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Annapolis Alive! News - April 17, 2008
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Mark your calendar for these Annapolis Alive! events
Saturday & Sunday, April 19 & 20 - Ballet Theatre of Maryland's Annapolis Anthologies
Saturday, 7 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m.
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
The full-length ballet, Annapolis Anthologies, was created for the Annapolis Charter 300 celebration. It links dance, music and the arts to our cultural heritage by telling stories of struggles for independence and personal freedom. Annapolis Anthologies focuses on the story of Grace Clarke, a courageous Annapolitan, who gave African Americans the opportunity to explore the freedom of expression through dance against a backdrop of "the burning of cities" due to racial tension in the Annapolis area. Read more
Annapolis' Big Read of The Great Gatsby continues as Annapolis gets into the spirit of the 1920s!
Thursday, April 17 - The Great Gatsby Book Discussion
Annapolis Bookstore, 68 Maryland Avenue, 7:30 p.m.
The Classics Book Club at the Annapolis Bookstore discuss The Great Gatsby.
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Saturday, April 19 - Love Letters of the Fitzgeralds
Annapolis Bookstore, 68 Maryland Avenue,
7 p.m.
Prof. Jackson Bryerly and Cathy Bark will lead a discussion and booksigning of Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
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Saturday, April 19 - Annapolis Swings!
Annapolis Recreation Center, 9 St. Mary's Street,
8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
A Gatsby-era Swing Dance for teens and adults, featuring the live music of Terence McArdle and Jumpin Tonight, and dance lessons and demonstrations.
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Sunday, April 20 - The Mayor's Weekly Read
WNAV Radio, 1430 AM, 9:30 - 10 a.m.
This is the sixth of Mayor Ellen Moyer's seven-program weekly Big Read conversations on WNAV and the City PEG channel.
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Sunday, April 20 - Croquet Match at St. John's College
Lawn, St. John's College,
1 p.m.
The International Croquet Championship takes on a "Great Gatsby" theme! The US Naval Academy and St John's College will battle it out while spectators enjoy a Jay Gatsby inspired party. Party like it's 1928 on the lawn of the third oldest college in the United States. Free event.
Sunday, April 20 - Annapolis Authors' Big Read
Hardbean Coffee & Booksellers, 36 Market Space,
1 p.m.
Join noted local authors as they contribute to the Big Read.
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Saturday, April 19 - Citizens’ Forum on Annapolis’ Future
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase Street
9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Envisioning Annapolis and the Institute for the Future at Anne Arundel Community College will host a citizens’ forum on Annapolis’ future. Faculty from the Institute for the Future will guide the discussion and work sessions about the choices that citizens can make to achieve a vision of preferred futures for Annapolis. The forum will review future scenarios developed by four university teams that spent five intensive days of research and study in Annapolis in mid-March.
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On April 12, the Junior Towne Crier Competition, sponsored by Watermark, was held as part of the Annapolis Alive! celebration. The competition was a precursor to the North American Towne Crier competition to be held on May 3rd during the Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival in Annapolis.
“The purpose of this event was to show the youth of today where the concept of modern mass media came from and to give them a ‘hands on’ experience of what it was like to deliver the news of the day in Colonial Times,” said Tom Plott, Entertainment Director for Watermark.
In this modern age of TV, the internet and wireless communication, Watermark felt it was time to expose students to the original Mass Media: Towne Crying!
The competition was open to all schools in the state of Maryland, and winners were selected from the Elementary, Middle and High School levels. Students prepared a 40-100 word ’cry’ based on an event in Maryland history. Topics ranged from the founding of the Maryland colony all the way up to the Colts leaving Baltimore. Winners were selected by a panel of judges and will accompany Squire Frederick, who was one of the judges, as hosts for the North American Towne Crier Championship on May 3rd.
Winners Announced | See a Video of the Winners
