 Download Wellfleet Preservation Hall Schedule of Events Here
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| Please check back for information on the 2012 OysterFest! |
| Friday, October 14, 2011 |
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| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Number and Shirt Pick-up for Sunday's 5K Road Race |
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Baker's Field Recreation Building across from Mayo Beach. Sponsored by the Wellfleet Recreation Department. Check-in and on-site registration beginning at 7:30 am at the Baker's Field Recreation Department. Advance registration form available here or by contacting: recreation@wellfleet-ma.gov. |
| Saturday, October 15, 2011 |
| 8:00 am - 1:30 pm |
Shucky's Day |
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This unique local experience takes part in two sessions. First, meet at a location tbd and spend time with a shellfishermen on his or her grant to learn about aquaculture. Experience oyster harvesting, then using your own tools (provided at the program) and your shucking prowess, and try opening an oyster or two. Nothing left to do but slurp away! The second part begins with a visit to Pearl, 250 Commercial Street, where you will enjoy a panoramic water view while Pearl staff provide a shucking demonstration. Then enjoy Wellfleet's finest oysters paired with local wines. Shucking gloves and oyster knife are yours to keep. Participants must register for both parts. Cost is $100 per person and limited to 45 people. For more information or to register email Heidi Clemmer at: info@wellfleetoysterfest.org |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Oysters = Clean Water: The Tour |
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Shellfish Shack at Mayo Beach
Learn about aquaculture first hand from Wellfleet's own Shellfishing
Constable, Andy Koch, on a tour of the flats and an active shellfish
grant. This tour will continue with a discussion about oyster
propagation,Oysters = Clean Water: The Talk, described below. No
reservations necessary. |
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| 9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Oysters = Clean Water: The Talk |
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Town Pier, Opposite the Harbormaster’s Building
This new one-acre site uses oysters to improve water quality and
discover the critical role shellfish play in a healthy ecosystem. No
reservations necessary. Tour Leaders: Anamarija Frankic - Chief
Scientist, UMass Boston and Anne Marie Cataldo - Asst. Scientist, UMass Boston. |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am |
Taste the Terroir |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
Learn more about oysters, clams and terroir (the french word for "taste of place") through this educational and fun "Taste-the- Terroir" seminar. Participants will sample 3 types of oysters and 3 types of clams from different sections of Wellfleet Harbor. A guest speaker will give background on the biology of oysters, while another will lead the group in a tasting. Wellfleet shellfishermen are on hand to answer questions. Cost is $10/per person, participation is strictly limited to 50 people. |
| 9:30 am 11:30 am |
Tennis Round Robin |
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Willy's Gym, 4730 State Highway 6 Eastham, MA Sponsored by the Wellfleet Recreation Department. Information form available here or by visiting the Recreation Department, Town Hall, 300 Main Street or by contacting Becky Rosenberg at 508.349.0314 or by email at: recreation@wellfleet-ma.gov. |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Main Street Festival |
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Main Street and Town Hall Parking Lot
Food, Arts & Crafts and Education Booths open. Shuttle Service available from designated beach parking lots and Town Pier. Walk-in parking from Cove Corner Parking Lot and Wellfleet Elementary School. Handicap parking is available at the United Methodist Church and the Mayo Beach lot. |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
SPAT Boutique |
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Located just behind Town Hall
Shop for lots of great OysterFest merchandise and support our college
scholarship and community grants program. T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats,
stemware, beer glasses and more! |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
SPAT Information Booth |
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Located just behind Town Hall
Stop by for information, registration forms, directions, email list sign up
and more.
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| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
OysterFest 2010 Kickoff |
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Announcements and DJ from the Main Stage behind Town Hall |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Toast and Jam |
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Bluegrass music on the main stage. |
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| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Family/Children’s Entertainment Area |
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The enchanting park behind Wellfleet Preservation Hall will featuring clowns, a moon bounce, face-painting, oyster jewelry making, pumpkin decorating, cotton candy, music and balloon twisting and more! Including the special events below.
Face painting and balloon twisting will be offered from 11 am -4 pm. |
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10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
NOAA’s Fisheries Service Seafood Inspection Demonstration |
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Learn about the many species of fish in the Notheast Region, their value and their status and to showcase NOAA’s role in seafood inspection. A live interactive ‘fishing game’ will be employed by the NERO Seafood Inspection Team.Participants will have the opportunity to ‘fish’ for a number of different species, once they ‘catch’ a fish they’ll be asked to identify it and will be encouraged to learn more about the status of that species. |
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11:30 - Noon |
Poekoelan Demonstration |
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Poekoelan is a rare and beautiful Indonesian martial art. This demonstration is sponsored by the Tulen Center for Martial Arts and Wellness and Willy's Gym. |
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Noon - 2:00 pm |
Fortune Teller |
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Kids and adults, find out what is in your future. |
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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The Elbows |
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Fun-loving music for kids of all ages. Come dance and shake to their infectious grooves!
theelbows.net
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1:30 pm - 2:15 |
Overhead Oysters with Trevor the Juggler |
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Silly antics and awesome juggling skills in a friendly and engaging performance. Fun for the whole family!
trevorjuggling.com | |
| 11:00 am - Noon |
Oyster Reef Restoration Family Program |
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Wellfleet Public Library, West Main Street
Through fun games, model-building, and hands-on exploration, we’ll learn how oysters grow and band together to create important marine habitat. We’ll dissect an oyster and build our own oyster reef restoration site. Led by Mass Audubon family naturalist. |
| 11:oo am - Noon |
Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage |
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Wellfleet United Methodist Church, Main Street
The Wellfleet United Methodist Church presents local author Irene Paine reading from her historical novel Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage. The Paine family has resided in Paine Hollow, South Wellfleet, for eight generations, and Irene’s in-depth research on the life and times of her great grandaunt in the 1800’s provided the framework for this novel, winner of the 2011 Independent Publishers Silver Medal Award for Best Regional Fiction for the Northeast. |
| 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Number and Shirt Pick-up for Sunday's 5K Road Race |
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Baker’s Field Recreation Building across from Mayo Beach
Advance registration available or download registration form here. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Cooking Demo and Book Signing with Barton Seaver |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
Barton Seaver will demonstrate how to take oyster slurping up a notch with his world cuisine influenced oyster shooter. He will also prepare an oyster recipe from his new cookbook, For Cod and Country, for sampling. He will give an amazing talk on why we should all eat as much farmed shellfish as possible since it is truly a sustainable food.
This program is free and participation is limited to the first 75 attendees. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
The Flakes |
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Music on the Main Stage |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Oyster Shuck-Off, Shucking Contest Preliminaries |
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Main Stage
Emceed by local hero and reporter, Eric Williams, host of CapeCast, the daily webcast of the Cape Cod Times, seen at capecodonline.com/capecast. Register at the SPAT booth by 12:00 noon. Advance registration form available here or for more information email: info@wellfleetoysterfest.org
Prizes awarded: 1st Place-$1,000 2nd Place-$500 3rd Place-$250
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| 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Oysters as First Responders |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
One oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water per day. So can oysters be used as a first step to improving poor water quality in our local embayment? Rick York, Mashpee’s Shellfish Constable, is putting oysters to the test in the Mashpee River. |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Reef Creations Family Program |
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Wellfleet Public Library, 55 Main Street
Drop in and make your own oyster crafts. Help build a giant oyster reef for public display and take another home with you. Led by Mass Audubon family naturalist. |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Oyster Reef Restoration Project |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, in cooperation with the Town of Wellfleet, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, established an oyster reef habitat to study how it is impacted by natural mortality, disease and harvest. Wellfleet Bay’s science coordinator Mark Faherty will discuss the project. |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The Life and Times of Lorenzo Dow Baker |
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Wellfleet United Methodist Church, Main Street
The Wellfleet United Methodist Church will present and illustrated lecture on the life of Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker(1840-1908). Retired history professor and Wellfleet resident Dr. Randolph Bartlett will share the challenges that Baker faced en route to becoming a successful banana entrepreneur and a major benefactor of the Church. |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Uncle Tim’s Bridge Walk for All Ages |
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Uncle Tim's Bridge, Commercial Street
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary director Bob Prescott will lead a walk across Uncle Tim’s Bridge to explore Cannon Hill. Dress for the weather and meet at Uncle Tim’s Bridge. |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Rip It Ups |
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Rockabilly music on the Main Stage |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Spelling Bee at the Wellfleet Public Library |
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Wellfleet Public Library, 55 Main Street
Join the craze and test your spelling skills at the annual OysterFest
Spelling Bee with children's and adult rounds, prizes and fun!
Register at the SPAT booth or the library by 2:00 pm. Registration
form for both Littlenecks (12 and under) and Quahogs (13 and up)
available here. |
| 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Fundraising Concert featuring Kemp Harris |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
SPAT is pleased to announce a fundraising concert featuring Kemp Harris and his six-piece band. Kemp Harris has collaborated with a surprising list of talent over four decades. He has shared the stage with Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal and Gil-Scott Heron. He holds a songwriting residency at the Wang Center for the Performing Arts in Boston with Berklee College of Music, assisting talented young artists with composition and performance.
Tickets are $15.00 at the door.
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| Sunday, October 16, 2011 |
| 9:00 am |
5K Adult Road Race |
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Mayo Beach Parking Lot
Sponsored by the Wellfleet Recreation Department. Check-in and on-site registration beginning at 7:30 am at Baker's Field Recreation Department. Advance registration form available here or by visiting the Recreation Department, Town Hall, 300 Main Street, by phone 508.349.0314 or email recreation@wellfleet-ma.gov. |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Oysters = Clean Water: The Talk |
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Town Pier, Opposite the Harbormaster’s Building
See new one-acre site using oysters to improve water quality and discover the critical role oysters play in a healthy ecosystem (before they improve your health). No reservations necessary. Tour Leaders: Anamarija Frankic - Chief Scientist, UMass Boston, Anne Marie Cataldo - Asst. Scientist, UMass Boston and Dr. Robert Brock, Marine Biologist, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center. |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Main Street Festival |
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Main Street and Town Hall Parking Lot
Food, Arts & Crafts and Education Booths open. Shuttle Service available from designated beach parking lots and Town Pier. Walk-in parking from Cove Corner Parking Lot and Wellfleet Elementary School. Handicap parking is available at the United Methodist Church and the Mayo Beach lot. |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
SPAT Boutique |
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Located just behind Town Hall
Shop for lots of great OysterFest merchandise and support our college
scholarship and community grants program. T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats,
stemware, beer glasses and more! |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
SPAT Information Booth |
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Located just behind Town Hall
Stop by for information, registration forms, directions, email list sign up
and more. |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
OysterFest 2011 Kick-off, Day 2 |
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DJ and Announcements from the Main Stage behind Town Hall |
| 10:00 am |
1.4 Mile Children's Fun Run |
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Mayo Beach Parking Lot
Sponsored by the Wellfleet Recreation Department. Check-in and on-site registration beginning at 9:30 am at Baker's Field Recreation Department. Advance registration form available here or by visiting the Recreation Department, Town Hall, 300 Main Street, by phone 508.349.0314 or email recreation@wellfleet-ma.gov. |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Toast and Jam |
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Bluegrass music on the Main Stage |
| 10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Family/Children’s Entertainment Area |
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The enchanting park behind Wellfleet Preservation Hall will featuring clowns, a moon bounce, face-painting, oyster jewelry making, pumpkin decorating, cotton candy, music and balloon twisting and more! Including the special events below.
Face painting and balloon twisting will be offered from 11 am -4 pm.
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10:00 am - 5:00 pm |
NOAA’s Fisheries Service Seafood Inspection Demonstration |
|
Learn about the many species of fish in the Notheast Region, their value and their status and to showcase NOAA’s role in seafood inspection. A live interactive ‘fishing game’ will be employed by the NERO Seafood Inspection Team.Participants will have the opportunity to ‘fish’ for a number of different species, once they ‘catch’ a fish they’ll be asked to identify it and will be encouraged to learn more about the status of that species. |
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Noon - 2:00 pm |
Fortune Teller |
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Kids and adults, find out what is in your future. |
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Noon - 1:00 pm
and
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
The Elbows |
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Fun-loving music for kids of all ages. Come dance and shake to their infectious grooves!
theelbows.net
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1:15 pm - 2:00 pm |
Flying Shellfish with Trevor the Juggler |
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Silly antics and awesome juggling skills in a friendly and engaging performance. Fun for the whole family!
trevorjuggling.com |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Fisheries in Hot Water: How Climate Change Threatens New England’s Most Storied Industry |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are changing the temperature and chemistry of the ocean, with potentially dire consequences for marine life. As a result, scientists say we could see up to a one third decline in fish and shellfish harvests by mid-century. Heather Goldstone, WCAI’s science editor and creator of NPR’s Climatide blog, will lead this discussion. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 |
Cooking Demonstration with Philippe Rispoli of PB Boulangerie
and Bistro
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
Chef Philippe will demonstrate the French take on showcasing oysters.
This program is free and participation is limited to the first 75 attendees. |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Zoe Lewis and her Elastic Band |
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Jazzy latin & quirky original music on the Main Stage |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Oyster Shuck-Off, Shucking Contest Finals |
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Main Stage 1st Place-$1,000/ 2nd Place-$500 / 3rd Place-$250 |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Whales, Sea Turtles and Sturgeon...Oh My! Protected Marine Species in the Northeast |
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Preservation Hall, Main Street
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration representative will lead this discussion. |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Randy & The Oak Trees |
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Dance and rock music on the Main Stage |
| 5:00 pm |
OysterFest closes |
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See you next year! |
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