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Here are some scenes from Pirate Festival 2023 being held today, Sept. 16, at Marcus Hook Memorial Park on the Delaware River. Legend has it that Marcus Hook was an occasional abode of Blackbeard.
Demonstrations of cannon fire occurred hourly.
The pirate camp was a fun walkthrough with displays of muskets and cutlasses and other pirate gear.
Marcus Hook Pirate Fest Tomorrow –Avast matey, tomorrow, Sept. 16, is Marcus Hook Preservation Society’s Pirate Festival in the borough’s Memorial Park, 45 Delaware Ave., Marcus Hook, Pa. 19061.
It starts 11 a.m. and runs to 6 p.m.
The festival features a full pirate encampment with period tents, demonstrations and showcases their wares, firearms, cannons and beer making.
Also, there will be games, food, live pirate music, face painting, crafters, beer garden and much, much more. All funds raised go towards the ongoing restoration project of the historic Plank House, aka Blackbeard’s Mistress’s House.
Check it out. You might get a chance to meet Joy Schwartz.
Marcus Hook Pirate Fest Tomorrow
Candidates Town Hall Aug 3 — United4Delco will host a candidates town hall, 6-8 p.m., Aug. 3 at Gatsby’s Bar and Grill 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
In attendance will be county-wide, local and school board candidates for the Nov. 7 election.
There will be free pizza.
Spaces Filling For HMB Fall Flea Market — Believe it or not spaces are quickly filling for Holy Myrrh-Bearers Parish’s Fall Community Flea Market/Craft Fair.
It’s 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 23 at the church, 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081.
Spaces are $25. Call 610- 544-1215 or email HMBChurch@verizon.net by Sept. 17 to reserve a space, assuming one is available.
Event is rain or shine. No food sales.
Concerned Citizen Seminar July 22 — Donna Ellingsen will be leading a seminar, July 22, at Media VFW Post 3460, 22 Hilltop Ave.., Media, Pa. 19063 for concerned citizens interested in becoming political influencers.
It runs from 9 a.m. to noon.
“In just three hours we can introduce to you a real method for influencing your local government,” she says.
The seminar answers how we got into this mess, why are the choices so poor at election time, why don’t candidates stand up for values, and how do we get better people on the ballot.
“The strategy is not rocket science,” she says. “It does not demand a lot of your time. It is something every citizen can help with.”
There will be coffee and light refreshments before the seminar starts and during a break.
Donna is not accepting a fee but there will be a donation basket to help cover rental for the hall.
To RSVP, call Pat Bleasdale at 484-459-9563 or Bleasie@Gmail.com
Concerned Citizen Seminar July 22
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles Awards Going To Allen West, Chris Stigall — Lt. Col. Allen B. West and radio host Chris Stigall are the this year’s recipients of Pennsylvania Phyllis Schlafly Eagle awards.
West, who retired from the Army in 2004, represented Florida’s 22nd congressional district from 2011 to 2013 and served as chairman of the Texas Republican Party from 2020 to 2021. He will be getting the Phyllis Schlafly American Patriot Award.
Stigall was a long-time host at WPHT and now appears from 6 to 9 a.m. on AM990 along with his own The Chris Stigall Podcast. He will be receiving the Phyllis Schlafly Truth in Journalism Award.
A ceremony will be May 11 at the Marriott Philadelphia West, 111 Crawford Ave., West Conshohocken, Pa. 19428.
There will be a VIP reception from 5 -6 p.m. with the dinner event going from 6 to 10 p.m.
Cost is $150 for a single dinner ticket, $250 for a VIP ticket and $1,400 for a table of 10. Tickets for Republican committee members are $135.
Visit PhyllisSchlafly.com/Pennsylvania for information.
Holy Myrrh-Bearers Flea Market May 13 — Holy Myrrh-Bearers Church will hold a flea market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 13. Spaces are $25. Email HMBChurch@verizon.net or call 610-544-1215 to reserve one.
The church is at 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore Pa. 19081.
Free Chow For Vietnam Vets — Andrew Schiavello of Honor Flight Philadelphia has let us know tha Mission BBQ will give a free sandwich, tomorrow, March 29, to any Vietnam or Vietnam-era veteran in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day.
A Mission BBQ can be found in Delco at 1130 Baltimore Pike
Springfield, PA 19064; in Montco at 615 W Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 or 120 Village Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406; and here for other places in Pennsylvania and the nation.
Modern Classical Music at DCCC
By Bob Small
Modern Classical Music, like alternative political parties and alternative religions can be seen as a subculture followed by those of us who don’t always trust the dominant traditional cultures.
Most people’s perception of classical music has been both Eurocentric and empire-centric, to say nothing of being male-centric. There should be room for music based on alternative visions of gender, race, and culture, and celebrating peace instead of wars and militarism.
For many, the enjoyment of new modern classical music lies in both the discovery phase and re-listening when possible. Hearing repeated live performances of new works is an extremely rare occurrence, whereas we can hear Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Beethoven and Verdi on an endless loop. Depending on how you get your music, there is usually a very limited choice of other composers presented. Though WRTI, our local classical FM station, tries to be diverse, it is rather limited in its diversity. For example, on March 8, which was International Women’s Day, the all-women-composers playlist included some composers only to be heard on that day, and some of their compositions were only partially played.
The new music performance groups I used to follow were Relache, when I lived in Philly, and Orchestra 2001, when it was at Swarthmore College.
Lately, I have discovered the new music program at Delaware County Community College (DCCC).
On the March 2 program of new music at DCCC, the duo Melomanie, consisting of harpsichord and flute, played works by Larry Nelson, Chuck Holdeman, Mark Hagerty and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.
The first time I attended one of these programs at DCCC, I was one-third of the audience. Last Thursday night, I was one-tenth of the non-composer section of the audience. I had a challenging and enjoyable evening.
The next concert in the series is 5 p.m., Thursday, March 23,and features the Lang/Rainwater project. General admission is only $10.
Subjects Include Sheriffs, Pennsylvania Amendments — Subjects for tomorrow’s (March 17) seminar on the Pennsylvania Constitution are The proposed subjects of study and discussion for the March 17, 2023 “GoToMeeting” are:
It starts at 7 p.m. and can be accessed at https://meet.goto.com/567547789 or by dialing in at +1 (224) 501-3412 and using access code 567-547-789
