WATERMEN’S STORY SWAP at the CHESAPEAKE STORYTELLING FESTIVAL: ROB NEWBERRY

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The second annual Chesapeake Storytelling Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 16, at Chesapeake College, and there is still time to purchase tickets!
This event keeps getting better:
Internationally Known Storytellers! Living History Reenactors! Plus children’s activities, music, and local storytelling panels like the Watermen’s Story Swap, once again moderated by yours truly!
Tickets are still available! Hope to see you there! Here is this year’s schedule:

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More info is available at: http://chesapeakestorytelling.com/index.html

One of our storytellers for the Watermen’s Story Swap is Rob Newberry.
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Rob Newberry grew up on the the water.

His dad was a professional tournament fishermen who fished all over the world.

Rob often tagged along.

Rob’s family moved to the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay when he was little. When Rob was ten, the Newberrys spent a summer vacation making their way down the Chesapeake Bay from Northeast, Maryland to Rappahannock, Virginia. Rob would scout ahead…

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Hurricane Irma

Yes, every year seems to have new and intersting weather events

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Hurricane Irma is on its way and will impact Florida and the southeastern states. I have friends in Florida who are riding it out and hoping for the best. I’m in Tennessee and we will get some of that weather early next week. There are other storms brewing in the Atlantic too so keeping watch is a routine thing these days. To everyone in the storms path be careful, be alert and remember that life is always the most important concern in times like this.

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