Waterfowl Festival Official Guide 2019

OF F IC IA L GU ID E TO THE 49 TH A NNU A L

WATERFOWL NOVEMBER 8-10, 2019

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in Historic Easton, Maryland

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

2019 Featured Art Piece “Podgin’ for Oysters”

by Nancy Tankersley

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

Follow Your Dreams

Easton, MD

$7,900,000 Oxford, MD

$3,495,000 Royal Oak, MD

$3,950,000 Cambridge, MD

$3,745,000

Easton, MD

$1,795,000 Oxford, MD

$3,600,000 Easton, MD

$1,120,000 Royal Oak, MD

$1,975,000

Neavitt, MD

$4,275,000 Oxford, MD

$1,750,000 Oxford, MD

$1,600,000 Easton, MD

$1,475,000

Oxford, MD

$1,275,000 Oxford, MD

$2,795,000 Easton, MD

$849,000 Easton, MD

$799,000

$850,000 Easton, MD

$990,000 Oxford, MD

$1,099,000 Easton, MD

$800,000 each

"Bruff's Island" 2 Guesthouses · 42+ Acres · Wye River · Pool · Pool House · Tennis Court · 2 Docks · Boat House w/16ft Water Depth · Multiple Outbuildings · 5 Separate Waterfront Parcels.

Waterfront Historic Estate · Miles River · Broad Views · Federal Style 9 Bedroom · 700ft Waterfrontage · Pool · Gated Entrance · Priced Below Market Value.

"Windsong" Turnkey 10 acre Compound: Main, Guest, Carriage, Pool · Tred Avon & Choptank Rivers · 750' Rip Rap Shoreline · Gorgeous Sunrises · Southerly Breezes · 125' Dock with 3 lifts · Freshwater Pond.

"Morgan's Point Community" Waterfront Lot · 31+ acres · Protected Shoreline · Sandy Beach · Perc Approved · Close to Downtown Oxford.

St. Michaels, MD

"Two Rivers" Year Round Sunsets · 180 degree Waterviews · 660ft Riverfront · Tidal Sandy Beach · Private Dock · Riprap Shoreline · Firepit · Great for Entertaining · Priced Below Assessed Value.

"Charlecote" Private Waterfront Estate · Gated Subdivision · Trippe Creek off Tred Avon · Traditional Home · Single Level Living · 4.47 acres · Detailed Craftsmanship · Covenants and Restrictions apply.

"Point of View" Traditional 4 Bedroom Home · Waterfront · Trippe Creek off Tred Avon · 2.18 acres · Gated Subdivision · Dock · Beautiful Sunsets · Close to Country Club.

Perfect Family Compound · 2 Lots · 78.114 Acres · 2 Large Freshwater Ponds · Protected Shoreline · Trippe Creek off Tred Avon · Broad Views · Private, Paved Treelined Entrance · Hunting Permitted.

"Bonnie Breeze" Choptank River · Broad Sunset Views · 12+ acres · Guest House · 2 Car Garage w/Apartment · Pool · Tennis Court · Dock with lifts · Riprapped Shoreline · Circular Drive.

"Tidal Retreat" Waterfront · Peachblossom Creek · Open Floor Plan · 4 Bedroom, 4 Bath · Gourmet Kitchen · Multiple Waterside Decks.

"Blue Water Farm" Choptank River · 148+ acre Farm · 2 Car Garage · Pool House · Gunnite Pool · Barn · Riprapped Shoreline · Sandy Beach · Boat Basin · Development Rights: 2 WF, 115 Inland.

Waterfront 5 Bedroom Colonial · 1st Floor Master · Plaindealing Creek · Near St. Michaels · 2 Car Garage w/ Bonus Room · Sunroom · Pool · Spa · Dock · Bulkheaded Shoreline.

"Knud Hansen" Waterfront · Hardwood "Little Presquile" Wye River · 3 Story Farm Floors · Trippe Creek off Tred Avon · Gated House · 2+ acres · Screen Porch · 3 Bay Subdivision · Dock · Pool · Minutes to Garage · Dock · Minutes to Jet Airport.

Easton · Covenants and Restrictions apply.

Choptank River · Renovated Cape Cod · 1st Floor Master · 2 acres · Hardwood Floors · Unfinished Basement · Aztec Deck · Screen Porch · Heated Saltwater Pool · Hot Tub · Deep Water Dock w/ lift · 6ft MLW.

"Easton Village" Traditional 4 Bedrooms · Hardwood Floors · Custom Cabinets · Granite Countertops · SS Appliances · Elevator · Extensive Landscaping · 2 Car Garage.

Waterfront Lot · Miles River · 2+ acres · Waterfront lot · 10 acres · Maxmore Creek · Rare In Town Waterfront lot · Sunset Views · Two Waterfront Lots (47.81 and 58.67 acres) 200ft Waterfrontage · 4' MLW · Riprapped Deep water · Recorded Plat · Perc approved Sandy Beach · Mooring · New Pier with Lift · ·Wye River · Beautiful Estate Area · Minutes · Between Easton and St. Michaels.

Public Water and Sewer Available.

Shoreline · House Plans Available. to Jet Airport and Downtown Easton.

101 N. West St. • Easton, MD 21601 • 410-822-2001 • MeredithFineProperties.com COLOR

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QUEENSTOWN 30+/- acre waterfront farm on Greenwood Creek w/1,890’+/- of shoreline. 4 BR home w/pool house, deep water dock, mature trees, small orchard & abundant wildlife. Exceptional deer, duck, goose & turkey hunting. Rockfish off the point. $1,650,000 BOB RICH 410-200-6625

CHESTERTOWN Great for hunting. Front cleared, treed approx. back half of 8 acres. $79,900 BEV SANGER SLOANE 410-310-2345

WORTON 49 acre farm overlooking Churn Creek. Just under 3000 ft of shoreline w/ mature woodland, fields, boat launch & a boat dock.

Suitable for horses & hunting offering an offshore blind & huge flocks of turkeys plus plenty of deer, geese, ducks. $1,950,000 BRIAN GEARHART 410-310-5179

OXFORD “Stillwater Farm” 44 acre waterfront on Island Creek. 6,000+/sf. Colonial w/5 BRs, det guest house, pool house, horse barn, waterside pool, dock w/ lift. 92 solar panels and battery back-up system plus great hunting opportunities! $1,995,000 EDDIE MANGOLD 410-310-6867

WITTMAN 21+ acres overlooking Harris Creek w/approx 1,700+ ft of shoreline. Perc approved for 4 BR house. Beautiful water views, ag taxes. Looking for large acreage, adjacent to TA9877285. Another 20+ ac. WF parcel. Plat on file. $775,000 WINK COWEE 410-310-0208

ROYAL OAK Bay Views in Talbot County. Fabulous, private, and rare 9 acre waterfront home site. Perc approved, navigable water, rip rapped shoreline, and coveted SW exposure with vistas to the bay and beyond. $895,000 CHUCK MANGOLD JR. 410-924-8832

VIENNA Whitetail & Sika Deer hunting with 88+/- privately held acres that adjoins to the LeCompte Wildlife Management Area - Shooting Range for the gun enthusiast! Add’l acreage could avail. A once in a lifetime opportunity if your interest is deer hunting! $299,000 CRAIG LINTHICUM 410-726-6581

CAMBRIDGE Approx 6,400 acres improved w/an 11 BR main lodge, 2 guest homes, farm offices & supporting structures. Approx. 10 miles of waterfront & 20 miles of internal roads. Quite possibly the finest duck & wildlife habitat on the East Coast. $16,500,000 SCHUYLER BENSON 410-310-3251

CRAPO 155+/- acre hunting property. Prime location for sika deer & waterfowl hunting enthusiasts! Numerous ponds w/surrounding low & high marsh. Hunting shack w/electric (renewable energy from wind turbine) & water. $179,000 KIM CROUCH OZMAN 410-829-7062

WOOLFORD 237+ acre farm. 4 BR, 2.5 BA farm house w/caretaker’s apartment.

Approx 90+ acres tillable & 137+ of woods full of wildlife & 3 ponds. Property was a regulated shooting area for releasing upland birds & waterfowl. Numerous outbuildings. $975,000 PENNY INTROCASO 410-463-0067

EAST NEW MARKET 42+/- acres On Green Point Road in East New Market. Parcel 55 has 13.5 acres in crops, 12 acres in CREP and 20.7 acres in woods.

Great hunting! Approved SDA on file for 5 bedroom house. $320,000 KATHY CHRISTENSEN 410-924-4814

WINGATE Nearly a mile of shoreline on the Honga River, excellent waterfowl hunting, plenty of room for several waterfowl blinds. $139,500

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

TRAPPE STATION 27999 Oxford Road (410) 822-1415

EASTON OXFORD 24 N. Washington Street 220 N. Morris Street (410) 770-9255 (410) 226-0111

WAYNE WHEELER 410-924-0673

CAMBRIDGE 301 Crusader Road (410) 228-0800

KENT ISLAND Red Apple Plaza (410) 643-3033

ST. MICHAELS DENTON ST. MICHAELS EASTON COMMERCIAL - EASTON 205 S. Talbot Street 110 Market Street 116 N. Talbot Street 41 E. Dover Street 31 Goldsborough Street (410) 745-0417 (410) 479-0777 (410) 745-0720 (410) 690-3195 (410) 822-6665 WATERFOWL FESTIVAL | 2019 COLOR

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NEW EASTON OFFICE • 410-822-9000 17 N. Harrison 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

Easton, MD Beautiful, private, waterfront lot on 5.48+/- acres on Goldsborough Creek off the Miles River. $485,000 MDTA136308 Beautiful, private, waterfront lot on 4.95+/- acres on Goldsborough Creek off the Miles River. $325,000 MDTA136294 Beautiful, private, waterfront lot on 3.14+/- acres on Goldsborough Creek off the Miles River. $345,000 MDTA136300 Call Nataliya Moskalyuk 410-463-7360

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Easton, MD $215,000 MDTA135970 This stunning one-story home is on a large lot in a desirable neighborhood. From the open-concept kitchen and living space, this home features a brick fireplace, beautiful hardwood floors & screened side porch.

Call Gwen Eskridge 410-310-1860

Cambridge, MD $549,900 MDDO111614 TREMENDOUS VALUE! This house screams ‘designer’ and will reflect the personality and taste of those accustomed to the best in quality design, finishes, and lifestyle. 2+ ACres with views of Hudson Creek.

Call Gwen Eskridge 410-310-1860

Easton, MD $335,000 MDQA140964 Outstanding Historic Building, circa 1804. Located on top of a hill in the heart of Centreville. This property is a rare find and has had many uses in the past including a School and a B & B. Call Gwen Eskridge 410-310-1860

Saint Michaels, MD $325,000 MDTA135378 Affordable luxury in Saint Michaels renovated in 2019. New kitchen with stainless appliances that opens to a family room and breakfast bar. Master suite with ensuite spa-like bath. This is a must-see.

Call Chris Clinton 973-476-4093

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hank you for joining us for our 49th Annual Waterfowl Festival!

Our board, staff and more than 600 volunteers — many of whom have offered their dedication for more than fifteen years — are excited and honored to be your hosts for the annual Waterfowl Festival!

We are eager to once again share the best of fall with you here in our beautiful Eastern Shore community. This year, we have added features for your enjoyment and shifted things around to better communicate our conservation mission. So I encourage you to explore every corner of the Festival for new activities and changes that you will want to see.

Here are some highlights: The ever-popular Diving Dogs exhibition has been paired up with the Sportsman’s Pavilion to reflect our heritage; the Raptor Demonstrations highlight bird conservation with a new presenter from Chesapeake Conservation Corps; and our Chesapeake Marketplace (at the middle school) is a free venue — no Festival ticket required — so you can visit artisans, check out conservation activities and the Raptor Demo there!

One of the things that will never change is our hospitality. Many of our guests return each year, bringing their children and grandchildren, and think of it as an Eastern Shore homecoming. This is 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.

Waterfowl is our name because our weekend is also a celebration of our unique Chesapeake Bay birds, the lands and waters that support them and the decades-old heritage of our community. All of these continue to serve as inspiration for the artists, adventurers, conservationists, collectors and sportsmen and women from across the country.

As you walk the streets or visit our venues, listen for the rush of wings and unique calls overhead of the ducks, geese and swans that are our namesake. They and the habitats they need are the reason for our event. Over our 49-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 waterfowl-related 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 waterfowl-loving heritage. And mark your calendars and make your reservations for the 50th Annual Waterfowl Festival, November 13-15, 2020!

Kevin Greaney President, Waterfowl Festival Board of Directors

Margaret M.G. Enloe Executive Director, Waterfowl Chesapeake

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

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2019 Waterfowl Festival Board of Directors Kevin Greaney, President Ken Miller, Vice President Teddy Hoover, Vice President Samuel “Butch” Townsend, Treasurer Cathy Fawell, Secretary Dawn Ryan Lynn Ackerson Suzanne Sullivan Patricia Crane Carl Treat Martha Horner Charles Wrightson Danny Morris Kim Newcomb

2019 Waterfowl Chesapeake Board of Directors C. Albert Pritchett, President Brice Gamber, Vice President Sarah Kroncke, Treasurer Thomas Buckmaster, Secretary Barbara Harr Watson Edward Delaney Kevin Greaney, WF David Fike Jerrold Harris President Lucie Hughes Ken Miller, WF ExOfficio Jerry Serie David O’Neill, Emeritus Julie Susman

EWING, DIETZ, FOUNTAIN & KALUDIS, P.A. THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW

16 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET EASTON, MARYLAND 21601

TEL: 410-822-1988 FAX: 410-820-5053 WWW.EWINGDIETZ.COM

W. THOMAS FOUNTAIN PHILIP E. L. DIETZ, JR. KAREN M. KALUDIS JOHN M. EGLSEDER

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

SHARON M. VANEMBURGH ALEXIS E. KRAMER WILLIAM C. CHAPMAN

Contributing Designers: Joanne Shipley, Jennifer Helmer Contributing Writers: Kristy George Contributing Photographer: Mark Sandlin COLOR

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Conservation

Feed Waterfowl and Educate Young Professionals

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his year, Waterfowl Chesapeake’s annual Conservation Match Campaign will support two terrific initiatives: one that helps create food sources for wintering waterfowl and a second that broadens horizons for upcoming young professionals.

“We had another year of really fascinating applicants and projects this year, which makes for very interested and thoughtful discussions by our review panel,” says Margaret Enloe, Waterfowl Chesapeake executive director. “Our 2019 Conservation Match Campaign goal is to raise $4,000 by the end of the Festival in order to fully fund Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s oyster work and University of Delaware’s Field Experiences

for Students. And we’d be thrilled to exceed that amount so we can support more worthy waterfowl projects next year!”

For many years, Waterfowl Chesapeake and Festival distributed a portion of the proceeds to projects that supported waterfowl populations throughout the mid-Atlantic flyway. While we continue to encourage large-scale restorations, community support like this better connects organizations, people and conservation needs here on Delmarva.

Businesses, individuals and Festival friends are encouraged to drop a few dollars for our ducks into our blue donation boxes at Festival ticket booths or online at www.waterfowlchesapeake.org/ matchchallenge2019.

2019 Match Goal: $4,000 If every Festival visitor dropped $1 in a donation box, we’d have more than $10,000 for conservation programs.

So every dollar counts!

Help us reach our goal with your matching gift at www. waterfowlchesapeake.org/ matchchallenge2019 or by dropping a few “Dollars for Ducks” into the blue donation boxes around the Festival.

2019 Dollars will support: “Promoting Waterfowl Hunter Education for New Adult Students” University of Delaware (UD) $2,000 Today, many Waterfowl Ecology graduate students — who will become tomorrow’s environmental leaders and environmental resource educators and managers — know little to nothing about the world of hunting. They’ve never had a hunting experience.

How can they communicate and work successfully with hunters and landowners if they have never experienced the sport? Through UD’s field program, these budding professionals get the opportunity to gain their hunter education certification

(via course material and gun safety training) as well as learn and discuss waterfowl identification, waterfowl policy, waterfowl 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. Says Enloe, “This component of their studies is not designed to make them hunters; it provides them the opportunity to engage and learn about the sport firsthand, making them better able to understand all perspectives in the conservation world.”

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“Creating Food Sources for Overwintering Waterfowl” Phillips Wharf Environmental Center $2,000

Restoring oyster populations and oyster bars in the Bay helps create food sources for sea ducks who dive for their dinner.

Phillips Wharf, located on Tilghman Island, will increase its capacity to produce “spat on shell” (baby oysters are “spat”) to help meet oyster restoration needs and reduce its dependence on state-supported hatcheries which have experienced increasing demand and, in 2019, could not provide enough baby oysters. PWEC can then continue its citizen oystergrowing program, which communicates the ecological benefits of oysters on local and regional scales, results in cleaner waters and improves oyster populations.

Maintaining the volunteer oyster restoration program will continue to increase food sources for wintering waterfowl, while engaging and educating citizens about the important positive relationship between oyster restoration and waterfowl populations. (See page 85 to learn about the “The Waterfowl-Oyster Connection.”)

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DETAILS & SPECIAL EVENTS Welcome to the 2019 Waterfowl Festival......................6 Schedule of Events......................................................15 Festival Map.......................................................... 16-17 Premiere Night & Art Auction.....................................18 Our Corporate Partners...............................................19 Yappy Hour..................................................................23 Beer Wetlands...........................................................117 Sportsman’s Raffle.....................................................118 Sportsman’s Party......................................................134

ARTIST PROFILES Featured Artist Nancy Tankersley................................26 Rich Smoker.................................................................30 Joel Boches.................................................................36 David Petlowany..........................................................40 Julia Purinton...............................................................46 Carol Heiman-Greene.................................................50 Jan Fitch......................................................................54 Jim Rataczak................................................................58 Keith Whitelock...........................................................62 Tom Baldwin................................................................68 William Goebel............................................................74 Mark Dziewior..............................................................78

EXHIBITS/GALLERIES/VENUES North American Diving Dogs......................................23 MD Migratory Game Bird Stamp Contest...................82 Conservation at the Festival........................................84

Art at the Avalon.........................................................88 Art at the Armory.........................................................93 Art at the Auditorium..................................................94 Art at the Pavilion........................................................96 Art at the Library..........................................................99 Art at the Church.......................................................100 Chesapeake Marketplace..........................................105 Wings Over America.................................................108 Harry M. Walsh Waterfowling History & Artifacts......112 Buy, Sell, Swap..........................................................114 Sportsman’s Pavilion..................................................125 World Waterfowl Calling Contests............................128 Call Makers Contest..................................................135 Bay Street Ponds.......................................................140 Kids’ Education & Art Activities.................................146 Tasting Pavilion..........................................................155 Official Food Vendors................................................157

FEATURES 2019 Conservation Projects...........................................8 The Waterfowl-Oyster Connection..............................85 The Sporting Life.......................................................120 New news from the Chesapeake Marketplace..........102 Music Offers Something for Everyone.......................150 Volunteers are Our Heart & Soul...............................158 About the Hall of Fame.............................................172 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees.....................................173 Our Name is Our History...........................................176 2019 Perry Scholarship Awards.................................176

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ST. MICHAELS Gorgeous waterfront estate with a total of 6 bedrooms including guest house. Waterside pool. Located just minutes from downtown St. Michaels and all its shops and restaurants. $2,975,000

ST. MICHAELS Enjoy the Eastern Shore in this fabulous waterfront home that’s built to last. Screened porch, outdoor kitchen on the open porch, al fresco dining areas, overflow pool and so much more. Home is positioned on a compact lot by preserving privacy to enjoy your stays without the maintenance. $1,495,000

ST MICHAELS WATERFRONT Impeccable renovated all new 1890 Eastern Shorea 3 BR home.

Views from most rooms, fabulous huge screened porch, 2019 dock, 2018 pool - pure perfection. Can be purchased turn key. $ 1,439,000

Cornelia C. Heckenbach Associate Broker

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COOKE’S HOPE, EASTON - Elegant, immaculate 3 bedroom home with studio/guest quarters and private pool in the backyard. Many wonderful recent upgrades. $645,000

ST. MICHAELS Fabulous downtown 3 BR, 3 BA, 3,000+sf home has open floor plan, high ceilings, modern systems. Mature landscaping, large courtyard. Quiet side street steps away from vibrant shops & restaurants. 2-3 blocks to waterfront park for kayaks access & walking trail. Detached 2-sty studio is partly finished and suitable for many uses. $718,000

BELLEVUE Fantastic renovated farmhouse in historic Bellevue. Open floor plan contemporar y living. 2nd floor loft, master suite and guest rooms; 1st floor guest room next to artist studio. Possible expansion. High visibility location next to the Oxford Ferry, park, sandy beach, boat ramp/dock. Commercial zoning allows for many uses. $659,000

ST MICHAELS WATERFRONT lot less than 1 mile to town . Suitable for horses, perc approved, SHERWOOD - Bargain price waterfront lot ca. 9 pier can be built w/ 2+ MLW. Public sewer coming miles to historic St Michaels, private setting with soon. $ 395,000 beautiful view. $ 395,000 READY TO BUILD, horses permitted,this lot is in close proximity to public ramp and landing, just between St Michaels and Easton in wonderful neighborhood with inland and waterfront homes. $199,000

109 S. Talbot St. St. Michaels, MD 410-745-0283 ext.104

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CHUCK MANGOLD, JR. Associate Broker

CELL : 410-924-8832

www.ChuckMangold.com

e-mail: chuck@chuckmangold.com

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$419,900 | Royal Oak

$399,900 | Easton

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Windward Drive Lot

$249,900 | St. Michaels

$224,900 | Easton

$199,900 | Tilghman

28590 Ninth Drive

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$199,900 | Easton

$199,000 | Oxford

$149,900 | Tilghman

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906 Old Camp Road

$139,500 | Ridgely

$114,900 | Easton

$49,900 | Denton

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Easton, Maryland

The Stewart

Indulge this Waterfowl Weekend

Warm up with Weather Gage’s signature hot chocolate, grab lunch at Sunflowers & Greens, a hearty dinner and a single-malt at The Stewart, and a sweet treat from Bonheur. All located in historic downtown Easton, along with our other Bluepoint businesses.

View all of our concepts at bluepointhospitality.com.

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Schedule

Location numbers correspond to the Festival Map on pages 16-17 Thursday, November 7th 10

4 p.m.

4:30 – 8:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

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49th Annual Waterfowl Festival Opening Ceremonies Waterfowl Chesapeake Premiere Night Party William A. Perry Art and Decoy Auction to benefit local scholarships

Friday, November 8th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

10:15 a.m.

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

11 a.m.,.

1 p.m., 3 p.m 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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

Galleries & Exhibits Open

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Diving Dogs® NEW LOCATION! Author Elaine Allen, Children’s Storytimes Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited) Music: Kenny Haddaway Puppet Show with Blackwater Wildlife Refuge Wine, Beer & Tasting Pavilion Open ($) Retriever Demonstrations Archery with the Izaak Walton League Festival Beer Wetland Opens ($) Raptor Demonstrations

11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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Kids’ Art Activities with the Ward Museum

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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Kids’ Conservation Activities with the Academy Art Museum and Chesapeake Maritime Museum

12:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

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World Waterfowl Calling Championships, Sr. Preliminaries No bus transportation provided after 5 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

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

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Hyatt hosts Yappy Hour Tickets – $20 see waterfowlfestival.org

Saturday, November 9th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.

10:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

11 a.m.

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11 a.m.

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

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10:40 a.m. & 12:40 p.m

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11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

1 p.m.

1:30-3:00 p.m.

2 p.m.

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

6 p.m.

Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited) Music: Free & Eazy Band Children’s Calling Clinic – Duck Calling

Festival Beer Wetland Opens ($) Wine, Beer & Tasting Pavilion Open ($) Retriever Demonstrations Raptor Demonstrations Fly Fishing Demonstrations Kids’ Art Activities with the Ward Museum

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Archery with the Izaak Walton League

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Calling Contests, Final Competitions No bus transportation provided after 5 p.m.

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10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Music: Allegra Women’s Chorus

Author Cindy Freland, Children’s Storytimes

The Chesapeake Mermaid “The Last Bivalvian” Storytime

Street Concert: Saved by Zero Children’s Calling Clinic – Goose Calling The Chesapeake Mermaid Storytime “The Giants of the Bay”

Music: Mid-Shore Community Band Drone Workshop with Horn Point Laboratory (Ages 10+) Kids’ “Paint a Decoy” Class (space limited) Sportsmen’s Party at the Elks Tickets – $50

Sunday, November 10th

10:40 a.m. & 12:40 p.m

Diving Dogs NEW LOCATION!

Puppet Show with Blackwater Wildlife Refuge

12 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 1 World Waterfowl Calling Championships, Jr.® Preliminaries

10:15 a.m.

Kids’ Fishing Derby

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

Galleries & Exhibits Open ®

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11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Wine, Beer & Tasting Pavilion Open ($) Retriever Demonstrations Raptor Demonstrations Kids’ Art Activities with the Ward Museum Festival Beer Wetland Opens ($)

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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• Fly Fishing Demonstrations • Kids Fishing Derby • Retriever Demonstrations Restrooms & Food Vendor

CHRIST CHURCH Art at the Church • Photography Restrooms & Food Vendors

WINE, BEER & TASTING PAVILION Wine, Beer & Gourmet Food Tasting

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

PRAGER FAMILY AUDITORIUM Art at the Auditorium • Carving Gallery

Music Food Vendor

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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 worthy causes in our community.

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Art at the Avalon • Painting & Sculpture Gallery Opening Ceremonies Restrooms

Easton Lions Club Menu: crab

Trinity Cathedral Menu: jumbo

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by and benefiting Talbot Historical Society

Piazza Menu: Italian meatball soup, butternut squash soup, lentil salad with duck confit, “pronto” panini, mini tiramisu, Italian sodas, water; Hosted

benefiting First Night Talbot

kid’s platter with nuggets and fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, funnel cakes, cheesecake, apples, beverages Hot off the Coals BBQ Menu: pit beef & smoked turkey, pulled pork barbecue, vegetable & cream of crab soup, fries, beverages; Hosted by and

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hamburgers and cheeseburgers, vegetable crab soup, fried oyster basket or sandwich, hot dogs, fries, beverages.

Tri County Ruritan Menu:

gingerbread goose cookies, fresh roasted peanuts, coffee, soda, hot and cold cider, holiday dog biscuit wreath

Easton Ruritan Club Menu:

cookies, cupcakes, coffee, hot cocoa, brownies

Christ Church Day School Menu:

oyster fritters, clam strips, cream of crab soup, fries, beverages, hot dogs, oysters on the half shell

Christ Church Menu: crab cakes,

Academy Art Museum

sandwich, sausage sandwich, soft crab sandwich, fried crab balls, chili, drinks, chips; Hosted by and benefiting

BBQ & Beyond Menu: pulled pork

FESTIVAL SHOPPES Restrooms & Food Vendor

Hosted by and benefiting The Julianne Rosela Foundation

chocolate dipped pie and cheesecake, beverages, hot chocolate, chocolates, caramel apples, other confections;

ART AT THE PAVILION GALLERY • 2019 Featured Artist Nancy Tankersley • Painting & Sculpture

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EASTON ELKS LODGE Sportsman’s Pavilion • Molly’s Tent • Craft Brew Pub • North American Diving Dogs Restrooms & Food Vendors

EASTON HIGH SCHOOL Buy, Sell, Swap —Decoys— Walsh Waterfowling Artifacts World Waterfowl Calling Championships • Federal & MD Duck Stamp Winners Restrooms & Food Vendors

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Easton Ruritan Club Menu:

of crab soup, oysters, chips, fruit, beverages, baked goods

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 5–8:30 PM in Historic Easton, Maryland

Quick Art by artists, specialty Waterfowl Cocktails and the William A. Perry Art & Decoy Auction Please join us for special “Waterfowl Cocktails” from Lyon Distilling, freshly shucked oysters in celebration of our 2019 Featured Art painting, 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.

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Highlight of the evening WILLIAM A. PERRY ART & DECOY AUCTION

Located in the Tasting Pavilion, the auction will include one-of-a-kind works created that night during the “Quick Art” experiences from 5:30–6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the auction will support our Community in Conservation program that connects financial resources to environmental needs and the William A. Perry Scholarship Fund, which has given over $160,000 to more than 135 students since its establishment in 1997.

For more about VIP Packages and Benefits, visit WaterfowlFestival.org/PremiereNight.

Waterfowl Festival 2019 Corporate Partners ®

The Waterfowl Festival thanks those 2019 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 Partners

Platinum Plus Partner

Gold Partners

Bronze Partners

Titanium Partners

Silver Partners

Salisbury Dealerships

Business Partners Albright’s Gun Shop Benchmade Knife Company USA Brinsfield Fence Co., Inc. Decoy Magazine Ecoprint JJ Lares Adrenal Line Avery Hall Chesapeake College

Councell Farms De Camo Sport Jackets Dive Bomb Industries LLC Fairfield Inn & Suites Jason’s Computer Service Northeastern Supply Quality Inn Ruth Brothers Sharper Graphics

WebFoot Custom Calls LLC College Placement Consulting Davis Bowen Friedel, Inc. Holiday Inn Express Brookfield Residential Properties at Easton Village Gould’s Custom Calls Midland Plastics Cecil H. Gannon & Sons, Inc.

Non-Profit Partners

The list of Corporate Partners was current at time of publication

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North American Diving Dogs North American Diving Dogs (NADD) Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion At the Elk’s Lodge (Festival Ticket Required) TRY-ITS Bring your pup and give him/her a chance to become a Diving Dog! Try-its are allowed as space and time permits during contests. Tickets can be used any day of competition.

Splashes include up to four minutes on the dock for one optional practice jump and two judged jumps.

Splash Schedule Friday, Nov. 8 Distance Jumping 10:00 a.m. - Splash #1 12:00 p.m. - Splash #2 2:00 p.m. - Splash #3 Air Retrieve 4:00 p.m. - Splash #101

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Featured Artist

“I know that environmentalists and watermen are sometimes at odds, so I hope to portray the importance of a well-balanced and symbiotic relationship.”

Featured Artist

NANCY TANKERSLEY This year’s Featured Artist, Nancy Tankersley, is no stranger to the Waterfowl Festival or the residents of the town that hosts it. Tankersley, a 15-year resident of Easton, has been an exhibitor at the Festival since 2015 and welcomes the opportunity to be part of what makes her town so special.

“As a resident of Easton, I’m privileged to see the excitement build as our little town is transformed into the site of a major art and conservation festival,” she says. “The enthusiasm of the crowds, the local businesses and the volunteers make the months of preparation and labor well worth the effort. The fact that this festival is in its 49th year is a testament to the vision of its founders, the support of the local community, and the wisdom and hard work of the people that keep it going year after year.”

It’s been a busy few years for Tankersley, who was invited to participate in the annual Masters Exhibit at the Salmagundi Club in New York City in both 2017 and 2018. Last year, she also became a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists and participated in their juried exhibit in Charleston in November.

“We are so excited to be working with Nancy this year,” says Kevin Greaney, Waterfowl Festival board president. “She is an amazing artist and a valued member of the arts community

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in Easton. Nancy is someone who understands the value of the organization and its mission to support conservation efforts on the Shore. We couldn’t be happier to have such a local treasure as our 2019 Featured Artist.”

Tankersley began her career as a portraitist in 1983, but entered the gallery scene with figurative paintings of people at work and at leisure. Currently her creations move between landscape, figures and still

life. Incorporating non-traditional tools, supports and technologies for her paintings, she remains faithful to her impressionistic style.

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The Featured Art Piece, “Podgin’ for Oysters” will be in the Art at the Pavilion location.

“Competition”

of a well-balanced and symbiotic relationship. My painting will certainly have watermen, boats and some of the wildlife that is native to the Chesapeake Bay and its environs. I like activity and color so my painting will have plenty of both.”

Tankersley was selected as the Featured Artist in March and created this year’s featured piece, “Podgin’ for Oysters,” a 36” x 48” oil on linen painting, as an homage to the watermen of the Eastern Shore and the balance between environmentalists and those who make their living on the water.

“I especially like painting watermen who are handtonging for oysters the way it has been done for over 250 years. Not only does it take good ‘sea legs’ and a strong back, it seems to me that there is a particular grace, akin to a well-trained athlete, in the movements of the waterman who is balancing on the edge of the boat using long, unwieldy tools to fish for the oysters laying on the bottom. In this painting, he is ‘feeling’ or ‘podgin’ for the oysters and gently raking them into a pile, or combining with other piles, so that when he grasps the tongs with both hands and heaves the loaded basket up with all of his strength, the effort will have been worth it!”

Tankersley describes her style as one that follows a distinct series of steps.

“When I have an idea, I like to get it on the canvas as quickly as possible,” says Tankersley. “Although for a large painting I always do preparatory sketches, it isn’t until I have all the big shapes established on the canvas that I know if the design will work. If it doesn’t feel right, I wipe it off and start again. I always begin with an exaggerated colorful tone because I’ve found it is much easier to gradually bring the colors along to a

more realistic appearance than if I try to match the color immediately. Dry glazing on top of the base colors is a big part of my technique on my larger paintings. On my smaller works, my approach is much more ‘alla prima’ or immediate. I often do plein air studies so that I have a good visual memory of an area’s colors. You can see from the progress shots that I was working out design and detail and it wasn’t until the final stages that I brought the water and sky to what I felt was a more realistic Chesapeake Bay color.”

Active in the current plein air movement, and a founder of Plein Air Easton, she travels worldwide participating in competitions, judging and teaching. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to be an instructor and demonstrator at the Plein Air Convention in Santa Fe and released her first instructional video with Lilliedahl Videos. In 2016 and 2017, she was invited to exhibit at the prestigious Masters Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC. Recent honors include Best of Show at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia International Plein Air 2018, Best of Show at the Lighthouse Plein Air Festival 2017 and the Dickinson Award for Best Painting by a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society 2016 Annual Juried Exhibit.

Tankersley is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society, the American Society for Marine Art and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters, and also holds memberships in the Washington Society for Landscape Painters and the Salmagundi Club. Founder and director of the Easton Studio, a workshop facility begun in Easton in 2010, the artist mentors and teaches and sponsors workshops by nationally known painters.

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his year’s featured art piece, titled “Podgin’ for Oysters,” by local painter Nancy Tankersley, pays homage to the watermen of the Eastern Shore and the balance between environmentalists and those who make their living on the water.

While the subject of the painting is watermen, it was one particular hand-tonger — Tilghman Island resident Robbie Bowman — whom Tankersley was able to see in action during a visit to Harris Creek.

“It was fascinating. It takes such strength and athleticism,” says Tankersley.

For Bowman, seeing his likeness on the large 36” x 48” is “definitely an honor,” and he is grateful that Tankersley’s art is helping remind the public of the efforts the watermen are making to be good stewards.

Bowman has been a waterman for “a right good while” he says, admitting a preference for crabs and oysters.

“I’m a terrible fisherman,” he quips. Bowman prefers the hand-tonging method because it is less damaging to the riverbed.

“There’s less impact on the bottom. It can be challenging, but it can be exciting,” says Bowman. “When you hand-tong, you always leave some (oysters) behind.”

Tankersley hopes her work reminds those that see it of the importance of the watermen to the Eastern Shore’s culture and ecological health.

“It brings home the message that the watermen care about the impact of their efforts. I especially like painting watermen who are hand-tonging for oysters the way it has

been done for over 250 years,” says Tankersley. “In this painting, he is ‘feeling’ or ‘podgin’’ for the oysters and gently raking them into a pile, or combining with other piles, so that when he grasps the tongs with both hands and heaves the loaded basket up with all of his strength, the effort will have been worth it!”

Bowman, who works on Harris Creek and nearby areas throughout the year, even hand-tongs through the winter.

“I’ve got about 100 acres on two parcels,” says Bowman, of the aquaculture beds he has planted and will tong this winter, in less than ideal conditions much of the time. “I just want to see the difference it makes.”

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Artist Profile

RICH SMOKER He has accumulated countless accolades and awards through the years, but for 2019 National Heritage Fellow Rich Smoker, the only reward he really needs is to assure the carving tradition that has become his life’s work continues for future generations.

“The recognition of the art form is a really big thing,” says Smoker, who is one of only three carvers to ever receive the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship — the nation’s highest honor for folk and traditional artists. “Working with your hands is hopefully not a forgotten art form. People just aren’t around it anymore.

My purpose is to teach people to take the art form of carving and move it forward with their friends and family.”

The 2019 recipients are masters of a wide range of folk and traditional art forms: Tejano singing, Basque music, balafon playing, Spanish colcha embroidery, decoy carving and leatherworking, as well as storytelling, according to an NEA news release. Smoker is the only carver in this year’s group of fellows and one of only three carvers to ever receive the fellowship.

Since the awards began in 1982, they have recognized decoy carvers Lem Ward (1983), Harry V. Shourds (1989) and now, Smoker.

“It’s kind of humbling and very daunting at the same time,” says Smoker of his most recent recognition. “It is the highest accolade that a traditional artist can achieve in this field, but it is not about me — it is about the art form.”

“American Widgeon”

Rich Smoker was presented with a medal in honor for his 2019 National Heritage Fellowship by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter and Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Clifford Murphy on September 18, 2019. Photo by Tom Pich

Smoker, who grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1982, has been carving decoys for nearly a half-century. He carved his first decoys with his father, an industrial arts teacher at the local high school, on the banks of the Susquehanna River in his hometown of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

“I still very vividly remember the day that my dad bought a dozen duck decoys. I took one of them, a duck call and went to the creek,” says Smoker. “I was hooked after that. I had no idea that people actually made decoys. I said to my dad, ‘I need decoys — let’s make ‘em.”

His father’s woodworking shop at the high school become the birthplace of Smoker’s carving career — and he hasn’t stopped since.

He continued carving while apprenticing for nine years as a taxidermist, a trade that sharpened his understanding of avian anatomy, he says.

“I got a crash course in anatomy — it really paid off. I was able to draw on it for my carvings,” he says.

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Smoker eventually realized “A man who works with his hands teaching Smoker remains committed to that taxidermy was not his teaching as many future carvers life’s calling after a fateful trip is a laborer; a man who works as he can — it is the best way he to the Ward Museum’s annual with his hands and his brain knows to perpetuate the art form fall exhibition. that he has loved for so long.

“I knew then what I wanted is a craftsman; but a man “I’ve taught close to 3,000 to do for the rest of my life,” people,” says Smoker. “The says Smoker. who works with his hands biggest success is when you As Smoker’s love of the and his brain and his heart have people who come to your carving tradition grew, classes and then you never see he began taking trips to is an artist.” them again. That means they got Maryland, where he learned I think it is important that I go from many masters, including — Louis Nizer it. out and teach as much as I can Lem Ward, a 1983 NEA — to carve out future carvers.”

National Heritage Fellow, In addition to his ribbons and recognitions — which and Steve Ward, two brothers whose local barbershop include a Best in World award and a Living Legend award had become a makeshift carving studio due to popular at the Ward World Championship put on by the Ward demand for their decoys.

Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury University — Smoker He eventually relocated to Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is also an inductee of the Waterfowl Festival Hall of Fame. where he continues to carve wildfowl decoys out of his His favorite title, though, comes a little closer to home. home workshop on the banks of the Big Annemessex The work ethic — and ability to work with his hands that River, an area with a long and strong tradition of decoy he learned from his father — remains a family tradition carving. He spends hours on the river observing wildlife and legacy. and poring through his massive collection of books and “I could see where he would figure out how to build images, which he then brings to life in his carvings. something. It was a marvel to see someone make While he has amassed more than 500 ribbons, 100 something with their hands and mind. It has become best-in-show awards and a best-in-thesecond nature for me to want to build something,” says world award, for Smoker, it all comes Smoker. “My grandkids have something that might be down to passing on the legacy to broken and they always say, ‘Take it to Grandpa, he’ll fix his students. As much as he it.’” continues to love to “Smew” For Smoker, it comes down to combining his skills with carve, his other his passion for carving — and he quotes the famed Louis calling — Nizer to sum up his feelings about the art form that has been his life’s work.

“A man who works with his hands is a laborer,” says Smoker, quoting Nizer. “A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.”

See Smoker at Art at the Prager Family Auditorium.

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Artist Profile

JOEL BOCHES His colorful snapshots may portray birds and wildlife that can be found in everyday life, but photographer Joel Boches hopes to capture moments that we may otherwise overlook in today’s “plugged in” world.

“I try to capture the local wildlife in unique and unusual situations that can help others to see their behaviors and habits that they may not know about,” says Boches, who works full time in the federal government’s communications department. “Being stuck in an office building all day at my day job motivates me to get out after work and on the weekends to document and photograph wildlife, nature and my outdoor surroundings.”

“I’m known for some of my whimsical wildlife portraits such as my photo of a green heron blasting off, which resembles a stealth bomber,” says Boches. “In my other green heron photo, he appears to be doing yoga stretches, and my cardinal is giving me a sideways glance as if to say, ‘Who you lookin’ at?’”

Boches has always had a camera in his hand but says there wasn’t necessarily a “lightbulb moment” that led to his career in photography.

“It happened gradually,” says Boches, who was born and raised in Baltimore. “I used a Kodak Instamatic X-15 in elementary school and then received my first 35mm camera as a high school graduation gift from my parents.”

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Boches professes a particular fondness for songbirds, photography classes in high school and again in college herons and waterfowl, which can be particularly as part of his studies in graphic design at Rochester challenging to capture with the camera lens.

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“I love the challenge of trying to get crisp close-ups of Boches says his love of photography tied in well with songbirds with an uncluttered background, especially the his career as a graphic designer. warblers that migrate through the area in the spring and “I was an eager and early adopter of desktop fall,” he says. “They’re so tiny and move so quickly it’s publishing software for my graphic design career and always exciting to get a clean photo of one.” was thrilled when digital cameras started to appear.

Boches looks forward to his annual visit to the Some people went kicking and screaming from film to Waterfowl Festival, where he returns digital, but once the digital cameras for his 12th consecutive visit. started to improve their resolutions “I try to capture the local “The small-town atmosphere and features, I was all on board,” he and the way the whole community says. “Having the ability to see my wildlife in unique and comes together to support the images on the back of the camera and then to be able to process, unusual situations that can Festival — both sportsman and conservationist — is what keeps me develop and print them myself really help others to see their coming back year after year,” says gave me the total control that I was “The conservation mission looking for.” behaviors and habits that Boches. of the Festival is very important to Growing up in Maryland and I always hope that maybe my living in the mid-Atlantic region they may not know about.” me. photos will help inspire others to has provided Boches with a rich care about the conservation and abundance of subject matter for his protection of their environment and I think the Festival photography. shares in that mission.”

“I love the changing of the seasons and how each In addition to the Waterfowl Festival, Boches has season brings migrating birds and waterfowl to the area exhibited his photos at numerous juried fine art and how the local scenic spots change depending on exhibitions, including the Patuxent Wildlife Art Show the season,” says Boches. “I especially like shooting in in Laurel, the Potomac Arts Festival in Shepherdstown, the wintertime when everything seems quieter, calmer West Virginia, and the Rappahannock River Waterfowl and less hectic. I’ve had the good fortune to shoot Show in White Stone, Virginia. Boches has also has been black bears in the Shenandoah Mountains, bald eagles featured in many print and online publications. along the Potomac River, tundra swans and canvasbacks on the Choptank River, and vintage schooners on the Visit Boches at Art at the Church.

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Artist Profile

DAVID PETLOWANY

He has been coming to the Waterfowl Festival since 2001, but the novelty of the fall classic isn’t wearing off anytime soon for stone carver David Petlowany.

“The staff, volunteers, patrons and fellow exhibitors make the Waterfowl Festival special. Place the venue in Easton and the entire package stands out as an ideal place to work and contribute to a great cause,” says Petlowany. “My first Waterfowl artist badge has 2001 on it. I owe that to all who read this.”

For the Ohio native, who creates his pieces out of limestone, marble or bronze casting, the novelty of his chosen medium isn’t going away anytime soon, either.

“This journey of mine started in 1975,” he says. “My working with stone, with that being a subtractive process, keeps me on my game and fresh. I only get one ‘crack’ at it.”

Petlowany describes his style as minimalist with the intent to bring joy to those who witness his work.

“My style tends to be a minimalist one with the stone preference being Indiana limestone. Working the material, which has little color, I concentrate on form, folds and rolling the natural light,” he says. “The goal is to create something that brings a smile to a viewer. Touch is added to all of that and I am happy.”

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“The goal is to create something that brings a smile to a viewer.

Touch is added to all of that and I am happy.”

the Western Pacific gave David Petlowany the opportunity to experience stone sculpture in six different countries. His first juried show was 44 years ago — and his works now range from 6 inches to 8 feet.

“Wow, those visual images lasted, and I felt I must try this,” says Petlowany of his entry into the world of sculpture. “Besides, I do like working with my hands.”

Pieces in Petlowany’s collection can take anywhere from a day to a year to create. It took a year to finish an eight-foot orangutan he created for the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. He carved it, by himself, out of a 13-ton block of Indiana limestone.

“I like having the pieces out for people to touch because it’s fun for them to see how light the pieces are even though they are made out of stone,” Petlowany says.

No matter what he sculpts, nature remains his inspiration. “Like so many of my peers, we are drawn to all nature has to offer us. Our work hopefully reminds our species that we are the guardians.”

Petlowany is looking forward to showcasing “a few new twists and a few new critters” at this year’s Festival.

You can see Petlowany and his sculptures at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

JULIA PURINTON Julia Purinton has spent her life finding magic in the world — and it all started as a child, growing up in her native Maryland, where she would spend hours drawing, reading, climbing trees — and enjoying the wonder of it all.

“When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a princess,” says Purinton. “Spending hours poring over lush fairy-tale illustrations in my grandmother’s attic, I internalized a vision of landscape inseparable from the drama of life. Climbing trees and running through the fields and woods of Pennsylvania and Virginia, I imagined trolls and unicorns around every bend, visualizing the settings of my favorite myths and novels.”

That magical view of the world has become part of her artistry, she says.

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“I draw inspiration from the light in the landscape, and from diverse elements in nature.”

“As an artist, I am immersed in the distillation of landscape with narrative rather than purely descriptive intent. Utilizing familiar imagery from the natural world, I explore psychological passage and growth, finding joy, accepting loss, releasing regret,” says Purinton. “In the way that fairy tales dramatize elements of life, my paintings illuminate aspects of human endeavor.”

Sketchbooks became her own personal journal — a way to chronicle all that she was seeing and feeling.

“Throughout my school years, I illustrated my notes with drawings in the margins, and carried a sketchbook with me constantly, filling the time and space now more commonly occupied by an iPhone,” says Purinton. “When traveling, I was more likely to make a watercolor sketch than take a proper photo and, as a result perhaps, recording memories began to assume an important role in my work.”

Purinton’s childhood love of art led her to study art history and follow a career as a decorative painter, where she draws her inspiration from light and the way it affects what we see in the landscapes in front of us.

“I would describe my work as luminist, as I strive to capture the effects of light in the landscape and the emotional impact we feel when we are immersed in nature,” says Purinton. “Mostly I draw inspiration from the light in the landscape, and from diverse elements in nature.”

That diversity of nature provides a continual source of inspiration, she says.

“I feel especially moved by the visual evidence of symbiosis in nature, both the subtle and not-so-subtle coloration of birds, and the many shapes they have acquired to fit them for survival,” says Purinton. “The continual fascination humans feel for water, along with our delight in and awe of the coastal landscapes, is another favorite theme.”

For Purinton, who was born in Washington, D.C., and spent her early years in Annapolis, where her father was serving in the Navy, those scenes she explored in her childhood remain a great source of inspiration for her artistry.

“I moved to Boston’s North Shore and began spending time on the marshes and rivers there. Now my husband and I have returned to Washington, and I am eagerly exploring the estuaries and towns surrounding the Chesapeake,” says Purinton. “Rivers, woods, fields and streams — any place there are birds and light in the landscape.”

You can find Purinton at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

CAROL HEIMAN-GREENE When you look into the eyes of one of Carol HeimanGreene’s painted subjects, you are seeing the end result of countless hours of combined planning and serendipity. Her extensive field work eventually sparks the inspiration for her next composition — all with the goal of sharing the spirit of her subject with the viewer.

“I know that when someone feels that they know what my animals are thinking about, I have been successful.

I believe this is why people enjoy having my work in their homes. Every time you see the piece of art, you can feel the emotion, and that keeps the work fresh and enjoyable for all time,” she says. “I want you to feel their character, their spirit. I want to tell a story about them.”

Growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles may not have been the most likely backdrop for a lifelong animal enthusiast, but Heiman-Greene’s urban upbringing did not stop her from developing an early and innate love of the outdoors.

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“From an early age I loved animals, and that has stayed with me and given me direction in my career as an artist,” she says.

Although Heiman-Greene drew as a child, she had little to no formal training in art until she went to college, where she studied illustration. A career in freelance illustration followed, but the industry’s transition to digital led her to find her true calling in the fine arts.

“It was very good training for me,” says HeimanGreene, whose illustration background provided the perfect tools for creating her wildlife images. “I now work in the style of the Old Masters, which is not a very quick way to work.”

While Heiman-Greene does not have a favorite subject, she is partial to North American wildlife, including wolves and coyotes.

“No matter what it is, I want you to feel the personality and charms of the subject — from the smallest hummingbird to the greatest predator,” she says. “I never paint predators actually doing what they are known for doing, which is eat. I always paint them either at rest or in their playful mode.”

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“I want you to feel the personality and charms of the subject — from the smallest hummingbird to the greatest predator.”

backwards and forwards before I paint,” she says.

“In order to create a believable image, I need to know how my subject looks from all angles, how it moves, what it would look like in different seasons of the year, what would be a natural habitat and what behaviors are special to the subject. This means that a great part of my work starts with research.”

This equates to lots of time in the field, gathering reference for her work.

“I’m a lousy photographer, but I have a good camera and I generally get good enough shots to work with most of the time. Sometimes I’m just inspired by a really great image I got and from there I can create the setting I want. My backgrounds are always strong — they provide the possibility for those extreme highlights that I aspire to,” she says. “Then, as a painter, I can create the situation that I want, and that’s the joy.

As to where I go for my imagery, well, anywhere I travel I make sure I take plenty of scenery shots in addition to the animals because I just never know when they will come in handy. All of that can be made into a great scene. References of rocks, grasses, wildflowers, butterflies, trees, streams ... all of these are every bit as important as the wolf that may end up as the focus of the painting.”

After doing research and field work, she composes her image and begins to paint, she says. She works in layers, building up the paint until she achieves the desired surface texture.

After building the background in monochromatic, sepia glazes, she works until the image pops from the board and has full dimension. After this, she adds in colors, again layer by layer until the image and desired highlights are achieved.

“This is basically the ‘lean to fat’ method of oil painting,” says Heiman-Greene, who works in acrylics. “Acrylics don’t blend and they dry quickly. I can’t change this, so I work with it, not against it. I use the glazes to achieve volume, and lots of gel medium so that my acrylics have the appearance of an oil painting.”

It all takes time, but the effort is well worth it, she adds.

“It is time consuming because the paint has to rest between layers,” says Heiman-Greene.

“Conversely, the reward is that once you get the highlights in, you get huge amounts of depth and volume, and my paintings have a very lifelike quality.”

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“I was fascinated how he made the wooden bird look so soft. That led me to take carving lessons from him for a few months,” Fitch says. “I continued traveling and took my carving with me.”

Several years later, Fitch became a full-time carver and her journey has been evolving since.

“My love of carved wood is expressed in my life-sized and miniature pieces, capturing the behavior of ducks and birds as seen in nature,” she says. “Using basswood, I intricately shape the wood with a knife. The piece is then textured to simulate the soft feather look and realistically painted.”

While she works in a variety of media, “Saw Whet Owl” including basswood, driftwood and cast paper sculpture, Fitch enjoys creating miniature carvings and using her attention to detail to intricately shape the birds.

“I have always enjoyed carving miniature carvings with lots of detail. Pretty much the only life-sized bird I will carve is a songbird,” Fitch says.

Three decades later, Fitch, who has taught at St. Lawrence College and the Haliburton School of Art, remains a student of her craft.

“The carvings I produced 30 years ago are very different from what I produce today,” she says. “They are definitely more complex and I believe more anatomically correct, as that is what most carvers strive for, but at the same time have my own special style which separates me from other miniature carvers. I have since expanded into other mediums using my knowledge of birds.”

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“My love of carved wood is expressed in my life-sized and miniature pieces.”

While her carving style may change, the muse remains the same — Fitch finds her inspiration in the natural world and through her fellow artists, she says.

“My inspiration comes from many areas — the birds I see every day, the works of other artists, subjects my students would like to carve, something new to try,” Fitch says.

While she is known for her detailed miniatures, Fitch is also proud of her cast paper sculpture and use of clay and driftwood to create a more natural looking bird.

Cast paper sculpture is created by designing an image as a bas-relief sculpture and then turning that sculpture into a limited edition cast paper print of the original.

“Each piece is hand pulled and has its own unique characteristic,” says Fitch.

Fitch either leaves the sculpture as pulled from the mold or pencils or paints the birds with realistic detail.

She has also evolved her art and created what she calls “driftwood art,” which she describes as “marrying the bird with the perfect piece of wood created by Mother Nature.”

Fitch has served as both a judge and competitor in wood-carving shows throughout Canada, the United States and Great Britain. Her accolades include many “Best of Shows,” including those at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and the Ward Foundation World Championship in Maryland, and her carvings can be found in galleries and exhibitions across Canada and the United States.

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JIM RATACZAK There have been two constants in the life of artist Jim Rataczak — birds and art. Both have been part of his world — and his inspiration — ever since he was old enough to experience the outdoors, he says.

“As a kid, most of my drawings and paintings were derived from nature, especially birds,” says the Minnesota native. “In fact, if birds and the natural world didn’t exist, I seriously wonder if I would ever have started painting in the first place.”

“In first grade, I was always drawing cartoons and comics. Snoopy and Peanuts were my favorites. Kids would line up at my desk to get me to draw a picture for them,” says Rataczak, who credits his teachers for recognizing his art as a talent rather than a distraction.

“They set aside time at the end of the day for me. … I drew a bunch of birds and (eventually) made my own bird book.”

That love of sketching — and birds — sustained Rataczak throughout his young life and into his early adult days.

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Entering college intending to study art, Rataczak into the energy that flows through the natural world, instead found the academic world better suited to allowing that energy then to flow through me. After a feeding his strong interest in science. He earned a while, I become absorbed into my surroundings, grow bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of more keenly aware, and my relationship with nature Notre Dame, and soon thereafter a master’s degree deepens.” from the University of Michigan. His graduate research The natural world continues to inspire him with a focused on bird behavior and Rataczak set out to love and passion for his subject matter which deepens pursue a career working in the world of birding. as the years go by.

A fellowship from the Delta Waterfowl Research “The natural world is just unendingly interesting to Station, located in the “pothole” country of the me. I go for a walk just about every day and I come Canadian prairies, would prove fateful to Rataczak’s back from a walk around the block with at least 10 new journey to becoming an artist. ideas. The urge to respond to the Here, Rataczak says, he was things that I see is just as strong “I become absorbed immersed (sometimes literally) in now, if not stronger.” into my surroundings, a rich breeding ground of myriad For Rataczak, his success as an birds, and the surroundings refilled artist hinges on his ability to share grow more keenly aware, that same connection with those his artistic sails.

“While I was out there, there that see his work. and my relationship wasn’t a whole lot of distraction.

“My hope is that my work will with nature deepens.”

Being out there in the marsh, encourage viewers to take a watching birds, doing a fair bit second look at the natural world, of drawing, I realized I really did want to try painting to make them want to be outside and deepen their as a career,” admits Rataczak. “I sort of swapped my own connections with nature,” he says. “If I had 10 spreadsheets for my sketchbook.” lifetimes, I don’t think that would be enough to do That academic approach and understanding of bird what I want to do with my paintings.” behavior has been a big part of his artistry — and is Rataczak’s work has garnered numerous awards, something he says will never fail to ignite his academic appeared in books and magazines, and become part and creative drive. of collections across North America. Rataczak and his “The most elemental form of my art is the field family live in Minnesota where their home backs up to sketch; observing something wild firsthand, and a thousand acres of marsh, creek, woods and field. recording the essences of my observations with pencil and paint,” he says. “Field sketching allows me to tap Visit with Rataczak at Art at the Armory.

“Sweet Song of Spring”

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Artist Profile

KEITH WHITELOCK He is a staple at the Waterfowl Festival who has to graphic design briefly before taking the leap as a developed a following of both fans of his work as full-time working artist. well as students of his craft. That suits Eastern Shore “During high school while taking painting lessons, I native Keith Whitelock just fine as he continues to was drawn to classic Eastern Shore scenes — subjects find ways to combine his love of art and the images that included our local watermen’s communities of his beloved Eastern Shore — in ways that reach as and the marshes and landscapes,” says Whitelock. many people as possible.

“I just loved the Chesapeake C. Keith Whitelock, also workboats. The traditional “To me, paintings have a known as “the Chesapeake wooden boats had great Bay Guy,” was born and raised shapes and the rust stains and certain magic that lets on the lower Eastern Shore in peeling paint were just great the viewer’s imagination Somerset County where he textures and colors.” spent many childhood hours has committed come to play and fill in things.” hisWhitelock exploring places like Deal nearly 40-year career to Island and Crisfield — and capturing those images — and finding lots of artistic inspiration that has carried assuring they are chronicled in local history. through his career as an artist. A graduate of the “By painting these subjects, I get to share them University of Maryland, where he earned a degree with others,” says Whitelock. “In a way, I get to in art education, Whitelock began his professional preserve them, as well — so many of my older career as a junior high school art teacher. He turned subjects are gone.”

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The love of teaching remains as innate as Whitelock’s passion for his subject matter — his popular series of YouTube videos, named “Watercolor Workshop,” has amassed more than 17,000 subscribers and over 900,000 views.

Starting with a pencil sketch, viewers get to see Whitelock’s brush selection, color mixing and painting techniques — all in a real-time setting. The works are presented in a compelling format that allows the viewer to literally watch over his shoulder.

Most subjects are landscape or seascape in nature, and try to balance a good mix of detail with obvious brushwork, he says.

While Whitelock’s style has evolved through his career — he works in watercolors, oils and occasionally acrylics — his end goal remains the same: to present a realistic image of a rapidly disappearing lifestyle.

“People enjoy finding little details on the boats and buildings. To me, paintings have a certain magic that lets the viewer’s imagination come to play and fill in things,” says Whitelock.

That style niche has earned Whitelock quite a following — at the Festival and throughout the region — and Whitelock enjoys the reactions his work gets.

“Since I paint so many watermen and their boats, I have had a wide range of reactions,” says Whitelock, who crews aboard a now retired skipjack. “That is both a lot of work and a wonderful learning experience. I love the boats, but would still much rather paint pictures of them than work on one every day! The nostalgia associated with the workboats overshadows the hard and dangerous work of seafood harvesting.

We should keep that in mind as we appreciate the beauty.”

You can find Whitelock at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

TOM BALDWIN Like many of his fellow artists, Tom Baldwin’s journey as a wildfowl carver began with a fateful trip.

As a career commercial artist, Baldwin discovered his passion for wildfowl carving in 1982 on a visit to Chincoteague, Virginia. The local artists there gave Baldwin, who had always watched and admired birds, some basic pointers and advice. He has been hooked on wildfowl carving ever since.

Until his sojourn in Chincoteague, Baldwin admits he was unaware that he could combine nature and bird watching with bird art.

“My parents were both artists so I came by it honestly, as they say,” says Baldwin. “I grew up in a household that encouraged the arts. Even my parents’ friends were creative people in art, music and theatre. My parents also believed in the world of nature, and myself and my three siblings learned young and forever more the value of a healthy natural world. As for birds, that has always been of keen interest to me since I was very young.”

Baldwin specializes in what he describes as a gallery style that mixes biology and art. Anatomy is accurate down to the feathers and their individual texture and coloring. Lifelike carvings are the end result — sometimes with interesting results with his public.

Baldwin tells of a time he entered one of those lifelike carvings — a life-size red tailed hawk — into an all media art show.

“I blended into the crowd to catch some candid comments. Since this was the only bird carving in this art show, the attending public was unaware it was a carving,” says Baldwin, who heard some less than flattering feedback. “They thought it was a taxidermy or stuffed somehow. I heard ‘disgusting’ and ‘gross’ so I decided to intervene and inform them it was a wood carving. I went from disgusting to incredible in about 1.2 seconds.”

It was confirmation that his work is indeed convincingly realistic.

“I could have done without the ‘disgusting’ part, though,” he laughs.

Regardless of what he is carving, Baldwin follows a lengthy process that he coins a labor of love.

“It always starts with a sighting or experience. Then the sketch pads come out and most of the time a clay model is then produced to size,” says Baldwin. “I carve with the same tools as the other carvers, but it always amazes me how the same tools in different hands create such different results.”

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“It always amazes me how the same tools in different hands create such different results.”

Baldwin also enjoys the painting aspect of his work.

“The one thing that I do is I tend to mix paint right on the carving instead of mixing on a palette. I’ve always been comfortable with color,” says Baldwin, who also spends a great deal of time planning for the proper presentation of his birds.

“One of my presentational preferences is to visually illustrate how birds deal with and tolerate the objects that man basically builds or leaves laying about,” he says.

“We all see examples of it. Raptors sitting on streetlights, sparrows making a nest in your downspout. When I can, I like to show how birds make do with our ‘stuff’ and make it work for them. I’m impressed with how birds create these odd adaptations to our environment.”

For Baldwin, that early environmental ethos that his parents instilled in him runs strong in his art. The natural world is part of his lifelong commitment to the environment, demonstrated in his past service as a member on the Medina County Friends of the Park Board. He carved a great blue heron for Medina County Parks as a fundraiser for the seed money to start the Wolf Creek Educational Environmental Center in Sharon, Ohio. He also designed Holmesbrook Park, a nature park located in Wadsworth, Ohio.

Baldwin won Second Best in the World at the 2017 Ward World Wildfowl Carving Championship in the Interpretive Division, an M&T Printing purchase award at the Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship and back-to-back Best in Shows at the Wings and Water Festival. He has also won an award of excellence at the 2014 Kaleidoscope Holiday show, first place at the 2015 Kaleidoscope Holiday show, top 5 runner-up for the Akron High Arts Festival five years in a row and Best

of Show at the 29th Annual Regional Juried Art Show at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, among other accolades.

He is looking forward to adding the Waterfowl Festival to his list of professional accomplishments.

“This has always been a goal of mine and on a visit to Rich Smoker’s home, he suggested that I apply for the (Waterfowl Festival). Any of us who have carved for years know about Easton’s festival,” he says. “It’s something of a high watermark for any carver to reach.”

Baldwin lives in Akron, Ohio, with his wife, Barbara, and their two dogs.

You can find Tom and the other carvers at the new Art at the Prager Family Auditorium on South Washington Street.

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Artist Profile

WILHELM GOEBEL copying that photograph. I like to take a piece of one, Like many artists who have reached his level of take the position of a bird in another and change the success, world-class wildlife artist Wil Goebel has been light and tone — to me, that is where the real creativity drawing birds for as long as he can remember. While comes in.” he minored in art as a biology undergraduate at Ithaca Brushwork and texture are also a big part of College, he found that his lifelong love of the arts and Goebel’s style. nature led him to an early career as a working artist.

“I like a little informality in my work. I like to “I did minor in art. You tend to get overwhelmed showcase the brushwork and texture where it is with all of the science and you just need a release to needed,” says Goebel. “You just sort of get away from it,” says Goebel. “My have to find your inner self.” art minor was pretty much it. By my For Goebel, that artistic expression third year of (undergraduate work), the may find him working on as many as a focus was on microbiology and things “You just sort of dozen canvases in any given day — and you need to look through a microscope each piece of art has its own unique to see. I’m a visual person so that was have to find evolution of trial and error, too. when the art started to pop out for me.” your inner self.”

“Oil is a slow process. I may work on Working with his mentor, Master a painting for 10 minutes or two hours Wildlife Artist Don Eckleberry, also depending on which stage it is in,” he inspired Goebel to pursue a career as a says. “I may put a painting aside for a wildlife artist. year and I’ll start it again. They all develop at their own “Once I got out of college, (Don) basically told me pace — sometimes you just need to let the paintings to do it now before you have a family,” says Goebel. evolve.”

“So I did and kept plugging away at it. It has had its Goebel, who lives in Salisbury, is a 1997 Federal ups and downs through the years. It has been a unique Duck Stamp winner and a 2001 Maryland Migratory lifestyle, for sure.”

Game Bird Stamp winner with “Widgeon Springing Goebel admits his evolution as an artist has been the Skyward from a Cattail Marsh.” His second Maryland end result of years of trial and error. win is of a single male Ruddy on the water. In addition “I go through phases. My process has certainly to his past success in the Federal Duck Stamp developed over the past 20 years,” says Goebel, Competition, his most prestigious awards include who mainly works in oils on a linen canvas. “I’m not Ducks Unlimited’s International Artist of the Year, the a detailed painter. I use a lot of photographs for National Wild Turkey Federation’s Artist of the Year reference but I never sit down with the purpose of COLOR

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and Stamp Print Artist of the Year, and Maryland’s Grand National Waterfowl Association’s Artist of the Year. His artwork has benefited wildlife through organizations such as Pheasants Forever, Quail Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Wildlife Forever and the National Wild Turkey Federation.

A solo exhibition of his work was held at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury.

Visit Goebel at Art at the Armory.

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Artist Profile

MARK DZIEWIOR Mark Dziewior has been sculpting from the time he could first hold a lump of clay — and the love of his medium and subject matter isn’t showing signs of slowing down.

“My favorite childhood memories involved animals of one kind or another. The fawn I bottle-fed at a wildlife rescue, the rabbits I raised, even the cougar cub I was allowed to hold purring against my chest were spiritual encounters that touched and inspired me. Even the books I read as a boy were those told by and about animals,” says Dziewior of his early childhood days spent in central Wisconsin. “I was afforded ample opportunity to explore, observe and interact with wildlife, nurturing what has become a lifelong fascination with, and connection to, animals.”

That love of his subject matter — combined with his innate artistry — has been driving his work ever since.

“My love for nature and its creatures was paralleled

by an innate and almost visceral need to draw and paint,” he says. “I was fortunate to have parents and an older brother who nurtured my talent and interest from the time I could first hold a pencil and brush.”

Sculpture would come later, he says.

“It wasn’t until I was completing my MFA in painting that I began a serious pursuit of sculpting which opened a whole new world for me. I found that I could bring a depth and breadth to my subjects through sculpture that I missed when creating two-dimensional art,” adds Dziewior. “Whether it’s capturing the motion of a running wolf or the almost human-like expression of a lazy rabbit waking from a nap, I can encourage people to touch, hold and have a tactile experience with sculpture that I couldn’t with my paintings.”

He continues to hone his craft in both the studio and classroom where he teaches undergraduate art.

“I have a passion for teaching art,” he says.

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“Lab Puppy Trio”

“By helping aspiring artists to master their craft, I have become stronger in my own.”

“I find it exciting to foster the talents of college art students and feel it’s one way I can help ensure that arts will continue for generations to come.

Being an adjunct professor allows me to have the best of both worlds. By helping aspiring artists to master their craft, I have become stronger in my own.”

He describes his style as being highly driven by a desire to combine the human characteristics of the animals he sees into his work.

“As a child, I read stories of animals that had human characteristics — stories like Peter Rabbit, ‘The Wind in the Willows’ and many Thornton Burgess Mother West Wind books,” says Dziewior. “Not only do I observe animals, but people as well. If you look closely at my work, there is a small element of human emotion/expression in each piece.”

Starting with a clay model, Dziewior then proceeds to create a rubber mold. “Through the lost wax process, the bronze is cast. I weld, grind and add patina chemicals to finish each sculpture,” says Dziewior, who says he creates six to eight pieces a year.

While primarily a sculptor, Dziewior holds a fondness for all aspects of his artistry.

“The inspiration is pretty much the same whether I’m sculpting, drawing or painting. I’ve never worked or played in just one medium. I’ve always considered myself an artist rather than a painter, drawer or sculptor.”

“Little Red”

Visit Mark at Art at the Armory.

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Painting a work of art that is beautiful, true-to-life and that can be reproduced on a tiny stamp is no easy task. Come to the Art at the Armory location during the Festival to marvel at the detail in these small works of art and cast your vote for one to win the new “People’s Choice Award.” Winners of that award will be announced when Maryland Department of Natural Resources hosts the official judging and selects the state winner on Sunday of the Festival. See if you can guess which painting and artists will win the coveted distinction of having their painting for the 2020-2021 Migratory Game Bird Stamp!

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t first glance, you may think that “Podgin’ for Oysters,” this year’s featured painting, is not related to waterfowl at all. In fact, watermen, oysters and sea or diving ducks are closely interconnected.

Fall, winter and early spring on the Chesapeake mean it’s oyster harvesting season. From September through February, watermen — our local name for the people that harvest the bounty of the Bay in all seasons — ply the waters with tongs and dredges, and even dive for wild oysters to bring them to our tables. Harvesting takes place when oysters are nice and plump, and before they begin to expend their energy on spring spawning. While modern technology can assist watermen in finding oysters below the water’s surface, watermen have traditionally looked for natural signs of the best harvesting locations — and ducks are one of those indicators.

Ducks are generally put into two categories based on their eating habits: “dabblers” or “divers.” Dabblers are those found in shallows and on the edges of marshes or in upland ponds. They feed by reaching their necks down into the water to nibble on tasty plant roots and microorganisms. Divers are usually sea ducks that spend their time in open waters and dive for their food. Examples of diving ducks found in the

Bay region include black scoter, bufflehead, common merganser, hooded merganser, common goldeneye, long-tailed duck and red-breasted merganser.

These waterfowl help guide watermen in their hunt for oysters. A flock of sea ducks actively diving into the depths may be feeding on an oyster bar — not eating oysters but a variety of food sources that thrive in the oyster bar habitat such as worms, small shrimp and tiny crabs. Hooked mussels that are attached to oysters’ shells (pictured below) are a favorite food for many ducks.

Like animals and insects that migrate vast distances, our winter waterfowl move throughout the Bay region in pursuit of different foods necessary for their survival. If one type of food is not available due to poor water quality or other issues, ducks are able to adapt, to a degree, and move to a different type of food. In some cases, however, the secondary type of food is harder to reach or not as nutritious and results in the ducks having to work harder to stay alive through winter. Ultimately, expending more energy to try to live on foods that don’t fully meet their needs can be a cause for dwindling waterfowl populations.

So despite being many feet below the surface of the Bay, oyster bars are one of many critical habitats needed to support healthy populations of beautiful diving ducks that flock our region each year.

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Welcome Waterfowlers! Enjoy your Weekend and don’t forget to check out our Session Americana shows this Friday and Saturday at Stoltz Listening Room!

Schedule of shows and concerts

Session Americana November 8 at 8 pm - Stoltz Listening Room Session Americana November 9 at 5 & 8 pm- Stoltz Listening Room (2 shows in one night) Hogslop String Band November 15 at 8 pm- Stoltz Listening Room Mark Wade Trio November 16 at 8 pm- Stoltz Listening Room CAL presents The Doors - LA Woman November 22, 8 p.m. Avalon Theatre Robbie Schaefer November 23 at 8 pm- Stoltz Listening Room XPD’s Dance Party, November 30, 8 pm, Avalon Theatre David Bromberg Quintet, December 7, 8 p.m. Avalon Theatre Eric Byrd Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas, December 8, 2 pm, Avalon Theatre Peppino D’Agostino, December 8 at 7 pm, Stoltz Listening Room Yarn Sunday, December 29, 8 pm, Avalon Theatre CAL presents David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, January 25, 2020, 8 p.m. Avalon Theatre CAL presents Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes April 30, 2020, 8 p.m. Avalon Theatre

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

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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!

Painters Sandy Alanko — Tilghman, MD Richard Clifton — Milford, DE Art LaMay — Palm Coast, FL Bruce Woodward — Sykesville, MD Ronnie Wells.

Sculptors Jen Wagner — Jen Wagner Mosaics, St. Michaels, MD Ronnie Wells — Wells Gallery, Salado, TX

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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!

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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.

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 Richard Finch — Richard Finch Artist, Valley Mills, TX Jan Fitch — Art In Wood, Wolfe Island, ON, Canada Gene Hebert — Houma, LA Al Jordan — Birds in Wood, Rochester, NY Doug Mason — Doug Mason Carvings, Carrying Place, ON, Canada Glenn A. McMurdo — McMurdo Carvings, Cobourg, ON, Canada Jeff Rechin — Wildfowl in Wood, Amissville, VA

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David Robbins — DC Decoys, Vienna, MD D. Bennett Scott — Wildfowl Carvings, Berlin, MD Rich Smoker — R.W. Smoker Wildfowl Carving, Marion, MD Ross Smoker — R.K. Smoker Wildfowl Carving, Selinsgrove, PA Herb Watson — Pocomoke, MD Rick Watson — Atlantic, VA

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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!

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Painters Jill Basham — Trappe, MD Matthew Hillier — Tunis Mills, MD David Lanier — Albany, GA Vladimir Piven — Annapolis, MD Julia Rogers — Easton, MD Kelly Singleton — Havre de Grace, MD

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Karryl — Loveland, CO Don Rambadt — Tanager Sculpture Works, Milwaukee, WI Paul Rhymer — Rhymer Studio, Point of Rocks, MD Larry Ringgold — Turtlepoint Driftwood Sculptures,

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Painters Katie Cassidy — Easton, MD Amy Cummins — Chester, MD Kathy Ellis — Easton, MD Mary Ford — Easton, MD Kathleen Gardiner — Arnold, MD Jill Glassman — Berlin, MD Maureen Herbert — Wittman, MD June Hock — Arnold, MD Patti Lucas Hopkins — Cambridge, MD Betty Huang — Easton, MD Carla Huber — Woolford, MD Jane Knighton — Glenwood, MD Kathy Kopec — Easton, MD Marianne Kost — St. Michaels, MD Pat Lang — Easton, MD Maggii Sarfaty — Easton, MD Jeanne Saulsbury — Ridgely, MD Jerry Serie — Easton, MD Judy Specht — Stevensville, MD Nancy Thomas — Ridgely, MD Georgette Toews — Grasonville, MD Mary Veiga — Baltimore, MD Steve Walker — Easton, MD Barbara Watson — East New Market, MD Maureen Wheatley — Stevensville, MD Barbara Zuehlke — Easton, MD

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Christ Church of Easton Corner of South and Harrison Streets Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Some of the nation’s foremost nature photographers join us to exhibit 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.

Photographers Charles Bear — Charles Bear Photography, Jacksonsville, FL Joel Boches — Joel Boches Photography, Fairfax, VA Ken Conger — Ken Conger Photography, Lanexa, VA Cal Jackson — Cal Jackson Photography, Easton, MD Mary Konchar — Konchar Photography, Easton, MD Tony Masso — Strong Castle Studio, Easton, MD Heather L. Orkis — Heather Orkis Photography, Townsend, DE Bob Schamerhorn — iPhotoBirds, Richmond, VA

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There are 16 new exhibitors to meet, as well as new Chesapeake children’s book authors who will read their stories throughout the weekend.

This year, their books will be for sale at the Festival Shoppes within the exhibit hall, as well as by the authors between readings.

And new to Chesapeake Marketplace this year: interactive conservation activities with opportunities to touch and learn. Outdoors you will find a new raptor educator with Earth Conservation Corps’ Wings Over America.

Plan to come and linger for a while. A visit to Chesapeake Marketplace could last for hours, there is so much for adults and kids to see and do — much of it new this year. Exhibitors will display everything from handcrafted jewelry and sea glass; to driftwood sculptures, pottery and garden pavers; to wall art and whirligigs to repurposed art — something for every taste and budget, including handcrafted caramels from YUMM! Watch traditional decoy carvers and award-winning young carvers Daniel and Jonathon Irons at work, or chat with working artists about their paintings.

For your comfort, you will find an indoor seating area to savor food from a variety of vendors offering crab soup, crab cakes, oysters and corn dogs, as well as traditional hot dogs and hamburgers.

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straw bale maze will greet visitors approaching the building, allowing kids to burn off some of that extra energy. Conservation activities from our partners will be ongoing throughout the weekend and the new Raptor Education program will take place on the athletic field behind the building at the end of the parking lot. On Saturday, don’t miss our special guest, Chesapeake Mermaid at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Indoors, several different children’s book authors will read on all three days.

Elaine Allen, author of several books including “Olly Explores,” “Olly the Oyster” and “Olly’s Treasure,” will delight the children with readings throughout the day Friday. On Saturday, Cindy Freland will take her turn. She is the author of “Curtis the Crab,” “Jordan the Jellyfish” and “OIivia the Osprey” among others. Marcia Moore will wrap up on Sunday with the reading of “The Wind and Oyster Jack.”

And again this year, the ever-popular decoy painting and soap carving will be back for the enjoyment of all of the budding artists in your family.

Each day, decoy painting will be in the morning; soap carving and other art activities with The Ward Museum in the afternoon.

You can find all the information about Kids’ Conservation and Art Activities Decoy Painting ~ Puppet Shows ~ The Fishmobile ~ Raptor Demos ~ Storytimes with Local Authors ~ and more on page 146.

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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. Enjoy this exhibit FREE for 2019.

Exhibitors

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

Jocelyn Beatty — Jocelyn Beatty Studio, West Middlesex, PA Kathy Cappelli — Oxford Handbags, Cochranville, PA Daniel Carey — Shifting Sands Sea Glass, Oxford, MD Vincent Ciesielski — Fine Feathers Studio, Harrisburg, PA Michael Cruz — Knotty by Nature, Keedysville, MD Joan & Michael Devaney — Secrets of the Universe, Salisbury, MD Marci Freeman — By Hand LLC, Hertford, NC Vincent Giannetto III — Beverly, NJ Heidi Hammel — Reclaimed Creations, Media, PA Bill Hickson — Wildfowl Carvings, Cordova, MD Aimo Hill and Carol Ann Heck — Artists, Annapolis, MD David Houseal — Edible Birdhouses, Salisbury, MD Daniel Irons, Jonathan Irons — Iron Brothers, Youth Carvers,

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Michelle Richardson — Delmarva Custom Garden Pavers, Cambridge, MD

Russ Riggle — Possum Products LLC, Newcomerstown, OH Margie Samero — Step by Stepping Stones, West Grove. PA Allan & Bill Schauber — Chestertown, MD John W. Sharp — Capt. John’s Fine Art, Centreville, MD Holly McCoy — Bloomingneck Vines, Ocean Pines, MD William Thompson — Arlington, VA Carol Tippett — Fine & Dandy Crafts, Middle River, MD Patricia Tolton — P2 Ware Art Tile, Kennett Square, PA Michael & Susan Veasey — Northern Wings Decoys, Seaford, DE William Veasey — Elkton, MD Nick Vincent — Nathan’s Forge Ltd., Westminster, MD Heidi Wetzel — Woven Sculptures & Baskets, Easton, MD Lori Julian Yarbrough — Chicken Point Studio, Tilghman Island, MD

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Charles Jobes — Charles Jobes Decoys, Havre de Grace, MD Amy Kennedy — 143more LLC, Centreville, MD Mary Kramer — Mother Mary’s Creations, Easton, MD Jeff Lowman — Lowman Launch Guide, Severna Park, MD Eric & Laura Mahaffey — Annapolis Caramel Company, Annapolis, MD

Ann Mathews — Arts in the A.M., Greensboro, MD Ted Morlock — TM Carvings, Parsonsburg, MD David Murphy — David Murphy Artist, Annapolis, MD Pete Nevins — PBNevins Art, Centreville, MD Julie O’Brien — Frosted Trash, Piney Point, MD Joan Orme — Joan Orme Photography, Easton, MD Russ Orme — Orme Art, Easton, MD Chris & Joe Pagano — Walnut Street Studio, Wiconisco, PA Courtney and Lee Peterson — Courtney Design, Lincoln University, PA

Fran Phillips — Quillows by Fran, Easton, MD Karen C. Pruitt — Nassawadox, VA

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isitors to this year’s Waterfowl Festival will have the unique opportunity to meet several falconry experts and members of the education staff of Wings Over America, a group that emerged from the Earth Conservation Corps (ECC) in an effort to mentor at-risk teenagers through raptor rehabilitation and environmental education.

The inspiration for Wings Over America goes back to the founding of the ECC by neighborhood youth in southeast Washington, D.C., who worked to restore the polluted Anacostia River and reintroduce America’s national bird — the endangered bald eagle — and other wildlife to our nation’s capital.

Famed filmmaker Bob Nixon founded Wings Over America to pair adjudicated youth with injured birds of prey as part of the rehabilitation process.

The organization, which strives to establish relationships between D.C. youth and the injured birds for a wholesome rehabilitation experience, spends much of its time in education, says Emma Gesiriech, program coordinator for ECC. Many of these programs take place at Wings Over America’s raptor center, where many of the falconry birds are kept. Young people learn to care for the raptors, to handle and feed them. They also learn construction, plumbing and electrical skills by helping to build aviaries on the grounds of the city’s New Beginnings Youth Development Center, where Wings Over America is based, in Laurel.

While Wings Over America does a great deal of its education work on-site, outreach events, such as attending the Waterfowl Festival, are also important to its mission.

“We talk about the birds, their conservation status and their role in the environment,” says Gesiriech, who is in training as a falconry apprentice.

Gesiriech and the Raptor Ambassadors will be on hand throughout the Festival to provide flight demonstrations and give Festival-goers a chance to meet several of the birds, including Petunia, Puff Daddy and Mr. Hoots, the male Eurasian eagle-owl that often accompanies Wings Over America director Rodney Stotts on his educational outings.

The eagle-owl has had a major role in the life of Stotts, who first met Mr. Hoots as a teenager, working with the ECC to try to clean up the Anacostia River. An admitted “gun-toting, drugdealing idiot” who attended up to 33 funerals of friends in just one year, Stotts found his way to a better life on the day that he met Mr. Hoots.

Stotts told Audubon about the experience: “I’m standing there, this little black guy from the ghetto, with an eagle-owl on my arm — which was like a dog to me, big as this bird was.

It was every range of emotion you can possibly think about. And when I put [the owl] down, I felt empty. As far back as I can remember, Hoots has been there,” Stotts says.

While Stotts will not be at the Festival, Mr. Hoots and several of the Wings Over America staff will be there, working to educate and inspire others about their mission.

All of the birds are trained to be used for educational purposes and are accustomed to being around large groups of people, says Gesiriech.

“They are very comfortable with people. Mr. Hoots will allow you to touch his chest — the kids really love that,” she says “They won’t leave our fist though, unless we are doing a flight demonstration.”

Gesiriech and her teammates — including the winged ones — will be on hand throughout Festival weekend to share more about the organization’s mission.

Raptor Demonstration schedule Showcasing hunting and flight skills.

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

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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-nine 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 and Rose Baynard — Trappe, MD Rod Benjamin — Antique Alley of Cambridge, Church Creek, MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum — St. Michaels, MD Delmarva Decoy Collectors Association — Salisbury, MD Edward Dean — Fishing Creek, MD William Freng — Berlin, MD Robert N. Hockaday — St. Michaels, MD Bob Jester — Eastern Shore Decoys, Ocean City, MD Ron Lewicki — Midlothian, VA Lawrence Myers — Oxford, MD Ronnie and Kim Newcomb — Church Creek, MD Henry Stansbury — Catonsville, MD C. John Sullivan — C. John Sullivan Historic Decoys, Fallston, MD The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art — Salisbury Univ., Salisbury, MD Stephen Wesbrook — Back in Time LLC, Arlington, 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 accoutrements and historic photographs of waterfowling over many years. In addition to displaying parts of his collection annually at the Waterfowl Festival, he gave or loaned 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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Exhibit

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

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

Get collectors together and they will inevitably start buying, selling and swapping their treasures. Haggling is encouraged at “Buy, Sell, Swap,” our trading bazaar with a staggering array of decoys, hunting and sporting memorabilia, sporting books and much more. Prices range from pocket change to the thousands of dollars. Whether a dedicated collector, first-time buyer or browser, any visitor will find something of interest!

Exhibitors Robert L. Anderson — Norfolk, VA Rod Benjamin — Church Creek, MD Reg Birch — R W Birch Decoys, Chincoteague, VA Jimmy Bowden — Jimmy Bowden Decoys, Assawoman, VA Jim and Jackie Britton — Jim Britton Decoys, Reedville, VA Vernon Bryant — Vernon Bryant Decoys, Perryville, MD John Collier — Collier’s Decoys, Severna Park, MD Bill & Pauline Cordrey — Barnegat Light, NJ Jeffrey Cross — Sporting Relics, Saegertown, PA Katherine Dannenfelser — Atlantic Treasure Discovery LLC, Bridgeville, DE

Dean Dashner — Hunting RIG Books & Decoys, Neenah, WI John Day — Cecilton, MD Steve and Bill Dorrell — Wye River Antiques, Grasonville, MD Joe Engers — Decoy Magazine, Lewes, DE Suzanne Fellows — Federal Duck Stamp Office, Arlington, VA Clarence Fennimore — Columbus, NJ William C. Gibian — Shorebirds, Onancock, VA Gary Guyette and Jon Deeter — Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Michaels, MD Walt Hallbauer — Java Village, NY Lloyd “Bob” Hudson — Ira Hudson Legends, Third Generation, Lancaster, PA

Ed Jacobs — Elkton, MD Walt & Cindy Jones — Flyway Decoys, Egg Harbor City, NJ

Tim Kuca — T. Kuca Decoys, Fredericksburg, VA John Lawrence — John Lawrence Wildlife Art, Pittsburgh, PA Oliver Lawson — Crisfield, MD R. Dennis Lee — Newark, DE Eddie LeRoy — Eufaula, AL (2019 Federal Duck Stamp Winner) Marty Linton — Pocomoke City, MD Chris Martin Decoys — Church Hill, MD Frank McCauley Decoys — Bozman, MD George Meekins — Country Treasures, Preston, MD John Meredith Decoys — Worton, MD Mike Milhorn — Up Against the Wall Gallery, Kingsport, TN Jeffrey A. Moore — Fowl Play Studios, Rising Sun, MD Copley Fine Art Auctions LLC — Stephen B. O’Brien Fine Arts LLC, Hingham, MA

Martha Oster-Beal — Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area — Eastern Shore

Heritage Inc., Chestertown, MD Charles Packard — Havre de Grace, MD Jim and Charlie Pierce — Pierce’s Decoys, Havre de Grace, MD Eric Pitman — Skaneateles, NY Lawrence S. Pollin — LSP Decoys, Lavallette, NJ Gerald W. Putt, Wildlife Artist — Boiling Springs, PA (2019 Maryland Duck Stamp Winner) Phil and Beverly Ryser — Birdwing Studios, Little Silver, NJ Keith Salkeld — Forked River, NJ Debra Schmiedlin — Bradfordwoods, PA Timothy R. Sieger — Bridgehampton, NY Chuck Usilton — C & L Antiques, North East, MD Patrick Vincenti — Vincenti Decoys, Churchville, MD Mali Vujanic — Mill Creek Decoys, Millington, MD Gilmore B. Wagoner — Havre de Grace, MD John & Cinda Walls — Knotts Knives by “Cousins” LLC, Salisbury, MD Harvey Wilson — Wild Fowl by Wilson, Burlington, NJ Eddie Wozny — Shorebirds & Waterfowl Carvings, Cambridge, MD

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NEW - North American Diving Dogs Competition

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

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion at the Elks Lodge The North American Diving Dogs competition moves to the Sportsman’s Pavilion at the Elks Lodge where the stands will fill quickly to watch dog after dog race down a dock to splash into a pool of water. The dogs compete to see which can remain airborne the farthest or highest, depending on which event is being contended. Is your dog new to dock jumping? Give your dog a chance to jump with “Try Its”! No experience necessary. For more info: www. waterfowlfestival.org/divingdogs

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.

Wings Over America (Raptor Demos)

Demonstrations: Daily 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Location: Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School Watch hawks, falcons and owls sharpen their hunting skills during an exciting flight demonstration with Wings Over America.

Archery with Izaak Walton League

Demonstrations: Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion at the Elks Lodge The Mid-Shore Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will show off a sample of their Archery Instructional Programs held in the pavilion at Bolingbroke Park. Children 8+ can stop by to take a shot or two and all can learn about the IWLA’s hidden gem in Trappe.

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Fly Fishing Demonstrations

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

Location: Bay Street Ponds Captain Russ Wilkinson will 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.

Kids’ Fishing Derby

Activity Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 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 which allows for kids and adults to get an up-close and personal look at building reef balls and gives them a good understanding about the need to improve habitat in the Bay.

Children’s Calling Clinic

(ages 4-14)

Activity Hours: Saturday Duck Calling 11 a.m.

Goose Calling 1 p.m.

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion at the Elks Lodge The Waterfowl Festival takes great pride in passing on the Eastern Shore’s sportsmen’s heritage and traditions 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 is required at www.waterfowlfestival.org/kidsactivities.

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SPORTSMAN’S PAVILION, DIVING DOGS,, BEER GARDEN & LUNCH! November 8th , 9th & 10th Sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts will delight in the large array of Sportsman’s Pavilion vendors.

The vendors in the Sportsman’s Pavilion offer 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. And, of course be sure to catch one of the most popular events of the festival; the diving dogs, while warming yourself up with fresh, local foods and enjoying some beverages!

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

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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 taxidermists to stuff the ones bagged.

Exhibitors Adrenal Line — Los Lunas, NM Barbour by Equine Impressions Inc. — Baltimore, MD The Basketman — Friendship, IN Bass Pro Shops Bay Imprint — Easton, MD Beltway Merch — Baltimore, MD Braeval — Litchfield, CT Browning — Morgan, UT Catch and Release Artwork — Owings Mills, MD Chesapeake Bay Books — Pocomoke, MD Chesapeake Fishing Company — Lewes, DE Chesapeake Life Apparel — Deal Island, MD Duck Blind Coffee Co. — Clinton, PA The Duck Boat Company (TDB) built by Olsen Marine Inc. — East Dennis, MA

Duck Camp — Austin, TX Estuary Duck Boats/Canvasbacks — North Smithfield, RI Eukanuba/Royal Canin The Fallen Outdoors — Brush Prairie, WA Fun Guns & More — Rockwood, TN Gray’s Sporting Journal — Augusta, GA Gunner Kennels — Nashville, TN Havoc Calls — Dewitt, AR Hayes Calls — Oliver Springs, TN High n’ Dry — Willis Wharf, VA Hook ‘n Hide — Charleston, SC Hurricane Marsh Outfitters — O’Fallon, MO K2 Machining & Fabricating Services — Queen Anne, MD Killum Calls — Moyock, NC Knife & Gun Finishing Supplies — Lakeside, AZ Lead Head Waterfowl — Hammonton, NJ LeafFilter North of Maryland LLC — Glen Burnie, MD Muller Chokes Tubes, LLC — Fernandina Beach, FL Muskrat Hut — Liberty Lake, WA National Wild Turkey Federation Old Dog Woodcrafts — Felton, DE Rig ‘Em Right/WaterfowlAdventech LLC — Newport, NC Salisbury Toyota — Salisbury, MD Sean Mann Outdoors — Trappe, MD

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Prroviding oviding allll-expens expense se-paid paid o outdoo u doo utd or recreational ti l events t ffor active activ tive e-duty duty d t military, veterans and their families “II am personally grateful for both the experiences my family has enjoyed, as well as the chance to bring fellow Soldiers and families from my organization to experience the hunting opportunities, family and friend bonding time, and spiritual resilience that Valor & Honor Outdoors provides… The opportunities serve not only to strengthen and heal our Veterans, but to build strong family bonds that ultimately help to keep our Service Members and our Nation strong.” Erick O – US Army

Please visit us 11/8-10 at the Call Maker’s Contest Tent Sponsored by RM Custom Calls!

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Easton High School Auditorium 723 Mecklenberg Avenue Admission: Preliminary Rounds (Friday & Saturday) – free Finals (Saturday) – free with Festival admission or $10 per person

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ompetitors are immersed in the language of the incredible waterfowl of the region, competing against each other for the coveted title of World Champion. Callers from all around the world come to Easton once a year to showcase their skills and hope to be immortalized in the history books of championship calling. Many of the industry’s leaders in waterfowl calling and hunting have gotten their start on the calling championship stage at the Waterfowl Festival.

The World Championship Goose Calling Contest, founded in 1976, is the longest-running goose calling championship in the United States. This championship has single-handedly changed the shape and face of the goose calling and waterfowling industry! Prize packages range from $5,000 to $12,000 in cash and prizes thanks to all our corporate partners.

With audiences of 600+, five championships and incredible prize packages on the line, the stage is always set for an exciting evening. The beauty of

Easton’s championship is the level playing ground.

Anyone, novice or master, can blow. The World Waterfowl Calling Championships bring in judges from all the flyways, to have representation from across the country.

All the callers on our stage showcase their incredible abilities to operate a duck or goose call.

However, our live championships stress that all callers must replicate the sounds of actual ducks and geese.

The callers are instructed to not go outside the realm of natural sounds of ducks and geese. By leveling the playing field, any and all callers are urged to participate. This championship is not about who can operate a call the best, but who sounds the best in the field!

Our master of ceremonies is Chad Belding, the host of “The Fowl Life” and owner of Jargon Duck and Goose Calls. In his 36 years, Belding has worked with the best in the hunting industry. Nevada native Belding got hooked on hunting ducks after pursuing them as a kid with family and friends. He’d ultimately turn that love of waterfowl hunting into his life’s work when he created Banded Nation after college, with help from key partners in the industry.

See our profile of Chad on page 129.

For detailed information about the championships and sponsorships, visit the World Waterfowl Calling Championships Facebook page.

A special thanks to all the volunteers, judges and committee members who donated their time, energy and ideas to create such a great event and celebration.

Competition Committee: Kelley Powers, John Taylor, Sean Mann, Jon Walczak, Ron Laun, Lawrence Mauck, Mike Eddy, The Carrell Family, The Milhollan Family, Dawn & Devin Ryan, Nick Gregori, The Easton Church of God and many, many more!

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2019 Schedule of Events

Friday, Nov. 8

Saturday, Nov. 9

10 a.m. - Noon Registration Open (All) 11 a.m.

Judges and Callers Meeting

9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Registration Open

(Juniors only) 10:30 a.m.

Judges and Callers Meeting

Preliminaries (Senior) 12:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

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Preliminaries (Junior) 11 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

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

Kids’ Calling Clinics Saturday 11 a.m. Duck 1 p.m. Goose Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion

FINALS 2 p.m.

Festival Ticket or $10

admission fee required.

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

6 – 10 p.m. Saturday: Sportsman’s Dinner & Celebration 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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s if Saturday night of the Festival isn’t already filled with magic and excitement — this year’s calling contest promises to be the most exciting yet with the arrival of celebrity guest Master of Ceremonies Chad Belding.

Belding is a mainstay on the Outdoor Channel, The Sportsman Channel and WILD TV, hosting “The Fowl Life with Chad Belding” and varmint hunting program “Dead Dog Walkin.’”

Photo courtesy of “The Fowl Life” The outdoors life is all Belding has ever aspired to, he says — and his passion has driven various business ventures, each geared toward promoting an outdoor lifestyle. As a young boy, Belding was introduced to the outdoor lifestyle by his father, Orville. On opening day of the 1997 Nevada duck season, Belding sat in a blind with a few close friends. When the gadwalls began their morning flight and when his friend lured the gray ducks with a perfect sequence of hen calls — that was all Belding needed to be forever hooked on waterfowl hunting and the outdoors life.

After college, Belding formed Banded Productions, which encompasses several of Belding’s other ventures: Banded Gear, Last Call Ringtones, Banded Hunts, Banded Retrievers, Banded University, Banded and Banded Fusion.

Among Belding’s greatest achievements is hosting “The Fowl Life” and “Dead Dog Walkin’” on The Outdoor Channel, The Sportsman Channel and WILD TV. “The Fowl Life” — where the philosophy is to hunt hard, stay safe, respect the animals and share hunting lifestyles — first aired in 2008 and is now entering its ninth season. The goal of the show is to include heartpounding action with in-depth instruction.

For his efforts on “The Fowl Life,” Belding was nominated for Best Show Host for the Sportsman Channel’s 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards.

Belding most recently launched a popular podcast series, “This Life Ain’t For Everybody,” which the website describes as “a conversation, a discussion, a chat, a simple talk between Belding and his guests. Guests and topics will range from hunting to conservation to sports to music to current events and everything in between.”

“I think one word that sums up all our success is passion,” Belding said during an interview for “The Fowl Life.” “Our passion is what I feel like has made us a powerhouse in the waterfowl industry. People appreciate how we hunt. We’re always joking around and smiling, but we’re also serious about it, and we’re good at it.”

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he art of making a duck or goose call — the small, almost musical instrument that hunters have used for centuries — has a storied past and is a deeply rooted tradition. It is said to be one of the oldest art forms for attracting waterfowl and, today, is a multimillion dollar industry. While this hunter’s tool is simple in form, making a call that truly sounds like a goose or a specific duck species takes a master craftsperson.

The Waterfowl Festival is pleased to now host the World Waterfowl Callmakers Championship contest, featuring some of the most-recognized custom callmakers from across the United States.

Introduced last year as a natural complement to the World Waterfowl Calling Contest, judges evaluate three categories of duck and goose calls and one category of whistles based on 10 criteria, including fit (how they feel) and finish (how they look) and, of course, the most important criterion, the quality of their sound. The calls entered into the contest can be made from different kinds of materials and are done in a variety of styles.

We continue to come up with new avenues to showcase our region’s history and find ways to better connect today’s

living arts with our region’s waterfowling heritage. Visitors can check out the beauty and details of entrants’ calls all weekend in the Callmakers Tent at the Sportsman’s Pavilion.

While the judging takes place Thursday, winners will be announced Saturday afternoon during the World Waterfowl Calling Contest.

So come by the Callmakers Tent early to blow the calls and see if you have an ear for the ones with the perfect waterfowl sound!

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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 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 Captain Russ Wilkinson. During these demonstrations, Wilkinson will show 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 enthusiasts 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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Kids’ Art Activities Activity Hours: Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 4 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 decoy carving, soap carving and painting decoy magnets.

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Location: Easton Middle School Children will paint a miniature decoy of a loon and learn about the aquatic bird’s habitat. The fun starts promptly at 10:30 a.m., 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. The suggested age is 5+.

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Location: Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School Sit down for storytimes throughout the weekend featuring local Chesapeake animals and themes.

Books from all authors will be available for purchase, cash only, throughout the weekend.

Phillips Wharf Fishmobile

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

Location: Easton Middle School The Fishmobile is a traveling marine science program from Phillips 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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Drone Workshop with University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Demos: Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m.

Location: Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School Join Anna Windle of Horn Point Laboratory as she explains how drones can collect data from an environment more quickly, efficiently and less destructively than by foot or boat for conservation research, such as remote sensing to improve water quality assessment in the Bay. She’ll lead the group in demonstration and instruction.

The Chesapeake Mermaid Show

Event Hours: Saturday, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Location: Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School 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,” as well as her new book, “The Giants of the Bay,” and there will be opportunities for a one-on-one picture with the mermaid after the shows.

Art Activities with the Academy Art Museum and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Demonstrations: Friday, 2 to 5 p.m.

Location: Chesapeake Marketplace at Easton Middle School Stop in to enjoy art activities from the Academy Art Museum and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Kids’ Duck & Goose Calling Clinics Hours: 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Location: Sportsman’s Pavilion Space Limited: Preregister at www. waterfowlfestival.org/ kidsactivities

Puppet Show with Blackwater Wildlife Refuge Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.

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

The music 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 more celebratory and is part of the overall effort to make the Waterfowl Festival experience unforgettable.

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

For Tracie, an active leader with the Festival for several years and a musician herself, bringing music to Easton’s fall classic is a highlight of her year.

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

The Festival music schedule is available online at waterfowlfestival.org/music and in the full events schedule, but it’s worth noting some new performers and returning favorites.

Making their debut at the Festival on Saturday morning is the Free & Eazy Band, who will perform at Thompson Park at 10:30 a.m.

Saved by Zero will again entertain visitors with a street concert. Get your “FIXX” of ’80s dance music with this high-energy party band. They feature the best new wave, dance and one-hit wonder music that brings you back to Pac-Man, Knight Rider and parachute pants.

Paying tribute to bands like Duran Duran, Talking Heads, Modern English, The Knack and The Cars, Saved by Zero will have you kicking up your webbed feet in celebration!

Their concert will take place at noon Saturday on Harrison Street.

Allegra Women’s Chorus under the direction of Amy Morgan will perform from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Academy Museum lawn. The chorus is part of the Allegro Academy, which is located on the campus of Trinity Cathedral. It brings together musicians through ensembles, workshops, performances and lessons.

Later that afternoon, beginning at 2 p.m., the MidShore Community Band will perform in Thompson Park.

Led by Matt Fullerton, the Mid-Shore Community Band carries on the tradition of community/town bands in the Middle Eastern Shore of Maryland. During the golden age of the town band (1880-1922), many communities were fortunate enough to have their own town bands.

These bands were a major form of entertainment for the community. The Mid-Shore Community Band is an allvolunteer, nonprofit organization that has been delighting our community since their formation in 2009. They are returning to the Festival for what is nearly an annual tradition.

Local favorite Kenny Haddaway will also return to the Festival, performing a concert Friday on the Academy Art Museum lawn beginning at 2:30 p.m. Kenny is an Americana artist from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, who performs originals and unique interpretations of the classics of roots music. He has been delighting his fans for years and has proven to be a great addition to the musical lineup.

There are plenty of musical offerings to suit any taste throughout Waterfowl weekend, so enjoy strolling around downtown Easton during the Festival. You are sure to be entertained!

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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 allow anyone 21 and older to taste the wines and beers.

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

Visitors may also buy bottles to take home.

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Cup O’ Dough, Oh My Chocolate Menu: cookie scoops, frozen chocolate dipped pie and cheesecake, beverages, hot chocolate, chocolates, caramel apples, other confections; Hosted by and benefiting The Julianne Rosela Foundation BBQ & Beyond Menu: pulled pork sandwich, sausage sandwich, soft crab sandwich, fried crab balls, chili, drinks, chips; Hosted by and benefiting Academy Art Museum Christ Church Menu: crab cakes, oyster fritters, clam strips, cream of crab soup, fries, beverages, hot dogs, oysters on the half shell

vegetable & cream of crab soup, fries, beverages; Hosted by and benefiting First Night Talbot Piazza Menu: Italian meatball soup, butternut squash soup, lentil salad with duck confit, “pronto” panini, mini tiramisu, Italian sodas, water; Hosted by and benefiting Talbot Historical Society

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Trinity Cathedral Menu: jumbo lump crab cakes, 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, holiday dog biscuit wreath MADI LLC Menu: apple fritters, funnel cake, fried Oreos, corn dogs, french fries, lemonade, orangeade, ice tea; Hosted by and benefiting MRC Boy Scouts Bubba Bob’s Kettle Corn Menu: kettle corn, shaved ice, lemonade; Hosted by and benefiting Talbot Co. Paramedics St. Mark’s Church Menu: rockfish corn chowder, oyster fritters, hot dogs, beverages

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t takes a village to make for a successful community event and nowhere is this more true than the annual Waterfowl Festival. For the past 49 years, a crew of volunteers, staff and directors has banded together to bring the town of Easton, and the many visitors that descend upon it, a successful Waterfowl Festival.

The staff, directors and volunteers make it look simple, but it is a year-round endeavor that combines volunteers, leadership and the support of the business community. The planning takes nearly 1,400 volunteers each year, volunteers who happily give their time and talents to showcase Easton in the annual fall classic.

“I find it completely remarkable the amount of volunteer commitment that goes into this Festival’s success. The Festival is really all about the volunteers,” says Margaret Enloe, Waterfowl Chesapeake executive director. “The volunteers and the community drive it each year and make it special.”

Once the weekend is over, the countdown begins anew for planning next year’s successful Waterfowl Festival. Here are just a few of the moving parts whose contributions make the Festival happen each year: Businesses and organizations throughout the community work with the Festival and contribute to its efforts each year in countless ways, helping with corporate donations, advertising, promotion, lodging, etc. Other community support systems include volunteers of all ages who provide their time to support behind the scenes, serving food at Opening Night, manning ticket booths, serving as bus guides and helping in the Waterfowl Festival office.

Warehouse volunteers: They deliver and pick up Festival equipment to the appropriate venue then take it down and prepare to store it so it is all set to go for the following year.

Duck Sitters: They can be seen in their signature camouflage vests and earn community service hours for assisting visitors and exhibitors throughout Festival weekend. Many of these youths have gone on to become adult volunteers and Festival leaders.

Decorations Committee: These dedicated volunteers work diligently in the final days before the Festival to design the wreaths and floral arrangements that accent each of the exhibit areas.

First Aid: Volunteer nurses from the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health are available to assist Festival-goers if any health needs arise, just another show of community support

for the Festival.

Visitor Relations: From information kiosks, free shuttle service, bus guides and maps, the Festival works hard each year to make sure visitors have a great experience at the Festival.

Food Vendors: Local community groups, nonprofit organizations and local restaurants keep Festival visitors fed with some of the best food the Shore has to offer.

Endowment Fund: Established to perpetuate the Festival and ensure its continuation.

Local businesses and organizations: They roll out the proverbial red carpet with window and lawn decorations that create that extra layer of ambience for the Festival and help visitors and locals alike appreciate the true beauty of Easton in the fall.

Whether serving year-round as part of the planning process or helping run the daily operations throughout the weekend itself, volunteers are always needed, says Enloe.

“We can always use more manpower to help throughout the weekend and, with so many needs, there is something for everyone’s skill set or interest,” she says.

For more information about supporting the Festival as a volunteer, contact the Waterfowl Festival office at 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowlfestival.org/volunteer.

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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.

We proudly honor these people who have had a significant hand in shaping our event into one of the premier wildlife and waterfowl art shows in the country. Join us during 2019 Opening Ceremonies as we induct the newest members into our Hall of Fame.

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 service with us. Posthumous nominations are also accepted.

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

Festival Hall of Fame — Festival Hall of Fame — Festival Hall of Fame — Committed to Our Hall of Fame Members Committed to Our Committed to Our Community and Conservation Community and Conservation Community and Conservation 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 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 2019: Donnie Satchell, The Sam Shriver Family, Michael Veasey

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Award Winners

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nstead of us telling you what we value about them — which encompasses many, many things — this year, we asked our Hall of Fame Award winners what they value about the Waterfowl Festival. Their responses give

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you, our visitors, an idea of the depth of our history, heritage and importance to the Eastern Shore community. Every year, the Festival’s success comes from the dedication of incredible people like these.

The Sam Shriver Family

Donnie Satchell

“I started as a volunteer for the Festival when I was 6, selling tickets, and grew up to be a decoy carver, hunter and lover of the wetlands and waterfowl that call the Shore home every winter. Volunteering is my way of giving back; of giving something in support of the ducks and geese and birds because that’s what counts. Our future needs more of them and if we don’t take care of them, who will?”

“The Shriver family values the Waterfowl Festival because of its dual meaning for us, love of conservation and love of family. The start of our love and connection to waterfowl and the sport of hunting happened early when Sam (dad) gave Margot (mom) a Browning over under shotgun for their engagement and they received a black Lab as a wedding gift, the first of many of these types of dogs to join our family. Our family has long loved being outdoors to actively celebrate its beauty and diversity, to respect and admire the lands and the wildlife that we are fortunate to share this world with. Finally, the annual pilgrimage to the Festival for the Shrivers reminds us of loved ones and furry friends gone but not forgotten. We are proud to partner with the Festival and Waterfowl Chesapeake to help others share the same values we do for this amazing weekend and its vibrant community.”

Michael Veasey

“The Waterfowl Festival has always been a chance to have time with good friends that you only see once a year. I’ve kept coming back to exhibit and volunteer for over 25 years because of their dedication to providing a forum for all kinds of wildlife artists, working in all types of mediums, to show and sell their work. As an exhibitor, it has been my most consistent sales year after year. I think it is so important to keep supporting wildlife conservation and, just as importantly, encouraging wildlife education in the state of Maryland. I am truly honored to be acknowledged for my small part in the success of the Waterfowl Festival.”

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classic sporting heritage, unique historic e are called Waterfowl collections of waterfowl decoys and Festival because that’s what artifacts, conservation activities and we have always supported — regional cuisine — all for the benefit of preservation of the lands and waters of waterfowl-related conservation. the Shore so they will continue to be We will forever be indebted to Dr. places for thriving populations of ducks, Harry Walsh and William and Betty geese and swans. Our name has always Perry, our founding friends, for their been synonymous with hospitality, vision of an event that would show our community and heritage, too. That’s community pride, celebrate our region’s because the people who created unique waterfowl-related culture and the Festival in 1971 were lovers of highlight our love for our lands and everything the Eastern Shore had, and waters. We think they’d be amazed that still has, to offer. They saw a heritage Waterfowl Festival is approaching our to celebrate and preserve; natural 50th Anniversary in 2020! resources, waterfowl and wildlife worth Thank you for helping us support our conserving (before conservation was unique feathered friends by being our even a thing to do); and a community guest! Learn about our heritage and that cared enough to do something the wildlife we love on page 8 and 85. about it. We think they would be At left: 1973 Souvenir Program pleased to know that, since its first of the Waterfowl Festival, year, the Festival has raised featuring a life-sized redmore than $6.5 million for “Our waterfowl, a living resource, are tailed hawk and pheasant by regional waterfowl and habitat Grainger McKoy. After being conservation efforts. in great need of help, and their welfare during the Festival, Today, we proudly continue should come before our own indulgence.” exhibited the sculpture was part of an to showcase the best of the exhibition at the American Shore and beyond — world— Festival co-founder Harry M. Walsh, Museum of Natural History in class art featuring wildlife The Outlaw Gunner, 1971 New York in 1974. and Chesapeake Bay culture,

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2019 Perry Scholarship Recipients Our 2019 William A. Perry Scholarship recipients are, from left: Faith Whiteley (Chesapeake College), Grant Foster (Salisbury University), Sarah Morris (Hendrix College), with WC Executive Director Margaret Enloe, Scholarship Committee member Debbye Jackson, WF President Kevin Greaney, as well as recipients Ruby Grant (University of Lynchburg) and Abigail Heinz (University of Maryland Eastern Shore). Not pictured: Chase Browning (Salisbury University), Mckenna Browning (Delaware Technical Community College) and Gwendolyn Stevenson (Stevenson University).

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7.1-Acres along Still Pond Creek, ideal for waterfowl, turkey & deer hunting.

Perc approved & is just 15-minutes from Rt. 301.

Offered at $155,000 Mattakes Farm 22.6-Acres with 15-acres of gently rolling fenced pasture, 12-custom stalls with an office, wash stall and tack room. Two apartments on second floor, a 200 X 80 Morton indoor arena, hay barn, & shop.

Plus a spacious manure storage building, large sand paddock & seven run-in sheds.

Offered at $625,000

Quaker Neck Road 25-Acres in Quaker Neck ideal for deer, turkey & waterfowl hunting. Offering an impoundment pond, & roughly 20-acres of tillable land with an irrigation well.

Offered at $375,000 23237 Cedar Point Road Two parcels totaling 36.17 acres, offers 2-impoundment ponds, a fish pond, plus a 2,290 sq/ft Farm house.

The ideal property for deer, waterfowl & turkey hunting.

Offered at $550,000

5886 Quaker Neck Road Outstanding Waterfront property, with excellent deer, turkey, and waterfowl hunting with two impoundment ponds, an irrigation well, and 4.5 +/- tillable acres, on 9.75 acres nestled along Phillips Creek.

Offered at $1,185,000

105 Turpins Lane This 71-acre property features a circa 18th Century farmhouse, woodlands, wetlands, and over 40-acres of tillable farmland.

Zoned in two separate tracts with various uses, the potential in this property is immense.

Offered at $1,250,000

Fairgale Farm Lane

20+ Acres of farmland & fringe woodlands on Fairlee Creek with a deeded slip at the community dock.

Offered at $385,000 7579 Airy Hill Road 35-Acres in Pomona offering 2 impoundment ponds, & over 20-acres of tillable land with an irrigation well. Excellent for deer, turkey, & waterfowl hunting.

Offered at $485,000

183 Beaver Trail 39-Acre private oasis bordered by mature landscape. The property offers scenic views from multiple outdoor decks and balconies and consists of 4,067 square feet of finished living space with 4-bedrooms & 2.5-baths. Features radiant floor heat, renovated bathrooms & kitchen, a finished basement & more!

Offered at $850,000 www.CecilCountyForSale.com

Bachelors Hope Farm A once-in-a-lifetime waterfront estate on the exquisite & prestigious Quaker Neck peninsula. Features a 9,600 sq.ft., 7-bedroom Manor Home, 4-bedroom Farm Home, equipment sheds, boat house, private railway waterfront launch, & barn. 420’ dock with water, electric & 8’ MLW. Over 3,000 ft. of Chester River frontage.

164+ acres: 96 tillable, 43 wooded, 3 fresh-water ponds. A hunter, fisher and boater’s dream!

Offered at $3,200,000 www.BachelorsHope.com

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Normandie - One of Talbot County’s finest waterfront estates. 61 park -like acre peninsula overlooking the Tred Avon River. Main house, Guest House and large hobby barn or accessory building complete this extraordinary offering $3,995,000.

North Point Road - You will not find a more inviting setting than the one occupied by this striking 4 BR, 3.5 BA waterfront home with an inviting open floorplan. The waterside pool hugs the Tred Avon River, deep water pier with lift and high elevation make this resort style property one of kind. $1,995,000.

Brick Row Drive - Beautiful 4 BR waterfront home on Island creek built with the highest quality of craftsmanship. Magnificent finished basement, pier and room for a pool. $1,795,000.

Oaklands - Very well-appointed 5 BR house offers a gourmet kitchen, several sitting rooms, screened porch, 2 staircases, waterside in-ground pool & pier overlooking Peachblossom Creek. Great location minutes from Easton & Oxford! $1,495,000.

207 South Street - This 4 BR beautifully restored waterfront colonial sits on one of Oxford’s most desirable streets. Exquisite kitchen, large rear porch & pier are just a few of the wonderful features of this property. $995,000.

Haley Road - One- floor waterfront living at its finest. This brick 4 bedroom home has been meticulously renovated from top to bottom. Pier , in-ground pool , deck and screened porch. $879,500.

Canterbury Drive - Immaculate and spacious 4+ BR Cape Cod with 1st floor MBR, fabulous kitchen & huge screened porch with wood flooring & stone fireplace. Great Talbot Country Club location. $769,500.

Lot 12 North Point - One of the best waterfront lots for sale in Talbot County. A great investment as 209 South Street - Charming waterfront 2 story the lot provides broad water-views of the Tred Avon cottage offers 3 BRs, including a large 2nd floor River. This area showcases many of Talbot County’s MBR. On one of Oxford’s most admired streets. premier waterfront estates. Build your dream house! $749,000.

Private driveway & pier. $765,000.

Hambleton Cove Townhouse - Charming 3 BR waterfront townhouse has many high quality upgrades.The Martingham location offers convenient access to St. Michaels. Deep water boat slip conveys. $645,000.

Easton Village - You’ll think you are in a model home. 1st floor master suite, living room, dining area, designer’s kitchen & sun filled family room are all perfectly situated in this very attractive open floorplan. Great fenced patio. $577,500.

This adorable cottage like rancher with 3 BRs & 2 BAs offers a peaceful wooded setting that provides water-views from across the street. Minutes to St. Michaels make this neighborhood an unbeatable location. $459,500.

Easton Club Waterfront Lot Great opportunity to own the last waterfront lot in this desirable and conveniently located community. The high elevation allows for your dream home to have a basement .

Enjoy both being on the water and in-town living! $369,500.

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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

Chestertown, MD $1,650,000 MDKE115756 Picture this ~ you drive past the crops, down the tree-lined lane, past the barns and there is the river. You have arrived at your own piece of paradise ~ Grassymeade Farm. Situated on 51.55 picturesque acres with expansive views of the Chester River this charming waterfront compound offers something for everyone. Whether you~re looking for hunting, fishing, boating, equine activities and/or a private waterfront getaway you will find it in this special setting.

Call Peter Heller 410-708-3301 or Mary Carlisle 410-703-3820

Worton, MD

$729,000 MDKE115338 Beautiful waterfront home on Still Pond Creek. A very private wooded 4.4-acre lot.

Pier with 8000# boat lift & 1500# jet ski lift, a floating pier, water & electric. 3.5’ MLW. Bring your water toys and have some fun!

Call Mary Carlisle 410-703-3820

Bozman, MD

$1,995,000 1010008864 The”Quintessential”Eastern Shore compound.

Everything you would wish for in a Nantucket or Hamptons home at a fraction of the price. Experience Spectacular waterfront sunsets from your own private sandy beach, dock/pier or terraced lush green west lawn.

Call Chris Clinton 973-476-4093

Chestertown, MD $430,000 MDKE115740 Renovated Victorian on a corner lot in Chestertown. Home has it all - Upgraded Kitchen, Family Room, 2 Bedrooms with en suite baths on the Second Floor; Third Bedroom / Office on the Third floor; Large 3-Car Garage, Brick Patio, and meticulous landscaping.

Call Dick Barker 410-708-7594

Chestertown, MD $895,000 MDQA141672 Eastern Shore waterfront compound with two cottages on the Chester River offers coveted views looking across to the historic Chestertown waterfront, Wide Hall and the Chester River bridge. The main house has sweeping views of the river and is perfectly poised to see Sultana under sail, the Washington College boathouse, visiting Tall Ships and fireworks.

Call Richard Budden 443-480-1181

Easton, MD $1,500,000 MDTA133120 Eastern Shore 221-acre hunting farm in prime location near Easton Airport. Offers 81 tillable acres and 140-acres of trees. Numerous ponds and quality hunting habitat. 60-miles from D.C. and 100-miles from Philadelphia.

Call Richard Budden 443- 480-1181.

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