May 13, 2020

Greetings!

I hope you are doing well in these challenging times!

PortSide will be celebrating the 83rd birthday of our ship MARY A WHALEN's with a series of outdoor events on Saturday, May 22 (Rain date Sunday). Can you help?

If you can, please email chiclet@portsidenewyork.org or call 917-414-0565. Please let us know if you are vaccinated.

We have a full day of activities, and we ask that you commit to at least 4 hours of the day.

Due to COVID, we are NOT offering our usual birthday open-house style TankerTours. We have scheduled events over the course of the day to spread visitors out, some on deck and some in PortSide's pop-up park (see below). There will only be two in-person tours of the ship, led by Carolina, for a group of up to 4 people, determined by raffle.
We are invited visitors to wear vintage fashion 1938 & 1958, memorializing MARY’s launch date and rechristening date. There will be judging of best dressed at 5pm. Winners get to have a party for up to 10 people on deck at another time.

Here's the full schedule:


Overview
8:00 – 11:00       Art Inspiration, artists invited to be on deck & pier and create work.
10:30 – 11:15   livestream tour of MARY (virtual only)
12:00 – 1:00      lunch & set up for 2nd wave
12:00 – 5:00      Public Events
5:00 – 6:00      Put things away
6:00 – 7:00      Crew Pizza
8:00 – 9:00      Set up for film and audience
9:00                  Screening of “Lavendar Lake”

Events running 12 to 5 – all in Park
 
  • Art table (MARY related coloring pages, make birthday cards for Mary)
  • Line throwing and knot tying (led by Arsenio)
  • Salty Selfies Photo station by mock wheelhouse
  • Vintage 1950s car photo op
  • Vintage fashion 1938 & 1958

Scheduled events in the park and on deck

1:00     on deck: Kids Tankerman training (hatch dogs, blocks, cargo boom)
1:30       TankerTour (for up to 4 people) won by raffle in advance via social media
2:00      on deck: Kids book reading by Carolina of Chiclet’s Memoir
2:30      on deck: John Weaver (talk about Captain Alf and MARY)
2:50      on deck: Sing happy birthday and birthday cake
3:00      on deck: Marine Critters explained by Emma Garrison
3:30      TankerTour (for up to 4 people) won by raffle on site
4:00     on deck: kids book reading by Kat Savage
5:00     in park: 1930s/50s Fashion judging and end of all events
5:00     start one hour of putting things away (art table, line, mats, etc)
6:00     Crew Pizza dinner
7:00     REST
8:00      on deck: Set up for film and audience
9:00      on deck: screen movie “Lavendar Lake”
11:00    wrap

Volunteers are needed at:

  1. Art Table
  2. Tankerman training, Boom / pulley demo
  3. PSNY Table (ideally 2 people)
  4. Gangway Monitor
  5. Assistant to Emma during the critters program (pulling ladder, fenders, traps up on deck to capture critters and put them in fish tank)
  6. Wheelhouse monitor, if we have enough crew to open the wheelhouse
  7. extra, relief floater person


Thanks for your consideration! Hope to see you! Please forward this newsletter to everyone you know or get a link for posting on social media by clicking View as Webpage
   

Best,
Carolina Salguero 
Founder & Executive Director

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