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Families construct 65-foot-long sandcastle in Dewey
Dewey Beach hosts inaugural family sandcastle event
Sandcastle expert Darrell O’Connor, seated in center, is all smiles when teaching building techniques. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTOS
June 27, 2018
Darrell O’Connor shows participants basic tools they can use to create sand sculptures.
Dewey Beach Marketing Committee Chair Marilyn Seitz helps dig the sandcastle base.
Toting water to moisten the dry sand are (l-r) Matt Long with sons Nick and Ian Long of Lancaster, Pa.
Kai and Opal Wisnosky of Lancaster, Pa., use tools to sculpt their castles.
Working on their sandcastle are (l-r) Dewey Beach Marketing Committee Chair Marilyn Seitz with Kellie Provost-Brown, Jim Brown and Caroline Brown of Easton, Pa.
Darrell O’Connor showed participants how to make sandcastle spires and staircases.
About 50 kids of all ages gathered just below the dune on Dagsworthy Avenue in Dewey June 16 to create a 65-foot-long sandcastle.
Darrell O’Connor, nine-time winner of the Rehoboth Beach sandcastle contest, gave a short tutorial on sandcastle construction tools and techniques to participants, showing them how to build towers, patios and stairs with moist sand.
Participants extended the sandcastle north and south from O’Connor’s original castle and added spires, free-standing arches, staircases, an antique car and other features. In all, the castle had 30 spires, carved buildings, a freestanding arch entryway, six staircases and an extensive wall.
