23 titles from award winning author, Ed Okonowicz

Public Appearance Schedule

Ed Okonowicz's schedule for public events and programs for 2010 are posted as received. (Please check with representatives at the site of the program, since events are subject to change.) For more information on costs and reservations, call the number listed. Here is the list, as of this time.

(Updated June 18, 2010)

The Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse and at Fort Delaware, sites of previous and upcoming tours.

FORT DELAWARE & PORT PENN EVENTS

FORT DELAWARE's evening GHOST/HISTORY TOURS and the historic site have been featured on the Sci-Fi Network's "TAPS" and The Learning Channel program "GHOST WATERS." They also have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, as well and segments on regional radio and television.

The 2009 season was the last that Ed Okonowicz presented the Ghost/History evening Candlelight Tours at Fort Delaware. These tours will continue and are schedule for the current season. In 2010, he will present a free ghost story program at Port Penn in July, two Fort Delaware dinner tours (one each in July and August) and a special campfire Fort DuPont program in September. These dates are posted below.

Ed's book "Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware" is available in Delaware City at the Fort Delaware Civil War Gift Shop, located along with the Delafort Ferry ticket counter, on Clinton Street.

For information on living history programs, fort events, Candlelight Ghost Tours and special HALLOWEEN SEASON, GHOST HUNTING programs, call park historian Laura Lee at (302) 834-7941, or visit the Fort Delaware reservations web site.

SCHEDULED PROGRAMS

July 6, Tuesday, Tales Tombstones Tell, Cab Calloway School, Wilmington, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

July 23, Friday, 7 p.m., Delaware's Best Ghost Stories, Port Penn Museum, Port Penn, Del.

July 28, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Remembering Nights at the Drive-In, New Castle Senior Center, New Castle, Del., Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

July 29, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Haunted Lighthouse Tales and Sea Superstitions, Milton Library, Milton, Del.

July 31, Saturday, evening tour, Haunted Lighthouse Tales and Sea Superstitions, during evening meal on special Candlelight Ghost Tour (Appetite for Apparitions) on Pea Patch Island, Fort Delaware State Park, Delaware City, Del. Call 302 834-7941.

August 21, Saturday, evening tour, Delaware's Best Ghost Stories, during evening meal on special Candlelight Ghost Tour (Appetite for Apparitions) on Pea Patch Island, Fort Delaware State Park, Delaware City, Del. Call 302 834-7941.

August 29, evening tours, Ghosts and History on the Green, with Mike Dixon, historian, at University of Delaware, for returning and new students during Welcome to UD, new student orientation.

September 11, , Saturday, 7 p.m., campfire and storytelling, Delaware Legends and Ghost Stories, Fort DuPont, Delaware City, Del. Call 302 834-7941.

October 12, Tuesday, luncheon, Superstitions, Curses and Friday the 13th, Rehoboth AARP, Lewes, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

October 15, Friday, and 16, Saturday, evening tours, Ghosts and History on the Green, with Mike Dixon, historian, at University of Delaware, for returning and new students during Parents and Family Weekend.

October 16, Saturday 1 p.m., Halloween Horrors: Vampires and Witches, Newark Public Library, Newark, Del.

October 20, Wednesday 7 p.m., Tales Tombstones Tell, Woodlawn Library, Wilmington, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

October 26, Tuesday 1:30 p.m., Storytelling from the Brandywine to Bay, Sommerford, Newark, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

October 26, Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Delaware's Top 10 Ghost Stories, Dover Public Library Friends Meeting, open to the public, Dover, Del.

October 27, Wednesday 7 p.m., Tales Tombstones Tell, Bear Library, Wilmington, Del. Sponsored by the Delaware Humanities Forum.

October 29, Friday, Delaware History Through Folklore, Milford Academy, Milford, Del.

TO BOOK OR CONTACT:

For additional information about these events, call the site. To find out about having Ed present a program at your club, group, library, conference, Boy or Girl Scout troop, or school, call him at 410 398-5013 or send an e-mail at edo@mystandlace.com

PRIVATE or CLUB GATHERINGS/ANNIVERSARY/FAMILY EVENTS—CEMETERY TOURS: Private cemetery history/ghost tours are available for those looking for an unusual private event. Free books are given to the guest(s) of honor. Suitable for small groups that want an out-of-this-earthly-world guided walk. Call for info.

Ed is a member of the Delaware Humanities Speakers Bureau and Visiting Scholars Programs, which support several of his presentations. The Maryland Humanities Council sponsors the Patriotic Music and Foodlore programs.

He and Mike Dixon also will meet with representatives of nonprofit groups, schools or organizations to develop town walking tours or cemetery tours or programs at historic sites that are excellent fundraisers.

They also will speak and guide bus groups that visit the area for conventions and conferences.

Contact Ed to discuss a public performance, to develop a fund raising program or to arrange a book signing at 410 398-5013 or send an e-mail to [edo@mystandlace.com]

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