Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008

Subject: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Jon Bartlett
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 03:52 AM

A new thread for 2008's Festival. Me & Rika are planning on coming again, and looking forward to singing with Mr Finn and "Whispering Don" Sineti. By the by, do east coasters know Zeke Hoskin's "Valparaiso in a Rowboat"?

Jon Bartlett

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 07:29 AM

Jon! I look forward to seeing the both of you. We will Have to have a song and a drink together.

Marc Bernier

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: PeadarOfPortsmouth
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 08:38 AM

Planning to make it this year. It will be a first for me, but I've go to make it...I think Curmudgeon will ban me from the shanty sessions in Portsmouth if I miss this year. ;-)

Looking forward to meeting my fellow 'catters.

Peter

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 09:26 AM

So let's reprise who has acknowledged being invited so far as performers:

Johnson Girls
Bob Zentz
Danny and Joyce McLeod

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guest, JS
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 07:36 PM

I brought out 'Valparaiso in a Rowboat' at a DC area shanty sing, and no one seemed to know it, though it went over well. I picked it up from Dan Roberts in Seattle, who does a great ukelele style mandolin accompaniment, so my experience of it is as a west coast song.

Hope to make it to Mystic this year for the first time.

JS

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Greg B
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 07:51 PM

Wow. "Great" "ukelele" and "mandolin" used in the same sentence.

There's a first.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Jon Bartlett
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 08:41 PM

Thanks, JS - it's a cracker of a song and I'm glad it's getting known. See you at Mystic.

Jon Bartlett

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 09:43 PM

Can't wait to hear you & Rika, Jon, but I'm afraid that I might keep you up past your bedtime, Heh, Heh. I've got a recent one for you hear too, "Venezuela To Trinidad" by Roger Hussey, a crew member on the Norwegian MST* Borjholt, he's one of the Gloucester crowd. He's written a dandy. We'll swap shit instead of spit. This one's been getting so much play between Gloucester & Portsmouth that it's getting killed by requests.

"Whispering Don" Sineti, that's a very cute name forhim, wonder if he'll allow it to stick?

Haven't heard "Valparaiso in a Rowboat" but I'll be looking for it from now until then.


See you all there

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,iancarterb
Date: 02 Feb 08 - 05:22 PM

I've sung Valparaiso in a Rowboat with Mathew Moeller, another Seattle singer. Since he went more or less literally overboard and bought a 1930s wooden boat, the original hole in the water to put money and time into, to live on, I have only seen him twice. I wonder why...

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guest SJW
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 03:38 PM

Wow...so many people coming for the first time...are you ever in for a treat. It's always great to meet new people, and I guarantee you this will not be your last time. Can't wait!!! Twin

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 03:47 PM

Sorry but do to a quirk in the Jewish (lunar) calendar I will not be able to make it this year. This is a leap year and the Sunday that I usually go is the eve of the Shavuos holiday. Given the volume of traffic on I-95 I would never be able to make it home by one hour before sundown when the holiday begins. I am no longer permitted to drive or ride as a passenger in a vehicle once the holiday begins.

                                                    SOL

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 04:57 PM

Sol, sorry that you won't be making it, at some point in time I'd be honored to meet up with you.

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guest PJF
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 08:13 PM

Great a new thread for 2008 . I just found it tonight. Jon and Rika you are getting to be a special part of our festival and it is wonderful to hear that you will be here this spring. Only four months now. Cant wait! Other Twin

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 02:11 PM

Rick Spencer, former chanteyman and Forebitter member is the new director of the 2008 Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport. The performer roster is set and will be announced soon.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 01:10 AM

Sounds like the "cat's out of the bag" guest.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,jon campbell-jcampbellwampum
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 11:44 AM

Just did "Valpariso" last week with "Shanghaid on the Willamette"out in Astoria, any song about fooling the customs guys is a good one.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 06 Mar 08 - 09:45 PM

According to my most recent Mystic Seaport mailing, inviting me to support "Friends of the Sea Music Festiva,l" the acknowledged performers include the Inuit Cultural performers, a trio from Canada, performing traditional throat singing; Calico Jack, a dynamic duo from the Chesapeake Bay; Hand in Hand, featuring Marge Bruchac, an Abenaki Indian and her husband Justin Kennick; and the Johnson Girls (whom I've actually heard of).

I'll probably renew my support.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Anglo
Date: 07 Mar 08 - 01:10 AM

Marge Bruchac is the daughter of Joe Bruchac, an exceptionally fine Native American singer, instrumentalist (flute and drum as far as I'm aware), storyteller, and author, from the southern Adirondacks. Google him. His daughter carries on the tradition with her husband, Justin. They have been performers at the Old Songs Festival in Altamont, NY, and will be there again this year. Highly recommended, at least by me.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Anglo
Date: 07 Mar 08 - 01:25 AM

Find out about Calico Jack
HERE.

Your guess is as good as mine. You can listen to clips of their album HERE.

Perhaps you could offer an opinion?

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 07 Mar 08 - 04:38 PM

We stayed with Danny & Joyce McLeod last week and they were extremely excited about Mystic, and Pistachio and I in our turn were extremely jealous.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 Mar 08 - 08:07 PM

Linda-

We'd love to have you join us on this side of the Great Pond. The Mystic Sea Music Festival at its best is the best, and I hope that this year it is the best of best!

But than there's Yorkshire, and all the wonderful things we hear about that are going on there for music.

Whatever is one to do?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Marge Bruchac
Date: 09 Mar 08 - 10:38 PM

Hi, all

Just a clarifying note regarding a post that reads as follows:

"Marge Bruchac is the daughter of Joe Bruchac, an exceptionally fine Native American singer, instrumentalist (flute and drum as far as I'm aware), storyteller, and author, from the southern Adirondacks. Google him. His daughter carries on the tradition with her husband, Justin. They have been performers at the Old Songs Festival in Altamont, NY, and will be there again this year. Highly recommended, at least by me."

My father's name was indeed Joseph Bruchac, but he was a taxidermist and author who passed away years ago. The famous storyteller Joe Bruchac is my BROTHER. My brother IS a bit older than I am, but I guess this means I must look young for my age! So, thanks for the flattery!

Wli nanawalmezi, be well,
Marge Bruchac

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Pamela from Ithaca
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 11:28 AM

Hi all-
Got dates?
Which weekend is the Mystic fest this year?

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 02:35 PM

Pamela-

The Festival happens on the second weekend of June, which this year means June 12-June 15 (despite the fact that June 15 is the 3rd Sunday).

See and hear you there.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Anglo
Date: 10 Mar 08 - 05:43 PM

Sorry Marge, my apologies for getting it wrong. I'll apologize in person at Old Songs, where I look forward to seeing both you and your brother.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Mar 08 - 07:24 PM

The contracts have been sent out from Mystic Sea Music Festival HQ and I was gratified to receive one.

I'll be sharing a C. Fox Smith Workshop with Danny and Joyce McLeod and with Bob Zentz. We've all poured a lot of energy into reviving interest in Smith's nautical poetry, making the poems accessible on-line to the public, adapting them for singing, and performing the songs. In addition Danny has played a key role in researching this poet's life. The draft anthology of her poems that Jim Saville and I have assembled (and referenced) now contains more than 550 poems, and may be accessed at the Oldpoetry website under her name: click here for website!

I'm certainly looking forward to this workshop, as well as everything else I can get involved in at the Festival. No sleep for me!

I didn't see any mention of any Thursday evening activity this year in the materials I received. Has Thursday been dropped from the schedule?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Joy Bennett
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 10:04 AM

sleep when you're dead! (or so the saying goes)

It's going to be a great festival ---

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guest PJf
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 12:50 PM

In all my research about this years festival it seems to come up as June 13-15 which would not include a Thursday schedule. If you have any other info please share.only 8 weeks to go!

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 01:13 PM

Thursday evening at Mystic has traditionally been a smaller "setting out" evening concert, not particularly well attended in recent years but it served the useful purpose of shaking down the equipment and helped ensure that other things got done before Friday rolled in.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,John from "Elsie`s Band"
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 01:19 PM

Charley Noble,
                Re C.Fox Smith, if you would be interested in our song version of "Gerrrans Churchtown" give me a shout on [e-mail]
                                           Regards,
                                             John

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 09:01 PM

Johnston Girls? REALLY? I'm so excited, my friend Allison Kelly's one of them!

Catfeet, who's trying to convince another adult to go with her to wrangle children

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 09:42 PM

John-

I'm always interested in new adaptations of CFS poems for singing. I'll follow this up with you via e-mail soon.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Mar 08 - 01:41 PM

I was just speaking to a representative of the vendor who's in charge of CD sales. He said they are in the process of modifying their check-in procedures to better accommodate performers. It sounded to me as if it would be a great improvement over how CD sales were run for the past two years.

The details are still being refined but I think most performers will be pleased.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Mar 08 - 12:02 PM

I understand that theThursday night concert has been dropped for the 2008 festival.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Jon Bartlett
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 11:41 PM

I'm not seeing much chat about the Festival - this date last year, there were 69 posts on last year's Mystic thread. Wassup?

Jon Bartlett

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 03:23 AM

We were just waiting for you to "bellow Up" Jon.

Does anyone know if the performers list is out yet. From the little I know it sounds like it'll be a grand time but then it always is. Does anyone know what the symposium is gonna focus on. Seeing as I wasn't asked to volunteer this year (it wasn't me, I wasn't even there last year, I swear) I'll get to hear what ever I choose & that's gonna be the 1st time in over a decade, & that's great. I haven't been able to catch the whole symposium in, in I can't remember how long. Jon & Rika your's a few yrs ago was the last one I caught & one of the best too.
I have to thanks my guardian angel for hosting a floor spot for me, Jon & Rika, without that I know I wouldn't have been able to afford it this year. You know who you are angel, just wanted to say thanks again.
After missing last year due to a nephew getting married out in San Francisco (ya Mario, those relatives that don't know or care about Mystic should be disowned) I'm pretty phyc'd about this one.
Have aother wedding in San Francisco this August, my niece is getting married, thank God for the woman, they're far more intellegant.

Speaking of the West Coast, any West Coasters besides Jon & Rika coming over for this?

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 03:33 AM

I should've checked 1st before asking here's a list of performers:

Barnacle - Westerly, RI. Dynamic Quartet featuring remarkable intrumentals.

Bob Webb - Phippsburg, ME. Banjo wizard and the "King of Chanteys".

Bob Zentz - Norfolk, VA. Multi-instrumentalist singer of songs old and new.

Calico Jack - Maryland. Contemporary and traditional music of the Chesapeake.

Charlie Ipcar - Richmond, ME. Contemporary and traditional sea music and shanties.

Cliff Haslam - Madison, CT. Icon of the CT sea music scene.

Danny O'Flaherty - New Orleans, LA. Celtic Balladeer.

Danny & Joyce McLeod - Newcastle, UK. Geordie singers and C. Fox Smith scholars.

Finest Kind - Ottawa, Canada. Featuring Ian Robb, Shelly Posen and Ann Downey.

George Ward - Rexford, NY. Canal Balladeer. Traditional music of America 's Canals.

Hand in Hand - Marge Bruchac & Justin Kennick. Northampton, MA.
Native American and New England Traditions.

Inuit Cultural Perfomers - Ottawa, Canada. Featuring native Inuit vocals and dancing.

Jeff Davis - Woodstock, CT. Extraordinary performer of Traditional American music.

Johnson Girls - New York, NY. Powerhouse all-female chantey group.

Mystic Seaport's Chantey Staff - Mystic, CT.

Robbie OConnell - Franklin, MA. Contemporary and Traditional Irish-American Songs.

Sheri Mortimer - Groton, CT. Traditional Irish songs and ballads.

Trouz Bas - New-England based band performing traditional Celtic music.


I've been dying to hear Trouz Bas, I'm a bit bais, the drummer's, (best bodhram player & maker in the States, that's not bais) an old roomamte & great friend

See Mystic Sea Music Festival here

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Susan of DT
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 06:27 AM

Of course Dick and I will be at Mystic.

Do any of you people who don't usually come to Mystic need mudcat tee shirts so we can find you? Dick and I have them in the US and Bill Sables has them in the UK. Order them soon since Dick and I will be in Alaska for most of May. Another possibility is to reserve a shirt and have us bring it.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 07:33 AM

George Ward! Nice choice. We're sure to hear some great ballads.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, still in the wilds of Long Island but about to make a run for the Orient Point Ferry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,campbell
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 09:09 AM

Barry, Robbie O'Connell has been over here in RI for a couple of years now, having left Franklin. He came to the Providence session this week at Local 121 and he and Roxanne sang some lovely duets, maybe you'll get 1 or 2 this year at the event

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 11:42 AM

Hope so.
Thanks Jon, I didn't know Robbie did Irish stuff. If your dust off your pipes maybe we could round up a session. HeHeHe

There's still a session that some of the Village Coach House regulars attend in Brighton at the Greenbriar but you probably know that, some fifer probably been keeping you up to snnuff.

Tell Mance I say hi & am looking forward to seeing him for the weekend

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,BarnacleBabe
Date: 15 Apr 08 - 04:39 PM

Any news on the performers schedule yet? The lineup on workshops? Concerts? Just curious.



Looking forward to June :)

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:38 AM

"didn't know Robbie did Irish stuff."? Barry, what are you smoking?

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:42 AM

Barnacle Babe-

Scroll up and you'll find a link for performers on the Mystic website.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guests SJW and PJF
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:45 AM

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Guests SJW and PJF
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:50 AM

Sorry about that last blank post...What a great suprise to have the festival posting on line this morning on the Seaport site...on Pam and my birthday(we share one). It was the best present we could get. I love the familiarity of old friends on the list: Cliff, Don, Jeff, Robbie, the Jonhson Girls, Bob Webb..but it is also enticing to see new names for us; Barnacle, Trouz Bras, and Calico Jack...what a delectale menu of maritime fare! And so the countdown begins...MUCH LOVE, the twins

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 10:17 AM

Marc, now your gonna tell me that he writes alot of his own stuff & that he probably used to sing with his wife too. He's turning out to be a watery many faucet fellow.
I did know about his Irish side, I wasn't smoking, just chuckling with Jon.

Barry

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,Barnacle
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 04:32 PM

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: GUEST,BarnacleBabe
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 04:49 PM

Sorry about the blank. I'm new to this posting thing.

Thanks, Charlie. I see the listing of performers but I see no listing of the date and time performers are on stage and what performers are assigned to do which workshops. I was curious as to whether any other performers had received that information yet.

Subject: RE: Mystic Seaport Sea Music Festival 2008
From: Marc Bernier
Date: 16 Apr 08 - 09:48 PM

That information has not yet been published to my knowledge.