Curtis Barnes was presented a Massachusetts Hospitality Award at the 21st Annual Governor’s Conference on Travel & Tourism on February 29th, given to Baystaters who have had a positive effect on the tourism industry through outstanding service to visitors. Nominated by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Curt was awarded for his role as Nantucket Town Crier for over 25 years. To no one’s surprise, Curt attended in full regalia, bell and all. Pictured with Curt are Governor Patrick and Chamber Director Tracy Bakalar.
Albert L’Etoile has resigned as Executive Director of the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum as of April 8. He will be relocating to Maine with his partner. Sorry to lose him.
Jamie Howarth won a Grammy for his restoration on “The Live Wire - Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949″. Jamie is best known on island for being able to play any song ever recorded, and holds forth at The Summer House and The Club Car. He’s pictured here with Katie Couric at The Summer House.
Jamie was featured in an article in the February 2008 edition of Boston Magazine entitled “How a Small Nantucket Company Turned a Forgotten Woody Guthrie Recording into a Grammy Nominee.” The original 1949 bootleg recording was on 3 miles of hair thin wire. With nothing available to play the antiquated wire recording, Jamie rigged a reel to reel recorder, feeding the wire in by hand. Jamie’s Plangent Processes calculates and then compensates for the speed of the motor on the original recorder, correcting the natuarally occuring stretching of audio tape over time.
Jamie has also done work for Neil Young, the Grateful Dead, and the movie sound tracks of Young Frankenstein, West Side Story, and Close Encounters of a Third Kind.
Independent article from 2005.
Independent article from 2007.
The Palm Beach Post of February 6, 2008 had an article about summer resident Mia Matthews entitled: “A day in the life of a Palm Beach socialite; Mia Matthews hosts a charity cocktail and fashion show at her mansion.” The event was to attract attention to the Caron’s Renaissance Institute Lifesaver Gala on March 6, and to thank past supporters. Pictured here are Mia and Bob Matthews. The full story.
Tim Madden has filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance as in Independent running for State Representative of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket County, following the announcement that Eric Turkington (D - Falmouth) will not run for re-election. Tim has been serving as legislative liaison for the island.
Sandy MacDonald has been selected for a small chorus that will be part of the New York City premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s “White House Cantata” at Lincoln Center on March 31st, to be directed by Roger Rees. Sandy thanks Paulette Allemand for her voice lessons, coaching, and her encouragement. Sandy is pictured here at the recent Un-Valentine’s Cabaret.
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