[SEMCO] INVITATION: New Years Day in Woods Hole (January 1st)

[Murphydalzell at aol.com]

CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR!
 
The January 1st parade in Woods Hole, on Cape Cod, is now  a  coastal  
tradition...  Families gather, at noon, in front  of the Woods Hole Community Hall 
for a lively parade around Eel Pond...   Bring holiday noisemakers, funny hats 
and silly costumes, and rainbow  flags...  This is an opportunity for young 
people, especially, to shout  "Happy New Year!" to the neighbors...  However, 
it's also an opportunity to  talk about environmental concerns...
 
At Waterfront Park, merrymakers will pause to "toast the coast" with  
non-alcoholic drinks.
 
This will be the fifth year for the Woods Hole festival on the "first day  of 
the year."
 
Falmouth's "No Place for Hate" banner always leads the January 1st  parade.  
The New Years Day event is planned by community, environmental,  religious, 
and human rights groups that are concerned about the future of Woods  Hole and 
Cape Cod.   Everybody is invited.
 
Prospero, who is the wizard in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest," helps to  
inspire and guide the New Years Day parade.  According to local legends,  
Shakespeare's play was inspired by Bartholomew Gosnold's voyage to the Woods  Hole 
area during the early 1600s.  Today's scientists and engineers have  more 
knowledge and power than Shakespeare ever imagined.  So Prospero still  appears 
each year to ask  Woods Hole people, "Will we be good stewards on  Cape Cod?"  
"Will we care for coastal areas and for the Atlantic  Ocean?"   
 
Bring leftover holiday cookies, fruitcakes, candies, cider and juice, etc.,  
for the potluck party that follows the parade... It's the last holiday  party 
for this season!
 
For information about the January 1st program. contact Bob Murphy.   
Telephone: (508) 563-5948.
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