Hi Steve

I'm a member of Falmouth Shout (the group organising the Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival). Public joining in the singing is for the most part, very much encouraged! It's part of the reason we do it - some of the groups do sing some more quiet numbers, and appreciate the audience listening, but for the most part, we want everyone, performers and the public to enjoy the whole experience.

As you've seen from Mick's comment (Royal Marine Shanty Crew) - they (as did all the other groups) all had a great time, and in testament to this, all are coming back this year. We are also looking forward to welcoming other new groups such as yourselves with Landlocked.

We are in the process of arranging the "programme", i.e. which group is singing when and where and hope to include more venues this year throughout the town, and on quays/events square etc (weather permitting), but we are also trying to arrange more group interaction (singing-wise!!) so that we can have a chance to sing/drink/enjoy festival together.

Look forward to seeing you in June.

Ann