Harwich International Shanty Festival 15 Oct 2023

Subject: RE: Harwich International Shanty Festival 15 Oct 2023
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Oct 23 - 12:50 PM

STAN HUGILL an illustrated talk by Chris Roche
My Friend Stan
Who was my friend Stan?
I first met Stan Hugill in November of 1972
when he and his boys Martin and Philip
sang at Teachers Folk in the New Kent
Road a whole day later I started looking for
his then out of print book Shanties from the
seven seas along the way I found his other
books and started to collect recordings of
the sea shanty as he had sung it.
Over the years I gained greater interest in
mercantile maritime history and the sea
shanty collected books recordings and took
aboard such an interest that I went to sea
myself in square rigged sailing ships.
Stan Hugill: came from a seafaring family he went to sea at an early age a young
man aged 16 he was wrecked on his first overseas voyage and while ashore in
New Zealand found he had a knack with languages he had a degree in oriental
languages Japanese and Mandarin sponsored by his shipping company Blue
Funnel, he could draw and paint, talk for hours and was something of a hypnotic
speaker. He hoboed across the Americas North and South and the Caribbean he
had to suddenly leave one port when the bombs fell he was there at several key
points in history wrecked in the last big square rigger the British had taken as a
POW WWII. Writer of 5 books including the seminal works `Shanties from the
Seven Seas` and `Sailor Town` while serving as Bosun at the Outward Bound
School Aberdovey. He trained boys at Gordonstoun school and sailed in the big
four Mast barque `Passat` rescued from a scrap yard, was discovered and
revered by British, American, French and Poles alike for his skill with song, history,
language, knowledge of the sea, he worked with National Geographic looking to
find Francis Drakes lead coffin and sea grave.
My friend Stan An illustrated talk and personal reminisce runs for one hour and a
half in story, song, sound clips and slides;
Contact: [e-mail] 020 8647 1396

Subject: RE: Harwich International Shanty Festival 15 Oct 2023
From: GUEST,groovy
Date: 26 Oct 23 - 01:14 PM

...and your point is?

Subject: Harwich Folk Festival15 oct 20-23
From: GUEST,RJM
Date: 11 Oct 23 - 12:05 PM

`Masonic Hall Harwich UK Sunday 15 October at 11am`



Illustrated slide show “My Friend Stan” the life and times of the last Shantyman Stan Hugill. Singer, Artist, Writer, Sailor and all round raconteur.

Subject: RE: Harwich Folk Festival15 oct 20-23
From: GUEST,RJM
Date: 11 Oct 23 - 12:07 PM

STAN HUGILL an illustrated talk by Chris Roche
My Friend Stan
Who was my friend Stan?
I first met Stan Hugill in November of 1972
when he and his boys Martin and Philip
sang at Teachers Folk in the New Kent
Road a whole day later I started looking for
his then out of print book Shanties from the
seven seas along the way I found his other
books and started to collect recordings of
the sea shanty as he had sung it.
Over the years I gained greater interest in
mercantile maritime history and the sea
shanty collected books recordings and took
aboard such an interest that I went to sea
myself in square rigged sailing ships.
Stan Hugill: came from a seafaring family he went to sea at an early age a young
man aged 16 he was wrecked on his first overseas voyage and while ashore in
New Zealand found he had a knack with languages he had a degree in oriental
languages Japanese and Mandarin sponsored by his shipping company Blue
Funnel, he could draw and paint, talk for hours and was something of a hypnotic
speaker. He hoboed across the Americas North and South and the Caribbean he
had to suddenly leave one port when the bombs fell he was there at several key
points in history wrecked in the last big square rigger the British had taken as a
POW WWII. Writer of 5 books including the seminal works `Shanties from the
Seven Seas` and `Sailor Town` while serving as Bosun at the Outward Bound
School Aberdovey. He trained boys at Gordonstoun school and sailed in the big
four Mast barque `Passat` rescued from a scrap yard, was discovered and
revered by British, American, French and Poles alike for his skill with song, history,
language, knowledge of the sea, he worked with National Geographic looking to
find Francis Drakes lead coffin and sea grave.
My friend Stan An illustrated talk and personal reminisce runs for one hour and a
half in story, song, sound clips and slides;
Contact: [e-mail] 020 8647 1396

Subject: RE: Harwich Folk Festival15 oct 20-23
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 13 Oct 23 - 05:36 AM

Harwich International Shanty Festival 13-15th October 2023

Our Programme for the 2023 Festival is packed with a wide variety of exciting maritime events. We have a fantastic line up of Artists, with concerts large and small; there are pubs and clubs, boats and trains, a Napoleonic Fort, a Victorian Pier, Edwardian Cinema and Georgian Church in which to enjoy the entertainment.

Many of the events are free of charge and as many as possible are accessible to all. Our aim, as usual, is to fill the old town of Harwich with song, music and entertainment. And all with a nautical flavour befitting its maritime heritage.

Subject: RE: Harwich Folk Festival15 oct 20-23
From: GUEST,groovy
Date: 19 Oct 23 - 12:00 PM

Can a Mudelf please change the header on this thread?

There is no such thing as the Harwich Folk Festival, but the Harwich International Shanty Festival ran from 13th to 15th October.

There is not another festival taking place from October 20th to the 23rd of that month.

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Got it. ---mudelf