Gloucester

Welcome to Emerson Inn By the Sea, home base and headquarters for the 2009 Mid '50 - Mid '60 Nassoons' annual reunion

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th
Arrival at Emerson Inn by the Sea, Rockport

    7:00 Those who have arrived and wish to have dinner on your own can meet in the lobby
        and go together to “Blacksmith Shop” or “Greenery“ Restaurant

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th

9 to Noon    Nassoon rehearsal in the OVT (Ocean View Terrace) Room, Emerson Inn

Lunch on your own, sight seeing and shopping in Rockport, meet in the Lobby those going or needing transportation (Rockport is a quaint old fishing town transformed into shops, art galleries, restaurants and sensational views)

6:30 Reception in Lobby of Emerson Inn
7:30 Dinner in the dining room (included in fee)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th

1:30 Walking tour of Gloucester (see next page) (Gloucester, founded in 1632, is the oldest, continual fishing port in US)
7:00 On our own Dinner at the “Rudder” in Rocky Neck, the oldest Art Colony in US (This is a funky and delicious restaurant on the harbor with outside dining , weather permitting )

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th

9 to Noon Nassoon rehearsal at St. John's Episcopal Church (next door concert site, check out UUC venue for evening, try a few songs)

Lunch and afternoon on your own (suggestions for afternoon attached)

6:00   Nassoons gather for warm-up at Universalist Unitarian Church
7:00   PERFORMANCE at First Universalist Church in America 1779
8:30   Old -fashioned New England Clambake at “The Gloucester House” (included in fee)
(complete with comic routine on how to use a bib and crack lobsters)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th

Open day to enjoy Gloucester and environs or just kick back
5:30 Gather at Essex County Country Club to warm up
6:00 Nassoons pre-dinner singing
7:00 Dinner (included in fee) and singing at the Essex County Country Club, Manchester-by-the-Sea
(the 3rd oldest country club in US because its not in Gloucester)

Thursday Afternoon Walking tour of Gloucester:
(Note: everything is the first in US because we are the oldest surviving
city in America, in these economic times we are barely surviving)

City Hall
Tour Gloucester City Hall, a national historic monument, contains spectacular historic
murals throughout the hall
the names of all the fishermen lost at sea listed on the tower stairs

View
The Fitz (Hugh) Henry Lane House
Sitting on a high knoll overlooking the inner harbor
Where the great painter worked
(Gloucester was originally named “Beauport” by Champlain during his visit of 1414
“Beauport” means “beautiful port” in French, for you English majors)

Visit
The Cape Ann Historical Museum
To see the largest collection of Fitz Hugh Lane paintings for a tour with a docent

Walk
to see the “Fisherman at the Wheel” statue that has guarded our harbor since 1929
and featured in the film “Captains Courageous” and
the emotionally stirring “Fishermen's Wives” statue
these and other statues are on the wide boulevard along the water

Saturday suggestions:

Hammond Castle Museum
Home of John Hayes Hammond
Made up of three castles brought from Italy, France and Spain, stone by stone
In the Great Hall there is a 14,000 pipe organ

Beauport Sleeper McCann House
Forty room mansion built in 1920 by the architect, designer and art collector as a summer home
On the outer harbor, where each room is of a different décor and style

Salem, Mass
Only a 20 minute drive, with historic homes and the Peabody/Essex Museum
And the Witch Museum telling the story of the famous witch hunts

Golf and Tennis (can be arranged any day while you are here)

Whale Watch

Schooner Sail

Lighthouse Water Tour
there are five light houses in Gloucester
Water Taxi makes five stops continually touring the inner harbor
(you can get off at each stop and re-board or go all way around)

Here's a view of how we looked and sounded at the Friday evening concert at the Universalist Unitarian Church: