Sea Music - Maine & NH

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: songsearch
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:42 PM

Elsie`s Band from Kent, in SE England wish all visitors to Sea-Music a great weekend. We wish we could be there to share the music with you all. Lou Killen was at Elsie`s earlier in the year knocked us all out. Perhaps we`ll get over one day. John

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Naemanson
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 10:18 AM

Hey, I'm serious. No need for the music to stop between 3:30 and 8PM. I'm sure Fed Jack's won't object as long as we're buying drinks and food.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 09:45 AM

Jeri-

Bring your fiddle. We'll try a run at "Flying-Fish Sailor" which, surprisingly enough, did not self-destruct when I sang it for the first time in public at a workshop in Mystic. Be nice to sit around and swap some more songs.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 07:47 AM

I'll be there, of course, but we're off to the dinner provided for performers at 6 and sound check at the hall at 6:30 -- although I don't know about the sound check. Tom's in the Friday concert and the afternoon performances, but not the Saturday concert.

BTW, I spent the past 2 weeks more or less constructively by learning two new sea-related songs. We might just need to hang out on the Federal Jack's deck like we did last year.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: GUEST,karen k
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 01:20 AM

Looking forward to the weekend. Good question, Jeri. 3:30 to 8 is a long time. How about a good lobster dinner? That would take up a bunch of the time to go along with teh singing. Hope the rain stays out to sea.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Naemanson
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 11:06 PM

Jeri, we just bring along an instrument and make our own entertainment on Federal Jack's deck! I'll bring my new guitar so you can all turn green with envy, and bright red from holding in the laughter when I try to play it.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 09:32 PM

So what do we do between 3:30 and 8PM on Sat? Ridiculously long time with nothing planned!

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 08:59 PM

Sounds like Brett and Dick will be joining me from Roll & Go to play tourist audience.;~)

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: mousethief
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 05:33 PM

Good plan. Cordon them off in one area. Keep them from ruining the rest of the state.

Now if we could just keep all the tourists from back east in Spokane....

Alex

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 05:32 PM

Vermont is landlocked. New Hampshire has an itty-bitty seacoast. (It's where we keep most of the tourists.)

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: mousethief
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 05:21 PM

Isn't New Hampshire landbound? Or am I thinking of Vermont?

Alex

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 05:08 PM

Charley, wasn't there a roof over their deck? I don't much anyway.

Welcome to the insanity of Mudcat, Jean!

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: MMario
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 09:02 AM

dammit! no rain! no RAIN! NO RAIN!

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 08:47 AM

Welcome to Mudcat, Jean. Look forward to hearing what songs you work up next. You did fine at Mystic!

Looks like rain Saturday afternoon. Hopefully Federal Jack's in Kennebunkport will permit the workshops to move inside if there's a downpour, not that a downpour would stop some of us from singing...

See you there!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: jean pj
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 12:55 AM

Hello all! As much as I love to lurk, I have decided to take Tom's advice and join up. I just got back from Mystic which was a wonderful experience. We (that is myself, and partner in life and lurking, Josh) are very exited about Songs of Sail, and hope to see you all there!

-jean

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 05:27 PM

And the singer between Charley and me was Katherine Rhoda -- great singer and wonderful material.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: kendall
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 04:09 PM

A Baggyrinckle is a big gob of small stuff which is attached to the halyards to prevent them chaffing through the sails. They look much like a huge beard.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: GUEST,Erin
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 04:02 PM

Never mind, I got my answer. It was "Captain, What's Your Cargo?"; great song.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: GUEST,Erin
Date: 06 Jun 02 - 12:05 PM

Hi, all.. This is the alleged whistle-player.. At the swap in Portland, there was a short shanty sung by the woman to Charley's left. I was quite taken with it at the time, but now all I can remember is that there was a reference to somebody carrying a Bible, maybe in a bag or a trunk or something. Not much to go on; does anybody know what I'm talking about?

~Erin

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: curmudgeon
Date: 31 May 02 - 10:52 PM

Bob Walser will be performing at Songs of Sail 2002 on Sat afternoon at Federal Jack's and later in the evening at the Kennebunk Town Hall

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 31 May 02 - 10:58 AM

It was a wonderful night, and I look forward to Bob Walser at the same place on Jun 13th AND the Songs of Sail.

I talked to Danny about our correspondence on the song Homeward (AKA 'Home, Lads, Home' and 'Where There's Rest for Horse and Man'). I'd e-mailed him about it some time back and he sent back a LOT of information. He thought he'd overwhelmed me, but I'd been amazed he'd take that much time answering my question. I would have been happy with any reply, but was thrilled with what he gave me. Wonderful music, people and place.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Naemanson
Date: 31 May 02 - 10:48 AM

Anyone want to talk up the Bob Wolser concert at Westhaven next month?

I will be able to get to that one as well as the Kennebunkport festival. My kid is done with school and the house is sold. What more can I do to shake the dust from my shoes and fly?

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 31 May 02 - 10:23 AM

I'd like to second Tom's report on Danny and Joyce McLeod's house concert last night at "Westhaven" - and what a fine place for a concert! Their closing song, "So Long" by C. Fox Smith, would not stop running in my head on the hour and a half drive back to Richmond and I'll post the lyrics and chords (that I hear) in a separate thread. I'm certainly looking forward to working with them at the Mystic sea Music Festival.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: curmudgeon
Date: 30 May 02 - 11:53 PM

Just got home from the house concert by Joyce and Danny McLeod; a wodeful time was had by all. Great songs, exquisitely executed, especially the Graveyard Shift.

The Mudcat was ably repreesented by Jeri, Charie Noble and meself, along with a most appreciative group of non-cat folkies.

Don't miss the Mcleods at Mystic where they'll be doing a C,Fox Smith workshop with the aforementioned Charles.

And don't forget to save some time and energy for Songs of sail 2002 -- Tom

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Brían
Date: 30 May 02 - 09:23 PM

I won't be able to come saturday as I have other plans, but I'm hoping to come on Friday if possible. I was at the Brick Store Museum today salavating over the lineup. I enjoyed the museum, small though it is. It has some good info on NE architechture and shipbuilding.

Brían

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Crane Driver
Date: 30 May 02 - 05:54 PM

Yup, and there's four Mudcatters in the Baggyrinkle party, so come and say hello to me, Skipper Jack, Michael in Swansea and Madam Gashee, our organiser and fixer. There will also be three non-mudcatters with us, namely Young Matt, Billy-no-Fiddle and Loud Tony. I'm sure you guys will all be able to tell us what 'baggyrinkle' is, on a tall ship.

Looking forward ....

Andrew

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: curmudgeon
Date: 30 May 02 - 08:20 AM

Baggyrinkle, a shanty group from Wales will be at Songs of Sail 2002 in Kennebunk ME. They will be performing in both the Fri and Sat night concerts and will also be at Federal Jack's Restaurant at noon on Saturday.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 29 May 02 - 08:36 PM

Jeri- not to worry. But I do exit at Wells, coming as I do from the north, and then go 10 miles south on lovely Rt. 1. My navigator will be Bobbi Keppel whose favorite song is a parody of broken token songs except her's involves a piano leg.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 29 May 02 - 06:18 PM

Charley, just try to remember it's in York Beach, not Wells.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: curmudgeon
Date: 29 May 02 - 03:55 PM

Great singers and womderful people are Joyce and Danny. They were a great hit at the Portsmouth Maritime Fest two years back. Especially memorable was the "Geordie" set they did with Lou Killen.

See you at Westhaven -- Tom

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Charley Noble
Date: 29 May 02 - 03:47 PM

I'll be rolling down to Westhaven in York to hear Danny and Joyce's house concert Thursday evening. They do some fine acapella singing, and some wonderful arrangements of C. Fox Smith sea poems.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: curmudgeon
Date: 29 May 02 - 12:47 PM

Reminder -- less than two weeks before Songs of Sail 2002 in Kennebunk/Kennebunkport Maine. Once again, here's the URL:

http://www.brickstoremuseum.org/songsofsail.shtml

Perhaps some kind and very clever Mudcatter (Jeri?) could convert this to a "Blicky" for easier access.

It would be relly nice to see some of you there -- Tom

---

Blickified. --JoeClone ;-)

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Jeri
Date: 23 May 02 - 05:13 PM

Portsmouth Maritime Festival is Sep 28 & 29. The dates are on the web page, but nothing else for 2002.

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 May 02 - 05:05 PM

Oh, and we haven't heard dates for the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival this year, but you can keep posted at www.folkhorizons.org.

Linn

Subject: RE: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 23 May 02 - 05:03 PM

Okay -- to reiterate:

Here's the official press release on the house concert in York (not Wells):

There will be a HOUSE CONCERT at WESTHAVEN, York Beach on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30pm for DANNY and JOYCE McLEOD price $10, reservations necessary. phone Sue and Charlie West at 207-363-7308 or e-mail [e-mail]

The McLeods have sung in the Portsmouth Sea Festival as part of the group, "Salt of the Earth", and will be performing as a couple here. From Tyneside in the North East of England Danny and Joyce bring a special "Geordie" magic and enthusiasm to their music. They have been involved in English Folk Music as performers and organisers for more than thirty years, and are much sought after performers for clubs and festivals on both sides of the Atlantic and in Europe. Although they have a special interest in maritime music their repertoire covers a diverse range of folk song from traditional to newer revival material and with a special skill for lively choruses and songs from their native Newcastle.

In short they will bring you an exciting concert set, interesting and informative chat and best of all a chance for a darn good sing."

(Linn's note: Joyce and Danny performed in the area in September of 2000 at the Portsmouth (NH) Maritime Folk Festival.

3rd annual Songs of Sail 2002 in Kennebunk & Kennebunkport, Maine on June 14 & 15. (You can check out the festival at www.brickstoremuseum.org/songsofsail.shtml.) Mudcatter Curmudgeon (Tom Hall) and many other fine performers (Cliff Haslam, Gordon Bok, Baggywrinkle, Shipping News, Bob Walser, Don Sineti, and more) will be performing there this year.

Linn

Subject: Sea Music - Maine & NH
From: MMario
Date: 23 May 02 - 02:05 PM

per request in May shanty Thread