April 12, 2015 — For a $35 cover charge, women — and a few men in sea-related costumes — were invited to enjoy food and drink at Frank’s Dockside Restaurant on Water Street in Lubec. The money raised will benefit the Lost Fishermen’s Memorial Association.
For the second year in a row, King Neptune made an appearance at the King Neptune’s Brides Bash and Splash.
“The people are very nice and friendly,” said Sydney Leach of Camden, dressed in a toga adorned with fishnet and rope completed with a pair of muck boots.
Muck boots were the order of the day. Most of the people attending were women wearing wedding gowns with muck boots. A few dressed in other costumes with an aquatic theme.
“Some of the greatest women I know gathered there and truly enjoyed and celebrated one another and life in a small, often forgotten, fishing community,” said Wanda Corey, who organized the event with her sisters, Jolene Doran and Shelly Tinker. “What may look as silliness to many is actually a celebration of life, our community and survival really.”
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