Sea Music Festival, San Francisco

Subject: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 12:59 PM

The program is set for this year's sea music festival at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. It will be held on Saturday, October 16, 10am-5pm, with music at four venues; two stages on Hyde Street Pier, a stage in the new visitor center theatre, and in the shelterdeck of the square-rigged ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street Pier. $3 donation asked for, but nobody turned away for lack of funds. Here's the lineup of performers:

Louis Killen, Tom Lewis, The Holdstocks, Allan MacLeod, Shay Black with his daughter Shosi, a "fiddle summit" with Kevin Burke, Bruce Molsky, and Hanneke Cassel, Richard Adrianowicz and Peter Kasin, Riggy, Malcolm Rigby, Waterbound, Skip Henderson and the Starboard Watch, Dogwatch Nautical Band, Jan Christensen, Mariel Vandersteel, Marika and Colin Cotter, Dave Nettell, Caroline McCaskey, Ebo Okokan, Celeste Bernardo-Dunn, The S.O.B's, Bruce Sherman, and Salty Walt and the Rattlin' Ratlines.

Hope to see visiting Mudcatters there! Website to go up soon at: www.nps.gov/safr/seafest.htm
Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Cllr
Date: 12 Aug 04 - 01:05 PM

Sounds wonderful, I'm really sorry I can't be there, may be next year, say high to Salty Walt and the Rattlin' Ratlines for me. Cllr

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,radriano
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 06:52 PM

This year's festival will be fantastic. I'm so excited I just can't wait!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Melani
Date: 14 Aug 04 - 11:03 PM

I'll be there!

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Aug 04 - 11:25 AM

Sorry to miss this one. Hope someone writes up a review for those of us who are far from the Barbary Coast.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: RoyH (Burl)
Date: 15 Aug 04 - 06:13 PM

My Stars Chanteyranger. Don't I wish I was there. It sounds great. One of these days maybe. Cheers, Burl

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Joe Offer
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 02:38 AM

Darn. Same weekend as the Getaway. Good thing I already have my plane ticket for that trip, or I'd be torn by indecision.
Have a good time, gang! I'll get there again, one of these years.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 03:01 PM

Joe, you didn't hear that your flight was cancelled?

Burl, wnenever you're able to make another trip across the pond, you're very welcome at our festival!

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: radriano
Date: 16 Aug 04 - 05:11 PM

Carefull Joe, ya might find yerself shanghaied to San Francisco. Don't accept free drinks in any bars!

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: radriano
Date: 17 Aug 04 - 12:09 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 10:39 PM

It's almost upon us. Here's the website:

http://www.nps.gov/safr/seafest.html

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger's sneaky Secret Santa seeking
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 09:14 AM

Ahoy there, Chanteyranger. I was a'thinkin' I might find you here on this thread. A little bird (a seagull, I think) told me that you are not in the habit of giving your santas help with hints about yerself. Well matey, better be gettin' yerself over to the hints thread to help ole Santa out, or ye might be gettin' a bunch of ole fish-heads or the like - smartly now, me bucko!

Santa - waiting with bated (baited) breath..........

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 04:01 PM

The one change on the schedule is that Malcolm Rigby will be performing solo where Waterbound is listed. Several 'catters will be performing: Radriano, Riggy, Lancslad, and me. Look for 'Catter Melani, who'll be volunteering at the stages.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Dave Swan
Date: 13 Oct 04 - 05:44 PM

Dear Secret Sneaky Santa,

Here are some hints about Chanteyranger.

He likes long walks on the beach, dots the letter "i" with a little heart and hates insincere people. He has absolutely no musical talent and sometimes isn't sure which part of the fiddle goes under his chin. He only took work as a park ranger because all of the positions on the local vinyl siding door-to-door sales team had been filled.

HOWEVER he puts together one hell of a Sea Music Festival which should be attended by everyone who reads this!

D

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Melani
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 01:32 PM

I just saw the ad in the SF Chronicle Pink Section--wow, bigtime! Should be a nice big crowd.

Secret Santa--don't get him chocolate.

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Cllr
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 06:24 PM

Arghhhhhhhhhh wanna be there &^$**!! sounds greeat say high to salty walt for me. Cllr

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: radriano
Date: 14 Oct 04 - 07:20 PM

Cllr, I'll pass on a hello from you to Salty Walt at the festival. How's everything going for you these days?

Richard

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 01:46 AM

Hello, Cllr. Sorry you won't be here, but it's a bit of a distance!

Hi, Dave. I am moved to tears by your sincere and unapologetically lugubrious and incandescent didactive metrapolizative corbustimentalism.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 11:24 AM

In the words of the immortal C. Fox Smith from "Shanghai Passage":

Yes, they'll wonder in the mornin', what they drank last night;
They'll wonder just what hit 'em, if they show an ounce of fight;
They'll be scoffin' seaboot duff; they'll be suppin' handspike gruel,
Dodgin' the belayin' pin, an' cursin' Shanghai cruel.

Have a great time, gang!
Charley Noble, far away on the other coast

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: radriano
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 11:33 AM

Gawd a-mighty but that chanteyranger sure talks purty.

Hello Charley! I just came across the cassette tape of songs you made for me when you were last in SF. I trust you have glanced at the recent thread on "Sailor's Way?"

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Cllr
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 05:41 PM

Im doing well I hope to bring my wife over next time (champange Carol) I think I have been asked to come back next year! Have a great festival Cllr

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Teresa
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 06:39 PM

Oh shoot, I don't live there no more, but was singing at a couple of those sing-arounds at the hyde Street Pier. Darn me. :(

Have a great time; sounds wonderful. :)

T

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Charley Noble
Date: 15 Oct 04 - 09:50 PM

Richard-

I haven't a clue what I provided you for songs on that cassette. However, I urge you to access my personal website for MP3 samples of more C. Fox Smith poems that I've arranged such as "Outward Bound," "Port of Dreams," and "Mariquita":For a good time click here!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: mack/misophist
Date: 16 Oct 04 - 11:01 PM

SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED was in attendance, and quite pleased withal. I, poob boy, had to go to the gym. But pictures were taken and cd's were bought.

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 09:54 AM

So, were there any survivors?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Jimmy Twitcher
Date: 17 Oct 04 - 06:06 PM

Great time was had by all -- the weather was a little off, and so the crowds were'nt quite as large as we've become used to at the festival, but there were still plenty of folks around. I had a great time, even if I couldn't make it to the late night sing. Louis Killin and Tom Lewis were great, as usual.

Peter, how did the sing go?

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,ClaireBear
Date: 18 Oct 04 - 12:20 PM

Thank you, Chanteyranger, for a first-class music event. It was rollicking good fun (for me and my wee one!), and I appreciate your kind gesture in inviting me to join in the closing session even though I wasn't on staff this year. That meant a lot to me.

Claire

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 03:49 PM

Thanks for being up there with us, Claire. It would have been odd to see you in the audience during the finale, after all the years with Dogwatch.

I thought it went very well, and have gotten some good feedback from visitors and performers. Though overcast, the weather was balmy, and the rain cooperated with what the forecasters were saying, and held off until laqte saturday night, after the festival. The youngest performer, Shosi Black, at 6 years old had a great debut as a featured performer (with the help of her dad Shay Black). The fiddle summit was a blast. Meeting Kevin Burke the day before the festival was great. As we walked around the Balclutha, he told me of some family history in the maritime trades. Very interesting stuff. Though I couldn't check in on all the acts, I heard that louis Killen's singing at the Naval Songs workshop brought someone to tears. No surprise.

My thanks to all the performers, staff and volunteers that made this festival such a special event. Next year we'll order up clearer weather, and may change the date to September.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: Sea Music Festival, San Francisco
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 01:11 PM

Radriano-

Did you surive? It's dangerous on the Hyde Street Pier late at night and Judy and I are still worried that in your enthusiasm you may have slipped over the side. If so I'm prepared to draft an appropriate memorial ballad to the tune of "Dead Horse."

Charley Noble