Bayview News: Town will be rockin’ through Labor Day
Dog days of summer might apply to many areas this time of year. Not so in Bayview. Going strong, the small resort community bustles with visitors getting in their last licks before seasonal reality hits in a short while. Bayview will be going strong through Labor Day weekend with entertainment at most venues.
Recently, we were treated to the Bells playing at the Captain’s Wheel. Cajoled out of retirement were the patriarch and matriarch, Chuck and Norma Bell, in a cameo appearance. The younger Bells, Charlie and Shawn, twin daughters, Emily and Nellie, and Billie, the youngest, who is developing into a multitalented musician in his own right, playing drums, guitar and singing, performed most of the evening … until there was a rustle and shift.
The kids sat enthralled, as grandparents, Chuck and Norma, along with daughter, Debbie, on drums then later on bass, and her brother, Charlie, playing lead guitar, took the stage to the delight of the crowd. They sang old country favorites, such as “Goodnight Irene” among others.
Not to be outdone, the Captain’s Wheel returns this weekend with Comfort Zone playing Friday and Saturday nights, with Saturday’s program featuring a bikini contest. We understand that prizes will be awarded for categories such as sexiest, most original, possibly trashiest, etc.
Radio station 106.7, “The Point,” played to a raucous crowd, Tuesday afternoon, also at the Captain’s Wheel, featuring Bone Orchard and DJ Robin, their last Bayview appearance of the season.
George and Jeanne will be appearing at the Button Hook on Friday. Judy Gullidge and Brenda Hunt performed in a free morning concert Aug. 18 at Ralph’s Cafe, bringing back memories of the ‘60s with folk music and acoustic guitars. More about these amazing artists in a later column.
In the not-so-good-news department, a 36-foot Trojan cabin cruiser sank at its moorage in Vista Bay Marina late Friday around midnight. Observers were not sure how it was discovered and reported so late at night, but the Kramer company, which had a tugboat and crane working in the area, rushed to the scene, dove down, attached slings to the boat, and was able to raise it from the bottom. The boat, reportedly owned by Lucky Housden, a long-haul trucker, was towed to where we are told there was a trailer, to be lifted from the water. Housden was out of town at the time and was unavailable for comment. The cause of the sinking was under investigation.