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Schooner Ernestina
presents.....
Hooked on Fish: The Story of the
North Atlantic Cod
on Thursday, June 3rd at
6:30 pm and Saturday, June 5th at 2 pm
at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Theater.
Thanks go out for a generous grant from the
City of New Bedford Invest-in-Kids After School
Program and to the Whaling Museum for hosting the play
in the Theater.
Students are from the New Bedford Global Learning
Charter School, St. James St. John School, Hathaway
School, Normandin Middle School, Old Rochester
Regional Junior High School, Dartmouth High School and
St. Mary's School.
The Cod Song
Cod, cod cod
That's the fish we adore!
We don't like herring
We don't like plaice
Offer us lobster, we'll laugh in your face!
Cod, cod, cod
It's the best fish by God!
So give us a plateful and we'll be quite grateful
For cod, cod, cod!
Directed
by: Polly Zajac
Music
by: Jim Bean
Music
Direction: Jim Bean
Set
Design: Marty Tulloch, Polly Gardner and cast
Costume
Design: Polly Zajac
Special
Thanks to: New Bedford Whaling Museum staff, Mayor
Frederick Kalisz, Chic Rose and Catherine de La Cruz
and the Human Resources Office at City Hall, Joanna
Weeks at the Standard-Times, Jeremy Lambalot, Nate
Bean, Ernie's and the Schooner Ernestina staff.
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Polly Zajac,
After-School Program Coordinator and Play Director,
introduces Hooked on Fish.
The cast moves down
onto the stage at the beginning of the performance
The cast lead the
audience through "The Cod Song."
The teacher, played
by Krystal Gillespie, leads students played by Cara Zajac, David
Wixon, Nicholas Pantages, Kayla Gillespie, Jordan
Paiva and Bobby Muse through lessons on the "best fish by
God!"
Vikings played by
Jonathan Gillespie, Adam Perry, Justin Thomas, Michael
Zatir, and James Muse.
Spanish King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella played by John Campoli
and Sara Zatir.
Basque fishermen
Khalia Wixon, Eliana Figaro Barett and Nicholas
Pantages
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Gloucester Wives
played by Tara Camire, Rachel Campoli, Cara Zajac, Sara
Zatir and Maeghan Thomas talk with a Gloucester
fisherman played by John Campoli.
Kristin York sings.
She has a beautiful voice!
Jeremy Lambalot
handles the audio visuals and Jim Bean provides the
musical direction.
Brad Correia plays
Mr. Inacio, a New Bedford fisherman visiting the class
to talk about what it is like to be a fisherman and
where they go to get fish
Justin Thomas,
Maeghan Thomas, Krystal Gillespie and Johnathan
Gillespie in a scene set at Velma's, a Newfoundland
restaurant.
Polly Zajac and Jim
Bean sing about Newfoundland fare.
The cast together for
a final rendition of "The Cod Song."
Polly
Zajac receives flowers with accolades all around for a
fine performance!
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