Join us this Saturday, April 20th during the Antique and Classic Boat Show!
The Maritime Museum will have several boats on display, both at the Museum and at Riverfront Park. Don't miss the opportunity to see our newest acquisitions, including a steam powered replica of the African Queen! Light craft constructed in our Wooden Boat School, and three Herreshoff-designed boats will also be featured.
Starting at 7:00 p.m., the St. Pete Shanty Singers!
We are proud to present this opportunity to embark on a musical voyage!
This program incorporates both history and maritime music of significance to Apalachicola. We'll trace a voyage of the Montezuma of the Black Ball line, the first shipping company to schedule trips, twice a month, across the Atlantic. The Montezuma is among the larger ships of the Black Ball's fleet and was built in 1849. Her route is the "Cotton Triangle" which brought manufactured goods, farm implements, and other merchandise to Florida; transported cotton to Liverpool and LaHavre; and returned with immigrants to New York. It's December 1853 and we are headed to the port of Apalachicola. Our voyage begins in New York, and the Black Ball's Quaker owners must muster a crew of 28 sailors, and a cook. Captain DeCoursey and his wife and three officers are already aboard. As the crew prepares to set sail, they begin to sing their shanties, work songs that musically unified the crew as they performed their tasks. We'll follow the Montezuma along her voyage, with historical sea shanties representing each leg of the journey, and an historical narrative based on actual voyages of this vessel interwoven between the songs. This well-researched collection of shanties includes tunes with documented connections to this trade route and to Apalachicola.
"Now heave away at the windlass. You, chantyman, give us Rye-O! and raise the decks, raise the very dead, Heave-and-away!"
Arrive early to get a seat! Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The performance begins at 7:00, and will be followed by a reception on the docks at 8:00, all for a donation of only $5. Light servings of low country boil will be served. Cash bar available. Call
(850) 653-2500 for more information.
Click here to pay online.
Judges Needed
Additional judges are needed for the 15th Annual Apalachicola Antique & Classic Boat Show. There are 15 categories of awards, including Best in Show, Best Sailing vessel, Best skiff, etc.
Qualified people include those who have an interest in or and knowledge (hobbyist or professional) in boats. Please call the Apalachicola Bay Chamber at (850) 653-9419 or send an email to Anita Grove. For more information on the Antique & Classic Boat Show, click here.
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| Aboard the Museum's new steamboat, the Eagle. |
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