Well the program is moving a bit faster now ...

Yes, certainly,we will have a Shanties workshop, maybe combine it with other maritime songs or maybe have a separate "Songs of the Sea" workshop. And we will have "Foreign Languages," (led by Skarpi and FSGW's Kathie Mack), so there will be two places where a French shantey can be sung.

And we are working on having two gospel sessions, possibly entitled "Gospel" and "More Gospel -- Shake the Roof," or some such, as requested.

Something else to look forward to: George Ward is one of our special guests this year. He is an award winning songwriter, has a grand repertoire of songs collected in upstate New York, is a shantey singer, plays "Banjo, Guitar, Tin whistle, Concertina, Fiddle, Jaw Harp and more," etc.

This is just to let you know we're here. There's much more lined up and in the works. To be continued ....