Highfield Hall & Gardens Virtual Supper Club series hosts
Bruce Strickrott, Manager of Alvin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
April 8, 2021 | 6 pm – 7:30 pm

(Falmouth, Massachusetts): Highfield Hall & Gardens is pleased to announce Bruce Strickrott, Manager of Alvin at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) for the Supper Club Series next installment.

Bruce Strickrott is a deep-sea explorer and the Chief Pilot of the deep submergence vehicle Alvin, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, MA. Mr. Strickrott joined the Alvin operations team in 1996 and worked his way up from engineering technician to Alvin Chief Pilot, eventually leading the dive operations as the Expedition Leader. Bruce has logged over 380 dives in Alvin spending over 2400 hours underwater throughout the world’s oceans.

The first voyage to take the newly outfitted Alvin to the deeper depth will be in September 2021 in the Puerto Rico trench with Bruce leading the expedition. A documentary film of Strickrott’s dive in 2021 is currently being planned.

Mr. Strickrott is a United States Navy veteran who served on two guided missile cruisers, the USS Horne (CG-30), and the USS FOX (CG-33), which included deployments to the Middle East as part of Operation Earnest Will and Operation Desert Storm. After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy, Bruce graduated cum laude from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida with a degree in ocean engineering.

Dinner is catered by Osteria la Civeta Restaurant, in Falmouth, MA. This delectable meal will be delivered to you, with reheating instructions. Guests will be provided with a three-course meal and the menu will be announced in the coming weeks.

About Highfield Hall & Gardens Supper Clubs

Each Virtual Dinner Party will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will last approximately 60 – 90 minutes.
One week prior to the event, you will receive a menu to choose your meal options. Your dinner and gift bag will arrive at your home prior to the start of the dinner party between 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Your gift bag will include preparation instructions for your meal, Zoom instructions to participate online, an evening program, a special gift relevant to the evening. Cost to attend with a meal is $125.00/person, and $60.00/person without dinner.

To have your meal delivered, you must be within a 20-mile radius of Falmouth.

If you would like to participate in the event without receiving a meal, we are offering a discounted ticket price. If you would like to sign up for multiple dates, please email Lisa Walker for special discounted series subscription rates.

About Highfield Hall & Gardens

The house is a rare surviving example of transitional Stick Style architecture, containing beautiful gardens located in the heart of Falmouth, Massachusetts. It is a unique combination of a historic house, expansive gardens and trails, and a vibrant cultural center. Built in 1878 as the summer home for Boston’s Beebe family, the house sits on 5.5 pristine acres surrounded by nearly 400 acres of conservation land and public walking trails. Highfield Hall & Gardens is not your typical historic estate. It is an example of a historic building saved by grassroots community organizing. An effort of tenacity and vision that continues as new research on the structure and its story of the people who lived here add to the building’s significance. It offers world-class music, international art exhibitions, culinary classes, family programs, and year- round special events.

For more information, visit highfieldhallandgardens.org.