St. Paul’s preps for Lobsterfest
Published 8:55 pm Saturday, October 4, 2014
Layne Mims makes a lobster placemat Wednesday at Little Friends School for Lobsterfest.
The time to purchase tickets for Lobsterfest is running out.
Lobsterfest, an annual fundraiser that supports Little Friends School and other community outreach projects, will be held Oct. 9 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Final preparations are now underway.
“Everything is going well,” co-chairman Barbara Leet said. “All the different committees are set up, and Monday we will start the process of setting up the upper hall and all the tables and decorating.”
Wednesday when the Maine Lobsters are finished being prepared, hundreds are expected to flock to St. Paul’s.
“We do this every year for Little Friends, and it is very huge for Little Friends,” co-chairman of the event Nancy Travis said in a previous interview with the Times-Journal. “We give them several thousands of dollars. It helps them pay for all of their utilities for the year.”
Jamie Alvey, left, and St. Paul’s rector Jack Alvey look on as daughter Mary Katherine Alvey plays with a lobster sponge Wednesday during Lobsterfest preparations.
The event is also a chance for the church’s new reverend Jack Alvey and his wife Jamie to meet the locals.
“It is a wonderful way to meet people in the community,” Alvey said. “…Selma has been so welcoming and so warm to us that this is another way for us to engage with the community and meet some more people, so we are excited about that.”
The last day to buy tickets has been extended until Wednesday, Oct. 8, but on that day the tickets would have to be purchased in the morning so that an accurate count of lobsters could be determined in time for Thursday.
The price for eat-in tickets is $30, while the cost to eat out is $25. Pick-up for those eating out will occur in the church’s courtyard. There are three different seating times for Lobsterfest — 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Organizers warned the most popular seating time, 8 p.m., usually fills up the fastest.
Leet did not have an up-to-date count on the number of tickets sold, but she estimated around 200-300 tickets had already been purchased.
Tickets are available at Butler Truax Jewelers, The Real Estate Gallery, Little Friends School and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
For more information, call St. Paul’s church office at 874-8421.
