VIDEO SPECIAL:" The Big Parade"

Rockland, Maine- Remember when you were little and the big parade was the most exciting event of the year.  This was all brought back to me as I filmed the Lobster Festival Parade yesterday as a little girl appeared in front of my camera.  Oh how she enjoyed all the pageantry, the noise and the excitement.  My son suggested I produce the  film as a 1920 silent film and here is the result.

Maine Lobster Festival headliners set, tickets go on sale

ROCKLAND, Maine - A wonderful harbor setting, and tasty Maine seafood galore. Welcome to summer in Maine! Now add 2 solid national country acts one night, hard-rocking blues the next, and you’ve got the ultimate celebration of the season.

The 67th annual Maine Lobster Festival gets underway on Wednesday July 30 with the spectacle of Coronation of the Maine Sea Goddess. Thursday night July 31 will warm things up further with an evening of Maine-made artists including the Veayo Twins, Amy Allen Band, David Mallett and his band, and the great Mallett Brothers Band, all included with Festival admission.

Friday night will welcome country stars Daryle Singletary and Confederate Railroad. Tickets for seats to this show in a reserved section in front of the stage are just $20.00 and include gate admission to the Festival.

AMY ALLEN

Saturday night promises to be a blues-rock blowout with three hours of non-stop jam power from Johnny Winter and his band, plus sets from Edgar Winter, Vanilla Fudge, Pete Rivera of Rare Earth, and Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown.  Tickets for this show are just $30.00 and include Festival admission.

Tickets are available through the web site, www.mainelobsterfestival.com , by phone at 1-800-LOB-CLAW, or at either the Camden or Rockland office of the Penobscot Bay Chamber of Commerce.  All other music is included in your Festival admission.  The full schedule is available at the web site.

The 67th Annual Maine Lobster Festival kicks off on Wednesday July 30th with the arrival of King Neptune and the raising of the American flag.

For interviews with any of the artists or questions about the Maine Lobster Festival entertainment, please contact Chuck Kruger at 207-354-8928 or cbk@entertainmaine.com .  For tickets or Festival information, call the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce at 207-596-0376 or visit  www.mainelobsterfestival.com.

THE VEAYO TWINS

BEST OF 2013: 2013 Maine Sea Goddess Coronation

Doug Mills  story and video
David Mills  photography
RCN America network

Rockland, Maine - All that the Sea Princesses have done in the last six weeks has led up to this one event, the 2013 Maine Sea Goddess Coronation on the main stage at the 66th Maine Lobster Festival.

It is a long day for the girls starting at 11 AM and not finishing till nearly 10:30 that evening.  The first order of business is the full rehearsal, the last rehearsal, for the evenings coronation. This is followed by a full afternoon of hair and makeup, with the girls arriving back on the festival grounds about 5 in the afternoon dressed and ready for the evenings festivities.

At 6:00 the girls make the rounds of the festival grounds, greeting all those who were attending the Maine Lobster festival and on to the Pearl Restaurant for dinner with the judges, the coronation officials and the police and military escorts for the girls.  Next stop the main stage where the next Maine Sea Goddess will be crowned.

By 8:00 the stage lights are on and it is time to start the 2013 Maine Sea Goddess Coronation. Each of the girls are introduced  and it is time to reveal the girl who was voted by all the girls as Miss Congeniality and the honor goes to Miss Zoe Proctor of Rockland.  Next King Neptune announces the Crowned Princess for 2013, Miss Hanna Plourde also of Rockland.  The new Maine Sea Goddess for 2013 is...Miss Milissa Philbrook of Warren.