Tom didn't announce this month's sea music singaround at The Press Room in Portsmouth, NH, but it happened anyway -- we're just home from a lovely evening of song.

The Press Room management had been a bit confuzzled about the fact that, since May 1st was actually the first Saturday, today was the THIRD Saturday despite being a bit earlier in the month than usual, so they'd inadvertently booked an event upstairs that lasted until 5.

The event was a very loud "recital" of young bands ("Oh, cool! We get to play in a BAR!") attended by parents and other young afficionados of that sort of music. Made talking downstairs while waiting for the session to begin a bit difficult.

But it was worth the wait to watch the faces of the kids, their parents and audience as they came down the stairs. I think they were amazed at the volume singers could achieve WITHOUT amplification. And the harmonies. A couple mothers stuck around to listen and find out more about the music.

We hauled in some crew from Gloucester, Boston and Richmond, Maine and even a couple visiting from Mystic who wandered into the trad session last night and were thrilled to find there was a sea music session today. I'd posted the session, too, on the Portsmouth, NH Facebook feed and we drew at least one person from not too far away who was unaware of the session(s). He, too, exclaimed his enthusiasm and will be back.

I'll post a song list later, but right now I've got some frantic cleaning of a recently exposed corner to finish before the electrician gets here tomorrow. I think I'm out of enzyme cat odor remover -- hope Febreze will get us through tomorrow.

Linn