| |
| |
Dexter's
Yankee Homecoming itinerary ~ Check back frequently for updates
|
| |
| |
 |
Saturday,
July 29th ~ The quintessential Yankee's homecoming
11:30
AM ~ Lord
Timothy Dexter's homecoming ~ crossing the Merrimack River
and landfall at Market Landing (Listen for seven bells of the
forenoon watch and look to the Waterside …) greeted by today's
generations of the Waterside people and "orfishels"
12 - 12:30 PM ~ Opening Ceremonies at Market Landing
Park (Enlightening, light-hearted & Lordly)
1 - 3 PM ~ The
Waterside community gam ("Houe doue you all goue on?"
~ gamming with old & new friends at this social gathering
at Market Landing Park ~ see roster)
3:18 PM ~ High tide! Watts Rock Opera composed with Bill
Plante
6 - 7:30 ~ Out & about as Yankee Homecoming's Ambassador-at-Large
7:30 PM - 9 PM ~ Waterfront Concert ~ Symphony by the Sea
(Lord of the Land, Lord of the Sea, Lord of the Dance)
9 - 10 PM ~ Lighted Boat Parade ("Lite comes from
the East!" with Dexter offering to take the helm in love)
|
| |
|
|
Sunday,
July 30th ~ Olde Fashioned Sunday ~ Mocking the Past in Lordly
Fashion
11:00
- Noon ~ Arriving from across the way ~ Dexter join his
welcoming procession which begins at the corner of State and
Auburn Streets ~ the pageant stops at Old Hill Burying Ground
for a brief "serry moany All" & laying of flowers
at Dexter's gravesite, led by Jonathan Plummer, with the epitome
of Lord Tim himself
Noon - 12:30 PM ~ Dexter's has his "Day in Court"
before the hanging judge (in Defense of the Lord)
12:30 PM ~ Dexter Uncontested (Hoola Hoop Contest; 1
PM - other contests; 1:30 - 5 PM - Sack Race; 3 Legged Race;
Tug-O'-War)
Ongoing at the Mall & its surrounds ~ Foregoing &
foretelling ~ Seek and Ye Shall Find ~ Find Dexter with the
Knowing Ones, coming full circle at the Frog Pond & Old
Hill Burying Ground ~ encountering Madam Hooper, Jonathan Plummer,
the Undertaker & other "gud frinds")
6 - 7:30 PM ~ Wander of Wonders downtown alone &
with entourage ~ fabulous confabs with old & new "frinds"
~ impromptu historical tours
7:30 - 9:30 PM ~ Waterfront Concert Series "Best
of Berklee" ~ (Dexter and "all that jazz")
|
| |
|
Wednesday,
August 2nd ~ Dexter with Youth of All Ages
12
Noon - 2 PM ~ Kids Day in the Park at Atkinson Common (Dexter
in youthful fun)
2:30 - 3:30 PM ~ Nursing Home Concerts (Gouty and sleany
ol' Dexter brings smiles & hope)
4 - 7 PM - Senior Coronation; Merrimack Place (Lordly
lauds for the King and Queen)
7:30 - 9:30 PM ~ Waterfront Concert Series "Search
Party" ~ (In good form, Lord Tim finds his groove)
|
| |
|
|
Thursday,
August 3rd ~ Dexter on Death, Taxes, Fashion, & Fun
10
AM - 11 AM~- Dexter roves around Downtown Newburyport engaging
the public ~ proferring his wares and awareness that "Assortment
is good for a shop"
12 AM - 1 PM ~ Dexter's Dialogues with the Dead at Old
& New Hill Cemetery Tour ~ Dexter's old and new life experiences
1 - 2 PM ~ Coast Guard Open House (Smuggling with Dexter
& the Revenue Service)
6 - 7 PM ~ Fashion Awards Show at the Elks Club (Dexter
on the runway)
8 - 11 PM ~ Beach Blast at the Grog (What a blast from
the past, present and future!)
|
| |
|
Saturday,
August 5th ~ "Lord of the Flies" on a Super Saturday!
10
AM ~ Dexter "rises to the occasion" in Hot Air
Balloon ~ then enjoys Family Day at Maudslay State Park ~ including
the Noontide Teddy Bear Parade, the mid-afternoon 1860s Baseball
Games ("wot wos wons 'town ball' in my day" says he)
3 PM ~ Dexter checks out today's "Watch" at
Newburyport Public Safety Day, sponsored by the Newburyport
Police Department
4PM ~ stops by the First Religious Society for "sum
gud books" as they close their book sale
9:15 PM ~ The fireworks! Poof! Dexter mysteriously vanishes
during the "fierworks" which he himself so relished
~ (according to his own record in "Pickle" ~ he included
these in the items he would take into his "toume" ~
apparently something quite needful to him on the Otherside)
|
| |
|
Sunday,
August 6th ~ Endings and Beginnings
10
AM ~ 14th Annual High St. Mile Road Race (See Dexter run!
As the children were once to chant at play ~ "Dexter is
a cute (or smart) old man, try to catch him if you can!")
12:30 PM ~ Yankee Homecoming PARADE (Taking the helm
in love on the flagship for the Waterside people's float)
Immediately following the parade ~ Yankee Homecoming's "Chare"
lowers the Yankee Homecoming flag for closing ceremonies at
the waterfront & Dexter cheers a job well done! Huzza! Huzza!
Huzza!
|
The time has come for Lord Timothy
Dexter to once again fulfill his prophesy that ~ from time to time
~ he "may com back toue see houe you all goue on." With
this year's