At the Urbanna Oyster Festival

A beautiful weekend for the annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, Nov. 7 and 8, 2014. Here, Peggy of New Point with the Godspeed, F.D Crockett and Propwash.

Kids Education day was Thursday. George Pongonis, Dennis Crawford, and Dave Machen had a pound net display and sawing demonstration. Sea Chanty singers demonstrated the pulling of the nets with song, and John England demonstrated lifting oysters by bucket full with a block and tackle into a buy boat.
Location: Urbanna, VA, USA

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