Denbigh
Benefit Dinner
Denbigh Project Director Barto Arnold with (center) Evangeline Whorton. Project
volunteers Julie (l.) and Kathryn (r.) Arnold greeted guests as they arrived.
The Denbigh Project hosted a benefit dinner at
the Bob Smith Yacht Club in Galveston on March 11, 2000. About seventy guests attended,
including descendants of Denbigh crew members Robert
Horlock and Charles W. Pickering. The evening's
entertainment featured music by the Barquentones of the 1877 Iron Barque Elissa
and a presentation on the Denbigh Project.
The Denbigh Project owes a debt of gratitude to
Evangeline Whorton of Galveston, the Barquentones and all the volunteers who made the
evening such a success.
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The Barquentones,
a group composed of volunteer crew members of the 1877 Iron Barque Elissa, launch
into a spirited rendition of "Strike the Bell." |
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Dinner organizer
Evangeline Whorton (l.) chats with guests Stephen Fox and Frances (Sissy) Farenthold. |
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Denbigh Project
volunteer Laura Masters (r.) discusses her experience on the project with two guests. |
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Descendants of
Robert Horlock, Denbigh's cabin boy, occupied a full table for the evening. |
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The dinner
culminated with a presentation on the Denbigh Project's past and future by Barto
Arnold. |
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Project Diving
Officer Eric Van Velzen (r.) shows artifacts recovered from the Denbigh site in
1999 to a guest. In the foreground sits a working model of a diagonal engine similar to
Denbigh's built by project volunteer Gene Shimko. |
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