Celebrating Winter Solstice at Gay Head Light
Decorations were hung by Allie Reid to cheer the lantern room.
Decorations were hung by Allie Reid to cheer the lantern room.
View to the circle with bricks and bow.
View to the circle with bricks and bow.
Gay Head Lighthouse Committee plans to move lighthouse away from cliff.
Gay Head Lighthouse Committee plans to move lighthouse away from cliff.
Celebrants gathered Saturday for solstice observance.
Celebrants gathered Saturday for solstice observance.
Michael Sellitti Jr., Tobias Vanderhoop and Durwood Vanderhoop perform.
Michael Sellitti Jr., Tobias Vanderhoop and Durwood Vanderhoop perform.
Steve Ewing reads poem prepared for occasion.
Steve Ewing reads poem prepared for occasion.
Tobias Vanderhoop plays tribal drum.
Tobias Vanderhoop plays tribal drum.
Tony Peak serenades crowd on bagpipes.
Tony Peak serenades crowd on bagpipes.
Sun drops in the sky on the shortest day of the year.
Sun drops in the sky on the shortest day of the year.
View to the west from the outermost point.
View to the west from the outermost point.
Islanders turned out on the shortest day of the year for the winter solstice celebration at the Gay Head Lighthouse Saturday. Music, poetry, food and celebrating was on the menu. And the view could not be beat!