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Jawsfest: It’s still safe to go in the water
Classic movie draws hundreds to benefit for Beebe Medical Foundation
As darkness settles in on Jawsfest, it’s showtime on an outdoor 52-foot screen. Jaws first aired, and created a sensation, on June 25, 1975. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
August 21, 2020
Why not build an event around the classic movie “Jaws,” and show the film on a 52-foot outdoor screen in the middle of a field?
Jawsfest: Beebe’s Gonna Need a Bigger Boat was a fin-out-of the water success and attracted more than 500 people to Hudson Fields Aug. 20, with proceeds going to Beebe Medical Foundation.
Food vendors, artists, photographers, business vendors, food trucks and musicians were also part of the first-time event coordinated by Revival House founders Rob Waters and Rob Rector. Revelation Craft Brewing even unveiled a new beer for the evening called Quint’s Revenge. Quint, played by Robert Shaw, was the ill-fated boat captain in the movie who didn’t make it out alive.
See more about Jawsfest in the Friday, Aug. 28 edition.
Zachary Belluzzo of Millsboro shows a little love to a scary-looking shark.
A group watches the colorful sunset over Hudson Fields during Jawsfest.
A land shark works the crowd at the Hudson Fields event.
Members of local band Speed Limit 18 play together on the keyboards. Members, who are Sussex Academy students, are (l-r) Alex Boswell, Oliver Sachs and Zach Yenovkian.
Al Frantic of Milton can play the guitar with the best of them.
Rob Waters, one of the founders and organizers of the event, is wearing an official Jaws mask and his lucky Amity Island hat. Waters, of W Films, is one of the founders of sponsor Revival House along with Rob Rector.
Kelly Caffey and son Brenn of Milford play a giant-sized Jenga-like game.
Karen Myers, a Beebe Healthcare nurse, is dressed in the spirit of the evening.
Silent auction items, all done by local artists, are on display at the Ogre’s Grove booth. The Milton shop partnered with Ink & Energy Tattooing to sponsor a comic-book themed art challenge to benefit the Beebe foundation.
Artist Jeff Arsenault works on a piece as the sun sets behind him.
Part of the large crowd walks around the arts area set up as part of Jawsfest.
Leann Haines, the artist, and E.J. Brown, the inspiration, both of Milford, are proud of their wooden tower.
