Good news! English Literature Professor Emeritus Marcia McGowan will be presenting a paper at a Symposium during the Mystic Sea Music Festival describing the impact Cicely Fox Smith's nautical poems have had on the sea music community; over 100 of her poems have now been adapted for singing and recorded, some with multiple settings. I will be assisting her by leading "Mobile Bay," Cicely's tribute to the traditional sea shanty "Roll the Cotton Down." The Festival takes place the 2nd weekend of June, with Marcia's paper being presenting Friday afternoon. For sale will be the new Second Edition of The Complete Poetry of Cicely Fox Smith, with over 100 additional poems, for a total of about 750 poems. Charlie Ipcar
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