1:00 pm – Mermaid Story Time 3:30pm – Sailor Life Experience You won’t want to miss out on this fun filled day! Membership tickets: Are you an OI Sea Star Member? Your Membership includes four complimentary General Admission tickets the the festival. To claim your tickets enter this code at checkout FEST{member id}. (ex: FEST101101011) at checkout. On Saturday September 11thOcean Institute will be offering FREE Festival General Admission to First Responders, Active Service Members, and Veterans. Must present identification at festival check-in Use code: MFService at checkout (code valid for 1 adult ticket per reservation for Saturday September 11th Festival General Admission Ticket) |
|
Mermaid Swim ShowsAlmost sold out! September 11th - 12th
Saturday and Sunday
11:00am, 3:00pm |
|
Join our friends from Sheroes Entertainment as they dazzle with an amazing mermaid swim show. Join the show and get your own mermaid craft. An experience you and your family will not want to miss. Festival General Admission included with this ticket. |
|
Cap'n Jack's Pirate SchoolAlmost sold out! September 11th - 12th
Saturday and Sunday
2:00pm |
|
“School” is back in session: Cap’n Jack’s School for Lil’ Scallywags has some new lesson plans for his pirates-in-training! Suitable for ages 8-12 years old. |
|
SAILOR'S CAMPSeptember 11th - 12th
Saturday and Sunday
10:00am - 5:00pm |
|
Learn from historic re-enactors, including blacksmiths, pirates, and more. Enjoy live music from Los Rios Rock School as well as the Kamala Brothers and enjoy a cold beer in the beer garden.
No ticket purchase necessary. |
|
Peddler's VillageSeptember 11th - 12th
Saturday and Sunday
10:00am - 5:00pm |
|
Shop the fare of local craftsmen at the Peddler’s Village, featuring
a variety of vendors
No ticket purchase necessary. |
|
Seafarer's LandingSeptember 11th - 12th
Saturday and Sunday
10:00am - 5:00pm |
|
Enjoy grub from a variety of local food trucks featuring different types of food from all over the world.
Food Trucks:
Tres Compas Mexican Grill
LA Lockdown BBQ
The Deli Doctor NY Deli on Wheels
No ticket purchase necessary. |
|
PARKING:
Ocean Institute is happy to provide free parking and shuttles to all guests.
PARKING & SHUTTLE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
3 p.m.-10 p.m.
Strands Vista Park: Selva Rd. Right past PCH.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Strands Vista Park: Selva Rd. Right past PCH.
*If you are doing Mermaid Breakfast or Cannon Battle, be sure to park at Strands Vista Park
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Dana Hills High School: 33333 Golden Lantern.
Ocean Institute is at 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr, Dana Point, CA 92629 -- but you cannot park there for the Festival.
■□■●○■□●○■□■
Make it an improbably unique day
As we told you in the intro, you can do a double-header. Only an hour inland from Dana Point -- via the "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of Route 74 to Perris -- you can ride the trolleys this weekend. They are authentic, original "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric, and their smaller "Yellow Car" cousins of the long-gone Los Angeles Railway. Here is a link.
Located in Perris, it was know for decades as the Orange Empire Railway Museum -- OERM that used to be "Orm." Now it's the Southern California Railway Museum -- SCRM that's already "Scram," so if you scram outta the Maritime Festival, you can go ride the trolleys.
Address is 2201 South "A" St, Perris, CA 92570-9318
Phone, 951-943-3020
Take the winding mountain road Hwy 74 over the hills from Dana Point. It's just an hour drive. Yep, the ocean is that close to the baking heat of Perris.
■□■●○■□●○■□■
Twenty years ago: remembrances, reconciliations, loss, longing, and meaning unfound
9/11 -- 2001. All at once, the dream of "2001: a Space Odyssey" was gone. Robbed. Stolen.
We were not there when the towers fell. But we were there as "the pile" was meticulously picked apart, and those doing the solemn work faced exhaustion, unspeakable depression, and -- we would find out later -- breathed so much toxic dust that ruined health and early death have claimed many of them.
We bring you tales of that fateful day from a variety of people and places. Much or all of this you have not seen before.
We start with the story told by a prominent editorial cartoonist.
By Daryl Cagle - Sep 09, 2021 08:03 pm
With the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 approaching this Saturday, the cartoonists have been drawing on the subject.
Twenty years ago I was the president of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) and I had put together my first convention for the group at the World Trade Center Marriott. I made multiple trips there to organize the event, which was the biggest ever for the NCS. My wife and kids got to know the World Trade Center, and many of the staffers there. Here’s the convention theme art by Jack Davis.
We were honoring Charles M. Schulz with a lifetime achievement award (that Snoopy is flying off with) marking the 50th anniversary of Peanuts. Shortly before the convention, Schulz passed away, turning the convention into a memorial event, and we did a tribute on the newspapers comics pages, with almost all of the cartoonists drawing Schulz/Peanuts comic strip tributes on the day of our Reuben Awards at the convention. Schulz’s now-defunct syndicate, United Features Syndicate, sponsored a lovely, big, boozy Sunday Brunch, celebrating Peanuts and Schulz, for over 630 of us at Windows on the World, the restaurant near the top of the North Tower that had a sweeping view.
I’m still haunted by the memory of all the people I worked with on the Sunday brunch, who didn’t make it out of the towers alive. Most of the people at the Marriott got out in time, before the hotel was crushed. To see all of this happen so soon after my convention in 2000 is still troubling for me and for my family who loved the World Trade Center. Read all about about my World Trade Center NCS convention experience here.
I have posted some of my recent 9/11 anniversary favorites below.
This one is by John Darkow.
Patrick Chappatte
Dave Granlund
Jeff Koterba
Ingrid Rice
Chris Weyant
Daryl Cagle asks, "Want to get EVERY new CagleCartoon from our 62 syndicated newspaper editorial cartoonists, in your email box every day? Just support the cartoonists by becoming a Cagle.com HERO and you’ll get the exclusive daily emails of ALL THE CARTOONS! See all the cartoons before the newspapers print them and never miss a cartoon!"
___
Here's a well-organized trove from Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy via the "Reliable Sources" newsletter...
Recommended reads marking 20 years since 9/11
>> Important story from Jeff Melnick about how a "key legacy" of 9/11 is "the way conspiracy theories spread online..."
>> David Byler and Kate Woodsome look into the spread of "trutherism" after 9/11: "How does a conspiracy theory take hold? And why, 20 years after the attack, does it endure?"
>> WNYC reporter Beth Fertig shares her experience reporting on 9/11 and what it was like when "conspiracy theorists distorted" her words...
>> Dunstan Prial, who covered the attacks for the AP, writes about what it was like from 8:46am to 11:02am...
>> Jonathan Chait argues that 9/11 "made the media whitewash what really happened in Bush v. Gore..."
>> Charlie Warzel reflects on watching the Hulu/NatGeo 9/11 documentary and how it highlights all the "little universes" that experienced trauma that day...
>> Elliot Ackerman, a former Marine Corps officer, writes about the post-9/11 unity that seems unimaginably elusive today: "While once we pledged to never forget the attacks of 2001, it seems what we forget today, every day, is how not to attack one another..."
>> Laila Lalami calls for an expansion of the conversation this 9/11 anniversary: "If we are to 'never forget,' then we must remember not just the pain and grief we felt on Sept. 11, but also the aggression and violence that our government unleashed..."
>> Caroline Framke writes about the "rush to produce as much September 11 #content as possible this year" and why she won't be tuning in...
>> Benjamin Svetkey takes you "inside the Pentagon's secret post-9/11 summit with Hollywood A-listers."
>> Ashley Reese writes about "how Disney Channel sold patriotism to kids after 9/11..."
>> Brian Welk speaks with filmmakers to detail how the attacks "changed Hollywood" forever...
The power of anchors
On 9/11/01, "most Americans were guided through the unimaginable by one of three anchors: Tom Brokaw of NBC News, Peter Jennings of ABC News and Dan Rather of CBS News." The AP's David Bauder wrote about the anchor role and spoke with Brokaw and Rather, along with Jennings' widow Kayce Freed Jennings, who said "he was born to" lead the coverage that day.
The anchors, Garrett Graff said, were "the closest thing that America had to national leaders on 9/11. They were the moral authority for the country on that first day," especially with political leaders in bunkers or otherwise out of sight...
>> Related: Stelter wrote about the scene inside the control rooms years ago for his book "Top of the Morning." You can read that here. And Esquire's Jack Holmes spoke recently to CBS News director Eric Shapiro about what it was like inside the network's control room...
TV coverage plans
Networks across the board will air special programming Saturday throughout the morning, offering live coverage as the country marks the 20th year since the attacks. On NY1, six veteran journalists who covered the attacks will reflect on their experiences after coverage of the ceremony. Fox's "The Five" will air a special episode live from Citi Field before the Mets versus Yankees game. On CNN, Jake Tapper will host a special, "Shine a Light," at 7pm. MSNBC will broadcast "9/11/01: The First Night," which is a re-air of NBC News' coverage that aired on 9/11, starting at midnight...
On Sunday, the 54th season premiere of "60 Minutes" will be "dedicated to the heroism of 9/11." CNN will air "America's Longest War," also anchored by Tapper, at 9pm. "Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11" will air on MSNBC at 10pm. And the final entry of Spike Lee's "NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½" airs on HBO at 10pm...
How local papers are covering the anniversary
Kerry Flynn writes: "Ahead of Saturday's anniversary, local newspapers are publishing unique stories that capture how their communities are grappling with their tragedy. As Tim Cotter, exec editor of The Day in New London, Conn., told me, 'It's a moment that people will always remember where they were, what they were doing.' An Phung and I compiled some of Friday's powerful front pages..."
Why some 9/11 coverage is lost
Flynn writes: "You can't see some of the original online news coverage of 9/11. Software, specifically the end of Adobe Flash, is to blame. Clare Duffy and I explored the rise and fall of Flash and how it inspired a wealth of interactive news content that is unfortunately now inaccessible. But some newsrooms have taken it upon themselves to rebuild this old content. For example, USA Today republished its 9/11 anniversary content from 2002 and that included remaking some Flash graphics. This issue of lost content is a never-ending problem since software is always changing, so the question is will more newsrooms preserve content or let it disappear?"
FOR THE RECORD, PART ONE
-- Biden has released a video remembering those lost on 9/11... (Twitter)
-- WSJ has published a series of photos "that defined 9/11" and speaks to the photographers and people in them 20 years later... (WSJ)
-- Don't miss WaPo Magazine's big special showing how 9/11 impacted everything from fashion to theater to policing to bigotry to photography... (WaPo)
-- CNN has published video showing what the network was covering in the moments before the attacks... (CNN)
-- A big New York Times investigation has found that the US military's version of events surrounding "the last known missile" fired in the Afghanistan War might not be accurate... (NYT)
-- Shifting to the latest on an act of domestic terror: House lawmakers investigating January 6 say social media companies "are cooperating" with the, but that they still need "much more information..." (CNN)
___
We remember all too clearly the multiple funerals each day, for months, as marching corps of bagpipers honored firefighters and police officers killed on 9/11. Thus we close with these lyrics from a traditional American folk song, an old cowboy ballad adapted from a native Irish song:
"Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along..."
~ from "Streets of Laredo," author unknown.
■□■●○■□●○■□■
Resources / Navigation / Contacting us / finding what you want in current, recent, or archived Guide editions
MOBILE-DEVICE-FRIENDLY
editions load quickly at
Or at
On mobile devices, click "view web edition" to bring-up the left side bar with navigation tools. That gives you direct access to click your way to all re9cent editions. It's easy to bring-up month-by-month archives to everything last year, so far this year, and each previous year.
It's all there, since we first moved The Guide (with its former name) to Blogspot.
Does that mean you need to find Marty and Doc's DeLorean time machine?
Because, geez, THAT was back when Rin-Tin-Tin hadn't gotten his second "tin" from Tin Pan Alley
... and you watched TV on a big box that bombarded you with non-ionizing radiation if you sat close to it, instead of inescapable non-ionizing radiation from 5g
... and you watched movies on reels of film aimed at a screen that bounced-back the light projected onto it, instead of only-ever seeing everything in glowing postage-stamp mode on your phone
... and "the pandemic" meant 1918
... and Rudy Giuliani was "America's Mayor" instead of a babbling portable meltdown of brown ooze
... and "trump" was something that only happened in a card game, instead of being garishly emblazoned on buildings that go bankrupt (before it became a synonym for grifter college, grifter steaks, cultist wackos, deadly violent attempted coups at the Capitol, and banishment from polite society)
... and you can escape now, AND/OR go far enough back, to escape whatever the lunacy du jour and explore what we've published for your perusal and enjoyment.
<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>
CONTACT US -- Post Comments / Send Questions / say Howdy at:
Tiedtothetracks (at) Hotmail (dot) com
OR USE THE COMMENTS FUNCTION on the Blogspot site.
<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>
Entire contents copyright © 2021,
Lawrence Wines & Tied to the Tracks.
All rights reserved.
<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>
.
♪ The ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE endeavors to bring you NEWS – and views of interest to artists everywhere – more specifically to musicians and the creative community and music makers -- and fans of acoustic and Folk-Americana music. That includes both traditional and innovative forms. From the deepest roots to today’s acoustic renaissance, that’s our beat. We provide a wealth of resources, including a HUGE catalog of acoustic-friendly venues (now undergoing a major update), and inside info on FESTIVALS and select performances in Southern California in venues from the monumentally large to the intimately small and cozy. We cover workshops, conferences, and other events for artists and folks in the music industry, and all kinds o’ things in the world of acoustic and Americana and accessible classical music. From washtub bass to musical spoons to oboe to viola to banjo to squeezebox, from Djangostyle to new-fangled-old-time string band music, from sweet Cajun fiddle to bluegrass and pre-bluegrass Appalachian mountain music to all the swamp water roots of the blues and the bright lights of where the music is headed now.
.
The Acoustic Americana Music Guide. Thanks for sittin' a spell. The cyber porch'll be here anytime you come back from a masked safari to fetch your groceries, or get a hankerin' for a virtual version of hittin' the road for the festival circuit or a concert tour.
.
<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>-<^>
Til we catch ya again on the flip side
in this new world
of the now somewhat lessened
improbable unknown...
___
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for your comment. The BEST way to comment or to reach us in a timely manner is at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com