Airing it Out at Trinity Church, Big Three Play Refurbished Organ
The concert begins at 4 p.m.
“Music has always been important at Trinity,” said organist Wesley Brown, who has been playing at the church for 20 years.
Felipe Cabrera
It’s that time of year when seasonal businesses are taking down the shutters and the summer workforce is beginning to arrive.
In recent years Eastern Europeans and Jamaicans have been filling a growing share of summer jobs. Foreign workers wait tables, greet guests, pour beers, make hotel beds, bake peanut brittle and fudge, serve lobster rolls and fry quesadillas. About 5,000 people come to the Island to work each year, according to a recent Martha’s Vineyard Commission report on housing needs.
There are two televisions at Tropical restaurant in Vineyard Haven, one tuned to CNN, the other to Brazilian soccer. Construction workers pack the place around noon, load up their plates with veggies from the salad bar and barbecued steak and chicken. Parents bring their kids, who like the idea of deciding what to put on their plate, even with the usual parental guidance.
“I like talking to people,” Tropical co-owner Johnnatans Costa said. “I love my job.”