Well, Charlie, I was thinking along the lines of having your session be a "Shantey Blast" sort of session, similar to the "Raise the Roof" gospel session, where the songs would mostly have a sing-along part and/or a chorus. That is a different sort of energy than you get with forebitters and songs about the sea, which would be covered in an "Other Sea Songs" or "Songs of the Sea" or "Ocean, Rivers and Waterways" session. The "Other Sea Songs" would also allow shanties, of course. Haven't discussed this with the Committee yet though so will gladly hear opinions while things are still in progress. :-)

The thing is, there are so many good maritime singers coming this year that I feel they will need extra time if we can manage it! ... We'll see.

We have a couple of people here in FSGW who sing French shanties (they're sung at the Royal Mile Pub in Wheaton, too) so lots of us know the choruses at least.