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Article: Weather holds out for this year's Hospice Cup
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- Capital (Annapolis)
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- September 27, 2009
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It was all about celebrating the mission of hospice care
yesterday as hundreds of sailors, spectators and party-goers
participated in the Hospice Cup XXVIII Regatta and postrace Shore
and Awards Party. Known as America's largest and oldest charity
regatta, the 28th annual Hospice Cup celebrated the conclusion of
this year's race along the banks of the Severn River with a party
held under a white tent on the grounds of Atria Manresa assisted
living facility. It was comfortably crowded, with about 300 Hospice
supporters grazing tables of fresh oysters, sushi, crab dip and
other refreshments as a drizzling rain tapped on the canopy. Last
year's soggy weather prompted organizers to change the ...