One Book Bradford:
Cruise on the Chautauqua Belle
The One Book Bradford committee will cruise into the new season with a special event next month.
That event is the Autumn Cruise on the Chautauqua (N.Y.) Belle which is set to take place at 3 p.m. Oct. 11. The cruise takes off from Mayville, N.Y.
The cruise, which starts at 3 p.m. and ends about 5 p.m., will harken back to the days of Mark Twain and riverboats. This year’s One Book Bradford selection is “Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher” by Lenore Hart. Hart picks up where Twain left off and creates a grown-up Becky and follows her throughout adulthood.
But the cruise and autumnal scenery is just one of the facets of the day. Rick Richards, one of the One Book Bradford Committee members, will give a talk about the book and John Shinaberger of Bradford will speak about steamships. There will also be other activities appropriate for this time period.
This event is the perfect kick off for One Book Bradford activities, according to committee member Terry Sturm.
“It’s the era … it’s the flavor,” he said. “This helps capture the mood of the Twain era and puts us right there at that time.”
The tickets are $20 a piece and will go toward a visit by Hart to Bradford March 31. Tickets, which are limited, are available at the Bradford Area Public Library or from any One Book Bradford Committee member. They will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. More information on the cruise will be distributed at the library when the tickets are sold.
The cruise is one of four activitites planned by the One Book Bradford Committee.
That event is the Autumn Cruise on the Chautauqua (N.Y.) Belle which is set to take place at 3 p.m. Oct. 11. The cruise takes off from Mayville, N.Y.
The cruise, which starts at 3 p.m. and ends about 5 p.m., will harken back to the days of Mark Twain and riverboats. This year’s One Book Bradford selection is “Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher” by Lenore Hart. Hart picks up where Twain left off and creates a grown-up Becky and follows her throughout adulthood.
But the cruise and autumnal scenery is just one of the facets of the day. Rick Richards, one of the One Book Bradford Committee members, will give a talk about the book and John Shinaberger of Bradford will speak about steamships. There will also be other activities appropriate for this time period.
This event is the perfect kick off for One Book Bradford activities, according to committee member Terry Sturm.
“It’s the era … it’s the flavor,” he said. “This helps capture the mood of the Twain era and puts us right there at that time.”
The tickets are $20 a piece and will go toward a visit by Hart to Bradford March 31. Tickets, which are limited, are available at the Bradford Area Public Library or from any One Book Bradford Committee member. They will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. More information on the cruise will be distributed at the library when the tickets are sold.
The cruise is one of four activitites planned by the One Book Bradford Committee.
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