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Music of the Sea Symposium
32nd Annual Sea Music Festival
June 10-11, 2011

Co-sponsored by Mystic Seaport,
the United States Coast Guard Academy,
and the University of Connecticut at Avery Point.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, United States Coast Guard Academy, Officers' Club, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320

9:00 Coffee and Danish
9:20 Welcome, Morning Moderator, Faye Ringel, Ph.D.
9:30 Dr. William Hullfish, SUNY Brockport, Tracing The Roots of Inland Waterway Songs in American Popular Music
10:15 Ronald Christopher, Exeter University, Music on Southern Waters: Song and The Civil War at Sea in the Gulf South
11:00 Break
11:15 Dr. Giuseppina Collici, University of Palermo, The Songs, Prayers, Salutations and Invocations of Sicily's Tonnara Fishermen

12:00 Luncheon: Buffet luncheon, including vegetarian option, available at the Officers' Club ($13.): please reserve a ticket with Dr. Faye Ringel and pay with cash or check at the Symposium

1:30 Reconvene, Afternoon Moderator, Glenn S. Gordinier, Ph.D.
Sandra Rosado, Eastern Connecticut State University, A Brief History of Surf Music
2:15 Dr. Mark Long, Univ. of Central Florida, Banana Republic or Margaritaville?: Jimmy Buffett Constructs a Greater Caribbean Through Narratives of Sailing and Excess

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, Mystic Seaport, Greenmanville Church, 75 Greenmanville Avenue,
Mystic, CT 06355
9:30 Welcome, Moderator, Glenn S. Gordinier, Ph.D.
T. Joseph Scanlon, Carleton University, "A Challenge to the Lord": Folk Songs about the "Unsinkable" Titanic
10:15 Dr. Ken Kurihara, Fordham University, "Nearer, My God, to Thee": The Cultural Origin of the Famous Titanic Legend
11:00 Break
11:15 Dr. Robert Walser, Elphinstone Institute, Putting Scottish Dredging Songs to Work on the Mystic River

The first day of the symposium is free and will be held at the Officers' Club at the United States Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320. For directions and a map of the campus: http://www.cga.edu/display.aspx?id=401

The second day of the symposium will be held in the Greenmanville Church, Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT. For directions, click on "Plan Your Visit" at http://www.mysticseaport.org. The cost of the symposium at Mystic Seaport is included in the cost of admission to the 312nd Annual Sea Music Festival. Tickets can also be bought at the door.
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Attendees should let Faye Ringel know as soon as possible if they are interested in the buffet luncheon on Friday: Buffet luncheon, including vegetarian option, available at the Officers' Club ($13.): please reserve a ticket with Dr. Faye Ringel and pay with cash or check at the Symposium. Thanks.