[SEMCO] New Years Day on Cape Cod

[Murphydalzell at aol.com]

WOODS HOLE CELEBRATION   (January 1st)
 
Cape Cod has an unusual celebration that honors the coastal  
environment.....  At noon on New Years Day,
families gather at the Woods Hole Community Hall, on Water Street, in   
Woods Hole.     There's a holiday
walk around Eel Pond past research centers, classrooms, and government  
offices.    Children bring holiday noisemakers,  colorful  flags, and costumes. 
   There may be  "some  dancing  in the streets."
 
The crowd goes down to the water's edge to "toast the coast" and to make  
New Years Day resolutions to help protect the  environment.      
Non-alcoholic beverages are  used.    After the toast, everybody goes back to the Woods 
Hole  Community Hall to enjoy a potluck party with leftover holiday  
refreshments.
 
Literature about environmental projects will be on display at the Community 
 Hall.
 
The New Years Day events in  Woods Hole are free.     Everybody is invited. 
  The sponsoring groups include Falmouth's "No  Place for Hate" 
organization, the Falmouth Clergy Association, and the Sierra  Club's
Cape Cod and Islands Group.    The New Years Day walks  started in the year 
2001.
 
William Shakespeare influenced the Woods Hole walks.    In  past years, the 
walk was led by the great wizard Prospero, from Shakespeare's  play  "The 
Tempest."      In 2011,   the  wizard Prospero becomes
Prospera, who is a woman with extraordinary powers.      (A new movie 
version of "The Tempest" has
recently appeared, with actress Helen Mirren starring as Prospera.)
 
 
(Submitted by Robert Murphy)
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