Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)

Subject: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: curmudgeon
Date: 16 Dec 09 - 05:39 PM

The annual December shanty/forebitter/ballad/seasonal song session will be happening at the Press Room in Portsmouth NH this Saturday,19 December from 3:30 to 7:30 PM.

I still don't have a voice, but it will return, and for now I have a concertina and a thirst which can be slaked more than previously.

And for future reference, mark your calendars for the Barry Finn Memorial Session on the third Saturday in June. Since I am writing from the famed West End of Boston, I have not the werewithal to give you a specific date yet.

See you Saturday. Wassail - Tom

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: maeve
Date: 16 Dec 09 - 05:43 PM

Tom-

Looks like the Barry Finn Memorial Session will be June 19th then. Wonder if I might manage that one?

maeve

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: stallion
Date: 16 Dec 09 - 06:57 PM

Hi Tom,
Health & wealth permitting 2BS&S are planning to be at the Barry Finn
Memorial session
Pete

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: RTim
Date: 16 Dec 09 - 07:46 PM

All being well, and provided I remember to put the date into next year diary - I too will be at Barry's Memorial in June.

Hope voice is back soon Tom and that you and Lynn and everyone else has a great Christmas, etc..

Regards - Tim Radford

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Dec 09 - 10:01 PM

Looking forward to this Saturday at the Press Room.

It should be a nice reprieve from holiday stress.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Micca
Date: 17 Dec 09 - 04:28 AM

I Wish.........

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: maeve
Date: 17 Dec 09 - 10:04 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Dec 09 - 04:23 PM

Weather looks great.

Anyone else coming?

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: GUEST,Justine Donovan
Date: 18 Dec 09 - 11:12 PM

Tom - what a great tribute to Barry's memory. Thank you, and see you tomorrow.

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Dec 09 - 09:58 AM

I am doing last minute Christmas things - yeah it came as a big surprise that Christmas is Dec 25. If I am done in time I will be down.

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 19 Dec 09 - 11:29 AM

Sinsull-

Christmas? That's not until December.

Cheerily,
Charley and JudyB

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 11:11 AM

Well?

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 11:16 AM

Sinsull et al-

There were survivors, other than us, I'm sure but we're buried by Christmas responsibilities, including finishing up someone else's CD.

There were about a dozen singers, including Justine, Peter and Joanne, Tom & Linn, Jeri, Marty, Mark, Chris, Jeff & Barbara, Deb Cowan, Judy and myself. Who did I miss?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Dec 09 - 02:57 PM

Let's see, now that there's a break in Christmas chaos, I led the following songs:

Outside track, Chanty for Steam, Mobile Bay, West Indies Blues, Evening Shadows Fall, Laying on the Screw

Judy: Outward Bound by C. Fox Smith

Deb Cowan: Sam's Gone Away, and several others earlier

Peter S.: One More Day, Rolling Down the River, Old Bangan Hunting, Rain,Cutty Wren, Sailor's Prayer, and one other

Joanne S.: Joanna's Rowing, Frozen in Froberger's Bay, Our Boats are in the Harbor, Catch & Release

Marty: Wasail, Wasail, I'm A Lumberjack, Another Wassail Song, Rosabella, Gift to be Simple/Lord of the Dance, and another one or two

Mark: at least two songs before he had to leave

Justine: What Would We Do If We Had No Money, and an earlier one

Chris: I'm a River Driver, Strike the Bell, Maui, Help Us to Raise 'Em, Greenland Whaling Song, and a couple of earlier ones

Tom & Linn: Holly is the Berry; Shopping Shanty by Brian Chadbourn, and a couple of others

Jeff: Go to Sea Once More, Ida Red, Morris Dance Tune, Jolly Wassail

Jeff and Barb: Row On

I wasn't taking notes early in the session but Judy was later on.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 21 Dec 09 - 08:31 AM

I've got notes from the entire session, though I missed one or two when I was paying for my chowder and filling Jeff Murdock in on what's going on with Tom's treatment.

No time to post now, but I'll add a complete list at some point.

Thanks, Charley!

Linn

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: GUEST,Pamela from Ithaca
Date: 21 Dec 09 - 10:27 PM

(raising her head from too much activity of a non-singing sort in Ithaca NY)
Sounds like a great session. I wish I could be with you all again. I've got the third Saturday in June down in my calendar and hope to join you in singing for/with Barry's spirit.

Love and joy to you, and jolly wassail too!

-Pamela

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 24 Mar 15 - 05:59 PM

I just found my notes for this session and see I never posted it at the time. So I just digitized the list for my records and here it is for you, better late than never. And I'll have more, too, that I probably never posted the song list for.

The Crew included – Tom Hall, Linn Schulz, Justine Donovan, Peter and Joanne Souza, Jeri, Marty Stock, Mark Ryer, Chris Maden, Jeff Warner, Barbara Benn, Debra Cowan, Judy Barrows and Charlie Ipcar.

1. A Life On the Ocean Wave (tune) – Tom Hall
2. Sally Free and Easy – Mark Ryer
3. Golden City – Charlie Ipcar
4. Grizzly Bride – Mark Ryer
5. Bitter Withy –Deb Cowan
6. Cherry Tree Carol – Linn Schulz
7. Farewell to Nova Scotia – Chris Maden
8. Outside Track – Charlie Ipcar
9. Out of Love, Hope, and Suffering – Mark Ryer
10. Astoria's Bar – Linn Schulz
11. The Winter Man – Marty Stock
12. Northwest Passage – Chris Maden
13. Bear Away, Yankee – Jeri
14. Shovelin' the Coal – Charlie Ipcar
15. Paddy Lay Back – Chris Maden (& Deb Cowan)
16. Went Out that Christmas Night (a Mary Garvey song) – Joanne Souza
17. Drink the Bumper 'Round – Deb Cowan
18. One More Day – Pete Souza
19. Wassail – Marty Stock
20. Mobile Bay (Roll the Cotton Down) – Charlie Ipcar
21. What Will We Do? – Justine Donovan
22. We Are All Queen Mary's Men – Pete Souza
23. Strike the Bell – Chris Maden
24. Sam's Gone Away – Deb Cowan
25. I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay – Marty Stock
26. River Driver – Chris Maden
27. Come Row De Boat, Chile – Joanne Souza
28. West Indies Blues – Charlie Ipcar
29. Rolling Down the River – Pete Souza
(Linn's at the bar paying for chowder, so misses a song or two)
30. Evening Shadows Fall – Charlie Ipcar
31. Old Bangum – Pete Souza
32. Go To Sea Once More – Jeff Warner
33. Outward Bound From Sailor-Town – Judy Barrows
34. Rolling Down to Old Maui – Chris Maden
35. Frozen In Frobisher Bay – Joanne Souza
36. The Rosabella – Marty Stock
37. Old Gazella (couple of verses) – Charlie Ipcar
38. Hey, Rain – Pete Souza
39. Ida Red – Jeff Warner
40. Boats Out In the Harbor – Joanne Souza
41. Laying On the Screw – Charlie Ipcar
42. (tune) – Jeff Warner
43. Gower Wassail – Jeff Warner & Barbara Benn
44. Help Me To Raise 'Em – Chris Maden
45. Santa Come Back (Shopping Shanty) – Linn Schulz
46. Lord of the Dance – Marty Stock
47. Abbas Bromley (tune) – Jeff Warner
48. Liberty and Money Free – Jeff Warner
49. The Cutty Wren – Pete Souza
50. Catch and Release Whaling – Joanne Souza
51. Wings of a Goney – Chris Maden
52. Row On – Jeff Warner & Barbara Benn
53. Nelson's Prayer – Pete Souza and Company

Subject: RE: Dec. Shanty Session @ Press Room (NH)
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 25 Mar 15 - 06:55 AM

I don't know if anyone has realized this is an addendum to a 2009 session. I'll be posting song lists for more antique threads over the next week or so.

Linn