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Thread #33191 Message #440667
Posted By: Bat Goddess
14-Apr-01 - 06:02 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Sail 2001: Kennebunk, ME
Subject: Songs of Sail 2001: Kennebunk, ME
I promised Bob Web I'd post this. Last year it was very poorly publicized and Curmudgeon and I only found out about it at the last minute. Very glad we went!
SONGS OF SAIL 2001
Fans of traditional sea music will gather again in Kennebunk, Maine, during 15-16 June 2001 when an international crew of shantymen and women gather for "Songs of Sail 2001" at the Brick Store Museum.
The Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 15 with a concert featuring all the festival performers, among them Louis Killen, Jeff Warner, Mystic Seaport's Forebitter, Compass Rose with Dave Peloquin, Celeste Bernardo, and Ellen Cohn. Bob Webb is the Festival Coordinator, and our special guest this year is Martin Hugill, son of shantyman and maritime historian Stan Hugill.
The music will continue throughout the day Saturday at various venues in nearby Kennebunkport, including on board a two-masted sailing schooner that offers harbor and bay tours. The huge "Sailing Time" concert will finish the event at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in the newly refurbished, and beautiful, Kennebunk Town Hall.
A schedule of events and ticketing information can be obtained by contacting The Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk ME 04043 USA, by telephone at 207-985-4802, or by e-mail at info@brickstoremuseum.org.