Not so much the kitchen staff as the waitresses who occasionally sort of joined in. Rita is Rita Pomerleau, a regular listener at the Friday session who has been joining in a few times with a song. I think this may have been her first time singing at a shanty session. Also Ernie Pigeon from Newburyport and Mike Modern from Portsmouth.

Don't have time to start the song list right now -- work rears its ugly by necessary head. (Gainful employment is good.)

While laying out my calendar for 2011 I noted that I'll be missing the March sea music singaround because of work -- smack in the middle of our expo/trunk show weekend. I'll miss the Friday session, too, as well as being knackered thanks to Thursday being St. Patrick's Day. Have to swap hours on Thursday so I can put in an appearance at all and, because of the trunk show, for the first time in 30 years can not only not take off the day following, but I can't come in late, either. Sigh.

Linn