February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing

Subject: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 13 Feb 17 - 04:25 PM

The February Shanty, Forebitter and Foc's'le Ballad Session will be this Saturday, February 18, 2017, from 3:30 to 7:30 PM at The Press Room on Daniel Street in Portsmouth, NH.

We were foiled in December by the slippery weather and had to shut down early at January's session so, I don't know about you, but I'm itchy to sing sea songs this Saturday! Especially since the white stuff outside just keeps piling up. (What was that silly thing I uttered about it being a "normal" winter?!? Spoke too soon!) Just checked AccuWeather and it looks like this snowy spell should break by Friday -- Saturday looks clear.

Come join us for the shanty sing on Saturday! Live, participatory music -- especially singing with friends! -- makes the world a better place and us more healthy.

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 15 Feb 17 - 09:40 PM

Refresh!

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 16 Feb 17 - 01:22 PM

Thank you, Mud Elf, for the correction.

Hey, it looks like partly sunny and breezy tomorrow and Saturday. Hope Portsmouth gets rid of some of the snow on the streets...

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 11:45 AM

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See you tomorrow!

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: GUEST,Don Hale
Date: 17 Feb 17 - 02:48 PM

I do expect to be there. Perhaps some folks from Maine or the North Shore might join us? Or anywhere else, come to think of it!

                              Don

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 01:08 PM

Charlie won't be there -- things to do in the wake of his mother's passing.

But...we'll have at least two new people joining us, a young couple who discovered the session last night. Jake is stationed in Portsmouth with the Coast Guard and sings very, very well. And his wife Stephanie -- he proposed to her on the USCGC Eagle.

And I'm pretty sure Gina and Bill Dunlap will be there up from Connecticut.

Come on down (or up) -- raise a pint and the rafters!

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 18 Feb 17 - 08:51 PM

Didn't have a huge turnout right away but more people arrived as the evening progressed. But the volume was high right from the get go.

The jazz had ended slightly early so by the time I got there they were already packing up. I sat at the booth across from where we set up and was joined early by the Dunlaps. Had a very interesting conversation with two people already sitting at that two table booth -- I had said something about having been a typesetter (or, as I in later career more accurately started calling myself, a digital prepress production tech)so we compared notes on our experiences. And while I'm currently more in proofreading and copyediting, he's currently correcting 45's grammar and spelling mistakes on Twitter. I hope he emails me and tells me what he's calling himself. Sounds like a full time job to me...

I'll post the usual wrap up tomorrow.

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 20 Feb 17 - 06:50 PM

Well, how about day after tomorrow?

The crew was me, Emery Hutchins, Bill & Gina Dunlap, Mike Modern, Don Hale, Ranger1 & Jason, Gail Finn and Amanda who came in later, Bruce MacIntyre, Chris Vaughan & Amy, Jeff Warner, Lucas Duncan who also came in late, and our newest singer, Jake, who is stationed here in Portsmouth with the Coast Guard. Dave Johnson also came in to listen, and Lisa who last year asked me to sing a song for her Irish mother was here (and again asked me for the song). Oh, and a table full of tourists who were very much enjoying the music.

I managed to forget to bring some of Tom's CDized recordings, "A Bottle Full For The Shantyman".

And here's what we sang --
1. Maggie May - Linn
2. Good Ship Calabar - Mike
3. West Indies Blues - Hutch
4. Final Trawl - Bill
5. Outward Bound - Don
6. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker - Gina
7. Race of Long Ago - Linn
8. Old Zeb - Hutch
9. Rubber Boots - Mike (Newfoundland version of "Pit Boots")
10. Haul Away For Rosie - Bruce
11. Paradise Street - Bill
12. The Barque In the Harbor - Gina
13. Mariquita - Don
14. River Lea - Hutch
15. The Fireship - Bruce
16. Cape Ann - Bill
17. Knickerbocker Line - Linn
18. Hills of Isle au Haut - Bruce
19. Soldier and the Lady/Hear the Nightingales Sing/One Morning In May - Gail
20. Row, Bullies, Row - Mike
21. The Alabama - Bill
22. Whiskey-O, Johnny-O - Linn
23. Banks of Sicily - Hutch
24. Jamestown Homeward Bound - Don
25. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn
26. Blood Red Roses - Bill
27. Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye - Gina
28. On Board of a Man of War - Bruce
29. Rowdy Soul - Hutch
30. Bridget Flynn - Linn (in honor of Lisa's mother)
31. Shallow Brown - Bruce
32. I Want to Go Home - Gina
33. Can I Live By the Sea - Chris
34. Quare Bungle Rye - Mike
35. General Taylor - Amy
36. Leaving of Liverpool - Hutch
37. Plains of Baltimore - Jeff
38. Rolling Down the River - Bill
39. Three Score and Ten - Don
40. Rolla Bolla - Brue
41. Oily Grail - Gina
42. The Last of the Great Whales/The Last Leviathan - Amy
43. Shenandoah -Amanda
44. Firing the Mauretania - Jeff
45. Rolling Down to Rio [om Lewis] - Bruce
46. Strike the Bell - Lucas
47. Farewell to Tarwaithie - Don
48. The Eddystone Light - Bill
49. Where the Ocean Meets the Highway - Chris
50. Sonny's Dream - Gail & Amanda
51. Farewell to Nova Scotia - Jake
52. The Lifeboat - Jake
53. Rolling Home - Jeff
54. Seaman's Hymn - Don and the Company

As usual, please let me know of any additions or corrections.

Thanks, everyone for coming!

Linn

Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Feb 17 - 12:30 PM

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Subject: RE: February Press Room [NH] Shanty Sing
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Feb 17 - 08:30 PM

Thank you for posting the list, Linn.