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Saturday September 10th, 2005, 12 noon to 6 pm
Unitarian Church, 11 Orange St, Nantucket, MA
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Everyone who loves to sing Gilbert and Sullivan is invited to the Nantucket G&S Sing-in on Saturday September 10, 2005. The cost of the event will be about $10 to defray the building rental cost. Some luncheon refreshments will probably cost another $5, and T-shirts will probably be available. We will sing (no dialog) through
Since Nantucket is a lovely vacation spot, we will keep the singing to 4 shows so we can go to dinner at a reasonable hour. You should bring your own scores if you have them. We may have a few extra copies, but we intend those for any islanders that may want to join us. Likewise, if you have extra scores please feel free to bring them with you. The sing-in is open to all. To request a role in one or more of the operas, contact Jim Cooper. |
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Please pre-register so we know how many are coming!To register, send an E-mail to Jim Cooper with the following information:
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There will be a lunch break after Pinafore. Following the end of Sorcerer, participants will have the opportunity to go out together for dinner, probably at The Ropewalk on Straight Wharf. | |||||||||||
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Pinafore Josephine- C O’Shaughnessy Ralph- Bob Webber Buttercup- Wendy Falconer Captain- J Cooper Deadeye-B Hilton Hebe- April Grant Carpenter-C Neusch Sir Joseph-L Weissbrot Boatswain-David Smith |
Ruddigore Rose –Molly Lazer Despard -S Wrench Dauntless- Weggel Zora – Colleen O Robin-L Weissbrot Hannah-April G Old Adam-Neusch Mad M- Bobbie H Roderic- Chris Hisey |
Yeomen Phoebe-Mary Finn Fairfax-C Weggel Elsie-Vicki Willoughby Point - L Weissbrot Carruthers –Wendy F Lieutenant-Wrench Meryll-B Hilton Leonard- Wilfred-Tom Zimmerman Kate- Molly Lazer 1st Yeoman-Bobbie H 2nd Yeoman- David Smith |
Sorcerer Marmaduke-Chris Hisey Alexis – Bob Webber Dr Daly – Fairfield Easton Wells-Tom Zimmerman Sangazure- Wendy F Aline- Mary Finn Mrs Partlett- Vicki W Constance-Molly Lazer Notary-Jim Cooper |
Also: Meredith Walsh, Sandy Winslow, Irv Hodgkin, Chris Papa, Donald Smith, Dorothy and David Smith, Sandy Sherwood, Barbara Trentacosta
Nantucket is a beautiful island 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. There are 3 main regions of population: downtown, Siasconset (or 'Sconset) on the east end, an old fishing village, and Madaket on the west end, where we rent a house each September. The entire island is only about 13 miles long and a few miles wide. See the Nantucket.net web site for more on the island.
If you are coming from some distance, Nantucket has a full-service airport with flights connecting to Boston, New York and Providence. If you are driving, you should drive to Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod, and take a ferry to Nantucket. There are two ferries that leave from Hyannis: the Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority. Both offer high speed catamaran service for about $27 each way and slower ordinary ferry service for about $14 each way. The high speed service takes slightly over an hour and the regular service somewhat over 2 hours. The high speed ferries require reservations, the regular speed ferries usually do not. The Steamship authority boats land at Steamboat Wharf and the Hy-Line at Straight Wharf (probably easier). The steamship authority boats can also carry automobiles, but unless you plan to stay a week or more in a rented house, an auto is really superfluous on Nantucket. Downtown, there is essentially no parking available anyway.
There are a number of bed and breakfast houses in the downtown area, notably the Anchor Inn which we can recommend. For a longer list, see the Nantucket Bed and Breakfast web site. Fodors also lists a number of hotels, many of which are extremely pricey, but a few of which are reasonable. Make sure you get one in a downtown location: those in 'Sconset are many miles distant. Another summary list can be found at the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce site. Finally, another option is to stay in Hyannis and take a morning ferry over and a late evening ferry back.
If you want to stay downtown and tour the local beaches and shops, you need not use a car at all. We ride our bikes. If you want to rent a car for a few days to see the island, you can rent them from both Hertz and Windmill Car Rental. If you come in by ferry, you will need to take a taxi to the airport to pick up your car. You can also take island tours by bus, or rent bicycles quite cheaply. There are also a few motor scooters for rent (the locals hate them) but beware: you must drive them on the roads and cannot take them on the bike paths. There are also shuttle busses that run all around the island every half-hour.
Nantucket is blessed with dozens of very high quality restaurants, and many dozens more that are extremely good. Tops on our list for fine dining right now are The Woodbox, Oran Mor American Seasons, and Company of the Cauldron.
In a more modest price category, we recommend Arno's (41 Main St), the Even Keel Cafe both for breakfast and dinner, as well as DeMarco's. Other moderately priced restaurants include The Taproom (at the Jared Coffin House). The Nantucket Lobster Trap provides a good value but little atmosphere. And if you want to take a drive or bike ride, Sophie T's pizza is the best on the island.
The Brotherhood of Thieves was closed last year and has been sold and is being remodeled.
