by Bill Powell
Events Director: Deltaville Maritime Museum
Tickets are now on sale for the 13th Annual Oyster Roast and Dance to be held Saturday, September 14, from 5-9 p.m. in the Events Pavilion at Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. Dinner and dance tickets are available at the museum office and Nauti Nell’s in Deltaville. The ticket price will increase beginning Tuesday, September 3.
The oyster roast will begin with a social hour from 5-6 p.m. with our own David Moran on vocals and guitar. The buffet will be open from 6-7 p.m., and the dance, with the fabulous “Taters” playing full-tilt “boogie,” will be after dinner until closing. Bring your dancing shoes.
The menu features oysters on the half shell, oysters steamed, and Chef Rob’s increasingly popular Oysters Rockefeller. Eastern Carolina barbecue, Bill ‘n Randy’s Rockin’ Chowder, southern-style string beans and potatoes, desserts, cole slaw, sweet tea, and bottled water are included. The cash wine and beer bar will be open from 5 p.m. until after 8 p.m.
What’s up with “Taters”?
Paraphrasing directly from one of their websites, I don’t think I can say it better.
“The Taters present an eclectic mix of roots-rock, power-pop, country, and Americana, a sound that’s been described as “Country roots-pop with the genius songwriting of 60s & 70s power-pop . . . a curious mix of Mavericks, Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Beatles” (CDBaby).
Billboard magazine calls the Taters “American roots-rock with thoroughly modern, totally hip sensibilities.”
No Depression magazine describes it like this: “Think ‘Beatles for Sale’ if Marty Robbins was a primary influence instead of Carl Perkins.”
Tickets for the roast and dance are currently $40. All tickets after Tuesday, September 3, and at the door are $45 per person. Tickets are available at the museum office every day and at Nauti Nell’s in Deltaville. You may also order tickets over the phone and by mail. Tickets are limited to 225 this year, so get yours early.
Following the museum’s “good neighbor policy,” the roast will be over at 9 p.m.
The roast follows the annual museum members meeting from 4-5 p.m.
Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, a volunteer, non-profit organization, is in Deltaville at 287 Jackson Creek Road, and by water on Mill Creek. To get to the museum and park, follow Route 33 (General Puller Hwy.) through Deltaville and turn right across from the Citgo service station onto Route 660 (Jackson Creek Rd.). The park is open dawn to dusk all year.
To find out more about the museum, visit www.deltavillemuseum.com. You may also email the museum office at office@deltavillemuseum.com, write to P.O. Box 466, Deltaville, VA 23043, or call the office at 804-776-7200.
