The Mid-Atlantic Sea Glass & Coastal Arts Festival to be held at The Lewes Historical Society June 26 and 27, 2010 now has advance gate passes available for sale at Sand n Stones at 112 Front Street in Lewes. Passes are $5 and are good for both days of the show as well as allow admission to the speaker series that take place each day; passes will enable the bearer to avoid the lines to enter the events. On Saturday June 26, the speakers will be presenting at St. Peter’s Church Hall at Second & Mulberry Streets and on Sunday at the Zwaanendael Museum at Kings Highway and Savannah Road. The line-up includes:

Saturday, June 26, St. Peter’s

11:00 – Faye Stocum, archaeologist, glass from the Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck off Lewes
1:00 – Deacon Ritterbush – aka “Dr. Beachcomb” – Collecting Sea Glass
2:00 – Pam George – Shipwrecks of Delaware

Sunday, June 27 Zwaanendael Museum

1:00 – James Diehl, A History of Sussex County
2:00 – Judith Roales, Lighthouse Lens & How They Work

Members of the Delmarva Antique Bottle Club will be hand to help identify shards and their possible bottles of origin. A shard exhibit and identification session will be held in the Midway School House on the Historic Complex where over 30 sea glass vendors will be hand to display their wares and expertise in combing the beaches searching out these vanishing treasures.

In October 2008 Lewes hosted the North American Sea Glass Festival attracting over 5,000 visitors to the event. The great sea glass artists will be joined by other coastal artists including decoy carvers and other waterfowl artists. This event will also feature a great line-up of speakers, sea glass shard competitions and other fun activities.

Admission is $5.00 per person; a wrist band will be issued allowing entrance both days; the wristband is now available at Sand n Stones on Front Street in Lewes. If you are an interested vendor, please fill out the application from the link above.

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