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Fort Bragg Whale Festival Schedule 2008 ORCA  and  CETACEAN CINEMAS present Whale Of A Day Town Hall Fort Bragg, Corner of Main & Laurel Streets Sunday March 16, 2008 10:00 am Live Didgeridoo Opening Ceremony with the songs of whales & dolphins.. 10:30 am Film: The Great White Whale descendants of the Australian Mirning Tribe, their Creation Story and songs to the whales off Whale Rock, Australia. 10:45 am Children's Hour: The Friendly Gray Whales - The Baja lagoons are the birthing grounds for the Gray - Journey with us and see Gray Whale-human interactions.  Immediately following will be 11:45 am The Dolphin People - Healing interactions / kids swimming with dolphins. 11:45 am Seaweeds & Sea Vegetables: Stories from the edge, nutrition facts of this amazing food resource for health, harvest techniques, slide presentations, tasty dishes, global uses, economics and added value. 12:15 am 15 minute break: Desserts, sea vegetable hors douvres, drinks 12:30 pm Interpretive History of Ocean Protection on the Mendocino Coast: John Lewallen: local long time seaweed harvester and entrepreneur. 1:00 pm Film: The Mendocino Whale Wars - A film by Scott Barry: Documentary of the times and the village. This film is a tribute to it's Captain at the helm, Byrd Baker. (1976 archive footage plus memorabilia) 2:00 pm 15 minute break 2:15 pm Wave Energy and the Ocean Environment: Tomas DiFiore 2:30 pm The Pirates of Passion: Hunting down the Pirates of Profit (2006) Filmed on the open seas - Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Greenpeace vs. Japanese whaling. 2:45 pm Film: Ocean Adventures: Gray Whale Obstacle Course -From the summer Arctic waters to winter in Mexico. A film by Jean-Michel Cousteau 3:45 pm Didgeridoo and Whale Songs Closing Ceremony Sponsored by:    Mendocino Environmental Center, Ukiah Mendocino Coast Environmental Center, Mendocino Astral Arts Mendocino and ORCA™ Alliance For Democracy