Ocrafolk Sampler:Ocracoke’s History, Culture, & Seafaring Traditions ~ Philip Howard, Dave Frum, and Capt' Rob Temple
One of the favorite courses, this sampler course combines the expertise and wits of three Ocracoke characters in a variety of environments. Here are the details!
Philip Howard
Have you ever wondered what Ocraoke Island life was like before the roads were paved and before ferries carried cars across Hatteras Inlet? What was it like to run barefoot through the sandy lanes, catch rainwater from the roof, or watch the annual pony penning on the 4th of July? Can you imagine sitting on fish boxes on the 42 foot wooden mailboat “Aleta” as it made its four hour journey across Pamlico Sound? Would you like to know how to make traditional Ocracoke Island meal wine?
Join Philip Howard, eighth generation islander, as he shares Ocracoke history, tells island stories, plays fifty-year-old home movies, guides you through ancient family cemeteries, and explains island geology & geography.
In this week long course you will tour a restored island “story-and-a-jump” cottage, read original Life Saving Service shipwreck logs, listen to traditional ghost tales, tour a preserved maritime forest, learn Ocracoke’s old-time island square dance, and much more. Bring comfortable walking shoes, and be prepared for leisurely walks of up to two miles.
Captain Rob Temple
In this modern age of plastic boats and electronic gadgetry, some sailors still like to keep the time-honored nautical traditions alive. The goal of this course is to give you the opportunity to experience first-hand why this is so. Join Capt. Rob aboard the gaff-rigged schooner Windfall which he has owned and skippered for twenty-two years. You’ll not only learn the ropes, but learn some real marlinspike seamanship and make your own Turk’s Head bracelet and rope mat (see photos). You’ll not only get a taste of life at sea but literally taste the grub that kept mariners alive in the days of “wooden ships and iron men”: such gustatory delights as slumgullion, dandyfunk, hard tack and Harriet Lane. You might even wash it down with a tot of grog. You’ll learn sea chanteys and put some of them to their traditional use as you hoist sail by bousing halyards. You’ll explore the poetry and literature of seafaring selected from the extensive ship’s library. And of course, Ocracoke being Ocracoke, we can’t send you home without a passing knowledge of the Golden Age of Piracy! Best of all, if all of this sounds like gibberish to you now, it’ll make perfect sense to you at the end of the week.
Dave Frum
Contact
piphoward@embarqmail.com
252-921-0122
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