1/4/2023 0 Comments Becoming a lighthouse keeper![]() Grandmother to be Annie, the keeper's wife. Once I started acting on the island, Ms.McKay (the wonderful organizer of the island) told me they were short a lighthouse keeper actor, so naturally, I signed my grandfather up. My grandfather works at the Coast Guard Station in Boothbay and he found out that the island was short on actors and actresses, so naturally he signed me up. I love to act, but it gets pretty hot in Virginia during the summer so my family migrates to Maine.īurnt island is breezy and beautiful in the summer and many tourists come annually to see the lighthouse and the island. I am also the co-president of the school's drama club. ![]() I am a junior in High school in Portsmouth, Virginia. We would love to meet you and show you this amazing island. Burnt Island has lots of lawns and gardens that need constant mowing and weed-whacking too.Īre you artistic or computer proficient? We have newsletters to be written and posters to be designed. Lots of debris washes up on the beaches during storms and someone is always needed to make our shoreline look clean and inviting. ![]() If you enjoy the outdoors, you may like to help maintain trails around the island as you listen to the sound of the ocean, the whistling chirps of two resident ospreys, or the deep moaning of the foghorn. Our volunteers are always busy painting or repairing the keeper's dwelling or the boat house. ![]() Or perhaps, you would enjoy tending the light station's grounds. The children, Adele, Prudy, Ann and Willard shared their stories about their daily activities on the island. In past years, keeper Joseph Muise told about his life and his work at the tower and took visitors up to the lantern-room, while his wife Annie Muise described her life on an island with no refrigeration, running water, or electricity. Do you like to act? Do you like history? Do you like to teach? You could be an interpreter for our Living Lighthouse Program. How would you like to spend an afternoon on a five-acre island that is filled with history, magnificent scenery, and a Light Station that was built in 1821. ![]()
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