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Wreck of the Jennie and Annie washes up on Sleeping Bear Point
About a week ago now I came across this photo by Mark Lindsay. I asked former Park Ranger Bill Herd, and he told me what has since come out in the media. Sleeping Bear Dunes historians believe the schooner fragment, estimated to be about 40-feet long and peppered with twisted metals spikes, is part of the shipŐs bilge keelsons, which the Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archeology says were long timbers running most of the shipŐs length, strengthening the keel. Traverse City Winter Microbrew Festival (Feb 11), Sleeping Bear Snowshoe Hikes (Every Saturday). Check the Leelanau Calendar. Daily photos from the Leland Report | Michigan News, Features & Links at Absolute Michigan! |
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The Leland Summer Music Series runs June 25-August 6, 2010.
Every Wednesday evening on the lawn between Harbor Square, Leelanau Books and Northwestern Bank from 7-9:15 PM. Bring a blanket or a chair (or use theirs) and enjoy great music from all kinds of local musicians.
Tonight is Blind Dog Hank and they always bring some great blues music!
via Absolute Michigan... 2011 update coming this summer!!
Remember the sights, sounds, and smells of a summer celebration in your hometown when you were a kid? Well, happy days return to Traverse City's beautiful Lake Michigan shores July 2-9, 2011Â during the National Cherry Festival featuring over 150 events including free air shows over the Bay, colorful parades & marching bands, music shows, sporting events, rides & carnival games on the midway, pie-eating contests, clean blue skies, warm sunshine, crowds of smiling faces, and loads of luscious cherries (2010 will have local cherries!) prepared every way you can imagine!
A Short History of The National Cherry Festival
The Cherry Festival began in 1926 as the Blessing of the Blossoms Festivals in the spring. In 1933 it was renamed the National Cherry Festival and moved to mid to late July in order to coincide with the cherry harvest. It was then later moved again to early July in order to simultaneously occur with the Fourth of July weekend. The festivals annual attendance is now over 500,000 over the course of eight days. The National Cherry Festival has played host to many special guests and dignitaries, including President Gerald R. Ford, Former Astronaut James Lovell, PGA Touring Professional Dan Pohl, Jerry Mathers, and an assortment of Michigan governors. (check out the Pleva's float too!)
Global Wine Pavilion
The National Cherry Festival will once again offer wine lovers of all levels an unsurpassed wine experience at the Global Wine Pavillion on the beautiful, tree-studded former Clinch Park Zoo property in downtown Traverse City. The three night event, Thursday-Saturday, July 8-10 from 5-10 PM will feature a superb collection of over 90 wines & almost 40 different grape varieties selected by Master Sommelier Ron Edwards. A $10 entry fee buys you an Andrea Robinson designed wine glass – The One – and your first glass of wine. The One is thought by many experts to be the world’s perfect wine glass, so every wine you taste in the Pavilion and at home will be perfectly presented.
Parades, Music, Fireworks & More!
In addition to two parades and the crowning of the 2010 National Cherry Queen, Cherry Festival boasts an air show featuring the Blue Angels, beach volleyball tournament, Old Mission Peninsula bike tour, bed race, car show, live music, carnival midway and classic events like the cherry pit spitting contest.
More National Cherry Festival Links
Photo Credits: Cherry Festival Fireworks by K H M, Traverse MI Cherry Queens Parade Float 1964 Cherry Festival by UpNorth Memories and National Cherry Festival Junior Royale Parade by farlane
The Second Generation Art Show opening will be held from 4-8 PM this Friday, July 2nd at the Old Art Building in Leland. The exhibit will remain open from 10-6 on July 3rd, and features the second generation of seven artists tied to Leelanau County:
After a dry May, we've had a wet June. Fortunately, it's been warm and rainy, meaning that we're getting great growth of crops and everything green! |
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that harvest of early sweet cherry varieties could begin as soon as July 1, based on samples taken at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station. That means the usually poorly timed National Cherry Festival (July 3-10, 2010) will be giving people a taste of the fruit of the National Cherry Capital!
The Traverse City Record-Eagle agrees:
Historical temperature data from the National Weather Service office in Gaylord showed Traverse City's average daily temperature of 42.7 from January through May was more than 5 degrees warmer than long-term normal temperatures.
That's the warmest such period since 1896 and helped push the region's cherry crop development almost two weeks ahead of schedule.
National Cherry Festival Executive Director Tim Hinkley said board members in the cherry industry recently told officials to expect locally grown cherries in time for this year's 84th annual event, scheduled for July 3-10.
The photo is Dream-350 by jakphoto. What are you seeing out there? Daisies? Cougars? Polka Bands? Tell us about it in the comments!
Leland Public School will hold an all-school reunion and benefit picnic on Friday, July 2, 2010 from 6:30 - 9 PM at Fountain Point Resort on Lake Leelanau.
Enjoy the summer sun with friends, family and alumni on the lawn of Fountain Point while listening to the music of Song of the Lakes. Alums of Leland Public School are invited to come on their own or to organize class reunion picnics, as are current students and their families and friends of Leland Public School.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports on a $50,000 grant to help document the history of Fishtown. The Fishtown Preservation Society will use the money to :
...document "the evolution of fishing and Fishtown," said Kathryn Eckert, chairman of the nonprofit group. Newspapers, legal documents, maps and personal stories will be used in a Historic Structures Report, essential to keeping the integrity of the century-old fishing village on the Leland River.
The report is mainly for architectural purposes, but preservation involves more than just blueprints, Eckert said.
"We want to know how the structures were built and used," she said.
The grant, from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Jeffris Heartland Fund, requires $50,000 in matching funds, which Eckert is confident the group can raise. She said they're "well on the way" with donations from locals, summer residents and even visitors who see the restoration that's already been done.
Click to donate to the Fishtown Preservation Society. Learn more about Fishtown (located in the village of Leland) right here.
Photo Credit: Early Fishtown Channel Card by UpNorth Memories - Donald (Don) Harrison
Check out Don's slideshow of old Fishtown photos, and for some modern-day shots of this iconic Leelanau tourist attraction, check out the Fishtown slideshow from the Leelanau photo group on Flickr!
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Three evenings of art and music, participating stores will be serving hors d'oeuvres and refreshments. June 25, July 16, and August 6!
All three will be held from 5-9 PM and for more information, you can visit lelandmi.com or contact Roxane Langner at 994-2707.
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