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A one-of-kind concert performance is coming to downtown Bay City during the Tall Ship Celebration!!

A multimedia concert featuring stories of our maritime past with singer/songwriter Dan Hall and author/producer Ric Mixter.

Musician Dan Hall and PBS documentary producer Ric Mixter are teaming up to share insight into the maritime past of the Great Lakes and Bay City's incredible contributions to that history. The audience will not only hear Dan Hall's ballads that chronicle the era of steamship and sail, but also see rare footage and interviews from Ric Mixter's many documentaries. From the Great Gales to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the State Theatre will come alive with stories of terrifying tragedy and miraculous survivals.

Dan Hall's vocals are known internationally. His songs have appeared on documentaries and two maritimre CD's that are in a class all by themselves. Great Lakes Cruiser Magazine said "Dan Hall's CD, 1000 ft. Keel, is a watershed recording which raises the bar for all future maritime music. It is the Sergeant Pepper of its genre."

Ric Mixter has created over 30 historical documentaries for PBS and has appeared on the History and Discovery Channels. He was recently awarded for 20 years of maritime storytelling by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History. His adventures include dives to over 100 shipwrecks including the Edmund Fitzgerald, as well as high flying adventures in jet fighters and bombers. His new book "The Wheelsmen" is an eye-witness look at four incredible stories of shipwreck survival. Ric has interviewed survivors from the largest shipwrecks in lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, and will feature many of these stories during "Celebration of the Great Lakes."

For more information please contact:

Tickets available at www.statetheatrebaycity.com $10 adults/ $5 students

Mike Bacigalupo, State Theatre, 989-892-2660 ext. 1
Ron Bloomfield, Bay County Historical Society, 989-893-5733
Ric Mixter, Airworthy Productions, 989-498-4550

A Buffet luncheon will be served as we cruise past the Tall Ships toward Saginaw Bay, passing the ships again on the return.

Boarding the Princess Wenonah at 10:45am

Tickets per person - $25

Call for reservations

Aboard the Islander, a live narrator will entertain guest with facts about the Tall Ships as we view them at port in Downtown Bay City. Approx. 40 minutes.

Times are: 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Tickets per person - $15

Call for reservations

A Tall Ship experience like none other, Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City is a delight from beginning to end. From July 15 to 18, eleven magnificent tall ships will line the Saginaw River exactly the way they did in 1865 when the largest sailing ships in the Great Lakes were built here. Bay City's award-winning maritime festival is a tribute to that time and a carefully orchestrated symphony of activities designed to entice, enlighten and entertain. Fill your days with ship tours, maritime music from around the world, hands-on crafts, a pirate school and much more. Souvenir Passports on sale May 1st. Visit www.tallshipcelebration.com for more information or contact the Great Lakes Bay Region-Bay City CVB at 888-229-8696.

Join us aboard the 65' Appledore V and enjoy the rare opportunity to sail aboard a two-masted schooner. Help the crew sail the ship, or relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of sailing on Lake Huron's Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay during Bay City's Tall Ship Celebration. All departures are from downtown Bay City in the heart of the Tall Celebration.

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 8:30 am - Arrive 10:00 am
Prices: $33.00 Adults; $28 Students

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 10:30 am - Arrive 12:00 pm
Prices: $33.00; $28.00 Students

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 12:30 pm - Arrive 2:00 pm
Prices: $33.00 Adults; $28.00 Students

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 2:30 pm - Arrive 4:00 pm
Prices: $33.00 Adults; $28 Students

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 4:30 pm - Arrive 6:00 pm
Prices $33.00 Adults; $28 Students

Dinner Sail: Depart 7:30 pm - Arrive 11:00 pm
Price: $83.00

Join us aboard the 85' Appledore IV and enjoy the rare opportunity to sail aboard a two-masted schooner. Help the crew sail the ship, or relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of sailing on Lake Huron's Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay during Bay City's Tall Ships Celebration. All departures are from downtown Bay City in the heart of the Tall Ships Celebration.

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 8:30 am - Arrive 10:00 am
Prices: $33.00 Adults; $28 Students

Saginaw River Sail: Depart 10:30 am - Arrive 12:00 pm
Prices: $33.00 Adults; $28 Students

Lake Huron Sail: Depart 12:30 pm - Arrive 3:30 pm
Prices $43.00 Adults; $35.00 Students

Lake Huron Sail: Depart 4:00 pm - Arrive 7:00 pm
Prices $43.00 Adults; $35.00 Students

Dinner Sail: Depart 7:30 pm - Arrive 11:00 pm
Price: $83.00

Bring a lawn chair or just pause for a while and enjoy some of the "Best of the Bay" entertainment

Admission is Free, donations accepted

Barrier Free

The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum will host "Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition", from July 3rd to September 18, 2010.

Admission is Free

Barrier Free - Two-passenger carts will provide transportation to the event location.