Former Galveston Mayor Jan Coggeshall was also impressed with the turnout. Listen: RealPlayer MP3 "There is so much entertainment and the people are here, crowds, Coggeshall said. I think it is a good crowd and lots of things to buy, so to me this is as good a Dickens as we've ever had." Photos by Juan Peña Current Galveton Mayor Joe Jaworski and his children rode in a carriage with honored guest Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, great-great-great-daughter of Charles Dickens. Listen: RealPlayer MP3 Queen Victoria, played again this year by Anne Boyd, was a major attraction at the Queen’s Parade. Listen: RealPlayer MP3 There were large crowds at Pier 22, where the 1877 Tall Ship Elissa was the centerpiece of the London Wharf exhibit. Listen: RealPlayer MP3
"If you think about it, we have the only true Victorian artifact in all of Galveston," said Jamie White, director of the Texas Seaport Museum. "We have a lot of Victorian architecture, but it is all American Victorian architecture." Photos by Garrett Bryce A campaign to raise funds for the drydocking of Elissa in January is underway. Guidry News Service has been designated the Lead Sponsor for the Elissa Drydock Campaign. For information or to contribute Click Here The Dickens on The Strand festival concluded on Sunday. Click Here for information on the various events at the festival.