July 20th, 2012
“The earlier settlers to this coastal area were Native Americans who traveled to the beach in the summer months to enjoy the cool breezes and abundant seafood.” Abundant seafood? But, of course. Cool breezes? Well, if you have been at the Delaware Beaches, you know that those breezes have been a little too warm.
If you are visiting Rehoboth Beach take a chance to enjoy our award winning Boardwalk. It is the life of the town. Guest what? The Travel Channel will be filming in Rehoboth Beach around the Boardwalk on the week-end of August 4th which is also when the Sandcastle Contest will be taking place. So…..if you see cameras rolling, please smile!!
Let’s see, what else is going on in the next few days…..
Friday, 7/20 – The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society’s Annual Watermelon Festival will be held in Grove Park and the Rehoboth Beach Museum from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Your favorite things will be part of the festival: Watermelon seed-spitting and eating contests, crafts, bean bag toss and hula hoop and paddle ball contests, and guessing games to win jelly beans and watermelons. Also a favorite is face painting and free tastes of watermelon. Families can win a grand price of a Bucket of Fun filled with toys and gifts certificates. Admission is $3 for visitors age 13 and older, $2 for ages 5 to 12. Children age 4 and younger get in free. Admission to the Festival includes admission to the museum. Please call for more info. at 302-227-7310. Visit www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
Friday, 7/20 – At the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand – Entertaining visitors will be Groove Train. It’s all about the 70’s. Show begins at 8 p.m.
Through September 2nd – Clear Space Rocks with “Broadway at The Beach”. Eight cast members bring 33 songs from 26 different musicals to life in “Broadway at the Beach”. The concert-style performance features musicians on stage with the singer and choreography by Christa Pardocchi. Expect to hear some of your favorite songs like “Big Shot”, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”, and “Don’t Stop Believin”, in addition to a big crop of new Broadway tunes. “Broadway at The Beach” plays in repertory with “Annie” and “Cabaret”. Performances are Tuesday – Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced at $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for students and children, are available online at http://www.clearspace.theatre.org.
A full schedule of performances are also found on the website. You can also purchase tickets in person at the box office, located at 20 Baltimore Avenue in Downtown Rehoboth Beach.
Musical Director, Doug Yetter says that “with this show, we’ve tried to imagine what it would be like if Broadway dominated the radio today, like it did in the first half of the 20th century”. He continues to say that “with movies being made into musicals and pop songs being used to score shows, the soundscape of Broadway has really changed in the last decade, and we wanted to reflect that shift with this show”.
Saturday, 7/21 – A Tribute to the Eagles with 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience. It is at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand at 8 p.m.
Sunday, 7/22 – 2012 Maritime Heritage Festival at the Indian River Life-Saving Station located south of Dewey Beach and just before you cross the Indian River Bridge, on Coastal Highway. This historic Life-Saving Station is gorgeous and the festival will offer something for everyone. Food, re-enactments of time at the Life-Saving Station, and songs and stories of old sailing days. Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for youth (5-12), 4 years old and under are free.
Sunday, 7/22 – Week-end is over so sit back, relax and enjoy The Pork Roll Project and the sounds of Contemporary Blues!!
Have a good one!! Remember, you are at the beach….relax and kick back!!
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August 1st, 2011
The Rehoboth Beach Museum was opened to the public in 2007. I think that for most of us that love Rehoboth Beach and promote it, the Museum gives us a starting point in order to show our friends and families that visit, what a gem this town has become. A visit to the Museum will show you Rehoboth then; you are already experiencing what it is now. So, why not dive into the local history of our town and see why so many call Rehoboth Beach “The Nation’s Summer Capital”.
Both, the Rehoboth Beach Museum and the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society call home the Old Ice House, which is near the canal. John A. Lingo built the first wooden ice house at that location in 1912. At the time, ice was harvested from Silver Lake, in Rehoboth Beach. While visiting the Rehoboth Beach Museum you will be able to see the Lingo’s Family Bible on display as you come in.
The location for the Museum is 511 Rehoboth Avenue, right by the roundabout, and next to the Rehoboth Beach Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center. The tel. is 302-227-7310 and the website is www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
The Rehoboth Beach Museum has been busy and these are a few of the upcoming events:
Saturday, August 6th – It is The 6th Annual Rehoboth Museum Beach Ball from 7:00 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. at Kings Creek Country Club in Rehoboth. There will be great food, silent and live auctions, as well as music by Sol Knopf.
This is a fundraising event to benefit the Rehoboth Beach Museum. The theme for this year’s bash is Surf’s Up! The attire is Surfer Chic. For more info., please call 302-227-7310. You can purchase tickets online by visiting www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.
Skimming the Surface Exhibit
Wednesday, August 10th – Surf Talk at 6:00 p.m. – A lively panel discussion about surfing off the Delaware Coast in the 1960s and 1970s.
Longtime local surfers Gary Revel and Neil Stevenson will be joined by Eastern Surfer shop owner George Pittman and others who made the Delaware surf scene a lively one. The informal discussion will be moderated by Terry Plowman, publisher of Delaware Beach Life magazine.
Light refreshments will be served. Please call 302-227-7310 to reserve a space. Admission will be $3. Free parking available.
Continuing with the “surfing” theme is the Museum’s newest exhibit “Skimming the Surface: Surfing, Skimboarding and Floating Off the Delaware Coast”. The exhibit is a celebration of the surfing community that was along the Delaware coast during the 1960s and 1970s. Some of these surfers made their mark on the regional surf scene.
I stopped to check it out. You will see surfboards and surfing related items from those years; boards that were used for fun and competition in regional contests by local surfers.
Skimboards from the 1940s through the 1980s help tell the story of the development of skimboarding, particularly in Dewey Beach. Photos, surfing accessories, a vintage inflatable raft, among other items, provide a peek into the past. For more information, please check the website above mentioned.
Besides the Skimming the Surface exhibit, the Museum has a Funland exhibit. If you grew up in Rehoboth Beach, have vacationed here with kids, or have had your kids grow up here, then, I am sure you took them to Funland. Lots of rides, food and games, right on the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk.
Part of the original train is at the exhibit, beautifully preserved.
Information on the Old Ice House is also available. Did you know that before household refrigerators were common, people would store their watermelons at the ice house for 25 cents? They would carve their initials for identification.
The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society celebrates this tradition with the Annual Watermelon Festival, which will take place on Saturday, August 13th in Grove Park from 3 – 6 p.m. Admission is $3 for ages 13 and older, $2 for children 5 to 12. Children 4 and younger are free. Admission to the festival also includes admission to the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
There will music from 3-4 p.m., 4-5 p.m. watermelon eating contests by age and from 5-6 p.m. watermelon seed spitting contests by age. Hula Hooping and Paddle Ball, as well.
The Rehoboth Museum is a very manageable museum. I know you want to be on the beach but I assure you, it will be worth visiting.
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Note: Information for this post was taken from the Exhibit itself and from other literature available at the Rehoboth Beach Museum.
Have a good one….talk to you…later…
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