Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 200
From: Melani
Date: 06 May 03 - 11:26 PM

Jeez, radriano, ya shoulda told me. My car was on the Pier and I carry jumper cables.

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003
From: Dave Swan
Date: 07 May 03 - 10:33 AM

Charley,

I didn't hear any C. Fox Smith, but there was so much going on one couldn't hear half of it. I spent a fair bit of time with John and he didn't mention any CFS songs in the works.

So there you have it. I don't know anything, didn't hear anything.

Anything else I can do for ya?

D

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003
From: radriano
Date: 07 May 03 - 10:56 AM

Melani, I'll keep that in mind, thanks. But it all worked out fine and I'm glad I didn't drag you away from the shanty sing. Besides, it was a shorter walk to the pay phone than it would have been going back to the Thayer. We gimps always thing of those things.

Charley, I also didn't hear of any C.F. Smith poems at the festival. I had learned "The Old Figurehead Carver" but never actually sang it at the festival. It's a poem by Rev. Hiram Cody that was set to music by Dick Swain.

And Joe, sorry you got rained out. We missed you.

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003
From: yrlancslad
Date: 07 May 03 - 11:50 AM

I do a couple of C. Fox Smith songs, both sea and hunting, but didn't get a chance to do them at the Festival. Didn't hear anybody else do any either.Great day though, if you stayed for the sing in the evening you could get 14 hours of singing in the day! What more could you ask for?

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003
From: Charley Noble
Date: 07 May 03 - 02:34 PM

So, you're all invited to come to the Mystic Sea Music Festival from 6/12 to 6/15, four full days of workshops, concerts, and after hours singing! Well, actually there are no music activities during the day on Thursday or Friday and no evening activity other than driving on Sunday. Anyway, rent a U-Haul and roll!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, who will be working on the sound crew

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 200
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 07 May 03 - 11:23 PM

Thank you for your good words on the festival! In the ten years I've been involved with the fests at SF Maritime NHP, this was the best. From the musicians, sound crew, volunteers, food vendor, morning shipboard demos, to the break we got with the weather, everything came together. The musicians perform for less than what they would normally get, and I'm very grateful for their understanding about park budgets and all, and their commitment to our park's mission.

The day started with rain, but, fortunately, it ended before the music began. Luck was with us, in that it rained heavily in other parts of the city, and in the East bay, but refused to rain on the festival. Joe Offer unfortunately got rained out trying to get here from Sacramento.

Radriano, sorry about the scheduling conflict. I somehow missed that one when working on the schedule. The Georgia Sea Island Singers want to come back, so I promise you will be able to see them next fest.

For anyone else going to Mystic as well as Charley and myself, the Georgia Sea island Singers are booked there, and you are in for a wonderful, dynamic series of performances. They are incredible. At the evening chantey sing, they sang "Johanna and Rhody," a sea islands rowing song, and ended the first hour of the sing with "Pay Me My Money Down," which they sang for me, amidst much laughter. In the middle of the song, they pulled out their check and waved it, changing the lyrics to "You paid me, you paid me..." and backed away, as if to say "never mind." At one of their two daytime performances, they told the story of how they taught Laura Bush to do hambone at their White House performance.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco - May 3, 2003
From: radriano
Date: 08 May 03 - 03:26 PM

Hey, Chanteyranger, no need to apologize. You can't possibly please everyone all the time. I didn't mean to give the impression that I was really upset about the scheduling. That's just the way the cards fell.