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Photo of Tom Lester, LI Bayman
LIVING,
WORKING, and
PLAYING ON THE WATERS
OF LONG ISLAND

September 18-20, 1998
Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center
Riverhead, Long Island
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NYFS 1998 Fall Conference Program 

OVERVIEW PHOTO ESSAY EXPLORE L.I.


The Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center in Riverhead was the site for most of our conference activities. 
FRIDAY, September 18
9:00 a.m Registration, refreshments
9:30 a.m Welcome, opening remarks
10:00 a.m Maritime Traditions, Maritime Transitions
David Taylor—"Low Water or High Water? Future Prospects for the Documentation of a Maritime Culture"—a national perspective
John Eilertsen—A Long Island view
11:00 a.m Living: Bayhouses, vernacular architecture, life on shore
Nancy Solomon (moderator), Grace Remsen, Joan Jefferies, Willard Parker Hough, Pete and Forrest Clock
1:00 p.m Lunch - Oyster chowder meal
(vegetarian options) at Hallockville
by Jack Combs, former tug boat cook
2:30 p.m Working: Occupational folklife traditions
Elly Shodell (moderator), John Eilertsen, Tom Walker
4:30 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m Maritime Traditions Off-Island
Elaine Eff, Janice Marshall
6:00 p.m Car pool to Hampton Bays. Dinner on your own (many restaurants nearby)
8:00 p.m. Irish Ceili


SATURDAY, September 19
9:30 a.m Registration, refreshments
10:00 a.m Playing: Surfing, sports fishing, model building
Kathy Condon (moderator), John Eilertsen, Nancy Solomon, Reggie Jones
12:00 noon Lunch at Hallockville
2:00 p.m. Maritime reflections: Talk of life, work, and play on the Island
John Eilertsen (moderator), Stewart Lester, Cathy Lester, Robert Bubka
3:30 p.m. Folklife demonstrations
Working baymen and others talk about and demonstrate the things they do and make
4:30 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. NYFS annual meeting
6:15 p.m. Break
6:30 p.m. Clambake dinner (vegetarian options available) prepared by Danny King.
8:30 p.m. Film/video session
SUNDAY, September 20
9:30 a.m NYFS board meeting

Photo above: Tom Lester, Long Island bayman. Photograph by John Eilertsen

  

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