By: David Mills
ROCKLAND, ME - The annual Maine Lobster Festival took place August 3rd to the 7th. This year's festival was at Harbor Park overlooking a beautiful harbor and breakwater lighthouse 1 1/2 hours north of Portland, Me. From August 3rd to the 7th was filled with events for the whole family such as, Coronation of a new Sea Goddess to the Great International William Atwood Lobster Crate Race.
The Maine Lobster Festival opening day featured the Coronation practice and Coronation of a new Sea Goddess. At 12pm the festival officially opened with King Neptune, his court and the 2010 Sea Goddess, Emily Benner arriving from the briny deep. King Neptune and his court went to the flagpole as Blackbeard raised the flag marking the opening of this year's festival. Also, at the same time the 2011 Sea Princesses had a practice to get ready for that night's Sea Goddess Coronation.
Sea Goddess Coronation is a tradition of the Maine Lobster Festival where one of the 18 young women wins Sea Goddess. During the coronation another two young women will win Crown Princess and Miss Congeniality. This year's winners were, Brittany Anne Young of South Thomaston, Miss Congeniality, Kelly Leidenroth of Warren, Crown Princess and Kristen Sawyer of Tenants Harbor our new 2011 Sea Goddess. All the young women did an amazing job as leading up to Coronation was all about learning such as, Lobstering, Rockland and etiquette, just to name a few. In attendance were 2010 Crown Princesses, members of the Coast Guard, Navy members, family and friends. Eric Hebert was this year's MC for the Sea Goddess Coronation.
Opening day also featured people lining up for lobster in the Eating tent, where the line was almost halfway up the hill. Other things that took place on Wednesday were, booking signings, face painting by GVHS, Musicians performing and of course lots of fun for the whole family.
Photographs above are of King Neptune and his court, around the grounds and Coronation practice. Sea Goddess Coronation and dinner photographs are below.
Events on Thursday were face painting, music by Devon Square, Headstart and a performance from Changes In Latitudes, a America premier Jimmy Buffet tribute show. Of course you were able to ride rides, get food from vendors along with games.
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| FACE PAINTING BY GVHS |
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| TRYING THE CLIMBING WALL |
The Maine Lobster Festival was abuzz on Friday as they had Maine Seafood Cooking Contest, John McDonald book reading, book signings from Kevin C. Mills along with other authors, performances by Nat H. Band, Veayo Twins and Emerson Drive. They even had the Children's Parade in the morning for the young ones to enjoy.
In the cooking contest Kelsey's provided them with stoves, Villagesoup donated the price money and Capt. Elise Soda event sponsor. The winners in this contest were Russ James 1st place, Sue Jobes 2nd place, Carol Bachofner 3rd place, Tyrrell Hunter 4th place and Michael Seiacchetano winning 5th place.
Going on in the morning along with the Maine Seafood Cooking Contest was the Children's parade around the grounds. It looked like the children were having a great time.
Performing on Friday were the Nat Hussey Band, Creatures of Habit and Emerson Drive with Veayo Twins opening for the. The Veayo Twins both 15 of Maine did an amazing job opening for Emerson. These sisters have a bright future, as it shows how much they love what they do. You can find more information on them at www.theveayotwins.com.
The following are photographs of Fridays performers at the 64th annual Maine Lobster Festival along with people enjoying themselves.
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| KIDS ENJOYING PLAYING A GAME |
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| EVEN KIDS VOLUNTEER DURING THE MAINE LOBSTER FESTIVAL |
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| VOLUNTEERS AT THE INFORMATION BOOTH |
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Finally, Saturday brought with it a Blindfold Row Boat Race and performances by Kelly Parker Band opening for Uncle Kreaker along with a parade down main street in the morning. Sunday was not a fun day to be out for the Children's 1 mile and adult 10k as rain filled the sky. However, the upside to the rain is it kept the runners cooled off. During the Children's 1 mile it was mostly cloudy with the rain hitting for the Adult 10k.
Results For The Maine Lobster Festival
In the Blindfolded Row Boat Race, Keith and Kimi Smith of Rockland took first place in the adult division with a time of 1 minute.
Christian Greenier, age 8, and Chandler Greenier took first place in the youth division with 7 minutes, 39 seconds.
In the Lobster Eating contest, Gabriel Metz, 10, of Washington took first place with a time of 1:36.
In the Little Lobster Diaper Derby, first place went to Lindsay Baker, 10 months old, of Portsmouth, R.I., who had a time of 30 seconds.
Cod Fish Carry
First place went to Tatsuya Mizutari, 9, of Boston with a time of 0:46.
Second place was Colby Foster, 9, of Newmarket, N.H., with a time of 1:01.
Third was Caden Foster, 9, of Newmarket, N.H., with a time of 1:32.
Fourth went to Farin Weidman, 8, of Camden with a time of 2 minutes.
Children's Parade, 0-6 years old
First place was Khloe Elizabeth Davis, 4 1/2 months, of Searsmont.
Second was Phinn Oliver, 2 1/2, of Rockland.
Third place was Jackson Dennison, 9 months, of Rockland.
Children's Parade, 7-12
First place, Sydney Rutilff, 8, of Concord, N.C.
Second place, Conor, 11, Alec, 9, Logan, 9, Liam, 5, Karly, 3, and Molly, 2, of Rockport and South Thomaston.
The 2011 Lobster Festival Parade results have been announced. Congratulations to all of the participants, including the crew from the USS Mahan, who made this one of the best parades yet.
Big parade awards
The parade took place Saturday, Aug. 6 on Rockland's Main Street as part of the 64th annual Maine Lobster Festival.
Commercial category - Walmart
Antique Vehicle - Sam Patterson Paving
Band - Nutmeg Fife & Drum
Marching - Dunlap Highland Band
Nonprofit - Camden First Aid
Novelty - Studio RED
Theme - Rockland Ford
People's Choice - Harmony Bible Church
Director's Choice - Hannaford
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| WATCHING THE FINISH OF CHILDREN'S 1 MILE |
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These photographs above are from Saturday & Sunday of this year's Maine Lobster Festival. This year's festival was a huge success due impart to the volunteers, all those involved in getting everything planned, set up and more. Links to all the photographs from the Maine Lobster Festival will be announced in a day or two on our Facebook at www.facebook.com/rockycoastnews.
Rocky Coast News
Rockland, ME 04841
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