Waterfowl Festival Official Guide 2018

O F F I C I A L G U I D E T O T H E 4 8 TH A N N U A L

WATERFOWL N OV E M BE R 9–11, 2018

FESTIVAL

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in Historic Easton, Maryland

Éric Tardif, 2018 Featured Artist “The Lovers”

WaterfowlFestival.org All Festival proceeds benefit Waterfowl Chesapeake’s restoration and conservation efforts in the region.

Join Us to Celebrate Maryland’s “Year of the Bird”!

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Cliff Meredith 410-924-0082 (C) 410-822-6272 (O) mre@goeaston.net

Follow Your Dreams

Easton, MD

$9,945,000 Royal Oak, MD

$9,770,000 Easton, MD

$5,900,000 Neavitt, MD

$4,390,000

Royal Oak, MD

$3,950,000 Oxford, MD

$3,900,000 Oxford, MD

$2,795,000 Trappe, MD

$2,690,000

Royal Oak, MD

$2,150,000 Easton, MD

$1,995,000 Easton, MD

$1,995,000 Oxford, MD

$1,375,000

Easton, MD

$1,195,000 Trappe, MD

$1,195,000 Easton, MD

$815,000 Easton, MD

$800,000 each Trappe, MD

"Bruff's Island" - 5 separate parcels totaling 42+ acres. 3BR, 4+ BA brick main house, 2 guesthouses, pool, pool house, tennis court, 2 docks, boat house w/ 16 ft water depth, sandy beaches, multiple barns and outbuildings, very high elevation.

"Bonnie Breeze" - Main house with 4BR, 3.5BA on the Choptank River with broad sunset views. Guest house, 2 car Garage w/apartment, Pool, Tennis Court, Dock with lifts, Riprapped Shoreline, on 12+ acres.

Located between Easton and St. Michaels, this 5BR/6FBA/2HBA Colonial offers 1st floor Master Suite with 2 Baths and WICS. Private Guest Suite, 2 car garage, Sunroom, Pool, Spa, Dock, Bulkheaded Shoreline on Plaindealing Creek.

Solid brick home on prime 3 acre waterfront lot in Oxford corridor. Enjoy the deep water dock w/lift, waterside pool/patio, and sunroom. Master suite w/elevator for a total of 7BRs/4BAs.

Preston, MD

Choptank River Waterfront home w/rip rapped shoreline & great views. Pool. Pier w/ boat lifts, water, electric and lights. Beautiful HW flrs. 42'x26' Garage. 4.25+/- acres.

"Tred Avon Manor" - Renovated Main House w/exquisite craftsmanship and finishes on 18.51 acres. 3-bay Carriage House, 2 Guesthouses, Pool house, Deep Water Docks, 2 pools and more! (Main house with 16+ acres - $7,785,000)

Gorgeous year round sunsets. Big 180 degree water views with 660 ft of riverfront and tidal sandy beach, practically an island.

Private dock, and above rip-rap sandy beach with firepit for entertaining.

Magnificent Eastern Shore retreat offers 3.3 acres on the Tred Avon River. Approximately 7,000 sq ft home with 4 BRs, 9 BAs, pool, tennis court, and deep water dock with lifts. Private property with landscaping and gardens.

Professionally engineered LaTrappe Creek home. Open floor plan, 1st and 2nd level Master Suites, home theatre, exquisite fixtures and finishes, shared/deeded deep water dock, riprapped shoreline, plus more!

Two waterfront lots (47.81 and 58.67 acres respectively) on the Wye River in a beautiful estate area. Conveniently located minutes to downtown Easton and a jet airport.

"Wyecliff" - Magnificent estate on the Wye River. Manor house (rebuilt 2002), guest house, pool, pool house, tennis court, golf tee and green, pond, gardens, 10-stall horse barn, 4 paddocks, deep water dock, broad views, high elevation, and more!

2 lots totaling 78.114 acres. Two large ponds. Protected shoreline with broad views of Trippe Creek. Beautiful tree-lined entrance. Perfect for family compound.

Hunting permitted.

Oak Creek waterfront estate offer spacious 7BR/6BA home w/multiple rooms. Large indoor pool w/bath, kitchenette, and laundry room. Dock, dock house, guest house. 3 parcels totaling 113+ acres. Perc approved waterfront lots (5 & 20 acres respectively).

"Windsong" - Stunning turnkey waterfront Main house, Guest house, and Carriage House. An arboretum with pond, 750' rip rap shoreline, and spectacular view. Gorgeous sunrises and southerly breezes at pool and 125' dock with 3 power lifts.

New England Style 8500+/- sq ft Cape Cod offers open floor plan, 6 BRs, 5.5 BAs, elevator, screened porch w/ heated floors.

Extensive landscaping. Pool house, 3.5 +/- ft MLW, dock, 2 boat lifts, rip-rap shoreline.

31+ acre lot in highly sought-after Morgan's Point community just outside of the Town of Oxford and minutes from downtown Easton.

Protected shoreline with sandy beach. Perc approved for 8 BR house or main house plus guest house.

$990,000 McDaniel, MD

$869,000

$685,0000 Sherwood, MD

$315,000

10 acre waterfront lot on Maxmore Creek in highly sought-after Travelers Rest. Centrally located between Easton and St. Michaels.

Deep water. Recorded plat. Perc approved for 4 bedroom house.

11-acre waterfront lot on Island Creek in nice estate area. Westerly views. 750+ feet of water frontage. Minutes from Oxford, Easton, Country Club, and jet airport.

Sweet waterfront cottage on a wooded 23+ acre parcel just minutes from St. Michaels.

Private. Waterviews from almost every room, main level BR, family room w/fireplace, screened porch, pond, dock with two slips.

Perc approved 5.52 acre waterfront lot near St. Michaels with broad, westerly views of Ferry Cove and the Chesapeake Bay. Sandy beach. Next to HGTV Dream Home 2002.

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QUEENSTOWN Spectacular waterfront farm on Greenwood Creek in Queen Anne’s County. +- 30 acres with 1,820’ of shoreline. Private, yet short drive to the Bay Bridge. 4 BR Farmhouse. Finished Pool House. 4 Slip Dock with water and electric. $1,790,000 BOB RICH 410-200-6625

QUEENSTOWN Waterfront home on 5.5+/- acres overlooking the Wye River. Wellprotected 8’+ of MLW at pier, 440’ +/- water frontage & rip-rapped shoreline. 6000 +/- sf home w/amazing architectural details, open flr plan & 1st flr master. Near Bay Bridge. $1,895,000 CHUCK MANGOLD JR. 410-924-8832

SUDLERSVILLE 241 acre farm w/220+- tillable. Test well drilled & application submitted to MDE for water appropriation permit for 160 acres.

Farm has been annexed into the town. $1,687,000 MARSHALL OWINGS 410-708-5382 KEN RODERICK 410-924-2810

WORTON Sportsman & nature lovers paradise! Lake front farm on 45 + ac (3 parcels). 4 BR, 2.5 BA home w/patio, deck, 2 car gar & basement. 4+ bay run in shed, outbuildings. Includes 2 addt’l lots, pond, 10 acres tillable, excellent hunting! $695,000 KATHY CHRISTENSEN 410-924-4814

TILGHMAN Waterfront home w/sweeping views & sunrises over the Choptank River. Waterside porch and deck, first floor master bedroom, cathedral ceilings and fireplace in the family room. Community clubhouse, pool & boat slips. $680,000 TOM CROUCH 410-310-8916

ST. MICHAELS 3 BR waterfront home w/open concept flr plan & waterviews from every room. 2 BR suites on 1st flr & master on 2nd w/wraparound waterside deck. Det 2 car gar w/apartment above. 2 screened porches, 4+ acres & pier overlooking Old House Cove. $795,000 BARBARA WATKINS 410-310-2021 OPEN HOUSE 11/9 & 11/10 3-5PM

ST. MICHAELS Gorgeous 6+ acres with western exposure on San Domingo Creek and close to downtown St. Michaels. Home has 6000+/- fsf plus 2 car garage & detached 2 bay workshop. Waterside pool & private pier. Public sewer but no town taxes. $1,400,000 JANET LARSON 410-310-1797

EASTON 4,500+/- sf Colonial farmhouse on 57+ acres. 5 BRs, 4.5 BAs, 1st flr master, kitchen w/commercial grade appl; open flr plan, screened porch, extensive hardscaping, pool & geo-thermal heat. Barn w/ game rm, wood stove & half bath. Great hunting. $1,795,000 BRIAN GEARHART 410-310-5179

26333 PRESQUILLE DR, EASTON, MD Contemporary home on 5 acres w/magnificent sunsets and 500’ of water on the Wye River. Gourmet kitchen, built-ins, sunroom, glassed/screened porch, cedar closet, butler’s pantry & office. 2 car garage, gunite pool, cabana house & workshop $2,150,000 FAYE ROSER 410-310-6356

TRAPPE Choptank River sunsets on 22 acres with 2,000’ of waterfront.

4 BR, 3.5 BA home w/open floor plan. 2nd flr studio w/views of waterfowl & wildlife. Basement workshop, guest suite & caretaker cottage. Hunting, fishing, birding & entertaining. $1,195,000 COARD BENSON 410-310-4909

CAMBRIDGE “Southwind” 214 +/- acres with 2.5+/- miles of waterfront on Hudson Creek. 5 BR house, 5 BR guest house, barn, workshop, 4 ponds, 2 docks, waterfowl blinds & deer stands. Sweeping lawns, gardens, meadows, farmland, wetlands & woods. $3,950,000 CRAIG LINTHICUM 410-726-6581

CAMBRIDGE Hunter’s delight. Choptank River Colonial on 4.09+/- acres w/ tree-lined entrance. Water views throughout, 300’+/- of sandy beach w/stair access, pier w/lift & add’l 3 boat slips w/3’+/- MLW. Room for pool & tennis court. Great fishing/crabbing. $1,050,000 MARY LOSTY 215-920-3595

ST. MICHAELS 211 N. Talbot Street (410) 745-0415

TRAPPE STATION 27999 Oxford Road (410) 822-1415

ST. MICHAELS 205 S. Talbot Street (410) 745-0417

DENTON 110 Market Street (410) 479-0777

EASTON OXFORD 24 N. Washington Street 220 N. Morris Street (410) 770-9255 (410) 226-0111 TILGHMAN ON CHESAPEAKE (410) 886-2300

ST. MICHAELS 116 N. Talbot Street (410) 745-0720

CAMBRIDGE 301 Crusader Road (410) 228-0800

KENT ISLAND Red Apple Plaza (410) 643-3033

EASTON 41 E. Dover Street (410) 690-3195

COMMERCIAL - EASTON 31 Goldsborough Street (410) 822-6665

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2018 Waterfowl Chesapeake Board of Directors

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hank you for joining us for our 48th annual Waterfowl Festival! Our board, staff and more than 600 volunteers — many of whom have supported us for over 10 years — are excited and honored to be your hosts as we share the best of fall with you in our beautiful Eastern Shore community.

If you are new to our event, you will quickly notice that “Waterfowl Festival” is synonymous with community hospitality. Many of our guests return each year, bringing their children and grandchildren, and think of it as an Eastern Shore ‘homecoming’. It’s a weekend for catching up with old friends and making new ones; where people enjoy wonderful art, artists, and programs, family activities, sporting events and exhibitors, and of course, good food and great music.

It is also a celebration of “nature as a muse” for the things and activities we love. Our Chesapeake Bay land, water, critters and heritage are the inspiration for the artists, adventurers, conservationists, collectors and sportsmen and women in town, showcasing their finest work.

As you walk the streets or visit our venues, we also invite you to listen for the rush of wings and unique calls overhead of ducks, geese and swans that are our namesake. They and the habitats they need are the reason for our event. Over our forty-eight-year history, the Festival has raised and distributed more than $6.5 million toward conservation of these special landscapes and birds. Through our partner organization, Waterfowl Chesapeake, our legacy of giving back continues as we help support waterfowlrelated research, education, outreach and restoration efforts here on the Shore.

So enjoy a fabulous Festival weekend and know that your purchases and contributions are helping the community, the birds, the Bay and our Shore’s waterfowlloving heritage.

Kevin Greaney President, Waterfowl Festival Board of Directors

C. Albert Pritchett, President Brice Gamber, Vice President Sarah Kroncke, Treasurer Mary Bee Walsh Gaines, Secretary Kevin Barrett Tom Buckmaster Ed Delaney David Fike Jerry Harris Jerry Serie Kevin Greaney, WF President Ken Miller, WF ExOfficio David O’Neill, Emeritus

2018 Waterfowl Festival Board of Directors Kevin Greaney, President Ken Miller, Vice President Samuel “Butch” Townsend, Vice President Kathleen Kurtz, Treasurer Douglas Collison, Secretary Lynn Ackerson Patricia Crane Cathy Fawell Teddy Hoover Martha Horner Debbye Jackson Judy Knight Kim Newcomb Donnie Satchell Suzanne Sullivan Carl Treat

Waterfowl Chesapeake Staff Margaret Enloe, Executive Director Leslie Breen Milby, Festival & Event Manager Melodie Haufe, Finance & Operations Manager Dorothea Beckering, Executive & Development Assistant Heather Grant, Festival Marketing Manager

Contributing Designers: Joanne Shipley, Jennifer Helmer Contributing Writers: Kristy George, Amy Steward

Margaret M.G. Enloe Executive Director, Waterfowl Chesapeake

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Festival Headquarters 40 South Harrison Street Easton, MD 21601 410-822-4567 WaterfowlChesapeake.org WaterfowlFestival.org

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EASTON OFFICE • 410-822-9000 208 E. Dover Street, Easton, MD

CHESTERTOWN OFFICE • 410-778-0330 114B S. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD

Chesapeake Real Estate Company Independently Owned and Operated

CHESAPEAKE CITY OFFICE • 410-885-2200

2525 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste C, Chesapeake City, MD

www.cbchesapeake.com

Rock Hall, MD $810,000 1000084377 Eastern shore farmhouse, c.1890 offers pastoral 54-acre rural setting with large stocked pond.

Updated in 2004, home offers original wood detail and 1st floor master suites. Ideal for hunting with 28-acres tillable and 10-acres of woods. Located 15-miinutes from Chestertown. call Richard Budden 443-480-1181

Rock Hall, MD $895,000 1001527198 “Point of View” sits on a point of land surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and Huntingfield Creek, but NOT in floodplain. Water views from every room with two levels of screened in porches. Floating dock and hunting is allowed. call Tracy Stone 443-480-0610

cHeSTeRTown, MD $899,000 1001205824 Beautifully built brick home has stunning water views from almost every room. The property boasts 3 bedrooms w/ 4.5 baths, slate roof, bulkhead, swimming pool, hot tub, back patio area, 2nd floor deck overlooking the river. call Peter Heller 410-708-3301

Rock Hall, MD $925,000 1002226464 This property offers a little bit of everything from a guest house w/2 car garage, screened in porches w/ water views, acreage, privacy, rip-wrapped shoreline, private pier w/4ft MLW, public sewer, and stunning sunset views. call call Peter Heller 410-708-3301

cHeSTeRTown, MD $979,500 1005644966 Fairlee Creek waterfront haven is set on a private 3.5-acres with water views throughout the home. Built in 2002 with a 2005 addition, the open design with great room, large kitchen, loft and deck invites outdoor living and entertaining. call Doug Megargee 410-708-3152 or Richard Budden 443-480-1181

cHeSTeRTown, MD $1,250,000 1005951739 One of Chestertown’s most prestigious addresses. Located on the river halfway between town and “The Club”. 1.48 acres of privacy. house has had one addition and two remodels. Large open floor plan,pool, guest/in-law suite,golf, gazebo. call Doug Megargee 410-708-3152

cHeSTeRTown, MD $1,790,000 1000084003 Quintessential 42-Acre Eastern Shore Waterfront Farm with 690-ft. water frontage and a lovely c.1800 home. Features rip-rap shoreline and 33 tillable acres. Adjacent 11-acre lot is also available. call Richard Budden 443-480-1181

cHeSTeRTown, MD $525,000 1003289461 Waterfront building lot with lovely views is the last waterfront lot on Pentridge Lane in the rural community of Langford Farm. The 7+acre lot with MLW 4’ is 10 minutes from historic Chestertown and 90-minutes from Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. call Richard Budden 443-480-1181

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Conservation

2018 Matching Campaign Raises Money for Conservation Education

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his year, Waterfowl has chosen two conservation education projects on Delmarva as the focus of our Community in Conservation Match Campaign.

“We are excited to offer a dollar for dollar match, up to $5,000, and be able to fully fund both projects! And any monies over that amount will be earmarked for next year’s worthy waterfowl projects.”

Since it’s never too early or too late to learn through experience, we chose out-of-the-classroom programs that will engage both the youngest students and those heading for careers in managing our environmental resources.

University of Delaware UD’s field program “Promoting Waterfowl Hunter Education for New Adult Students” better connects today’s graduate students with tomorrow’s careers in Waterfowl Ecology. Many graduate students studying in this field have never had the experience of hunting. These young adults are likely to become the future leaders in environmental resource management, with positions in academia, state agencies or federal service. How can they communicate with the hunters and landowners if they have never had the experienced the sport? Through this program, students can gain their hunter education certification as well as learn and discuss waterfowl identification, policy, habitat management, values structures associated with hunting, hunting dog training, and cooking wild game. The course ends with a voluntary opportunity to engage in a one-on-one mentored waterfowl hunting experience. This component of their studies is not designed to make them hunters but it provides them the opportunity to engage and learn about the sport first hand, making them better able to understand all perspectives in the conservation world.

The Ward Museum The Ward Museum’s project will offer classroom visits and field trips for Talbot County kindergarten students to experience the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. While this opportunity is already successful in several other Shore counties, it will be a new program for students in Talbot County. The curriculum supports Maryland State Department of Education’s Environmental Literacy Standards and meets the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) requirement for kindergarteners. The MWEE, in short, ensures that Maryland school children have hands-on action-based learning experiences that engage core concepts of watershed health and environmental impacts. And what better way for local children to understand the natural world than through visits to The Ward Museum to see their waterfowl exhibits.

Restricted proceeds from the Waterfowl Festival offer nonprofits and community entities the chance to receive monies for projects and initiatives at the intersection of conservation and community.

“While we also support large restoration projects,” explains Enloe, “these small grants are a simple way for us to bring people and local conservation work together.”

Waterfowl Chesapeake hopes that the broad emphasis on “community” will encourage organizations to think creatively about who they can serve and will help generate new ideas to bring people and regional conservation work, research and education together on waterfowl-related issues.

2018 Matching Fund Goal $5,000 Your “green feathers” can help!

Make your contribution to support our 2018 Grant Projects at our offices at Art at the Armory, in a blue donation box at the ticket kiosks or online at WaterfowlChesapeake.org/CommunityConservation.

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DETAILS & SPECIAL EVENTS Welcome to the 2018 Waterfowl Festival .....................4 Our Corporate Partners ................................................8 Schedule of Events .....................................................15 Festival Map ......................................................... 16-17 Premiere Night Auction ..............................................24 Craft Beer Wetland, Kegs & Eggs Brunch ..................24 Yappy Hour ...............................................................139

ARTIST PROFILES Featured Artist Éric Tardif ...........................................26 Master Carver Jeff Rechin ..........................................28 Sandy Alanko ..............................................................32 Vivian Boswell .............................................................38 Richard Clifton ............................................................42 Kevin and Jay Fleming ...............................................46 Jim Green ...................................................................50 Thomas Horn ..............................................................54 Chris Maynard ............................................................58 Terry Miller ..................................................................62 Heather Orkis .............................................................66 George Raab ..............................................................70 Nancy Tome................................................................74 Terry Woodall .............................................................78

EXHIBITS/GALLERIES/VENUES Art at the Armory........................................................89 Art at the Avalon ........................................................91 Art at the Museum......................................................92 Art at the Pavilion .......................................................94

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Community in Conservation .......................................98 Tasting Pavilion ...........................................................99 Chesapeake Marketplace .........................................107 DockDogs Competition............................................114 Education & Art Activities.........................................118 Bay Street Ponds ......................................................126 Official Food Vendors ...............................................127 Sportsman’s Pavilion .................................................131 World Waterfowl Calling Contests ...........................134 Harry M. Walsh Waterfowling History & Artifacts .....138 Buy, Sell, Swap .........................................................142

FEATURES Conservation Education ...............................................6 Conservation History ..................................................22 Conservation Feature .................................................31 Three Tours to Take ....................................................80 Watercolor Workshops ...............................................84 Music Offers Something for Everyone........................86 About the Hall of Fame ............................................102 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees....................................103 Catch and Release Artwork ......................................106 Activities for the Kids ................................................110 Fun Finds at the Chesapeake Marketplace ..............111 2018 Perry Scholarship Awards ................................122 Festival Volunteers Keep it All Together ..................122 Women’s Blaze Pink Movement ...............................130 Waterfowl Heritage “Trail” .......................................139 Kelly Distributors Supports Waterfowl Festival.........146 Rememberance ........................................................150

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WATERFOWL FESTIVAL® 2018 CORPORATE PARTNERS The Waterfowl Festival thanks those 2018 Corporate Partners who have committed their support to date. Their generous financial and in-kind assistance helps offset the costs of the Festival and ensures the maximum amount of event proceeds are directed to conservation!

Platinum Plus Partner

Platinum Partner

Gold Partners

Bronze Partners

Titanium Partners

Silver Partners

Business Partners Action Carpet Brookfield Residential Properties at Easton Village Candle Light Cove Assisted Living & Memory Care Cecil H Gannon & Sons, Inc. Councell Farms

Non Profit Partners

Andrews, Miller & Associates— a division of Davis Bowen Friedel, Inc. Northeastern Supply Pierson’s Comfort Group Redfin Sharper Signs & Graphics

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serving single-malt scotch, vintage champagnes & small plates

9 Federal St | Easton, Md

www.bluepointhospitality.com

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Bas Rouge Weather Gage The Stewart Blue Mat Yoga BumbleBee Juice Sunflowers & Greens

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Schedule

Location numbers correspond to the Festival Map on pages 16-17 Thursday, November 8th 10

4 p.m.

48th Annual Waterfowl Festival Opening Ceremonies

4:30 – 8:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

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Waterfowl Chesapeake Premiere Night Party “Making Way for Ducklings”

Auction to benefit local scholarships

Friday, November 9th

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

11 a.m., 1 p.m., 11:30 a.m.

10:40 a.m.

3 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 11 10:15 a.m. – 3

& 12:40 p.m.

Dock Dogs®

Noon – 1:45 p.m.

Music: Emma Myers & Friends

Priscilla Cummings, Children’s Storytime

Noon – 4 p.m.

10:30 a.m.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

11 a.m., 1 p.m.,

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Noon – 2:30 p.m.

Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited)

2 – 4 p.m.

Music: Kenny Haddaway

2 – 5:30 p.m.

Wine, Beer & Tasting Pavilion Open

2:30 – 4 p.m.

Retriever Demonstrations

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

Noon – 4 p.m.

11:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

11 a.m. – Noon 12:30 – 7:30 p.m.

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2 p.m.

Kids’ Art Activities

Raptor Demonstrations at Easton High School

7 p.m.

Music: SMMHS Choral Groups World Waterfowl Calling Championships, Sr. Preliminaries

No bus transportation provided after 5 p.m.

3 – 5 p.m.

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

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Music: Wayne Wheeler & Alan Willoughby Music: Shanna Rae Music Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay hosts Yappy Hour Separate admission required

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

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Painting class: Wine & Watercolors Separate admission required

Saturday, November 10th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – Noon 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

10:30 a.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Wine, Beer & Tasting Pavilion Open Retriever Demonstrations Raptor Demonstrations at Easton High School Fly Fishing Demonstrations World Waterfowl Calling Championships, Jr. Preliminaries

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Kids’ Art Activities Music: Saved by Zero Music: Mid-Shore Community Band Music: Emma Myers & Friends Music: Kenny Haddaway Children’s Calling Clinic - Goose Calling Calling Contests, Final Competitions No bus transportation provided after 5 p.m.

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1 – 3 p.m.

Separate admission required

& 2:30 p.m.

Galleries & Exhibits Open

4:15 p.m.

Craft Beer Wetland

3 p.m.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Sportsmen’s Party at the Elks Separate admission required

Sunday, November 11th 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

10 a.m. – Noon 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10:15 a.m. & 2 p.m.

10:30 a.m.

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Galleries & Exhibits Open

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Galleries & Exhibits Open

11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Music: Emma Myers & Friends

11 a.m., 1 p.m.,

Dock Dogs®

3 p.m.

Kids’ Fishing Derby

10:40 a.m.

Music: SMMHS Choral Groups

& 12:40 p.m.

Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited)

11:30 a.m.

Children’s Calling Clinic - Duck Calling

& 2:30 p.m.

Kids’ Conservation Art Activity:

Noon – 3 p.m.

Abstract Bird Etching

Noon – 1:30 p.m.

1 – 3 p.m.

Music: Emma Myers & Friends Music: Kenny Haddaway, Guitarist Dock Dogs® Kids’ Fishing Derby Chesapeake Mermaid Children’s Program Chesapeake Mermaid Children’s Program Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited) Kegs & Eggs Accoustic Brunch Separate admission required

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Fly Fishing Demonstrations

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Retriever Demonstrations

Raptor Demonstrations Kids’ Art Activities Music: Trinity Blues Music: Wayne Wheeler & Alan Willoughby

For events requiring separate admission, visit WaterfowlFestival.org/specialevents.

All events are current at time of publication, but locations and times are subject to change.

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PAVILION Wine, Beer & Gourmet Food Tasting

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HEADQUARTERS Art at the Armory Painting & Sculpture Gallery Lost & Found First Aid (next door at Ashley Insurance) Restrooms

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Art at the Museum Carving & Photography Gallery Restrooms & Food Vendor

5 ACADEMY ART MUSEUM

Conservation Partners Restrooms & Food Vendor

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Festival Shoppes Kids Art Activities Restrooms & Food Vendors

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Chesapeake Marketplace

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Sportsmans Pavilion & Heritage Craft Brew Pub Restrooms & Food Vendor

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Buy, Sell, Swap—Decoys— Federal & MD Duck Stamp Winners Harry M. Walsh Waterfowling Artifacts World Waterfowl Calling Championships Raptor Demonstrations Fishmobile Restrooms & Food Vendors

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FESTIVAL SHOPPES Restrooms & Food Vendor

ART AT THE PAVILION GALLERY 2018 Featured Artist Éric Tardif Painting & Sculpture Gallery

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Pulled Pork Sandwich, Sausage Sandwich, Soft Crab Sandwich, BBQ

benefiting Christ Church

DOWNTOWN EASTON HARRISON STREET: Crab cakes, oyster fritters, clam strips, raw oysters, Shore Boys cream of crab soup, fries, beverages

During Festival hours, Official Festival Food Vendors offer Eastern Shore favorites as well as traditional festival fare. Each concessionaire is teamed with a local nonprofit organization so your food purchase also supports many worth causes in our community.

FOOD VENDORS

Accessible by the Orange Bus line— No parking available Fly Fishing Demonstrations Kids Fishing Derby Retriever Demonstrations Restrooms & Food Vendor

14 BAY STREET PONDS

Food Vendor

13 THOMPSON PARK Music

Craft Beer Pub & Party Location

12 FESTIVAL WETLAND (NEW!)

VIP Hospitality

11 BULLITT HOUSE

Art at the Avalon Painting & Sculpture Gallery Opening Ceremonies Restrooms

10 THE AVALON THEATRE

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Raw oysters, clam strips, crab cakes, hot

Bubba Bob’s Kettle Corn. Hosted by and benefiting Talbot Paramedics

Cheese & Pepperoni Slices, pizza Logs/ combo, boneless wings/combo, fries, pizza fries, cheese styx, beverages.

Pete’s Pete-za hosted by and benefiting First Church of God in Federalsburg

Ice Cream, milkshakes, fresh pressed juice & smoothies, apple dumplings FRIDAY & SUNDAY ONLY Frozen Farmer hosted by and benefiting the Good Ole Boys Foundation

Gingerbread goose cookies, fresh roasted peanuts, coffee, soda, hot and cold cider, apples, holiday dog biscuit wreath benefiting Easton Ruritan Club.

Jumbo lump crabcakes, hot dogs, cream of crab soup, oysters, chips, fruit, beverages, baked goods benefiting Trinity Cathedral.

Rockfish corn chowder, oyster fritters, and beverages (Located across street from Middle School) benefiting St. Mark’s Church

fried shrimp, hot dogs, corn dogs, Old Bay bratwurst, hamburger/ cheeseburgers, fries, Soft pretzels, beverages benefiting St. Michaels Fire Department.

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strips, oyster stew, hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and cole slaw benefiting Easton Elks Club

B crab soup, soft crabs, oyster fritters, clam

Crab cakes, fried oysters, homemade

2 ELKS CLUB:

NC style chop & pull pork with fries, BBQ 14 BAY STREET PONDS: pork spare ribs w/ fries, hamburger w/ near 295 Bay St. fries, Mrs. Mary’s Famous Iced Tea, crab F Warm beverages and popcorn. Hosted balls. Creative Creation BBQ hosted by by the Boy Scouts. and benefiting Living By Truth Ministries

Soft crab sandwiches, combos, apple dumplings, soup, beverages benefiting Scott’s United Methodist Church

1/4 BBQ chicken, chips, roll, drinks benefiting Talbot County FFA

water benefiting Easton Church of God.

A FREE coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate and

723 Mecklenburg Ave.

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Cookie Scoops, frozen chocolate dipped bananas & cheesecake, beverages. Cup O’ Dough, Oh My Chocolate, hosted by and benefiting The Julianne Rosela Foundation

Pit beef and smoked turkey, pulled pork BBQ, vegetable and cream of crab soup, fries, beverages hosted by Hot Off the Coals benefiting First Night Talbot

beverages benefiting Easton Lions Club

E dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, cream D of crab soup, fries, funnel cakes, desserts,

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Coffee & breakfast items, chilled Salad, BBQ with Salad, sweet potato soup, chili, baked sweets. Eat Sprout benefits Tidewater Rotary

Hamburgers/cheeseburgers, vegetable crab soup, fried oyster basket or sandwich, hot dogs, fries, beverages benefiting Tri-County Ruritan

Gingerbread goose cookies, roasted peanuts, apples, coffee, hot cider benefiting Easton Ruritan

Nachos, Smoked Turkey Legs, Chili, Churros, Drinks, Chips. BBQ and Beyond benefiting Academy Art Museum.

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History

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aterfowl Festival has always been synonymous with hospitality, community and heritage. It has also always raised money for conservation. That’s because the people who created it in 1971 were lovers of everything the Eastern Shore had, and still has, to offer. They saw a heritage to celebrate and preserve; natural resources, waterfowl and wildlife worth conserving (before conservation was even a thing to do); and a community that cared enough to do something about it. We think that they’d be pleased to know that, since its first year, the Festival has raised more than $6.5 million for regional waterfowl and habitat conservation efforts.

Today, we proudly continue to showcase the best of the Shore and beyond — world-class wildlife art, classic sporting heritage, unique historic collections of waterfowl decoys and artifacts — all for the benefit of waterfowl-related conservation.

We will forever be indebted to Dr. Harry Walsh and William and Betty Perry, our founding friends, for their vision of an event that would show our community pride, celebrate our region’s unique waterfowl-related culture and highlight our love for our lands and waters.

Thank you for helping us support our unique feathered friends by being our guest! Learn more about the organizations that we are supporting this year on page 6.

“Ideally, the reader will come to realize that a wild animal is worth more to mankind that its ‘pound of flesh,’ and will see the need for a concerted public effort to preserve our waterfowl. The author hopes to encourage hunters, themselves, to contribute to the continuation and sensible conduct of their sport. Our waterfowl, a living resource, are in great need of help, and their welfare should come before our own indulgence.”

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— Harry M. Walsh, The Outlaw Gunner, 1971

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Quick Draws by artists, Specialty “Waterfowl Cocktails” and the “Making Way for Ducklings” Auction Join us on Thursday, November 8th for special “Waterfowl Cocktails” from Lyon Distilling, freshly shucked oysters from Orchard Point, and our tasting tour and cocktails through the downtown galleries. You’ll get to preview this year’s fine arts, meet artists from around the world and even purchase your favorite piece before the crowds.

A highlight of the evening is our revamped “Making Way for Ducklings” Auction. Located at the Tasting Pavilion, the auction will include one-of-a-kind works created that night

during the new “Quick Draw”, “Quick Sculpt” and “Quick Carve” experiences from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Proceeds from the auction will support two things: our conservation funding and programs that connect financial resources to environmental needs (see page 6), and the William H. Perry Scholarship Fund, which has given over $160,000 to more than 135 students since its establishment in 1997. See page 122 for a list of this year’s Perry Scholarship winners.

For tickets, visit WaterfowlFestival.org/PremiereNight/

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Featured Artist

“I want to create something with an unusual approach, something unique and singular” — Éric Tardif

Featured Artist

ÉRIC TARDIF The grace and beauty of a bird in flight has always been Featured Artist Éric Tardif’s inspiration. This year’s featured art piece is a unique and abstract interpretation of his muse in sculpture. “The Lovers” is an elegant, impressionistic bronze.

Inspired by a memory from nearly a decade ago, when he and his family watched in fascination as two birds enacted their courtship ritual, the Canadian artist is excited to unveil the piece at this year’s Waterfowl Festival.

“It was so intense — their focus, their wing movements; it is etched in my memory,” he recounts with a bit of awe. “I decided to bring this memory to life for Waterfowl Festival and have created two long-tailed birds — The Lovers — in a single, strong piece that expresses the rich and solemn connection and communication between the pair. I hope that it expresses their grace, calm, peacefulness and formality during a moment in time.”

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The beauty of birds in flight has influenced a great of variety of artistic interpretations from Tardif, whose wood sculptures are inspired by his close connections to his subject matter.

“I spent countless hours observing and photographing many species of birds, with intimate exposure to their migration patterns, flights, and lives,” he says. The natural landscapes, heritage and bird life of Eastern Canada have been Tardif’s creative muse for “The Lovers” over 15 years — first inspiring him to pursue his art and still today, helping to shape his perspective. Wild birds, in particular, with their natural elegance and graceful movements, continue to be the source for his inventive and unique brass, bronze, wood and stone sculptures.

Tardif has adapted an ancient technique to realize his visions of these unique pieces of art — steam bending.

Steam bending is a process in which heat vapor is used to make wood slats pliable for builders. It was originally used to build boats and bows, as it allowed the wood to be shaped into curvaceous structures. According to Tardif, this was the perfect medium for his artistic ambitions, and he began experimenting with different kinds of woods, such as walnut, maple, ash, and cherry.

“Each of the pieces I create is produced to reveal the intricate poetry of bird life in its many forms. I have always aimed, in my interpretation and production of art, to render into sculpture the sacred space of a secular world,” he says. He notes that even the choice of type of wood “adds touches that are sometimes voluptuous, sometimes solemn” to the feeling of a piece.

“I am constantly researching and refining my methods.

Like birds, my work is in a state of perpetual artistic

migration, from what I know toward even more expressive ways to form my vision.”

Tardif did not start out as a sculptor, however.

His evolution as an artist began with photography.

“I took some photography courses and won prizes with my photography works. It encouraged me to pursue more creation. I started manipulating negatives to experiment with different techniques for rendering more abstract impressions of the images,” he explains. “I etched the negatives, accentuating lines of motion, then projected the image onto a canvas. The richness of texture and motion intrigues me, but it wasn’t until I began contemplating the structure of the grains of woods that my true medium of expression suggested itself.”

Classes in sculpting followed, he says, with the likeness of a Cap Tourmente barnacle fashioned from wood shavings as his first creation.

“I decided later to push the idea by creating other shapes — I always wanted to be different [whether] in photography or sculpture.”

Tardif continues to push his artistry, opting to work with different media including wood, metal, and photography.

“I want to create something with a unusual approach, something unique and singular,” he says.“ I studied in Natural Science, so I have a background for appreciating nature in general. I am inspired by the movement — the movement of life, the energy of the human on the planet.”

Visit Tardif and experience “The Lovers” in many sizes and media at Art at the Pavilion.

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Master Carver

“Pursuit”

Master Carver

JEFF RECHIN Master Carver Jeff Rechin has worked hard to get where he is today — one of the preeminent sculptors of wildfowl art in the United States — and he has the scars to prove it. As the son of two artists, his artistic side was innate but honing his carving skills was a labor of love to be sure.

“There was a lot of trial-and-error in the beginning,” admits Rechin during a recent break from tending to his 30-acre farm in Virginia. “I was learning how to sharpen my [carving knife] and cut my hand pretty good. I hid that from my parents because I thought they would take my tools away.”

His father, the late syndicated cartoonist Bill Rechin, recognized his son’s aptitude for art early on.

“He encouraged me to keep doing what I was doing,” says Rechin. “He could see the potential.”

As an active kid growing up in rural New York, Rechin found the combination of his love of the outdoors — particularly birds and his artistic ability, to be a perfect marriage for his lifelong career as a carver.

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“Often when I travel to a new place, I’ll see something I have never carved and that will inspire me to carve a new bird.”

“I made stuff all the time,” he said. “I was always working with my hands and it eventually evolved into the wood carving.”

A self-taught artist, Rechin honed his craft by watching his fellow carvers at work.

“I watched their different techniques and saw how far they were taking their carvings,” says Rechin, who started out creating “smoothies”, that is, pieces with very little texture or detail, before finding his way to the signature detailed style he’s known for.

His inspiration comes from many places, but namely from birds with features that allow him lots of ways to represent the animation technique he inherited from his father.

“I have carved all kinds of birds, but the ones I am really drawn to are the birds with really prominent linear lines, there is so much more you can do, animation-wise, when you carve them,” says Rechin.

“I like carving those birds whose features you can really contort. You can push them to almost exaggeration because of those lines.”

Wild turkeys and Merlins are two of his favorite birds for this reason, the latter being the subject of this year’s Master Carving. Merlins, rather small falcons are compact, fast-flying birds, says Rechin.

“It’s a real powerhouse of a bird. Their speed and ability is amazing,” says Rechin whose Master Carving “Pursuit” captures a merlin’s quest for its next meal.

While Rechin has been carving since childhood, he admits the artistic inspiration and love of his craft is not fading anytime soon.

“There are still so many things that I get excited to carve,” he says. “I bird a lot and that can bring a spark. Often when I travel to a new place, I’ll see something I have never carved and that will inspire me to carve a new bird.”

Rechin is honored by his selection as the Waterfowl Festival’s Master Carver.

“I know the history of the show, which is pretty renowned,” he said. “I am honored to do it.”

Other awards throughout Rechin’s career include the coveted “Best in World” title in 1998 and 2000 at the Ward Foundation’s World Championships.

His award-winning pieces are now part of the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art’s permanent collection.

His work can also be found in private collections throughout the United States that also include reproductions of original works designed exclusively for the Danbury Mint and sold throughout the United States and Great Britain.

Visit Rechin at Art at the Museum.

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Because Not All Ducks’ Needs Are Created Equal

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lthough you may have an idea that the ducks returning to our region are varied species, if you aren’t a biologist, birdwatcher or hunter, you may not realize that the birds in the sky and the foods they seek are almost as diverse as we are.

Ducks’ dietary requirements vary widely across the myriad of species, each searching out the things that will meet their nutritional needs.

Some are vegetarians and others are omnivores, eating everything from plants to small invertebrates like snails or worms. Diving and sea ducks forage in open waters, diving to the Bay and river bottoms for mollusks, small fish and even crustaceans. Dabbling ducks “tip up”, thrusting their heads down below the surface in shallow ponds to reach what they need.

If that isn’t complex enough, ducks’ dietary needs change over the course of their time in our region. As winter comes on, they search out high-carbohydrate foods to meet their bodies’ increasing energy demands. Items like seeds from moist-soil wetlands, such as millet, and leftover corn in fields are

ESLC celebrates 1,172 acres recently preserved in Queen Anne's County for the development of a new Wildlife Management Area providing conservation, habitat and recreation benefits that include birding, hiking and hunting.

the equivalent of our hot, rich meals in colder months. These foods help them create fat reserves that also help them defend from unpredictable winter conditions to come. When spring approaches, many ducks shift some of their diet toward protein-rich foods, such as tiny invertebrates, as they gear up for spring breeding and migration north.

In short, waterfowl change their feeding habits to survive, adapting their meals based on their needs for more energy or specific nutrients to stay warm, molt, breed or migrate.

All this means that our conservation efforts must be equally diverse.

We have to do everything we can to ensure our feather friends have healthy expanses of underwater grasses, oyster beds teaming with tiny fish and worms, thoughtfully cultivated agricultural fields, and wetlands with varied types of plant life. Our job, therefore, is to be the best conservationist each one of us can be to ensure this delicate and diverse balance of food sources continue to be available to our feathered friends.

See the exhibition at CBMM NOW THROUGH MARCH 2019

Examine the different ways the Chesapeake Bay has been portrayed over time through mapping and charting.

This exhibition will explore changes in maps as an expression of what people have sought from the Chesapeake throughout history—natural resources, safe passage, recreation, and commercial opportunities.

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Artist Profile

SANDY ALANKO Life as an artist has been quite the adventure — something Tilghman Island resident Sandy Alanko enjoys sharing with those around her. It’s a passion she has honed since the age of 12, when she witnessed a fellow female artist working at her craft.

“I was fascinated watching the paint flow and the colors mix on the watercolor paper. A beautiful painting of the river and its reflections emerged like magic,” says Alanko. “I was in total awe! “ Alanko has remained wonderstruck ever since, amassing both a bachelors and masters degree in art and spending a summer in Italy studying the great Renaissance artists.

She has spent her career teaching others about that art and hopes that either through her teachings, or her art itself, she can share that lifelong wonder of the natural world.

“I hope that my paintings help foster a love of the natural landscape, a deepened respect and fascination with the wild and domesticated creatures that share our planet, and engender in the viewer a passion for preserving our wild heritage,” she says.

She taught art at public and private schools in Colorado, Idaho and Virginia for more than three decades before moving to Tilghman Island, which provides lots of opportunities for Alanko to find her creativity.

“I see herons, egrets, eagles, wild turkeys, muskrats and deer nearly every day. I am especially drawn to wild, natural places and the wildlife that inhabits them,” she says. “The lush landscape of the Eastern Shore punctuated with tall trees, beautiful fields and sparkling bodies of water provide endless inspiration for my paintings.”

While Alanko is comfortable painting her subjects in any medium — including oils, pastels and acrylics — she admits a particular fondness for watercolor.

“My paintings are representational in nature but often have loosely rendered backgrounds designed to support and enhance the carefully drawn focal point,” she says.

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The conservation theme of the Waterfowl Festival is very important to Alanko, an avid conservationist, who doesn’t mind getting up close and personal with the subjects she paints.

“I was painting in Grand Teton National Park while my husband took a nap in the wildflowers. As I was losing my light I looked back at my husband and saw that he was surrounded by a pack of very large coyotes watching him snore,” she said.

“They all howled when he sat up and we ran down the path to our car as fast as we could, leaving my palette behind!”

A trip to Alaska yielded an equally thrilling anecdote.

“My husband and I camped in a remote backpackers campground, hoping to get a glimpse of Mt. McKinley in the morning — if we survived the night with the 13 grizzly bears eating blueberries in a nearby meadow,” says Alanko. “I was awake most of the night waiting for the bears which luckily didn’t come — and was rewarded by a spectacular view in the morning which I captured in watercolor.”

Alanko and her husband have spent the past 18 winters managing a research station in for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. The research station, which is located on a remote palm-studded island on the coral barrier reef of Belize, hosts scientists from all over the world who are studying

various aspects of the barrier reef and mangrove ecosystems.

It was on one of these visits that Alanko found a new way to share the wealth art has given her, by teaching one of the island natives how to paint.

Her island student, “has become quite accomplished and often sells her paintings to the visiting scientists. She has carefully saved all of her art earnings in order to send her daughter to community college — the first in her family to ever go to college,” says Alanko. “Art has provided a life changing experience for both mother and daughter.”

Alanko is grateful to be surrounded by so many fellow artists and opportunities to continue her journey as an artist.

“I feel that the area around Easton is the art ‘hotspot’ of the Mid-Atlantic and provides a rich aesthetic atmosphere with many opportunities to learn about and exhibit artwork,” she says.

Whether she is in front of a group of art students back at home or snorkeling amidst the barracuda and sharks in search of new reference shots, Alanko admits her journey as an artist is anything but ordinary.

“Life as an artist has led me on many unexpected and wonderful adventures,” she says.

“Life as an artist has led me on many unexpected and wonderful adventures.”

Alanko can be found at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

VIVIAN BOSWELL Vivian Boswell’s wildlife oil paintings compel the viewer to take a closer look at the subject and hopefully create the same connection that Boswell felt in her hours of careful observation.

“There is a mysterious bond of learning and understanding between me and the subjects I’ve painted, and I’ve always felt compelled to respond to that connection,” says Boswell, who describes her paintings as the “distillation of many, many hours of observation.”

That focus and attention is key to her craft — and to telling the story of her chosen subject.

“Looking at subjects deeply enough to paint them creates a bridge between me and what is out there, happening around me,” she says. “Painting combines looking with thinking and feeling, and blends intuition with invention. It is work that allows me to completely focus on the things I care about. My paintings are stories of the things that draw me in.”

For Boswell, her own story has always been about creating art — even though the journey to finding her niche as a wildlife artist took a few twists and turns to reach.

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“Painting combines looking with thinking and feeling, and blends intuition with invention.”

“I grew up drawing, like so many little kids, and just never stopped,” says Boswell.

From her early years working at Hallmark Cards to creating “cute and fluffy” artwork for the Brushcreek Creative Company, Boswell has worked hard to find her place and passion.

From working in children’s illustration and design to wildlife and botanical art, Boswell’s passion for exactness and fascination with both wild and commonplace things has led her to the latest chapter in her own artistic story.

“One formative position was as art director and designer at Brushcreek Creative. [I created] kids books, plush design, cards, toys, baby bedding design, innovative back-to-school paper products, paper party plates — creative concepts and design and illustration for manufacturers to use on their products,” says Boswell. “That was a terrific mid-career turn. I again learned so much from the talented people around me. But that kind of relentless creating on the run was, well, exhausting and I arranged for a beach house with no phone on the Gulf Coast for a year to regroup.”

That regrouping led her to an artistic journey into landscapes and oil painting, which Boswell admits was her first love.

“I worked listlessly on landscapes within walking distance, then I began to enjoy everything again“ says Boswell. “That urge landed me in the Missouri Ozarks on 50 acres of trees, mossy rocks, wild animals, Turnback Creek and a decrepit pre-Civil War grist mill. I was out of my element and unable to regroup for a while,” Thanks to her neighbor, a retired botany professor, she found her way to illustrating native plants and botanicals, work she enjoyed despite a lack of connection with the artists who shared her craft.

Although she loved the work and even won Best in Show at an American Society of Botanical Artists event, she decided to turn in a different direction with her work.

That final change was what led her to her current chapter: One she is thoroughly enjoying.

“In my mailbox one day was a brochure about Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition and an application. I still have no idea who sent it, but it was a great idea,” says Boswell. “So I went back to oil, started studying, drawing and painting Ozark wildlife, and have been happily exhibiting for quite a few years.”

Her style is a simple one that combines a skilled combination of realism and creativity.

“My style is realistic, but l like to leave some things to the imagination, a bit of mystery, not too much unnecessary detail, more of an illusion of great detail,” says Boswell. “I believe life is too short to paint hair. I don’t strive for simply a pretty depiction, but one with something extra.”

For Boswell, that means keeping things simple and letting the art do the rest.

“My pallet is very simple, usually just 8 colors, and very heavy on the warms,” she says.

Finding inspiration is easy enough, says Bowell, whose favorite subject matter is the black bear.

“Something I’ve noticed many times during the botanical work and now in wildlife is the catching of interest from a viewer,” she says. “What I mean is that moment when someone realizes that a critter, bird, or plant can be worth spending hours and hours and all your skills and heart to put its image down in oil. I love it when a viewer gets inspired, maybe falls in love, even, or says, ‘Wow. I didn’t know they really looked like that!’ I see that as appreciation of the animal, not of me. And I think that’s a small victory.”

You can see Boswell’s work at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

RICHARD CLIFTON Painter Richard Clifton is surrounded by plenty of inspiration for his work. The two-time Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year, in 2015 and 2018, lives on a historic family farm that adjoins a National Wildlife Refuge in rural Delaware — and is grateful for any chance he has to gather reference material.

“I can sit and watch waterfowl at work all day,” he says.

“Something about them flying around, setting their wings — I find it mesmerizing and inspiring at the same time.”

While much of Clifton’s inspiration for his acrylic paintings comes from the beauty he finds in his own backyard, Clifton’s unique style doesn’t necessarily reflect a specific place or location.

Clifton, whose subjects are highly detailed and realistic, are painted on a background that is void of those same details — which is by design.

“I leave the background to the viewer’s imagination,” says Clifton, describing the settings of his paintings as impressionistic.

“That lets people use their imagination and relate it to someplace that they know.”

A self-taught wildlife artist, Clifton has loved his chosen subject of waterfowl since he was a young boy, growing up on a farm in his native Delaware. While he was exposed to art in school, his unique style is a reflection of his own diligence toward his craft.

“I suppose I developed my own way of doing things, which I think helped me create my own unique style,” says Clifton.

Clifton, who has been a working artist for almost 30 years, is known for his award-winning duck stamp work. He has painted 51 winning duck stamps from various states, including the 1996 Australian Duck Stamp, and the 2007-2008 Federal Duck Stamp.

His latest wins are the 2017-18 Louisiana, Oregon, North Carolina and Nevada State Duck Stamps.

While winning duck stamp art competitions may be what Clifton is known for in his genre, he admits the journey was one that took him some time and effort to reach.

“There’s a big learning curve,” says Clifton. “I always felt like that format matched my style of painting. The first duck stamp [contest] I won was out in Idaho. From there, you just take your skills and get better.”

His success as a duck stamp winning artist has helped Clifton garner a loyal following among collectors, he says.

“For a lot of people who would possibly collect your work, winning a duck stamp is a way to verify the fact that you are good and collectable.”

In addition to showing his work at the Waterfowl Festival, Clifton’s work has also appeared on magazine covers, T-shirts, a beer stein for Coors brewing company, and engraved on shotguns for Ducks Unlimited, and other related products. He recently appeared on “D.U. TV” in an episode about his wildlife art, conservation efforts, and waterfowl hunting on his farm.

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Artist Profiles

KEVIN & JAY FLEMING They share the same genes, last name and a special talent for capturing and telling important stories with their camera lenses — with a special affinity for the inspiration that their own hometown landscapes provides. But for father and son photographers Kevin and Jay Fleming — both accomplished award winners Kevin Fleming with their own styles and accolades — each has their own story to tell.

For the senior Fleming, Kevin, that story began at his high school and college newspapers at nearby Wesley College and eventually led him to travel the world as a photojournalist for National Geographic. His assignments have taken him into war and famine in Somalia, to the Mediterranean for a re-creation of the voyage of Ulysses and put him on a dogsled crossing the Canadian arctic. According to Kevin, he has worked in 28 countries, photographing subjects as diverse as the subatomic world of high-energy physics and New Zealand sheep ranchers.

“I’m probably best known in the photojournalism world for getting the only photographs of President Anwar Sadat’s assassination in Egypt in 1981,” says Fleming. “I photographed war and famine in Somalia and Ethiopia in the early ’80s.”

These days, the selfproclaimed farm boy from Kent County, Del., is perfectly content to photograph the wildlife and natural beauty he finds in his native home.

“I prefer wildlife and nature — it is much less likely to get me shot,” says Fleming, who has published 27 books including Wild Delaware, Wild Delmarva and The Beach, a book about wildlife and nature on the Delaware coast. “I am very lucky to have lots of great wildlife locations close to home. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and Cape Henlopen State Park are only a few miles away from home.”

To get those shots, Fleming doesn’t need to hop on a plane, he just has to set an early alarm. He isn’t complaining one bit.

“When I’m working on a wildlife and nature book I’m up well before sunrise pretty much every day that the weather

and light allow,” he says. “Sunrise is my favorite time and I’m usually where I want to photograph at least a half hour before sunrise.”

Some photographs happen more serendipitously than others, he admits.

“Wildlife photography can be a challenge and the only way to get great photographs is to be there when things are happening,” he says. “Sometimes you get lucky and get a photograph you really like in just minutes. More often, you have to go out day after day to get what you want.”

While Fleming’s resume and legacy is well cemented with his lifelong body of work, his legacy will inevitable include passing along his passion for wildlife and photography to son, Jay, who has come into his own as an award-winning photographer in his own right.

The junior Fleming, known for his promotion of conservation through his work, uses his photography to foster an appreciation of the natural world that he has loved his entire life.

“I hope to promote conservation through photos,” he says.

“I would love to combine my passion for conservation and photography.”

Jay got his start as a shutterbug with a hand-me-down Nikon when he was only 13, accompanying his father on assignments.

“That eventually led to me taking my own trips to remote locations at odd times to catch the right light,” says Jay, who garnered a grand prize in the Environmental Protection Agency’s photography contest via unanimous vote when he was just 14. “That sparked my interest and I have been pursuing wildlife photography ever since. Finding aspects of our natural world that few have seen inspires me to keep

“They share the same genes, last name and a special talent for capturing and telling important stories with their camera lenses but each has their own story to tell.”

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searching for the right subject in the right light.”

Jay studied economics at St. Mary’s College, but quickly realized that a life behind a desk crunching numbers was not his calling. He and his camera spent two summers studying the native cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone National Park and not only found a new way to tell the story of that population but found his calling as a photographer — to capture viewpoints that had likely not been considered or captured with a lens.

“The thing about photography that I love most is that it keeps me motivated to continue exploring and to get out. Photography allows me to see many different subjects,” says Jay. Though beginning under the tutelage of his father, Jay says he quickly and naturally developed a photographic style and identity all his own.

It is his love of the outdoor world combined with his desire to capture images of nature in new ones that push him to continuously grow as a photographer. His muse, like his father’s, can be found in his own backyard as he finds the Chesapeake Bay region particularly enchanting, mainly due to the stories of the people interacting with it.

“There are so many creeks and rivers to explore in the watershed,” says Jay. He has developed a following and fame for his use of the lens to document those stories along the Chesapeake Bay. Those stories include a variety of people interacting with the water — whether it be fishing, crabbing, oystering or boats, as well as wildlife on the water and under the water.

That passion culminated into his first book, Working the Water, which is now in its third printing. The book, a visual

Jay Fleming

narrative of the lives of those individuals whose livelihood is directly dependent upon the Chesapeake Bay, is comprised of photographs of seasoned watermen, scenic seascapes, weathered workboats and bay bounty.

Nowadays, Jay has shifted his storytelling into a new book about island life on Smith and Tangier islands. He wants to document all aspects of Smith Islanders and Tangier Islanders unique lives — the watermen, the infrastructure, architecture, family life, and religion before it’s gone.

“I want to elaborate on that, show what life is like for people on these islands, show the religion, what it’s like in the homes, what the women on the islands do, the food, the wildlife, the infrastructure. There are a lot of really great people out there, the nicest people you’ll ever meet. I love being out there and from a historical perspective,” said Jay in a recent interview.

“It’s important to document them because the islands are under a lot of pressure physically from environment.”

Visit both Flemings at Art at the Museum.

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Artist Profile

JIM GREEN It has been a journey with many twists and turns, but for sculptor Jim Green, art has been a constant in one way or another for his entire life. Green’s bronze sculptures are forged from three complementary sides of a Western life: time in the outdoors; technical experience in industrial workshops; and, most of all, love of nature he says.

“My dad was a gifted artist and an engineer — he started me out as a kid,” says Green, who grew up learning how to weld and went to school to be a machinist.

Green went to work for the family foundry, working with numerous sculptors, including famed artist Dale Lamphere.

This work led to the development of a fine arts casting division of the foundry, which Green ran for 16 years.

“That’s when I became interested in bronze sculpture for myself,” says Green, who worked on his own sculpture work part time. “We did work for some very good artists. I got some very good pointers from them.”

Green’s journey took a small detour that included a brief stint in Utah working on neon signs before returning home to South Dakota to resume work at a new foundry.

Green says he made molds for other artists while using his earnings to pay for the equipment he would need to do his own metal work.

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“My passion is species that has some sort of concern.

The species that are endangered especially catch my eye.”

“When I had enough cultures to do my own show, I went into business as a full-time sculptor,” he said.

It was a long journey from creating casts and bases for other sculptors to having his own artwork to show. He credits his wife, Kara, for helping him make this transition.

“She is invaluable. I would not be doing it without her,” says Green.

For Green, learning all of the many components that come with sculpture has become a cornerstone of his work.

“When you are sculpting a piece of bronze, it is going to be around for a long time. It is important to get those details right,” says Green, who gathers the majority of his reference material from online research. “I like to do some deep research to find out who an animal is, what does it eat, how does it take care of its young. All of that helps me put together the story that I want to present.”

Green likes that his artwork allows him to convey those stories, as he uses his precise technical skills with metalworking and his artistry to create bronze sculptures rich with personality and details.

“Throughout my life, wherever I was, animals surrounded me. I remember the birds most — swallows cartwheeling over a cliff or vultures circling above a trail,” he says. “At one point it occurred to me that the easiest way to begin a conversation about how to keep and enjoy our wild places was through my art. This way I can help tell the stories of the animals right outside our own doors. Their stories are as engaging as our own.”

Describing himself as independent, Green chooses his subject matter based on his own interests as a conservationist.

“My passion is species that has some sort of concern.

The species that are endangered especially catch my eye,” he says. “I like to raise some kind of awareness of the conservation movement. I like the conversations that my sculptures bring to the table.”

These stories are found in many juried art shows, exhibitions, permanent exhibits, and private collections across the country and abroad. Green’s work can be seen in Benson Sculpture Park in Loveland, Colorado, and in two museums in South Dakota; it has won numerous sculpture awards, and is represented by eight respected galleries in Colorado, South Carolina, Florida, Maine, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

Visit with Green at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

THOMAS HORN Like many artists who achieve greatness in their craft, carver Thomas Horn grew up with an abundance of natural inspiration to surround him. Growing up on South Mountain in the town of Emmaus, PA, gave Horn a love and appreciation for nature that would remain part of his artistic story into adulthood.

He carved his first bird at the age of 13 and has been carving in some form ever since.

Following graduation from Kutztown University with a Fine Arts degree, Horn took on a career as a goldsmith, creating custom jewelry. It was a serendipitous visit to the rainforest of Peru that set him on his path to carving birds. He was inspired to start carving wood — something he had not done since he was a teenager. Applying his metalworking skills, Horn was able to create elaborate plants and branches for the exotic colorful birds that he sculpts.

According to Horn, he remains inspired by that visit to the rainforest. His art is created with various types of wood and metal to replicate small portions of the tropical rainforest he loves so much. Just like his tropical subject matter, the foundation that Horn uses to create a lifelike base is nothing short of exotic. He uses bass or tupelo wood to carve his subjects — which include everything from tropical songbirds to toucans — and takes special care to create unique

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“Many of these sculptures tell a story and all illustrate the natural environment in which each species lives.”

depictions of his subject’s tropical habitat. Delicate in nature, these functional bases require the use of materials such as brass, copper and steel with many layers of acrylic paint used to bring the finished piece to life.

Horn has been exhibiting at the Festival since 2010, an annual visit he said he looks forward to. He was the Festival’s Master Carver in 2015.

“From the very first time I visited the Waterfowl Festival I knew I wanted to showcase my work here,” says Horn. “I had never seen an art show that dedicated a whole town to wildlife art. My experience here has been great as I have met lots of wonderful people and have loved the opportunity to display my art.”

Known for his attention to detail, Horn spends hundreds of hours researching and completing his “Signature Series” carvings.

“They are considered the pinnacle of my art. Accuracy and craftsmanship are only one aspect,” says Horn. “Many of these sculptures tell a story and all illustrate the natural environment in which each species lives.”

All his birds are created with various types of wood and textured to replicate actual feathers while plants and branches are typically created from brass, bronze and steel.

“The entire sculpture is hand painted with acrylic and oil paints to give them a lifelike appearance,” says Horn.

That attention to detail has earned Horn numerous accolades for his artistry including several titles at the Ward World Championships. His art can be found in museums, public wildlife institutions, and private collections.

Visit Horn at Art at the Museum.

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“My work with feathers gives me a satisfying perch from which to view the world.”

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CHRIS MAYNARD

Like many artists, feather “sculptor” Chris Maynard is fascinated by his subject matter. For Maynard, a biologist and ecologist, that love of birds is buoyed by one particular part of his chosen subject matter’s anatomy — their feathers. For Maynard, they are a small piece of perfection that, once shed or discarded by their owners, he is able to recycle into art.

“They are a miracle of function, beauty, and evolution—a structural pinnacle of life’s achievement,” says Maynard. “They make flight possible; insulate against water, sun and wind; and their colors and patterns help them hide and attract mates.”

The Washington state native, who makes his debut at this year’s Waterfowl Festival, assembles shadowboxes of cut feathers depicting the silhouettes of birds as they sing, perch, and swoop across the canvas.

He has spent virtually his entire life working with feathers — and in awe and wonder of their majestic owners. What made him select feathers as his medium of choice? For Maynard, that answer is simple and remains the crux of what inspires him as an artist.

“Birds can symbolize so much. Feathers are a perfect form of art — they are incredible,” says Maynard. “Both of these inspiration sources come from the fact that birds can fly and I cannot. But I long to. I have this feeling in my body of flight like weightlessness and soaring and express it through my art.

I encourage this kinesthetic feeling of movement by turning on my music in the studio and dancing.”

Maynard’s own flight to becoming an artist began like many others — as a child surrounded by early artistic influences.

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“I have an early model of what it is to be a professional artist — my mother. She didn’t actively encourage me so much as she made sure I wasn’t discouraged,” says Maynard.

“That is important because I believe we all have art inside us, just as we all have the capability to be good at math. But tiny things can act as lifetime discouragements — such as a young student having another kid in class draw something, like say, a duck, that the teacher appreciates while not appreciating my drawing.”

Maynard pursued a career in biology and ecology, spending the early part of his career with the State of Washington, where he worked to improve flows for salmon below the dams where the region gets most of its electric power.

“It was intense and not very creative. I liked the work but I like being creative more,” admits Maynard, who reflects on the impacts his work in the hydropower industry may have had on his natural environment. “When we try to do something, we often have another effect that we hadn’t planned on. I feel like now, when I create my art, I’m not focusing on a specific concern, but am hopefully inspiring people to take a break to see things a bit differently and foster an appreciation and understanding of the natural world.”

Maynard recalls working with feathers as early as the age of 12, utilizing heirloom forceps, eye surgery scissors, and magnifying glasses passed down through his family. He worked part time on his art, building up enough work to be able to turn his fascination into a full-time occupation.

Maynard, a member of Society of Animal Artists and Artists for Conservation, has combined his backgrounds in biology and ecology into not only his art, but also a tabletop book and engaging and informative talks on the beauty, function, and meaning of feathers.

“Fostering appreciation and understanding of the natural

world has always been my mission. For tens of thousands of years when we were hunters and gatherers, we lived closely with animals, observed them; depended directly on them.

We ate them. They ate us. Animals were the focus of our arts; depicting people was secondary. Now, just in the last few thousand years, we live in cities and are surrounded by each other and animals are a small part of our consciousness— though we still depend on them directly and indirectly.

Humans are now the largest foci of our art and animals — except perhaps pets [which] play a minor part. I like to keep the Paleolithic tradition going in a small way through my art,” says Maynard. “People often say my art reminds them of M.C. Escher. I like his work. I don’t usually try for the Escher effect but we both have the same major theme of our work - transformation. Birds’ body feathers overlap in diamond or triangle shaped patterns that fill up the outer body space of the bird—Escher called that ‘tessellation’.”

Maynard has developed his own unique style of depicting those feathers and the flight of his subjects, keeping his material simple.

“Unlike a sculptor of clay or an artist painting on a black canvas, feathers are my only line and shape and color, so the placement of each piece, the layout, the design is central to my art,” he says. “Everything has to be placed perfectly in order to end up with a unity of design. Expertise comes with immersing myself in feathers and thoughts of designs, experimenting, and practice.”

Maynard’s book, Feathers, Form and Function: What feathers are, how they work, and why we find them alluring, provides insight into how feathers grow, how they evolved, what they are made of, and what they do for the birds.

Visit Maynard and his work at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

TERRY MILLER As with many artists, Terry Miller always knew he had a creative side, but his journey to find his artistry has been a colorful and winding one.

“Becoming an artist was there from the start — as I recall always doodling and drawing when I was a child,” says the former special education teacher, whose father was also an artist. “He gave all that up to raise his family and start and maintain his business” until he retired.

For Miller, his journey included art school, working in several

Manhattan-based architectural firms with several career changes in between before he ultimately returned to school for his teaching degree.

It was a trip to Africa, to the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania and the National Parks of Kenya, that sealed his fate as an artist.

“I drew a bit on weekends and in free time and amassed enough work to participate in my first large scale, group art show,” says Miller. I was so plugged into the animals — especially the cats and the elephants — I never would have

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“I enjoyed being able to ride less then 10 minutes from my home to stand with cows as they grazed peacefully in their pastures...” suspected that all of those accumulated experiences of those 28 or 29 days all came in the form of drawings of lions and elephants,” says Miller, who has since traveled back to Africa for six more journeys for inspiration.

That fateful trip to Africa was also the journey that led Miller to find his chosen and exclusive medium choice of graphite, also known colloquially as pencil art. Miller uses various grades of graphite portraying textural contrasts of wood, stone, water, animal hide and other natural elements to bring depth, dimension and emotion to his works.

“I returned from that trip and did several graphite drawings, basically as personal memories of my time in Africa with no intention of pursuing drawing as a profession or chosen medium,” says Miller. “I see all the elements in my drawings as basic, simple shapes to start with, and how those shapes interact with each other ultimately to form an interesting design.“ Miller uses those abstract shapes to help develop the realistic image.

“Once those shapes have been established, then I figure out what each of those shapes will become, so a square shape may turn into the side of a barn. The triangular shape that I have placed partially in front of that square shape may become an interesting tree form or a grouping of several horses that seem to resemble a triangle in the way in which they are grouped.

It all starts in the abstract and slowly is transformed into the realist images that define my finished drawings.”

While it took a trip halfway across the world to bring Terry Miller’s artistic side to the surface, the esteemed graphite artist admits that some of his favorite muses exist in the everyday things that we often overlook.

“Much inspires me as an artist and I find it interesting that that inspiration changes and comes at me from different places on a constant basis,” says Miller. “Today, I find inspiration in things that most people might overlook or pass by and not take notice of — such as the way shadows fall across an old fence line or the texture of old, rusted ironwork, or peeling paint on the corner of an old building, and how to juxtapose

my favorite animal subjects into interesting compositions featuring those rather mundane elements.”

Regardless of what the inspiration is, Miller said he admits his fondness for animals inevitably comes through in all that he creates.

“I’ve always, though, included the animal kingdom in my work, even when that representation might be only tiny indications of birds flying in a larger landscape,” says Miller, whose decision to move to central Maryland helped provide even more inspiration close to home. “I enjoyed being able to ride less then 10 minutes from my home to stand with cows as they grazed peacefully in their pastures, yet again, finding a new inspiration for my art as I had not considered the more domestic side of the animal kingdom as possible subject matter until moving to Maryland.”

While Miller has since moved to a more urban setting, not far from the nation’s capital, he remains surrounded by multiple sources of inspiration.

“New inspirations abound in my new neighborhood as I often walk along Sligo Creek, which is less than a quarter mile from my home and is a wonderful, natural environment where I frequently see deer and continue to find much to get my creative juices flowing for ideas for new work,” says Miller.

You can find Miller at Art at the Armory.

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“Waterfowl is my muse ... so naturally this show is my most cherished!”

Artist Profile

HEATHER ORKIS Heather Orkis loves ducks — and loves shooting them, too.

Perhaps not in the same way many of us associate with all things waterfowl related, however.

“I have been asked to speak at a few sportsmen shows. As a woman talking to a male-dominated audience, I am proud to explain how hunting and hunters teach me ways of conservation and how to find and shoot the ducks that I love so [that] I shoot with a Canon,” she laughs.

Shooting with her lens has always given Orkis joy and the chance to get close to her favorite subject matter — the animals and waterfowl that reside in her native home in rural Delaware.

“We live on 12 acres in the woods with a couple of seasonal ponds, frequented by wood ducks,” she says. “Our property is a safe haven for the local deer and fox. We have even spotted a bobcat a couple of times. We have a wide variety of songbirds and migratory warblers. We plant butterfly and bird friendly native plants to encourage our friends to stay.”

For Orkis, photography has always been a part of her life — but it was not until recently that she found ways to connect her two loves of photography and animals together.

“When our kids were younger and active in sports, I loved to photograph them. As the kids got older, and our work schedules changed, I found myself with more time on my hands. This gave me the opportunity to teach myself more about photography and to find wildlife to capture,” says Orkis. “I am completely self-taught, trial and error. I work shift work so my ‘weekends’ are other’s workdays, which affords me more quiet time outside.”

While her subject matter may vary, Orkis admits a fondness for the animal kingdom.

“I love animals — all animals — I prefer to shoot animals other then anything else,” says Orkis. “Ducks are my favorite. I like the challenge of finding them and being able to hide from them to capture a shot. I never thought that I would own camo or waders!”

Getting right into her subject’s natural habitat allows Orkis to capture images that have become her signature style.

“I like up close and personal shots, I like detail and color,” says Orkis.

Whether she is in the water, scouting her latest webbed subject or traveling north to see the migratory winter sea ducks, Orkis says she often has the best shooting companion by her side — her husband, Rick.

“He has built me a duck blind out over the water, on one of our ponds, I spend hours in there,” says Orkis. “Rick is always there to hold a lens, switch out a camera body or to just sit with me quietly while we wait for the ducks to fly in. In the winter he drives us hundreds of miles away and walks out a mile on a sea-washed jetty so I can see the harlequins. He is my biggest fan and supporter.”

Orkis looks forward to her annual visit to the Waterfowl Festival, where she appreciates the chance to share stories and anecdotes with her fellow shutterbugs and conservationists.

“The Festival is my most favorite show of the year — the Chesapeake Bay Estuary is where my family and I live and play,” says Orkis. We are all advocates of conservation. Waterfowl is my muse ... so naturally this show is my most cherished!”

Visit with Orkis and our other photographers at Art at the Museum.

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Artist Profile

GEORGE RAAB George Raab has gained an international reputation for his distinct intaglio prints depicting the landscapes of his favorite places in the American wilderness. The native Canadian is always looking for more subtle, hidden areas of the natural world and perpetually seeks to tell those stories in the best way he can — through the equally elusive art of intaglio printmaking.

“Printmaking, my chosen medium, is very indirect and elusive.

My original etchings are varying combinations of drawing, etching, aquatinting, photography, and painting. Each medium has something to say and I never know exactly what it is until I peel the print away from the plate.”

Raab says he found his medium of choice — after working in several different mediums. Intaglio printmaking, a medium that back to the 16th century, is, quite literally, the opposite of relief printing. The artist creates an image by incising or cutting into the surface area. Raab creates his images by creating grooves and textures below the surface of zinc or copper plates. In etching, primarily used to create lines, the surface of the plate is covered with a liquid acid-resistant wax material.

Tools are used to draw through the wax, also called ground, so that when immersed in an acid bath, the exposed metal is bitten. Using an etching needle, Raab draws through the ground to expose the metal that lies beneath. When the plate is immersed in an acid bath, any lines and the lines which have been drawn are etched away.

“I incise my image below the surface of the copper or zinc plate, creating grooves and textures. The ink is wiped from the surface and stays trapped in the areas which have been removed by tools and acids,” says Raab. “The longer it stays in the acid the deeper the bite, the more ink it will hold and the darker the resulting tone will be. With intaglio the ink sits right up on the paper and a really deep bite creates a raised area which almost casts shadows.”

During this stage of the process, Raab must now decide whether to work exclusively on the plate or, instead, expose a hand-manipulated photographic positive on high contrast film onto the metal.

“I find the ability to merge the traditional techniques of etching and aquatinting with computer technology exhilarating and overwhelming,” says Raab. “I have spent decades developing photographs and film positives in my darkroom for my etchings.

When positive film was no longer being made, I converted my filmbased photographs into digital images.”

This has opened up options for him as a printmaker, says Raab, who can create much larger pieces of art.

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“Natural areas sustain me and my printmaking is an excuse to dwell there.”

“I began to combine two-by-three-foot zinc plates and made etchings that were comprised of up to nine plates. They were printed on three attached pieces of paper and were six-by-nine feet in size. I extended the bed of my etching press to eight feet in order to pull six foot images on a single piece of etching paper,” says Raab. “Most recently, I pulled an etching that is made up of five full etching plates that is fourby-11 feet. Being able to push the size of my intaglio prints is significant since the medium is generally known for its small and intimate images.”

The larger size prints also give him more creative expression.

“The centuries old rich tones and textures of the fused rosin powder aquatints which I continue to use and which so aptly captures my impressions of the landscape, merges well with my digitally enlarged format,” says Raab.

As an artist, Raab has worked hard to achieve his goal of interpreting and sharing the wonders of the natural world through his prints — and hopes his work will help others see their importance.

“The wilderness is a constant source of aesthetic and spiritual inspiration to me. I turn to these unspoiled areas for a sense of peace and solace,” he says. “All of my work is dedicated to interpreting the visual harmony of our natural heritage.”

For Raab, that means surprises, appreciation and lots of introspection.

“They portray the subtle and inspiring wilderness in less well-known areas of Canada and the United States. I believe that it is only in nature where we can truly find peace and solace. I hope that my landscapes allow viewers to inject their own sense of place into them,” says Raab. “I also hope that my complex and contemplative etchings reflect my environmental concerns and inspire viewers to protect the areas depicted. I am committed to the preservation of our natural heritage in terms of how and where I live and the prints that I produce as an artist.

Raab’s work remains grounded in his own love for the exploration of natural ecosystems.

“My work touches a common chord of familiarity amongst viewers,” he says. “There is a sense of primal longings, seasonal changes, and the mystery of the wild lands we need in order to better know ourselves. Natural areas sustain me and my printmaking is an excuse to dwell there.”

Visit with Raab at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

NANCY TOME For Nancy Tome, life as a wildlife artist is about as good as it gets. When she isn’t traveling around the country in her pink Winnebago with her dog, Bunky, Tome is in her studio, depicting via her canvas and paintbrush, images of the animals she loves so much.

Self taught as an artist, Tome left the public relations field to work as a freelance illustrator for the Los Angeles Zoo. “Since I was a kid, I’ve always drawn and doodled animals.

As I grew older, that continued as a hobby in my spare time,” says Tome, who started volunteering at the LA Zoo as a tour guide. According to Tome, the assignment came as a result of her desire to pursue a career in zoology. A member of the zoo’s graphic design team saw some of her work and suggested that she try her hand at decorating the signage around the zoo.

The rest, they say, is history.

“That was my lightbulb moment that started me on my professional art journey,” she says. “Since then, I am continually trying to challenge myself and hone my skills with every painting.”

For Tome, the chance to combine her love of art and her lifelong passion for the animal world, is a perfect marriage.

Working mainly with acrylics, Tome uses bold colors combined with intense detail to depict everyday behaviors displayed by animals in their natural environment. According to Tome, her goal is to portray the emotion of the moment and a “moment in time” of that animal’s daily life. While she is known to paint a variety of subject matter, her love of all animals remains evident in her work.

“I am, and always have been, inspired by nature,” she said.

“I am a huge bird nut so I tend to gravitate towards painting birds but I will change it up once in a while and do something with fur or scales.”

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“I feel that any time I can be a part of something that benefits wildlife, especially birds, I am all in.”

Emotion is a strong component of her artwork and appealing to the emotional side of an animal’s existence, in a positive way, is an important factor to her art, says Tome. She accomplishes this by always finding new ways to challenge herself as an artist — and as a result, adds dimension to her subjects.

“I challenge myself to do different things. Whether it is

wrinkles, different lighting or an animal with monochromatic fur, I am always trying to challenge myself in that way,” she says.”Being that I am entirely self taught, I believe my style of painting has evolved to a unique style of realism but still capturing the emotion in the piece.”

Gathering reference material is an important part of her process. Tome has traveled all over the United States and uses research obtained from travel, zoos and private collections to compile all of her knowledge and understanding of an animal and its environment into a realistic and emotional scene. Tome admits that as much as she loves to travel, some of her best inspiration is just a few miles from her Florida home.

“I live in beautiful Southwest Florida in the Fort Myers area — I have access to some of the most amazing natural areas and wildlife to inspire my paintings,” she says.

As a self-proclaimed “bird nut”, Tome is excited for her Waterfowl Festival debut and the chance to be part of an event that supports conservation.

“The Chesapeake is a complicated and an important ecological system for birds and other wildlife,” she says. “I feel that any time I can be a part of something that benefits wildlife, especially birds, I am all in.”

Tome, a past judge for both the Florida Junior Duck Stamp and the Federal Junior Duck Stamp competitions, is also a member of the prestigious Society of Animal Artists and former board member of the Friends of Florida Panther Wildlife Natural Refuge.

Visit Tome at Art at the Armory.

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“I became obsessive about wildlife and its needed conservation.”

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TERRY WOODALL Living in the same region one’s entire life has its benefits, and for artist Terry Woodall, when that place is the Pacific Northwest — one of the most picturesque areas of the world — one’s chosen life as an artist is filled with perpetual sources of inspiration.

Born and raised in an inland valley of Southern Oregon, Woodall moved 100 miles to the west to raise his family on the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. He has spent 38 years on the same forestland property. “I have 6.5 acres of myrtlewood and conifer trees, which is three miles from a large ocean bay [Coos Bay],” says Woodall. “All of this location and natural areas completely inspires me every day, and is instrumental in what I produce as art, from the subjects to the medium and resources.”

Woodall describes his interpretive sculpture as “free form” carving, which blends the natural forms of the tree with a carved figure. A true conservationist committed to preserving the forestland that has surrounded him throughout his life, Woodall only uses recycled materials.

“I use only salvaged materials from forest windfalls and ocean-digested trees,” he says, explaining that he salvages his own raw materials from trees naturally downed, maintaining a deep appreciation of his native woods, coastline, and the wildlife living there.

From his studio workshop near the coast, Woodall says he finds inspiration by observing local Northwest elk, deer, bear, raptors and spawning salmon.

“The love of these forests, the fine wood and newfound sea life subjects propelled me along the road to creating unique wildlife expressions in sculpted wood,” he says. “Observing marine life on the coast near my studio is always one of my most thrilling experiences, and those subjects continue to be favored in my workshop.”

Woodall’s journey as an artist began in the 1970s, while working at Winston Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore. “I became inspired by the expressions of trees through their wood and in the forests of the west coast,” he says. “I became obsessive about wildlife and its needed conservation. It was then that I pursued the skill set of carving exotic woods into wildlife figures.”

Woodall spent five years at a woodworking and carving operation on the Oregon coast learning to carve animals and birds using native myrtlewood, a beautiful and exotic tree that grows only in western Oregon and California. “After five years of learning and refining many skills at the myrtlewood factory, I established my own business of producing and wholesaling myrtlewood carvings of wildlife, sea life and bird life,” he says.

“This business gave me the flexibility of creating more major works of art, which was my ultimate goal — to take my wood sculptures to a fine art level, which was a daunting challenge in the competitive world of the wildlife art genre.”

As is apparent by numerous accolades and awards amassed in more than four decades of sculpting, Woodall attributes his

success and longevity as an artist to his constant study of his subjects.

“I reached the level of work that you see today with 40 years of practice, and constant study of the wildlife subjects from a library of photos, many from National Geographic Magazine, and my own field studies and photos,” he says. “I also do many sketches of different poses and angles of the animals, usually pertaining to a specific carving.”

For Woodall, sharing the importance of wildlife appreciation and conservation of the natural resources that have provided him with so much inspiration is an important part of his artistic journey.

“In this world today, conservation missions are of the utmost importance, and working as a wildlife artist gives me a powerful tool in perpetuating public knowledge and concerns for wildlife appreciation,” he says.

While Woodall has worked on creations of wildlife sculpture most of his life, he also enjoys managing a small tree farm in his native northwest and is an accomplished writer of articles on nature and nature art. He also gives lectures on his myrtlewood art and the trees that lend the medium as another venue of sharing his deep appreciation and knowledge of nature.

You can find Woodall at Art at the Armory.

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s Whether this is your first or your 48th visit to Easton’s fall classic, it is always a good idea to have a good touring plan for your day. Here are some sample itineraries to get you started on planning your Festival experience.

Sport to Your Hearts Delight

If the sporting world is your passion, this touring plan, featuring all things camouflage and outdoors is the way to spend your day. After breakfast, head to the amazing Artifacts exhibit at Easton High School.

Budget lots of time!

You can head next door to the Duck Stamp Exhibit and take a cruise through the Buy, Sell, Swap “traders’ bazaar” for unique finds and collectibles and explore the roots of our waterfowling heritage.

The collectors there love to show and tell from their amazing private collections.

Depending on the time of day, you can catch one of the preliminary rounds of the World Duck and Goose Calling Contests, which take place in the Easton High School auditorium. (Don’t forget to make a date to attend the championship rounds on Saturday night — it is a can’t miss event you won’t ever forget!)

Fill up on food and fun at the neighboring Elks Lodge, where you will want to take plenty of time to explore the Sportman’s Pavilion.

After you have had your fill of shopping, swapping and sporting, don that new camo and other gear over at the Bay Street Ponds or Easton Middle School DockDogs® demonstrations.

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Fine Art and Artistry

Start off with a tasty breakfast served daily at the American Legion at 29511 Canvasback Drive, before heading out for some of the best fall shopping around.

Head to downtown early to your pick of bus stops, which will provide you free transport to all of the action.

Our fine art locations — Art at the Academy, Art at the Pavilion, Art at the Armory and Art at the Museum Galleries — are all within walking distance of one another.

Fuel up with some lunch at one of the downtown food vendors — there are many to choose from — before hopping on a bus to Easton Middle School. There you can shop to your heart’s delight at the Chesapeake Marketplace and Festival Shoppes which have plenty of great options for unique gifts for everyone on your shopping list!

Family Fun

The Waterfowl Festival offers a ton of fun for families and aspiring waterfowl enthusiasts of any age.

Fuel up with a tasty breakfast at the American Legion or at one of the many tasty local businesses before heading over to the Easton Middle School for the Kids Art Activities.

When your artists in training have completed their masterpieces, head outside and catch the hottest sport on four legs — the DockDogs® competition! It’s a perennial fan favorite and kid crowd pleaser!

Next you need to get your hands dirty with some handson fun at Easton High School.

Interactions include the chance to touch a turtle or rockfish at the Fishmobile or see live raptors and birds of prey in action.

Dog lovers should head straight over to the Bay Street ponds for the popular Retriever Demonstrations. Be sure not to miss the Fly Fishing demonstration where you can watch and try your hand (literally) at the quiet art of fly fishing.

Cap off your day with a stroll downtown and enjoy some of the musical entertainment that can be heard throughout the weekend.

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Workshops

Beginning & Intermediate Classes

Register online at WaterfowlFestival.org/ AdultClasses. Space is limited!

We are pleased to announce that Hillary Parker, a naturalist, educator and international award-winning watercolor artist, will be returning to Easton this year to offer two classes for two different levels of painters: intermediate artists and those who have always wanted to give painting a try. Check the website to see if there are spots left for these fantastic workshops!

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Painting Fins, Flies and Feathers in Watercolor Wednesday & Thursday, November 7 & 8 Wed. 5:30 - 8 p.m.: Intro & Studio Set Up Thurs. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Workshop This wonderful workshop is for everyone who loves fly fishing, waterfowl and art! Join Hillary Parker, naturalist and international award winning watercolor artist, for a comprehensive watercolor workshop that combines these passions and focuses on painting fascinating and intricate fly fishing lures and delicate feathers.

Students will have the option to focus on creating detailed watercolor studies of a wide variety of lures and the fish they catch, or enjoy learning to paint beautiful feathers that are often used to make lures such as, quail, grouse, duck, pheasant and peacock. This is an excellent opportunity for all artists with basic drawing and watercolor experience to build upon, fine tune and master their skills in a detailed and controlled approach to watercolors. Through engaging discussions and step by step demonstrations, Hillary challenges her students to develop and master watercolor techniques in form, texture and dry brush detail, while working individually with each artist to guide and encourage them to capture the details accurately in watercolors. *All art supplies will be provided.

Class fee is $150.00.

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This art event is a great way to enjoy some wine and meet new people, so grab your spouse or bring your friends, and join the party!

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Music

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here is nothing better than strolling through the town of Easton on an autumn afternoon. Add the festive feeling — and musical entertainment that accompanies Waterfowl weekend — and you might just have the picture of idyllic small town living at its best.

It is a popular treat for Festival-goers, who say it adds to the overall ambience of the weekend. According to Chair Tracie Thomas, that extra bit of detail makes the Festival atmosphere a bit more celebratory and is all part of the overall effort to make the Waterfowl Festival experience unforgettable.

“We hope to further enhance our visitors’ experience while walking to the various exhibits and enjoying the great atmosphere on the streets of Easton on Waterfowl Festival weekend,” she said of the musical entertainment, a mainstay since 2005. “The kids especially love it.”

Thomas, an active leader with the Festival for several years and musician herself, especially likes pulling together the concerts and performers each year.

“I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity to provide an entertaining atmosphere for our visitors — it really completes the atmosphere for the Festival,” she said.

“Working with our talented musicians is one of the most fun ‘jobs’ I’ve had as a Festival volunteer and chair.”

The full Festival music schedule is available online at waterfowlfestival.org/music.

Friday

On Friday night, Emma Myers & Friends will perform at the backyard of the Bullitt House from 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Thompson Park will feature two performances on Nov. 9: Kenny Haddaway (10:30 a.m. - Noon) and Shanna Rae Music (3-5 p.m.). The Academy Lawn will host St. Michaels Middle/High School’s choral group, under the direction of Amy Effler, (11 a.m. - Noon) and Wayne Wheeler & Alan Willoughby (1-3 p.m.)

Saturday

Emma Myers & Friends return on Saturday for two stints at Bullitt House — a morning show from 10 a.m. Noon, and a later performance there from 2-5:30 p.m.

Saved By Zero, a popular high-energy, ’80s-themed party band, can be seen during that break, from noon until 2 p.m., in a street concert Harrison Street next to Bannings. Saved by Zero features the best new wave, dance and one-hit wonder music that brings you right back to Pac-Man, Knight Rider and parachute pants while paying tribute to such bands like Duran-Duran, Talking Heads, Modern English, The Knack and The Cars.

Also on Saturday, the SMMHS choral group and Effler return for an encore gig from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Thompson Park, and the Mid-Shore Community Band entertains the crowd an hour later for a two-hour performance, starting at 2 p.m. Kenny Haddaway plays from 2:30 - 4 p.m., on the Academy Lawn to wrap up Saturday’s bill.

Sunday

Sunday wraps up the Festival with three musical acts: Emma Myers & Friends (10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., at Bullitt House); Wayne Wheeler & Alan Willoughby (1-3 p.m. at Thompson Park); and Trinity Blues with Steve Pittman (Noon - 2 p.m., on the Academy Lawn).

There are plenty of musical offerings to suit any taste during Festival weekend so be sure to head to downtown Easton throughout Festival weekend. You are sure to be entertained!

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Gallery

Painters

Jeff Birchill — North Augusta, SC Jim Green — Hermosa, SD Chris Maynard — Featherfolio LLC, Olympia, WA Kurt Robinette — Kurt Robinette Sculpture, Brigham City, UT Joe Waldroup — Waldroup Woodworks, Hayesville, NC Terry J. Woodall — North Bend, OR

Sandy Alanko — Tilghman, MD Al Barker — Bordentown, NJ Vivian Boswell — Springfield, MO Ray Brown — Lake Forest, CA Al Dornisch — Ridgway, PA Ned Ewell — Cockeysville, MD Rae Hamilton — Parkton, MD Carol Heiman-Greene — Orange, CA Laurie Snow Hein — Palm Beach Gardens, FL David Kiehm — Oneonta, NY Rebekah Knight — Appleton City, MO Rob Leslie — Turnersville, NJ Terry Miller — Takoma Park, MD Sara Linda Poly — Easton, MD Mary Pritchard — Chestertown, MD George Raab — Millbrook, ON, Canada Kelly Leahy Radding — Columbia, CT Steve Rogers — Lewes, DE Cathy Sheeter — Aurora, CO Wes and Rachelle Siegrist — Townsend, TN Martha Spak — Potomac, MD Nancy Tome — Fort Myers, MD James Turnanchik — Columbus, OH C. Keith Whitelock — Salisbury, MD Bruce Woodward — Sykesville, MD

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At the Waterfowl Building (Armory) 40 S. Harrison Street Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Painters and sculptors will be exhibiting in three downtown galleries: Art at the Armory, Art at the Avalon and Art at the Pavilion. Exhibitors welcome the opportunity to share their artistic talent with guests, both experienced collectors and those simply touched by one of the artists’ images. There is nothing like the thrill of purchasing one’s first significant piece of art directly from the artist!

Sculptors

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The Avalon Theatre 40 E. Dover Street Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Painters and sculptors will be exhibiting in three downtown galleries: Art at the Armory, Art at the Avalon and Art at the Pavilion. Exhibitors welcome the opportunity to share their artistic talent with guests, both experienced collectors and those simply touched by one of the artists’ images. There is nothing like the thrill of purchasing one’s first significant piece of art directly from the artist!

Ronnie Wells.

Painters Richard Clifton — Milford, DE Beverly Ford Evans — Franklin, TN Debra Howard — Crisfield, MD Art LaMay — Palm Coast, FL

Sculptor Ronnie Wells — Wells Gallery, Salado, TX

Beverly Ford Evans

Debra Howard

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Gallery

Academy Art Museum 106 South Street Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The spectacular contemporary artwork presented by the carving exhibitors, bears only distant resemblance to those early utilitarian decoy antecedents. The extraordinarily talented artists present a full range of sculptures depicting waterfowl, songbirds, and other wildlife.

Some of the nation’s foremost nature photographers provide us with a wide array of striking images, every one of which has a story to tell. These artists vividly demonstrate the wonderful depth and creativity that makes digital photography a contemporary art form. Many pieces are affordable and often may be purchased framed or unframed. Photographers also sometimes offer specialty items featuring their images.

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2018 Master Carver Jeff Rechin — Wildfowl in Wood, Amissville, VA

Carvers Tom Ahern — Tom Ahern Bird Sculpture, Bethlehem, PA Tom Baldwin — Akron, OH William S. Belote — The Great Marsh Waterfowl Carvings, Lewes, DE Audie Bloise — Moravian Falls, NC Mike Bonner — New Orleans, LA Randy Conner — Candor Hill Woodcarvings, Candor, NY Jack Cox — Elizabeth City, NC Bob Culver — Greenwood, DE Ivie A. Elliott, Jr. — Elizabeth City, NC Richard Finch — Richard Finch Artist, Valley Mills, TX Jan Fitch — Art In Wood, Wolfe Island, ON, Canada Ray Gold — Houma, LA Gene Hebert — Houma, LA Thomas Horn — Emmaus, PA Richard Jones — Richard Jones Sculptures, Kattskill Bay, NY Al Jordan — Birds in Wood, Rochester, NY Sina Kurman — Lakeview Studio, Alloway, NJ Mark Madden — Obsessed With Owls Woodcarving Studio, Wareham, MA

Doug Mason — Doug Mason Carvings, Carrying Place, ON, Canada Glenn A. McMurdo — McMurdo Carvings, Cobourg, ON, Canada David Robbins — DC Decoys, Vienna, MD D. Bennett Scott — Wildfowl Carvings, Berlin, MD Rich Smoker — R.W. Smoker Wildfowl Carving, Marion, MD Herb Watson — Pocomoke, MD Rick Watson — Atlantic, VA

Photographers Charles Bear — Charles Bear Photography, Jacksonsville, FL Joel Boches — Joel Boches Photography, Fairfax, VA Ken Conger — Ken Conger Photography, Lanexa, VA Jay Fleming — Jay Fleming Photography, Annapolis, MD

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Kevin Fleming — Kevin Fleming Photography, Rehobeth Beach, DE Mary Konchar — Konchar Photography, Easton, MD Tony Masso — Strong Castle Studio, Easton, MD Heather L. Orkis — Photography by Heather L. Orkis, Townsend, DE

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Gallery

Featured Artist Eric Tardif — Gatineau, QC, Canada

Painters In the Tents 40 S. Harrison Street Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Painters and sculptors will be exhibiting in three downtown galleries: Art at the Armory, Art at the Avalon and Art at the Pavilion. Exhibitors welcome the opportunity to share their artistic talent with guests, both experienced collectors and those simply touched by one of the artists’ images. There is nothing like the thrill of purchasing one’s first significant piece of art directly from the artist!

Sue de Learie Adair — Schenectady, NY Jill Basham — Trappe, MD Barrett Edwards — Naples, FL Matthew Hillier — Tunis Mills, MD David Lanier — Albany, GA Vladimir Piven — Annapolis, MD Julia Rogers — Easton, MD Nancy Tankersley — Easton, MD

Sculptors Fred Boyer — Fred Boyer Studio, Anaconda, MT Will Hemsley V — Will Hemsley Fine Art, Centreville, MD Karryl — Loveland, CO Ken Newman — Ken Newman Sculptures, Cambridge, ID Don Rambadt — Tanager Sculpture Works. Milwaukee, WI Larry Ringgold — Turtlepoint Driftwood Sculptures, Chesapeake Beach, VA Kim Shaklee — Nature In Bronze, Brighton, CO Pati Stajcar — Golden, CO David H. Turner & William H. Turner — Turner Sculpture, Onley, VA Steven Wegner & Stewart Wegner — Wegner Metal Arts, Fredericksburg, VA

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Conservation Partners

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Exhibitors

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Celebrating our excellent Maryland vintners, brewers and producers of other gourmet items, you are sure to have a tasty experience when you visit this popular venue. Offering wines and beers, cheeses and sweets, this is a palate-pleasing pavilion! In addition to needing a Festival badge or ticket to enter, there is a $10 fee for the wristband and glass that allows anyone 21 and older to taste the wines and beers.

Beer and wine by the glass is available for purchase, too.

Visitors may purchase bottles to take home.

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Hall of Fame Awards

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ach year since 1992, the Waterfowl Festival Hall of Fame Awards have been given in recognition of the commitment and impact that individuals have made on the Festival and in turn our community. Each person listed has had a significant hand in shaping our event into one of the premier wildlife and waterfowl art shows in the country. Please join us during Opening Ceremonies this year as we present the 2018 awards to Albert Pritchett, John Flohr and Henry Stansbury for their unfailing support.

Hall of Fame members have offered at least 10

years of significant support as a community volunteer, Festival leader, collector, artist or innovator. Nominations from the community are accepted each year in June and nominees can be active currently or retired from their active service with us.

Posthumous nominations are also accepted.

And if you see someone wearing a silver “Hall of Fame” badge during the Festival weekend, please thank them for all they’ve done!

“Hall of Fame” awardees will be honored at the Premiere Night opening ceremonies at the Avalon Theatre on Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.

Leaders in Wildlife Art, Leaders in Wildlife Art, Hall ofin FameWildlife Members Leaders Art, Conservation and Community: Conservation and Community: Conservation and Community: Our “Hall of Fame” Our “Hall of Fame” Our “Hall of Fame”

1992: Tan Brunet, Dan Brown, Art LaMay, Bill Perry, Joe Seme, Jim Sprankle, George Walker, Dr. Harry Walsh 1993: Henry A. Fleckenstein Jr., Gilbert J. Maggioni, Ernie Muehlmatt, Jimmie Vizier 1994: Al Barker, Heather Davidson, Patrick Godin, Bill Veasey 1995: Robert Koenke, Ann White 1996: Bruce Armistead, William Webster 1997: Russell Fink, Alfred King 1998: Bob Keller, Lou Satchell

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1999: Joan Richards, Ted Lewers 2000: Adele Earnshaw, Joe Garcia, George “Coot” Garton 2001: Penny Dietz, Bonnie Taylor, Rich Smoker 2002: Susie Carpenter, Bill Corkran 2003: Michael Hemming, D. Bennett Scott 2004: Bart Walter, William Reybold 2005: Alex Fountain, Betty Perry 2006: Martha Horner 2007: Scott Beatty 2008: Bruce Perry, Frank Sisster

2009: Butch and Bonnie Chambers 2010: Vance Strausberg 2011: David Maass 2012: Ed Itter, C. John Sullivan 2013: H. Hugh Dawkins, William C. Millar 2014: Rob Leslie 2015: Sylvia Gannon, Al Gipe 2016: Joan Crowley, Kim & Ron Newcomb 2017: Bob Blatchley, Kathy Dawkins, Don Rambadt 2018: John Flohr, C. Albert Pritchett, Henry Stansbury

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hroughout our 48-year history, the Festival has been managed and run by some very incredible, dedicated volunteers. Since 1992, we have offered special recognition to those who have shown

John Flohr first got involved with the Waterfowl Festival through the Jaycees and quickly evolved to become an integral part of our annual event.

Over his more than twenty years as a volunteer, John generously served as a Chair for everything from critical, behind-the-scenes operations such as ticket sales, cash management, transportation and security to becoming a Board member and leader for the organization for more than ten years.

During his final years on the Board John was heavily involved with Bill Perry in developing the Carving Gallery. His study and knowledge of the decorative carving art form helped elevate the Waterfowl Festival to status as a world class wildlife art show and enabled us to attract premier carvers of the time. John continues to provide feedback and guidance to the Carving Committee for that gallery even today. He also helped to establish the “Cocktail Decoy Auction” (now called “Make Way for Ducklings”) held on Premiere Night and the William A. Perry Scholarship Fund which continues to support highschoolers’ college dreams.

Hall of Fame Inductees

a drive to keep the Festival fresh and alive.

Our 2018 Hall of Fame Award winners have shaped who we are and enhanced our longstanding tradition of leadership in the world of waterfowl heritage and wildlife arts.

Albert Pritchett has been a

part of the Waterfowl Festival for almost as long as he can remember, having first started attending as a child. Since joining the Board in the 1990’s he has been instrumental in elevating the status of the Festival as a nationally renowned wildlife art event by strengthening the organization.

During his two terms as President in recent years, he has skillfully navigated the Festival “ship” to keep it afloat during both good and challenging times. During his long tenure as the Transportation Chairman, he also better organized us to ensure the safe movement of Festival visitors. Of particular note, his positive leadership and “can-do” attitude got the Festival staff and volunteers through the period when it was without an Executive Director. Albert’s enthusiasm and love for the Festival has kept him devoting his time and efforts to maintaining its position as the finest wildlife art event in the country.

Henry Stansbury has not

only been an exhibitor in the Harry M. Walsh Artifacts exhibition for many years, he has also been one of our most consistent and strongest supporters, advocates and ambassadors, too. A leading historian and author of several books about decoys and the history of carving, Henry has brokered many partnerships with regional heritage organizations such as the Ward Museum, the Maryland Historical Society and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, all with the goal of improving heritage experiences for our guests. “For more than thirty years, I have congregated at the artifacts exhibition with ‘waterfowl friends’ from around the country [during the Festival]. We all enjoy sharing memories of our region’s heritage along with some of the best decoys and artifacts from private collections with the Festival attendees.

Great stories and great fun!”

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etired fourth grade teacher and lifelong artist Jim Tingey has found a way to combine several of his loves — angling and painting — into a unique form of artwork.

With his studio, aptly named “Catch and Release Artwork,” Tingey offers his fellow anglers the chance to memorialize their trophy catch by capturing it in the form of a watercolor painting. The print comes complete with a hand-written section containing the date, size and location of the fish was caught.

Tingey, who describes himself as a flat taxidermist, believes his art is an ideal way for anglers who want to release a fish yet still remember that special trophy catch.

“What I do is create watercolors of the fish and they become memories for the anglers who caught that fish and don’t want it to be mounted or stuffed,” says Tingey. “Many of these finished pieces are for children and are as gifts. These are kids who have caught their first fish or have had great memory or a great time doing it.”

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print, when framed by you, will last a lifetime. This valuable copyrighted artwork can be easily displayed and passed on to generations as a family heirloom.

“What has really been fun, recently, as an artist, is to realize that the work I am producing, the memories that are being preserved on paper as a flat taxidermist, are going into homes where the artwork will be looked at for years to come and each time that person will remember that very special event.”

As a catch-and-release enthusiast, Jim Tingey has been angling and painting for more than 50 years. His artwork has been juried and shown in art shows, sold in fishing stores, displayed in restaurants and enjoyed by many around the world. Tingey said he started working as a flat taxidermist after spending years looking for alternatives to the mounting and photo method for memorabilia.

“Each painting reflects the great pride I take in my profession and belief in the catch-and-release concept as both an angler and conservationist,” says Tingey.

“Many of these finished pieces are for children and are as gifts.”

Look for “Catch and Release” at the Sportsman’s Pavilion.

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Exhibit

Gifts & Workshop

Easton Middle School 210 Peachblossom Road Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

In the Chesapeake Marketplace visitors can experience painters and carvers at work, demonstrating the techniques and skills required in their creative process. The Marketplace also is a great place to browse and shop the wide variety of hand-crafted wildlife art and giftware, including jewelry, clothing, carvings, and thousands of “one-of-a-kind” items.

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Cameron Bach & Kristin Quirk Clevenger — Quirk-n-Bach Pottery, Annapolis, MD

Jocelyn Beatty — Jocelyn Beatty Studio, West Middlesex, PA Vincent Ciesielski — Fine Feathers Studio, Harrisburg, PA Michael Cruz — Knotty by Nature, Keedysville, MD Joan & Michael Devaney — Secrets of the Universe, Salisbury, MD John DiNaro — Horse and Eagle Gallery, Bellport, NY Rose W. Doster — Artist, Rose Doster, Denton, MD Marci Freeman — By Hand at Water’s Edge, Hertford, NC Vincent Giannetto III — Beverly, NJ Bill Hickson — Wildfowl Carvings, Cordova, MD Aimo Hill & Carol Ann Heck — Artists, Annapolis, MD Shaari Horowitz — Sharon, CT Krissie Houseal — Edible Birdhouses, Salisbury, MD Bernie Houston — Sea Drift Sculptures, Laurel, MD Daniel Irons & Jonathan Irons — Iron Brothers, Youth Carvers,

Jocelyn Beatty

William Phillips — Kool Krabs, Middletown, MD Fran Phillips — Quillows by Fran, Easton, MD Karen C. Pruitt — Nassawadox, VA Len Rusin — North Tonawanda, NY Bill Schauber & Allan Schauber — Chestertown, MD Joseph Scott — Totes of the Town, Rehobeth Beach, MD John W. Sharp — Capt. John’s Fine Art, Centreville, MD The Shore Sisters, LLC — Baltimore, MD Michael & Susan Veasey — Northern Wings Decoys, Seaford, DE William Veasey — Elkton, MD Nick Vincent — Nathan’s Forge, LTD, Westminster, MD Ruth Govern — By The Bay Creations, Annapolis, MD

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Charles Jobes — Charles Jobes Decoys, Havre de Grace, MD Nauti Paws — Chester, MD Ellen Lawler — Salisbury, MD Jeff Lowman — Lowman Launch Guide, Severna Park, MD Joe McAllister — Turn Turn Turn, Hickory Corners, MI Ruth McGovern — By The Bay Creations, Annapolis, MD Robert Medura — Medura Original, Easton, MD Sheila Menkins — Pleasurethyme Waterfowl Antiques, Port Deposit, MD

David Murphy — David Murphy Artist, Annapolis, MD Peter B. Nevins — PBNevins Art, Centreville, MD Joan Orme — Joan Orme Photography, Easton, MD Russ Orme — Easton, MD Chris & Joe Pagano — Walnut Street Studio, Wiconisco, PA Don Parks — St. Michaels, MD Carol Pedrick — Sundrift Glass, Greenbackville, VA Courtney and Lee Peterson — Courtney Design, Lincoln University, PA

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Activities

The Waterfowl Festival works hard each season to assure that the to make sure the next generation of artists, conservationists, birders and sporting enthusiasts have plenty to keep them wrapped up in the fun of Waterfowl. If you are planning to attend the Festival with your kids this year, be sure to check out a few of these attractions to help make the most of their visit!

Kids Waterfowl Calling Clinic: Renowned call-makers

will teach children how to ‘call’ waterfowl in this afternoon clinic. Each participant will also get their own call to take home so they can practice — and maybe someday these kids will return to compete in the Jr. World Waterfowl Calling Competition during Festival weekend! There is no fee but advance registration is required. Register at waterfowlfestival. org/kidsactivities. Event location is at the Sportsman’s Pavilion on Saturday. Duck Call is at 11 a.m. and Goose Call is at 1 p.m.

Raptor Demonstrations: Watch hawks, falcons and owls

sharpen their hunting skills during an exciting outdoor flight demonstration with master falconer Brian Bradley. Held daily at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Easton High School.

Kids Art Classes: Combining waterfowl and art, our

partners from the Ward Museum will be providing interactive and educational activities at the Easton Middle School. The Kids Art Classes provide the Festival’s youngest visitors an opportunity to try their hand at carving decoys, soap carving and painting decoy magnets.

The Fishmobile, Easton High School: Open on

Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., the Fishmobile is a traveling marine science program from Phillip’s Wharf Environmental Center in Tilghman Island that teaches kids and adults the environmental issues imposed on the Chesapeake Bay and its inhabitants. Visitors can touch or hold Horseshoe Crabs and Diamondback Terrapins, learn about oysters and how they help the Bay, examine a Blue Crab and explore nature!

Kids Fishing Derby: Held Saturday and Sunday at the

Bay Street Ponds, kids ranging from toddlers to teens have a chance to experience the thrill of the catch. Any child under 16 is invited (and encouraged) to participate in the event, which helps over 100 young anglers each year learn more about the fun tradition of fishing. Sponsored each year by the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), Maryland’s Mid-Shore Chapter, and FishTalk Magazine, the Fishing Derby is just one of several activities aimed at reaching the next generation of conservationists and sportsman. For the Fishing Derby event, the ponds are stocked with fish that the participants then get the opportunity to catch and release it to the pond. For their efforts, they are rewarded with a picture and a certificate as a keepsake.

Chesapeake Mermaid Show: Sunday, Easton Middle School 10:15 a.m. & Christ Church 2 p.m.

A traveling nature show about restoring the balance in the Bay; and pictures with the Mermaid. See page 119.

Abstract Bird Print: Academy of Art Museum volunteers will help young artists visiting the downtown venues create an abstract bird print using scratch plate foam transferred to paper to create a print. This activity is Saturday from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Kids Decoy Painting: A Festival tradition that was run by the late Ed Itter for many years, returns this year to Easton Middle School. Children will receive a lesson on how to paint a miniature decoy and will be provided with the materials to create their own. You may pre-register at the entrance to the middle school. The class starts promptly at 10:30 a.m.

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ave you strolled through the Easton Middle School Exhibit? If you have, you know that you can warm up, entertain your kids (for FREE!), and cross even the hardest folks (& furry friends) to shop for off your Christmas list!

Our Volunteer Chairmen Cathy Fawell (new to the Waterfowl Festival Board in 2018) and Deb Fields have worked hard to keep the exhibit growing and improving, and as part of that makeover, have renamed it the “Chesapeake Marketplace.” A new name, but you will still find it to be the place to shop, play, relax, and eat for families visiting the Festival.

Artists at this exhibit include wares of everything from handblown jewelry to driftwood sculptures, whirly gigs to edible birdhouses. With over forty exhibitors, there is something for every taste and budget.

There are also traditional carvers featured this year in the atrium. You’ll be able to see the award-winning young carvers Daniel and Jonathon Irons. You will also see some of the carvers who have been coming to Festival longer than the Irons boys have been around — combined! Pick up a piece to display in your home, or a miniature many carvers have created on pins to wear.

You’ll also be able to pick up a Festival souvenir at the Festival Shoppes.

If you’ve shopped til you dropped—feel free to “drop!” This year will feature an indoor seating area to enjoy treats from a variety of food vendors who have partnered with non-profits.

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picky eaters like the Pete’s Peteza, supporting the Federalsburg Church of God. And for dessert, there will even be ice cream and apple dumplings from the Frozen Farmer, sponsored by the Good Ole Boys Foundation. And of course, the old favorites of Trinity Cathedral, St. Michael’s Fire Department and St. Mark’s Church (located across the street), all with Eastern Shore inspired menus.

If your children still haven’t been worn out, don’t worry — there are plenty of activities just for them that showcase our Eastern Shore heritage.

Priscilla Cummings, author of 25 children’s books including the popular Chadwick the Crab series and many others featuring animals of the Chesapeake Bay, will be doing readings all day Friday, November 9. Readings will start at 10:15 a.m. and continue at quarter past the hour, on the hour. You’ll also be able to purchase her books for children and young adults — perfect for holiday season!

On Sunday, we’ll also have a special guest swimming in at 10:15 a.m. — the Chesapeake Mermaid! She’s “as real as a mermaid gets” and she and her impressively long tail serve as a traveling nature show teaching children about conservation of the Chesapeake watershed region. She’ll also be available afterwards for one-on-one pictures.

Every year, children who pre-register for the 10:30 a.m. decoy painting workshop get to paint their own miniature decoy — this year’s being the loon! Pre-registration can be done as you enter the Marketplace.

The Ward Museum also has daily children’s activities starting at noon, like soap carving and painting decoy magnets.

Once you’ve seen everything packed inside the venue, browse the outdoor exhibitors, let the kids run around on the hay bale maze and check out the Liz Owens of Raptor’s Eye and her Chesapeake Birds of Prey exhibit.

Of course, around back is the Dock Dogs® competition.

Cute and Cuddly, but rest assured, fierce tail wagging competitors!

If you haven’t hopped a shuttle bus to come to the Chesapeake Marketplace in prior years, make sure you visit this year — it’s sure to please your whole group!

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t’s the hottest sport on four legs and each year, it’s one of the most popular — attracting hundreds of delighted Festival-goers to watch the hottest competitions in the canine world.

DockDogs® will perform at this year’s Festival once again, with the event sponsored by the local Delmarva DockDogs club.

If you weren’t able to get to last year’s DockDogs event, you have surely seen it on ESPN or other sports channels on TV. “While the event is hosted by the Delmarva DockDogs, those interested in bringing their own dogs are eligible to do so,” says Kim Vaillancourt, who is on the board of directors of the regional club.

“Any breed of dog can participate,” says Vaillancourt, although she urges that you make sure your dog meets some standard criteria for success. “If your dog likes to swim, that is usually a pretty good indicator. I am not sure that a dog who isn’t a fan of the water will do their best if their first instruction to it is jumping off the dock into a cold water pool.”

Vaillancourt says you will see plenty of Labradors and Chesapeake Bay Retrievers in the competition, but that other breeds can succeed in the sport as well.

“There are some dogs that are just naturals,” says Vaillancourt. “It is fun to watch these dogs get the courage to jump into the water.”

For Vaillancourt, the appeal of the sport goes beyond the competition.

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“You really meet some fantastic people. It is like a close-knit family,” says Vaillancourt, who travels across the country for DockDogs competitions with their own jumpers, Storm, Ice and Amira. “Everywhere we go, there is someone we are happy to see.”

Speaking of happy, Vailancourt admits that the ultimate appeal is the chance to witness the sheer joy that the furry competitors have for the sport.

“What’s more fun than watching your best friend have the time of his life jumping in the water,” she said. “They don’t know if they’ve just jumped two feet or 20 — they are just having a blast.”

Festival attendees are invited to bring their own dogs to the event, either as spectators or participants. According to Vaillancourt, attendees are encouraged to follow just a few basic ground rules to help make their day run more smoothly.

Any dog six months of age or older is eligible to participate. A standard leash, no flex leads as well as a flat buckle collar are required for participants and Vaillancourt encourages those who plan to stay and watch to bring a crate for their dog.

“All dogs need to be on a leash when they are not competing. There is no tethering allowed,” she says. “So, if you are planning to stay for more than one wave or to walk around, a crate is a good idea.”

DockDogs® Competition

Event Hours: Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Easton Middle School The DockDogs competition returns to Easton Middle School where the stands fill quickly to watch dogs of every shape and size race down a dock to splash into a pool of water. The competition is to see which dog can remain airborne the farthest or highest, depending on which event is being contended.

A Festival ticket is required to attend the DockDogs exhibition and competition.

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Photos courtesy of DockDogs®

A towel or two to dry off your jumper is recommended, as are an extra pair of clothes for the handler.

“You will get wet and it is November,” laughs Vaillancourt. “You will be grateful for that change of clothes.”

Dogs new to the competition will get some time for practice and handlers will have the opportunity to ask questions at the mandatory pre-wave meeting.

Whether you just want to experience the event with your furry best friend or watch some of the more seasoned jumpers strut their stuff, there is something for everyone at the DockDogs event, which runs throughout Festival weekend.

“This is such a welcoming group of people,” says Vaillancourt of the club. “Plus, there is nothing more fun than playing with your best friend on the dock.”

For more details and the rules visit delmarvadockdogs.com.

DockDogs Schedule: Fri. Nov 9, 2018 Onsite Registration/Practice – 9 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 1 – 10 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 2 – 11:30 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 3 – 1 p.m.

Big Air Wave # 4 – 3 p.m.

Sat. Nov 10, 2018 Onsite Registration/Practice – 9 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 5 – 10 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 6 – 11:30 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 7 – 1 p.m.

Extreme Vertical (All in One Finals) – 3 p.m.

Sun. Nov 11, 2018 Onsite Registration/Practice – 8:30 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 8 – 9:30 a.m.

Big Air Wave # 9 – 11:30 a.m.

Speed Retrieve (All in One) – 2 p.m.

Big Air Finals – 3:30 p.m. (Divisional Finals Format) Pre-Registration Entry Fees (visit https://dockdogs.com/eventscal/waterfowl-festival/) Adults: $27.00/team per Big Air, Speed Retrieve wave and Extreme Vertical Youth: $12.00/team per Big Air, Speed Retrieve wave and Extreme Vertical On-Site Registration Entry Fees Adults: $30.00/team per Big Air, Speed Retrieve wave and Extreme Vertical Youth: $15.00/team per Big Air, Speed Retrieve wave and Extreme Vertical

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33rd Annual Festival of Trees Festival Events & Activities

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November 24-27

The Gold Ballroom of The Historic Tidewater Inn Easton, MD Presented by the Friends of Hospice to benefit Talbot Hospice.

Join your family and friends in a winter wonderland of beautifully trimmed trees and holiday decor

Friday November 23 Saturday November 24 Sunday November 25 Monday November 26 Tuesday November 27 Admission To The Gold Ballroom

$5 for adults, $4 for seniors 62 and older, $1 for children under 12 (free for children under one).

For more info & tickets: 410-819-3378 (FEST)

Lunch at the crab cLaw All proceeds from your lunch at the Crab Claw in St. Michaels will benefit the Festival of Trees and Talbot Hospice. Call 410-745-2900 to make a reservation. sunday, november 4, 12pm-4 pm

candy cane Lane Crafts, games, food, visits with Santa, and other fun activities. Easton Elementary School (Moton). Admission: Children $5, includes lunch; Adults Free. saturday, november 24, 10 am-2 pm

Preview Party The Festival of Trees begins on Friday with a celebratory party in the Gold Ballroom of The Tidewater Inn, cocktail reception with hors d'oeuvres, music, and special raffles.

Tickets are $50 per person and include open bar from 6 to 7pm and lite-fare buffet. Cash bar available after 7pm.

Friday, november 23, 6-8 pm

mother~son dance At the American Legion Post 70, in Easton, silent auction items, photo booth, light refreshments and dancing.

Music by DJ Tim Burns. $30 for Mothers; $10 for each Son. saturday, november 24, 6-8 pm

homes tour On this self-guided driving tour, you will visit unique and beautifully decorated homes in Talbot County.

Requests for tickets by mail ($25) must be received by Nov. 17. Advance in-person tickets ($25) are available until November 23 at Talbot Hospice House, and The Tidewater Inn Gold Ballroom from November 19 until November 21 and November 23 until noon. Day-of tickets ($30) are available only at The Tidewater Inn Gold Ballroom. Tickets are available for purchase online at www.festival-of-trees.org. saturday, november 24 & sunday, november 25, 10 am-4 pm Tickets may be used either day.

daddy~daughter dance Elk’s Lodge Easton, American Girl Doll raffle, gift shop for daughters to shop for Christmas gifts. Light refreshments and dancing.

Music by DJ Erik Higgins. $30 for Daddies; $10 for each Daughter. saturday, november 24, 6-8 pm christmas eLves shoP This is a perfect place to start your holiday shopping.

The Shop is located at The Tidewater Inn Gold Ballroom.

Open during Festival hours.

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s s e e i i t t i i v v ttii c c A A t t r r A A & & n n oo i i t t a a c c u u d d E E es i t i v i t c A t r & A Painting class: “Painting Fins, Flies and Feathers in Watercolor”

Date/hours: Wednesday 5:30-8 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Location: Academy Art Museum Advanced painters have the opportunity to learn from international award-winning botanical watercolor artist Hillary Parker in her workshop “Painting Fins, Flies and Feathers in Watercolor.”

Advanced registration required. For more information, visit www. waterfowlfestival.org/education. Supported in part by a grant from the Talbot County Arts Council. Register in advance at Waterfowl.org/AdultClasses.

DockDogs® Competition

Event Hours: Friday & Saturday 10am – 5pm; Sunday 10am – 4pm Location: Easton Middle School This ever-popular competition returns to Easton Middle School where the stands fill quickly to watch dog after dog race down a dock to splash into a pool of water. The competition is to see which can remain airborne the farthest or highest, depending on which event is being contended. A Festival ticket is required to attend.

Kids’ Decoy Painting Class

Kids’ Art Activities

Activity Hours: Friday 12 – 4 p.m.; Saturday 12 – 4 p.m.; Sunday, 12 – 3 p.m.

Location: Easton Middle School In partnership with the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, the Festival’s youngest visitors can try their hand at carving decoys, soap carving and painting decoy magnets.

Retriever (Dogs) Demonstrations

Demonstrations: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Location: Bay Street Ponds Both new and returning visitors, adults and kids alike, make it a point to head to the ponds to see the dogs. The Retriever Demonstrations are entertaining and amazing as these exceptionally skilled canines show off by leaping into the pond to fetch a thrown or hidden dummy.

You don’t have to be a hunter to appreciate the intelligence demonstrated by the retrievers and the training skills of their handlers who are members of the Talbot Retriever Club.

Activity Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Location: Easton Middle School Children learn how to paint a miniature loon decoy and learn about its habitat. The fun starts promptly at 10:30 a.m. and with space being limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. You may register at the entrance of the Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School. Suggested Age is 5+.

Phillip’s Wharf Fishmobile

Activity Hours: Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Easton High School The Fishmobile is a traveling marine science program from Phillip’s Wharf Environmental Center in Tilghman Island that teaches kids and adults about the environmental issues imposed on the Chesapeake Bay and its inhabitants. Visitors can touch or hold Horseshoe Crabs and Diamondback Terrapins, learn about oysters and how they help the Bay, examine a Blue Crab and explore much more!

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which allows for kids and adults to get an up and personal look at building reef balls and other gives them a good understanding about the need to improve habitat in the Bay.

Readings by Priscilla Cummings

Raptor Demonstrations

Demonstrations: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Location: Easton High School Watch hawks, falcons and owls sharpen their hunting skills during an exciting flight demonstration with master falconer, Brian Bradley.

Chesapeake’s Birds of Prey

Activity Hours: Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location: Easton Middle School Liz Owens of Raptor’s Eye will display her birds of prey to include owls, hawks, and falcons and provide educational talks about the importance of the protection of habitat for humans and raptors as well the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Children’s Abstract Bird Prints

Activity Hours: Saturday 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Location: Christ Church Hosted by volunteers of the Academy of Arts Museum, young artists will use scratch foam plates to create a design for an abstract nature print.

Fly Fishing Demonstrations

Demonstrations: Saturday & Sunday 10:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.

Location: Bay Street Ponds Instructor Joe Cap of Shore Tackle and Custom Rods along with local expert anglers from the Coastal Conservation Association show visitors the special techniques of casting with a fly rod, an ancient art that uses artificial lures instead of bait to catch fish. You can even try your hand with a rod and may get converted to a new fishing religion of your own.

Activity Hours: Friday, 10:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Location: Easton Middle School Priscilla Cummings is the author of 25 children’s books including the Chadwick the Crab series, Chesapeake ABC, Beddy Bye in the Bay, Toulouse the Canada Goose and many others featuring animals of the Chesapeake Bay. Stop in for story time as she reads a selection of her novels at quarter past the hour all day Friday. Books will also be available for purchase, but credit cards cannot be accepted.

Children’s Calling Clinic (Ages 4-14)

Activity Hours: Saturday, Duck Calling 11 a.m., Goose Calling 1 p.m.

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion The Waterfowl Festival takes great pride in passing on the Eastern Shore’s sportsmen’s heritage and tradition to the next generation of duck and goose callers.

Join one or both workshops as a World-Class caller demonstrates and assists young callers.

Participants will be sent home with their own call, as duck calls have been generously donated by RM Custom calls, and goose calls from Sean Mann Outdoors. We hope these young callers will appear on our Calling Contest Stage in the future! Space is limited. Pre-Registration required at WaterfowlFestival.org/KidsActivities.

The Chesapeake Mermaid Show

Activity Hours & Locations: Sunday, Easton Middle School 10:15 a.m.; Sunday, Christ Church 2 p.m.

The Chesapeake Mermaid is a traveling nature show run by real environmental volunteers, focusing on oysters as a critical element in restoring the balance in the bay, along with other marine and terrestrial wildlife. Children will hear the story “The Last Bivalvian” and will have an opportunity for a one on one picture with the mermaid after the show.

Kids’ Fishing Derby

Activity Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Bay Street Ponds Members of the Mid-Shore Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association give kids the opportunity to catch their first fish. Their volunteers, with the assistance of members from the Easton Elks Lodge #1622, instruct children on how to cast and reel in their line. The fish, generously provided by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, are thrown back, but each kid takes home a certificate of their “first catch.” The Coastal Conservation Association will also have their habitat trailer WATERFOWL FESTIVAL | 2018

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Wintering Waterfowl & Huge sunsets over the Choptank River on 22 acres with 2,000ft of waterfront, 4 bd, 3.5 ba exceptionally well built home with open kitchen, New construction on Horns Point 5 miles from downtown. First floor master, dining and living rooms with fireplace and study. 2nd floor studio with panoramic vaulted kitchen / family room, formal living and dining, large second floor views of waterfowl and wildlife. Enormous basement workshop, guest suite and recreation room with 3 bedrooms and office. Located on 2 acres in a rural setting. caretaker cottage provide ample room for extended family...Hunting, Fishing, New to the market. Offered for $415,000.

Birding and Entertaining. Offered for $1,195,000 St. Michaels

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New waterfront farm listing, 20 acres on Barrett Cove overlooking Edge Creek, this waterfowl staging area enjoys big southerly views with a period tidewater colonial, guest cottage, detached garage with workshop, studio, pool and pier.

Shoreline revetment in place. Offered for $1,550,000

Development Opportunity! 175 acres of productive agricultural land located within the corporate limits of Trappe. ‘Castle Racket Farm’ is designated as a growth area, located across from White Marsh School, within a rural township offering a host of possibilities for the investment buyer. Listed for $1,735,000

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One Hundred Acres on Fishing Creek, approved for standard septic, exceptional building site with southern exposure, broad views and nice elevation. Woods, wetlands and agricultural fields provide ample opportunity for the outdoors enthusiast and nature lover alike. Inland development rights intact, opportunity for division or conservation easement. Offered for $1,285,000

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”The Festival is the product and property of the community of Easton.

There are no bit players, no leading men or ladies, no cliques, no personality cult or group.

It is a community effort and cannot exist otherwise.”

—Dr. Harry Walsh, first president of the Waterfowl Festival

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t has been 48 years since the Festival began and 25 years since the late Dr. Walsh made the above statement — but no matter how big the Festival gets, those words ring truer than ever.

The Waterfowl Festival is an amazing community symphony of sorts that combines volunteers, leadership and the support of the business community. The result of this tireless work is a masterpiece that draws thousands of both faithful attendees and new fans to beautiful downtown Easton each year for three amazing days in November. They may come to see the art, watch the retrievers, taste the food and enjoy the idyllic background of one of the most beautiful small towns in the country at her autumn best — and the Waterfowl Festival community receives them all with a red carpet welcome.

It takes the time and talents of more than 1,500 steadfast volunteers to pull off a successful Festival event each year and that includes both year-round and event weekend help. With so many people coordinating the event, there is a perpetual

need for new volunteers to fill in the gaps that arise each year.

Whether it is helping get the decorations ready for each venue, helping in the office before the big weekend or being there Festival weekend to make sure that the 15,000 or so annual visitors find their way around town smoothly, volunteers are the very backbone of the Festival’s existence.

“Our volunteers are the lynchpin of the Festival’s success.

There is something very special about the level of volunteerism that the Festival brings,” says Margaret Enloe, Executive Director, Waterfowl Chesapeake.

Whether an individual looking for a fun way to give some time to a nonprofit organization, or a husband-and-wife or bestfriends team interested in being part of the action together, the Waterfowl Festival has numerous opportunities for community involvement both at the festival itself and year-round.

If you are interested in volunteering, either on Festival weekend or throughout the year, contact us at 410-822-4567 or by visiting waterfowlfestival.org/volunteer.

2018 Perry Scholarship Recipients These Festival “Ducksitters” (youth volunteers) received awards from our William H. Perry Scholarship Fund, supporting students’ college dreams.

Join us at the “Making Way for Ducklings Art Auction” on Premiere Night where proceeds go to this fund! See page 24.

From left: Accepting the awards from WF Treasurer Kathleen Kurtz are Grant Foster (Salisbury University),Tate Chambers (Virginia Tech), Quinn Chambers (holding check) (West Virginia University), C. Albert Pritchett (WC President), McKenna Browning (Delaware Tech), Faith Whiteley (Chesapeake College) and Sarah Morris (Hendrix College).

Not pictured are Megan Beane (Clemson University); Chase Browning (Salisbury University); Connor Murray (University of San Diego); Jordan Nilsen (University of Lynchburg).

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Welcome to the 48th annual Waterfowl Festival!

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PanoramiC view - Spectacular brick home with waterviews from 3 sides. Features 5 bedrooms, 3 ½ baths, gourmet kitchen, 2 living rooms, master bath w/Jacuzzi tub, fireplace, screened porch, and deck. Pier with boat lift and electric. $699,000

well maintained waterfront home shows pride of ownership! Features 4 bedrooms on main level, bonus room above garage, 2.5 baths, living room w/cathedral ceiling and gas fireplace, fiberglass in-ground saltwater heated Jacuzzi pool and pier. $649,900

87 +/- aCre waterfront farm - Beautiful setting offers excellent hunting and fishing! Property features a 4,000 +/- sq. ft. house/lodge, heated pool, spa and pier. Tillable impoundment, woodland and marsh for the hunting enthusiast. $1,250,000

Beautiful, BriGht end unit condo overlooking the golf course and the Choptank River, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan with many upgrades. $389,900

“the retreat” - 108 +/- acres offers approx. a mile of shoreline, deep water and outstanding views. Zoned multi-use agricultural with 60 acres +/- tillable. Recorded subdivision with 3 waterfront lots. Main house sits on 78 acres. $2,850,000

518+/- aCreS- A premier turn-key hunting camp (Sika deer, duck and turkey) bordering Slaughter Creek with access to the Chesapeake Bay. Sale includes: homes, woodland, tillable and marshland. $1,290,000 Smaller acreage options available!

SPeCtaCular waterfront lot on 11.4 acres with views from almost every direction.

Come build your dream home on this private waterfront oasis. Abundant wildlife. $399,000

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Easton Family Dental Brandon Berman, DDS 410-820-0230 | 127 N. West St., Easton, MD

The Satell Center for Jewish Life on the Eastern

With more than 25 years of history serving Easton and the surrounding areas, Easton Family Dental offers a wide range of services from checkups and cleanings, to repairing and replacing broken or missing teeth.

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Unit sizes ranging from 5x10 to 15x40 available.

Extraordinary waterfront facing west with 6 bedrooms ensuite, beautifully appointed rooms, waterside pool, deep water pier 5 ½’ MLW, 2 screened porches and lovely carriage house. Minutes to Oxford by boat or ferry and St. Michaels and Easton by car. Completely turn-key property! $2,825,000

Please call 410-822-3028 to inquire!

27999 Oxford Road, Oxford, MD 21654 • 410-822-1415

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Helping Buyers & Sellers Reach Their Dreams Since 1989 Traci Jordan, GRI Associate Broker

Cell: 410-310-8606 www.TraciJordan.com TLJordan520@gmail.com ZONED INDUSTRIAL

ISLanD CReek WaTeRFROnT Beautiful 5BR, 6.5BA home with 3.6 +/- acres on LaTrappe Creek off of the Choptank River. Enjoy the view from the second floor balcony or lounging by the pool. Get out to the Choptank with your boat, via the pier which has electric and water (3+/- MLW). Au pair/In-Law suite w/ dual entry, and 6+ car garage. $1,495,000

TaLBOT COunTy FaRM Many possibilities! Flexible use farm of 37.86 acres with easy access to Route 50 and on the edge of Trappe. Convenient to Easton and Cambridge. Town water & sewer available. House and shed on property being sold “As Is.” $495,000

eaSTOn RaMBLeR Move-in ready 1,700+ sq. ft. home recently remodeled and freshly painted. Private master suite, great living space and spectacular kitchen with lots of cabinets and Silestone counters. Features SMARTCORE engineered scratch proof & water resistant floors.

Priced below $250,000.

aFFORDaBLe WaTeRFROnT Between Easton and St. Michaels. Bright and spacious floorplan. Kitchen with walk in pantry and granite counters.

Waterside screened porch and upstairs balcony off the master suite. Views of Oak Creek and the Miles River.

New Bailey Dock with 4+/-MLW. Owner/agent $689,000

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CaROLIne COunTy FaRMeTTe Wonderfully maintained farmette on approximately 17 acres. This home has 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and 2 half baths. There is a 1st floor master suite, top of the line kitchen, large family room with stone fireplace, an inground pool, and 30 x 50 heated outbuilding w/2 large overhead doors, rough-in for plumbing, and heavy duty electric. $499,900

29 E. Dover Street • Easton, MD 21601 • 410-822-2152

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Bay Street Accessible only by Orange Line Bus or on foot — no parking Hunting and fishing, the sporting element of wildlife and outdoor appreciation, are integral traditions for many Eastern Shore natives.

Whether you are a hunter, angler, boater or dog lover or just an outdoor enthusiast, you’ll find something of interest at the Bay Street Ponds.

This is where guests to the Festival can enjoy a glimpse of the hunting and angling world with the Retriever Demonstrations, Kids Fishing Derby and Fly Fishing Demonstrations.

Retriever Demos: The immensely popular Retriever demos, put on by members of the Talbot Retriever Club, will feature dogs of all ages and skill levels. The demonstrations set up a simulated hunting situation and run the dogs through different scenarios that they would encounter while working in the field.

With a mix of skill levels and breeds, the demonstrations allow a number of dogs to strut their stuff. You don’t have to be a hunter to appreciate the intelligence demonstrated by the retrievers and the training skills of their handlers who are members of the Talbot Retriever Club. Demonstrations take place on Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Fly Fishing: While you are visiting the Bay Street Ponds,

you can also learn the technique of fly fishing with the Maryland Coastal Conservation Association. During these demonstrations. The club shows visitors the special techniques of casting with a fly rod, an ancient art that uses artificial lures instead of bait to catch fish. You can even try your hand with a rod and may get converted to a new fishing religion of your own. Demonstrations are offered Saturday and Sunday at 10:40 a.m. and 12:40 p.m.

Kids Fishing Derby: If you have young anglers and future

outdoor enthusiastic in your party, the Kids Fishing Derby is a must do during Festival weekend. Members of the MidShore Chapter of the Maryland Coastal Conservation Association give kids the opportunity to catch their first fish. The organization’s volunteers instruct children on how to cast and reel in their line.

The fish are thrown back, but each kid takes home a certificate of their “first catch.” The derby runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.

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2018 Vendors Official food concessionaires offer all or a portion of their proceeds to the Festival and to other non-profit organizations. It’s another way we support our community.

Downtown Easton HARRISON STREET: BBQ and Beyond Menu: Pulled Pork Sandwich, sausage sandwich, soft crab sandwich, BBQ nachos, smoked turkey legs, chili, churros, drinks, chips Hosted by and benefitting the Academy Art Museum Christ Church Menu: Crab cakes, oyster fritters, clam strips, cream of crab soup, fries, beverages

beverages Hosted by and benefitting The Julianne Rosela Foundation

HIGH SCHOOL:

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Easton Church of God Menu: FREE coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate and water Talbot County FFA Menu: 1/4 BBQ chicken, chips, roll, drinks Scott’s United Methodist Church Menu: Soft crab sandwiches, combos, apple dumplings, soup, beverages Creative Creation BBQ Menu: NC style chop & pull pork with fries, BBQ pork spare ribs w/ fries, hamburger w/ fries, Mrs. Mary’s Famous Iced Tea, crab balls Hosted by and benefitting Living

By Truth Ministries

ELKS CLUB:

Tri-County Ruritan Menu: Hamburgers/cheeseburgers, veg crab soup, fried oyster basket or sandwich, hot dogs, fries, beverages Easton Ruritan Menu: Gingerbread goose cookies, fresh roasted peanuts, coffee, soda, hot and cold cider, holiday dog biscuit wreath Eat Sprout Menu: Coffee & breakfast items, chilled salad, BBQ with salad, sweet potato soup, chili, baked sweets Hosted by and benefitting Tidewater Rotary

WASHINGTON STREET: Easton Lions Club Menu: Crab cake sandwich, vegetable crab soup, oysters on the half shell, clam strips, hot dogs, hamburgers/ cheeseburgers, fries, funnel cakes, cheesecake, apples, beverages Hot Off the Coals BBQ Menu: Pit beef & smoked turkey, pulled pork BBQ, veg & cream of crab soup, fries, beverages Hosted by and benefitting First Night Talbot Cup O’ Dough, Oh My Chocolate Menu: Cookie Scoops, frozen chocolate dipped bananas & cheesecake,

Easton Elks Club Menu: Crab cakes, fried oysters, homemade crab soup, soft crabs, oyster fritters, clam strips, oyster stew, hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and cole slaw

MIDDLE SCHOOL:

St. Mark’s Church Menu: Rockfish corn chowder, oyster fritters, and beverages (Located across street from Middle School) Trinity Cathedral Menu: Jumbo lump crabcakes, hot dogs, cream of crab soup, oysters, chips, fruit, beverages, baked goods Easton Ruritan Club Menu: Gingerbread goose cookies, fresh roasted peanuts, coffee, soda, hot and cold cider, apples, holiday dog biscuit wreath Frozen Farmer Menu: Ice Cream, milkshakes, fresh pressed juice & smoothies, apple dumplings FRIDAY & SUNDAY ONLY Hosted by and benefiting the Good Ole Boys Foundation Pete’s Pete-za Menu: Cheese & Pepperoni Slices, pizza Logs/ combo, boneless wings/combo, fries, pizza fries, cheese styx, Beverages Hosted by and benefiting First Church of God in Federalsburg Bubba Bob’s Kettle Corn Menu: Kettlecorn Hosted by and benefiting Talbot Paramedics

St. Michaels Fire Department Menu: veg & cream crab soup, clam strips, fried shrimp, hotdogs, corn dogs, Old Bay bratwurst, hamburger/cheeseburgers, fries, Soft pretzels, beverages

BAY STREET PONDS:

Boy Scouts Menu: Warm beverages & snacks

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Sporting Clay Event Connects Women with Heritage

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s part of Waterfowl Chesapeake’s efforts to celebrate and connect more people with the Shore’s unique landscapes and sporting heritage, we offered a new event this fall: a brunch for women who wanted to get outside and try their hand at sporting clays.

The Blaze Pink Brunch, held in late October, was a new event offered as part of Waterfowl’s collaboration with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources BOW (Becoming an Outdoors Woman) program that focuses on educational opportunities for women in outdoor skills including: kayaking, archery, shotgun and rifle disciplines, preserving harvest, backpacking and more. Throughout the year, the Maryland BOW chapter hosts events where women from all walks of life meet for engaging discussions and hands-on learning.

“To see an increase in women who are interested in what has historically been a men’s sport gave us an opportunity to connect more people with the outdoors and our sporting heritage,” says Margaret Enloe, Executive Director, Waterfowl Chesapeake.

The “Blaze Pink” effort took flight early in 2018 and

became law in the summer thanks to two young Easton women who are part of a growing sector of young females developing an interest in the Eastern Shore’s waterfowling and hunting heritage. Brooke and Paige Simonsen of Easton have enjoyed hunting for years. Their enjoyment of the sport hit a snag however, when, after a shopping trip that included a large amount of blaze pink hunting gear, they discovered that they would not legally be able to wear any of it. That snag put the girls into action and they partnered with Republican State Senator Addie Eckardt to create a legislative bill that would designate florescent pink, or “blaze pink” as a legal hunters’ safety color in Maryland in addition to florescent orange. The bill was signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan last spring.

Syren Firearms of Cambridge, a sponsor for the event, provides a number of built-for-ladies firearms to make entry into the sports a little less intimidating for beginners.

Waterfowl’s Blaze Pink Brunch

For more on future events like this, check out Facebook. com/WaterfowlChesapeake.

SPORTSMAN’S RAFFLE 1654 Grizzly Jon Boat with a 25 Mercury Motor & Trailer

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Winner does not need to be present to win and is not required to purchase any goods or services to be entered to win.

Drawing to be held on November 11, 2018 in Easton, MD. Boat can be picked up in Maryland. The odds of winning will be determined by the number of tickets sold.

OR ONE OF MANY OTHER PRIZES!

Proceeds support the Festival and our World Waterfowl Calling Championships!

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Easton Elks Lodge 502 Dutchman’s Lane Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Outdoor enthusiasts and sporting visitors can delight in the array of Sportsman’s Pavilion vendors, offering everything from big-game hunting adventure trips to the smallest fishing lure. Find outdoor apparel from hats to boots, calls to lure the geese, and taxidermy to stuff the ones bagged.

Exhibitors Adrenal Line — Los Lunas, NM Dean Ford — Annapolis Boat Sales, Chester, MD Steve & Trish Kiser — Barbour by Equine Impressions Inc., Baltimore, MD

Roland Rein — The Basketman, Friendship, IN Rick Alsen — Beavertail Products/DOA Decoys, Maple Lake, MN Braeval — Litchfield, CT Callum Brown — Brown Dog Hosiery Co., Burlington, NC Browning — Morgan, UT David E. Clark — Canvasbacks, North Kingstown, RI Ben Shook — Catawba River Calls, Iron Station, NC James Tingey — Catch and Release Artwork, Owings Mills, MD BAYDOG — The Chesapeake Bay Dog Company, Annapolis, MD CL Marshall — Chesapeake Bay Books, Pocomoke, MD The Duck Boat Company — (By Olsen Marine, Inc.), East Denis, MA Ducks Unlimited — Easton, MD Kent Jones — East Coast Waterfowl, Raleigh, NC Matt Wall — Fowl Foolers, Port Clinton, OH Bryan Weight — Gator Waders, Tyler, TX Gray’s Sporting Journal — Augusta, GA Gunner Kennels — Nashville, TN Bryan Harrison — Harrison Cart Works, Gambrills, MD Jeremy Powell — Havoc Calls, Dewitt, AR Benny Marney — Hayes Calls, Oliver Springs, TN John Blevins — Hurricane Marsh Outfitters, O’Fallon, MO Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort, Marina & Spa — Cambridge, MD

Jay Merriken — K2 Machining & Fabricating Services, Queen Anne, MD

Gary Ansell — Killum Calls, Moyock, NC Carey Loeser — LeafFilter North of Maryland, LLC, Glen Burnie, MD Keith Windsor — Magnolia Waterfowl Rentals, Magnolia, DE Maryland Fur Trappers, Inc. — Maryland Mojo Art & Image, LLC — Maryland My Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Offroad Trackchair LLC — Leon, VA Paul Lockhart — Lockhart Metal Sculpture, Rhodesdale, MD Rig’Em Right Waterfowl — Adventech LLC, Newport, NC Bankes Boats — Ron Bankes Marine Services Ltd, Port Rowan, ON Canada

Salisbury Toyota — Salisbury, MD Sean Mann — Sean Mann Outdoors, Trappe, MD Sequoia Springs Inc. — Orange, VA Soldier Solutions LLC — Wallingford, CT Southern Flyway Outfitters — Fuquay-Varina, NC Tanglefree Waterfowl — Concord, CA The Taxidermy Shop — Magnolia, DE Tri Gas & Oil — Federalsburg, MD John Perez — Valor & Honor Outdoors, Burlington, NC Tony Homer — Waterfowl Works, LLC, Piqua, OH YETI Coolers/Aqua Pools — Easton, MD

Molly’s Place Sporting Goods Tent Avian-X — Port Clinton, OH Trevor Shannahan — Black Timber Calls, Millington, MD Brackish Life — Chesapeake Bay LLC, Sherwood, MD Browning — Morgan, UT Bushnell — Overland Park, KS Costa Del Mar — Daytona Beach, FL Drake Waterfowl Systems — Olive Branch, MS Federal Ammo — Anoka, MN Hevi-Shot — Sweet Home, OR Heybo — Chester, SC Kent Cartridge — Ewing, NJ Mossy Oak — West Point, MS Oakley — Lake Forest, CA Rivers West — Seattle, WA

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OXFORD ANTIQUE SHOW AND SALE Oxford Firehouse 300 Oxford Rd. Oxford MD Saturday November 10 10am - 5pm Sunday November 11 11am - 4pm

Appraiser Todd Peenstra on-site both days FREE Appraisals, 2 items per person Call 410-226-5415 for Appt.

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At Bay Country Security, we are proud of our unparalleled local reputation with a long list of satisfied customers. We provide personalized service and quality workmanship. Our top-notch installation team and service personnel will customize your system to suit your needs and will provide support for you to assure your comfort and security. We stand behind our equipment and service, and we promise to provide rapid response to any of your security needs.

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Located in the heart of the Eastern shore, this 258+/- acre farm offers everything for the serious waterfowlhunting enthusiast. Situated on the Chicamacomico River, the property consists of 5 moist soil impoundments, 5 pits, 4 wells, 40’x50’ pole building and a 2 bedroom cottage. The property has been laid out with the utmost attention to detail. Additionally, there is deer, dove and turkey hunting. $1,500,000.

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Venue

Easton High School Auditorium 723 Mecklenberg Avenue

Friday 10 a.m. - Noon Noon

Registration Open (All) Judges and Callers Meeting

Preliminaries (Senior) 12:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

World Championship Team Live Duck Calling Contest World Championship Team Goose Calling Contest World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest® World Championship Live Goose Calling Contest® World Championship Goose Calling Contest®

Marvel at men and women who have fine-tuned the craft of “speaking’” to the Chesapeake’s ducks and geese.

Saturday 11a.m. - Noon Registration Open (Juniors only) Noon Judges and Callers Meeting

Preliminaries (Junior) 11a.m.

12:15 p.m.

Junior World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest® Junior World Championship Goose Calling Contest®

FINALS

Kids’ Calling Clinic Event Hours: Saturday Duck at 11 a.m.

Goose at 1 p.m.

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion

Festival Ticket or $10 admission fee required.

Juniors compete first, followed by Senior finalists in order of Friday competition.

2 p.m.

Note: Contest length depends on number of contestants, therefore contest times are approximate. There is no bus transportation after 5 p.m.

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The Next Best Place to Your Blind!

Live Music from 21 Horses At the Easton Elk’s Lodge

Sportsmen’s Party

Saturday, November 10 at 6 p.m. $50

Featuring...

Appetizers, Chicken, Crab Cakes, Oysters and More!  Draft beer included with your ticket  Complimentary tasting from Lyon Distilling 6:30 - 8 p.m.  Cash bar for oyster shooters, mixed drinks and craft beer 

Silent Auction with prizes from: The Waterfowl Festival Sporting Art Archives, Benelli, Aqua Pools & Yeti, Molly’s Sporting Goods, Sean Mann Outdoors, Avery Blind Bag, Drake Waterfowl Gear, Hevi Shot Ammo, Lucky Duck Motion Decoys, Gator Wader Waders, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Banded Decoys, Gunner Kennels and more!

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CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF DESIGN-BUILD, RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

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This 155+/- acre hunting property is a prime location for sika deer & waterfowl enthusiasts! Numerous ponds with surrounding low & high marsh, property is improved with a hunting cabin with electric & water. The sale includes all personal property that is there including canoes & decoys. $179,000

Celebrating 46 years creating and restoring Living Shorelines ... One wetland at a time

Welcome Waterfowl Visitors

This 3-br, 2-ba rancher is located in the Tilghman Beach community which offers a waterfront community lot w/picnic & beach area. Improved w/an updated kitchen, laminate wood floors, attached 2-car garage, breezeway w/westerly waterviews. Located amongst restaurants & numerous boat landings, this home makes the perfect weekend get-a-way or primary residence. $245,000

201 Boundary Lane St. Michaels, MD 410.745.9620 www.wetland.org

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Unique 13.9 acre property, guest cottage, dock with 12 rentable boat slips, large office building. $2,195,000

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WYE MILLS

Completely private 20 acre property on the Wye River. 1,600 ft of waterfront, 5 feet MLW. 6,000 Sq. Ft. Main house. Guest house and boat house. Barns, pool and tennis court. $3,950,000

TRAVELERS REST POINT

2 acres facing SW on Maxmore Creek, incredible sunsets, Bailey pier with 6’ MLW 4 boat lifts, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths. Additional detached garage, pool. $1,795,000

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C6300 sq. ft. contemporary estate sitting on 15+ acres overlooking the Chesapeake Bay and Tolson Creek. New pool on bay side. New 2700 sq. ft. accessory building. $3,500,000

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Beautiful sunsets over Edge Creek. Waterside pool, 4’MLW dock. Turnkey 3,000+/- sq. ft. home, 3 car detached garage. All on impeccably maintained 2+ acres. $1,285,000

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EDGE CREEK

A unique architect-designed home, 5 BD, 2 BA, lg. studio. Exceptional SW views on Edge Creek. Expansive deck with spa and shower.

Two large outbuildings. Pristine landscaping on 1.5 +/- ac. Dock with 3’+ MLW. $785,500

PEACHBLOSSOM CREEK

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Tilghman Island 3 BR, 1st and 2nd floor master, double porches, sunset views across Bay. $335,000

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Waterfowling History & Artifacts

Easton High School 723 Mecklenberg Avenue Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Forty-eight years ago, the first Waterfowl Festival was born to both celebrate the Eastern Shore’s unique heritage and raise awareness of the challenges to the region’s beautiful environment. In this exhibit, visitors learn about the evolution of waterfowling from an economic necessity to the sport of today. Some of these seldom seen treasures, on loan from private and museum collections, date back hundreds of years, and include decoys, guns, gunning boats, and countless related items. Many are priceless rarities, offered up by collectors.

About Harry M. Walsh

Exhibitors

Bruce & Rose Baynard — Trappe, MD Rod Benjamin — Antique Alley of Cambridge, Church Creek, MD Delmarva Decoy Collectors Association — Salisbury, MD Edward Dean — Fishing Creek, MD The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art — Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

Robert N. Hockaday — St. Michaels, MD Charlie Hughes — Cambridge, MD Bob Jester — Eastern Shore Decoys, Ocean City, MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum — St. Michaels, MD Ron Lewicki — Midlothian, VA Lawrence Myers — Oxford, MD Ronnie & Kim Newcomb — Church Creek, MD Henry Stansbury — Catonsville, MD C. John Sullivan — C. John Sullivan Historic Decoys, Fallston, MD Luke Taylor — Warsaw, VA

Dr. Harry M. Walsh (1924-2009) was one of the people whose vision gave wings to the Waterfowl Festival and who served as its first president and chairman from 1971-1974. His book, The Outlaw Gunner, remains in print today and tells the tale of market gunners, hunting guides and outlaws who were engaged in an occupation unique to the Shore. It has been considered one of the most authoritative and comprehensive studies of its time on the art of waterfowling.

Dr. Walsh amassed a collection of decoys, waterfowling firearms, gunning accouterments, and historic photographs of waterfowling over many years. In addition to displaying parts of his collection annually at the Waterfowl Festival, he gave or lent these artifacts to various institutions in the region. Walsh’s collections can be seen in museums around the region, from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum to the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum and the Eastern Neck Island Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.

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Special Exhibit: “Kent’s Carvers & Clubs: Guides, Gunners and Co-ops” by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum — Easton High School Discover the stories of Maryland’s Kent County carvers and hunting clubs through a collection of decoys, oral histories, historic photographs, and other artifacts. In the early 1900’s, in this northern part of the Shore, virtually every young man grew up learning to hunt waterfowl. That intimate knowledge of birds, their habits and their habitat translated into a marketable skill as gunning became the pastime of the wealthy. Rich photos and oral histories reveal the stories of hardworking guides and illustrate the camaraderie of the well-to-do business and professional men who flocked to Kent’s gunning shores.

Are you a lover of history and heritage? Our “Waterfowl Heritage Trail” is an informal walk through our venues that create a story of the people and past that makes our place special. Start your journey at any of the following locations. Be sure to check out other art and sporting venues along the way, too.

Art at the Museum — Downtown Today, the art of decoy and wildfowl carving has become a blend of tradition and modernity. In this gallery, you will find an array of styles and work based in the past and looking toward the future — from colorful, modern, decorative interpretations of birds to more traditional-styled pieces of wildfowl art. Visit with the artists here to discover how historic carvers provided inspiration for today’s art.

“Historic Decoys of Talbot County . . .” by the Talbot County Historical Society — Downtown, 30 S. Washington Street Native Americans were the first to use crude wooden blocks to lure waterfowl into range. Early settlers adopted this practice, improving on ways to represent and attract waterfowl over the decades. Such ‘working’ decoys were simple, handled roughly and used in very large numbers to represent flocks. Many people made them; even some undertakers became adept at crafting ‘dekes’. This exhibit showcases the unique works of early well-known carvers of the region.

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“The world of craft beer is hot now.

You have to stay innovative with brews and branding to keep your beer selling in the marketplace.”

merica’s independent beer distributors are small businesses that deliver beer to store shelves and restaurants in communities across the country. They help brewers of all sizes and from all over the world to grow by bringing their product to retailers, who can provide consumers with unprecedented choice and variety, especially as new craft beers flood the market every day.

Kelly Distributors of Easton, MD, which has a portfolio of 16 local craft breweries from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Pennsylvania, has been working with two local breweries since their starts, watching and enjoying the tremendous growth they have experienced over the last 10 years and working with them to promote their beer at local and regional community events such as Easton’s Waterfowl Festival.

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Bobby Kelly, Sales Manager, Kelly Distributors, comments, “With the explosion of craft brew, beer drinkers have acquired educated palates.

Today, there is a good brewery in every town and there is town loyalty with hyper local support. Everyone wants to taste the local beer.”

Adrian “Ace” Moritz, Owner of Eastern Shore Brewing in St. Michaels, MD, the oldest brewery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is celebrating his company’s 10th anniversary. In March 2008, Moritz met Clyde Kelly, owner of Kelly Distributors, at the Opening Day of the Crab Claw Restaurant before his brewery was even open. He recalls, “Originally, I had wanted to self-distribute my beer, but decided to talk to them and I am glad I did. The great thing about using Kelly is that they know everybody.”

Left to right: Adrian “Ace” Moritz, Owner of Eastern Shore Brewing in St. Michaels, MD, with Bobby Kelly, Sales Manager, Kelly Distributors.

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Eastern Shore Brewing was the 13th brewery Kelly Distributors represented in Maryland. Today, they represent 25 breweries. At the time Eastern Shore Brewing opened, there were 900 breweries nationally. Today, there are 7,000 breweries in the US. Approximately two thirds of Eastern Shore Brewery’s beer is sold by distributor. Approximately one third of its beer is sold at the brewery, where it offers between eight and nine beers on tap.

In 2007, Eastern Shore Brewing started offering its beer in cans, which bear a vibrant Maryland flag, creating instant brand recognition for the beer. In 2008, Eastern Shore Brewery was brewing 150 barrels (31 gallons) of beer. In 2018, Eastern Shore Brewery is brewing 1200 barrels (cans and draft beer). This represents a 106 percent increase.

Eastern Shore Brewing is available in liquor stores all over the Eastern Shore from Cambridge to Annapolis to Washington, DC. Moritz states, “Today, every can and keg is sold before it is made.”

RAR Brewing in Cambridge, MD, another local brewery in Kelly Distributor’s portfolio, has exploded into the craft beer market since it was started in 2013 by Cambridge owners Chris Brohawn and J.T. Merriweather. Randy Mills, RAR’s head brewer, is now one of the company’s owners as well.

Shawn Smith, Director of Sales for RAR, explains that the owners turned to Kelly Distributors relationships with area restaurants, bars, and liquor stores to help sell its beer. Kelly Distributors is the beer maker’s distributor for the five Upper Shore

counties, with eight representatives handling RAR’s package and draft beer, distributing 120,000 case-equivalent (cans and kegs) annually. He adds, “Kelly is a well-oiled machine for distribution.”

When RAR began, they offered only draft beer on eight taps, which included their own Bucktown Brown and Nanicoke Nectar brews, as well as other craft beers. Today, the brewery only features its own brews on tap, offering 12 beers daily. In 2014, RAR began canning its Nectar and Groove City brews.

The brewery now offers four to eight special brew releases a month, pre-selling tickets for the releases and selling out well ahead of the release, with lines forming at the door for people wanting to purchase the beer. In 2017, RAR put in a new system and went from being a 10-barrel brew house to a 20-barrel brew house — doubling its capacity and doubling its fermentation space.

Nanicoke Nectar is 70 percent of its business, followed by other RAR favorites, Groove City and Hefeweizen. The RAR brand has been popularized by BJ Wheatley, an artist and employee who illustrates all of the brands.

Shane Pennington, Craft Brand Manager at Kelly Distributors states, “The world of craft beer is hot now. You have to stay innovative with brews and branding to keep your beer selling in the marketplace.”

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Find craft brews offered by Kelly Distributors at these locations during the weekend: 1) Tasting Pavilion (#7 on map) 2) Beer Garden near Sportsman’s Pavilion (#2 on map) 3) Yappy Hour, Fri. 5:30 p.m. (#2 on map) and 4) Festival Wetland Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (#12 on map) L to R: Devin Wheatley and Da’Mir Edwards (RAR), Shane Pennington (Kelly Distributors), Shawn Smith, BJ Wheatley, and Toby Donovan (RAR).

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“Mom treated everybody with the same respect regardless their station in life.”

— Greg Gannon

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he Waterfowl Festival lost one of its most steadfast volunteers with the loss of Sylvia Gannon, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 84.

Gannon, who was active in community affairs and served as one of the first two women on the Talbot County Council — was a part of the group that created the Waterfowl Festival in 1971, serving as a volunteer and board member during the Festival’s formative years and, since 1980, as the window and lawn decorating contest chairman as well as various other decorating contests. In 2015, she was honored as an inductee in the Waterfowl Festival Hall of Fame.

Gannon worked hard in many aspects of the Festival and her passion was chairing the various decorations and contests to set the stage for the weekend, year in and year out. Her devotion to that task helped rally the community and prepare both Easton and St. Michaels to welcome visitors from all over the country.

“Sylvia’s love for the Festival is apparent to every volunteer and visitor she encounters,” states the nomination form recommending Gannon to the 2015 Hall of Fame. “She is always willing to share freely of her talents.”

During a 2007 interview about the contest, Gannon explained the dual purpose of getting local businesses excited and involved in the weekend’s festivities while also helping create the perfect ambience for the visitors who come to see the show.

“It sets the stage. In the early years, many of us were aware of the importance of the Waterfowl Festival, which has become a premiere show and brings so much benefit to our community,”

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she said. “What we wanted to do was impress upon the business community that, although there might be some minor inconveniences, there were so many longrange benefits.”

For Gannon, that included the increased business that the Festival brings to the area, which extends beyond the weekend of the event. “For our community, it is a real source of pride. There is a residual effect that goes beyond the three days of the Festival,” she said.

Gannon’s commitment to the Festival epitomized the energy she put into many areas of her life of service to others.

“She had such energy, exuberance and humor. She was so thoughtful,” said her longtime friend and colleague Denise Riley, editor emeritus of The Star Democrat. “I’m going to miss her terribly.”

Gannon was initially a school correspondent with The Star Democrat where she spent her later career in advertising.

Gannon was the matriarch of a “very successful, close-knit family,” Riley said, which included her husband Cecil and their four children — Celeste, Greg, Glen and Gary — along with 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

“Mom treated everybody with the same respect regardless of their station in life,” Greg Gannon said of his down-toearth mother. “Whoever she met along the way, she probably remembered their name. She was giving in that sort of way, too.

Not just to say it because she was my mom, but she was a very unique, accomplished, special person. Not many people are going to cross through Talbot County and make the multiple marks upon the county that she did.”

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olunteers like Tom Kleppinger are vital to the Waterfowl Festival’s success year-in and year-out. While you see many of their faces throughout Festival weekend, some are happy to stay behind the scenes and do some pretty heavy lifting to make the Waterfowl perfect.The Warehouse volunteers, who quite literally lift the Festival to success each year, driving each of the logistical steps needed to pull the exhibits together and take them apart again on Sunday evening, lost one of their most devoted leaders this year with the untimely death of Tom Kleppinger. He was 59.

“He was always with the Warehouse,” said Donnie Satchell, fellow volunteer and longtime chair of the Buy Sell and Swap

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“He was so creative with everything that he did — he did a lot in his life.”

— Jessica Fluharty exhibit. “He always supplied the forklift. He’s the guy that literally moved the Festival, locating everything onto the truck and then loading the forklift on after that.”

Kleppinger never asked for much fanfare and always knew what was needed to make sure that the intricate logistics of the Festival went off each year without a hitch.

“He just knew exactly what to do and how to do it. No one had to tell him how to do anything,” says Satchell. “Everything just went so smoothly with him.”

For Kleppinger, it was just another example of the ways he served his community and according to daughter, Jessica Fluharty, he enjoyed every minute of it.

“The Waterfowl Festival was one of the things he loved and volunteered for every year. He would work until 10:30 p.m. on a weeknight to get everything set up and if he saw something else was needed, he would just take care of it. It wasn’t work to him,” says Fluharty. “He loved being able to help his community.”

Kleppinger, who was also a member of the Easton Elks Lodge and an active supporter of the annual Oxford Cardboard Boat Races and the annual Magnolia Meadows Haunted Hayride, passed his work ethic and love of his community to his three children, who intend to continue the legacy of service he instilled in them.

“He made the time to give back and it makes me stop and

think of ways that I can give back,” says Fluharty. “It’s a legacy that my brother, sister and I will do our best to uphold.”

Kleppinger was born on July 29, 1958 to the late Alan and Jean Kleppinger. The oldest of three boys who grew up on Washington Street in Easton, he was the proud owner and operator of Tom’s General Services Inc. He had a passion for his family, camping and traveling.

Tom is survived by his longtime girlfriend, Jackie White; his three children, Jessica Fluharty (John) of Trappe, Roxanne Kleppinger (Alex Henkel) of Greensboro, and Thomas Kleppinger Jr. of Trappe; his step-children Stacy, Michael, Donald and Will White. In addition, he is survived by his four granddaughters, Taylor, Kylie, Kamryn and Isabella and two step-grandchildren, Ava and Damian, his two brothers, Kevin and Donnie Kleppinger and the mother of his children, Kathy MacSorley.

“He was so creative with everything that he did — he did a lot in his life,” says Fluharty. “He is so missed.”

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Bridges Restaurant Named in 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in America

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for Lunch and Dinner

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Christopher insuranCe Homes Auto Business Farms/Chicken Houses Boats Motorcycles RV's 105 N. Main Street • Federalsburg, MD 21632 (p) 410-754-9003 • (f) 410-754-9004 rah9003@gmail.com

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Fish, Hunt, Eat Well & Relax at the Newly Renovated Waterfront Resort on Tilghman Island

Call 410.886.2121 Fishing & Hunting Packages, Corporate Retreats, Holiday Parties & Weddings

Mention Waterfowl Festival and get 10% off your Reservation

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3 Sportsman’s Auctions by A&M Auctions Auction’s will feature Decoys, Wildfowl Artwork, Firearms, Ammo, Shooting & Hunting Accessories. All 3 Auctions conducted LIVE at the A&M Auction Facility located at 8000 Esham Rd, Parsonsburg, MD 21849 & will include Online Webcast Bidding via Proxibid.com!

ALL ITEMS SOLD ABSOLUTE WITH NO MINIMUM & NO RESERVE!!

Important Firearm & Militaria Auction Event THUR. Nov. 8th @ 5 PM (Online Only Timed Auction on Proxibid) and FRI. Nov. 9th @ 5 PM (Live Onsite & Live Webcast Bidding)

100+ Antique & Military Rifles, Shotguns, and Handguns, Selection of German WWII Militaria, Daggers, Bayyonets, Helmets, Ammo, Pins, Collectables and more!

MAJOR DECOY AUCTION EVENT – PARSONSBURG, MD! Selling from several Collections and Estates including the Estate of Beatrice Wessells of Lee Mont, VA with select additions from several others.

Friday December 7th, 2018 @ 5:07 PM

200+ Decoys, Wildfowl Artwork, Primitives, Fish Decoys and more!

We are currently accepting quality consignments at this time!

Decoys by Carvers including: Ward Bros., Oliver Lawson, Madison Mitchell and many others!

13th Annual Firearm & Men’s Night Out 2 Day Auction THURSDAY Jan. 31st, 2019 at 5 PM & FRIDAY Feb. 1st, 2019 at 5 PM

We have already consigned 150+ Antique/Modern Rifles, Shotguns & Handguns. We will also be selling a Nice selection of Shooting Accessories, Ammunition, ATV’s, Boats & more! Last year’s auction yielded Bidders from all 50 states and 10 countries. We are accepting quality consignments at this time.

LIVE ONLINE WEBCAST BIDDING AVAILABLE AT www.AMauctions.com via Proxibid View Website for Additional Information, Online Bidding, Catalogs, Terms & Pictures!

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Find outdoor apparel from hats to boots, calls to lure the geese and taxidermy to stuff the ones bagged. Outdoor and sporting clubs and organizations invite new members.

SERVING LUNCH FRI & SAT 11-5 • SUN 11-4 SEAFOOD MENU Crab Cakes • Fried Oysters• Homemade Crab Soup Soft Crabs • Oyster Fritters • Clam Strips Homemade Oyster Stew • Fries and Cole Slaw *Also serving Hot Dogs and Hamburgers Sodas and water available

Craft Beer Tasting and Beer Garden Other beverages available on request.

There is something for everyone here, including canine companions!

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7894 Ocean Gateway P.O. Box 1143, Easton, MD 21601 410.822.0107 info@talbothumane.org

Wink Cowee (C) 410-310-0208

www.BensonandMangold.com winkcowee@gmail.com

24 N. Washington Street, Easton, MD 21601 • 410-770-9255

Waterfront Acreage Two 20 acre building parcels with more than 3000 ft. of shoreline, deep water and million dollar views. Secluded estate setting near the end of a private road. Each lot is surveyed with approved perc. Convenient to St. Michaels & Oxford. $775,000-$815,000.

Low Country Style on 2 ac. in waterfront village near St. Michaels. Thoughtfully designed residence has a double-sided fireplace opening to living room and sunroom. Cook’s kitchen w/ breakfast bar, honed granite counters, dining area w/ built-in seating, wrap-around porch. $449,000

Exquisite Estate on Eastern Bay Sited on 27 acres with sweeping panoramic westerly views, this 11,000+ sq. ft. home is a private oasis. 8 BRs, 5 fireplaces, multiple living areas, office space, den/library, elevator, unfinished 3rd floor. 800+ ft. of waterfrontage. $1,495,000

Well Priced Waterfront Custom built 4 BR home w/2 owner suites, 3 ½ BAs, gourmet kitchen, 2 family rooms, 2 car garage.

Easy access to Oxford, Easton & St. Michaels by water. New dock w/ approx. 3’ mlw and room for waterside deck or porch. $410,000

Home for You and Your Boat. Custom designed cape in community with dock and ramp for exclusive use of residents.

3 generous BRs finished bonus/media room, large living/ dining room w/ fireplace. 2 quiet acres. Attached 2 car garage. $370,000

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535 Morgnec Road • Chestertown, MD 21620 www.frankbrhodes.com • 410-778-3993 • fbr@frankbrhodes.com Open Weekdays 10-4 and By Appointment

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Kim CrouCh ozman Cell 410.829.7062

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This 155+/- acre hunting property is a prime location for sika deer & waterfowl enthusiasts! Numerous ponds with surrounding low & high marsh, property is improved with a hunting cabin with electric & water. The sale includes all personal property that is there including canoes & decoys. $179,000

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219 Marlboro Ave. Easton, MD 21601 (410) 690-8197

This 3-br, 2-ba rancher is located in the Tilghman Beach community which offers a waterfront community lot w/picnic & beach area. Improved w/an updated kitchen, laminate wood floors, attached 2-car garage, breezeway w/westerly waterviews. Located amongst restaurants & numerous boat landings, this home makes the perfect weekend get-a-way or primary residence. $245,000

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Building an 82 Year Tradition FRANK E. DAFFIN, INC. Building Contractors

W. Wilson Daffin, President William (Billy) Daffin, Vice President MHIC License No. 1857 fedaffin@atlanticbb.net

410-822-2364 • 410-822-4871 www.frankedaffininc.com 9815 Leeds Landing Road Easton, MD 21601

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offered at $939,500

Offering the best of both worlds with 20+ acres of farmland & fringe woodlands on the Fairlee Creek, with deeded slip at the private, deep water community dock.

Endless opportunities for both deer and waterfowl hunting!

Kent County, Maryland

Kent County, Maryland

Enjoy peaceful morning hunts on this beautiful 140 acre waterfront farm with 1/2 mile of fully protected & enhanced shoreline overlooking the Chesapeake Bay & Huntingfield Creek.

Offered at $3,950,00

offered at $1,895,000

Kent County, Maryland

offered at $385,000

Get the whole package with this magnificent 113 acre waterfront farm on the East Fork of the Langford Creek.

Features 2-story brick colonial, 3-bay shed, deep water pond & much more!

www.bachelorshope.com - Kent County, MD

Once-in-a-lifetime waterfront & hunting farm, available for the first time in 50+ years. 164+ acres: 96 tillable, 43 wooded & 3 large ponds. A 420’ dock with 8’ MLW, water, electric & railway. 3000’+ of Chester River frontage with 1400’+ stone revetment. Includes a 9600 sq.ft. main home, 4-bed farm home, equipment sheds, boat house & barn.

www.grassymeade.com - Kent County, MD

Offered at $2,425,00

The location of the main house, 3 cottages, in-ground pool & pool house in the critical area buffer make this waterfront farm compound offering one that is extraordinary and extremely rare. Situated on the banks of Comegys Bight roughly 7.5 miles from Historic Chestertown and 16 +/- nautical miles from the Chesapeake Bay is a 51.55-acre whimsical oasis with nature & riding trails, pastures, barns, farmland, woodland... a special place some refer to as Camelot.

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Where Knowledge and Ser vice Come Together.

Rob Lacaze

roblacaze.com 410-310-7835 lacazerob@gmail.com Call me for a confidential meeting.

Normandie - Undoubtedly one of Talbot County’s finest waterfront estate properties. Magnificent French manor house with architiectural significance sits on 61 acre peninsula with over 3200 ft of shoreline. This one of a kind property is also comprised of a 2 bedroom guest/gate house, a 55+ car auto barn with office & 2 bathrooms, beautiful gunite pool, Bailey built dock with water & electric.

Price upon Request.

Spectacular 30+ acre park - like Waterfront Estate with 1,400 ft of shoreline on prestigious Hunting Creek. Beautiful, Daffin built main house, 3 bedroom guest house, waterside pool, horse stables, barns, office and so much more. $2,795,000

Cooke’s Hope Waterfront Beauty located in one of Easton’s finest waterfront communities.

Beautifully landscaped and expansive views of the lovely Peachblossom Creek off the Tred Avon River. $995,000

Easton Village Grand Victorian Shows like a model home. An open floor plan with 1st floor master bedroom suite, 1st floor office, hardwood floors, Beautiful, serene Oxford, MD. Lovely opportunity granite, wrap around porch and rear garage to name to own a classic remodeled Colonial in the town on the waterfront with private pier. $765,000 just a few of this properties features. $795,000

St. Michaels Waterfront Estate on San Domingo Creek with public sewer. The private 3.5 acre point of land includes the main house, guest house, waterside pool, dock and outdoor cabana with shower/bath.

Close to downtown St. Michaels. $1,795,000.

Purchase as investment or build your own house on one of these 5 remaining beautiful Oakley Chase waterfront lots surrounded by nature. Country Lovely colonial with one of the largest lots in setting with great views and an extremely serene and Cooke’s Hope Cape Cod. Lovely remodeled home Woods at Stony Ridge. 4BR, 2.5BA. Hardwood on convenient location.

Lot #1 - $84,900 Lot #5 - $95,900 with amazing new kitchen. Spectacular fenced yard main level. Large two car garage. Deck and partially wooded lot for privacy. $339,500 Lot #s 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8 -SOLD with private patio and porch. $599,500

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EASTON OFFICE • 410-822-9000 208 E. Dover Street, Easton, MD

CHESTERTOWN OFFICE • 410-778-0330

Chesapeake Real Estate Company Independently Owned and Operated

114B S. Cross Street, Chestertown, MD

CHESAPEAKE CITY OFFICE • 410-885-2200 2525 Augustine Herman Hwy, Ste C, Chesapeake City, MD

$1,320,000 1001768500 Extraordinary residence to showcase art collection or let the architecture speak for itself. Located on Oxford corridor on Trippe Creek and adjacent to Country Club. 2 Acres with Grand Foyer, Main level MBR suite, Pool, Pier and Gazebo.

Call Chata Smith 443-786-1564

Cambridge, MD $584,900 1006053432 Set on 6 ac. w/protected shoreline, this 3000+ sq. ft. Georgian Country style home, progressively built since 1993 boasts quality. 10.5’ ceilings, milled woodwork, rubbed oil finish floors, tile baths, 1st and 2nd level master bedrooms with S-SW EXPOSURE porches, full walk-in basement.

Call Marrie Retallack 410-310-3831

Tilghman, MD $579,000 1002149198 AMAZING WIDE water views and SUNSETS on the Bay! The best of historic Eastern Shore living is just over the drawbridge in this low-maintenance 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath Tilghman home.

Call Donna Endzel 410-829-5490

Trappe, MD $65,000 1002134548 2 acre cleared lot, Trappe address off Landing Neck Rd. Lot had a 5 bedroom perk in 2007,will need to reevaluate with Talbot County Health Dept. About 4 miles from Easton, nice small rural subdivision.

Call Dirk Dekker 410-829-3476

Warwick, MD $849,000 1004505921 Incredible Home, many unique features! 22+ Acres and 400 feet of shoreline.

Watch the Eagles, Ducks, Geese and Deer. House has 6 wood burning Fireplaces, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths.

Call Joe Zang 443-553-0960

Elkton, MD $749,900 1001528676 Waterfront on the Intracoastal! Enjoy this beautiful home complete with 3 bedrooms, 2 full and 2 half baths, full finished walkout basement . Enjoy the nights relaxing in the hot tub! Live the Eastern Shore Way of Life!

Call Joe Zang 443-553-0960

Easton, MD

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