ChanteyLass, it was a delight having you back at The Press Room and especially having you sing!

We actually had several Press Room singing debuts yesterday -- ChanteyLass, Gail Finn and her daughter Amanda, and then even Jim Finn led a song. Jim and Gail have been coming to listen to the Friday trad sessions, but this is the first time they've led songs.

Larisa was our server instead of Jaki (who seemed to have a day off), and she got stuck with telling me just before starting time that there was a band upstairs -- not on the Press Room printed schedule -- that would be starting at 6 p.m., so we'd have to cut our session a bit short.

The crew was me, Linn Schulz (nom de Mudcat Bat Goddess), ChanteyLass from Rhode Island (even further away than Don Hale), Emery Hutchins, Charlie Ipcar (Charley Noble), Mike Modern, Tami Bill (Ranger1), Don & Cathy Hale from southernmost Massachusetts, Gail & Jim Finn with their daughter Amanda, Bruce MacIntyre, Bill Lehrman & Carol Pierson from Boston, Nicole Hourihan, Dave Nunes, Justine Donovan, Carol Coronis, sisters Gail & Janet, W.B., Phyllis, and, who'd I forget to note?

1. Si Bheag Si Mhor/Ode to Whiskey - Emery Hutchins
2. Whiskey-O, Johnny-O - Charlie Ipcar
3. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn Schulz
4. Old Zeb - Emery Hutchins
5. Shenandoah - Don Hale
6. Saltwater Cowboy - Mike Modern (from Simani, a Newfoundland and Labrador duo)
7. Bold Fisherman - Bruce MacIntyre
8. The Rhyme of Charon the Ferryman - Charlie Ipcar
9. Backside of Nantucket Point - Linn Schulz
10. Rolling Down to Old Maui - Emery Hutchins
11. Great West Road - Dave Nunes
12. Sonny's Dream - Gail & Amanda Finn
13. Bay of Biscay - Linn Schulz
14. What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor - Carol Coronis
15. 100 Years On the Charles W. Morgan - ChanteyLass
16. The Chanteyman - Charlie Ipcar
17. Grey Funnel Line - Don Hale
18. Maggie May - Linn Schulz
19. Bulgine Run - Bruce MacIntyre
20. Leaving of Liverpool - Emery Hutchins

And right now it's the Leaving of Nottingham, as I need to head to Portsmouth to catch Emery Hutchins and Jim Prendergast -- as Two Old Friends -- at Portsmouth Library.

I'll finish the list when I get home (or tomorrow morning -- I'll leave myself some wiggle room).

Linn