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Photo Used By Permission: www.imagemuskegon.com
April 8, 2003
Today Huntington Bank proudly announced its exciting
new role in tall ships festivals throughout the Great
Lakes. Huntington Bank is the new title sponsor for
“Huntington Harborfest Muskegon” and “Huntington
Tall Ships Toledo” and returning title sponsor
for “Huntington Cleveland Harborfest.”
“We believe in regionalism, so to take the lead
in making Harborfest something special for the Great
Lakes is exciting. And, to bring together the communities
of West Michigan to celebrate this international spectacle
is going to be very gratifying,” said Jim Dunlap,
President of Huntington’s West Michigan Operations.
The Muskegon event, formerly titled, “Tall Ships
Challenge Muskegon” takes place August 8-10
this summer, with three days of historic tall ship
tours, entertainment and sailing excursions. Muskegon
port organizers have released names of the three headlining
tall ships for Huntington Harborfest
Muskegon. These ships promise to wow visitors
with their sheer size, international significance
and timeless grace:
Barque
Europa, a three mast rigged
ship from the Netherlands that was built in 1911
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S.V.
Caledonia, a 235+ square-rigged
barquentine, the largest sailing ship built in
Canada in the last 100 years. The ship will be
launched for the first time in late May 2003.
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INS Tarangini
is the official embassy vessel for the country
of India.
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Roger Andersen, Chairman of Tall Ships
Muskegon (the organizing board for Huntington
Harborfest Muskegon) says, “We are very
pleased to have Huntington Bank as the title sponsor
for our event. This has become a regional event and
more so as Huntington Harborfest
Muskegon, made possible by the significant
support from Huntington. We especially thank Jim Dunlap,
Tim Taylor, Muskegon Mayor Steve Warmington, Grand
Rapids Mayor John Logie and Holland Mayor Albert McGeehan
for their support.”
The last tall ship event held in Muskegon drew as
many as 300,000 visitors to see the spectacle of 20
historic tall ships docked at Heritage Landing on
Muskegon Lake in August of 2001. Huntington
Harborfest Muskegon, August 8-10 2003, promises
to be an even greater success.
More information available at www.sailmuskegon.com
and www.visitmuskegon.org.
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