WGBH sets sail Monday night

[Ian McColgin]

Got this by e-mail from a friend. Looks like fun.

John Ronan, Chair of the Cultural Arts Department at North Shore Community College, and WGBH, Boston's flagship PBS television station, have announced the telecast of Gloucester's Adventure: An American Story.

The hour-long documentary will appear on WGBH Channel 2 Monday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. It will be re-broadcast on Saturday, December 13, at
3:00 p.m.

The video describes the National Historic Landmark schooner Adventure, Gloucester's "Grand Old Lady" - one of America's last links to the age
of working sail. This fast, beautiful wooden boat, built in 1926, was the last American dory-trawler. Adventure, her city, and the sea come
alive in this powerful documentary!

Professor Ronan, who wrote the script, feels that this level of film production speaks well for the Community College system. "At a time when we are fighting for budget dollars and legislative respect, it is important to let people know that our faculty are creatively active in the community and the arts."

The production was directed by a former North Shore and Mt. Wachusetts Community College professor, Gordon Massingham. It was produced by the educational non-profit, American Storyboard. A pledge to WGBH during the screening helps the non-profit as well as public television.

(Added by IM - Yeah - so it's a pledge drive. Still looks good.)

[Norske3]

Thanks Ian... smile.gif

[blacksmith]

For information, ADVENTURE is back afloat after a complete rebuild of her port side.She still needs rebuild of her stern,aft deck, replacement of concrete ballast with lesd,addition of watertight bulkheads,etc.The restoration process will restore her to her 1926 dory fishing cofiguration.Volunteers work on her every Sat.,but with a bit less vigor in winter weather.

[brian.cunningham]

Thanks! I'm be sure to set the VCR!

[brian.cunningham]

Thank's
The ship's official website:
http://www.schooner-adventure.org/

from: http://efilmgroup.com/Adventure.html
http://efilmgroup.com/images/adventure.jpg
"Gloucester's Adventure: An American Story" Premieres in Salem, Massachusetts

Before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400, "Gloucester's Adventure, An American Story" an epic account of the schooner Adventure and the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, premiered on March 1. The showing took place at the historic Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

The hour-long documentary was a four-year-long labor of love and collaboration by the writer and producer John Ronan, owner of American Storyboard Productions, and Detrick Lawrence Productions, parent corporation of Emergency Film Group. It tells the story of the town of Gloucester, which in the early 1900’s was one of the busiest fishing ports in the country, home to hundreds of fishing schooners. Adventure, built in 1926, was one of the most successful. The pinnacle of the schooner design, the Adventure represented the finest example of wooden working vessels. On one record-breaking day, thecrew caught and iced down123,000 pounds of fish.

With the advancement of power technologies, schooners lost favor, and by 1953 the Adventure was just one of many schooners left to die in a backwater sea cemetery. Eventually she was rescued and restored, and served as a windjammer under Captain Jim Sharp from 1965-1988. In 1988, Adventure was returned to Gloucester, her home port, a gift from Captain Sharp.

This video tells the story of Adventure, as well as the story of the seas where she fished and the town where she moored. Gloucester, made famous by the film Captains Courageous and more recently by The Perfect Storm, is an authentic New England fishing city that has seen her fortunes rise and fall with the fortunes of the fishing industry. Fast approaching her 400th birthday, Gloucester takes great pride in Adventure, and in the seas that have defined her purpose since her founding in 1623.

A second premier took place in Gloucester on April 28 in Gloucester City Hall. sponsored by the Gloucester Lyceum/Sawyer Free Library and will be introduced by Mayor John Bell and producer John Ronan..

When completed, Adventure will serve as an ambassador of the town of Gloucester, and a monument to America’s seafaring past and future. It will be re-broadcast on Saturday, December 13, at 3:00 p.m.
more alternate times
http://www.theronan.org/new.htm

[ 12-09-2003, 01:19 AM: Message edited by: brian.cunningham ]

[Stu Fyfe]

Thanks Ian. My VCR will be up and running as well.