The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118482 Message #2660896
Posted By: Charley Noble
20-Jun-09 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Mystic June 11-14 2009
Subject: RE: Mystic June 11-14 2009
What impressed me at the late evening shanty sessions was that many of us more experienced singers restricted ourselves to leading just one song. In these sessions there is always a temptation to respond immediately to what someone else has led, and experienced singers have the advantage in pulling that off. It's a high stress situation to lead a shanty in the German Hall period but I thought that most everyone was being very supportive to the singers (well, sometimes the conversations in the bar entrance area got a little too loud), and especially so to newcomers.
I did find it irritating that a few people choose to lead songs that were totally unrelated to the sea, or to drinking.
I don't think a single person was singing from the pages of Rise Up Singing, which I also consider a plus.
And no one brought in a boombox!
Cheerily,
Charley Noble