SHORT REVIEW: Why Dance Matters
IVIR Dance Company brought Spoleto-like performance to Cape Charles August 3.
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
August 5, 2013
Dance transcends language barriers. Last Saturday, eight Italian dancers from the IVIR Danza company kicked off the Harbor for the Arts 2013 in a sparsely attended world class performance at the Palace Theatre in Cape Charles.
The superb piece “Today is Already Tomorrow” was choreographed by Irma Cardano, accompanied by a mixture of classical, techno, and popular music. The elegant, energetic and lyrical movements by the young dancers managed to convey their interpretations of that existential question “What is the meaning of life?”.
Kudos to Clelia Sheppard for spearheading the Harbor for the Arts. In Europe, these types of summer art festivals are very popular and underwritten by both the government and commercial sponsors. Attending the Arts festival in Avignon, France, or Impulstanz in Vienna, Austria, are worthwhile endeavors, but let us not forget we can also enjoy the arts in our own backyard. [Read more…]
Veterans from Two Eras Find Brotherhood in Shared Service
Veterans Bill Burton and Jack Woolley at the July 4th parade in Cape Charles.
By JOE VACCARO
American Legion Post 56
August 5, 2013
As the years pass, memories fade for most people — and for some who have served their nation during wartime it’s considered a blessing. One of the misnomers of armed conflict is that the people serving in the military welcome the fight and glory. But the fact is that the men and women serving in the military simply view it as a duty or obligation. They don’t place themselves in harm’s way for money or glory, but for each other.
The bonds of having served in battle or in a battle zone surpass any human emotion that can be explained in a few paragraphs. It becomes a brotherhood of emotion that at times surpasses the emotions for one’s own family. It’s that unexplainable sense of camaraderie that one feels in the presence of another who experienced the exhilaration of life and the horrors of death.
Although World War II ended some 68 years ago and Viet Nam ended 38 years ago, those 30 years of difference brought together two very different men and resulted in a lifetime friendship. Jack Woolley met Bill Burton 15 years ago, and the common denominator that brought them together was a woodcarving show at the Cape Charles Fire House. But what made them brothers were their war experiences. [Read more…]
Watching the Shriners Parade, Watching the Watchers
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
August 4, 2013
Photographer Sher Horosko can’t resist a parade — especially one with Shriners and fire engines. “I was where I shouldn’t have been — in the street — and was nearly run over. Great shot though –eye to eye with a Shriner!” Here are Sher’s shots of yesterday’s Clam Slam parade in Cape Charles, featuring the Shriners. (And CLICK HERE for the short video “Boys Will Be Boys.”)
Watch out for the photographer!
And just WHO is the most-intent parade-watcher?
Harbor for the Arts Festival Goes All Out August 3-18
IVIR Dance Company kicks off two weeks of a Spoleto-like arts festival of music, art, theater, and dance.
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
August 1, 2013
Arts Enter Cape Charles is spearheading an ambitious two-week festival in August, the likes of which has never before been attempted in this little town. Dance, music, art, and theatre will be presented at the Harbor, the Park, Strawberry Street, and Mason Avenue.
The arts festival is set to kick off simultaneously with the Town’s August 3-4 Clam Slam (see related story). Some 34 staged events are scheduled — outdoors, indoors, free, and for admission.
Tony Sacco
Saturday night (August 3), Mark Jensen, Tony Sacco & Friends perform 6-8 p.m. on Mason Avenue in front of The Stage Door Gallery (Free).
That’s the warm-up for the IVIR Dance Company’s 8 p.m. performance at the Palace Theatre ($12 adults/$5 students). IVIR Dance, based in Italy, “pursues its own language and gestures inspired by the philosophy of contemporary dance but processed through new and avant-garde linguistic elements.” (If that doesn’t get the idea across, the above photo should.)
REVIEWERS WANTED: The Wave is looking for volunteer reviewers to document this unprecedented two-week Harbor for the Arts Festival. You need not be a professional (after all, many of the productions are by amateurs) — just a lover of the arts. Reviews should be submitted as quickly as possible following a performance (ideally within 24 hours). Email [email protected] to coordinate.
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U.S. Air Force Jazz Band
Sunday, August 4, at 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Air Force Jazz Band performs in Central Park (Free). “Rhythm in Blue” is a 13-piece ensemble which performs the American musical art forms of jazz, blues and funk. The band features repertoire from the great jazz masters and pays tribute to the Big Band leaders of the swing era. Bring a beach chair and a picnic. Wine and Margaritas will be sold. [Read more…]
THURSDAY 8/1: Town Council Special Meeting to Review Utility Fees for Vacant Houses
Cape Charles Town Council will hold a Special Meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, August 1, at Town Hall. [Read more…]
SHER: On the Shore Eight Weeks
Photo by Sher Horosko
By SHER HOROSKO
Cape Charles Wave
July 31, 2013
The road to Custis Tomb is lined with snowflakes perched on arching green stems. I capture the beauty-burst and the swaying flowers filled with winged ones I cannot name.
Then comes the inevitable fading. Crocheted saucers fold into urns. Their time here is nearly done.
I have been on the Shore eight weeks. It is my spirit to watch closely, to be curious and to mark the comings and goings of life:
—the wheat fields trimmed and seeded with soybeans, tinkered with to withstand this concoction or that;
—the winged and petaled ones birthing and blooming and moving on or folding back into the sandy earth;
—how guts are transformed from expansive ripples of water where all may pass to bright white stakes marking territories like fences in the land-bound world.
I notice these things. They are subtle. The disappearance of what one loves happens slowly.
We get used to Beauty, fading, much like the lines streaking across our cheeks. Only when we see a photograph of what we looked like ten years ago, or even five, do we realize what is becoming of us: our bodies, our skin, our hair whiter and whiter. [Read more…]
Madonia Bankruptcy Auction August 19 at Aqua Restaurant
#2 Heron Pointe in Bay Creek backs to golf course with views of the Bay. Built as developer Dickie Foster’s personal home, Foster later sold it to the Madonia family, now bankrupt.
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
July 30, 2013
Two Bay Creek mansions along with additional houses and land belonging to the Madonia family will be sold at a bankruptcy auction August 19. The auction is at Aqua Restaurant, which coincidentally was also the object of a bankruptcy auction last December.
Properties on the block include #2 Heron Pointe in Bay Creek South, formerly owned by Bay Creek developer Dickie Foster, who sold it to Batista and Evelyn Madonia.
Once considered the prime property in Bay Creek, the long-vacant house now suffers from overgrown shrubbery. It was recently assessed by Northampton County at $2,786,300.
The Madonia family, owners of East Coast Brokers and Packers, filed for bankruptcy in March. According to the Packer, an industry newsletter, the Madonias owe over $20 million to state and federal governments and private firms.
Many of the Madonia holdings were to be offered at a sealed bid auction July 5, but the bankruptcy judge reportedly decided to withhold some of the most significant properties for a series of live auctions. [Read more…]
National Geographic Traveler Highlights Cape Charles
This is what the writer came to see — marshland at Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge — but she also wrote about the Town of Cape Charles. (Photo by Xavier de Jauréguiberry, Flickr)
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
July 29, 2013
More first-class exposure for Cape Charles and environs: National Geographic Traveler executive editor Norie Quintos visited recently and posted her experiences in “Beyond the Guidebook – Where the Locals Go.”
That’s a few steps down from National Geographic magazine, of course – but Traveler is still a well respected member of the Geographic family of magazines.
Quintos learned of Cape Charles from “a college pal I hadn’t seen outside of Facebook in more than 20 years,” and accepted his invitation to come visit.
The friend was none other than Ned Brinkley, the renowned ornithologist who, when he’s not birding, manages Hotel Cape Charles. So Quintos had no problem finding accommodations, staying at the “16-room boutique hotel with minimalist aesthetic just a few blocks from the beach.
“Mid-century art hangs on the monochromatic walls and mornings begin with complementary small-batch roasted coffee, Greek yogurt, and organic granola made six miles down the road in Eastville,” she enthused.
Quintos describes Virginia’s Eastern Shore as feeling “like an island unto itself, separated to the north by the Maryland border and to the south by the Chesapeake Bay and a steep bridge-and-tunnel toll ($12 at last check).”
While acknowledging that Chincoteague is the more famous town, Quintos adds that “Cape Charles draws visitors to the region in its own right. . . . The last passenger train may have stopped running in 1958, but the town’s swellegant bones — wide streets, handsome building facades, and deep-porched Victorian homes — remain. There is a minor renaissance of restoration as energetic individuals buy up homes and open modern mom-and-pop stores selling handmade ice cream and gourmet cheese.”
That would be Brown Dog Ice Cream and Gull Hummock Gourmet Market, of course. [Read more…]
