Clam Festival 2010
Monday, July 19th, 2010We made our annual trek to Yarmouth, Maine for this year’s Clam Festival. We had signed up to participate in The Levity Project – Maine so we had to be there by 4:30 pm on Friday. This was the first time we’ve had a fixed schedule when heading up and one of the only years we have been there in time for the parade.
After parking we rushed past the Food Circle in order to get to the North Yarmouth Academy Gymnasium and receive our instructions and umbrella hats for “Maine’s Longest Smile” being organized by The Levity Project. Although temperatures as we drove through Massachussets and New Hampshire and up into Maine were in the 90s, by the time we got to Yarmouth it was about 75. The gym was another story, hot and humid, but full of festivity!
Hippity-hop balls were being test driven by a variety of people while others were testing out the new hats. We signed in, filled out a photo release and starting reviewing the instructions we had been given. By 5pm we were being walked through the overall plan and were ready to head out to our assigned locations by 5:30. Before getting into position I snuck by the First Parish Congregation Church for my annual lobster roll. They make a perfect lobster roll – a bun and lots of lobster meat! Nothing else to distract from the delicious lobster flavor.
For the smile project our family was assigned to group three, which had a great location right by the Memorial Green tent and Food Circle. The street was lined with people prepared to watch the parade. The levity event went off without a hitch and we had a blast! Participating in the smile project was fun. It was a chance to be a part of the festival and not just an out-of-town visitor watching everything from the sidelines.