the helm of the Tugboat Inn!
Ray has not been up here since high school!
Electrical panel and a view back downstairs to the dining rooms.
Right next door:
We are now back at the Tugboat to experience Kay Brown’s entertainment in about a half hour. She and I used to work the crowd at the “Tin Inn” across the harbor in the mid 1980’s. I was the bartender, she was the entertainer! Kay’s daughter, Bonnie, is the GM here at the Tugboat; Bonnie and Ray were classmates at Boothbay Region High School just a few years ago.
DJ and Megan are grandchildren of Kay.
Their mom, the late Liz Brown (Kay’s younger daughter) (as a 9 ?!?! Year old) swept this whole town off its feet some 45 years ago with her singing and dance number “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” to win the Miss Shrimp Pageant, Windjammer Days mid 1970’s. ((As personally witnessed and recalled by blog author, Ray Sirois.))
Back to the present:
Diane Vernesoni of Topsham, Kay Boothbay of Brown Harbor, and Chris Kenniston of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Kay is not afraid to share her stage with some of her talented friends, so long as they make it through her rigorous audition process.
Ray remembers playing ice hockey with Laura’s offspring up in Augusta some 40+ years ago.
Those Arsenault boys would be proud of their “Ma” tonight, fer sure! Maybe even proud of their older brother, Billy shown below.
FYI: Billy Arsenault claims that he taught his younger brothers Gary and Ron how to play ice hockey. (This detail was unable to be independently verified at press time.)
Below, Ramona Gaudet, of Southport Island harmonizes with Kay Brown with one of Kay’s performances tonight. Ramona worked at the Southport Elementary School for 5 or 6 decades. That small school house is reportedly STILL in operation today for K-6. Back in my day (1970’s) the students from that small Southport elementary school always stuck up for each other once they made it to Boothbay Region High School. They were like family for each other. “Don’t mess with a Southport student if there was another Southporter around.”
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OMG how fun!!
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Wait till you see our mooring ball location for the next two nights!
https://www.boothbayharborwindjammerdays.org
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Love this! I’m a local so know most of the people pictured! The Tugboat Inn is such a great place to relax and enjoy chatting, singing and laughing together. Such relaxing fun!
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Lisa Miller Clarke, one of Ray’s high school classmates, is currently the principal of the Southport Central School. She also teaches grades 2/3.
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Yes, Lisa was also principal in Edgecomb for a spell… for my niece and nephew Anna and Adam, Russell’s and Kim’s offspring!
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