WOMR Celebrates Mayflower Anniversary On Air
Community radio station teams up with Harwich festival for anniversary-date concert
Provincetown, November 6: On Wednesday, November 11th, WOMR will play 60 plus minutes of music from the Harwich (UK) Festival of the Arts, the community radio station announced today.
The event—called the Mayflower Connection—is part of the celebration of Provincetown 400, a reminder that 400 years ago the Mayflower sailed from Harwich to Provincetown, arriving at the tip of the Cape on November 11th. In celebration of the voyage and the ties it established between the UK and the North American continent, the show will air at 1:00pm ET and will feature performances and music showcased at this year’s virtual Harwich Arts Festival.
The Mayflower Connection program will contain a broad spectrum of music including jazz, folk, and classical from major performing artists in the UK, including Alex Hart, Philip Clouts, and Alina Bzhezhinska.
“We’re very excited about the Mayflower Connection,” says John Braden, executive director of WOMR. “We’re hoping that it’s the first of many continuing collaborations between the two communities and are looking forward to an ongoing relationship with the festival.”
The Mayflower was built in Harwich (pronounced Harich or Harridge) sometime before the year 1600 and was commanded and part-owned by her master, Captain Christopher Jones. Harwich itself is a combination working port and seaside tourist destination not entirely unlike Provincetown.
While most of the Mayflower 400 activities were postponed due to the coronavirus, others have gone online as virtual events. Festival organizers plan to move some of the events to 2021.
ABOUT WOMR: WOMR (OuterMost Community Radio) went on the air in 1982. Over the years, the station expanded and currently broadcasts at 92.1 FM as well as 91.3 FM, reaching listeners throughout Cape Cod and the South Shore, and streaming worldwide at
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