Livin' it up at Eastport's annual rock festival

"Budweiser Dave" began drinking well before noon at yesterday's Eastport A Rockin' street festival.

A tall and tan bearded man who works at a local boatyard, Dave was eagerly awaiting the band, Them Eastport Oyster Boys, to take the Second Street stage.

Not long after the band began to play, Dave - who insisted he only goes by Budweiser Dave - jumped up to perform a series of quick dance moves before an audience sitting on haystacks and tapping their toes to the beat.

For more than a dozen years, the community has celebrated local music at the annual "Eastport A Rockin" festival, which takes...