Pemaquid Oyster Festival 2007
It's that time of year again folks. Time again for The Pemaquid Oyster Festival in Damariscotta. It may not be as famous as Rockland's Lobster Festival or Clam Fest in Yarmouth but it is the only seafood festival getting a post here at Maine Coast Properties blog and that alone makes it a special event. Besides, this is a real festival without the distractions of all those rides and a beauty contest.
For those of you who don't know the Pemaquid Oyster Festival is a fund raiser for the Edward A. Myers Marine Conservation Fund. Last year, the Festival raised over $15,000. for this fund which promotes conservation on the Damariscotta River and supports efforts to maintain a working waterfront. 
The Festival will be held Sunday, September 30 from noon until dusk on the riverside deck of Schooner Landing on the harbor in Damariscotta. There will be great entertainment, educational exhibits, opportunities for boat rides and of course plenty of great food starting with oysters!
The event is primarily sponsored by Schooner Landing Restaurant and the Pemaquid Oyster Company. Other sponsors include Damariscotta Bank and Trust, Camden National Bank, The Cheney Companies Financial Group, the Glidden Point Oyster Company, Reny's Department Stores, The Electronics Mart, Sheepscot Valley Brewing (goes great with oysters!), Aw Shucks! Oyster Opener (a great tool for not cutting yourself while opening oysters), Yankee Pride Transport, Narragansett Leathers (located right next door to the festival sight, stop in and get a brass oyster shell belt buckle) and of course The Lincoln County News.
I'll be at the Oyster Festival, volunteering again this year as an apprentice shucker. What does an apprentice shucker do you ask? Good question. My job is to make sure that the master shucker's have the fuel they need to open the more than 8,000 oysters that will get consumed next Sunday! Pemaquid Ale anyone?
See you there!
I have loved oysters since birth. Is it true that they have some special effect on people and their amorous adventures?
Posted by: Venus Halfshell | September 26, 2007 at 04:41 PM