Herald & Lantern 20 April '83

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Tulip Festival

Second Annual Captain Mey’s TULIP FESTIVAL Saturday, April 23rd and Sunday, April 24th ^Sponsored by

The City of Cape May j "A National Landmark City” ft* 1 Mayor Arthur Blomkvest Deputy Mayor Adrian S. Capehart Councilman Harry A. Gilbert City Manager Fred Coldren Base Manager Jerome Inderwies

The Greater Cape May Chamber of Commerce Robert Mullock, President Barbara Kopp, 1st V ice President Carin fedderman. 2nd Vice President Milly La Cantora, Set retary C harles Bernard, Ireasurer

I ROM NOON UNTIL 9 P M TACH DAY AT THt Rotary Bandstand Park, Lafayette Street, Cape May (In thv event of rain, tin* festival will be rrlttved to ( onvention il.ill on the lUumJw.ilk ,it (Airney Stri'et) I Schedule of Events

Saturday, April 23 * Concert by the Coast Guard Training Center Band under the direction of Bandmaster Bill Carson ’ Welcome by Deputy Mayor Adrian S. Capehart ' Greetings by Robert Mullock, president of the Greater Cape May Chamber of Commerce * Coronation of Tulip Queen, Anne Reagan, by 1982 lulip Queen, Heather O'Neal * Music throughout the afternoon by the Hoffnagle Band and a strolling violin player * Straat-wassen, a demonstration of the old custom of street washing still observed in the Netherlands * Klompendansing, a traditional folk dance performed in wooden shoes by the Joanne Reagan School of Dance costumed in elaborate lace hats. * Art in the Park, a tulip-making project for young people sponsored by the Cape May County Art League. Under the direction of Jude Burkhauser, children will be able to make tulips from stencils, paper cutouts, vegetable prints and tempra paints ‘ Tours of Cape May’s tulip gardens by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts trolley are scheduled at 1, 2, 3 and T p.m. at a cost of $2.00 for adults ' * Walking tours of Cape May s architecture and tulip gardens will be offered al SI.00 per person. Look tor the musician playing "Tiptoe through the Tulips'’

Booths will oiler trjdilionjl Dutch hoi dogs and sauerkraut as well as apple cider, popcorn and orange drink. Dutch items will also he on sale, from Delft pottery and wooden shoes to potted tulips and bedding plants lor the garden. Dutch windmill cookies, balloons with a tulip motif and /oo animals with tulips will he sold by vendors. Restroom facilities will be available > near the Bandstand.

Sunday April 24

Announcements of winners in tin* tulip garden contest

Music throughout the afternoon by the Hof fnaglc Band

Straat-wassen, a demonstration ot the old custom of street washing still observed in the Netherlands will take plan* every hour Klompendansing, a traditional folk darue performed in wooden shoes every hour by the Joanne Reagan School of Dance.. I Inelaborate lace hats worn by the dancers were flown in from Holland for the event

Peter Osterwyk, A Dutch accordion player, will stroll through the festival grounds sing ing songs of his native land

Art ijO the Park, a tulip making project for young people sponsored by the Cape May County Art League. Under the direction of Jude Burkhauser, children will be able to make tulips from stencils, jjaper cutouts, vegetable prints and tempra paints.

Tours of Cape May's tulip gardens by the Mid-Atlantic Center frit the Arts trolley are scheduled at I, 2, T and 4 |).m. at a cost of S2TK) for adults

Walking tours of Cape May s architecture and tulip gardens will be offered at yi.(X) per person. Look for the musician playing "Tiptoe through the Tulips''