08/29/2012
Day at the Docks will be held from September 13-16, 2012 in Hatteras Village on the waterfront! The Annual Day at the Docks brings local fishing families and tourists together on the waterfront for a celebration of life long traditions! Commercial fishing boats, charter boats, and fishing gear are docked and displayed. Century-old workboats, including a traditional North Carolina shad boat, dock next to modern, state-of-the-art vessels. Captains and crews demonstrate the tools and skills working watermen use at sea. Professional and home chefs square-off in a chowder cook-off, and Outer Banks families share their special seafood cooking techniques. Be sure while you are here to stroll along the docks and visit with the commercial fishermen and charter boat captains and crews who will be demonstrating how their gear works and their fishing techniques. Stop by the educational tent and learn about the organizations and agencies that support professional watermen and fishing communities. This is a wonderful event for everyone, residents and visitors, all are welcome to come out and join us for a day of fun. There are fun activities going on throughout the day for all ages. We hope to see you there!
Look below for the schedule of events for Saturday, September 15, 2012 and a video montage of Day at the Docks 2010!
COMPETITIONS AND DEMOS
10:00 AM & 2:30 PM Gill Net Demo by Tall Bill – Foster’s Quay
10:00 AM & 1:00 PM Kids’ Hard Crab Races – Oden’s Dock
11:00 AM Concrete Marlin Competition – Willis Boat Landing
12:00 PM Net Hanging Competition – Village Marina Motel,
1:00 PM Mullet Toss – Breakwater Inn Lawn
2:00 PM Survival Suit Race – Oden’s Dock Fuel Dock
DEMOS AND DOCK CHATS
10:00 AM DWIGHT CALLAHAN – SEAFOOD COOKING DEMO (DINKY’S)
10:45 AM MICHAEL PEELE – A FISHERMAN’S DAY
11:30 PM SHARON PEELE KENNEDY – SHRIMP 101
12:15 PM ODENS – SEAFOOD COOKING DEMO (BREAKWATER)
1:00 PM JANICE MARSHALL – CRABBY LADIES PICKIN’ AND YAKKIN’
1:25 PM DIANE WILSON – CLEAN WATER AND FISHING
STAGE LINE-UP
10:00 AM Allen Burrus, Co-chairman Dare County Board of Commissioners Johnnie Baum, Hatteras Island Poet Warren Judge, Chairman Dare County Board of Commissioners, Chairman Outer Banks Catch
10:45 AM Susan West and Barbara Garrity-Blake, stories from Fish House Opera, Hatteras Island and DownEast fishermen tales
11: 30 AM David Cecelski, The Ocean is Full of Music, stories of the menhaden fishery
12:15 PM Bob Zentz, original nautical music and sea chanteys
1:00 PM Robert Fritchey, stories from Wetland Riders, the battle for the commercial red drum fishery
1:45 PM Dave Densmore, Fisherman Poet, poems about commercial fishing in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
2:30 PM Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies Marching Band (TBC)
3:00 PM Local Seafood Throwdown
4:30 PM Awards Ceremony
SPECIAL EVENTS
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM NC Division of Marine Fisheries – Jeffrey’Seafood, Interactive exhibit for children, educational material for adults
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Children’s Fish print T-shirts – Foster’s Quay
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Outer Banks Catch ongoing local seafood cooking Demos and Dock Chats – the Village Marina Gazebo, Featuring Dwight Callahan (Dinky’s), Don and Dan Oden (Breakwater Inn), Sharon Peele Kennedy, Michael Peele, Diane Wilson from Seadrift, TX. and Janice Marshall and friends from the Smith Island (MD) Crabmeat Co-op
11:00 – 2:00 H.I. Cancer Foundation Chowder Cook-off – the Village Marina Lawn
1:00 Sign up for Children’s Fishing Contest – Jeffrey’s Seafood – no entry fee, all children welcome, no experience necessary
2:00 – 3:15 Children’s Fishing Contest – Hatteras Harbor
2:00 – 4:30 H.I. Cancer Foundation’s Skin Cancer Screening – Room 12, the Village Marina Motel, Dr. Lowe
3:00 Local Seafood Throwdown – main site at Willis Boat Landing, Chef Forrest Paddock of Cafe Pamlico at the Inn on Pamlico Sound and Chef Seth Foutz of Ketch 55 Seafood Grill
4:30 Awards Ceremony – main site, Willis Boat Landing
6:00 Working Boat Parade and Blessing of the Fleet – the harbor
8:00 Lawn Dance & Band! Come check out the Premier Band, beside the community building in Hatteras Village.
