News Release

Annapolis Maritime Museum / 723 Second St / Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: Jeff Holland / 410-295-0104

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 6, 2012

What:          8th Annual Boatyard Beach Bash, Sept. 15
When:          Saturday, September 15, 2012
Time:          5 – 9p.m.
Admission:     $60 per person
VIP Admission: $125 per person (includes pre-party, 4-6 p.m.)
Where:         Annapolis Maritime Museum, 723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
More info:     www.amaritime.org  

8th Annual Boatyard Beach Bash, Sept. 15

The Annapolis Maritime Museum and the Boatyard Bar & Grill will hold the 8th annual Boatyard Beach Bash on Saturday, September 15. Coral Reefer steel guitar great Doyle Grisham will perform, along with the John Frinzi Band from Florida, Jim Morris, James “Sunny Jim” White and John Patty for an evening full of great music on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

“Over the past seven years, the Boatyard Bar & Grill along with other sponsors have raised more than $250,000 to help support the Museum’s educational programs. This past year alone, we served more than 2,237 students from public schools in and around Annapolis, connecting them with the environmental issues impacting the Bay and the cultural heritage of the hard-working men and women, black and white, who have worked here in the seafood industry.” said museum director Jeff Holland. “The Boatyard Beach Bash is a great opportunity to support this innovative program while having fun and hearing some of the greatest musicians in the world of ‘trop rock.’”

Photo by John Bildahl: Coral Reefer steel guitar great Doyle Grisham jams with John Frinzi.

Tickets, priced at $60 per person, include a grilled buffet dinner provided by the Boatyard Bar & Grill and are on sale now at www.amaritime.org.  There is also a special “VIP (Very Important Parrotheads) ticket package available which includes the pre-party to meet and greet the band, open bar and elaborate hors d’oeuvres. 

Corporate sponsorships are available by calling the Museum at 410-295-0104.  Current sponsors include Port Annapolis Marina, BB&T, Hamel Builders, Hargrove, Inc., Jaguar/Land Rover Annapolis, Constellation Energy, Kure Pain Management, Maryland Glass & Mirror, Whiting-Turner, Annapolis Developers, the George S. Rich Foundation, and Learning Systems International.

See the Museum website for directions and parking. Free parking and eCruisers shuttles will run continuously from nearby designated lots. It’s also accessible by water taxi. Museum members can also come by boat and tie up at the McNasby piers.

About the Annapolis Maritime Museum

The Annapolis Maritime Museum is a 501(C) (3) non-profit educational institution dedicated to educating students and adults on the area’s rich maritime heritage and the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay.

Located on Back Creek, the Museum is a heritage site in the Four Rivers Heritage Area, as well as a site in the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network and the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail by the National Park Service. The Museum provides a vital connection for residents and visitors—both children and adults—to the area’s natural environment and heritage through a variety of educational and public programs and exhibitions. For more information click on www.amaritime.org or call 410-295-0104.

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